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Newspaper Page TextM V J Nl 0 A A PRICE riVE CENTS mowers frj. J v- By TRANK JENKINS ifHKHE win significant ax ' clionso In Washington tills morning. . Senator Russell of Georgia proponed that congress require new volo by tho Greek pcoplo on their form of government s condition to American aid. The somite's foreign relutlons committee turned thumb! down on ItuasaU's proposal, assorting In ll report: "The committee agrees that pressure by representatives of our tiovcrnment to bring about a change of government In either Greece or Turkey would be an Infringement of sovereign ty entirely foreign to the pur pose and spirit of the program." a SENATOR RUSSELL then turned to tho press, telling a reporter: "I don't believe either Greece or Turkey ha a demo cratic government. I do believe thia aid program should be re cognized for what It la a move to atop Rumtan expansion." lie added: "1m being realistic about thli. I'm not aaylng that I want to help democracy In Greece and Turkey, because 1 don't believe the people Itave it there. But I'm for helping democracy in tho United Slates. To do that, I'm willing to help arm the Turka against our only poaaiblo enemy Ruaala." THAT'S putting It bluntly, but in emergencies blunt talk often clean the air. Everybody 'including Moscow) k.iowa that Four only excuse fur butting Into Greece and Turkoy tsahal.wo are convinced that we must Mop Russia now. before she gets too Dig to nanaic. If that la true, the quicker1 we FACE THE TRUTH the better it will be for us. AS these words are written, " a Chicago pen manufacturer Is all art to take off from New York In an attempt to fly around the world In 35 hours 30 houra faster than Howard Hughea did it in 1938, despite the fact that he will have to go 0000 miles farther because Rua ala won't let him fly over her territory. TT seems to tills writer that It might be much better if ho devoted hia time, talenta and money to , MAKING TENS CHEAPER. Getting prices down Is the biggest question now facing American business. It is FAR more important than stunt flights around the earth. WE are now in a vicious circle " First prices go up, and then wages go up in order to make it pnsaiblo for people to pay the higher prices. Or wnges go up and then prices go up in order to make It possible to pay tho U n ,h ... Somebody la goiug to have to BREAK this vicious circle or It will break us. It is pretty much lip to American business to pro fvide the intelligent leadership ' (Caallasaa aa raa , Calami. II fe-K :1 h - 1 I h' crrx ft ( 1 4 .ISaBBJBBBaBBaBajBBaBaaBBBBaBl LIlUs for EaiUrl Our 9 o'clock tion and causht Barbara HoltsaDola nurehaalna a lily at a local D. October 7 Named Tax Vote Date By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, April 8 P Ad journment of the 83-day-old leg islature before nightfall was virtually assured today when the senate house conference committee on taxes agreed to hold the special election on the 3 per cent retail sales tax on October 7, Tho house had voted to hold the election June 24, and the senate wanted November 4. The agreement came after tho four-man committee had ar gued for 24 hours over the tax questions. The committee, short ly before coining to .an agree ment this morning, was almost at tho point of giving up and asking to be discharged, with a new committee to be appoint ed. Agreement The committee also agreed on the other bills. Including the sales tax nicosuro Itself, the bill to raise income taxes If the people defeat the sales tax, and to lower income taxes if the people approvo the sales tax; and to levy a 1 per cent withholding tax on incomes if the. sales tax is defeated. WV houses were virtually ""Ished ll,ou" yiork by noon, -nH "ceptance of the confer ""'Wtoe report by both houT 'nm rrected. Members? V7 '"ference committee wc 1 COi..lvt R. Fatland. Condon. 4f J the senate tax comffl1W.Jtii Eugene E. Marsh. McMfHftVUlci Rep. Earl Hill, Cushman, Lane county, father of the sales tax bill, and Rep. Frank J. Van Dyke, Ashland. If the session ends today as ia almost certain, it will have been two weeks longer than the record 69-doy session of 1943. German Plan Nears Vote MOSCOW, April 3 0T) The council of foreign ministers agreed tentatively today on a plan for creation of central Ger man administrative agencies. The plan, if adopted finally, would constitute a first step toward creation of a central pro visional German government. The four powers agreed also that a German advisory council should be set up within three months after the central agencies were created. The time clement was a British compromise pro posal. If and wncn the central agen cies are created, the advisory council would be set up, and nine months later, a provisional government would be created. Thus, 12 months after establish ing central agencies, Germany would have a provisional gov ernment. 