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By FRANK JENKINS
AS u thriller, 111 "ghost
rockets" over Sweden mirpuu
gur Jup balloons. Wo cuuld
never quite convince ourselves
lluil puper bullouna. drilling
lite air currents, could mount
Co much.
Ilnckols. Ill these days. I0 an
other mutter.
eyewitness Mccuunl. punni.in.-u
In a Stockholm iii'wspuper yes
trrduy. The eyewitness l de
scribed a "trained observer of
meteorological "d astronomical
pl.omii" who waa gu.lnij I l
clouds through fd K us
when suddenly a "nlKhtinuHKh,
torn edo-llko object, with i til;
red lull thi.t spewed glowing
blue uiid green smoke mid a
,,'rlca of "fireballs" streaked
rroM hla vWon und exploded
In n blinding flh.
He suya In hl published -
count: "I wu completely diiw-d
mid hurt vlslona of d nsdiiy.
lllu thlukii the things are ;l up
to exploit mid destroy them
selves un they can't bo found and
checked upon. The Jap bal
loons were supposed to havo
been efiulpi-d with some such
device, but apparently It eldoin
worked.)
WE suapt-ct Riwslu, of course
partly hcenuae of her ex
treme arcrecy about everylh tut.
Hut If you were a Hussion,
with all of Siberia to pructlco In,
would you tip off your experi
ment by ahooling 'jour flame
.pitting gadgets OVKIl SWEU
EN? It sounds a trifle screwy.
ITS barely powlble thul the
trained Swedish observer
might have Keen a metor In the
fK and the cloud. Still, the fact
remain that the Jap balloon,
whose first closely-censored re
port sounded ocrewbull cnouill).
were real. , . ,
IN many way, lf screwball
world we're living In right
now.
StudanU nt Georgia Tech. dis
satisfied with the seals allotted
to them In the football Ktadlum
... ia f..n tiiih.-ati.-v tnfinv Ihnt
unless the situation la remedied
to their satisfaction thev'll Hit on
the plavlng field on November
n (Lit- f.trt-f. Ihn rlillinu off
of the Tech-Navy gumo scheduled
lor thai ciny. , , ,
vui.t. i i.i. ui-lti-r went to col
lego (much too long ago) threat
lika thni would have resulted
promptly In maw suspensions
I.. ...... r..liltnrle ilnva. till
naive idea still prevailed that
DlSl.irL.lwt. I eMieoiini i"
training for cllizenaiup 11 :
democratic way of life li to be
made to worn.
DON'T blame these embryo
..... nl i".-.i.rdin Tech TOO
much. They're merely following
the principle wnicn we nm-iiui-
s "monkey nee. moiiKcy an.
uri.ni I hnttnfnlnif. throuCIl
out our country and throughout
the world, la una:
u..'. In. .Inn Die TECH
Mir.iiL-u riv rnUTIinvEnsY to
a point of super-efficiency, but
are noma time, u uuyuuoK.
develop inn teenmqucs oi i-j
OPKHATION.
BUT thl column (u happein
too often) la (dipping off Into
tho qiiiigmlrca of phllosopliy and
moralizing which most people
loathe. So lel'i get buck to tho
new.
HERBERT HOOVER, who In
these day ee much and
any Utile, break hi accustomed
II-..M l....it f.iw.utrh IhU morn
ing to tell a Salt Lake City re
porter inai we inim-rii-ana
1. Conerve our economic re-
lource. Improve our equipment
and REDUCE OUR SPENDING.
"We MUST end our (recklcsji)
pending, ne nans.
9 It. nnllnnnl rlr.ff.i.sn vum
hould hold (for ourselves) the
atomic bomb until there 1 real
co-operation for Instlng peuco,
which must Include general dis
armament In the world allies
a well m enemy countries. "Wo
(Continued n ri . Col. 1)
Labor Front Stirred Again
As New Strikes Rear Heads
By The Associated Preat
The nation's lubor front, com
paratively quiet since settlement
of a series of countrywide post
war strikes, begun stirring with
new activity today.
