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mm mm w A VI u s ' Day's Jews lly HIANK JKNKINH PI IIC rumor tit a wage nntllomntit In the stool Industry, which turn fit tlio uliick market front a pessi mistic bciir to nn optlmlstlo bull session Saturday morning, turned out to bo (net. Thuro In nil iigrocmoiil. It upu wiuh'h n dnllur e any lur U. b. Btacl Corporation's MO.uoo workers. The agreement in lur a your. The cull lima liunn l boon signed, but Is ex pected to do, It In hoped that It will set a new piiltcrh lur Hie en tire utocl industry, m DftKHIDICNT FAIHLKSH of U. 8. Steel Issues e slntomcnt thin morning In which he Buys he IIOPKS the cunt of tho wuur Increases ciin bo Utkon cure of WITHIN the pros enl price structure (Hint In, without raising prices. ) He ask employes' , t'HiHrutloii In absorbing the cunt by increasing efliclenvy. In other words, It In hoped that Alio wniio Increuso Just agreed upon tun be regarded a oltsoitliig living mil that Imve AUtlSAOY TAKKN PLACE unci limy nut result In mill hlKhor stool prices which In turn would hike the cunt uf living again. II thni run be dune, HEAL Pltoo HKSa will hnve been inude tuwnrd stopping the rising wago-prlce spl rnl which must be dune If catiu truphe In U) be avoided. PHK agreement, even Uiutigh not yot embodied In a contract, even though Uio pattern it hU Inn nut yet been adopted by tho entire teel Indiutry, even though Uiere Inut been no move b yot toward spreading tlio pattern to Industries other tliun slcol, touches off anoth er rally 111 tlio stock market. There waa heavy buying of secur ities aa soon aa Uie market opened. This buyniK wave, the eurly finan cial dlspnlclira ay, wn based on the Idea Unit the ateel neltleiiienl will bring PEACE In ullier major indiulrleti whore striken or threat rued alrlkea are restricting output and profit. Aa remarked In this column on Saturday, hope springs eternal in the human breast. Kverybody In America WAN I t) to get going 111 the right direction. Whenever mere la ANY development that pointers the hope that progress In the right direction may bo In Uie offing there Is an Immediate reaction ot opti mum. IN congress, the house approprl- allona commiileo recommends a slash of 47' v (nearly half) In Uie budget for the department of Uie Interior which, among other Uiliujs, handles reclamation. The committee sends to Uie house floor a bill to allow Uie Interior Mcpiirtmoni a total of lW,Mtl.M3 J, finance lis activities for the 12 iiuitUu) starling July I of Uili Vear. Thai- is nearly IUB.O00.OUO Irs Ulan Uie President budget had recommended. It Is HOI. 000,000 un der current Interior department ap propriations. . Bui it Is 38.8S0.OM ABOVK the de partment's last PIUS-WAR fund in 1UJ8. "THE rapidly growing West Is acute- ly Interested In reclamation. If we are to sustain Uie great growth that la already coming to us, we must reclaim more land. All of our holies are bound up In such progress. BUT IP THE UNITED 8TATE8 SHOULD OO BANKRUPT, THE JIOPKH OP OUR WEST FOR GROWTH WOULD BE SHAT TERED. We can grow only If the United States of America remains solvent. The only way to keep the United Slates of America solvent Is to siend less than we have boon spend ing. In the past, we hnve spent more than we cau afford. CO Uie West, with lis hopes bound " up In roclamaUon, will serve Its own best Interests by going along with Uie proRrnm to substitute economy for reckless spending. It limy seem a linrrl dose to take, but effectlvo medicine is seldom pleasant to Uie taste. We don't take medicine fnr Uie pleasure of It. We lake It to get results. Truman Hits High Prices NEW YORK, April 31 (flv-Pres-Iclent Truman sounded a new alarm todny against rising living costs and culled for a united effort by gov ernment, Industry, agriculture and labor to prevent a disastrous de pression. He told the annual luncheon mooting of tho Associated Press that "prices must be brought down" by private enterprise mid asked "modorntlon" from labor. He also asked all-out farm production and resistance to tax cuts until the country Is "over the hump" of In flation. , Unless all edbperate, he snld, an "economio cloudburst" may weaken American resistance to "totulltar Innlsm" and leave free peoples every-whoro "oasy targets for ex ternal pressures and alien ideologies.' Jewish