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By FRANK JENKINS
A FAINT Inn of economic
" anlly appear In Washington
.odiiy.
Kxplulnlng Unit It 1 necosmiry
ji order to comply with Uio
I'rnaldulll'l nlltllhf llltloll budget.
Reconversion Director Slouhiiui)
order 700 million dollur worm
at uovernmcnt coiuftructlon re
moved (or tho Immediate prevent
from thv moo million uoiiur puo
lie work program.
Obeying liln "directive," fed
eral uuciiclt'K hiivit nircudy turt-
rl vlftlug the TWA program lor
vpproxlumlely three -quarter o(
hlllliin dollnm wen Hi o( federal
construction tliut cun lie deferred
ul leunt until next vprluu.
't'lm dlHiiiitcucs liidlcutc tliut
, mine of the nlfled-ont project!
i limy be ellinlnnled entirely.
'
v TT In obvious to any careful
1 X ililnker Hint in theve duy of
" neute shortage we need MOST
OK ALL tho kind of productive
pending that will bring u av
quickly a pouilble the neceMltlin
of everyuny mouerii iivinn ami
LEAST Or" ALL the kind of
pending Involved In I'WA pro
ject. '
LET'S nee if we cun t put Hint
little more clenrly.
If you wunt hirl unci hort
nnd mill nnd butter unit cgtf nnd
meiil nnd houses dm neurly every
body dne), you DON'T want the
government to into up a lnrgu
hnre of tlie nviillnble mnterliilii
nnd lubor In building flood con
trol project nnd micli tliut CAN
WAIT until we're better able to
nfford them.
We need fowl, clothing nnd
heller NOW. We am wull quite
while, without being hurt, for
our PWA project.
Tlml I Uio vltuntlon in nut
hell. LET'S stay clear-eyed to
WHY Mich nn order l issued.
The Idea I probnbly beginning
to spread In offlclul Wnihlngton
that reek leu xndlng isn't too
populur any more.
So, with a critically Important
election coming up in Nuvember,
ttie administration I beginning
to make ECONOMY gestures.
Pints tills In vour hat:
The politician will SPEND
long a they think pending
will get them rc-eiccieu, when
ever they get the idea tliut too
much spending will DEFEAT
.thTiii, they'll QUIT SPENDING.
Thut is tiie wny politic work.
NOTE carefully that till PWA
pending I postponed ONLY
until next pring. If the pend
em are re-elected thl. fall, the
IKMidlng will be RESUMED a
onn a the election Is wifely
over.
REPUBLICAN Nntlonol Chair
man J. Cnrroll Keece says in
Portland that If n Itoubllcnn
congress I elected In November
it will promptly uncover ninny
ense of wnr profiteering. He
add thai nothing smaller thnn
tho Pentagon building could
hold all the profiteer.
rON'T let yoiirnelf be misled
too much by hi tnlement.
Hrmemher that tho Republican
are OUT nnd wnnt IN. They're
proml.ilng us a thorough, cleaning
If they get in.
They're primarily Interested
In getting In.
STILL
If you are dissatisfied with the
woy thing arc going in Washing
ton, about the only wny you can
get a change i to vole Demo
crat out and vote Republicans
in. If you vote Democrat back
in, they will naturally accept it
as nn endorsement of what they
have been doing.
That'B tho wny our political
system work.
TF there hn been corruption, the
general Democratic desire will
be to pluy It down as much a
possible, because bringing it out
Into the open Hunt o( clay will
tend to DISCREDIT their sltlc.
The present desire of Repub
lican, who ore OUT, i to un
cover a much ns possible in or
dor to put the Democratic INS
on the spot.
yllE sincere and Intelligent pnrt
of tho public, of course, I
merely anxious to drive corrup
tion out of government nnd keep
it nut.
Corruption and good govern
ment don't go together and
without good government we'll
be aunk.
Firebug Escapes
Forest Dragnet
ROSEBURG. Ore., Aug. 6 UP)
Tho Inccndlnrist who Sunday
started a string of blazes in the
rnrost lands southwest of can
ynnville lins made good his es
cape. Fred Southwlck, supervis
ing wnrden of the Pouglns Forest
Protective association, sulci to
duv. The 1 80-ncrc fire which merged
from 14 separate "sets," was re
ported under control, a the
Into forestry department arbo
retum crew returned to Corvnlll
after relieving the jassocinllon's
lire fighters Sunday night.
