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...I : : - Th r,.j yYifc: TP x (v cy Monsanto PlanC By FRANK JFNKINR 1 AST night our Blale Secretary Mnrnhnll la nmn In who heart 'lid head Hourly ivory American him confidence) talked for mi hour mid luiir with Stalin, While the meriting wan shrouded In official niM'i'Ruy (probably neceiwarlly mil JiiIiii M. miditower, a competent Aiutirlimu reporter now In Moscow fur tin AP, ay Jn hi dispatch this niiirnlnii: : "Marshall's talk with Stalin In understood tmlity to have (mini to break ANY at tho deadlock which hnva tied tho council of fiiroimi minister In knot ovor Uie whole raiins of Imum," Ho adds: "Major diplomat hold the Bloomy conviction that the current break down In Ulg Pour oo-operatlon could hurdly be worse." PIIEIIE' In a lot of talk In Mil 1 country to the effect' that WE are wronit In our attitude toward Ituiwla. Isn't It only decently fair to RMUine thai ftunala inliiiit be wroiiK in some of her altitude toward II? Ily the lifting of finger. Blalln could chaniie Uie whole structure and outlook of Kuulan-Anierlcan relation. A nenulne coucewlon on li In part would be followed at once by iionulue and alncere conceMloiu on our pari. No patriotic, toutlble American can doubt UiaU In the blame ALL our? HO one can ever forget the out " pouring of American good will toward Kuiula tlmt followed Uw end of the shooting war. It Un'l ALL, OUR FAULT that Ruulan Amrrlcau relation have worsened. BLONO tliat line, let' not crucify " Henry Wallace who I a tin iTiv, though wift-headed, Idealist. He Un'l pro-KuMlan and anil-Ameru-au, He I Jtut foalith. If Wallace HAS to talk (and. being what he I, ha probably ha km the place for him to do hi talking I here at home. NOT In fcuroiw. There he merely den troy confidence In America' dncerlty of purpose. ii i he genumely believe that Ru- l and communUm are right and America and free enterprise are wrong. Die thing for him to do U to come home, assume the leader hlp of the communist party of America and run far President a It candidate In 1MB. He could get nomewlier that way. Hhootlng off hi mouth In Euroie merely mulllplle the dmigcr hi country face In then critical day. MILTON REYNOLDS, a Chicago mMtiiifnrttimt1 'of pen. I back from a round-the-world flight in which he cut 12 hour and l min- uum iiuiii win fjivvtwiui nvufu niauv by Howard Hughe. .When hi plane land In ' New York, ' anthuitlMllo spectator break through Uie police line at the airport to welcome, him with handshake and klurt. Tired, but Jubilant, h tell them: "I wouldn't make Hi trip again (or 100 million dollar." TT was great tuff, of eoune. But, having flown around the world fouler than anybody ever did It before. Reynold can erve hi coun try better from here on by ettllnc down to the rather humdrum but terribly Important Job of making good pen at pie LOWEST POS SIBLE price. Uood good at price people can himjiu w my w uui vrjruis iiera the moment. We can leave flying around the world FAST, to later and calmer day. BLOND that line, Bernard Baruch " (one of our more sensible thlnk era) ay this morning In Colum bia. South Carolina: "We are on the brink of an EN GULFING inflation. There 1 only one way out. That I by WORK. ' , No truer word were ever spoken, Concert Series Presents Sayao last of a series of concert scheduled by the Klamath Com munity Concert association, will be presented Friday evening at S o'clock at the Pelican theatre when the Brazilian songstress, Bkhi Sayao. will appear here. As In the post, no tickets will be sold at the door and admittance -Is on presentation of membership card. "Open the door, Rlchardt" would be a better title for this 0 o'clock picture. For here la Leo Bocohl, Coca-Cola driver-salesman, trying to wheel a truck full of toft drink through the locked door at the bowline alley ; '' I " J, ,, i. i I liTk- Jl II f PRICE riVE CENTS i- dgLLB, OREOOW. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1?, 197 (Telephona 8111) No. 10910 TKXAH CITY, Texas. April Ig.fAThe above picture, rushed to Klamath Fall by AP Wlrephoto, show burning Industrial plant alone the' shore of the harbor after an ; : ; Greco-Turkish Loan Okayed WASHINGTON, April 1 WH- The house foreign affairs commit tee today approved the administra tion's 1400,000,000 Oreek - Turkish aid measure. Chairman Eaton (R-N. J.) said the vote was 12 members tor the measure with three voting present. Ten were absent. As finally approved by the house committee, the measure contains few major differences from that now under debate in the senate. Mlsslni from the house bill Is the 0 o n n a 1 1 y-Vandenbern preamble terming the measure consistent with tho principles of tho United Nations