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By FRANK JENKINS
BYRNES resigns as U. S. sec
rotary of stale. President
rrumin IMMKIJIATKLY ap
points General Mumhull to sue
iced him.
H li 111G NEWS throughout
Die world,
YOU may fuel, Just off the cuff,
tliut secretaries of state ero
beyond your rwilie of Interest
Hint whut you wtint to, know Is
whether the city council In go
ing to pave the street In front
of your houito or whether or
not the Inndlord ii going to raise
your rent,
Wait a minute. The U. S.
evreliiry of slate Ik America's
rOnCIUN MINISTER. Foreign
. policy In the soil from which
warn sprout. War la the NO. 1
CONCERN of every living per
ion. That la why a cluing In the
office of secretary of alote com
ntanda big headline".
, "...
IJYRNES my he la resigning
, bemuse of 111 health,
It MIGHT be true. No mun
can afford to INVITE DEATH
tlirniiuh overwork. Byrne
hcolth tin boon known for aome
time to be allpplng under the
hcuvy load of responsibility In
volved In hla critical lob.
II la a little unfortunate that
In the past government, cspc
cliillv dliiloinal. huve ao often
offered abmird reaaona for whnt
they do (ua when we explained a
wlille duck tnai we were aenn
inu our neweat aircraft carrier.
the Franklin I). Kooaevelt, to the
troubled Mediterranean In order
to give the Roosevelt-admiring
Urecka an opportunity to gate
upon the great warahlp Unit
beara Ilia name, when everybody
knew that for reaaona of diplo
macy we were making a diaplay
or our military might.)
The lime mmt come when
diplomacy will be FRANKER.
When that lime cornea, people
will have more confidence In
what diplomat any won't be
templed to mutter "Oh, yeah?"
when It la announced that an
American secretary of state ii
resigning because of tho atule of
hla health.
...
IJYRNES haa been a good maivi-
one of the best In our history.
, lie haa done a good Job in
lime of great stress.
Fortunately, Marshall is a
good man also. In the news this
morning, we get that reaction
from all aides.
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riENERAL. MARSHALL, aa sec
retnrv of slate, would be.
come PRESIDENT If Truman
should die or become Inrapacl.
tated. (Until the next election,
we will have no vice president.
Truman was vice president, and
left the office vacant when he
became President.)
Military men recognize this
principle: "If It la the RIGHT
thing to do, DO It." In this
critical period, we need greatly
to do the RIGHT thing, regard,
lew of political considerations
So, you see, Marshall's military
training could be userul.
...
""THE morning's dispatches tell
ua of the discovery, near
Salmon, Idaho, of gold deposits
assaying $1145.20 per ton. That
brings an odd thought Into our
minds.
It Is quite likely that with the
aid of nuclear fission (which
made the atom bomb possible)
our scientist could transmute
baser metals Into gold IF THEY
REALLY WANTED TO.
...
WHY wouldn't they want to?
Well, the first thing that
would be accomplished bv mak
Ing gold aa plentiful and as cheap
as lead would be a complete up
set In International finance an
(C.nlln.. n P.i. 4. C.lamn 11
Joint
m ' rJtK$r i
The merged park and recreation board held its first maallnn
taken. Standing, left to rlghti Mrs. Frank Peyton, A. D. Collier. Curt Strong, Caretaker Bert
Stott of Moore park. Recreation Director E. E. Hambrick. Cltv Enoinaer E. A. Thorn... s.x.ri
f O. D. Matthews, Fisd Robinson,
meeting was the resignation of
PRICE FIVE CENTS KLr t0 W LS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1947
Painters
Return To
Basin Jobs
' Differences between members
of the painters' local, No. 1279,
and painting contractors, was
settled today when the local
voted to accept the propoaitlon
aubmlttcd to the negotiating
committee by the Painting and
Decorating Contractors of Amer
ica, Klamath chapter. The men
had returned to, work Tueaday,
following a one-day strike, only
on a temporary b sis. Tueaday
night a secret ballot was taken
and the proposition accepted,
fainter will now receive
$1.82 M per hour.
Carpentera, members of local
190. continued off the Job and
today C. D. Long, business agent
(or the local, said negotiations
between the membership and
ABC and E, had broken off and
negotiation were going on be
tween individual contractors
and not with the association.