1TS photon this morning antared KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL S. 1947 To Knock iffiToi . : . rinkiaiaiii tractor, midi ouiek plowing the 350 acres In a single laid up wltn injuries received in Navy Officers To Visit Here - 1.1 Hnmdr. Lflnsford and Lt. fComdr. Talro of the district di rector of naval reserve office In Seattle, will make a special visit to the navy recruiting office in Klamath Falls for three days, April 7, 8 and 9. The commanders visited here in March and due to local in terest In the naval reserve, par ticularly in the electronic war fare company now forming, are making the return visit. The Klamath Falls recruiting otation reports enlisting over 100 ex navy men for the reserve pro gram since the first of the year. A program has been planned for Monday, April 7, for 7:30 p. m. in the KUHS auditorium, with talks on the new post-war naval reserve, a swearing in ceremony and the movie, "Oper ations Crossroads" on the atomic bomb test. The electronic warfare com pany has been assured of $17,000 worth of radio and radar equip ment to be set up by the naval reservist and used in keeping men trained, also to train non rated men. D. L. Goldlng. Lt. Comdr., USNR, mathematics teacher at KUHS, has spent much of his time and efforts toward this program. He spent sprlnR vaca tion in Seattle getting addition al information in regard. to the program. ' All veterans, 'their families and anyone interested in the naval reserve are Invited to at tend the meeting and movie Monday night. into tha spirit of the Easter sta florlat'a. duuo I ft l aaaa! (Telephone Sill) Neighbors Help Out Injured "'""isi-a am m.T i ' T.J r work of Ptr Boltm'i plow day. Solem was unable to do an acciaanu Solon Asks Vote On Greek Government WARHlNr.TfiN. Anril S tJPi Senator Russell (D-Ga.) proposed today that congress require ar new vote by the Greek people on their form of government as a condition to American aid, de spite a senate foreign relations committee report that such a move would violate the spirit of the Greek-Turkey assistance program. Russell told a reporter he docs not believe cither Greece or Turkey has a democratic government. He added that the aid program should be recog nized for what it is a move to stop Russian expansion. "I'm being realistic about this," Russell said. "I'm not say ing that I want to help democ racy in Greece and Turkey, be- World Flight Delayed Today NEW YORK, April 5 P) The round-the-world flight of Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen manufacturer, and his two-man crew has been delayed until mid-afternoon by rain and murky weather conditions, a spokesman for Reynolds said to day. Frederick Lamb, trip director, said the converted A-26 Douglas bomber in which Reynolds hopes to set a new globe-girdling mark of 55 hours would leave Roose velt field on Long Island about 1 or 2 p. m. (EST) for New ark airport, the takeoff point. There the plane will be fueled and readied for its record-breaking attempt, Lamb added. He said meteorologists reports Indicated the fliers would en counter clearing weather when approximately 450 miles out over the Atlantic. Poor weather conditions had forced several postponements in the scheduled takeoff and a de lay also occurred when the fliers found it necessary to in stall and repair a new gas tank flown in from California. The flight log for the tritf includes stops at Paris, Cairo, Calcutta, Shanghai. Tokyo and Anchorage, Alaska. Phone Company Pickets Expected Pickets will probablv annear before tl.t Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company office build ing at 8th and Pine streets Mon day morning, if the national tele phone strike is called as expect ed. The strike is now set for 6 a.m. Monday. It is expected that the strike will probably halt construction on the telephone building addi tion. This job may be ordered down by the company until the labor difficulty is settled. Because the Klamath telephone system is equipped with dial phones, local service may not be seriously hit by the prospective strike. Long distance service is expected to itop. , WEATHER Mil. 