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Newspaper Page Textm Km 9 fliil f .. . -. . - - nr nr nr -ir jr 1 Br PRANK JENKINS U UIMJI A B Qromyko tell the Ru. 11 Haii-Amerlcan Institute in New York last nliiht that Ari'ER atomlo weapon art OUTl.AWKD Uie ftnviel Union will agree to InUir national control and Inspection. THAT l. Interesting, llnw long afterward? A day? A week? A monuir Or t some Indefinite dl In the future to be set by Russia II, aa end when ahe loci mat weyr And what kind of Inspection? Will It have teeth? Or cull Ilia In spoclors b kldilrd along by Ilia country that I being Inspected ahown Jtlsl what the Inspectee want them to ami nothing eise? THUMB aren't Just cynical nasty crack, They are thoughtful question uil concern every living r V. I.. II.. u I.I 'I'ttau J1IUIIHII UVIIIR III HI" ..... a ..-J gure suggested with particular force Tnht now by the fuel that at Yalta and again at Potsdam Russia niada agreement and coinmllinenta that lie nam i uvea up vo. ii in bM IIimI nil 1 1 W III'" mm - . . lug atomic warfare flrat and Iravlm ACTUAL I'ltKVKNTlON OK IT to - I . l..Kf liilla rlMlA -V.llllltll't be another can of an agreement niaiie but not kept? We miul remember that Uie altuallon now atanda WE have (he atomlo bomb ana noooay mum ha IU We mustn't lei ourselve be I mnm llldlif IllllJI tlfnft fl Ul in w ' ------ n Uie future when aomebody Ue Vtial could spell national death lor ua. ir uie www" " U ... WE know by our own experience that outlawing undealrable thlnga doesn't necessarily prevent them. 'there la the alol machine, for riample. Oregon and moat other tatea hare enacted lawa outlawing it. But doe the mere patting of a law outlaw the alot machine? For an enawer to that question, THAT suggest another very In fereatlna uuestiolll Who geu the revenues and the benefit from Uie ilot oiachlnea that operate all over the country without warrant of law? Why, Uie LAWBREAKERS, of rourse. In order to carry on a lol marhlne btiilneM you have to be a lawbreaker became 0)ieratlng slot machine a a biulneu nieaiu breaking the law that turbid them Mii- it follow. Uiat Uie non-enforced lawa that forbid lot machlnr really work out a an Invitation to break the law because It 1 profitable land not too unsafe i to do so. ... n would work out In eiactly the .am way It we outlaw atomic warfare without providing Inter national Inspection WITH SHARP TriTTH IN IT to are to It flaUy that NOBODY build atomic weapon. ... WHY does Riuala thu persist In putting the cart before the horse? Thui Russians are peculiar. Tliere I alway Uie possibility Uiat they might merely be trying to aave their face. If they could FORCB u to outlaw without policing, they might feel that they had won a BHOW of victory which would aalve their pride. But on the mere face of It Ornmyko'a propo! that we outlaw atomlo warfare now and trust to luck that Russia will agree laUr to liupectlon Uiat will PREVENT It look like a move to gain time. We have the bomb now. Ruula want it, and In time will probably get it, whatever gain more time airenginen Russia and weaken u. Til fact causes u to view hi pro posal with a Jaundiced eye. Ford Foremen Go On Strike DETROIT, May 11 (IP) An estl niated 3800 foremen began a strike at the Ford Motor company at 10 a.m. today. Initial report Indicated Uie trlk affected onlv Detroit rjlanta. There was no Immediate comment from the company after the Fore man's Association of America (Ind.), ordered lis member off the Job. ' Robert H. Keys, president of the union, snld the strike received unan imous approval of the Ford chapter ol the FAA Tuesday night. A spokesman for the union pre dicted that the walkout would halt auto production at Ford "within 10 days.'' The FAA filed Its trlke notice April 17 -and the 30-day waiting period, which expired Saturday, was extended to permit a conference with company officials earlier Uils week. A contrnot between the company and tho Independent union was ter minated almost simultaneously by both sides early In April. Ford Inter ottered a one year' renewal of the pact. Stassen Urges Build World-Wide Peace JEFFERSON, la., May 21 (VP) Former Oovoinor Harold E, Stassen of Minnesota, candidate for the re ! publican nomination