Tho CIO Imposed embargo dis
rupted the flow of news lo and
from the United States, strlko
by AKL workers curtuiled ureuti
supplies in Chicago and Phila
delphia, a strike which both
union and company spokesmen
culled a "surprise" closed n hut
miiniifiicturlnK plant In Phila
delphia, and whlto collar work
rra threatened to quit work In
Jnternulloiiiil Harvester com
pany plants.
At tho same lime, however, a
threatened strike ugnlnst tho
Campbell Soup company wns
averted by federal conciliators,
n "strike which closed the Pock
urd Motor Cur company, was set
tled, pressmen ended n weekend
strike against the Springfield
(Mo.) Newspapers, Inc., and a
strike settlement restored normal
waler service to Enst Liverpool,
O., Industries.
The foreign news embargo,
Ex-Official
Tells About
VAAPolitics
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13 (At
Willlum Cillrein, dinchurged war
aiuiet adinlnlatratlon official,
tcttlflcd today he once wui In
tiucled to get rid of a ubordi
nulo and replace him with man
lavorcd by Scnutor Myer (U.-
).
Cillrein formorly wa WAA
sale munugvr In Philadelphia.
He told the houiut aurplua prop
erty committeo thul hla Immedi
ate auperior iiihi loin nun inai
"II 1 wa amnrt, I would fire the
man acting a my analstant and
move In the one who 1 now my
mrce(ir. llo Identified the for
mer a Paul Wlngutn and hi
ucccMor a Joxepli Muldowney
und then added:
"! wui told Inxt full that Sen
utor Kranci E. Myer win Inter-
tted l(i huvlng Muldowney put
on tin pay roll.
Earlier Cillrein said he hud
been fired bccaimo be had failed
to rcapund to wlahc of the demo
cratic purly organlzutlon in
Plilliidlphla and the lute
"If 1 wa 'in' politically I
would atlll have job," he de
clared. Cillrein said that hi Immedi
ate auperior, whom he identified
a C. K. DuMara, told him force
fully to ouat Wlngnto and make
way for Muldowney.
"He told me to throw 'him
(Wiugute), tho hell out of there,"
Cillrein mild.
He told the committee that the
reported Interest of Scnulor
Myer In Muldowney wo re
luted to him by Jnaeph Dillert,
a regional director of the aur
plua property dlpol agency.
Cillrein iu 1(1 lliera probably
wa negligence" on hi part in
handling a aurplua property or
der of Benjamin F. r'icUl.
Duces Corpse
Found In Trunk
MILAN, Italy. Aug. 13 W Po
lice announced laal night thai
the body of Benito Muaaolini,
which wa atolcn April 22 from
an unmarked grave In a pot
ter field hero by aclf-atyled
"democratic faaclala," hud been
found In a trunk at Pavia
mnnaatery.
The police said that two monk
had been taken Into custody In
the Inveatigatlun In addition to
three laymen already held. The
body waa being gunrded at a
local police headquarter pend
ing tho receipt of further In
alructiona from Rome.
The Milan newapaper Corrlere
Delle Sera aaid the civil police
chief hud received instruction
from the national capital to bury
the body "in aacrcd ground and
in a place unknown to the pub
lic." However, till report was
not confirmed by official aources
here.
The body won found in a Car
thuaian monaatery at Pavia,
where, police anid, It had been
taken Sunday morning from the
monaatery of St. Angelo, Ita first
hiding pluce after being exhumed
at the potter' field.
One Sour Note
ARDMORE. Okla., Aug. 13
(A') There was gospel singing
in the Carter county jail and
all the boya were there and
Inking part.
Jailer J. L. Sloan, himself
music lover, settled back to
enjoy the old time hymn.
Above the strains of two
guitars, mandolin, an ac
cordion and the voices of the
aingera, Sloan heard someone
apparently keeping time with
the music with an extra heavy
foot.
"The guy'i off beat," Sloan
mused during several num
bers, then roused himself to
investigate.