'Apr. 4) II Hln SI f rrlpllalln lat 14 baari ..Tra-a Slrtsfa Mar la Sala 1-07 Laal Year 11.11 Narmsl. J1 Faracsalj aaaw flarrlaa. No. 10901 Farmer F -l .r ry a r problems at LaCrosse. Wash the work himself because he was "r -"-"-"" Prior To Loon i causa I don't believe the people have it there. But I'm for help- - mg democracy, in me umiea States. To do that I'm willing to help arm the Turks against our only possible enemy Rus sia Russell's plea for a new Greek plebescite collided with commit tee recommendations in its re port on the S400.000.000 assist ance bill, approved previously by a 13 to o vote The report observed that the committee is convinced the United States does not intend to interfere in internal affairs of Greece or Turkey. It said further that if the people of those countries once feel secure politically and economically. they will decide to "continue along the road to democracy down which they have already made great progress." It added: "The committee agrees that pressure by representatives of our government to oring aDoui a change of government in either Greece or Turkey would be an infringement of sovereign ty entirely foreign to the pur pose and spirit of the program." Collier Bill Vote Due Monday SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 5 (P) The senate-passed $2,800,- uoo.ooo highway development program may get to a roll call vote in the assembly Monday but proponents are not opti mistic. The assembly yesterday post poned consideration of the meas ure which has been before one house or the other for 43 legis lative days to Monday, and Majority Leader Randall F Dickey (R) of Alameda said he thought it could be brought to roll call then. Others thought that unlikely. The assembly committee on revenue and taxation earlier re jected a proposal to pay for the vast highway program through the imposition of a severance tax. The vote was 9 to 3 against a bill to tax crude oil on a sched ule averaging 10 cents a barrel. Paine May Have Switched Plates Alfred Paine, San Quentin con vict who shot it out with police here and got away Monday night, probably switched license plates on the car he stole at Fort Klam ath, according to Sheriff Lloyd Low. The sheriff was informed by E. K. Loosley of Fort Klamath that a plate is missing from Loos ley's automobile, which was parked at the Fort Monday night when Paine was there after elud ing Klamath police. The sheriff theorized that Paine stole the Wimer car and immediately stole the Loosley plate which he mounted on the stolen machine. The number of the Loosley plate is Oregon 362- U40. Easter Story To Be Told Here At Sunrise Service On Pelican Br LOIS STEWART "The first day of the week comcth Mary Magdalene early. when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runnetn, and Com eth to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and a a 1 1 h unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they nave laid Him." These beautiful words which open the ZOth chapter of St. John, tell the thrilling story oi Union Head Says Tie-Up 'Inevitable' WASHINGTON. April 5 fPV Joseph Abeirne, president of the National Federation of Tele phone Workers, declared in mid afternoon today that a telephone strike Monday "still seems in evitable." Labor department officials, conceding the situation looked "grave," began continuous meet ings with top industry and union officials today in a last-minute drive to head off, the strike. Government officials (till hoped to bring about a settle ment of the dispute without re sort to possible government seiz ure of the industry. William Margolis, U. S. con ciliator working on the long dis tance service phase of the nego tiations, told newsmen the only thing that could stop continuous meetings now would be a settle ment." He added that scores of differences need to be resolved, but indicated the companies and unions are near agreement on a few minor issues. Seisuro Possible Attorney General Tom Clark gave President Truman an opin ion yesterday that the industry could be seized under the federal communications act but an offi cial close to the situation said flatly that seizure, has so far received no serious considera tion. . . .. ,N. The telephone lines will "be taken over only after the strike begins U it does and then only if that seems the way to bring order to the situation, this offi cial asserted. If the walkout comes, it will be the nation s first cross-country communications strike. President Abeirne of the NFTW. which is independent of the ajl and CIO, challenged the Clark opinion, but left un answered the $64 question: Will the union work for the government even after seizure? 