for president In 1948, advocnted today that the United States devote ten per cent of Its total national production of goods and food for the next ten years "to building for world-wide pence and plenty and freedom." "It should not be a sharpster lending program. It should be a practical, sound, long-vlsioned busi nesslike approach to the situation that exists In the world today, and wlin t we can foresee In the years uhend," Stassen said, t' The former Minnesota governor, 'recently returned from a tour of Eu rope during which ho Interviewed Kusslnii OcncrnllBslmo Stalin, Slnlin said he believed America could find a "strong and wise and Merger Bill Showdown Seen Near WABIIINOTON, May 11 (rV-The senate armed service committee wared a showdown today on the heart of President Truman's army navy merger plan whether there should be a single cabinet officer to speak for land, aea and air force. Acroaa the capltol, Uie house ex penditure committee sidetracked the unification Issue to uien hear ings on two other, but far leu con troversial, presidential plans fur gov ernment reorganisation. Chairman Hoffman IR-Mir.h.l of the house group told a reporter: "If anyone la blocking army-navy unification. It I President Truman, "How does he expect ua to get out a unification bill when he sends us a couple of these reorganisations we have to act on In a hurry? We've got to get litem out before July 1." The reorganisation hearings nave been scheduled to last a week. They might run longer. Asked whether he thought Uiat might mean no unification legisla tion Una session, Hotlinan replied: "I think we'll gel It, all right. But t don t know In what form." Mercury Hits 82 In Klamath Klamath people found It hard to concentrate on work as the basin ares experienced another day of summer weather. The temperature soared to M Monday afternoon, highest In several days. , At 11:30 a.m. today Uie CAA weather station reported the tem perature at 77. well above Uie read ing of 72 at Uie same time Monday. CAA reported (I degrees at I 30 p.m. The season high In the Klamiilh country was recorded on Msy 1 when the mercury skyrocketed to sn unsessonal 87 In Uie midst of a Pacific coast heal wave. The weatherman added an opti mistic note for lovers of warm weather with a forecast, of "fair and warm" Thursday. Seven Die In Plane Crash CHAMPAION, III . May 21 ) Two top flying officers and live oUier aoldlrra were killed lest night when a B-'JS crashed In a cornfield during violent thunderstorm, the army announced today. The dead Included Col. Raymond E. O'Neill, 62. a 30-year army vet eran of both wars and AAF balloon expert, and Col. Oeorge A. Whatley. 46. who had served In the army since 1B2S and headed the mobile training unit at Chanule field, near Champaign. O'Neill, who was a brigadier gen eral In World War II. commanded Chanute field from 1940 to 1044 and later was executive officer. He was born In Port Townsend. Wash. Whatley waa a native of Tcxaa. Their ship was bound for Chanute field from Cheyenne, Wyo., at Uie time of Uie crnckup last night. The army did not make public Uie names of Uie oUier five victims pending notification of next of kin. Chinese City Surrounded NANKTNn M.u II I la, ii.. i I , j - in, WBmq,lu nnanirrhiin rami! Ar W...-U i- Is now completely encircled by Chl- iivm. vuiuiiiuiiiiib lurcen, nationalist dispatches reported today. Oovernment troops, however, were er.HltH wUh Manini-in tr....t... ., , I.VUHII lMUlf til ling, 36 miles to the southwest. i-isu.niH was reported in uie streets. In Changchun Itself, Generalis simo Chiang Kal-shck's forces be- ffan rilETnlnir lmnihM mil nHt,a up machlncgun nests. They made uuicr jrt-imrnuoiis lor a possioie fight Inside Uie city. fnfnrmallnn r.ltA. unlllni,lnn Tong placed the total communist strength against Changchun as 90, 000 troops, Including 20,000 Korean oommunlsts. 