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By FRANK JENKINS
GENERAL MARSHALL, wlio
(or lunii unci weary months
has boon trying to culm thing
down In China, I apparently
pretty well fuel up. In a report
Just made public by tho stale
department, ha denounces the
"duinlnaiit reactionary group"
in Chlnu's nationalist government
mid lit the numc time speak bit
terly of the wllllniinoiw of tho
Chinese communist to wreck tho
country. If necessary, In order to
throw Chiang Kai-shek and his
Kunmlntang party out.
HI report, as noarly as muy
be Judged from the press con
dcimulioni of It, follow the
' "piuguo on both your houses"
line.
lAlCP thin In mind m to Cliinii:
v It Is ruled by ONE-PARTY
government, headed by a dic
tator. Whnt Is hupuciilng in
China appvari to folluw the pat
tern of one-party government!
everywhere in Russia, In Ger
many, In Italy, In Spain
wherever (mart men, reaching
for power, have been able to RE
CREATE dictatorship under an
other name,
Whatever In wrong In China
fund It li obvious that PLENTY
la wrong) track back to TOO
MUCH POWER In TOO FEW
HANDS too long. Ever since
the world began, that haa been
a wrecker and a smasher of
men's llbertiei.
ONE other thing to remember
about China:
Chiang Katuhck wa for many
yean painted to us a Just abort
of an angel. The palming win
done by PROPAGANDISTS.
The truth waa concealed by
CENSORSHIP.
Propaganda and censorship
are a loo wreckera and smashers
of men'a liberties. Getting the
truth about what la happening la
euentlal to dmnocracy. If men
can be flim-flammed aa to the
facta of life, liberty will become
only a hollow ahell.
AS a matter of cold fact, much
of what la wrong with ua in
these daya haa ita origin In the
unfortunate truth that o many
of ua "know ao many thlnga that
ain't ao."
Only bv building on a foundu
i tlon of FACT can we raise a
'structure that la worth while.
THAT raise again highly
important question: ,
WHAT IS A FACT?
Thlf 1 a fact: Two plua two
equal four. Thia la another
' fact: Daylight follows darkness.
Facta are thlnga that stand Uio
teal of experience.
WHILE we're on thia "preach
ing" lint, let's follow
through the case of thia man
Rocco who a few daya ago
thought up a fancy acheme to
kill hi ex-wife. He wrapped
a gun up in complicated pack
age, kidded not-toobrlght
young woman into the belief
Unit It waa a trick camera that
would take a picture of a jewel
thief who waa wanted by an
inaurance company, and Induced
her to aim .thia contraption t
the ex-Mra. Rocco and pull a
atrlng.
Instead of camera, it wax a
aawed-off shotgun, and initcad
of taking a picture of Rocco's
ex-wlfo it filled her leg with
buckshot and the leg had to be
amputated..
TWE get the final chapter today.
" Rocco dlca In corner up in
tho annwy Calakill mountain of
New England under the bullets
of pursuing officer of the law
thua coming to the end he was
headed for.
What a fool he was! If he had
devoted the iwmo amount of
groy matter to aome legitimate
, enterprise uch, aay, a running
successful hamburger stand, he
-would be out In front and happy,
7 Instead of lying dead In the
anow.
Crime really doesn't pay. It
never did pay. '
'
FLAMINO SLIPPER
CAUSES HOUSE FIRE
LIBBY, Mont.. Jan. 7 W)
Mrs. Ed Dutton lighted a mutch
and the stick's flumlng hond
snapped and fell into her fur
trimmed bedroom slipper.
- She kicked the burning slip
per and it landed on a daven
port, Flames quickly enveloped
the davenport and ' one hour
later the Dutton home was in
ruins.
Palestine Partition Only
Hope For Holy Land Peace
LONDON. Jan. 7 W') For
eign Secretary Ernest Bevln and
Colonial Secretary Arthur
- Creech Jones were reported by
a government source today to
have "decided In principle"
that partition of Palestine into
Arab and Jewish states was
Britain's only hope of settling
the Holy Land problem.