charter. otf Ship Blast faff M r Texas Phoners Back On Job ST. LOUIS, April 16 ley- All Southwestern Bell Telephone com pany employes who are members of the Southwestern Telephone Workers union. Including operators, repairmen and any other necessary personnel, have been directed to return to their jobs durlnR the Texas City, Texas, ship explosion emergency. Everett Cotter, general counsel for .the union, snld today the union members have been Instructed not to resume their part in Uie nation wide telephone strike until the emergency has been met. KFPA Starts Spring Work Beginning the spring work pro gram of Klamath Forest Protective association, four men left Wednes day morning for Bcnr Flat to do con struction work on the cnbin there. Rcpnlrs at the office buildings have been underway for some time, Hnl Ogle. KFPA superintendent, ad vised today, with the regular staff handling all tho work at present. A check Is being mndo on roads and KFPA telephone lines now to determine Just what and where re pahs will be necessary. While the grass Is still plenty green In Uie woods, the ground is drying: up fast, and fire danRer will be eminent much earlier this year If the forecast for continued dry weather holds, Ogle stated. Hogback road had been roughed out to the top when deep snow on the south side of the mountain halt ed the work temporarily. With the current warm spell the snow Is melting fast, and work is being re sumed promptly In order to finish with the bulldozer there so It can be moved to the west block fouond and bridge repair work. Fire Danger Warning Out PORTLAND, April 18 (fl'i Tho weather bureau warned of fire danger today as tho thermometer began soaring again and tho hu midity fulling. Fern and brush areas west of the Cascades are highly combustible now, the bureau said. It forecast that humidity would drop to a range of 16-25 per cent. Another, hot. sunny dav was In prospect. Maximum temperatures yostoraay were 80 at Portland, 82 at Salem. D2 at Merirnrri an at Rna- burir, 68 at Pendleton and Bakor, 81 at Eugene, Leads To Destruction S11ot tart Three Given NEW YORK. April 1 UP) Air port crowds broke through police lines early today to welcome, with kisses and congratulations, three men whose trip around the world was tlie quickest ever made. Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen manufacturer: his pilot, William Odom, and his flight engineer. T. Carroll Sallee, brought their con verted A-26 bomber, uie "Bombshell" over LaOuardia field at 12:08:30 a. m. (EST), just 78 hours and 55 minutes after their takeoff last Sat urday. Their unofficial record cut 12 hours and 19 minutes from the previous unofficial record. Reynolds admitted Uie trip was tiring, sometimes dangerous, and "I would not make the trip again for $100,000,000." But he added jubi lantly to reporters:. "We made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic ever made, In five hours and 17 minutes: we also made a record trip to Paris and Gander (Newfoundland) and maybe some other records." The previous ' unofficial round-the-world flight record, 91 hours and 14 minutes, was set in 1938 by Howard Hughes, who wired Rey nolds, "My heartiest congratula tions for your excellent perform ance." Hughes and his four crew members had taken their mono plane around a route, shorter by some 5300 miles. British Fag Price Soars LONDON. April 18 W Britons by the millions swore off smoking today and then made the rounds of the tobacco shops for a final nico tine binge before new hlghest-in-hlstory prices went into effect. Beginning tomorrow, tho pack age of 20 cigarettes will cost three shillings four pence (about 68 cents), a one shilling (20 cent) In crease in 48 hours. "Nino out of 10 of my customers say they will stop smoking at mid night tonight." said a Fleet street tobacconist who sold his day's stock of cigarettes before 11 a. m. "Not one In a thousand will real ly stop," his wlfepredlcted. Chancellor of Exchequer Hugh Dalton who caused the price hike by raising the duty on imported tobacco In order to cut dollar spending, was scolded by such di verse newspapers as the sedate Manchester Guardian and the Communist Daily Worker. Big Welcome Of City explosion on a French ship touched off a chain of blast an estimated J5 or more. Marshall-Stalin Talks Fruitless ; MOSCOW. April 16 WP) Secre tary of State Marshall's 90-mlnute talk with Prime Minister Stalin lout night was understood today to have failed to break any of the deadlocks which have tied the coun cil of foreign ministers in knots over the whole range of issues. The chief value of the talk from Marshall's viewpoint was believed to have been the presentation to the Soviet leader of a