Tho firebug was spotted by
aerial observers In the act of
lighting the Inst of the 14 fire
in a mile-long string nt the edge
of nn old burn on Silver Butte.
Ground crews were summoned
by rnclio, but they fulled to nab
the fugltlv.
PRICE riVE CENTS
Police Start
Crack-Down
On Drivers
City, county and stale police
lust night decided the timo had
come to lower the boom on
drunk, reckles and speeding
driver and now muximum fine
and Jail sentence await offend
er brought before Justice of the
Pence J. A. Mahoiiey in Justice
court.
The incident that exploded
the honeymoon si-tup of iinnll
fine and ball for wild motor
ists wus the arrest by slate
police of three teen-agers Inst
night playing follow the leader
at 70 miles an hour out on the
highway.
Limit fines und possible hill
sentences nrc promised In Justice
court from now on, as well as
suspension or revocation of
driving licenses.
For a violation of the basic
rule sprcdlni! the law pro
vide for a fine of up to $100,
10 clays in Jnil or both. In the
past the Justice court has gen
erally fined the offender $10
nnd let it go at that. C'ltv police
have extracted $10 fines or
that amount of bull, but have
authority to make it higher.
Jail Possible
Reckless driving In the pnst
lias genernlly brought a $23
fine, the minimum, but a maxi
mum of $300 with five to B0
dnys In Jail is permlssablc.
Drunk driving, tho most ser
ious offense, has been drawing
a $100 fine, but enn be made
$1000, a yenr in Jail or both.
Bail posted at the police sta
tion for these offenses is often
Jumped nnfl forfeited, but post
ing bail does not necessarily
cleur the offender of the chnrgc.
The pollco Judge lias authority
to forfeit the ball and bring
tho offender Into court on a
bench warrant If be feel the
case need further punishment.
Judgo Mnhoney toduv la tak
ing away the driver license of
two of the bovs arrested last
night. The third was under 18
and was turned over to the
Juvenile office.
Succor Rushed
To Quake Area
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domin
ican Republic, Aug. f) (!) The
government rushed aid today to
areas south of the Monte Christ!
mountain rnnge, stricken Sunday
by nn earthquake and tidal wave
which took a toll of at least two
dead and dnmagect more than 11
towns In this Caribbean republic.
Eye witness reports received
toduy from Matunza on the
nortn const, said a tidal wave
swept Inland as much a a mile
so swiftly that it caught a party
fleeing in an automobile.
The eye witness said the resi
dents had been forewarned, how
ever, when the waters first re
ceded much below the low tide
mark and had taken refuge in
trees nnd high plnces.
Mennwhlle apprehension grip
ped the republic a new tremor
shook the ground hero yesterdny
nnd blacked out rndlo commun
icnllons for several hours.
Government
Senators
On Mortgage 'Monopoly'
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (P)
The federal government today
charged in a civil anti-trust suit
that 37 insurance . companies,
savings banks and commercial
bunks and a firm owned by the
savings banks sought to keep
rents up and prevent certain
types of new construction In
the New York City area.
The suit named as defendants
the Mortgage Conference of
New York, with headquarters
at 14 Wall street, tho Savings
Bank Trust Company of New
York nnd 37 member of the
conference. It 'sought nn in
junction against the alleged
practices and dissolution of the
mortgage conference, described
as composed of insurance com
panies, snvings banks and com
merclul banks. The Savings
Banks Trust Company of New
York is wholly owned by var
ious savings banks.
A special federal grand jury
recommended tlie action ufter
hearing testimony since Juno 11.
The Jury, discharged yestordny
by Federal Judge Mnrlon S.
Boyd in a closed courtroom,
recommended:
.yO A4VaLU. OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST I.
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Sheriff Lloyd Low hands official Invitations to Klamath's Centennial to Jo BlackwtU. the
pony express rldtr who will deliver tnem to oiliciais in norinern uregon. miin jam u cnti av
ion, mounted on his black and whit horse.
Council May
Put Levies
Up To Vote
One resolution calling for an
annexation to the city, another
for reorganization of the park
board nnd two recreation meas
ures were passed through pre
liminary phases for their appear
ance on the November ballot by
the city council in session Mon
day night.
