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Ity rilANK JKNKINH
IN lila ruillo roKirt to the American
people on whnt happened In Miw
i;ow, Mate Secretary Nliirnliull spoke
guardedly unit cautiously last night.
llin address was Uieretore UN
EXClTlNa. Casual listeners were
probably bored. Many undoubtedly
flipped tlia dial over to auniothlng
eixo
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MARSHALL'S Million la NEWS.
It means ha thinks tharo In mill
hope of gelling along with Rueals
.. without. ehootliig. .. .
' If ha hud fell uiai nn nope 01
liltlmnte peaceable Bcltlf riirnt by
negotiation la done, ho would Imve
spoken more truculently, hoping
Ihua to convince Huaal Unit we
mean buslucaa unci thiil It will be
dangerous to provoke ua loo (nr.
Ilia apeech would then Imve been
thriller. . :
EVERYBODY would have lis
lenrd, , , .
iUE epoke once, and only once, ol
n hla lare-to-faco talk with Htalin
at Uio Kremlin a couple ol wecka
aifo. .
. Stalin told him then, he retried,
Umt iim iiiu Four uowera ill. H..
Britain, Russia, Krniuei intulit be
able to coinpromlae ALL their mnlor
dillerenrea "alter Ihry have HX
HAUHT1SD TIIKMSKLVKS IN DIS
PUTE.'
STALIN'S alalement la KXTHEMK
LV alKiilllcatil. II we read cure
fullv between the llnea, II cornea
pretty clone to provliljiiie an anawer
In ine SIM oucaiioil. niw M m--
nn InT"
tr lit wnrlit exhulliila llarlf In
dlniiuto over what la lo be done with
ri.rmniiv. Ideal condltlona will be
rt in Kurooe lor the triumph
qt communlam. Communism la Uie
lt rofiwo ot Uio despairing. H
niovea In when condltlona have not
ao bad they ran'l get any worae and
people are willing to nwt.ri nn
There la plenty of starvation In
r.uriiie now. There will be MOHK
starving people Uiere If Uit dls
eitreemenl over what la lo be done
with Germany goes o to Uie point
of "exhaustion.
lifllENEVER Europe l nearly
" enniuih starved, when Uiere la
t innuMr anv viKible hone ot any-
(hint better. Russia will no longer
have to liniKwe coiiuiiuuiaiii un
rnrnne hv FORCE.
When that time cornea. Europe
win mm in ponimunlMii aa in
dlvlduaU who are without hope for
the future turn to auicme.
you are, It may be thai what
riuwila la up to Ik WAITING and
UTAI.I.INO until chaw la complete,
untlilpaUng thai when thla moiiirnt
Arrives communlam will sweep
Fhroutjh Kuropo . a a limine Uo
aweeps Uirough dry giuw.
SECRETARY MARSHALL
makes
It plain Uiat in hia opinion we
nnuln'l permit ouraelvea lo be
atalled unUI chaoa haa time lo gel
here. ,
Ho aaya:
"I believe that action can not
await compromlao through exhala
tion. Whatever action la necessary
to meet theae pressing problems
mual be tnken without delay."
He adtla: .....
"Tho patient la alnklng while Uie
doctors deliberate."
THERE la an Interesting and high
ly algnlflcant minor development
In the newa today. President rru-
man thla morning aigneo. n law
suspending until March 31. 1046, Uio
preaenl four-ccnta-per-pound Im
port duty on COPPER.
Copiier la one of the tiling wo
havo alwaya had plenty of. There
have been limes In the paat when It
almost aeemcd we had too much
of II.
We are realizing now that we
haven't ENOUOH copper to moel
preaenl needi. Hence Uiia law to
let it come in from abroad duty
free.
THE statlsUctaiu tell us Unit In
Uio future we must look Incrcna
Ingly to oUier countries for OIL.
Research scientist are working on
processes to make oil out of coal.
They know how already. What
they are after la a cheaper way to
do II.
The period In our history thai
created oil barons and Umber barons
and ateel and copper principalities
and Uiat made lucky prospector
nlgger-rlch ovornlght Is slowly
passing.
Nine-Year-Old
In Murder Trial
PORT TALBOT. Wales, April 30
MVA lilne-ycnr-old boy wna com
mitted for trial on a murder charge
today In (he drowning of a four-year-old
playmate, Olyndwr Parfltt.