While the colonial and for
eign offices studied what this
Informant called "several varia
tions on the partition theme,"
the British government received
an appeal from Hagana, most
moderate of Jewish under
ground organizations In Pales
tine, to shun any "large-scale
retaliatory operations in tho
tfloly Land."
' - The British cabinet expected
to consider Palestine proposals
$31 Wkim
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Marshall
Raps China
Communists
WASHINGTON. Jon. 7 (!)
Gen. George C. Marshall today
denounced the "dominant re
actionary' group In China s na
tlonullat government, protested
the "provocative" policies of
Chlneiie communist and said
liberal leadership 1 needed to
end civil strife there.
Breaking a long alienee on the
situation In China, President
Truman's personal envoy to
Nanking declared that reuctlon.
arles In Chiang Kui-ahek's gov.
eminent "huve evidently count
ed upon substantial American
support regardless of their
tHillon.
Statement Released
His statement, released by the
state department a day after the
wmte House announced
Marshall la returning home to
report, left wide open the que
tlons of whether he will go back
to China and whether China will
be given the 30U,0u0,u0u loan
it tins been seeking from the export-Import
bank.
Marshall said thut China's
newly adopted constitution will
provide an opportunity to form
a democratic government, but
he noted thut it romulne to be
seen whether the government
will afford a "genuine welcome'
to all groups to ahare in the
administration.
Ilia Ire waa directed at both
tho government and the com
munist, but was particularly
bitter In dlcussing the propa
ganda of tho latter group. He
said that the "dyed In the wool
communist" have not hesitated
at the most "drastic measures
to gain their end as, for Instance,
the destruction of communica
tions in order to wreck the
economy of China and produce
a situation that would facilitate
th i overthrow or collapse of the
government."
Huge Meteor
Seen In Sky
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 lP)
A fiery ball, giving off weird
flashes of light, roared over
southern California last night
and out to sea. It was visible
from San Diego to Bakcrsficld
nearly 200 miles apart.
Although two separate
searches were made for crashed
pluncs, it was agreed today that
the object was a meteor, and
Dr. Clarence H. Cleminahaw of
Griffith observatory said It ap
parently was "exceptionally
large." No missing planes were
reported.
Transport pilots over Bakers
field and Burbank reported the
object flnshcd by at tremendous
speed. Telephone switchboards
In many cities were jammed as
watchers called police and
newspapers.
Reykjavik War
Bride In School
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 7
OP) Murk Greene of Vancouver
is back at his Stanford univer
sity studies Accompanied by his
Icelandic bride, ranay May
Runolfsdotter of Reykjavik.
The 1941 University of Wash
ington student and Misa Runolfs
dotter met while he was sta
tioned In Iceland-with the army
air forces. On return from
tho army ho transferred to Stan
ford university.
She arrived here at the close
of the old year and they were
married New Year's Eve.
Thursday. An atmosphere of
urgency was heightened by tho
steady flow of British soldiers,
veterans of north African des
ert warfare, from Egypt Into
Palestine, where London sources
have predicted a large scale of
fensive to crush Jewish under
ground resistance.
Moshe Shcrtok, political head
of the Jewish agency, told a
news conference world Jewry
would revert to ita old demand
creation of a Jewish state
encompassing all Palestine. He
said world Jewry's attempts to
approach the Palestine problem
constructively by reducing its
demands had met with' "no pos
itive response," and urged Brit
ain to denounce any intention
to impose the Morrison plan
upon the Holy Land. -
"They'll naver get m allr." Alphoni Rocco, hunted in th Nw York City "camera" shoot
ing of his formar wife, twon before he w shot to death on-this snow-cOTrd hill. Corporal
D. F. Lang. Corporal F, W. Hilirank and Trooper J. A. SabaUllo of the stata police stand orer
th body.
CIO-US Steel
Parley Slated
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 7 Ml
The U. S. Steel corporation and
tho CIO-Unltcd Steclworkors of
America begin negotiations Jan
uary 16 for a new contract that
may once again set the wage pat
tern for the steel industry.