Search disclosed one of the
boys had removed a section of
a window frame, extracted a
heavy iron sash weight and
was methodically hammering
out bricks in ragged four
four time.
which disrupted press messages
handled by the Associated Press,
United Press, International News
Service and Reuters, was im
posed against cable and wireless
companies by the CIO American
Communications association New
York. The move was taken in
sympathy with 300 ACA strikers
at Press Wireless, Inc., who
walked out seven days ago in
protest aguinst wngo and staff
reductions.
A strike of AFL bakery and
confectionery workers for higher
wnges cut orr iwo-tliirds or Phila
delphia's dally bread output and
trimmed Chicago's bread supply
by an estimated 20 per cent.
Some 2300 emnloves reluscd
to work In tho John B. Stetson
company plant In Philadelphia
but the company and spokesmen
for tho AFL United Hat, Cap end
Millinery workers said they did
not know the reason. CIO white
collar workers threatened to go
out "witnin ih hours in Inter
national Harvester comuunv
plants In Chicago, East Moline
and Canton, ill., and Auburn.
N. Y., unless wage, boosts are
grained.
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PBkMi . VE CENTS
City Council
Pushes Plan
For Manager
Laat-ininute action aimed at
placing city managerial ques
tion before tile public on tne No
vember ballot waa taken by the
c.ty council at Ita regulur meet
ing Monday ulglit.
Tho group moved for an ad-
journed meeting luewlay at 7:JU
p. m. when the council will meet
with Kliimulh citi.eiia to con-
aider putting city managerial
iiicuaure in the full election.
After aomc discussion between
Mayor Ed Ostendorf and council
members present, a committee of
eleven men win named, at the
mayor a request, to meet with
tl.e council to study the plan.
One more man was to be ap
pointed lo the committee by the
mayor before the Tuesday night
meeting.
In the meantime, the council
inatruetcd the city ottorney to
prcpurc resolution and ballot
title for tile measure so that
tl-cy can be adopted at the ad
J turned meeting if the plan
meets with approval. Any ac
tion to bring the matter to a
vote will have to be taken by
S p. in., Wednesday, deadline for
ti c placing of Issues on the bal
lot. Charter Amendment
The proposed resolution would
be charter amendment grant
ing authority to the mayor and
council to hire a city manager
who would act as general co
ordinator for the city. His
duties would be designated by
the mayor and council.
The committee appointed to
meet with the council along
with any other interested citi
zens arc Merle West, Mitchell
Tillotson, Frank Jenkins, L. L.
Lombard. Charles Thomas, Roy
Premo, Jack Kentlng, John
Houston, Tom Wutters, Mrs.
Nelson Heed und Ed Dunham.
Prior to Uhl action Moyor
Ostendorf indicated that iu was
in favor of appointing a com
mittee to study managerial sys
tems in other towns. This would
mean waiting until a special
voto in the spring to put it be
fore the public.
Councllmen present at the
meeting were Horvey Martin,
Charles Van Dorcn and Rollin
Cantrall.
Six Soldiers Die
In Berlin Blaze .
BERLIN, Aug. 13 (I') Six
American soldiers were burned
fatally and three others injured
last night In a fire that broke out
in a military police motor pool,
the U. S. army provost marshal's
office, announced today.
Names of the identified vic
tims were being withheld pend
ing notification of next of kin,
A preliminary report said the
fire occurred while the soldiers
were cleaning a garage building
in tho motor pbol, located in the
oorougn of Ncukocln.
MocArthur To Retire
In Year, Says Officer
MEDFORD. Mass., Aug. 13 W)
Lluct. Col. Joseph A. O'Hearn,
former member of General Mac
Arthur's staff, predicted today in
an interview that MacArthur
would retire "within a year."
O'Hearn, who is home on sick
leave, said the Japanese now
"think more of MiicArthur than
they do of their own emperor."
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Tho et for tho Centennial pagtant 1 taking snap out at tho county fairgrounds, as this
picture shows. Nolo tho mountain background for tho stage, partially completed. Boyond that, in
tho above picture, lies a roal mountain tho louth slope of Hogback, and closer at hand tho
troo-studdod suburban area.
