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Newspaper Page Text'l 0) 0) a nrrvinnrrp (ginj?fniRn IVI nS (J In i Day's km By FRANK JENKINS q-'IIE American -people today nro uiinp.iivinu win ui -nlveraary of V-J Day. VVre not CKI.KUHATINU It. Wore IIOI'KPUL, but wore keeping our f luucra crowied. No one who ciiii remember Hint fur buck tun f'l to bo lin proaaed by tbo difference be. iwren luiluy and tbo (Irnt an niversary of Armliitlec Day on November 11, 1U1U. We've leiirned a lot In theac 27 year. Wo know now that vu'iory in wunu wi urreaaiirlly mean peace. It all . 1 lltH fl(.tll-B (icpflinn on wui--ii-i ..' run gel along with each other afterward. THIS much la encouraging: In Japan, where wo havo had SO FA It a reimonably freo hand In the ailmlnlaterlng f the peace, I we arein to be making some pro gress. Maybe If by heaven-aent food fortune our hamU can be .F.FT free there wo might bo able tn rebuild Japan Into a peace-wanting rather than a war mongering country. That would be real progrcaa. THE "peace" In Euroiw looks llko a mrita. llut at leant wo haven't been SOLELY re- -......-Oil fur nullclnif the mesa. There have been too many cooka In the European kitchen. They haven't been able to agree on the recipe. The broth they have made la um.alatablo. Ilut In Japan, where wo have Ihi rfifikitlll With little Interlerencc SO FAR, It l beginning to look a if the broth we have been maklnu mliihl be eaten, when It la done ana rrany ,n M nil (hft KfflVe. Wllhoilt poisoning thoae who partake of nUT the ailuatlon In Aala w4th which Japan la closely linked) la extremely "Iffy," a Prcalilcnt Dnnimiflll ,..rl In K friiwi nf IBV lug. Thero are aa many "Ifa" In It aa there are raiaina in a raisin pudding. , , , RIGHT now, China ii the DIO IF. Tlie Chlneae newa today la bad. Chiang, In a 5000-word atote ment, tella the communlnla what they will havo to dq or else, and aa nearly aa can bo Judged from the alwaya iimlepenriabW newa from China the communist reapond with SHOOTING. To day'a dispatches report that civil war la flaming on a wldo front. On It face, aa reported In the dispatches. Chiang t atalement doesn't aound too unreaaonable to ua at thla great distance but wo muat remember. If we are to remain clear-eyed, thnt auch statements nre alwaya IN TENDED to SOUND good. In all men casea, "pretty I aa pretty doea" and In thla case hla atntement aecma to havo itartcd the shooting again. IF we could build a wall around China and let the Chlneae fiictlnn ahoot It out to the finish. It might be the beat solution in the long run. But when a fight tarts you never can tell who will horn In on It. ESPECIALLY in the caao of nations. ON tho home political front, Senator LnFollctto (Junior) Is licked In Wisconsin after 21 veara In the U. S. senate. Hla father served for 11) years before him making a total of 40 years for tho LaFolleltc dynasty. The political experts will be busy for day figuring out for us Just what happened and why and what the effects will be on the Republican party and Its pro spects for getting back .Into power. They will spin a lot of theories for us, and it Is possible that they may clear it all up. 'T'O this writer, who doesn't live A in Wisconsin and has never spent much time there, it aecma barely possible thnt Republican voters of that politically tur bulent state may merely have TIRED of LaKollettes. Forty years Is a long span. It Isn't Impossible that they sized the situation up and de cided that LnFollctto', opponent suit them better. Ho Is a 37-year-old cx-mnrtno with a good military record. Seven years ago, at tho ago of 30 (before he went to war) he was elected a circuit Judge, Indicating that the voters who knew him had con fidence In him then. A NYWAY, LaFollctto Is OUT, and what used to be re ferred to as "LaKollctllsm" has long since hnd another name, The one suro thing about politics Is thnt It never stays put. The old passe out and the new comes in. AS for the Republican, their success or fnllure in tho Im mediately upcoming years will depend CHIEFLY on tho extent to which they are able to gain me confidence or tlie general average run of people In this country. That, In Us turn, will depend upon the SINCERITY with which they face the problems of tho present nnd tho future. I (Thla wrllnr la an nnivn aa in believe that sincere leadership is whnt tho general run of people want more thnn anything else.) City Council Orders Vote On Manager The proposal for a city man ager form of government In Klamath Falls will be put up to tha people for decision No vember S. Tho