The painters will continue
working at (1.82 Mi per hour un
til March 1, when the rate auto
matically raises to (1.75 per hour
or the rate agreed on by the
Portland painters and their em
ployers, whichever Is higher, ac
cording to Joe L. Willis, acting
business agent.
Statement Given
Following is a statement hand
ed The Herald and News today
by Willis:
"The painters union made
despeiale attempt, all through
the month of December to get
such a proposition from the
painting and decorating con
tractors, but were not successful
until January S In doing so. The
contractors- had consistently -ef
fused, up to that date, to give ua
any definite settlement for more
than 90 days, and this was not
acceptable for the reason that
further negotiations in March or
April would be a disturbing fac
tor and would be a departure
c.bii...s e.g. 4, c.i.mh 1)
Supreme Court
Cafe Picketed
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 (A
CIO employes of the supreme
court cunning s carctcria toon
picketed the white marble ed
flee to back up demands for
higher pay.
It marked the first appearance
of union pickets before that
building. The women workers,
members of the cafeteria and
restaurant workers union, bore
signu marked "Locked out."
The signs told of a work stop
page Involving 2200 employes of
Government Services, Inc., pri
vate operators of 53 cafeterias in
government buildings. The su
preme court cafeteria has been
closed since Tuesday. The em
ployes quit work In a demand for
higher wages and other conces
sions.
Park-Recreation Board Holds
Major C. H. Underwood, Mayor
Hambrick, accepted to be effective February 1.
Baffled
Arthur Dunn scrstchss his
head at tha latest (SO entry In
hla bank book In Denver. The
U. 8. government deposited
450 to his account laat June
and (50 checka have been ar
riving each month. Dunn, a
atreetcar operator, can't find
out why he's baan receiving
the money. AP wirephoto.
Police Probe
Powder Theft
State police were working to
day t locate considerable dyne
mite and explosive equipment
said stolen sometime between
January 2 and 7, from the Baker
Brothers powder house in the
Pelican City area. Anyone ob
serving children playing with
dynamite caps or powder is
asked to contact state police,
4211, Immediately.
The equipment was the prop
erty of the Cascade Powder com
pany and the loot includes 50 4-
foot electric exploders, 25 24-
foot, SO e-foot and 250 20-foot
electric exploders, 50 8-foot No.
1 delayed action caps, two rolls
of connecting wire, two cases of
special stumping powder, (dyna
mite), two cases of 60 per cent
gelatine dynamite, also a pow
der; one case of Farmex ditch
ing powder, a higher test dyna
mite. The total value la $101.56,
officials said.
Entrance to the powder house
was gained by breaking locks
with a pinch bar. The loss was
discovered Tuesday by Wilmcr
D. Baker, member of the firm of
Baker Brothers. Male police
said it was doubtful that ju
veniles were involved as too
much equipment was moved. All
products carry the label of the
Atlas Powder company except
the 50 8-foot delayed action caps
which are of Trojan make.
First Session
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Ed Ostendorf. A feature of the
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Low Prices
Only Way To
Prosperity
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (P)
Prcaidt-nt Truman told congress
today that for greater prosperity
America needs lower prices and
labor ought not to press wage de
mands which will keep them
from dropping.
He aent the legislators a mes
sage in wh ch he also said that
for the nation's economic health
they ahould (a) continue taxes
at present wartime levels, (b) ex
tend rent controls, (c) lncreaae
social security benefits, (d) boost
minimum wages, (e) extend the
wage-hour law to new groups,
(f) start a long-range housing
firogram and (g) enact new labor
aws.
It would be "unsound fiscal
policy" to cut wartime income
taxes, the chief executive de
clared In his first annual econo
mic report to the legislative
branch.
The main approach to bal
ancing "real purchasing power"
with productive capacity, he
said, "must be through reduced
prices."
Taxes should be kept at
present levels, Mr. Truman as
serted, because of "the rule of
sound, public finance that calls
for surplus In government reve
nues over expenditures while
employment Is nigh and the total
Income Is large."
He concede 1 the tax burden Is
great and should be lightened "as
soon as possible," but he cau
tioned: "When reductions come, it will
be important that they be fairly
and equitably distributed, that
they contribute Jo the mainte
nance of purchasing power by re
ducing the burden on the mass of
consumers, and that they help
provide the work and business
incentives essential for a high
level of production."