The annexation measure cov
ers nri area south of Klamath
Falls. The south city limits now
arc at Shasta way and the reso
lution calls for the boundaries
of tlie city to be moved to in
clude Shasta way to Washburn
wny across to S. Sixth to the
railroad right of way and back
to the present city limits.
A 4-mill levy is asked for in
one of the recreation bills to
be used for recreation facilities,
primarily a swimming pool to
be located on the property pur
chased by the city from Will
Humphrey. The levy will be in
effect four years beginning with
147-'48 and ending with 1030
'51 and will provide $175,000
for recreational purposes.
The second recreation levy Is
for purely operational needs to
enlarge the present fund. It
calls for a mill and- a half and
is n continuing tnx providing for
acquisition, maintenance and
purchasing of equipment for rec
reation centers.
The council discussed plans for
a change in the park board and
tlie resolution was read.
At tho present time the park
board is appointed by the cir
cuit Judge nnd operates Inde-
CC'anllnutd an Pas t. Column 6)
Files Suit
"It Is tho sense of this grand
jury thut the government should
file civil proceedings against
the mortgngc conference and
nil of its affiliates to correct
tlie conditions found to exist by
this grand jury."
The complaint charged that
the defendants have utilized
the conference to eliminate
competition among themselves
on mortgage loans of over $10,
000, on properties located i in
New York City and the metro
politan area: to fix minimum
interest rntes nnd amortization
terms; to establish standard ap
praisal procedures and valua
tions; and to stabilize the! real
estate markets in New York
and the metropolitan area.
The complaint alleges further
that In 1045 the total amount
of new first mortgages placed
on multiple dwellings, office
buildings, lofts and other com
mercial and Industrial struc
tures In the New York City
area totaled about $225,000,000.
and that the members of tho
mortgage conference made ap
proximately 60 per cent of such
loans.
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Centennial Couriers Leave
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Klamath 'Pony
Arrives At Grants Pass
' GRANTS PASS. Aug. (P)
Sporting crop of chin foliage
that made them appear like the
famed Dalton gang of yesteryear,
three advance rider of Klamath
Falls' "Pony Express" cantered
into Grants Pass Monday night
bearing authentic letters to local
county and city officials inviting
them to the Oregon Trail south
ern route pageant to be held at
the Klamath county fairgrounds
August 22-24.
Heading the delegation was
bushy bearded Joe Blackwell, ex-
Kentucklan, ex-marine, ex-sailor,
ex-prize fighter and long-time
Henry To Run
From Vard 5
Jack Henry, shop foreman of
the Klamath Shopping Guide.
yesterday took out a petition
to have his name placed on the i
November city ballot as a can
didate for the city council from
ward 5.
Henry's announcement brings
to three tlie total of candidates
for the post being vacated by
Rollin Cantrall who has decid
ed against running for the of
fice again. Cantrall has served
as councilman lor eight years.
Wendell Smith and E. F.
Wall have previously filed for
the office.
Henry is a former chairman
of the democratic central com
mittee and is active in the
Eagles lodge. He resides at 803
St. Francis.
To have his name placed on
the ballot Henry must get the
signatures of one-tenth of the
number of voters in his ward
who cast a ballot for a candi
date in tlie last mayoralty elec
tion. American Farmer
Nears Falmouth
LONDON, Aug. 6 P) The
collision -damaged U. S. mer
chant ship American Farmer
was making for Falmouth at
about eight knots today and
was expected to arrive there
about 8 p. m. tomorrow.
There was no confirmation
in the London press today of
reports that both American ves
sels might be held upon reach
ing Falmouth for an admiralty
court to decide whether the
Hudson Shipping company of
Cardiff, Wales, owner of the
Elizabeth, was entitled to sal
vage. Both British nnd American
salvage laws hold that owners
of a helpless vessel and owners
of her cargo must pay rescuers
whatever Is decreed by a prize
court. ,
Application of the British
maritime principle that the
awards depend upon the "effect
of the services rendered" would
bring tip the question of the
value of the Elizabeth's rescue
attempt.
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(Tlphon till)
lgvNulaiH "i
Express'
resident farmer-v of Klamath
county. Accompanying him were
Newt Nelson, Klamath county
assessor and Chet Barton, prom
inent Aberdeen-Angus cattle
man of that locality.