mayor and city council, meeting In adjourned aeaalon with a cltltena' commit tee, laal night voted unanimous ly to place a city manuger meuaura on the next city bal lot. The resolution to bo placed before city voters will be In the form of a charter amendment and If paaaed will give the may or and council authority to hire a city manager, determine hia pay and length of office and define his duties. A I m p I e majority "at the polls la neceasary for passage and the measure is planned to go Into effoct not before July 1, 1047. If the city manager ayatem la adopted here, there will be no change In the present mayor council aclup. Tho mayor and council will still be elected aa they are now and retain their legislative authority. Duties Advlaory J The manager will be appoint ed to fit In between the mayor and council on one hand and the city department heads on the other. Hla duties are to be advisory, and will have no au thority over the departments other than Is delegated to him by the council. As planned, the manager would be a hired coordinator who would keep, an eye on all of the city's business and make his reports and recommenda tions directly to the council. He would not have authority In himself to make any changea In any city department or activity. The mayor and council retain that power. It la the belief of the council and advlaory cltltena' commit tee that the appointment of a city manager will make for more efficiency in handling ex panding city affair. No bars are drawn on the se lection of a manager. The coun cil reserves the right to hire a man from any part of the coun try to come In and take the Job. The council also ha the right tn ' pay him what he 1 (OallMtS ra -' Polio Epidemic Still Rampant By The Associated Press Infantile paralysis was report ed on the wane today In some slates but health officials said It was yet too early to tell If the worst wave of the disease since 1016 had reached its peak. While the disease appeared abating in Kansas, Iowa, Ne braska, Oklahoma, Ohio and Florida, the picture remained dark In Minnesota, Mississippi. Colorado and other scattered areas. With no letup In sight, Min neapolis school authorities were making a survey to dctermino if tho opening of tho fall term of school, sot for Sept. 3, should be delayed, and cancellation of the state fair starting Aug. 24 was being considered. Postponement of school open ings also was being considered in four Mississippi counties where polio is epidemic. The state ha 144 cases compared with 20 a year ago. Colorado reported the most extensive outbreak in its history. 337 cases. Hospitals lacked suf ficient beds to care lor tlie victim. Ex-Marine Tops LaFollette In Bid For Wisconsin Seat By The Associated Press Senator Robert M. LaFollette, whom Wisconsin voters sent to the U. S. senate for 21 straight years, conceded defeat today in his effort for another six year term, as a republican, Joseph R. McCarthy, 37 year old cx-morine, toppled LaFol lette on nearly complete returns from yesterdoy's republican pri mary election, The outcome means that for the first time In more than 40 years, the stato will not be rep resented in tho senate by LaFol lette, father and son, LaFollette hnd turned to the republican party for nomination to succeed himself, after 12 years under the progressive party banner. However, the republican stato organization threw its support to McCarthy, former gunner of a marine dive bomber squadron, McCarthy was elected circuit Judge at 30 to become the young est person ever chosen for such a post In Wisconsin. LoFollctte, whose progressive party organization voted to dis solve a year agrf last March, had staked his prestige on the out come of the primary. He said he would not run as an inde pendent if he failed .to receive the nnmlnnuon. LaFollette was eiectoi od i rt he s a republican In 1929 when he- ran PRICE FIVE CENTS BULLETIN WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (AP) Aides of Rep. Stock man (R-Oro.) said today tha voterani administration had Informod thorn that tha "Boaumont" tract in Klamath Falls, Ore., hoi been selocted at tha lite for a 200-bed medical and surgical hospital. Tha board of hospitalization and President Trumon have approved the lite, the aides said. It ii milei from the buiinon center of Klomath Fall. Aequiiition of all of the tract except a imall portion owned by the California Oregon Power company was authorized. The Boaumont site lie back of Pacific Terrace on the hill, and it owned partially by Howard Perrin and partially by Dr. E. D. Johnson. Copco'i