'Ducks" Ordered To Stay A; hore SEASIDE, May 21 (Ft AmplllbJ ions craft, operating here as an ocean resort attraction, were ordered today to stay ashore until tho city council takes action. The police order came after one "duck" was stranded offshore Sat urday and another "duck" failed In an attempt to reach It. Passengers una to do removed oy a incline. The crafts' operators snld some. one had put water In Uie drums holding fuel. Move To humanltarlon world policy" between what he called two "eicines" ad vocated by former Vice Prosidcnt Henry Wallace and Robert McCor mlck, publisher of the Chicago Tri bune. "As I see It the Wallace doctrine would make of America a nation of follow travelers down the wrong rond," Stassen said. It would . . . centrallce our eco nomlo authority In America and bring about lower and lower pro duction at home ... "The McCormlok doctrine would make of America a nation of cold hearted misers passing by on the other side. It too would lead to trnglo results for our country. It would make us hated around the globe. It would lend us to boom and to bust and finally to a defensive war." mice rive cents Mrs. Truman Has Chance Of Recovery URANDVIEW. Mo., May tl MV President Truman' personal physi cian today gave hi 4-year-old mother a chance for recovery. If she maintains her present gradual Im provement. Brig. Oen. Wallace H. Oraham said everything deiend on Mrs. Martha E. Truman a will to live. The presence of the president at her bedside, he said, lias been an Important factor In the slight Im- firovemeul noted In the past 48 our. Oraham In a news conference In nearby Kansas City, eiuphaslred over and over again Uial he was "an optimist." He said Uie elderly patient had a very tired heart and a generally weak body and Uiat she wa fight ing a terrific uphill struggle against overwhelming odd. He said that If the present rate of progresa ran be maintained for another two days the posribllllr of the president' return to Washing ton might even be considered. President Truman told reporters today Uiat hi mother, gravely 111 at her home here, waa "holding her own" tin morning. Later. Press Secretary Charle O. Ross disclosed Uiat Mrs. Truman asked for wheat cake this morn ing. She explained that William D. Hassett, another secretary, whose home Is in Vermont, had sent her some Vermont maple syrup. - "Mr. Hassett has sent her some syrup before and she enjoyed It." Koss said, "so she had wheat cakes la order to enjoy it again." ji i V'- - Archaeological Survey Slated CHILOCIUIN, May 2I-An archae oloiilcai survey of the tinner Klim. atli lake region will be conducted this summer under the direction of Dr. L. 8. Crewman, director of Uie anthropology department of the University of Oregon. University student will make up the members of Uie field crew. The group Is expected to arrive June ft. wonting until July 25. In an effort to correlate and interpret artifacts In relation to the story of human life of an earlier period. Crrasman led a similar group In the Lower Klamath basin seven years ago. Permission of the Klamath Indian tribe waa sought by Uie field crew early this spring, first in February and again In April, according to Su perintendent B. O. Courtrlght. Per mission falls under an act of con gress and was granted, however Uie tribe later learned that sections in which the crew wished to dig In volved bureau of reclamation land, ranches owned Individually by both whites and Indians, and by timber outfits. Dr. Cressman was advised of this fnct and permission ap parently granted by the Individuals as Uie field trip Is definitely slated. Soldier Out Of Prison KANSAS CITY, May 21 tHV Frederick W. Wade. Tacoma, pick, shovel and dxe are packed Wash., farmer, released from a 20 yenr court martini sentence. "Just want to get home as fast as pos sible." his attorney said today. Wade, who was released yester day from Uie federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas., accompanied his attorney, Richard T. Brewster, to Fort Leavenworth today, seeking reinstatement in the armv so he can receive an honorable discharge and back pay. Brewster, former army major, de fended the 30 -year -old private through two courts martial In Oer mnny, where wade was charged with rape. Wade has a wife and three-year-old daughter In Tacoma. His release was ordered by Fed eral District Judge Arthur Hellot, who held that tho soldier had been placed In double leopardy In that rt had faced trial before two courts martial on Uie same charge. - United Air Lines Eyes New Route WA8HIINOTON, May 21 (.?) United Airlines hopes to begin