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Newspaper Page TextI Ml ir UJ VJ m7 mm Solons Call CAB On Mat In Air Probe 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 W) The senate commerce committee cnl led in tl) civil aeronautics I "ward today to dlnvimi "the " whole air picture" In the light nf recent crashes which mme coiiKri-m members aay have shaken public fait)) In commer cial fly liiic. St'nulor Ilrcwster (R-Mo.), cummltteo member, told rciiort- era, "we have not to we It we ohm find out what the difficulty V slluiitloii la destroying puut confidence. There won't n"Vi?V f lying If tills kec on. I'fifHWS, are getting afra In fly nd Dint's a bad thing,' urewater said. Separata Board He predicted a government air snfoty board aopurate from I the CAB may be proposed, and I another continlllccniun, Senator Capeliurt (K-lnd.l, declured that audi a move "may be a nccea ity." i would remove cranh In- I v-udlgathm authority from the f CAM, which alo makea tho j rule for flying. in the house, Hep. Rivera (D S C.), aald (lie American people "are horrified and acared to death. If, there la aomethlng wrung with the whole dog goned ant up, then aomethlng ahould be done." W. C. McGrath, gencrul man. ' ager of Trnna World Alrllne'a I rimlern division, aald In New York "there can be no question that the recent unfortunate aer lea of aviation mlshapa has con trihuled to the present air travel situation. He blamed it mainly, however, on "a temporary lull In bualneaa activity." i ' The airline aafety flgurea from ' 1931) through 1948, laid before the aenato yesterday by Senator McCiirnm (D-Nev.). ahowed laat years was the best record in ' that period. Truman Slates UN Report NEW YORK, Jan. 14 ffl'i ' " Atithorltnth'e aourtfus said today Trealdent Truman would lubmlt to congress within two week a a complete report on American oneratlona In the United Natlona, probably placing sharp emphasis on atomic energy control, The president, thcao sources suld. may take tho opportunity of spotlighting tne atomic con' trol qucatlon in a letter acconv ponying the report. Tho report la now being draft ed by the American UN delega' lion und is expected to be com' ploled thla week. It will cover all fields of work in in united Natlona. it . ... 1. 1 1 1 1. - .!... . . ell prepared to meet tomorrow to continue discussions on atomic energy control ana woria disarm' anient. At that time the basic argu ment between Russia and the United States over priority for atomic energy control or general disarmament may be resolved Paraguay Under State Of Siege ASUNCION, Paraguay, Jan. 14 A new cabinet made u of three army men, a naval ol ficer and four civilians ruled Paraguay today under a state of ' siege proclaimed by president Hlginlo Morlnlgo after discovery of the government called a plot joy "anarcnist groups and tne ' communist party" to overthrow Morlnlgo. The president, Installed In of fice by the army In 1940, as sumed command of the armed forces yesterday and declared a 30-day state of siege, thus ap parently ending a truce between the Colorado and Fcbrlsta parties which had been considered the first step toward .restoring con stitutional government in Para Nations Overrun By Nazis Ask Stern Treaty Measures LONDON, Jan. 14 (VP) The Netherlands demanded a item peace for Germany and "moral reconstruction" of the German people, as the deputies of the four-power foreign ministers convened today to begin work on German and Austrian trea ties. In a memorandum to the dep uties' council, Tho Netherlands, one of the first western nations overrun by tho nazi government, asked that the German people themselves be made to pay the full costs of occupation and re construction, The Dutch urged strictest measures to ensure Ger many's demilitarization and dis armament. The document called for a de centralized Germany and an In ternational rcglmo to control In dustries in the Ruhr and the Rhineland, sources ot Germany's war potential, V As the deputies convened for the spndework preparatory, to PRICE FIVE CENTS LAMATH T ALLS, OHEQOW Clearing Weather Forecast Low Court Affirmed In Murray Case The supreme court today af firmed the Klamath county cir cuit court In another phase of tne. long-lougnt case ot t. j. MuYroy vs. Wilson Wiley and others, involving the Main street property now occupied by Wool worth's and Matt Flnnlgan, The high court upheld an In tcrcal rate of 0 per cent aet by Circuit Judge Rulph Hamilton of Ucnd. who heard the case, to be paid by Murray In redeeming the property from aeveral local pcoplo whoheld a mortgage on it. The mortgagees, Including T. B. Wallers, M. S. West, Mary L. Moore and Charles Martin, had appealed the cuse, asking 10 per cent Interest on the funds due them from Murray. The high court's ruling is that the defendants Watlera, and others retain control of Uie real estate In lieu of paymenta of the balance due by the plaintiff, Murray, with the circuit court to aet a time limit on the payments. There waa a alight modification of the supreme court ruling to the effect that while the defend ants are to keep a lien on the property, the personal Judgment againat Murray la