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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,
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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
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.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.
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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
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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
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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
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