The name of the accused boy was
not made public. Under British
law children abovo the age of eight
may be held account able for crimes,
although severe Bentences have been
Imposed rarely on children In the
last 100 years.
Senate Committee Approves
$350 Million Relief BUI
WASHINGTON, April 20 (D The
senate foreign relations committee
unanimously approved today legis
lation authorising 1350,000,000 relief
for five European areas and China.
Chairman vnndenberg tH.-Mlch.)
announced the committee had de
clined to specify whore relief funds
will be spcnl, but would Include in
a formal report a stato department
statement on tills question.
He said the statement will in
dlcalo that relief will be provided
for Italy including also Trieste)
Hungary, Austria, Poland, Oreece,
and China.
The senate group acted as the
house resumed debate on the relief
measure.
Test Votei
The house expected to settle in
quick tost voles whether the relief
bill be curbed or cut, but Chairman
Raton (R.-N.J.) of the foreign nf
flrs committee expressed belief
latere was more vocal thnn voting
opposition.
TlTluinfivFciiNTi iaQa. ..wVAOnlVlO HOON, TUKbDAY, APRIL 29, mi (Telephone Sill) lwn
need
Mass Picket
Tactics Used
By Unionists
Maased picketing waa employed
by telephone unionists thla morning
when uon-aliiklng workera went
back on the lob at the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
plant here.
About ii pickets were on hand, 25
of Ihem marching In eloae forma
tlun around the front duor, and the
olhrra picketing a rear door and a
nearby telephone company ware
house bark of I'enney'a alore. Most
of the pickets were women.
Nineteen workrra went through
the picket llnea. Thla waa one leaa
than on Monday, when altogeUier
20 employee were on Uie lob. Includ
ing 17 new returnees, one of the
Monday returnees failed lo show up
on his Job today.
No IMsnrdrr
There was no disorder at the
doors. Pickets directed cat-calls at
tho returning workers, calling out
tho traditional "scab" as Uio men
went into Uie building.
One of the girls In Uie line
handed out mimeographed aheeta
denouncing Han Krunclsco police
action against telephone pickets.
A union representative from
Portland waa hero to help plan
union resistance to any back-to-work
movement at tho Klamath
plant.
Htatement Made
. Meanwhile, a apokeaman for the
group of returning employee left a
atiitement with The Herald and
Newa which hinted at clmrgea of
Improiier handling of tho elrlko
ballot which preceded Uie work tie
up. In addition, tho statement said:
We iiiii'iihuiin emnloves who sup
ported Iho strike In good faith for
three weeks have returned to woik
because we cannot be a part of
sabotage and violence that la now
sweeping the nation." It was signed:
"A spokesmen for the group.'
, Uy UOOIl uuay, vne iiuiiiwj u.
oersona In the picket lino had
dwindled to six.
Dii.i1, iitm npiiffiiu mciuuru.
Oiie woman In Uie line called lo
oliservere that Uie "operators are
still out 100 tier cent."
Another woman In tho line was
stopped by a Ilttlo girl, evidently
her daughter, who obtained some
small change from her and pianieo.
a big kiss on ner enecx.
Hhe's after money so am I, re
marked Uie plckeu
Berkeley Fire
Still Mystery
BERKELEY. Calif., April M (V
Flro of a mysterious origin, which
apparently started beneath the
street, caused damage estimated at
r;oo,ooo In mid-town Berkeley last
'"r'lrc Chief William Meinhelt, who
provided Uio estimate of loss, sa d
the four alarm blaze completely
burned out tho Sanln To railway
ticket office, quarters of a fur com
pany, florist, and barber shop, and
the Berkeley office ot Uio Oakland
Tribune.
The businesses were located In a
flallron building known as Bhatluck
square at Bhattuck avenue and Ad
dison street In Uie heart of the
business area, two blocks from the
edge of Uie University of California
campus. Berkolcy Is across tho bay
from San Francisco.
Bicycle-Truck
Accident Fata.
NEWARK. N. J.. Anrll 30 P A
new bicycle had been bought for-
1-year-old Alan Tabankin, but It
wna to remain carefully stored, his
parents said, until he was listed on
Uie school honor roll.
Alan rushed home yesterday to
announce that he had made It. His
name had been Included on tho
honor roll. Jubilantly he rolled out
the new red-and-whlte cycle and
sUirtcd down the street.