A year ago the Stcclworkcrs'
demand for a $2-a-day increase
resulted in a month-long nation
wide steel strike. It was settled
by an 184-cent hourly wage
boost. Tho present contract ex
pires February 13.
This year the Steclworkors'
wage demands remain undis
closed. Steclworker and Nation
al CIO President Philip Murray,
however, has announced he ex
pects a "substantial" boost with
out a corresponding rise in
prices.
The 10-niun. executive board
of tho Stcelworkcrs meets here
Thursday and Friday to map its
strategy against "Big Steel."
U. S. Steel, in announcing the
start of negotiations, said the
meeting was requested by Mur
ray. A Stcelworkcrs spokesman
said the union will make its for
mal demands January 16, in
cluding an unspecified wage in
crease, portal-to-portal pay, re
vised insurance plan and pre
mium pay for Saturdays, Sun
days and holidays.'
Greek Insurgent
Battles Continue
ATHENS, Jan, 7 (A1) News
papers reported today at least
20 persons had been killed in
continuing skirmishes between
Greek government forces and
insurgents, ,.
Press reports ' said members
of an insurgent band seized the
mayor,- vice mayor and two
other residents of the village
of Zarko, near Trikkala, and
that their bodies were found a
few hours later in a field near
the town.
In Athens, more than 190
persons were said to be under
arrest in connection with five
week-end slayings in a commu-nist-xite
(extreme rightist)
feud.
Likeness Baffles
Senate Members
WASHINGTON; Jan. 7 UP)
Senator Bridges (R-N.H.) looks a
lot like Senator Wherry (R-Neb.)
Also, vice versa.
"In this now session," Senator
Bridges told a photographer to
day, "even some of the senators
have us confused."
'.'Maybe a picture would help
straighten this out," said Sena-
tor Wherry.
So the photographer took a
picture. Then
"Thank you very much. Sen
ator Bridges," he said to Senator
wnerry.
.MATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7. 1947
Budget
Death Climaxes Killer Hunt
Death In Mountain Hideout
GRAND GORGE. N. Y., Jan.
7 (P) "They'll never get me
alive," Alphonse Rocco swqre
before he was shot to death in
hia snowy hilltop hideout near
here, after a futile flight fol
lowing the New Year's Eve
"camera" shooting of his for
mer wife in New York City.
Rocco met death last night
under an evergreen tree and a
full moon in Patchin hollow, as
he crouched in a sleeping bag
taken from one of the two
Farmer Routs
Sleeping Bear
CANYON CITY, Jan. 7 (P)
Ira Kimbell was pitching hay to
his stock when he heard a grunt
under the hay pile.
He jabbed with his pitchfork,
thinking to rout out a pig. He
reared a 200-pound black bear,
sleepy-eyed but indignant over
this hibernation halt. . ,
Kimbell's dog jumped. He
knocked the bear down, but the
bruin grabbed the dog in a vise
like hug.
Kimbell came to the rescue
with his pitchfork. The bear
dropped the dog and started for
the man. Both man and dog
dashed for safety.
Last seen, the bear was amb
ling for the timber, still rumb
ling indignantly.
Actress Held
For Manslaughter
REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 7.(P)
Film Actress Helen Walker, re
cuperating in a hospital from
automobile crash injuries suf
fered New eYar's night, has been
ordered to appear in police court
January 21 for a preliminary
h e a i n g on a manslaughter
charge. ,
Pfc. Robert Lee of March field
was killed when Miss Walker's
car, in which he was a passenger,
overturned six times on a High
way. Two other men in the car
escaped serious Injury.
Bail of $2500 was posted for
the 24-year-old actress.
No Fatalities In
Oxygen Tank Blast
' QUINCY. Mass.. Jan. 7 WP)
After an all-nicht search.' fire
officials said today no one had
Deen trapped in tin explosion
last night of 2000 tanks of oxy
gen' at the West Quincv plant
of the Air Reduction Sales com
pany.
At first it was feared at, least
one workman had been killed
by the b last that injured eight
persons, and smashed windows
within a half mile.