KLAMATH TALLS.
Eyewitness Tells
Of 'Ghost Rocket'
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 13 Wf
An eyewitness account publish
ed In the Stockholm Aftonbladct
yesUrduy told how 100-foot
"ghost rocket" exploded In
blinding flush over Sweden
lending support to prcviou
reports thut tho mystery mis
siles urc equipped wilh destruc
tion devices which muke it im
possible to find trace of them.
The published account was
given by a trained observer of
meteorological and astronomical
phenomena who was gazing at
clouds through field glasses
when a nightmarish, torpedo-like
object, with a tapered tall that
spewed glowing blue and green
moke and a series of fire balls,
streaked across his line of vi
sion.
"1 was completely dazzled and
had visions of doomsday," he
said.
LaFollette In
GOP Contest
By Tha Aasociatad Pratt
A three way gubcrnutorial
contest and Senator Robert M.
LaFollette's bid for republican
nomination after 12 years as a
progressive lent sparkle today
to Wisconsin's primary.
With the LaFollette senator
ial scrap spilling over into the
arena of national politics, the
Wisconsin balloting outshone
the selection of GOP candidates
for governor and senator in
Vermont and a free-for-all for
the democratic nomination for
governor in South Carolina.
LaFollette carried into his
battle nearly 21 years' experi
ence in the senate and name
lustrous in Wisconsin politics
for two generations.
But his attempt to force his
way back into the republican
fold, which he deserted to or
ganize the progressive party,
got no welcome from the state
machine.
Thi'i a LaFollette victory
would -weaken Chalrftion Tom
Coleman's clutch on the state
republican organization. And it
would shunt the senator into a
position wherein he could help
pick Wisconsin's 24 delegates to
the republican national conven
tion in 1948.
Howard Hughes
Leaves Hospital
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 13 (P)
Howard Hughes, plane designer
and movie producer, wno suf
fered multiple injuries last July
7 when an experimental plane
crashed in nearby Beverly Hills,
Is recuperating at "the home of
a friend."
Good Samaritan hospital at
tendants said Hughes left last
Saturday, taking with him his
nurses and other attendants.
Huphes' physician. Dr. Verne
Mason, declined to say where
Hughes is staying.
Volunteers Wanted
Klamath Falls 20-30 club
today put out a call for old
timers to ride the club's float
In the Centennial parade Au
gust 22.
Pioneers were asked to
call Centennial headquarters,
8204, and volunteer to ride
in the 20-30 float.
Tho parade committee to
day was lining up an old
pump and fire engine of the
vintage of 1849 which is at
Jacksonville and may be
brought here for the parade.
Mountains Rise On Fairgrounds
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OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 13.
H. G. Wells
Dies At 79
In London
LONDON, Aug. 13 (IP) H. G.
Wells, the world famous author,
died today at his home in Lon
don. He was 79.
His secretary said Wells died
"peacefully at 4 p. m."
The statement, on which the
secretary would not elaborate,
added:
"He had been in failing health
for a considerable time. The
funeral will be private.
Herbert George Wells had
used science as a vehicle in turn
ing out stories and fantasies
which were best sellers on both
sides of the Atlantic. One of his
most monumental writings, how
ever, was an outline of history.
Attacked Monarchy
His last newsworthy action
was on July 9 when he loosed
an attack on the British mon
archy, in a question over whether
llie royal house was involved in
large sums of money which Be
nito Mussolini paid to Sir Oswald
Mosely, the British fascist.
Wells died t his home in Han
over terrace in Regents park. He
was reported seriously ill as long
ago as May of 1944. He had suf
fered from diabetes for years.
He wrote well over 90 books
which dealt with science, sociol
ogy, political economy, romance
and fancy. His outline of history
perhaps was his most lucrative
work, being translated into near
ly every language. Over 900,000
copies were sold In the United
States in one year alone.