Wearing ancient leather chaps
and toting a long-barreled Ken
tucky squirrel rifle, Blackwell
rode to the chamber of commerce
on Jiis horse. Dan Patch, leading
a phlegmatic pack mule. Blowing
lustily through his ebony beard,
he parted it long enough to emit
a lusty "howdy, partner" and to
invite sundry spectators grouped
around staring at the strange
sight to attend the big "shindig."
Monday the trio visited Ash
land, Medford and Grants Pass
on the first leg of a proposed six
day trip. Traveling by way of
Roseburg, Coos Bay, Newport,
Astoria and Portland the riders
will return to Klamath next Sat
urday via Salem, Corvallis, Eu
gene and Bend. They hope to
be in the latter town on Friday
to attend an exhibition game of
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Turk Premier
Resigns Post
ANKARA, Aug. 8 .PvRecep
Peker, who fought beside Kemal
Ataturk 23 years ago in the suc
cessful revolt against the sul
tans, undertook today to form a
new Turkish government replac
ing that of Premier Sukru Sara
coglu, which resigned last night
in the face of heavy opposition
to its domestic policies.
Saracoglu's resignation repre
sented one of the greatest up
heavals in Turkish politics since
Ataturk died in 1938 and Ismet
Inonu followed him as president.
It was the result of popular dis
satisfaction with domestic af
fairs, particularly the high cost
of living.
Dissatisfaction, climaxed by a
short lived demonstration staged
by peasant and workers before
the parliament building last
night, became plainly evident in
the elections two weeks ago,
when 62 members of a new
democratic party of opposition
were chosen deputies for the na
tional assembly which convened
yesterday.
Last night's demonstration
broken up quickly by mounted
police came shortly after the
new assembly re-elected Presi
dent Ismet Inonu to his third
four-year term. The 62 demo
crats voted solidly against him
and sat in stony silence as the
400 other members of the as
sembly greeted Inonu. This was
the first time in history that a
Turkish chief executive had
been rebuffed.
Pageant Calendar
Mrs. Clyde James and
Horace Robinson will meet
with all Indians of the Chllo
quin region for rehearsal of
the Indian scene at 7 p. m.,
Wednesday, In the Spanish
Castle in Chiloquin.
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Solon Said
In Company
Of Garssons
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6 UP)
Senate war investigators were
said today to be pursuing a tip
that Rep. May (D-riy.J vacationed
in Miami Beach. Fla., with offi
cials of the Garsson Munitions
combine in March or April, 1944.
An official of the Mead com
mittee said the group has re
ceived information indicating
that the Kentucky lawmaker
may have been at the Versailles
hotel in Miami Beach at some
period during that time with
Murray and Henry Garsson. The
two brothers were guiding lights
of the Batavia and Erie Basin
Metal Products companies and
other firms in the combine.
Congress was in recess from
April 1 to 12. 1944.
(In Miami, Leonard Adelman,
manager of the Versailles hotel,
said that the Garsson brothers
were frequent guests but he did
not remember they had ever
been visited by Rep. May.)
Denied Expenses Paid
In a speech to the house last
July 8, May denied specifically
that he had received any travel
expenses from the Cumberland
Lumber company, an affiliate of
the combine, adding that "I never
used one penny of anybody s
money except my own as travel
expense or otherwise."
Nevertheless, the committee
was understood to be preparing
to- question May when his
health permits him to appear
about the reasons for and the
expenses of the reported Florida
trip at a period when war de
partment witnesses have testified
the house military committee
chairman was exerting "special
pressure" in behalf of the Gars
son companies.
Committee records Indicate
that May also will be asked to
explain his letters of April 12
and May 2, 1945, to Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower concerning court
martial proceedings against Capt.
Joseph Herman Garsson. In his
April 12 letter. May described
Murray Garsson, the captain's
father, as "one of my firm per
sonal friends."
Falling Plane
Misses Tank
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 UP)
A Douglas C-74 Globemaster,
largest plane now used by the
army, crashed with an earth
shaking roar within a few hun
dred feet of a million-barrel oil
storage tank yesterday but the
four crew members escaped by
parachuting.
Pilot Russell K. Thaw, famed
racing and test flier, received
minor injuries. He told a sher
iff s deputy: My wing fell off.