A lumber truck backing toward
the curb struck the bicycle crush
ing Its gleaming frame and killing
the boy.
The senate committee's refusal to
specify the areaa In question came
as a defeat for some senators who
had proposed that relief be denied
European areas under communist
domination.
Providing that 04 percent of all
relict supplies should be purchased
In the United States and its pos
sessions, the committee wrote In an
amendment directing the naming of
a European director for the program
whose appointment would be sub
ject to senate confirmation.
It also Inserted an amendment
stipulating that local currencies re
ceived from the sale of relief sup
plies abroad be put Into a special
account, controlled by the United
States, which could be used as a
revolving fund for further relief and
work relief needs. ' - -
i These funds would be available
until June 30, 1048, and congress
then would decide their final disposition.
For Peae Program
Telephone unlonliU arc shown In a mass plckeUng maneuver at the front of the Klamath office of the
Paelflo Telephone and Telegraph company this morning. Other pickets marched in an alley at the side of
the building, and In tho alley between Mh and th where the company has a warehouse. The picket line
was Increased after II new returnees went back on the Job Monday. Sixteen of theae showed up today.
Three previously had gone to work,
Youths Escape
Death In Wreck
Three youths miraculously escsned
serious Injury at 0:15 o'clork last
night when Uielr I9:i sedan crashed
Into the rear footboard of a Oreat
Northern dlesel switch engine at
the Altamont drive crossing, over
turned and landed on Its wheels M
feet away.'" ''
Treated In tho emergency room at
Hillside hospital were: Louis Young
and hie brother Bill, boUl ot 343
Angle street, and a third passenger,
Bud" Strliigham, 333 Front. They
were dismissed shortly after 10 p.m.
All three suffered abrasions and
minor cuts.
According to Oreat Northern
sources, the car was traveling north
on Altamont drive toward Klamath
Falls when Uie switch engine, No.
113, was hit. Engineer was J. F.
Smith and switch foreman was J.
M. Casey. Oreat Northern officials
said there Is a posiUve stop signal
at Uiat crossing. The car waa badly
damaged. Driver of the machine
was Louis Young, to whom the oar
li registered.
Price Slashes
Gain In State
Ry The Associated Tress
The 10 per cent price slash on
retail merchandise was gaining fa
vor among merchants of more Ore-
gen communities today as the
Multnomah group of 41 stores con
tinued attracting crowds of shop
pers. In PorUand, two "neighborhood
grocers ana a downtown cafe post'
ed general reductions or 10 per
cent and one book and gift store
advertised a "President Truman
sale."
Elsewhere In the Portland sub'
urbs and nearby communities, oth
ers were Joining In the price-cut
plan, Wlllard llardman'a Tlgard
hardware, the Mahlauaen store In
Portland, and Penner's grocery at
Ml. Angel announced the slash ef
fective today.
Truax. Final Rites
Slated Thursday
Final rites for Dr. Lawson L.
Trunx, pioneer Klamath physician
who died at Gold Beach early 8un
dny morning, will be held from the
First Presbyterian church at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon with the
Rev. David Barnell olllclating.
Oravcslde services at Klamath
Memorial park will be under the di
rection of Calvary Commandery,
Knights Temiilnr, and, honorary
pallbearers will be Knights Templar
in full uniform. Wards Klamath
Funeral home Is In charge.
Truckers Agents
Discuss Tie-Up
PORTLAND, April 20 (PI AFL
Teamsters and Commercial Truck
ers' agents were In conference again
today In an attempt to settle the
wage dispute which has nalted
hauling here for over two weeks.
U. S. Labor Commissioner Ouy
V. Llntner reported after yester
day's four-hour discussion that the
two groups were making progress,
Courtright To
Study In Paris ;
George Courtright, at present s
member of the faculty at Chllo-
auln high school, will leave soon
for Paris where he will take work
for a degree In philosophy from Uie
University of Paris.
' Courtright. son of Superintendent
and Mrs. B. u. oourtngnc oi K.iam
ath Agency,' Is a graduate of SU
Louis university.
Marching Around And Around
making a total of 1 back on the
Church School
Time Discussed At Meet
Release time of week-day church
schools In the city school system
was thoroughly discussed at a meet
ing of both boards ot education In
session last night at Klamath Union
high school. ChurcH organization
representatives appearing bctore
boards 1 and 2. representing ele
mentary and "high school respective
ly, 'Were mo ncv, uavm r. oanicvv,
the Rev. Victor Phillips, the Rer.