Meat Packer
Against Curbs
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 tfP)
Wesley, Hardcnbergh, president
of the American Meat Institute
(packers), argued today against
revival of meat, price ceilings
on the grounds that the indus
try is rapidly meeting public
needs.
This return to "order" in the
business, he told the OPA price
decontrol board, contrasts with
"the chaos created by four
years of price control."
Hardcnbergh said a query of
meat advertisements in cities
throughout the country recent
ly showed consumers are buy
ing meet at "prices generally in
line with OPA's ceiling," plus
the subsidies OPA formerly
paid to help keep retail prices
down.
'Today the consumer increas
ingly has opportunity to go in
to stores and come out with
meat without drawing a num
ber, without standing in line,
and without being robbed by
the black market," Harden
bergh said.
Youth Breaks Leg
In Fall From Car
Mike Colbert, 16-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Colbert,
303 S.-8th, slipped off of the
running board of a car at Dia
mond lake Sunday and fractured
his right leg. He was climbing
out of the rumble seat of the
car when he slipped.
State Dolice brought the boy
to Klamath Valley hospital where
he will remain for several days.
Young Colbert was with a group
of six boys who had driven to
the lake to spend the day.
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FDR Memorial
Survey Afoot
' A survey of the California red
wood region for a possible Frank
lin D. Roosevelt memorial forest
is being made under the direc
tion of Hamilton K. Pyles, until
recently acting supervisor of the
Modoc national forest with of
fices at Alturas.
Pyles was assigned to the sur
vey Job after Rep. Helen Ga
hagan Douglas of Los Angeles
introduced a bill in congress pro
viding for the creation of a for
est honoring the late U. S. presi
dent. The bill has been referred
to the committee on agriculture.
Forest service experts will
sbidy the economic and social
effects of the proposed forest
on local industries and popula
tion in uei none, HumDoint,
Mendocino and Sonoma counties.
The bill contemplates eventual
acquisition of about 2,000,000
acres of non-aericultural red
wood land to be dedicated as
memorial units. ,
Red Scientist
Hints At Atom
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 lP)
Prof. Scmyeon Alexandrov, Rus
sian observer at Bikini, had a
look today at the University of
California cyclotron where the
atom bomb was conceived. -
Its significance, however, he
left unanswered in view of his
observation that Russia expected
to have an atom bomb of her
own.
At a reception yesterday for
the 21 United Nations observers
returning from Bikini on the
USS Panamint, the professor told
newsmen that Russia expected
to have atomic tests, too "in
the measurable future.
Asked point blank If Russia
has as atom bomb, Alexandrov
replied in cngiisn:
"I have been out of touch with
my country, but we are much
closer to the end of this project
as (than) many people think, we
are. .
And where would Russia hold
its tests?
"Somewhere in Russia. Far
enough away so it won't be dan
gerous to the populace or to wild
life."
'Vagabond' Plane
Awaiting Owner
Police are holding for an un
known owner a yellow and
black-trimmed cabin monoplane,
slightly damaged in a crack-up
on Crescent Sunday, which the
aviator can have by calling at
the city hall booking desk.
The plane is a model one
lunger named Vagabond. The
wing was knocked off a n d
broken in three pieces when it
careened out of the blue and
slammed into a tree at 1138
Crescent. The only other dam
age is a broken tip of jone pro
pellor blade.
The ship has a wingspread of
about five feet ana snows ex.
pert craftsmanship by some
vounEster. Its one-cylinder en.
Bine still works despite the
crash police had it tuned up.
Ambulatory Victim
Baffles Patrolmen
PORTLAND. Aug. 13 (P
State police had a long search
but finally found the victim of
an accident.
A witness reported seeing
the man hit and he thought
probably killed.
After an all-night hunt, po
lice learned that the victim
was only bruised, was picked
up by a bus driver and relayed
to his home by another driver.
Month's Free Spending On West Coast
Reveals Pattern Of Inflation Spirals
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13
(IP) The far west spent $10,
000,000,000 last month, on a
conservative estimate.