Underground Men Threaten New Terrorism JERUSALEM, April 21 (P) Two yopes fashioned into nooses wore found by British authorities today near the spot whero two military jeeps were ambushed In Jerusalem by men believed to bo members of the Jowish underground. The discovery recalled brondenst t.hraUs by Irgun Zvnl Leuml, Jowish underground organliiatlon, to re tnllnto In kind for the hanging of four of Its members by British au thorities lost week following their conviction for anti-British violence, Three men wore detained , after the ambushing, In which the Jeops were attacked with grenades and machine-gun flro nonr the edgo of Jerusalem's Jowish aunrter. Five S'ildlers who wore riding In the Jeeps Ml V .cnpea injury, nut a civilian wag 'oported injured, price rive CENTS AFL-CIO Eye Possibility Of Merger WAHIIINKTON, April II (Pi The APL executive council today Invited the CIO ttrace eomrolttee to confer here Thursday on merger of the two big labor organisations, A PL President William Green an nounced the Invitation after a meet ing of the eounril to discuss general problems, Including the prospect Uiat eongreaa will onset sharp ro etrieUona on labor union activities. Green said a telegram was uis patched to CIO President Philip Murray suggesting Uie meeting. The groups have made frequent gestures toward uuluii, but no real progress in thai direction. Labor Crisis The councils decisiun to bring up the matter again at Hits time ap peared to be traceable to the crisis building up for labor unions In Uie form of legislation In congress. The CIO has Insisted that before "organised unity" can be discussed, both organisations with a total of more Uian 13,600,000 members must cooperate in fighting restrictive IrgislaUon on Capitol Hill and In stale legislatures. Up to now, in the exchange of communications between the two groups, Uie APL has contended thai effective cooperation In that field can be achieved by actual merger of the two groups. The federation's policy-making irouo will be on hand for most, if not all. of the senate's drbate on a committee-softened labor bill which some members have pledged to try to toughen up on the floor. Debate on Uie measure Is sched uled to open Wednesday. Tax Discussion Set Tuesday The proposed state sales tax will be Uie subject of a pro and con discussion to be held at a publlo forum meeting at the Fremont school auditorium tomorrow (Tuesday! nialit ml a n'elnelr unrlee snnnsnrshln of the economics welfare division of Uie Oregon Educational auocla Uon. BUtte Representative Henry Scmon will Introduce the discussion with an explanation of Uie bill and Its legislative background. His part oi the program will be Impartial, and will be followed by speakers on either side of Uie Issue. Phil Hitchcock and E. M. Chllcota will discuss the affirmative side, while opposition to Uie sales tax will be represented by O. D. Long and Lamar Townscnd. A question and answer period will follow Uie talks. All city and county teachers were urged to attend and Uie meeting Is oicii to the public. Malcolm Eplcy will be moderator. Navigation Aid Invented A navlgntlng Instrument work ing on slide-rule principles to take pencll-and-paper mathematics out oi navigation has been Invented by Jack Tllman, local police radio man and filer, and Uio device Is scheduled for early production at uie raue ana rime mncnine snop on 8. 11th. The model built by the shop has been oknyed by a number of fly ing officials and waa used success fully in one plane of Uie aerial oar avnn to Redmond and back yes terday. A corporation known as Tllman Navigator, Inc., has been formed by Tllman and the owners of Uie machine shop, and application for patents made. Tllman says his device Is so sim- Ele anyone can lenrn to navigate y it In a few minutes, and it re duces the time required- to work out navigational problems to a few soconds. The working model Is 33 Inches square, but In production the size will be cut to IS Inches for easier use Inside small planes. , Two other British military ve hicles were blown up today In con tinuation of a new reign of violence In whlcli 12 persons Including 10 British soldiers wore Injured yes terday, Six soldiers were Injured when a bomb was thrown Into a motion pic ture theatre at a leave center near Nathanya. Four other soldiers were wounded one seriously when two military trucks wore blown up by road mines while en route to In vestigate the theatre bombing. Two Arab Loglon soldiers were wounded earlier when their truck hit a road mine north of Haifa. - Rumors that the British planned to execute two other condemned members of the underground today were denied by political authorities. I. . yo ?