Recreation
Head Quits
City Recreation Director E. E.
Hambrick has resigned, effective
i CDTuary i.
Hambrick's resignation was
presented to the newly-appointed
city recreation committee Tues
day afternoon. The committee
accepted the resignation with a
request that Hambrick continue
temporarily until a successor is
appointed.
Hambrick said he felt he had
been able to make a contribution
to the community, but that the
enlarged recreation program of
the future is a task for a younger
man than he. Major E. Ostcndorf
warmly praised Hambrick for
the work he has done, and the
entire committee, especially old
members who have worked with
Hambrick. voiced appreciation
for his efforts.
The recreatl-r. committee and
park board are now combined, in
effect, the same members serving
on both. All members were
present yesterday, including
Mayor Oslendorf as chairman.
Major C. H. Underwood, City
Engineer E. A. Thomas, Curt
Strong, Mrs. Frank Peyton, Fred
Robinson, Alfred Collier and O.
D. Matthews.
The group voted to level the
picnic ground at Moore park as
rapidly as possible.
Atomic Test Ship
Sinks At Island
KWAJALEIN, Jan. 8 (if) The
former nazl heavy cruiser Prinz
Eugen which survived both
atomic explosions at Bikini last
summer capsized suddenly and
sank December 16.
A battering blow from the un
derwater explosion of an atomic
bomb July 25 presumably loos
ened the Eugen's stern plates,
which gave way as she was rid
ing quietly at anchor in the
Kwajaleln lagoon with other sur
vivors of atomic power.
First Pussy '
Willows Spotted
It was spring robins last week.
This week it's the first pussy
willows of the season.
Reuben Dlehl, Big Basin Lum
ber company employe, brought a
handful of pussy willows into
The Herald and News newsroom
Monaay, picked irom clumps
found along the banks of Wll
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river store on the old highway
ni.iTi TuJ Tu-ZZi
his car full of the harbingers of
spring just to prove hla case.
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Byrnes Reads Resignation Reaction
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 Secretary of State James F. Bvrnas.
whose reaignation from that office was announced last night,
reads telegrams of reaction irom friends as he arrived at his
office this morning. Congress has approved the appointment of
rive-star General George C. Marshall to succeed Byrnes.
Hollywood Salaries Lead
List Of Biggesi Earners
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 VP)
The film industry got its usual
top billing today on a treasury
list of 122 leading money-makers
of 1944 and of business fiscal
years ending in 1945.
Movie people held more than
Filibusters
Face Attack
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 (Pi
Five senators launched an anti
filibuster drive today with
strong prospects that it will
carry to the senate floor and pro
voke historic debate perhaps
a filibuster.
Senator Knowland (R-Calif.),
who with Senator Ferguson (It
Mich.) introduced one of three
proposals to smash the rule pro
tecting unlimited debate, said
he . thinks there is "a good
chance" that the rules committee
will give the senate a chance to
act on a change. Knowland is
a member of the committee..
Other similar proposals have
been put forward by Senator
Saltonstall (R-Mass.) and by Sen
ators More (R-Ore.) and Taylor
(D-Idaho).
AH three pending resolutions
are designed to blast out the
rule by which senate debate now
can be limited only by two
thirds vote and substitute a pro
vision that a simple majority
could apply a limitation. The
house has Jiad such a rule for
years.
Stalin Nominated
For High Soviet
MOSCOW, Jan. 8 (JP) Prime
Minister Stalin today accepted
nomination as a deputy to the
Supreme Soviet of the Russian
Soviet Federated Socialist Re
public the largest republic in
the Soviet Union.
Stalin will stand for election
to a four-year term in balloting
which will take place next
month.
The Russian leader Is a deputy
to the Supreme Soviet of the
USSR, having been elected to
another four-year term in Feb
ruary, 1946.
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one out of every four spots on
the partial list of over $75,000
earners and led it with the com
edy team of Bud Abbott and Lou
Costello. They took in $469,170
jomuy $234,083 eacn if they
spin 11.
Hollywood also flirnUhoH
eight of the 12 persons on the
list who received more than
$200,000. but yielded top indi
vidual piace to a businessman,
Thomas J. Watson of New York.
president of International Busi
ness Machines corporation.