The estimate was based on
the cashing of checks totaling
$8,265,150,000 in 31 cities in
the Salt Lake-Seattle-San Diego
triangle. That figure was re
ported today by the federal re
serve bank.
The rest of the 10 billion es
timate for July was spending
by check in hundreds of smaller
communities, and total cash
spending for all purposes. The
latter is figured at 10 per cent
of the check total, but probably
runs higher in view of the large
supply of currency.
Total spending ran more than
three times that of the 1939
month, just before the war
storm broke in Europe. There
is the. basis for one's own esti
mate of inflation, for whoever
cares to make it: triple the
spending on a smaller quantity
of goods (not to mention quali
ty). The smaller quantity was
emphasized by the dearth of
automobiles, a business that
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Reparations
Share Asked
By Romania
PARIS, Aug. 13 (IP) Romania,
first of the Soviet-conquered
German satellites to address the
peace conference, proposed today
that she receive reparations from
her former allies, Germany and
Hungary.
George Tatarescu, Romanian
vice premier, also lauded Rus
sia's claims of $300,000,000 repar
ations against Romania as mod
erate, and opposed proposals of
the western allies on economic
phases of the draft treaty of
Deace for Romania.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molo
tov told the conference that
"fascist Italy bears a tremendous
responsibility" but that "does not
mean that Italy should lose ner
importance as a power in the
Mediterranean."
Speaking in response to pleas
for leniency expressed Saturday
by Premier Alcide de Gasperi of
Italy, Molotov paid triDuie to
the "historic services rendered
by Italy."
The head Ethiopian delegate,
Ato Akilou Habte Wold, follow
ing Molotov, answered the ap
plause which greeted him with
the remark:
"At this touching moment I
can not help remembering an
other scene in which Italian
fascists hissed the monarch be
fore the League of Nations."
In his five-minute address the
Ethiopian delegate recalled that
Italy used i-ntrea ana soman
land as bases for ber attack
against Ethiopia."
He said allied troops during
the war told natives of those
countries that "these territories
will never go back under Italy."
To return them to Italy would
be "an act of international im
morality," he said.
Russians Ask
Strait Rights
MOSCOW. Aug. 13 (IP Soviet
Russia announced today she had
proposed to Turkey that the
Black sea powers take full au
thority in drawing up a new
treaty governing the Dardanelles
and that the USSR and Turkey
should organize defenses of the.
straits jointly.
The Russian note said the 10-
year-old Montreaux convention,
whereby Turkey was granted the
right to militarize the straits
aoes not correspond to tne in
terests of security of the Black
sea states and docs not guarantee
conditions preventing the use of
these straits with aims inimical
to the Black sea powers."
The note was made public by
the Soviet foreign office. The
Soviet government newspaper
Izvestia said it had been pre
sented to the Turkish govern
ment in Ankara last Thursday
and that its contents were dis
closed simultaneously to Britain
and the United States.
Indian Awarded Jail
After Auto Accident
Grover Cleveland Edecker, 28,
who was arrested after an acci
dent at Sixth and Pine Satur
day afternoon, was sentenced to
sDend 142 davs in the county jail
by Justice of the Peace J A.
Mahoney in justice court yester
day. Edecker was given 125 days
for reckless driving, 12 days for
running a stop ' sign and five
days for having no operator's li
cense. He pleaded guilty to all
three counts.
normally absorbs a large
amount of money, and in 1939
took around $211,000,000 for
new passenger cars in Califor
nia alone.
Per capita spending was
about $714 last month, com
pared with around $292 in July,
1939. The increase in popula
tion since 1939 went with an
increase in spending of better
than $2,000,000,000 a month, at
last month's average for rough
ly 3,000,000 new westerners.
Bank reports indicated that
checking deposits hit a July
high mark of around $8,885,
000,000. That was well over
three times the estimated
$2,493,000,000 for July, 1939.