lower raiervoir ii in the northeast corner of the lite. Thit locotion wai favored by a lite board here sev eral monthi ago. Engineer! on the board indicated at that time construction of tha hoipitol probably would not ttart before 1947. President Offers Plan For Palestine Partition LONDON. Aug. 14 P) A foreign office spokesman said to night thnt Prime Minister Attlec man communication on the proposed plan lor dividing striie torn Palestine Into a four-zono federal state. The contents of tho Truman communication were not dis closed, but authoritative sources reported that it proposed an 1800-squarc-mile Jewish zone, as compared with the 1300-square-mllo area projected by a British-American cabinet committee of experts, and also called for more power for the zone In con trolling Its own immigration. The 13rltl.il) cabinet heard reports from the chiefs of the army, air force and navy of a tense situation in the Holy Land today and agreed, an authoritative source said, to stick to Its present course "however much the position deteriorates." Man On 84th Day Of 100-Day Fast LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 tPi On the 84th dBy of a projected 100-dny fast, Clnudc L. Baxter, 41, left home early today after a neighborly card game with hi wife and two friends, and was being hunted by police and sheriff's deputies. Baxter has been subsisting largely on wine, and Mrs. Bax ter blamed his departure on an overdose. "I'm afraid he ha cracked up," she told a reporter. "Yes, of course, 1 want him to come home." ,, Sho sold he hod told deputies she had been nagging him, and this she denied. I was against his Idea,' she said, "but when It became plain he was determined to go through with it. I cooperated In every way. Mr. Baxter nat urally isn't himself after 84 days without food." Centennial Ad Now Available Bumper strips advertising the Klnmntli Centennial can now be obtained bv motorists for their cars at any Klamath Falls serv ice station. The strips have been distributed by the Junior cham ber of commerce as part of Its plan to promote the Centennial celebration. Chairman of the nrnleet Is Art Tricbwasscr. Approximately 5000 of the paper banners have been sent to 17 towns in Oregon and cards have been given to Klamath taxi pninnan les and to trucking com- Dimics who travel through the state. Window placards, numbering 2000, have been sent throughout the state by the Centennial com mittee. lather, the late "Fighting Bob," at the age of 30. He was reelected in 1028 as a republican but split with the party early in the new deal to support much of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration's pro r.ram, He won In 1934 and 1940 as a progressive. McCarthy called him nn isola tionist and challenged him to de bate the issue, but- the senator said he would stand on his rec ord. Robert LaFollette M. alb anft 3$Ur$ KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST, had received President Tru No Passengers Slated For GN The Great Northern railway has no present intention of in augurating passenger service through Klamath Falls. That was the gist of a letter received from the GN head of fice today by the chamber of commerce, and read at the cham ber directors' meeting. Manager Charles Stark had written the railroad inquiring about its pro gram. It was recalled that when the GN completed its line through here in 1931, its officials said they planned to start passenger service within a short time. The passenger trains have never run on the GN here. Directors of the chamber re ceived a letter from Governor Earl Snell saying that Snell had received an invitation to the Cen tennial celebration through the Centennial couriersJoe Black well, Newt Nelson and Chet Bar ton. The governor said he hoped to be present for at least one performance of the pageant. Many of the chamber directors signified their intention of being present at the kick-off meeting of the Tulclake chamber of com merce at Tulclake August 20. There was a long discussion of the freight car shortage at the Wednesday meeting. Manager Stark has contacted railroads and other agencies in an effort to help Klamath shippers. The manager was authorized to write the forest service in an effort to have forest service maps brought up to date. It was re ported that maps in current use are obsolete in many ways. The Indian affairs committee was asked to discuss with the Klamath Agency a suggestion that picnic grounds be developed along Wood river. R. H. Dunbar reported that the Centennial pageant has been un derwritten to