- . , r LiDicwiiiiot1 Mts Feoi Srapiiiiiii . . 1 1 : : 1 ,-,'V r-- , ,, 7-,.,.,.,.l, .,.,. ..."-'"'T-i , y-L " ' J-' "'''',; ": -IS At least one and possibly two persons were killed and II Injured wheat the Illinois Central'! City of Miami, seven-ear,- all-sled streamliner bound tram Chicago to Miami, waa derailed near Champaign, IIL AP wirephoto. Frederick IX Mounts Throne COPENHAGEN, April 21 (P) Prederlk IX was proclaimed king of uenmarx today from the balcony oi Historic cnruiansDorg casue. The 46-year-old lover of music. seafaring and speed mounted the throne aa successor to his lather. Christian X, whose death at 46 last night ended a reign of 3 year, extending tnrougn two world wars. The proclamaUon waa read by Premier Knud Krlstcnsen, who shouted three Umea, "King Chris tian X has died. Long liva His Ma jesty King Frederlk IX." Christian had been 111 It days since sintering a neart attack tas ter Sunday, and unconscious almost eight hours. Sycan Store Safe Looted Safecrackers Saturday night punched aside the tumblers in a small safe at the Sycan store, at Beatty, and took (627.04 In cash, according to Sheriff Lloyd L. Low. About ISO cartons of cigarettes and three 26-pound sacks of sugar were also stolen. The thieves entered the store by prying up a back window and un bolted Uie back door to leave. The burglary was discovered by Roy Carter, owner of the store, when he opened for business yesterday morning. An attempt had been made to drill out Uie lock ot the safe but It was opened by knocking off the combination handle and punching the tumblers, Sheriff Low said. He, along with Deputy Marion Barnes and Chester Lelchty, federal offi cer, Investigated Uie crime. Also Saturday night. Bill's place in Bonanza, operated by Mr. and Mrs, Alva Maxwell, was burglar ized and three . wrist watches taken. Entry was made by digging the putly aawy from a pane In a back window and lifting the. pane out, and the burglars left by unlocking Uie back door. The same method of entry was used at Uie place in another burglary a week 1 ago, Sheriff Low said. Weyerhaeuser' Man In Accident Ole Rlsten. 52-vear-old Weyer haeuser camp 8 employe, was struck late Sunday night on the Ivory Pine mill road near Bly by an automobile operated by Ann Morgan of Bly and at 2 a.m. was admitted to Hill side hospital here for treatment of a broken loft leg and severe gash on uie top oi uie head. Rlsten was en route to work at the time of the accident. He was moved to a service station in Bly where the Klamath Ambulance service nicked him un. The woman advised state police this morning that she did not see' Rlsten on the road. The accident occurred around luiao p.m. , . , . Today Last- Day For Chamber Drive At noon today was the deadline for turning In ballots In the an nual "primary election" of the KlamaUi County . chamber of oom merce. , - Fourteen members will be nomi nated for director In tills vote count, and from these, seven di rectors will be chosen at a ballot ing to follow. . The eleotlon committee .planned to count the ballots late this after noon.' - 1 ' . Ol , -;1ON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1947 Streamliner Derailed Peace Pact In Sieel Spurs Hope For Phone Settlement WASHINGTON. Anrll 21 (JPI Spurred by new peace pacta In steel and other Industrie, labor department conciliators Indicated today they may be ready to spring a new formula for settling the na tionwide telephone strike. Although . these ace government trouble shootora declined to out line their rtext step publicly at Coast Gets New Ship Line 8AN FRANCISCO. April 21 ( The Oliver J. Olson Steamship com pany said today It would start this week a new schedule contract car rier service on the Pacific coast, employing five ships, moving over four routes from Puget. Sound to Los Angeles. The vessels are 'the Oeorge. How ard. Oliver, Karen and Barbara Olson. They will carry lumber and bulk goods such as