The roughly equal rate of ex
pansion of funds and spending
indicated price inflation was
more closely connected with
the amount of funds than with
the rate of spending the aver
age dollar, the latter having
slowed slightly. The slowing In
at tho rate of turnover of the
average dollar suggested buy
ers, by their own restraint, may
have exerted strong force to
Briton Says
U.S. Sources
Assist Jews
HAIFA. Palestine. A u l
(P British troops flr.d torn
myguns nd riflos today Into
l,"T ,' ,iotln Jw who
wore trying to storm through
tanks, truck. .d soldi.,, "
protoat against tho deportation
Uh&grti000 ""i"1 J-
1.T1",,,?,'"' Including a
Several policemen and soldiers
wore injurad by stones, bottles
and other mlaailos hurled by
tho J.wa. who had boon exhort'
j. 7. 4 5 outlawod Hagana
radio to "storm tho itr..t.
Jews in tho major cities of
Paloatine callod strlko .t s
p. m. to continue until tomar.
row morning, and conronod
mass msotings.
LONDON. Aug. 13 IJP a
spokesman for the British co
lonial office specifically named
American financial sources"
today as responsible for "en
couraging and directing" illegal
immigration of Jews into Pales
tine.
The spokesman mari ik.
statement when asked by a re-
lasucr uj aescrme the "very
large financial contributions"
which, a British government
statement said last night, were
financing a mass exodus of Eu ropean
Jews to the Holy Land.
The government's statements
announced Britain's decision to
end illegal immigration and to
convey to "Cyprus or else
where" any Immigrants arriv
ing illegally.
Palestine Soalod Off
Britain ' sealed off Palestine ;
t,i : . in , . . ,
- j ag..u,k u.ci;ai acwiau im
migration, clamped a rigid cur
few on the tense port of Haifa
and began transporting uncerti
fied Jewish refugees waiting to
enter the Holy Land to intern
ment camps in Cyprus.
Coupled with the govern
ment's announced intention to
shift to Cyprus the terminus of
"the underground railway to
Palestine." was an accusation
that a highly-organized, Zionist
financed organization planned
and assisted in the movement
of Refugees, thereby attempting
"to force the hand of the Brit
ish government" in future Pal
estine policy.
Jewish reaction was prompt
-nd bitter. One Jewish leader
predicted the step would cause
"much more suffering but it
won't stop tho stream of immi
grants."
The British press soberly ex
pressed unqualified approval of
the move, and appealed again
for American aid in solving the
explosive problems of the Holy
Land. Arab leaders hailed the
announcement as "good news,"
First Potato
Shipment Out
The first carload of Klamath
potatoes from the 1948 crop left
for California markets last
night.
It was the second time In the
history of the basin potato indus
try that a carload of potatoes
has been shipped prior to Au
gust 20. In 1941, a shipment
went out on August 7.
Last night's carload was
shipped on the Great Northern
from Klamath Falls by the Cal
Ore Packing company and the
potatoes were grown on the Co'
well brothers farms on the Keno
read. The shipment was made
up of Bliss Triumphs and Pon
tiacs. Harvest of potatoes it
now in full swing on the Col
well place and more shipments
are expected before August 20.
Ross Aubrey, state-federal In
spector, said he expected ship-'
ment of Netted Gems to begin
before September 1.
temper price advances, despite
the great total amount spent.
July spending showed centers
of war industry recovering
quickly from the postwar down
swing in money turnover. Only
two of the 31 cities failed to
match the 1945 month's war
time check-cashing pace. In
June, 10 had lagged behind last
year. Seattle and Tacoma were
still a shade behind the 1943
figures, but narrowing the mar
gin fast.
Fresno chalked up the big
gest gain reported among the
31 cities, its $120,000,000 put
ting July checks up to $1.72
for every 1945 dollar.
Others running $1.50 or bet
ter for every dollar of July last
year Included Berkeley, Sacra
mento, San Bernardino, Santa
Barbara, Santa Rosa, Reno, Eu
gene and Salem.
Metropolitan areas were less
free with their dollars. Los An
geles checks ran $1.15 for the
1945 dollar, Oakland $1.04, San
Diego $1.06, San Francisco
$1.13, Portland $1.25, Salt Lake
City $1.34 and Spokane $1.27.