7ind Storm Kills Family WISTER, Okla., April 5 UP) An early morning wind storm in the Glendale community rip ped the frame home of George vaugnn into Kindling wood, Kill ing four members of the family and shaking up three others. The Red Cross listed the dead as George and Nancy Vaughn, husband and wife, their brother. Andrew Vaughn, and Mrs. Jew ell Overholt, daughter of the Vaughns. No ages were given. LeFlore countv Undersheriff Bryan Cobler said that a num ber of houses in the area, which is in eastern Oklahoma near the Arkansas border, were blown down. Damage was reported heavy to livestock and other rural property. The storm also hit nearby Gil- more but no casualties were re ported. The storm was part of a heavy wind and rain storm which struck most of Oklahoma over night. The Red Cross and Oklahoma highway patrol were rushing am to me siricKen area. Skies May Clear For Sunday Scarcely had The Herald and News weather reporter started an account of stormy weather prospects for this week-end when the sun broke through thick, dark clouds, giving every indi cation of sunny skies tomorrow, The weatherman, however, stood by his guns to predict that Easter Sunday will be cloudy,' with rain and snow flurries, clearing slight ly in the afternoon. Similar conditions prevail throughout Oregon, with rain west of the Cascades and snow in the east. Friday's storm con tinued at Crater lake, according to morning reports, and the tem perature at 8:30 a.m. stood at 28 degrees. All park roads are open but chains are advised for week end travel. Four inches of new snow, made the total depth 127 inches. Soft, fluffy top snow will make it rough going for skiers but it may pack down by Sunday. Theatre Stage Christ's resurrection a story wnicn win be repeated in thou sands of churches tomorrow, Easter Sunday, bringing com fort to a troubled world and to millions of followers of the Christian faith. In Klamath Falls. Easter Sun day services will open with the traditional sunrise service trans ferred, because of the weather, to the Pelican theatre. Until a late hour Saturday morning, plans were completed for the services on the hill west of town and between Riverside school and Moore park. Snow, slush and mud covering the hillside made it Imperative to day to change the scene. As previously announced, the program will start promptly at 5:45 a. m. Sponsors of the serv ice are the YMCA purpose clubs, Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y, coop erating with the churches and Christian Endeavor. The Easter sunrise service will include call to worship, Morris Weakley; violin solo, John A. O'Connor; hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross"; scripture, Donna Tenoski, reading St. John 20:1-17; address, the Rev. David F. Barnett, "Idle Tales"; thoughts for meditation, Margie Robinson; boys' octet, "Bow Down Thine Ear"; address, Phil Hitchcock, "The Promise of Easter"; hymn, "Christ the Lord, Has Risen Today"; solo, Wilbur Elliott; benediction, the Rev. Cecil C. Brown. Early hour of the sunrise service will permit the congre gation to return to their homes and attend the early worsnip services in their own churches. or the 11 o'clock service if they so desire. Altars of the various churches were being decked today with traditional Easter lilies, palms and greens, representing the resurrection and the promise of life everlasting. Each pastor has chosen an Easter theme lor nis service and choirs have pre pared the beautiful old Easter hymns ana antnems in praise and thanksgiving. Yeather Man Makes Snow PORTLAND, Ore.; April S fP Here it is almost taster ana what's the weather man doing about it? He s making snow. Col. E. S. Ellison, senior me teorologist of the Portland weather bureau went up in a plane yesterday, tossed dry ice nellets into tne clouds. auicKiy dived down under the clouds and there it was falling snow. It was a strin affair, slender. straight and from 5 to 10 miles in length directly under the path he had seeded wita tne peueis, Ellison said. The flakes taelted as they neared the earth in hill country near Crown Point east of here, turning into a thin line of rain, he added. ' The weather man said he used only 17 pounds of dry ice solid carbon dioxide and esti mated the 6now and rain totaled hundreds of tons. It was another in a series of exDeriments expected eventual ly to prove of benefit to arid areas. Cabby Can't Get Arrested He Says BALTIMORE, April 5 (IP) Cab driver Gerald E. Caldwell told police today he broke every traffic regulation he could think of in a five-mile cross-town trip but couldn't get arrested. His passenger had a gun in his back. Caldwell said the fare climb ed into hie cab with the declar ation: "This is a pistol. I've had a rough time tonight, and now I'm going to give you a rough time." Caldwell set out on his carefully planned orgy of speeding and stop-light running. Expecting any moment the gunman would relieve him of his receipts. At the end of the trip, Cald well said the passenger got out and told him: "Here's $5.25. That's