salt, grain and feeds. The Oeorge Olson, on a 28-day schedule, will call at Puget Sound. Grays Harbor, San Francisco and Los Angeles, returning to Tacoma. The Howard Olson will move on a 21-day schedule between Columbia river. Los Angeles and return. The Karen Olson will operate be tween Coos Bay and San Francisco on a 14-day turnaround. The Oli ver Olson, on a 16-to-lB day sched ule, will call at Bandon, Coos Bay and Los Angeles. The Barbara Ol son will serve as a standby, where needed. After Seeing Pic Kwa'ialein Men Vote For Young Beverly Younr. KUH8 sophomore candidate for queen of the 20-30 club's Invitational track meet, has received a couple of unofficial votes from way out on Kwajalein. A couple of ardent but heretofore silent tana of Klamath Union high school sports. In a letter to The Herald and News, admitted being much taken by newspaper pictures of the four cute queen contestants, and said that they had decided that they would vote for brunette Beverly. v But the writers, Jack Branson and James 'Bird' Campbell, are both In the navy and won't be able to make It back to Klamath Falls for the track meet Saturday. "Simple Simon, Met a Pieman" as ing the 9 o'clock special features Art Hoist, laden with all sorts ot bakery goods aa he deliver! his wares to an early easterner. - " (Telephone till) this Ume. they told a reporter they feel the strike has reached a "cru cial stage." No Seizure Seen ApparenUy there was no Dros- pect of government seizure ot the industry. At least, PersldenUal As sistant John R. Steelman said he knew of nn vlAns fnr siiel a rnv fThe "WnWT House labor adviser talked la, reporters before leaving for New Jfork with President Tru man to attend the Associated Press luncheon. Entering its third week, the 340,-000-worker phone tleup stood as the only major blot on an other wise placid U. & labor relations picture. . , i ' """""""" y DemonatraUon SEATTLE, April 21 P) A de monstration by locked-arm pick ets, blocking entrances to the main telephone company building here, broke up shortly after 9 a. m. to day as the pickets dwindled to about 20 and four policemen or dered the s(dewalks kept clear. C. R. Garvin, member of the CIO American Communications association, said his own union and other non- striking unions staged the demonstration in sympathy with the striking workers. It was the first such mass picketing during the two-week strike there. A telephone company official said the picket line for a time pre vented anyone from entering or leaving the building. A union spokesman said he un derstood supporting unions - had sent addltonal pickets and that no additional striking union pick ets had been placed. At a rally yesterday. Mervin Cole, secretary of the northwest Joint council of the APL Building Service Employes, union, and Al A. Fisher,- secretary of the station CIO council, pledged the support of such groups. After the rally, approximately 1000 singing union members paraded around the building. SAN FRANCISOO, April 21 P) Striking telephone company work ers In the five western states served by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company were summoned to strategy meetings today as negotiation conferences with the company were broken off. No further meetings have been schduled between P. T. ft T. and the National Federation ot Tele Phone , Workers, - the independent union which called the walkout Just two weeks ago. the old Jingle runs, but this morn J WEATHER MM. (Apr. )...... Ml.. .. frMlfllallsa Isit 14 .. to lima rr tm isle Last 7tar ll.tl Nsrnsl rsfMastl Fslr t4r sai ToH4sf No. 10914 1200 Drivers Off Jobs In Wage Fight PORTLAND. Ore April 21 WV- Movement of Incoming goods in cluding food supplies for ibis city of nearly 400.SO0 virtually halted today as the result of a wage dis pute between AFX Teamsters and 66 companies: Union officials termed the work stoppage a "lockout" while employ ers called it a "strike." About 1200 drivers were affected. Canned foods, tobacco, soap and other Incoming goods began piling up at docks and warehouses this morning. Railroad and shipping of ficials aald all available storage space probably would be filled by Wednesday, alter wmcn railroad cars would be shunted to side lines and ships would sit idle waiting for unloading. Meanwhile Earl B. White, man. ager