eliminated. Murray conatructcd the build ing, later defaulting on a mort gage. Walters and others re deemed the mortgage, but In aubaequcnt litigation Murray's right to redeem from them was eatabllahed by the supreme court. The later litigation had to do with Interest ratea and other matters dealing with the payments from Murray to 'the mortgageca. Wilson S. Wiley and Ci. Q. D'Albinl, named among other defendants In the case, are virtually out of the lat est litigation. Justice Brand wrote the deel aloru Local Strike Set-Up Same At noon .odny no change was reported In the labor situation aa far aa AB" and E. the em ployers group, and the member ship of the carpentera union, locul 190, was concerned. C. D. Long, business agent for the local, said negotiations were broken following a meeting be tween tne negotiating committee of the local and a committee from ABC nd 3 held Monday morning and that there were no new developine 'Is. The unlin has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday at 7:30 p, m. In the. Labor temple to which a committee from ABC and E has been Invited to ad' dress the memb rship. Long said he had not received an accept ance of the Invitation today and did not know if any of the em ployers' group would attend. Blast Victim Dies In Hospital PORTLAND, Jan. 14 () Robert Schnok, 58, -died today of injuries suffered in a blast which rocked the former plant of the Holly dairy Thursday.- Schook, a Jack hammer oper ator, lit a match to peer into a hole uncovered by the hammer and the explosion followed. Its exact cause ha not been de termined. the March meeting of the for eign ministers council in Mos cow, Austria, calling herself "the first victim ot Hitler's ag gression," formally asked to be heard quickly and fully during discussions of the Austrian pact. Official Czechoslovak sources said Czechoslovakia would ask that Germany pay her off In Sort by hauling her products on ermnn railways without charge for a number of years and would ask uncontrolled navigation for Czechoslovak ships on German stretches ot the Danube, Britain and the United States were reported to have the drafts of tentative treaties on Austria ready for study by the Russian and French deputies. Some In formed quarters expressed belief the United States would waive reparations claims against Aus tria in hope of aiding that na tion's tottering economy, but the biggest question centered around Russia's demands. ( J . . miT ' i ii" iraaaaaaar r u - u i -. - . t-f -if . ,n.s A detachment et Scots Guards is lined up in Claphara Common, London, after being called out by the labor government to haul food to London's millions when defiant truck drivers re jected the appeal of labor leaders to end their strike. The government move touched off a wave ol sympathy strikes. . Merger Of City And County Libraries The wheels were set In mo tion this week for study ot a proposal to consolidate the city nd county libraries. City and county officials have discussed the merger for some time, and will appoint a committee to consider the present set-up and the possibility of Joint opera tion of both institutions. Mayor Ed Ostendorf has ap pointed George Mclntyre and Ted Durment, members of the city library board, to represent Klamath Falls on the commit tee, and the county will ap point two members probably some time this week. The city 'and the county agree that keeping both librar ies in operation is a duplication in books, maintenance and per sonnel as well as expensive. Family Gets Housing Aid OREGON CITY, Jan. 14 () Timber from the Russell H. Fraser form is being felled, milled and put together by some 25 neighbors In present-day variation of the pioneer house raising, to replace the Fraser home destroyed by fire. The neighbors after felling the trees haul them by tractor to a nearby mill where they are cut into lumber, then hauled back to the site of the house. By the end of this week the basement Is expected to be dug, forms in place for the concrete foundation, and lumber piled ready for use. Loggers Held . . In Jewel Theft PORTLAND, Jan. 14 lP) Two transient loggers were taken to Eugene, today tor ques tioning in yesterday's theft of diamond rings from the Wels fleld and Goldberg jewelry store. . They were arrested here last night by a special officer who said that as he approached Wil liam Creft, 42, and James A. Williams, 44, one ot them tossed away a package containing nine diamond rings. Police here esti mated their value at $521. They denied knowing of the robbery. . German Judges Now In Lower Courts PORTLAND. Jan, 14 MP) k Lower courts in Germany are , 1 1 1 r 111. Al.aMnM HOW JUIIUUUIIIUK Willi ircima" Judges and Juries but it is yet too early to determine whether objectives are being fulfilled, Lt. Col. Alexander G. Brown said today, . The former deputy city attor ney has returned after a year and a half as legal adviser to the military, government in Berlin. Most Germans handling legal work are cooperative, Brown said. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1M7 Troops Called Out In London Truck Strike ITS sr To Be Studied and believe that operating costs can- be - substantially cut if a The' county library board laat year discussed the possibili ty of enlarging the bounty li brary to fit the needs of the community, but the cost ot the project was considered too great. . j, . No definite manner has been discussed as to the merger. It will be the committee's job to make a thorough study of the venture and decide whether or not it is practicable, officials said. Wartime Tax Extension Asked WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 0P A decision . that wartime tax rates on liquor, furs. Jewelry and some other. items should be ex tended indefinitely was reported reached today at a meeting of republican members of the tax writing house ways and means committee. One member, asking not to be quoted by name, told a reporter the feeling was that continuation of these levies "may be necessary to grant a reduction in taxes on individual Incomes." Under present law,' the war time rates on liquor, transporta tion, telephone charges,, and some other items are due to drop to about prewar levels on July 1. The liquor tax, for Instance, would go down from $9 to $6 a gallon. The extra rates Imposed dur ing the war brought in about $1,500,000,000 a year. President Truman urged in a message to congress last week that the wartime rates be con tinued. 1 Night Club Entertainer Killed In Plane Crash A Klamath Falls flight which Marysville, Calif., airport offi cials had warned as foolhardy due to adverse weather, brought death to John Stevenson Colette, 31, night club entertainer and recently appearing at Lakeshore inn in Klamath Falls under the name of Johnny Stevens. Colette's body was found char red in the wreckage of his light Rlane at 3:30 . a. m. Monday, larysvllle officials said Colette told them he was flying to Klam ath Falls to join his wife. Alice. There is l.c word here of Col ette's family and Lakeshore em ployes yesterday said they un derstood Colette was not mar ried. The Alice, mentioned in the dispatch, has not been Iden tified here. The entertainer signed a con tract at Lakeshore under the full name of John Stevenson Colette but he is known st Marysville, where he was appearing as mat ter of ceremonies at tne Casa blanca club, as John Stevens. Airport officials also gave out that name. According to the Marysvl'le Appeal-Democrat newsrcom, in a conversation with The' Herald (Talaphona wirapnoto via raaio xrom London, Gold Seeker Seeks Advice -.Tver akin t i k I "r wants held from Col. O. E Walsh of lite, army engineers. . A Porttend resident today asked for the name of the Cor vallis man .to whom Walsh had made various suggestions as to where to locate instruments use ful in findinjg buried metal. The latest correspondent said he has been using a "doodle bug" of his own make but hasn't had much luck finding gold he says is buried near Portland. Walsh forwarded the name of G. A. Lewis, Corvallis, his orig inal correspondent on the sub ject. He added that he didn't know what luck Lewis had had in finding his gold, but he said he felt sure he should have had time by now to try out all the suggestions which came in from various sources. ? Pan American Plane Sets Mark ' SEATTLE, Jan. 14 (JP) A Pan American World Airways clipper landed at Boeing field here at 3:22 p. m. (PST) yesterday, just 7 hours and 22 minutes after it left Fairbanks, Alaska, 1732 miles away. - The plane, piloted by Capt. Warren . Meyer, Seattle, was in the air only 6 hours and 52 min utes, clipping 57 minutes from the previous record set in 1945. The plane was aided by a 90 mile tailwind In flying the 1170 miles between White Horse and Seattle in 4 hours 30 minutes for an average of .better than 260 miles an hour, compared with the schedule time of 8 hours. ! i T- and News late' this morning, Colette took a plane from the field at 2:30 a. m. with the avowed intention of joining his wife, Alice, in Klamath Falls. He crashed the BT-13 in an iso lated wooded region 20 miles northeast of Marysville. The Ne vada count, coroner said that it appeared Colette had attempt ed to turn back and mistook lights on the Englebrl ht dam on the Yuba river, for the Marys ville r irport. A rancher told heriff John 1. Dower that he heard the plane overhead, heard the motor ''conk out" an. the, saw a flash and then a fire. The sheriff organ ized a searchin party imme diately and the wreckage was located first from the air by Roger Brandt of the Marysville airport. Col itte Is said by Marysville sources to be an x-ravy pilot and that he did considerable fly ing since coming to that town sever ' weeks ago. That source also t dvised Colette was one of the original "Dead End Kids" of movie fame. Funeral arrange ments are pending the location of the wife, Alice. - WEATHER an, (J. IS) -... Mia. u rraalaltalUa laat 14 karl .M Strom year Sala ... ...tjl Lart rr ...S.aS Naratal 1.41 rraail: Maallr alaaSr taaaj, alaarlaf WaSauSa. till) Humbtt 10131 Air, Ground Transport On Schedule Packed snow and ice glazed the highways throughout the mountain area adjacent to the Klamatn basin Dut at noon today the storm of the past 24 hours appeared to have spent itself lo cally and the United States weather man forecast