oper ating DC-6 planes between Denver and Los Angeles by September If permitted to purchase the route from Western Airlines. W. A. Pat terson, president of the company, said today. Testifying before a civil aeronau tics board examiner, Patterson said the service will be contingent upon delivery of planes from tho fnctory. Planes now operated over the route by Western Airlines are Uie smaller DO-4, Which do not have firessttrlzcd cabins such as are being n.stallcd on the larger models. Patterson testified at a hearing on the application by United and West ern for apnroval of sale of the route for3,75C"i. '. M KLAMATH " -.erf A Sourdough Fred Teat and hit Into the lens of Wes Guderlan at Grand Jury Indicts Nagel 'five and one-half hour grand Jury session was a lone uiaicuneni, re turned against Uie Portland preacher, William Henry Nagel. for contributing to Uie delinquency of a minor. Nagel's bail remains at (2500. and he Is still In Portland awaiting further appearance In court here. Thenext step will be the assign ment of another Judge to take the bench for this case, as Circuit Judge David R. vanurnberg has signed an order disqualifying himself. It was Judge Vandenbcrg who took Nagel Into custody 10 days ago, a short Ume after Uie 40-year-old man admittedly performed an act of lewd conduct In Uie presence of a 10-year-old girl on High street. The chief Justice of Uie Oregon supreme court has been requested to assign another Judge to Uie case. Nagel has employed John Mowry, PorUand attorney, to defend him. The grand Jury returned two not true bills after Its short session, and thereby released two men from the county Jail. Thomas Arthur Blanchard and Hubert Lewis Vawter were cleared of charges of armed robbery, and Virgil Burnett was cleared of a car theft charge. Vawter. a San Quentln escapee, has already been returned to California authorities, but Blanchard and Burnett had been held in Jail until yesterday afternoon. Tills morning Judge Vandenberg signed an order holding the grond Jurv. which was empaneled last De cember, over for the June term of court, another six months. The Jurymen are Howard Barnhlsel, foreman, A. W. Macken, Fred Hell bronner, Robert Adams, Jack Mc Cartle, Ed Oowen and William Clark. Starting today In circuit court was Uie criminal trial of Richard Carl 8huter. Indicted several months, ago for malicious destruc tion of personal property, but at noon today ft trial Jury had not been chosen. A. C. Yaden is repre senting 8huter. who has been free on $1500 ball. Yesterday afternoon Raymond Heavtlln, 17, was sentenced to 30 days in the county Jail for larceny from an auto. Ho was one of four young men arrested for stripping a car several days ago, and the other Uiree were released on suspended sentences after one day in Jail. Publisher Dictates Own Obituary ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. May 21 (an William Greenwood Naylor, 73, retired business representative of Newspaper Enterprise association and former editor and publisher, called his wife to his bedside Sun day and dictated: "Retired by death. William Greenwood Naylor. known as the bard of Skaneatdcs. for the last 20 years a devotee of floriculture, died at his home today." He died yesterday. He was a former managing editor of the magazine Puck. 8CHEDVLK REVISED WASHINGTON, May 21 (IP) The Interstate commerce commission to day revised Its schedule for hearings in its investigation oi rates ana practices of the motor bus lines. The new schedule includes Sep tember IS at Seattle. BABY OKAY PORTLAND. Ore.. May 21 (IP) Patricia Sullivan, the two-months-old baby critically injured when two girls thought she was ft doll and dropped her In their play. Is home again. Hosnltal attendants said sne was expected to recover fully. FALLS, OREGON, WEDNEHDAY, MAY 11, 1MT mu Ta;T fold gT , Af 'I I'..