Watson's gross was $425,548.
Even so, he was a far second to
Movie Producer-Director Leo
McCarey, whose $1,113,035 earn
ings, set out in an earlier listing
of 593 persons, kept him high
money-maker for the 1944 and
into 1945 period.
And still unreported and pre
sumably slated for a later list
was Movie Magnate Louis B.
Mayer, the list-leader for seven
consecutive years. Mayer's 1943
earnings were $908,000.
The listings cover only com
pensation for personal services,
excluding income from invest
ments or other sources.
Second to Watson on the new
list and leader among the women
for 1944 earnings ' thus far re
ported was Deanna Durbin, who
got $310,728 singing and acting
in movies. Her husband and pic
ture director, Felix Jackson, al
so made, the list with earnings
of $114,875. ,
Turtles Cause
Ruckus In Cafe
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6 W5)
Three 60-pound turtles destined
for a oneway trip to the kitchen
staged a rebellion in Leonard
Yocum's restaurant today and in
their brief moment of freedom
they:
1. Evoked out some piercing
screams from a cook.
. 2. Invaded the main dining
room.
3. Frightened 20 patrons,
sending women leaping onto
chairs for safety.
4. Withdrew into their shells
when a successful counterattack,
marshalled by a policeman with
a shovel, got under way.
The ponderous turtles escaped
when a barrel in the storage
room tipped over.
General
Take Byrnes'
Cabinet Post
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (AP) Th senate unanimously
ifirmed today President Truman's nomination of Cn.
George C. Marshall to succeed
of state.
The speedy action came in a republican-directed mov
to demonstrate foreign policy unity.
The senate acted within 55 minutes after the nomination
of the wartime army chief of
by trie president, who accepted Byrnes resignation last night
with regret.
Previously in a 12-minute session arranged by Chairman
Vondenberg (R-Mich.) the 13-member foreign relations com
mittee had placed its indorsement on Marshall as the man to
carry forward the policies laid
To jo Cabinet
Member III
TOKYO. Jan. 8 UP) Another
defendant, ill, was removed from
ine imeruauunai war ctuuo
trial courtroom today as the
tribunal was informed 13 Ameri
can airmen, shot down over Ja
pan, were executed in 1945 un
der an order issued by Hideki
Tojo while he was premier.
Naoki Hoashina, minister of
state in the Tojo cabinet, was
taken to Sugamo prison for
treatment after he complained of
a headache and doctors said his
temperature was 101.4.
Japanese government docu
ments recorded the execution
and cremation of the 13 Ameri
cans Second Lt Robert War-
son Nelson, Sgt. Algy Stanley
Augnus and 1 1 whose last names
only were listed.
Former Japanese Army Capt.
Yorio Ogiya, who prosecuted
Nelson and Augnus, said their
sentences were confirmed by the
war ministry.
The court also heard addition
al testimony of atrocities to pris
oners of war forced to work on
the Burma-Siam railroad in
1943.
Armory Scene
Of Fisticuffs
One of-the best" fights"!' this
armory last mgnt wasn t scnea
uled on the card.
It took place in the balcony
shortly after the end of the main
event, and as a result six per
sons were taken to the police sta
tion in the paddy wagon.
Jessie Robbins. 20. of Klam
ath Agency, was booked for dis
orderly conduct and posted $15
bail, and the others, three boys
and two girls, all under 18, were
turned over to the juvenile of
fice. The gang fight apparently
started between an Indian girl
and a white girl, according to
police report, and a number of
other young people chimed in.
The battle raged for some 10
minutes before police quelled
the riot. When it was all over
there were a few bruises, noth
ing serious, and the police man
aged to round up the six taken
to the station.
Lost Dachshund
Takes Long Trip
SPOKANE, Jan. 8 (JP)
"Haness, a dachshund who dis
appeared two months ago in Spo
kane, has turned up 300 miles
across the state in Seattle, found
by the one person who knew him
out of the city s halt million.
Mrs. A. J. Lindsay of Spokane,
whose family owns the dog, had
given him up when she received
a call from a niece, Mrs. James
Twohig of Seattle.
Mrs. Twohig said she was go
ing into a drugstore when a
dachshund saw her. .