the extent of $20,000 instead of the original $15,000. Motorist Finds Gasoline Lights It's bad enough to run out of Rnsoline at any time, but Wayne Emerlch, 234 Hillside, was hav ing a streak of unusually bad luck early Wednesday morning when his motor went dry. Not only was it midnight, but as he was carrying a one-gallon can of gasoline to his car, he ignited the can with a cigarette. The' fire department was called to extinguish the blaze and Em erlch was taken to the Klamath Valley hospital for treatment for burns on his hands and left leg. He was relensed later tills morn ing in "fairly good condition," according to hospital attendants. Stores To Close During Parade Klamath Merchants associa tion has voted for store closure on the morning of August 22 dur ing the Centennial pnradc. In general, closure will be from 10:30 until noon. The merchants have also put up $500 as their share of the cost of decorating downtown streets, part of South Sixth street, and the entrance to tho fairgrounds, for the celebration. 'Clean-Up' Drive Begun By Chamber An intensive city-wide clean up program was launched today through a chamoer of commerce clean-up committee and co operating organizations. Nick Long, head of the Mer chants association and member of the chamber board, an nounced the plan at a chamber directors meeting. He said it would be pushed on the follow ing lines: 1. Clean up all alleys and ask merchants to pick up refuse when they sweep front walks, instead of sweeping into the street. 2. Place 48 disposal cans in the business district. The 20-30 club has agreed to undertake this project, which will cost about $1800. 3. Clean up residential and outlying districts, with the help of school children and Boy Scouts. 4. Beautify Pacific Terrace strips and other show places in town. Open Containers Hit Long said it had been agreed to make a determined effort to get all business houses to dis pense with open garbage and rubbish containers in alleys. Open containers are held largely responsible for deplorable condi tions of business district alleys. "This Is a campaign in which everybody should participate," said Long. It is not confined to business houses. It needs to be spread throughout the residen tia. districts. It will be relative ly simple to make KUmath Falls a cleaner city if there will be general public co-operation." Co-operating organizations in clude the 20-30 club, public health association, Junior cham ber. Business and Professional Womens club. Rotary. Kivanis. Lions, 3oy. Scout and Sorop- Long will be Interviewed on KFLW tonight at 7:30, on the clean-up program. Police Pursue Crash Inquiry State police are continuing their investigation of the auto mobile accident near Merrill Monday which fatally injured Joseph Pelland of this city. The accident happened when the Pelland car was struck in the rear by a car driven by Ray mond A. Porterfield of Dorris, early Monday morning. It has not been established whether the Pelland car was moving or parked at the time, police say. No additional information has been learned except that the turtleback on the rear of the Pelland car was open at the time of the accident. Mrs. Pelland, in the car with her husband, was not seriously injured. Porterfield was unhurt. Porterfield has stated, accord ing to police, that he did not see the Pelland car in time to stop before hitting it. Pelland died of internal in juries at Hillside hospital Tues day. Baseball Scores NATIONAL R. H. E. St. Louis 6 9 1 Chicago 4 9 1 Pollet and Garagiola; Bor- owy, Chipman (6), Bauers (8) and Livingston. R. H. New York 4 12 2 Brooklyn 8 13 0 Budnick, Voiselle (4), Thomp son (7), Gee (8) and Cooper; Head, Casey (4), Behrman (5), and Edwards, Anderson (8). R. Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 3 Malloy and Mueller; vich and Baker. H. E. 10 0 5 0 Strince- AMERICAN R. Boston 3 PhlladelDhia 1 H. 10 4 Hughson and H. Wagner; Fowler and Rosar. R H E Cleveland 6 15 2 Hutchinson and Swift; Gassa way, Krakauskas (6), Embree (9) and Hegan. Street Dance An Impromptu Centennial parade down Main street will precede the street dance to be held tonight at Bal siger's corner at 8 o'clock. No admission will be charged and everyone is invited to attend the first Centennial event. 14. 1946 (Telephone 1111) 'Ghost Bomb' One of the mysterious rocket-type projectiles that have fallen in various parts of Sweden streaks across the sky (circle) in this picture reieaaea or tne sweoisn picture was made was not revealed. AP wirephoto. Coffee Prices Upped By OPA WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (JP OPA today authorized immediate retail price increases on coffee, ranging from 10 to 13 cents a pound. The increase results romi 1. Cancellation of an impor tant subsidy of 3 cents a pound. The subsidy was discontinued when the price control law lapsed July 1. 