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Newspaper Page Textfl ... tvm int aim 41 Mtt PRICE riVE CENTS i-O- IhTUw By FRANK JENKINS rllfc peak of tho war Join Is passing. In the smaller tuwm, It is occasionally olblo to net Into hotel without reservation ulthouilh it Isn't ad vlmihlo to rely on It. Thl In chilly winter on tho 1'aciflc count. Tho country, oven tho subiir ban, motels ruther frequently display vacancy signs, at leant up to uhout 5 o'clock. Tim clly hulclit xtlll run full, the garages run even fuller. All Ihti city aiHirtment houses still display prominently Hie "No Vacancy" signs they have had up since tho war boom started. I T'S surprising how muny of them have been made over from "Vucancy" signs by the simple expedient of pencilling a big "No" above tho "Vacancy." Thcro WAS a timo. whether wo can remember It or not, when lundlorda WANTED tenants. That waa back In the olden, Itolden dayi when there were ui pluses. We complained bitterly about the surpluses then, but havo luce learned tho Important economic lesson that If tho world la to run successfully thcro muit bo moro sellers than buy era. THE ifcneral story la that the tranifporlation Jam la well over the peak. There are even fairly reliable report of people walklnif In, asking for Pullman berth or a neat on tho next plane and GETTING it Jut aa simple as that! STILL An Orcgonlan itarted shop ping tlili morning for a room, preferably, or a lower berth, fairly hopefully, or Juiit any thing, dear Lord, aa a last rcaurt .on the Cascade for tonight. Hi GOT A ROOM, over the telephone, and waa Inatructed to call for it ai noon aa reason ably poMlblc. ' -v ; . . HE allowed up at tho window In about 20 mlnutea, told hia name and hi bualneaa, and wai met by a look of blank aurpriae on the face of the reicrvallon Clerk. "Why air." the clerk aald. "thic reaervatlon waa delivered to you not over five mlnutea ago." The would-be passenger pro tested. He got there aa quickly aa he could, he asserted, and added that he was still puffing slightly from the haste he had made. UDUT your namo la , u Isn't 117" the man at the window queried. "Check," tho purchaser re plied. "And the room was such and such, waa it not?" tho clerk cross cxumlned. "Check again," was the re spinsc. "Well," tho clerk concluded, "wo certainly delivered that room to a man giving your name." WHAT happened? " The unlucky Orcgonian doesn't know, but ho suspects that someone needing accommo dations on that train might have overheard the transaction and dnshcri down and palmed him .sclf off as tho purchaser. jk Anyway, that is the story as it was told to this writer an hour or so later by tho victim of the "coincidence." Disabled Boat Waits For Tow SEATTLE, Jan. 31 (IP) Her engine disabled in the ocean storm which wreaked heavy damago In British Columbia and northwest Washington Thursday, the 37-foot Seattle selncboat Re covery wallowed off the west const of Vancouver Island today awaiting a tow to safety, Tho const guard cutter Natigu tuck battled headwinds and rough wnler en route to her rescue, but tho Recovery's crew of six was reported In no dan gcr. The Cnnadlnn army boat General Schmidlin had been standing by her since 2 a.m. today. Day's Yens Churchill Suggests British Surrender Of Palestine Mandate; Evacuation Order Out LONDON, Jan. 31 (T) Win ston Churchill urged the British government today to surrender its Palestine mandate to the United Nations unless tho Unit ed States Joins -Britain "on a fifty-fifty busis" In a now policy for the Holy Land. Almost simultaneously, the Palestine government ordered the evacuation of British women nnd children to the United King Mom, a decision apparently fore Sindowlng new action against terrorism in the mandate. Perry Faces 4 Charges In Siskiyou Four criminal charges, ull of them carrying possible heuvy penalties under California law. have been filed In Yreka against Juck Kylo I'erry, 34. who has signed a statement admitting a vicious attack on a 17-ycnr-old Klamath Union high school girl. Perry was taken to the Siski you county, Calif., Jail lute yes terday, and this morning Dis trict Attorney Fred W. Burton placed charges of assault with Intent to rape, Crimea against children, sex perversion and kid naping against the man. In his statement Perry said he would plead guilty to all counts. Penalties Listed Assault with Intent to rape carries a ono to 20-year penalty, crimes egalnnt children one year to life, sex perversion one to 13 years and kidnaping, under section 208, California penal code, which does not include a demand for ransom, one to 23 yean. Burton today notified the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation and believes the federal authorities might file a charge of violation of the Mann act, which carries a maximum sentence of life im prisonment. Perry's statement corroborat ed the story told by the girl, who Is still -In a Dorrts hospital re ceiving treatment after her ex perience. The attack took place on a side road off highway 07 this sido of Dorris Wednesday afternoon. Perry, admitted forcing the girl to disrobe, threatening her with a 10-inrh butcher knife. No gun waa found in his car. The girl broke away