Thaw is the son of Harry K.
Thaw, wealthy New York play
boy of the early lauus.
Only last week Douglas an
nounced that the same plane, pi
loted by Thaw, established what
the army said was a world rec
ord by lifting 172,000 pounds,
more than twice its own weight.
The Globemaster has a wing
spread of 173 feet, is 124 feet
long and its four engines total
12,000 horsepower.
Yesterday's flight was an un
successful attempt to continue a
series of accelerated dive tests.
Douglas officials said the plane,
which crashed 45 minutes after
taking off from Municipal air
port, was carrying considerable
more weight than it would
normally.
One of the huge motors broke
away, plummeted through the
top of the oil tank and was sub
merged in 30 feet of oil but did
not fire the tank. The scat
tered wreckage burned and the
field where-the plane landed re
sembled a shell torn battlefield.
U. P. Train Crash
Blamed On Speed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 ("
The interstate commerce com
mission today attributed the col
lision of two passenger trains
on the Union Pacific railroad at
Hot Lake, Ore., June 6 to fail
ure to control properly the speed
of one of the trains in accord
ance with signal indications.
The commission said one per
son was killed and 115 were in
jured. The speed of the eastbound
train was about 15 miles an hour
when lt crashed into a west
bound train at a meeting point,
me iuw said.
Degnorsi Yctf
iLe cads List!"
f 3 CCilDs
CHICAGO. Aug. I UP) William Heiren confessed formally
today three of the most Tg crime la Chicago' history th
kidnap-killing of Suienne Degnan, th "lipstick murder" of
France Brown and th fatal throat slashing of Mrs. Jotephln
Ross, 43-year-old widow.
Th (trapping 17-year-old UnWenlty of Chicago student,
Stat' Attorney William J. Tuohy said, mad th confession
voluntarily in a conference arranged by hi own attorney.
Th attorney were reported to hav arranged th confusion
as moT to avoid a posiibl state recommendation for death in
th electric chair but Tuohy mad no announcement Immediately
of any "deal."
Heiren. after a tearful conference with hi parent In hi
county jail cell yesterday, told 1
Tuohy today he strangled thei . -
6-year-old Degnan girl with his
fingers as she lay in bed. Then
he took her body to th base
ment of a nearby apartment
building and cut it to pieces,
he added.
Killed Two Mora
Tuohy said Heiren followed
up this confession with admis
sions he killed Miss Brown and
Mrs. Ross. The prosecutor ar
ranged for Heiren to re-enact
the Degnan killing later in the
day.
The 'lipstick" slaying of ex
Wave Frances Brown took
place less than a month before
the Degnan killing, on Decem
ber 10. Miss Brown, 33, was
shot, then stabbed to death in
her North Side apartment and
the killer left this message
scrawled in lipstick on the
wall:
"For heaven' sake catch me
before I kill more. I can not
control myself."
Miss Brown' nearly nude
body was found draped over a
bathtub. She had been shot
twice and a 10-inch steel knife
pierced her throat from ear to
ear.
The nude body of Mrs. Ross,
43-vear-old widow, was found
on her bed June 3, 1945, her
throat slashed. Her apartment
at 4108 Kenmore was only four
blocks from where Miss Brown
was slain.
Was In Das
He claimed he was in a sort
of daze when he killed the 6-
vear-old eirl last January 7.
After dropping the parts of
her dismembered body in sew
ers in her neighborhood, he
added, he returned to the "di-
secting" room and wrote a note
demanding $20,000 ransom.
He claimed he wrote the ran
som note after killing and dis
membering the tiny victim be
cause he believed that tne Desi
wav "to relieve the parents
would be to give them some
hni the child was alive."
He said he selected his vic
tim entirely by chance. He was
in the neighborhood earlier, he
related, and observed the win
dow of her bedroom was not
closed. It was then he got tne
idea of entering the house, he
added.
Reece Sounds Call
For GOP Congress
SEATTLE. Aug. 6 UP) Chair
man Carroll Reece of the repub
lican national committee said to
day the party must gain control
of congress before it can get a
republican presidential victory
in iy8.
The ouiet snoken. graying for
mer Tennessee congressman told
interviewers that the republican
sponsored legislation has been
smothered by the democratic ma
jority in congress and the party
can not present its "forward
looking, corrective program.