M. Topness, Percy Murray ana
K. A. Moore.
Better Integration of school and
church acUvlttes were also discuss
ed and an extended study program
has been instituted to investigate
tUm administrative asrject of such a
program, according lo Superintend
ent Arnoia i uroiapp.
Each member was given a pampn-
let Issued by Uie International
Mother Beats
Baby To Death
BELLAIRE. Kas.. Aurll 20 M"l
The coroner's office today listed the
deaths of a 34-ycar-old mother and
her baby daughter as murder and
suicide, and Sheriff Clarence Dimtt
said the woman also had attempted
to slay her five other children.
rour 01 uie cnuaren were nos
MUllzed. one in critical condition,
rhe mother. Mrs. Mabel Robinson.
was found drowned in a creek near
her home.
Thirteen - year - old Lewis Leroy
Robinson, the eldest child, was
credited with saving the lives ol
four of his sisters, bunts said, the
'outh awakened yesterday ana
ound his mother beating his 10-
year-old slsler Shirley with a poker.
"The boy tried to stop her and
she hit him twice. He pushed her
against the stove and he and Shir
ley ran to a neighbor's house for
aid." the sheriff said.
Tom Robinson, the lather, was
working at Abilene, Kas. He Is a
truck driver.
Getting all polished up for the day, right on tho nose at 9 o'clock,
are Dave Beach's shoes with Johnny Flnley on the business end of the
lob. Johnny appeared too occupied with his Job to give th: 5 o'clock
Special Irnsman a nod.
Job.
Release
Council of Religious Education on
Uie week-day church schools, which
sets forth a 10-polnt platform: a
year of planning berore launching
Uie nrogram. all religious groups
working closely together, parents
accenting their responsibility for the
school and supporting It In every
way, psbllc schooKofflclals cooper;
atliig heartily without controlling, a
representative and reliable week
day church school board continu
ously on the Job, a course of edu
cation In religion as well planned
and Implementtd to Its purpose as
the courses In the public schools are
to theirs, teachers as well trained
for teaching religion as Uie public
school teachers are for their work,
a supervisor trained, experienced
nri religious working with every
school, an expenditure per pupil (In
proportion to the leacning timei
equal to that for his public school
education, and Uie spirit as well as
the letter of Uie law preserved In
all relationships.
Gralapp also submitted calendar
proposals for 1047-48. this based on
a 38-week school year and to be
further studied and acted on at the
next board meeting. The matter of
affiliating with the Oregon School
Board association was also discussed
and will be reported on later.
British Dockmen
Stay On Strike
LONDON. April 30 MV-Fourteen
thousand dock workers defied a
labor government back-to-work ap
peal and remained on strike today
leaving sprawling wharves idle In
Another strike of malnenance
Another stlke of maintenance
workers left the drawbridge-spans
of Tower bridge pointing skyward.
disrupting tratnc in me nearv oi
Uie city. Nearby London bridge was
lammed with diverted traffic.
More Ulan 10,000 London dock
workers walked out yesterday in
sympathy with 3800 Glasgow work
ers, who quit six weeks ago because
500 fellow workers were released as
"redundant."
wgisl
Yandenberg
Backs U.S.
Red Policy
WASHINGTON, April zS VP)
Henator Vandrnberg IR-Mkh.l de
clared today that the United Stale
"cannot wait loo lonr lor a final
European peace program if It finds
agreement Is "beyond reasonable
reach."
Vandenberg. chairman of the sen
ate foreign relations committee, said
In a statement he agrees with Sec
retary of State Marshall s declar
ation In his radio report to Uie na
tion last night Uiat this country
cannot "surrender basic principles
In payment for compromise and ex
pediency. Faced Realities
"Secretary Marshall has honest
ly faced realities," Vandenberg de
clared. "He is right in frankly staUng
that we and the world cannot in
definitely permit disintegrating
forces to threaten sound results we
must still strive for a united pro
gram. "But If It Is beyond reasonable
reach we cannot wait too long for
a peace program which at least
unites those who can agree."