clearing Wednesday, little change in tem perature." J. rains and buses were report ed running on schedule and the first flight for United Air Lines since last Saturday evening. came in at 10:24 a. m. today, northbound. The West Coast, No. 14 southbound, was delayed tnis morning but this was not due to snow conditions, . the Southern Pacific said, but was the result of locomotive trouble. Flangers were operating be tween Chemult and Crescent Lake, starting early Monday afternoon. Although the storm quieted down in Klamath Fails early this morning, it was blowing hard at Crater lake, at Crescent Lake, Mowich and Chemult. Snow reached a depth of 17 inches at Crescent Lake, the SP reported, and it was still snow ing heavily. It was 19 degrees there, 17 at Mowich and Che mult with a strong northwest wind sending drifts over the line. ; Powdery The Oregon state highway de partment said the snow, was of such powdery consistency that no traffic trouble was renorted by foremen but the giant Sno- u were iuu operating ai lull speed 'two on the WUhiMRe pass and one on Sun mountain. City and county school buses were operating although several were late delivering students to their classes, it was reported. The county road department ad- visea "no enow trouble ' but they were keeping an eye on the Fort Klamath area where the storm continued today. Work was halted in the Malm district by the snow and roads in Lan gell and Poe valleys were in good shape where considerable work was done last summer. State police reported an all quiet and said no accidents had been called into that office at noon today. Chains were advised through out the district by the state high way commission which said it expected conditions in the moun tains to "become even worse to night and tomorrow." Cold at Odell At Odell lake it was 12 de grees, snowing lightly with 12 inches of new snow and 58 inches of roadside snow. The snow was drifting badly and plows and sanding crews were operating. Traffic was going through, aided by chains. The temperature was 17 at Sun mountain, 7 inches of new snow and blowing. There is a total of 36 inches of roadside snow. On the Greensprings highway it was blowing, roads were sanded and there is 12 inches of road side snow. Chains are required on the Siskiyou summit of the Pacific highway where 11 miles of packed snow is reported. It is still snowing in that area. Portland reported all roads icy and the Upper Columbia highway slippery throughout. At Roseburg and Medford there was a light snow and roads slick. Salem reported roads throughout the district a "sheet of ice'' and Bend also advised roads were slick with two inches of packed snow. Baker had one Inch of new snow and Meacham turned in the mini mum for the state, 4 degrees above zero. Windshields Must Be Kept Clear A number of minor traffic accidents in town since the streets became covered with snow today brought a warning from city police that wind shields must be kept clear of snow and ice. Clear vision is necessary for safe driving and obscured vi sion is a violation of state traf fic law, punishable by arrest. Oregon Births Hit Ail-Time High PORTLAND, Jan. 14 m The stork had a busy time over Ore gon in 1946. The state board of health re ported births reached an all-time record and estimated the year's deliveries at 27,890. The exact figures will not be known until all reports are in from counties for December, Pin-Up i,i i Hi Li ii i iiiii , i -i i, mmj .;v ' 4 mi?? Judges and other contestants look up at Myra Keck, lt, of Havarford, Pa., at Ifew York after she was chosen to be queen of the New York Press Photographers' ball at the Wal dorf-Astoria hotel. Miss Keen la a 5-foot-t blonde with haul yes. AP wirephoto. Tax Office Open Evenings The bureau of internal reve nue office - in the post office building will be open from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. through the noon hour tomorrow, January 15, for filing and paying esti mated tax by farmers, business and professional people, inves tors, landlords and oiner wage earners whose 1946 income tax was not substantially paid up through withholding assess ments. - January 15 is the deadline a far as the local office is con cerned, lor -those tilings, trui March: 10 -is.. toe miug oeaaiine) for wage earners whose tax pay ments were made by withhold ing. - . .. Any person who had f 100 or more of wages or income not covered by withholding tax, and if the income didn't exceed $5000 plus $500 for each exemp tion except his own, should file and pay an estimated tax by to morrow. Snell Speech Gets Praise SALEM, Jan. 14 'NO Gov ernor Earl Snell's message to the legislature brought favorable comment generally regarding its comprehensive coverage, although some members ex pressed criticism privately, and others refused to comment until they study the message. .... Comments include: President of the Senate Mar shall Cornett, Klamath Falls "It was a very frank and forthright speech." Kep. Henry semon, tuamatn Falls "In general, the message was very fair and it has some constructive points." . Euthanasia Killers Guillotined Today BERLIN. Jan. 14 UP Dr. Ilde Wernicke, 