from Perry and, clad In only one sock, ran through the snow to the high way where alio wm picked up by a motorist and taken to Dor ris. Officers here say that her ('llnS rail 1, Clama it Surplus Sale Loss Heavy WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 ill') The government has realized about 26 cents on the dollar from the sale of surplus property costing $13,200,000,000 through 1846, War Assets Chief Robert M. Littlcjohn told congress to day. The Job Is still less than half done and he needs new laws to wind up the war assets adminis tration In the shortest possible time, Littlcjohn said in a letter accompanying his report. He said that in order to turn loose surplus installations the army and navy must have legis lation which will enable them to estimate peacetime military re quirements. Littlcjohn added that congress can speed up surplus disposal by simplifying such regulations as veterans' priorities. Cairn Motorist Beats River Rap THE DALLES, Jan. 31 P) Phil S. Ryan, 46, Portland, was alive today because ho kept his wits when his automobile plunged into the Columbia river at The Dnlles. The car went Into the river at the ferry slip yesterday. Ryan tried to open a door to es cape. It wouldn't budge. So he sat calmly at the bottom until enough water trickled in to equalize the pressure. Then he opened the door and bobbed to the surface. Onlookers, who had given up hope for him, pulled him to safety. They said he had been under more than 10 minutes. Churchill, speaking in house of commons debate, declared: "We have broken our pledges to the Jews, Having found our selves incapable of carrying out our promises, we have no right to say that we have to stay there for motives ot honor. "K there is no call to horlor, then the responsibility of stop ping civil war in Palestine be tween Jew and Arab ought to be borne by UNO (the United Na KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1847 n Peal GOP Budget Balancing Plan Gets Boost From Report Of Higher Revenue Prospects WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (IP) Congressional tax experts told the senate-house budget com mittee today revenues for the next fiscal year would reach $.17,028,000,000 about $200, 0(10,000 more than President Truman had estimated. Committee Chairman Taber (R-N.Y.) told reporters this would make easier the republi can program to balance the budget, reduce the national debt and cut Individual income tuxes. Moreover, Taber reiterated a previous statement that "it is my plan" to balance the cur rent federal budget. Mercury May Move Upward Thursday's storm, which left a thick blanket of snow over II, m Vlomnll. urnn V. ti it n . - 11 ently spent itself today and warmer temperatures were in prospect for the week-end. The weather man, however, gave strong hint of additional snow flurries in this section but noth ing like the storm which left eight inches in one fall late Wednesday and early Thursday morning. The mercury fell to 21 de grees, minimum for the past 24 hours, CAA reported. In the meantime the Oregon stale highway commission con tinued its warning to motorists to use cxtrcmo caution In trav eling the mountain passes and described roads in higher eleva tions as "hazardous." All major routes were open today, but chains arc absolutely necessary. Bend was the state's coldest point with a low of 7 degrees. Snow removal and sanding crews were busy on the Wil lamette pass and the Green springs highway today, work ing throughout the night to clear the roads of the recent snowstorm. At Odcll lake on the Willamette it was 19 de grees, overcast. 12 Inches of new snow and 67 inches of roadsldo snow. West Pointers Denied Leave WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (IP) Secretary of War Patterson to day disapproved the applications of West Point athletes Blanchard, Davis and Poole for leave of ab sence to play professional foot ball. An announcement from the secretary of war's office said in part: "The secretary of war has dis approved the application of Ca dets (Felix) Blanchard, (Glenn) Davis and (Barney) Poole for four months leave without pay subsequent to graduation from West Point. "The requirements of military training and service for young officers are such that the war department cannot favorably consider granting extended leave of absence for engaging In pri vate enterprise." North Central Cold Wave On Br The Associated Prais Temperatures began to fall sharply in the north central states today as a new cold wave developed after the heaviest snow and slcct storm of the win ter. The midwest was still digging its way out of the drifts which measured as high as 15 feet in Milwaukee and communications were disrupted in many commu nities. Milwaukee schools and businesses were closed while railroads tried to resume opera tions. tions) and not by this poor, over burdened and heavily injured country." The former prime minister re ferred to talks in progress here aimed at reconciling Jewish and Arab claims In Palestine, and said: "When the present conference is over, unless the United States comes in with . on a 50-50 bas is to shoulder an agreed policy, then we should lnv our mandate at the feet of