Vandenberg apparently was lend
ing support to the ImpllcaUon left
by Marshall In his radio address
that If Russia does not soon move
toward some basic agreement with
her western allies, Uie United States
may seek to organize the peace
without Uie Soviets.
WASHINGTON, April 29 m
The United States served notice on
Russia today that this country will
drive ahead with steps to help speed
Europe's recovery without awaiting
the hie-nower "comDromise of ex-
houstlon" foreseen by Premier
Staim. . .,
K-rarv of State Marshall dls
-iMMi ih Knviet leader's suggestion
and the American reply In a plain-
spoken report to we nation
night on the dissension-torn Mos
cow foreign ministers conference.
Stalin told him at their secret
irmiin mtlnr two weeks ago.
Marshall said, that the Big Four
powers might be able to compro
mise ail their major differences.
"after thev had exhausted them,
selves in, dispute
Cool Weather
Basin Prospect
nr rnnl weather Is in prospect
for the basin area today as gray
clouds hovering overhead gave a
hint of rain. The mercury was In
the 60s most of Monday with a
maximum reading of 62 degrees In
mid-afternoon. .J,.1
Minimum temperature lost night
was 44, and the CAA weather station
reported only a trace of precipita
tion for Monday. The state weather
bureau forecast for Klamath Palls
and vicinity Indicated clouds and
possible rain tonight and Wednes
day.
Plane To Try
Highway Takeoff
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aurll 29 (1
Two : Spokane fliers who ran out
ol gas ana tanaea on uie rsuiic
highway prepared today to attempt
a take-off from the road north of
State patrolmen said they would
block off Uie highway a quarter
mile north of Ridgefield while the
pair attempted the flight.
The filers, Edwin D. Carlson and
Lloyd J. Olson, were en route from
Tacoma to Spokane, via Vancouver,
when they ran out of gas yesterday
aiiemnnn. Thev came down low,
spotted a clear section of highway,
ana lanciea.
Th nlane was nulled off the
road Into a service station over night
A truck carried aviation gasoline ouv
to Uie plane this morning.
Lewis Talks New
Working Contract
WASHINGTON, April 29 iff)
Accompanied by about a dozen of
his top aides, John L. Lewis strode
into a conference with coal oper
ators today to begin negotiations
looking to a new working contract
for his United Mine Workers.
After meeting for about half an
hour, the conferees recessed to re
sume discussions in Uie afternoon.
Copper Import Duty
Gets Long Delay
WASHINGTON, April 29 (ff)
President Truman signed today
legislation suspending until March
31, 1949, the four-cents-a-pound im
port duty on copper.
Rep. Patterson (R.-Conn.) who
Introduced Uie bill, said It is de
signed to attract imports and over
come a copper shortage which
threatens closure of brass and
Annna- fnlwt.Blinn nl.nl.
Although conceding that domestic;
mining cannot at present supply tho
demand for copper, congressmen
from western states sought to limit
suspension of the import diity to
one year with an extension only if
Uie shortage continued.
Proposed Up
In Telephone
Rate Outlined
Proposed changes In telephone
rates, sought by Uie Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company In a
filing with the state public utilities
commissioner, would raise moat, but
not all, rates In Klamath Falls and
vicinity.
,'inia taoie snowa in principal
proposed changes in monthly rates:
i rrfHm rra
Huiliua Individual S4 7S SSSO
Suilnw Two-Party 4 0O S 3S
Peldenc Individual 3.25 3.7S
Rldnca Twft-Pirty 3.75 ' 3.00
K;unr rour-Party 3.50 - 3 50
Suburban Buslnew a n 3.39
Suburban Rcaldanea 3.75 3-7)
rarmar Line Bualnaai .03 .1.50
Parmer Line Rceldence .fl 1.00
Exlenitons-BusineM 1.00 1.2S
Extenalone-Refttdcnee 7S 1.00
. The company proposes to raise
the rates lor service connections;
for a business connection, new tele
phone, from S3 -50 at present to :
telephone already In place, from
$1.60 to 13.50; for a home phone,
new connection, S3 to $5; telephone
already In but not working. 11.50 to
2.50.
Some Intrastate long distance
rates would be reduced. Station to
station calls from Klaanath Palls to
Portland would be cut from 11.20 to
$1.10.
Plane Missing
On Flight
EUGENE, Ore, April (ffV-A
IlEht Diane with two men aboard
was missing between Medford and
Eugene today and a lifting ceiling
was awaited by search planes.