(Telephone till)
Proposed
Catskill mountain farm homes
where he gained shelter for
nearly 48 hours by brandishing
two pistols.
He fired four shots from his
German W a 1 1 h e r automatic
(PA38) as state police and New
York City . detectives waded
through knee-deep snow to sur
round him. Then Trooper
James H. Smith, after shooting
at close range, called:
"Come on out, you skunk!"
Rocco could not come out. A
bullet . had struck home. One
had smashed his nose and the
blood ran like revenge over
the crusted snow.
State Police Inspector Charles
La Forge led tne uphill attack
over the mile from the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. .Lewis,
where Rocco last had been
seen.
The Lewis', whose 2-year-old
son, Richard, slept through
most- of the fracas, admitted the
lean, dark fugitive in the com
pany of Frank Naish, in whose
nearby Broome Center home
Rocco had paced for 29 hours
previously.
Rocco had met both families
in previous hunting trips to this
Catskill mountain area, where.
in prohibition days, "Legs" Dia
mond and other notorious gang,
sters lurked.
The terrified couples said
Rocco v o i c e d - no definite
threats, but twirled his pistols
menacingly.
He never mentioned the trick
shooting in a crowded Times
Sauare subway of his beauti.
ful former wife, according to
Lewis, but he repeated over
and over: '
"I was framed,' and "they'll
never get me alive.";
The gun that inflicted the
wound that necessitated the
amputation of one of Mrs. Roc
co's legs , was concealed by
Christmas wrappings. Blonde
Pearl Lusk, 19, told Police. Roc
co, under the pretense he was
an insurance investigator, had
instructed her in the use of the
"camera" to photograph hidden
jewelry he said Mrs. Rocco was
wearing.
War Dead To Be
Returned Soon
PORTLAND, Jan. 7 (JP) The
first of Oregon's war dead to
be returned from foreign soil for
burial in the state will begin ar
riving within a year, Lt. Col.
V, L. Lewis reported here.
The commanding officer of
the Auburn, Wash., distribution
center estimated that bodies of
4619 World War II casualties
would be returned to Washing
ton, northern Idaho and western
Oregon. . The estimate did not
include eastern Oregon and
southern Idaho.
He reported letters were being
mailed to next of kin to facili
tate the return and that families
of Oregon war dead need not
take the initiative in the matter.
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Number 10831
Truman To
Fight Tax
Reductions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 VP)
President Truman wa report
ed ready today to send congress
$37,000,000,000 budget and
simultaneously take a strong
stand against any tax cuts.
This speculative figur dub-head-on
with estimates al
ready girn reporters by th
nw republican chairman of th
hous appropriation commit
t, Rp. Tber of Nw York.
H told reporters th nds of
goTrnmnt can b mt with
bout S29.500.000.000.
Also the president's view that
any revenue surplus should go
to reducing the public debt
as already indicated in his state
of the Union message runs in
to a determined tax-cutting
drive by Chairman Knutson (R
Minn.) of the house ways and
means committee.
Tax Cut
Knutson contend congress
can reduce levies on incomes
up to $300,000 by 20 per cent
and still balance the budget by
tuning expenses.
Thus the budget and taxes
join labor law revision as the
hottest issues of the new re
publican dominated congress.
Usually well posted adminis
tration men say they expect the
president in his budget message
Friday to anticipate the repub
lican economy and tax drives
with, these arguments:
' L Th . only way govern-
' mnTspDdIng can b rtfducad
1 by cutting down on srr
ics and benefits to veterans,
aid to stales and (imilar pro
gram voted by congress in
th past and therefor not
subject to reduction by presi
dential action.
2. When th tim com
that th government can af
ford to reduce tsxas, first
consideration should go to
th lower income brackets,
plus such tax relief a will
provide Incentive to expand
business and employment op
portunities. Hanoi Battle
Still Raging
MANILA, Jan. 7 Of) A Viet
Nam communique broadcast to
day by radio Hanoi reported
240 French troops were killed,
30 were wounded and two tanks
were knocked out in a 10-hour
battle in Hanoi Friday.