Four Die In Crash
Of Naval Airplanes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 UP)
A mid-air collision of two naval
Dlanes near Leonardtown, Md.
yesterday brought death to four
persons, one or tnem tne grana
son of Admiral Robert E. Peary,
the north pole explorer.
The fatalities included Lt.
Pearv D. Stafford, of Washing
ton, the admiral's grandson, and
Lt. Comdr. C. M. Whitmore of
Pocomoke, Md.
Retail Clothiers Hopeful
Over New Textile Prices
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 UP)
A spokesman for retail clothing
merchants said wistfully today
that higher textile prices may
put $2.25 shirts and 79-cent
shorts back on store shelves.
"That's our hope,' 'said Louis
Rothschild, executive director of
the National Association of Re
tail Clothiers.
He told a reporter that the
average 16 per cent increase in
cotton textile ceilings put into
effect by OPA yesterday, "un
doubtedly will encourage great
er production" of cotton ap
parel. "Manufacturers will have an
incentive to produce shirts to re
tall at $2.25 and shorts at 79
cents," Rothschild said. "We
haven't had any of those In a
long time."
Up to now Rothschild added,
manufacturers have not been
6 Men Lost
As Lightning
Hits Tanker
JACKSONVILLE, Fla,, Aug.
UP) Officers of the stricken
tanker Homestead, destroyed by
fire and explosion after being;
struck by lightning at a dock:
here, continued a search today
for three men still unaccounted,
for many hours after th dis
aster occurred.
The tanker's captain, Maurlc
A. Tunstall of Hopkinsville, Ky.,
said two crew members and a
dock watchman were missing.
A complete check, however,
awaited the arrival of the ship's
personnel roster from Houston.
Texas.
Tunstall, only 28 and in com
mand of the Homestead since
June 16, said the missing crew
members were Jack Bowman, a
Georgia seaman and a messraan ,
named Duckworth, who had re
ported to the ship when it
docked here. The captain said
some of the crew of 49, includ
ing himself, were ashore when
the lightning struck.
On Hospitalised
Only one crew member sus
taineri iniurie reauirina ho -
pitalizatlon. Twenty-nine others '
were terated for cut and burn.
Hope that th three missing;
men might not have perished
with the ship came from Lt.
Cmdr. Stanley J. Halka of Long
Beach. Calif., the Homestead's
first engineer. Halka, last to
leave the badly listing vessel,
said he made a search of auart- '
ers before leaping overboard and
was unable to find any of tn
crew on board.
Drone Planes
Cross Pacific
MUROC. Calif.. Aug. 8 (VP)
Two army B-17 drones landed at
this army air base at iu:oi ana
11:09 a. m. (PST) today, com
pleting a 2400-mile flight from
Hilo, Hawaii. It was the longest
totally unmanned flight in avia
tion history. The drones wer
controlled by one mother ship
each.
Just off California coast on
drone dropped a 100-pound prac
tice smoke bomb near Santa Rosa
island. This involved opening
the bomb bay doors releasing;
the bomb, and reclosing tho
doors, all by remote control.
The operation, known as '-'remote,"
was conceived by Maj.
Gen. Curtis E. Lemay at Eniwe
tok shortly after the first atomic
bomb test to prove efficiency and
practicability of guided missile.
Although one drone dropped a
bomb, in warfare the practice
plan would call for a drone,
heavily laden with explosives, to
be crashed into its target while
the mother ship orbited at a
safe range.
Mother ships have controlled
drones up to 25 miles and theo
retically with powerful radar
could control them up to 100
miles. The present limitation on
control is th limit of radar
vision.
able to make a profit on thesa
lower priced Items.
He said they should begin to
reappear in stores in about. 30
days.
OPA said the 16 per cent tex
tile increase will boost cotton
clothing prices six to eight per
cent and jump the cost of House
hold linens about 17 per cent.
Rothschild, however expressed
belief the OPA clothing prlca
estimate is "on the conservative
side."
While OPA was boosting tex
tile prices to meet requirements
of the new price control law,
the agency's consumer advlory
committee called for caution in
lifting ceiling from basic com
modities, especially food.
The committee urged govern
ment agencies, including the new,
price decontrol board, to taka
a "strong stand" against "pre
matura" elimination of controls.