2. An increase of about 2 cents a pound authorized for importers June 28. This increase had not been passed on to retail levels. 3. A further increase of about 3 cents a pound in importers' ceilings authorized today as an inducement to increase coffee importation. The amount of the retail in crease will vary depending upon method of distribution of coffee, OPA said. The agency authorized an in crease of 191 cents a pound for processors of roasted coffee, cof fee compounds, soluble coffee and soluble coffee products. OPA said that wholesalers and retailers, including retail wagon route sellers, may apply their regular percentage markups to the new, higher cost of coffee. President Signs 5c Airmail Bill WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 fl) President Truman today signed legislation reducing the domestic airmail rate from 8 to 5 cents an ounce, effective October 1. Simultaneously Post master General Hannegan issued an or der setting an air mail postage rate of 5 cents an ounce between all U. S. territory and members of the armed forces abroad. The existing rate is 6 cents a half ounce. The new domestic rate makes 5-cent airmail postage applicable to all U. S. territory and involves reductions from present rates ranging as high as 90 cents an ounce. Truman And Staff Cast Kudos And Make Lofty Resolutions On V By The Associated Press Without formal pause, the nation joyfully yet prayerfully observed, the first anniversary today of victory in World War II. One year to the day after he proclaimed Japan's unconditional surrender. President Truman asked Americans to dedicate this first "Victory Day" to prayer and high resolve that: "The cause of Justice, freedom, peace and international goodwill should be advanced with un diminished and unremitting efforts, inspired by the valor of our heroes of the armed serv ices." While military men and others were paying tribute to the men who fought and died to bring the war to its conclusion, Mr, Truman's reconversion director toted up the balance sheet to see what a year of peace has meant to the home front. In a statement last night, John R. Steelman recalled these four objectives of a year ago and out r- - . WEATHER NEWS Aiinl 14, 114 Mas. rAvf. II) 7f Mil flrM U UU - tM Htrmml I1.M Lft tar IB.U rrrnl: Cltar Umarraw, With lit la Chan fa la Umptralara, Number 10897 Over Sweden 1 '! . . . i military stall. Location where Man Flies Ocean For Fireman Quiz PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (VP) Sgt. James A. Shaw is going to be pretty annoyed if he didn't pass the test. The Milwaukie man, ambitious to become a city fireman, heard just before his discharge in Tokyo that the firemen's exam ination would be given in Port end August 13. . After several frantic tries, he finally got priority on a plane leaving Tokyo last Saturday; flew to Portland on the last plane out of San Francisco Monday; and arrived here a couple of hours ahead of the morning ex amination. Now he has to wait to see whether he passed. Heating Plant Deal Complete The Consumers Heating com pany officially took over the Klamath Heating company, 320 Klamath, Wednesday, when transactions for the change of property were completed. Following the transfer, G. C. Lorenz, president of the com pany, announced the appoint ment of John Merryman as general manager for the plant. Merryman, who arrived in Klamath Falls Wednesday morning, will assume his duties immediately. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Washington where he specialized in techinical en gineering. He has had 14 years of experience in operating cen tral heating plants in Washing ton similar to the Klamath Falls plant. Besides spending some time during the war with the army engineers in Hawaii, he was in Klamath Falls in the fall of 1944, where he served as mechanical engineer in con nection with the installation of the central heating plant at the naval air station. He comes here from the consulting engineer's office in Spokane. A contract for a complete overhaul and reoair of present (Contlnaed n Pace t, Col. lined the "record of progress we have made." 1. Jobs for all those willing and able to work: "We have reached substantially full em- filoyment and have created near y five million new jobs in the process. Now we face the task of consolidating these gains by ever-increasing production and employment opportunities." 