all I've got, and that's all you're going to get." The meter reading was $1.50. Lewis Asks Closing Of All But Two Soft Coal Mines WASHINGTON, April 5 OP) John L. Lewis today moved to extend the soft coal mining shutdown indefinitely by calling on the government to close all but two of the 2827 mines as unsafe. The soft coal mines have been idle since Tuesday in con formance with. Lewis' instruc tions to his miners to observe a six-day mourning period in memory of the Centralia, 111., mine disaster which killed 111 men. This period is due to end at midnight tomorrow. Lewis, in a letter to Coal Mines Administrator N. H. Col lisson, asked that the mines stay closed until they have been re examined by federal mine in spectors and certified to con form to the federal mine safety Ammunition Dump Scene Of Battle TIENTSIN, April 5 (IP) Chi nese communists looted and sabotaged the main U. S. marina ammunition dump in China to day, killing five marines and wounding 18 in a vicious battl that lasted more than four hour. Six communists were left dead on the field at Hsinho 22 miles east of Tientsin. An estimated 100 wounded communists wera carried away by retreating com rades. Three of the wounded marines are in critical condition. 400 Communists The communists, estimated to total about' 400, struck from three directions about 12:20 a. m. on the five-square-mile ar tillery ammunition depot area. Leading pack mules, the com munists moved rapidly into tha dump area and loaded an un disclosed number of shells onto the animals and began to retreat after detonating a portion of tne dump. These explosions ' wera be lieved to have caused most of the marine deaths. The guard company was conv manded by Capt. Emil Radio of mghtstown, N. J. A company of marine rein forcements arrived by rail from . Tangku, five miles to the east. and started to the scene in weapons carriers. They wera . halted by land mines, and ma rines in the vehicles were sub jected to a rain of bullets from communists in an ambush beside the road. Eight marines, wera wounded in this brush. The reinforcements finally managed to continue to tha scene, and with the guards pur sued the communists for five miles. The battle lasted until dawn. Chinas Troops At 8 a. m. 400 Chinese gov ernment troops took up tha chase. A marine observation plana spotted the retreating - com munists at noon and reported that there were many stretcher cases in the straggling column. . A marine statement said iden tification papers on the bodies . (Caatlaaaa aa rata , Calaau Floods Cover v Eastern States Br The Associated Press Floods, tornadoes, heavy rain fall, wind storms and - snow joined today to spoil prospects for pleasant Easter weather for much of the nation. Southern Michigan faced its worst flood threat in history as a two to three-inch downpour swelled rising streams and rivers and scores of families fled from their homes in many communi ties. In Mt. Clemens, near Detroit, 50 families were ordered to aban don their homes as the Clinton river continued rising at the rate of eight inches an hour. H. M. Wills, U. S. meteorologist, at De troit warned the state to prepare for "the worst flood in history' and said crests might not de velop fpr two days. Many families in the Joliet, 111., and Chicago area were stranded after heavy rains poured over northern Illinois. Calls for assistance were made by residents of Midlothian and Oak Forest, western suburbs of Chicago, with water reported five feet deep. MB School Will Get Bus Service Louis Soukup, operator of tha Klamath Bus company, said to day that his company would furnish needed transportation to and from the proposed vocational school at the Marine Barracks. Soukup said that he considers it will be necessary to make a morning and evening run, but as the volume of traffic in creased, more runs would be added. The school run probably will be contingent upon the pro posed new run to the site of the veterans' hospital, which will be erected on the Beaumont tract. code. Lewis noted a government report which said that only two mines fully meet the code. i The interior department Iden tified the two mines as the Stansbury ton 1 n e, Stansbury, Wyo., and the Reliance No. 1 mine, at Reliance, . Wyo. Both are owned by the Union Pa cific Coal Co. There was no immediate com ment from either the coal mines . administration or the depart ment of interior, its parent agency. Lewis has accused Sec retary of Interior K r U ( of "criminal negligence" In con nection with . the Centralia deaths and demanded that ha be ousted from the cabinet. Colllsson was reported to have received Lewis' letter about 1 p. m., and Immediately took it to Krug's office.