frank and unvarnished statement of- Ameri can policy In relation to Germany, Europe and Uie whole troubled area of United States Russian po litical and diplomatic conflict. ' The secretary clamped tight se crecy on Uie American delegation respecUng his trip to the Kremlin. He was believed, however, to have reported the result of his meeting In his daily report to President Truman. Juveniles Have Day In Court Nine Juveniles, charged with car theft, had a field day Tuesday In district 3 of the Oregon state police territory, according to Klamath Falls officers. . ' Three teen-agers were arrested In Klamath county, three at Lakeview and Uiree at Medford. , " The Klamath arrests involved a Merrill youth and a Tulelake boy. both 14, picked up on the banks of Lost river near Bonanza where they were munching on spicy water cress. The Tulelake boy, according to state police, has a California reformatory record. They are accused of steal ing Jack R.' Chapman's car at Tule lake and also the car owned by C. C. Cook, Bly, as well as a .22 rifle, a .22 pistol, hunting knives, shells and flashlights. All material was returned to Uie owner. The third youth picked up here early yester day was returned to Eugene by Lane oounty authorities. The other two are still In juvenile custody here. Coast Guard Sees Huge Death Toll NEW YORK, April 16 (Pi The coast guard here said today It had received reports from the coast ?uard In Texas placing the death oil in the Texas City, Tex., blast at from 100 to 1000 with an addi tional 2000 to 8500 injured. All structures along the dock area were completely demolished, the coast guard said and fires were raging; in -oil refineries-there. that destroyed the town, killing Plan Broken WASHINGTON, April 16 ( President Truman maintained his hands-off attitude in the nation wide telephone strike today despite a collapse of government efforts to end the 10-day-old walkout through a plan for negoUation and arbitra tion. Asked If Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach talked with Mr. Truman before his rapid speech last night. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters: not to my Knowledge," adding mat. uie matter "is still in the hands of uie department of labor." tfusepu a. cetrne, president 01 Uie National Federation of Tele phone Workers, arranged to broad cast a reply tonight to Schwellen- oaens criticism ol both company and union for what he regarded as a rejection oi ine government arbi tration proposal. . i ' . J 2S 'k " I W f I h, iHfj -vv-, 13 1 .1 - CfVi,vY - f V t i J V"- That's it, folks, with a pioture to prove It. Governor Earl Snell pens his signature to the Marhw Barracks bill appropriating 1620,000 to operate the big school on the hill for two years beginning next July L The Klamath legislative delegation beams approvingly.- President of the Senate Marshall E. Cornet t, left, bMs a huge picture of the barracks layout as Mrs. Hose M. Poole and Harry Semoa, Klamath rcprmnKUvt watch the governor. : Blows Up After Ship Explosion TEXAS CITY, Tex.. April IS UP killed here today In the worst explosion in Texa gulf coast history. A chain of explosion rocked a hundred mile area, and virtually rased thl city of 15,000. The Texa department of publle safety announced ihortly after noon that report Indicated an estimated 350 dead. The Injured toll to reported to be oer 1000. ' . Poisonous ga was reported to be Infiltrating the tlll-burnlng city at noon. The national guard wa called Doctors, nurses, police and firemen from Galveston, Houston and other nearby cities were ruahed here. The chain of explosions began on loaded with nitrate. It spread to the multi-million dollar Monsanto Chemical corporation plant, now reported a complete ruin following the explosion and fire. The death and casualty esumate which rushed newsmen to the area. Telephone communications wore disrupted by the explosion, the few remaining; lines being clogged with emergency calls for help. . . .,-,u - . 1 Ship Destroyed . . . The Grand Camp, destroyed with all men aboard by the explosion, according to the Tribune, caught fire today. Several hundred curious gathered at the docks to watch the tire. When the explosion followed, many on the docks were killed. Steel beams were hurled over Uie city, some Many of the dead were Monsanto Port Arthur and Orange, about 100 audible there, and buildings rocked. At Pelly, 27 miles distant, a man said the sound "hurt my eardrums.' Palestine, 160 miles from hers, claimed to have heard the sound also. The scene at Texas City was one came from W. R. Sandeberg, vice president of the Texas City Terminal Railway company. He had left Uie before the initial explosion. j,' - Blasts Jumped ' The following explosions, he ta'd. Jumped from the ship to the Monsanto chemical plant "which simply doesn't exist any more" to tho Stone Oil company and possibly to from the Republic Oil company was picked up two miles away. The concussion was simply terrible. It blew out windows in every -home In town. It blew in eeilings In business buildings. It cracked new buildings from end to end. Doors were blown from their hinges." He said the devastation was terrible. - ' . Fires were still raging hours after the explosion, and no water wa' available" to fight them. Albert Nichols. Harris county sheriffs county dispatcher, said Texas City officials have radioed Fort Crockett, Galveston, that poison gas was infiltrating the city. . Industries Burn Other Texas City Industries nagging, petroleum, sulphur, snipping. tin and others were reported burning ton. Houston and other cities, augmented by highway patrolmen, pouce, sheriff's deputies, were helping maintain order as citizens walked about, dazed and stunned by the disaster. Stone buildings in the center of town were leveled, the Galveston Tribune said. Residents were being evacuated to avoid danger from further explosions. . Highway and causeways were blocked by Texas City residents wno work In Galveston, flooding home to Police Chief W. F. Laddish of Texas City telephoned Houston offi cers that people were walking Uie streets in a daze and that the Texas City hall, a mile, from the explosion, "was demolished." He asked far all possible doctors' and nurses, even "Just ordlTOrjr.cttlze.ns,. just rso , ..; they have hands to help In rescuing the Injured." The extent of the explosion was indicated by a report from Palestine, Texas. 160 miles to the north. Mrs. near Palestine, said she heard the explosion and that the house shud dered twice as if there had been an earthquake. , - . ' Orange, 100 miles away, was rocked, as was Fort Arthur where the blast was audible. ' -,- - Nearby Galveston, 10 miles across the .bay, was damaged. Glass windows. Including many store windows, were shattered. Plaster ceilings fell. The city rocked and for hours billowing clouds. - A resident of Pelly said the clouds bomb blast. Galveston residents confirmed this, except to say that the clouds were black. J. K. Poage, engineer for a Cedar a flame shoot up hundreds of feet Into the air. It lasted a few seconds, he said. Cedar Bayou Is 27 miles from here. Windows rattled there. The scene of death and devastation was described as "awful" by a utility company official. He said the dead were so numerous "they have them out on Uie lawn." The floor of Uie Beeler Mankse clinic at Galveston was said to b covered with blood. .Meanwhile, relief measures were expedited. At Austin, Adjutant General Arthur B. Knickerbocker conferred " with Governor Beauford H. Jester, and they decided Uie situation did not as yet warrant martial law. Governor Jester was to fly to inspect Uie damage, AiziDuuuices, aociora, nurses, - pouce, state nignway patrolmen witn two-way radio cars; sheriffs' deputies from nearby counties. Red Cross workers, disaster workers of various sorts were rushed to Texas City. Houston sent officers and a radio technician, the. latter, to help) repair the Texas City police radio station reported demolished. : All Galveston hospitals were turned over to the injured, many In critical condition. The Tribune said they were badly burned and cut by flying glass and "screaming with pain. . . ' The telephone union ordered all striking operators, repairmen .and all personnel needed, to. return to worimmediately for the duration of Uie emergency. The order was issued by Everett Cotter, general counsel for Uie Southwestern Telephone Workers union, at St. Louis. Bill Nottingham, Houston Post photographer who flew over Texas City to make aerial pictures, said the town looked as lf a flight of B-2S superfortresses had bombed it. He was an airforce lieutenant colonel during Uie war. "I have been on many raids when we did less damage," he said. Ht added that to him it looked as if a third of the town had been blown down. An old sugar refinery, a part of Monsanto, and others had only steel structures remaining. . . Governor Signs Marine Barracks An estimated S5o persona were out Jn the area. . i the- Grand Camp, a French ship was made by the Galveston Tribune, as far as 15 miles away. workers. miles distant, said the blast was of chaos. First eyewitness account Grand Camp Just five minute others. One piece of steel said to M and fire equipment from Galves help. ' C. J. Colwick. who lives on a hill . was obscured from the sun by ' - - looked like pictures of the atomlo Bayou radio station, said he saw , . I Bill Today! 7 4