2. A steadily rising- standard of living: "The yearly produc tion rate of goods and services for civilian use has increased more than $30,000,000,000." To tal construction and production of some goods has quadrupled. Total income payments to in dividuals equal or exceed the wartime peak. 3. Stabilization of our econ omy: "We have successfully avoided the deflation which threatened when war plants closed, but inflation remains a constant threat." 4. Increased opportunities for farmers and businessmen: "Al ( v0 Lake Burst Causes Near Injury To 2 STOCKHOLM. Aug. 14 (Pi The newspaper Aftonbladet said yesterday that a ghost bomb, bursting over a Swedish lake, had nearly caused casualtlt-a and criticized military authorities for ineir lauure to explain the na ture of the missiles, which have been reported almost daily by observers for the past two months. The paper said that two per sons boating on the lake, located In central Sweden, were nearly hit by the bomb, which burst into many parts. i ne paper also reported that a rocket had been observed near Goetebcrg by a group of Boy Scouts, who saw the flying mis sile turn and then return to its original course. (From Copenhagen came the first report of a "ghost rocket" explosion over Denmark. Briand Jensen, a night watchman in Struer, West Jutland, said he saw a speeding missile approach ing irom ine nortneasi, explode with a blinding flash.) Swedish military authorities said yesterday that they had re ceived no tangible proof that the frequent celestial phenomena observed over the country re sulted from foreign experiments with aerial missiles. In retort Aftonbladet said "it ought to be possible to state whether they are meteors or not and if they are rockets, one should be caught." The paper added that If they were rockets and of Russian origin, as has been suggested, there were two possible ex planations for their appearance over Sweden: (1) "Sweden is systematically being dotted in on a Russian artillery map." (2) "Sweden is being used as an object of demonstration, di rected not at us, but to the big world." Military authorities said little attention was paid to a ru mor that a bomber which crashed Monday had fceen hit by a rocket bomb. Airport Fees Win Approval The Oregon state aviation council, representing airport men from all over the state, has passed favorably on the schedule of rates and charges set up by the city for the Klamath Falls airport. Mayor Ed Ostendorf said today. The council, meeting in Eu gene last Friday, was presented a complete statement of the local charges and they were agreed upon as fair by the various city and airport representatives at the meeting. Some individual aircraft oper ators did not agree with certaki of the charges, the mayor said, but it was the concensus of tha group that the overall list was fair, and they will be published in a bulletin for all airports to be gotten out by the council. At the meeting, which Mayor Ostendorf attended in place of Cliff Dunn of the airport com mission, it was pointed out that one of every 78 people in Oregon is a pilot or student pilot, and one person of every 1583 in the state owns a plane. Pageant Calendar Episode 5 will meet for re hearsal Friday, 8 p. m. Episode 2 will meet at 3 p. m. Saturday and a leader rehearsal will be held Sun day at 3 p. m. These meet ings will be at the fair grounds. All pageant dancers who have registered at Centen nial headquarters but have not reported for placement are asked to report to the Eve Benson dance studio not later than Thursday at 11 a. m. Orchestra rehearsal at '1 p. m. tonight. - J Anniversary most a quarter of a million new businesses were established in the last half of 1945, and there is every reason to hope that the birth of new businesses will con tinue at a high rate. Farmers are looking forward to bumper crops, and can sell at good prices all they can grow." Looking to the future, Secre tary of the Navy Forrestal de clared: "We must firmly resolve to keep ourselves strong for the tests of the future until the United Nations is an accom plished fact." Meantime, he called for con stant striving toward interna tional amity and understanding, which, he added, "must rest on the free exchange of informa tion" to "dissolve the mists of prejudice." Secretary of War Patterson and Army Chief of Staff Eisen hower sent messages of con gratulation to General MacAr thur in Tokyo, for tho unexpired term of his - I : !