47, and nurse Helene Wieczorek, 42, were guillotined today in Moabit prison for par ticipating in the euthenasia killing of more tnan ouu mental patients at an asylum in eastern Germany during the nazi re gime. They were the first women executed in Berlin since tne war, Also guillotined in Moabit to- Anv woe Holmiit YCnAHfor Pol-- lin youth convicted ot tne mur - der of his aunt last May. 17 Crater Lake Families Snowed In Seventeen families, living at Crater Lake national park this winter, were snowed in today as three and one-half feet of light, powdery snow fell throughout the past 24 hours. A severe storm was reported in progress at the park today and drifts from 12 to 15 feet were piling up as a high northwest wind whipped through the area. - Plows were working desper ately to keep roads open but in the residential area the families kept to their homes. Persons stepping outside would sink waist high in the new, light snow, according to the morning radio report. All travel into the park was discouraged today by T. C. Parker, assistant park su perintendent. In the past 24 hours more than 41 1 inches of new snow' has fallen, making a depth : of M Troop Use In Walkout Protested By TOM WILLIAMS LONDON, Jan. 14 (JP) A mass meeting of London dock workers voted today to Join some 30,000 union laborers la a walkout protesting the use of troops to move food supplies held up by a nine-day strike of London truck drivers. The decision, which may at feet all of London's 24,000 or ganized dock workers, waa reached at a 40-minute noon hour meeting attended by be tween 1200 and 1400 men who ignored appeals of union lead ers to remain at work. Settlement Rushed With food distribution throughout England threatened by the spreading walkouts, gov ernment officials, employers' representatives and union lead ers hurriedly set up fast-moving machinery to negotiate a settlement. More than 2000 soldiers angrily termed "blacklegs (strike-breakers) in uniform' by the strikers and' 800 service vehicles meanwhile began their second day of lugging meat and otner food to retailers serving 10,000,000 inhabitants of the greater London area. Food Limited With the soldiers taking over delivery duties, food in limited quantities began re-appearing in London shops that had been almost drained of supplies dur ing the work stoppage. - After the dock workers' strike vote, two officials of the powerful Transport and Gener al Workers union, which was headed by Ernest Bevm before he became foreign secretary, mounted an air raid shelter to speak but their advice to return to work was shouted down. The truck drivers walked out uast Monday in 'protest against a government, board award which did not fully accede to their demands for a 44-hour week, two weeks of paid vaca tion, paid sick leave and over time working changes. A shouted "yes" answered a mass meeting . question: "Do you agree that the road trans port man cannot get a fair deal when they are being black legged by troops?" (Blackleg is tha British term for strike broalrtrj.,.. '. Byrnes' Talk Draws Fire ' BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 14 (P) Retiring U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes drew the fire last night of Argentine Foreign Minister Juan- Bramuglia, who accused him of being both "un just" and "intolerant" in a speech delivered at Cleveland Saturday night. . ; (Byrnes, in that speech, said the U. S. was eager to go ahead with the projected Rio de Janeiro conference for negotiating a mu tual assistance pact for Ameri can nations but did not wish to proceed without Argentina. He said the state department felt Argentina had not yet complied with the commitments of Cha pultepec.) Bramuglia, in a written state ment, said Argentina had ful filled her commitments with re spect to eliminating nazi influ-' ences and .cited George Messer smith, U. S. ambassador to Ar gentina, as a witness. . Ice Falls From Sky At Medford MEDFORD, Jan. -14 () -A foot-long slab of ice four inches wide and an inch thick fell from the sky over the R. D. Speer farm yesterday and he said to day he assumed it had broken from an iced-up plane. ' One side was smooth, Speer said, leading to the assumption it had formed on a plane al though he did not hear one. ' He said he noticed the ice falling through the air when it was about 200 feet up. it iana- iea in a iiera, numus a uuuuw I impression in the ground. By Heavy Fall Inches where the snow measur ing device is located. This does not take into consideration the high drifts piling up all over the park, Parker said. . "This is the first real storm of the season," Parker said. "It started Saturday night and is still going strong. As fast as the plows work their way through the roads, the strong wind piles drifts Into the open space. We are discouraging travel Into the park because of the storm and it is impossible to get to the rim and visibility is zero. There is no reason for folks to go to the lake. Record accumulative snowfall at the park 1 73 feet and on the level, 20 feet of packed snow. Our past 24-hour fall is not very far below the record which waa be tween four and live feet." .