The broadcast said numerous
detachments of French infantry,
supported by 20 tanks, armored
cars and fighting planes,
launched simultaneous attacks
at 5:30 a. m. against Viet Nam
positions in the Ngoc Ha quarter
of northwest Hanoi. The quarter
includes Kim Ma Pagoda, Leiu
giai cathedral and Hommel beer
factory.
The communique reported 200
r rencn soldiers were killed in
that encounter and 40 more
were killed by guerrillas who
checked the French advance in
the center of Hanoi.
Scientists Say
Academy
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 7 P
A state geologist has reported an
analysis of the cylindrical object
which fell from a clear sky here
is of refractory material such as
used in the lining of rockets, the
Oregonian reported today in a
copyrighted article.
The newspaper said Dr. John
E. Allen, chief of the Oregon de
partment of geology and mineral
industries laboratory, avoided
any positive statement that the
three-inch long object was a por
tion of a sky missile.
The geologist supervised a
spectrographic analysis of a
small fragment and reported to
the newspaper that it was not
concrete, as originally believed,
but contained elements to give
reasonable basis for the hypothe
sis that it could have been used
in rocket construction.
Dr. Allen said the material
contained aluminum, . titanium,
magnesium, calcium, chrome
and zircon.
"One of the essentials of a
rocket," Dr. Allen was quoted as
reporting, "is a refractory lining
which can withstand the tremen
dous temperatures involved. If
such a lining were introduced
Indo-China Bound
Ma). Gen. Jacque LeClerc
labor) Fiance's famed ar
mored warfare specialist, I be
ing pushed to Indo-China, Loon
Blum, iterim president-premier
announced in Pari. Nativa
hare risen against th French
and serious fighting rages at
Hanoi, capital of Indo-China.
where the French are using
tank and plan.
-A? wirephoto.
Woolworth
Founder Dies
SCRANTON. Pa.. Jan. 7 M
Charles Sumner Woolworth,
who was a founder of the Wool
worth chain of 5 and 10 cent
stores 65 years ago, died today
at his home. He was 90 years
old.
Woolworth, who had been tn
ill health for several weeks,
opened his first store here 65
years ago and later formed the
F. W. Woolworth company with
his brother, the late Frank W.
Woolworth. and the late Fred M.
Kirby of Wilkes-Barre. -
Woolworth was born August
1, 1856, at Rodman, Jefferson
county, New York, the son of
John and Fannie McBrier Wool
worth. The 5 and 10 cent store idea
was credited to ..Frank .Woolr
worth but the success of the en
terprise was largely attributed
to Charles, who began his career
sweeping floors and tending
fires at Watertown, N. Y., for $4
a week.
YA Hospital
Approach Out
At a meeting yesterday after
noon in the city council cham
bers, representatives from . the
veterans administration in
formed the city council and plan
ning commission that the -proposed
entrance to the new vet
erans hospital along Hillside was
not acceptable to the VA engi
neers. The VA engineers, headed by
Col. Beadle, explained that a
survey of the Hillside street en
trance proved that; the grade was
too great for the heavy trucks
to negotiate when carrying sup
plies to the installation. .
A hew survey for a possible
approach was made by the engi
neers with the aid of E. A.
Thomas, city engineer, and it
was decided that the most prac
ticable route would be along
Old Fort road, then cutting off
to the left around the hills and
entering the Beaumont tract at
the northeastern corner.
Part of the proposed road will
lie in the county and Judge U. E.
Reeder of the county court
stated that he thought the coun
ty would underwrite the ex
pense of the county's portion of
the road, just as the city is doing
as its share.
Object Found
Could Be Portion Of Rocket
through a small hole, while in a
plastic state, it might leave the
hole filled with a plug similar to
the object found on the Hill Mil
itary academy campus. . This,
then, could be blown out when
the interior lining disintegrated
or the rocket exploded." .