-,1 : 1 s I I trusty companion of many prospecting I o'clock this mornings Just In time for s Sourdough Prospector In Klamcth On Way To Idaho Bv JOY BIGGS I selves and their animal in Kls- I Prospecting lor gold, I an old yr.ioxy year i on . eouraougu (Fred Test. Who wlUi his ton Wlf- i ham. their burro Casey, horse Rusty ! and dog Trlxle, is camped out back oi uie skating rink between we j railroad track and S. 6th. Groceries, pot and pans, bedding. tent, pick, shovel and axe are packed upon the horse and burro Casey will carry about 150 pounds the man. boy and dog walk, usually following mountain roads. The gold seekers have Just come up from Uie Feather river country, a trip Uiat took them about three months, and after resting them- Official Plane Said Missing MANILA, May 21 (IP) President Roxas tonight announced Uie loss of Uie presidential plane Lily Marlene in Uie wilds of northern Cotabato In Mindanao. . The greatest local air search got under way today. The plane was carrying 12 to IS government officials. The four-engine C-54, formerly the personal plane of Lord Louis Mountbatten, was last heard from at 9 a. m. Sunday when It took off from Buayas airfield at Cotabato bound for Bacolod. Negro Island. The list of passengers given out by Roxas Included Judge Francisco Zulueta, Rafael Alunan, Col. Edwin Andrews, chief of Uie Philippine army airforce, and Dr. Alfredo Par ades. . The Lily Marlene carried crew of eight, with top army pilots Lts. Petronllo Buenlda and E. Ramayo. Blast Rocks Jim Crow Car FORT WORTH. Tex., May 21 (IP) A mysterious explosion blasted win dows from a Santa Fe "Jim Crow" passenger coach a few miles north of Ardmore. Okla.. early today. Two persons were injured. Flying glass cut Oscar Lett. 59. of Fort Worth, ft news agent with the Fred Harvey system, on the chin and right leg. W. C. Brown, about 35, of Ardmore, suffered shock, Lem Thomas, special agent here for Uie railroad, said Uie blast ap parently originated from the top of ft water cooler built Into ft toilet compartment. The coach had been picked up at Newton, Kas., and was enroute to Dallas. It was brought Into Fort Worth, where O. D. Crill, division superintendent, called in FBI ex plosive experts. - ' ; ' Bonanza Man Out On Bail Today Kelsey Arthur Ruland, 20-year-old Bonanza resident charged with as sault and battery ln connectlon with a severe beating' allegedly admin istered hie- father-in-law, Ernest Wolfe, on Saturday night at Bo nanza, was free on $250 cosh ball posted late Tuesday with Justice of the Peace J. A. Mahoney. Ruland has not entered a plea to the charge, nor has the distriot attorney's office rushed the matter pending the outcome of Wolfe who Is at Hillside hospital with a frac tured leg, facial lacerations and multiple bruises. Hospital authori ties today said Wolte was making a satisfactory recovery. (Telephone 1111) trips. Caaey the bvrro. walked right the daily special shot. j math Palls will continue on to the Snake river country la Idaho. William 1 a veteran of Uie U. S. army. Sometimes when they are camped near a town he takes regular Job. When the snow file they live In a house somewhere for a few months and work at var ious Jobs. Come spring again they pack their duffel and with far away look In their eyes, follow Uie elusive trail of gold. Test, a tall lean man with sun washed blue eyes, wind-tanned cheeks and a grey stubble on his chin, has grubbed for gold In Cali fornia, Oregon and Idaho, some times taking from $15 to $50 from a location In a day and sometimes only averaging about 80 cents. Redding and Grants Pass are fa vorite spots with the prospector. Sometimes he builds sluices and washes out Uie golden grains, at other times he goes "crevassing," digging In crevasses, where often a nice little pocket of fine "wire" gold Is found where Uie rain has washed It The largest nugget Test found in Trinity county, a quartz rock about an inch long, which brougnt nun $14. He was through this country In 1882 and again when he was about 16 and his brother drove the stage coach out of Red Bluff. His wife died several years ago and he has a married daughter and his son. who since his discharge from the service travels wltn Test, following uie glitter of gold, living out of doors. sleeping beneath the stars, with al ways the nope or ft bonanza oeiore them. Jury Gets Lynch Case GREENVILLE. S. C. May 21 (IP) A South Carolina Jury was sum moned today by Circuit Judge J. Robert Martin Jr., to give an ulti mate verdict in the unprecedented mass-trial of 28 southern white men who are accused of lynching a negro. Final arguments in the lengthy