ot the Portland Draymen's and Warehousemen's association, said' the teamsters had rejected the latest proposal to setUe the dis pute. It came from the U. S. eoneil iation service. Under Its terms cm ployera would have added 2 cents to their original offer of a M-eent-daily increase for teamsters. The union waa asking a $L2Q boost and a M-nour week. Began Saturday Jack Schlaht. teamsters' business agent, said the work stoppage be. gan Saturday when the union call ed a "strategy strike" against seven firms because Uie employers re fused to make further offers. White said the strike against the seven -firms invalidated the con tract teamsters had with all the companies, and that there would be no more work until an agree ment is reached. Food handlers said there would be little- immediate effect -on the Cn.. Meat, vegetables and mux ely ' were unaffected. Serious shortages in other items would de velop only If the strike continues three weeks or more, they said. Some wholesalers have their own trucks, and they said they could arrange new shipments to get food stuffs to the stores II the stoppage continues long. Marshall OK's Greek Move WASHINGTON, April 21 (VP) Secretary of State Marshall today called the proposed Greek-Turkish aid program "lndispensaoie and told congress he is in "complete accord" with its aims. Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.), presiding officer of the senate, announced Marshall's endorsement to his colleagues as Uie senate de bated the program calling tor $400,000,000 in economic and lim ited military assistance to Greece and Turkey. Marshall ouUlned his views In a communication from Moscow to Vandenberg, chairman o t the senate foreign relations committee. The program, proposed by Presl den Truman to bulwark the Medi terranean countries against com munism, will come to a vote In the senate at 4 p. m. (1 p. m. PST) tomorrow. Colbert Refuses Juvenile Post State Patrolman William Colbert, who has had the Inside track for appointment as Klamath county juvenile officer, has turned down the job. according to Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg. The Juve nile deDartment remains under the direction of Faye Blackmer, assist ant juvenile omcer. Colbert, a state nolice veteran. Is planning to move to Portland some ume wis year. Judge Vandenberg. who aDDoints the personnel of the juvenile of fice, said that he had a few other candidates for the 310-a-month position which has been vacant tor four months. MB Re-Inventory Starts Tuesday Re-inventory ot the Marine Bar racks plant prior to its being con verted into a technical school o iter ated by the State of Oregon, will ?et under way early Tuesday morn rig with the arrival here late today oi n crew irom oaiem. Heading the grouD which will conduct the new inventory is Win ston Purvine, state supervisor of trades and Industries, education. Oregon state vocational depart ment Phone Cable Said Sawed Through PORTLAND. Anril 21 At Dam. age to dial phone oables which In terrupted service in Portland s west hills was being investigated today by city detectives. . Chief of Police A. V. Jenkins re ported detectives found the heavy protective covering of seven cables sawed through. Moisture caused a short circuit oil the lines over the week-end. : . Butter Price On Skids Here Now The only bright SDOt In the nano rama of advancing food prices loomed today when butter got on the skids for a three-cent Monday morning drop and Is now whole saling at 67 cents, lowest price since uie ucsui oi urs. Local creamery officials said but ter went down "nateherly." due to the seasonal advance of dairy prod ucts. The picture was slightly on the crazy side, however, and that team mate oi me xitcnen, eggs, neid firm in a tight market and with produc tion oft 30 per cent under last year, the egg was forecast aa bringing an extremely high price In the ad vancing fall market LltUe If any eggs are going Into storage at the present time, Klamath sources ad vised. Orade A eggs are selling at 57 cents wholesale. It was a re peat story, egg men said today, of Uie high price of feed, etc. etc., etc. Black Market Losses Huge WASHINGTON, April 21 CP Losses to the United States gov ernment through money operations connected with OI black market ing overseas may exceed 1600,000, 