the United States." -t -laphone "Why wait until next year?' he asked, adding he intended to achlcvo that goal by cutting back appropriations made by the last democratic congress. - Also, he told reporters he had warned government depart ments "not to vlolute the law," by incurring obligations be yond their appropriations In the hope of getting deficiency ap- firopriations f r o m , congress atcr. The estimate or $37,828,000, 000 revenues for tho fiscal year beginning next July 1 was giv en to the committee by Colin F. SUm, head of the staff of tax experts employed by con gress. The budget committee is In structed in the legislative reor ganization act to review Mr. Truman's budget message rec ommendations for an outlay of $37,500,000,000 in the next fis cal year and set congress' own celling on federal spending. Lilienthal Denies 'Tint' WASHINGTON. Jan. 31 (IP) David E. Lilienthal, nominated by President Truman to head the new atomic energy control com mission, denied before senators today that he is a communist. His denial in testimony before the senate atomic committee came in response to a question from Senator McKcllar (D Tenn.), who has described Li lienthal as "the head communist of my state." . - x-v" "Are you a communIst?"'Mr Kellar demanded. "No," Lilienthal replied firm ly. "Are you a democrat?" "No." "Arc you a republican?" "No," Lilienthal said. "I am like a great many other people. I am not affiliated with any party. I am an independent voter." Lilienthal now is acting head of the atomic energy commis sion, but cannot continue unless the senate approves his selection for the post. - Jap Leftists Get 2 Jolts TOKYO, Jan. 31 tP) Japa nese leftists, including labor leaders of Japan's 2,400,000 government employes, suffered a quick double defeat today. General MacArthur, in his first direct personal interven tion In Nipponese labor dis- fiutcs, ordered the leftist labor cadcrs to cancel their call for a strike tomorrow of all gov ernment employes. MacArthur said the strike would have violated his direc tive against activities detri mental to the occupation.' Two hours later, Emperor Hirohito invested a reorganized cabinet which included six newly appointed conservatives. Yoshida himself added the im portant agriculture and. forestry portfolio (one ministry) to his premiership and the foreign ministry he already held. Royal Family Off On Africa Jaunt LONDON, Jan. 31 (P) Eng land bade farewell for three and one-half months today to the royal family, as they made final preparations to board the battleship Vanguard for a 16 day voyage to South Africa. Traveling by special train to Portsmouth, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Prin cesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose were to embark late this afternoon amidst a ceremonial display by the RAF, royal navy and picked military units. Eugene Woman Held For Jury EUGENE, Jan. 31 (IP) Mrs. Virginia Harington, 23, charged witli first degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband, waited in the Lane county jail today for a grand Jury meeting that may not come until late February. Accused of slaying Gene Har ington, lumber mill owner, on Tuesday, she was given a pre liminary hearing in justice court yesterday. The court held her for the grand jury, 0 ir WEATHER Mil. (Jan, W i Mln. ,.!, Prlpllftllit fact 24 hgra ,, fUnam year ! data i.it Warmal .B tail ytar i.M faraffaatt Inaraaalng cIhb1Ibm tnt an aw. 8111) Number 10848 Negotiation Vith VAATo Be Reopened SALEM, Jan. 31 P) The state board of education today unanimously rejected the war assets terms by which the state can acquire the Klamath Marine UarracKs for use as a vocational school, and decided to carry on lurtner negotiations with the WAA. The board objected to the pro visions thai the barracks must be used for 25 years exclusively for educational purposes. The board will ask the WAA either to reduce the 25-year pe riod and provide exclusive use for education, or to leave it at 25 years and permit the state to use it for other purposes as well as for education. The board felt that there might not be need for the voca tional school in a few years, in which the state might want to use it for some other purpose. WAA Offtr The WAA stipulation provides that if the stale took over the barracks, and at any time dur ing the next 25 years the state failed to use it exclusively for education, then the barracks either would revert to the gov ernment, or the state could buy it at actual value minus four per cent for each year the plant was used for education. The board said it would at tempt to rush the negotiations to final completion before the end of the legislature, which would be asked for $350,000 in state f inds to operate the proposed school from now until June 30, 'The boaro haf rid'objection td me rx tt provision inai uiesuue must pay costs of moving some items not included in the deal. The board estimated this cost at $500. O. I. Paulson, state director of vocational education, said a few weeks delay would not han dicap his program since the pressure on his department is greatest in the fall. Split Charged On Portal Pay DETROIT, Jan. 31 (IP) The federal government