La Verne rlugnes, 21, rortiana,
widely known ski enthusiast, was a
passenger on the plane piloted by
Thomas Miller, Milwaukee salesman.
The CAA reported the plane left
Medf ord at 6 p. m. yesterday bound
for Eugene. When it failed to ar
rive, all emergency lanning iieios
were checked without result
Low ceilings and light rain were
reported along hi route.
The plane, a yeuow ana rea
Aflmncfl wee not aouiDDed ' with
radio according to John inman of
Hills bo ro from whom Miller rented
the plane for a business trip to
Meaiora.
The CAA notified the sir rescue
service at McCbord field, Ttcoma.
Hughes, also a pilot, was twice)
tha Pacific northwest junior four-
way ski champion. In 1941 he won
Uie Blrger Underdahl trophy as
Oregon's outstanding Junior ski
speedster. Since then be has com
petes in senior eveuus auwejuviu.
Uie west.
WASHINGTON. April (
Federal Judge Henry A. Schwein
haut today re pec ted a defense re
quest for a mistrial in the war fraud
case against Andrew J. May. war
time chairman of Uie house military
committee, and three others.
Charles J. ' MargiotU, defense
counsel, sought Uie mistrial during
testimony of George B. Franklin,
Huntington. W. Va.. wholesale deal
er who had bought lumber from the
Cumberland lumber company in
which May was interested. .
Government prosecutors asked
Franklin whether May had told him
who owned the Cumberland firm, a
Kentucky concern. Franklin replied
that the former Kentucky congress
man himself had never spoken re
garding Cumberland ownership but
Uiat May's nephew, A. J. (Little
Jack) May, a former manager of
Uie firm, had told him he and his
uncle were Uie owners. ,
Oregon Town
Razed By Fire
DETROIT, Ore.. April 39 (IP) A
new theatre and three other build
ings were destroyed by fire yester
day as flames swept through a third
of Uie business district.
Forest service firemen, the only
organized fire protection here, esti
mated damage in excess of $75,000.
Frank Wilson, owner of the the
atre, said Uie building was -valued
at $15,000 and loss by the Baldwin
dry goods store was placed at a simi
lar figure. The Detroit Food mar
ket, owned by Raymond Sopley, and
a bakery owned by two former
Portland men, were leveled......
Origin of the fire was. not deter
mined immediately, forest service
headquarters reported. : :
Bevin In Middle
About Conference
LONDON, April 29 Wl British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin rev
turned today from the foreign min
isters conference In Moscow and
told newsmen that "I am not unduly
pessimistic, neither am I optlmisUc"
about InternaUonal affairs.
I ask the British people to have
patience." he said on landing at
Heathrow airport. "We shall recon
cile, our differences." .
May Mistrial
Move Denied
7 aft Gets Opposition In
Move To Broaden Labor Bill
WASHINGTON. Anrll M (ff)
Senator Taft (R.-Ohlo) bumped Into
position by senator vanaenoerg
.Mich.) todev in his drive to
broaden pending labor legislation to
let private employers seek injunc
tions against jurisdictional strikes
and secondary boycotts, '
Vandenberg declined comment,
but colleagues said he had raised
nhtwiinrut within the remibUcan
policy committee to the amendment
3-one of four Taft is offering on
the grounds that it would be re
gained as a move 10 scutue uie nor-rls-LaOuardia
act.
When this act, barring ieaerai
court Injunctions In labor disputes,
was nassed on March 1. 1933V tho
Michigan senator was one of the 75-
who voted for It. Others now in the
senate who supported the measure
include Senators Barkley (D.-Ky.),
Connally iD.-Tex.), George (D.-
Oil-Slick
Seen Near
River Mouth
VANCOUVER, a C April t (CP)
A Urge oil-slick, a auarier of a mil
sonthweat of Steveaton, B. C, at
the mouth ef the Fraser river In
the Htralla of Georgia, has been
spatted by searchers for tho mlaaing
Trans-Canada Airlines plane which
vanished last night with 15 persona
aboard.
"We have spotted an oil-slick
southwest of Steveston." said Geo.
Williamson, an executive of th
TCA.
It is a short distance from the
Fraser river buoy, and extends over
an area of one to two acres, search
ers reported.