000, a government official estimated today. He emphasized that this Is an estimate and referred reporters to the war department. There the officially stated answer said only: "Some United States military and civilian personnel overseas did par ticipate In certain eu legal sales In Germany of personal, govern mental or other doll&r-acauired supplies during and after the war. These are commonly referred to as black market transactions. "Today, the U. S. army has a 'long' position In German marks which under present policy It is disposing of by . normal process. The present holdings do not, however, exceed future con templated expenditures. A com plete report on the acquisition and disposal of these holdings Is pres ently being prepared for the In formation of the appropriate com mittees ot congress." Millworkers Settle Strike ROSEBURO. Ore April 21 HO Accepting Uie promise of the NLRB to Drocess the disoute. CIO-IWA millworkers today called off their strike at the Rock Island Lumber company at Sutherlin. The strike, called six weeks ago, occurred when the company dis charged eight women workers hired during the wartime emergency ana carried on the union roster as rec- ular members. The union said the' discharge of the women had not been 'negotiated'- in compliance with its labor contract. The com pany explained it had discontinued us poucy ox mnng women ana that their jobs were given to male applicants. The company is installing new machinery that will preclude re employment ot all the strikers. However, a number ot them have accepted other employment. Fire Deportment Answers Two Calls ' Firemen were called out on two alarms Saturday night, the first at 8:37 p. m. when an overheated oil stove caused concern at the John Gardner residence, 1037 High. There was no damage from fire. The second alarm was received at 9:20 p. m.. when an electric mo tor burned out, causing consider able smoke damage to the Mayf ield grocery building, 1201 Division. Milk Price Ruling Is Delayed - PORTLAND, April 21 W) A ruling on possible new milk prices on Uie basis of testimony at the Oregon de partment ot agriculture public hear ing here will be delayed by study of new surveys. Agriculture Director E. L. Peterson reported attorneys for producers, distributors, retailers and consumer groups agreed at closing sessions Saturday to admit to the record any higher labor costs occurring within tne next 30 days. Air Search Unit Flies To Redmond For By JOT BIGGS H. L. McPherson, Klamath Falls pilot, was the first to arrive in Red mond Sunday morning ' on the breakfast hop. putting down his big red Cessna on Roberts field at 9 o'clock. He was quickly followed by- 22 more private aircraft from Klamath Falls and Chiloquin. The purpose ot the hop was to discuss air search and rescue work with the Redmond group. Maurice F. Roberts, commander of Group 3, Oregon Wing of CAP, explained the work of the wing, the three-day "fireball search" plan, and the nec essity of - all rescue pilots filing flight plans. - Roberts said all equipment for rescue work Is available in Port land and will be loaned by the army when needed. Radio com munication between the Redmond and Klamath Falls units, was dis cussed. Ray Royse, president of the Klamath Air Search and Rescue unit, explained that this unit is in dependent of the CAP at present and told of plans to cooperate with the Klamath Saddle club and Sher iffs Posse in making searches for missing planes through rugged ter rain. Rescue squad leaders are Hugh Tolley and Alien Mocabee, and must be contaoted by pilots go ing out on independent searches, Royse said. He emphasized that safety of searchers is essential. . Boundaries for searching parties were discussed with decision pend ing contact with Eugene and Med ford units. Royse introduced the Redmond committee which included rial But ler, Dick BallanUne, Maurice Rob BattleLooms OverSettiim Work Date WASHINGTON, April (WV-. The senate raises the curtain to morrow on the first act of its tax cutting performance with the cash customers waiting to see: Whether they will get a refund on part ot the taxes they've al ready paid this year, or Whether the new lower rates will be delayed until July 1. The third possibility that no cut will come this year appears remote despite these two week-end developments: 1. President Truman's declar ation that higher prices already hare "Inflated the entire eco nomic structure" and that lower taxes now would only promote further inflation. The chief executive coupled this prediction with a forecast that the government's budget for the current , fiscal year ending Jane 3 will show a Sl,25e.4ee surplus the first since 1936. 