is split over the national $4,000,000,000 portal-to-portal pay issue, it was charged today in the federal court hearings of the Mt. Clem ens Pottery company case. Edward Lamb, attorney for the pottery workers said Wage Hour Administrator L. Met calfe Wolling has refused, de spite "a terrific struggle," to join Attorney General Tom Clark in fighting beside Amer ican industry against the portal pay theory. Lamb told reporters later: "The Inference is plain. The administrator is on our side; the attorney general is on the company's side." Lamb, who has led the prec edent setting Mt. Clemens Pot tery company fight since its in ception, told Federal Judge Frank A. Picard that the gov ernment's brief in opposition to portal pay "was filed solely by (Attorney General) Tom Clark." Morse Warns On Punitive Laws PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31 (IP) The West Coast Lumbermen's as sociation went into the second day of its annual meeting today with a warning not to urge "pun itive labor legislation." The warning came from Sen. Wayne L. Morse (R-Ore.), who in a broadcast speech last night said he would advocate some modification of the Wagner act,' but would not advise "legisla tion of compulsion." He told the association he specifically would ask to: en large the national labor relations board from three to seven mem bers: give the NLRB power over jurisdictional disputes; and give employers the right to "discuss their side of a controversy." Prices Of Eggs Move Downward PORTLAND, Jan. 31 (IP) Egg prices took a downward revision for the third time in recent days today, A major distributor cut the price by 2 cents a dozen on all but small eggs. Present whole sale levels arc 50-51 cents a dozen for grade AA large, and 49-50 cents for grade A large. An Jackpot I Mr jr-T : , I ; 1 sT - j j jl U , - - I , ; 1 ""l t i ' i H " 1 . ?H With his streamlined "safe on wheals," Paul Ottoibein is shown her transferring coins from a parking mater box for the city cotters, ottarbein taps tn meters about twin a veek. The first collection yielded $321. Parking Meter Collections For Tffi Days total $321 Parking meters installed along Main, Klamath, Pine and cross streets yielded $321 in the first collection which took in a 2-day revenue of Saturday and Mon day morning. Meters, which were put in the downtown section of Klamath Falls recently, started operating officially Saturday, January 25. Many dimes were found in the meters, and a warning to the public has been issued that these do not register. It was thought that motorists may have believed 10 Rejectees File Appeals The 10 veterar.3 who were re jected bv the Tulelake home stead board and taken from the list of ,86 homestead winners, have appealed their claims to the regional director for the bureau of reclamation in Sacra mento, it was learned here to day. Ten Broeck Williamson, in charge of the homestead pro ject, has taken the 10 appeals to Sacramento with him and the ap peal officer is expected to con sider the appeals next Monday and Tuesday. His verdict on the applications should be ready by Wednesday, it was said. Lack of farming experience on the part of the applicants was given as the reason for most of the rejections. Rejections are not final until the regional director acts, and he has the power to reverse the examining board in any of the cases, it was pointed out. Woman Held In Shooting PORTLAND, Jan. 31 (IP) A woman, accused of shooting a friend, and the wounded man, accused of inventing a tale about a street assailant to protect her, were under arrest here today. The woman, Patsy Carroll, 28, was booked on a charge of assault with intent to kill and held under $10,000 bail. The man, Gregory Mitchell, 30, in a hospital with a non-serious chest wound, was cited on a charge of making a false police report. Detective Leonard Shaffer said Mitchell went to Hahnemann hospital last night, telling attend ants an unidentified man had fired at him on tho street. Witnesses at Mitchell's house, Shaffer said, told police that Mitchell had been shot by Miss Carroll. Police, searching the house after Miss Carroll denied the shooting, found a revolver behind a bathroom mirror. Collection that by putting in a dime they could park for a couple of hours. It was also believed that part of the money was put in before the meters were operating, by per sons "trying them out" Parking is free evenings, Sun days and holidays and the meters will not register coins put in during these times, it was brought out by the city treas urer. Collections are not made daily but the second collection was in progress Friday. Paul Otterbein, meter box collector, unlocks each meter on his rounds and transfers the take to a wheeled receptacle. Sometimes the col lection takes more than a day. The money is then taken to the city treasurer's office where the coins are separated by a ma chine. From this machine they are put into another machine of the type which bankers use, to be counted and from which they are made into rolls. Results of the second collec tion will be announced Satur day. Raise Given AFL Workers MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 31 (IP) The AFL turned "employer" today, giving $20 weekly pay increases to 200 union organizers. Among the union promoters affected are organizers in Alaska, said AFL President William Green. Green said the pay of organ izers had been boosted from an average range of $60-$80 to a range of $80-$100.