Rescue Rejnads
Land and sea rescue sauads have
been dispatched to Uie scene, 10
miles south of the Sea Island air
port. It the efl-sllek marks the death
plunge scene of the big plane, car
rying IX swssenfera and crow ef
three, the crash may have occurred
MUkl nlMiilM -f Ika I. at hmw!
received at the control tower aft
11:1$ p. m., PDT, last night. -
There was a possibility, however,
that Uie oil may have been dumped
by fish boats. 8teveston Isa for
mer Japanese fishing village, and
the home port of many fishermen.
Earlier reports indicated Uie plane
had flown over Vancouver island
districts, many residents, awakened
from their sleep, hearing a "pe
culiar noise" from the engines, first
loud and then fading "almost com
ing to a halt."
Others reported hearing a sound
like "thunder" off Uie coast close to
the Island mining town of Nanalmo.
It Is approximately 80 miles across
the straits from Steveston to Nanal
mo. "There is little we can say at thla
time," said William 8. Fowler, assistant-general
manager, TCA, Winni
peg, shortly after hia arrival her
by special plane from the east.
He waa accompanied .by E. W.
Stall, operations manager, western
region, Leth bridge, and Herbert Sea
grim, director of flight operations,
.Winnipeg.
First searchers to return from the
sea and land hunt earlier reported
"nothing sighted."
Dr. Mahoney
Dies At Home
Dr. William J. Mahoney, C. M
president of St. John's university in
Brooklyn, N. Y., and a brother of
Justice of the Peace J. A. Mahoney
at Klamath Falls, died suddenly at
hie home Monday morning. He was
bout 47 years old.
Judge Mahoney left this morning
by plane tor Brooklyn to attend hia
brother's funeral Thursday morning
at St. John's church, Brooklyn. La
mar Townsend. attorney, haa been
appointed to preside In Justice court
in Judge Mahoney' absence.
In June Dr. Mahoney would nave
been ordained 25 years. Before going
to St. John's university he was dean
of education at Niagara university,
Rochester. N. Y. . '
The only survivors are Judge Ma
honey and a sister, Mrs. Kate Mc
Loughlin of Brooklyn, whom Judge
Mahoney will visit while in the east.
Atom Workers
Demand Probe
' LONDON, April 38 iff) Britain's
chemical workers union demanded
today a "most thorough-going in
quiry" Into cases of sexual Impo
tence reported among workers at a
secret atomic research station oper
ated by Uio government in northern
Ireland. . "
The union also caueo lor govern
ment Investigation of what it term
ed "all kinds of baffling sicknesses
v, . rsuinv nlaffulnff the lives
of our members emDloyed In plants
using new solvents.- ...
' A spokesman said the union had
reports of about twenty cases of sex
ual Impotence. He said the union
was not yet prepared to say th
workers were "completely sterile.
The loss of sexual power, he add
ed, has had "serious psychological
effects" in the workers' homes. t
Ships Collide In
Dutch River
FLUSHING, Holland, April 29 (ff)
The British Freiehter Merganser
collided late last night with Uie
7606-ton U. S. Steamer - Norwanc
Victory in the Schelde river near
Antwerp, the Dutch coast guard
said today. . . ,
The 3J24-ton British ship wa
beached with the help of other ves
sels off the village of Doel. near
Antwerp. . after first messaging:
"Ship sinking: crew safe." '
One British seaman was killed
and Brother Injured seriously. Ship
ping circles said damage to the
Norwalk Victory appeared to be
slight and there was a fair chance
of saving the Merganser.
T : '
Ga.), Hayden (D.-Artz.), and Whit
IK.-Aie.).
Opposition Men .
VanHenherff'a nnnmtltlnn to th
proposals lined him up agBinst Taft,
as well as George, who Joined Sen
ators Ball (R.-Mlnn.), Byrd (D.-
Va.), and Donnel (R.-M0.1. in ot
tering Uie amendment to the labor
committee bill the senate has been
debating since last week.
Friends Insisted that Vandenberg'!
split with Taft over the proposal at
closed meeting or tne policy com
mittee could not be described as a
"row." And there waa evidence that
Taft was moving to attempt to bring
a boat a com promise.
Without the prospect of even a
preliminary vote today, the senate
resumes debate on a motion by Sen
ator Morse (R.-Ore.) to return the
bill to committee to divide It into
four measures,