"He sniffed at me, and then
jumped all over me."
A check of his Spokane license
showed that the animal was
"Haness."
Mrs. Twohig reported later
that someone had advertised for
the dog in a Seattle paper.
Juvenile Problem Talked
At Child Welfare Meeting
Several proposals for arresting
juvenile delinquency in its early
stages were presented at a meet
ing of the Klamatl. county child
care, health and welfare com
mittee Tuesday night to Klam
ath county representatives Rose
M. Poole and Henry Semon.
These proposals which have
been made by professional com
mittees interested in juvenile
welfare, were discussed at length
by representatives of service
clubs, public and private social
organizations, the police depart
ment, the Klamath County Min
isterial association and other
civic groups. Mrs. M. P. Leonard,
state chairman of the juvenile
court committee, acted as chair
man. With a general recognition
that effective action must be tak
en to arrest juvenile delinquency
in its early stages, one proposal
was to inaugurate an inter
mediate school for children in
Will
James F. Byrnes as secretary
staff was sent to Capitol Hill
down by Byrnes in Ameri
can dealings with loreign na
tions. Speed Urged
Vendenberg stepped down
from the presiding officer's chair
of the senate to urge speedy dis
position of the nomination, a
move he said would demonstrate
unity to the world and that the
United States has "a continuing
and effective foreign policy."
senate confirmation was by
unanimous consent, without
even a voice vote. Senator
Knowland (R-Calif.) presiding,
put the question immediately
after Vandenberg submitted the
foreign relations committee'!
recommendation for approval.
Byrnes' resignation, due to
health considerations, was an
nounced by Mr. Truman last
night
General Marshall's nomina
tion to the secretaryship waa
sent to the senate this noon along
with scores of other appoint
ments, most of which were an- .
nounced during the congression
al recess.
The wartime chief of staff is
to reDlace Byrnes this Friday or
as soon thereafter as he is con
firmed by the senate.
First, however, he is expected
to vacation for a few days with
Mrs. Marshall en route from his '
diplomatic assignment In China.
The senate sent Marshall's
nomination to Its foreign rela
tions committee where it was ex
pected to win immediate approv
al. -
Chair man Vandenberg (R
Mich.) in a glowing tribute to
Marshall and to his predecessor
Byrnes, told his colleagues it
was "inconceivable" that the
committee would not report the.
nomination favorably lor imme
diate. aCtiOJl. - : -, aJ-
Traffic Toll
Hits New Peak
SALEM, Jan. 8 (JP) Oregon's
1946 traffic death toll was 478,
highest in -history, Secretary of
State Robert S. Farrell Jr. said
today.
Farrell said the figure, which
is tentative, was 20 per cent
higher than the 399 persons killed
in 1941. the previous record, i ne
1946 toll was 36 per cent above
he 1945 total of 352 deaths.
Farrell said there were 43,167
accidents reported during the
first nine months of 1946, com
pared with 42,922 during the en
tire year of 1945. He said the
1946 total would be around 60,
000 accidents.
"Increased traffic volumes,
higher average speeds on rural
highways and dangerous driving
practices contributed to the
tragic increase for 1946," Far
rell said.
. "In many instances traffic vol
umes are 80 per cent more than
the volumes for 1945. The in-'
crease is largely responsible for
the increase in rural accidents.
Accidents in cities have not in
creased." Warmer Weather
Predicted Here
What little snow and ice re
mains in the Klamath basin after
last week's sub-freezing temper
atures, will probably be washed
away within the next 48 hours
as the U. S. weatherman fore
cast showers for late Thursday.
Minimum temperature the
past 24 hours was 19 degrees,
the CAA station reported.
stead of sending them directly to
state correction Institutions.
Adequate compensation for
staff members of sjch institu
tions, to insure getting the high
est type personnel in this field,
was another of the points dis
cussed. Still another angle was
to provide a graduate school for
social workers at the University
of Oregon so that adequate train
ing would be available for those
interested in following this vo
cation. .
Transfer of control of juvenile
welfare from the state control
board to the state department of
public welfare or the state de
partment of education was also
discussed together with the pos
sible creation of a youth depart
ment in the state to supervise in
stitutions of correction, parole
systems and the activities of
juvenile officers in various counties.