- The AFL president did not de tail the organizational program in Alaska but admitted to a news conference that the labor organi zation was putting on pressure to bring workers in the building construction and fishing and can ning industries into the AFL. Byrd Leads Six Transports In Flight Over Polar Seas , Br ALTON L. BLAKESLEE LITTLE AMERICA, Jan. 30 (Delayed) (IP) Admiral Rich ard E. Byrd was "back home" in the Antarctic today after lead ing six big transport planes in a history-making flight over 600 miles of the south polar seas. "I like this place. It's like a second home," said Byrd as he returned to the scene of hi- two previous expeditions to the Ant arctic. His plane and five others took off from the deck of the carrier Philippine Sea, flew over the icy wastes and landed without serious mishap on a snow-covered field laid out by an advance contingent of the navy's Antarc tic expedition. Sales Levy Plan May Carry Limit By PAOL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, Jan. 31 (JP) House leaders disclosed today they would include a 40-mlll proper ty tax limit in their retail salea tax proposal, which they hop the legislature will refer to the people at a special election soon after legislative adjourn ment. Rep. Robert C. Gile. Rose- burg, chairman of the house assessment and taxation com. mittee, said the tax would be between 1 and 3 per cent. Ha said the exemptions to be pro vided by the bill and the dis tribution of its revenues hava not yet been worked out. Gile said his committee would start to work next week on tha entire tax program, and first would decide whether to "strug gle along on existing revenues or to adopt new revenues." He said the sales tax would be con sidered along with the many other tax proposals, including the state tax study commission recommendations for higher in come and liquor taxes, and taxes on tobacco, gambling de vices, amusements and soft drinks. Information Campaign "If we adopt the governor's program," Gile said, "the state will be flat busted. The people must be made to realize that we must have more revenue to finance the program the people want, including the public wel fare and school programs." Gile said the legislature nopea that the oeoDle become in formed about the state's critical financial position before they vote on the sales tax, which the people have rejected many times. Gile said the tax study com mission "did a wonderful job" in pointing out the need for additional revenues, but he said he did not know how hia committee feels about the com mission's proposed new taxes. The senate resolutions com mittee introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to permit the state and counties to tax motor vehicles and use the revenue for general pur poses. The constitution now re stricts use of this money to maintenance, construction and administration of highway l- The house passed and sent to the senate the state police sal ary increase bill, which pro vides raises of between $600 and $1080 a year. Truman Halts Rental Order WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (IP) Major Gen. Philip B. Fleming, director of the office of tempo rary controls, took responsibility today for the never-issued OPA rent increase order. He said it was blocked by President Tru man himself. He told the senate banking committee that the order was presented to the president for final approval by his deputy, James W. Follin, because Flem ing himself had been called away from the capital by the death of his mother. - OPA made all arrangements Wednesday for issuance of the order, allowing a 10 per cent hike in rent ceilings. It was not put out, and the White House an nounced President Truman felt any rent increase was a matter for congress. , Weed Road Jobs On Big Program Twenty-two miles of the Weed Klamath Falls highway will be rebuilt 'and modernized if the California 10 year highway modernization program is car ried out as proposed after a special study. The Weed-Klamath jobs in clude 11.7 miles from a point 4.6 miles north of Weed to Cougar, and 11 miles from Macdoel to Dorris. . The Weed-Klamath road is part of US 97 and a major traf fic carrier into California. The program proposes considerable development on the Pacific high way both north and south of Weed, junction of US 97 and No. 99. Upon landing Byrd predicted that within 25 years coal will be taken from the mountains fring ing the Ross sea and said that within a century other resources of the frigid continent will be opened up. One of the first things he wants to do, he said, la to revisit the nearby camp of his 1928 expedition. The camp was lo cated recently under 20 feet of snow but perfectly preserved. The six big two-engine planes, after jet-assisted takeoffs from the carrier, flew In pairs. They made the journey in between five and six hours, passing en route the ice breaker Northwind which was stationed about half way at marker. J"