The geologist said the analy
sis did not show the concentra-
Missile Found
Painters
Return To
Local Jobs
"We are not acceDtlna tha
ABC and E offer. Th strike
goes onl"
This was th statement given
Th Herald and News at 12:00
p. m. today by C. D. Long. bust,
a agent of th carpenters un
ion, local 190. whan advisad that
general contractors here had re
affirmed their priout proposal
of 11.75 per hour and war
standing pat.
ine union seeks l.H7i per
hour and todav refused the ABC
and E offer,
General contractors were In
session at 10 o'clock this morn
ing in the offices of Duncan and
Lekberg, and issued a brief
statement as to their stand on
the 1.75 offer, and indicated
willingness to reopen negotiations-
on April 1 in the event
circumstances at that time iusti-
tied such action."
Long, speaking for the union,
had this to say:
written Agreement
'We demand a signed and
written agreement between the
local and the contractors spec
ifying the date on rvhich the de
mands of ure local, of 51.871 per
hour, will be met. We are not
accepting the ABC and E offer.
The strike goes on!"
While carpenters remained
out today, members of the paint
ers union, local 1279, returned
back to work Tuesday morning
at 51.621 per hour, effective
January 6. This pay will con- -
unue until March 1, then to au
tomatically adopt the state or
Portland scale, whichever is
higher. Joe Willis, business
agent of the painters local, ad
vised the Painting and Decorat
ing contractors of America,
Klamath chapter, and non af
filiate contractors at a meeting
Monday afternoon, that painters
would be at work Tuesday morn
ing pending outcome of meet
ing which the local will hold to
night .
In Portland, wage increases of '
20 cents an . hour, affecting
some 9000 workers and practi
cally all of the home builders in
Portland, were obtained in the
first agreement signed with the
Portland Home Builders, Inc., it
was announced by Fred Manash,
secretary of the Portland Build
ing and Construction Trades
council, AF of L.
. f ortianu acai
-XXhe -agreement is effective on
the first full payroll period after
January 10 and provides a scale
for carpenters of $1.75 per hour.
When C. D. Long was advised
of the Portland decision, he said
today that the Portland scale
would be rejected here on th
grounds that "Klamath Falls ia
entitled to more money than
Portland due to higher costs of
living in this area, less time of
steady employment on projects,
and that Klamath is traditionally
a higher wage scale area than
the valley areas and Portland."
Long said that due to isolated
conditions existing here, "it is
impossible to draw men to Klam
ath Falls from other parts of the
state at comparable wage .
scale."
The membership of local 190,
carpenters union, totals 420. This
also includes the Tulelake area.
The business agent said that 40
per cent of the local is involved
in the strike and the other 60
per cent is employed by inde
pendent contractors not affiliat
ed with ABC and E, and "who
are willingly paying the $1,874
per hour effective January 1."
Antarctic Search
Proves Fruitless
ABOARD THE USS MT.
OLYMPUS, Jan. 7 (iP) A sea.
plane scouted for nine hours
along the coast of bleak Ells
worth island yesterday without
finding trace of nine fliers, miss
ing from the navy's Antarctic ex
pedition. The crew of the search plane,
a Martin mariner sent out by the
seaplane tender Pine Island, re
ported an 11,100 square mile
area off the tip of Cape Dart
was covered in the flight.
Ai Hili
tion of elements that would un
questionably establish ita use in
rockets. . -;
An . army representative has
taken over the major portion of
the object for examination but
Pacific coast army headquarters
in San Francisco and others in
Washington reported no knowl
edge of any test results. At
White Sands, N, M army offi
cials said no ceramic type ma
terial was used in the rocket
V-2 tested there. Other rocket
tests have been made in the
deserts of California.
The Oregonian said Dr. Allen
declared any statement on the
possible origin of the material
would be "wild guessing" but
added that "nothing has ever
been said about the landing
places of rockets which have
been reported going north over
Sweden,"
Capt. Leon G. Thompson of
the military academy staff re
ported the object fell and rolled
at his feet during a brief ice
shower mysteriously confined to
a 15 foot square area at the cam
pus. The sky was clear and no
aircraft were in sight, Capt.
Thompson said. ,
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