2. A Mil by democratic Sen ator Lucas of Illinois to eat taxes next January 1 on a somewhat different basis than the 3-2 per' cent slash retroactive to last Jan uary 1 already voted by the boose. Lucas' bill presumably will be considered along with the house measure when the senate finance committee opens its tax hearing tomorrow. But with republicans firmly com mitted to a cut this year, moat sen- . atoi: agree that the main test will come between those who favor the bouse date and those like Senator Taf t of Ohio, chairman of the sen ate GOP policy committee, who prefer to wait until July 1. Quarrel Leads To Shooting TACOMA. Arril 21 tav-Chareeai ot assault with Intent to commit murder were filed here today In federal court against Mrs. Hadley C. Watson, wife of a master ser geant who waa snot and seriously wounaea at ran Lewis Saturday night Assistant IT. S. District Attorney Barney Eager said the charges were filed alter preliminary investiga tion by the federal bureau of in vestigation. Sergeant Watson, 2V, ox Mea springs, w. c. was snot in the chest and abdomen at the fam ily home on the post Neighbors said the couple had quarreled early in the evening al the non-commissioned officers club. No statement has been .made by-. Mrs, Watson or the sergeant The soldier was reported "out of danger this morning. . - - i In Car Wreck EUGENE, April 21 (At Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Murphy. 7828 North Willamette boulevard, Portland, died Instantly early today when their speeding, automobile crashed into a slow-moving Oregon Electric freight train at a Harrisburg cross ing. W. H. Dunham, Portland, con ductor on the train, said he saw the automobile coming about a mile away, and that it was travel ing at an excessive rate of 8 Deed. The train, he said, was traveling aoout iv to 12 miles per nour. ( The car crashed into the train, derailing one freight car. The car was dragged down the track 130 yards, completely demolished. The Murpnys were apparently on their way to Myrtle Creek from Portland, where he Is engaged In the truck ing business. , j Prisoner Dies In Oregon Penitentiary - SALEM. April 21 WV-Elmer Riley Lane, 34, serving a 15-year sentence for a Grande Ronde bank robbery, died in the state penitentiary lata Friday night, Warden George Alex ander reported today. The warden said the convict died ot a glandular disease. He began his sentence November 2, 1944. Joint Meeting erts with Foster Glass, B. A. Wolf and L. E. Davis of CAA. A truck was waiting at the field to transport the visiting pilots to the old officers club at the Red mond army base where a ranch style breakfast was served by the Buckaroo Breakfast club to over 70 persons. The officers club is now jointly owned by the American Legion and VFW and was loaned for the occa sion. Buckaroo Breakfast club top hands, Ned Fields and Jack Wei gand, did the cooking and Mary Conn Brown was in charge ot the breakfast, committee. Typical April weather brought spring sunshine and a sUft head wind on the flight over. A strong wind on the tall urged the light planes Into storm clouds, rain and snow on the return hop, reducing visibility ' to zero at times. Around six planes put down at Beaver marsh airport to determine Uie solidity of the cloud bank ahead, before continuing on to the Klamath airport, where . flight were canceled out In proper order. Several filed flight plans at Red mond to hop to Grants Pass after the breakfast meeting. Aircraft from Klamath Falls In cluded two Luscombes, six Cessnas, two Stlnsons, three Ercoupes, two BT-13's, one Piper cub cruiser, one Ryan, pne Cvlft, a Taylorcraft and -a Waco. Pilots were Rugh, Newlun, Kesterson, Royse, Houser, Newblll, Hicks, Derby, Barnes, Quigley, Car son, Vlncze, Mantl, Hasklns, Scholar, Clark, Chase, Ellingson, Hogue and Wiley. Chiloquin pilots were the Mark wardt brothers and Bob Knolls, fly- -In two Taylorcrafts and Pair-child. Couple Killed S ;! if