case were concluded yesterday on a note of sectional prejudice. Public Prosecutors Samuel Watt and Robert Ashmore demanded con victionbut not the death penalty for 21 who are charged with murder, and for seven others who are ac cused of conspiracy and of being accessories before the fact. Al though Uie state did not ask for Uie death penalty, a verdict by the Jury of murder without recommendation of mercy would make a death sen tence mandatory. The state reminded Uie Jury of eight textile workers, two salesmen, a mechanic and ft tanner Uiat they represented the public conscience of South Carolina In dealing with " most damnable and hellish" case. Increased Autc Fee Approved SACRAMENTO. Calif., May 21 (IP) Increased automobile registration fees, truck taxes and driver's license tee were approved last night by a special compromise committee en deavoring to mao out financing pro visions for a long range hlKhwav ucveiorjmeni program. The 10-member committee voted to recommend to both houses of the 57th legislature a boost In the license plate from S3 to 6. a driver s license fee of $2.50 a vear and to raise f ie.uuu.uuu an ng. Industry 18.000.000 annually frnmi.hft truck. a vea luallv hv a lormuia to oe decided upon later. ft. U'Aft till pnmmltiM'i flrat norrMi- ment on the controversial Issue of how to nav for a highway moderni zation urogram. WEATHER Msx. (Msr I.I S Mle. ..t rrielslUU.a !! 14 k.irt .ee Slf.sm r.sr I. est. - . s Lart yt . M.tl Kara.l .ie.Tr F.r..asti glr USsy, TharsSsr. No. 1M1( MM Telephone Industry Urges Move WASHINGTON, May 21 W) With the senate ready to open debate on the boose - approved f4.0o0.00e.e00 Income tax eat, the telephone industry asked congress today to repeal the excise levies on communication. This would ave taxpayer an other MOe.0Oe.0oe. The excise is levied on telephone, telegraph and other communications service. The recommendation waa placed before the house ways and means committee In statement submitted by Uie American Telephone and Telegraph company, A. T. Ts as sociated companies, and Uie United States Independent Telephone as sociation. First Recommendation It waa the first recommendation for a new tax cut In Uie committee's move toward general revisions of Uie tax structure, which Chairman Knutson (R-Mlnn.) said should mean "substantial" tax reductions beyond Uie current $4,000,000,000 bill. The committee plans to write Uie general revisions into law next year. The telephone Industry asked that the communications excise re pealer be made a part of the 1948 revision. The industry described this excise as s tax upon a neces sary bosineaa and social service and not a "luxury" tax. In the senate. Finance Chairman Mllllkin R-Colo.) predicted that opponents of a 1947 Income tax cut will reach their "high water" mark on a postponement vote but that the mark won't be high enough to block the tax slash. Powell Death Rumor Ki Lt CoL Oeorge Dewey Powell, now on terminal leave from the United States army, lata Tuesday afternoon called friends here right In Uie midst of multiple rumors of Uie offi cer' death. Col. Powell, former sec retary of Uie Klamath Falls Elks lodge and active in community af fairs prior to leaving here with Uie national guard more than a year before the outbreak of Uie war, said he was In PorUand and planned to go to Astoria for a visit. He plans to be In Klamath Falls within 10 days. Col. Powell was discharged from Madlgan General hospital at Ta coma. Wash.. May 13. Rumors per sisted Uiat he had died and reached a high Tuesday Just before Col. Powell called here to have mail sent to Astoria. At least a dozen tele phone calls came Into The Herald and News from friends checking on Uie rumor. Murder Trial Gains Heat HOOD RIVER. Ore., May 21 (IP) The prosecution was expected to call Its lost witness today In the trial slaying State Policeman Delmond E. Rondeau nere Apru . District Attorney Teunis J. wyers n-.i to ttrftnoMM tn tMtifv vester- day and said three state officers would taxe me suuiu mjumj ,u j a, confession Uie state contends was 31UUCU UJ wo u.' The defendant also may take the stand toaay. Seven state officers told on Uie stand yesterday how Uie defendant BM.a-.wi anH nf pinnin's state ments alter his capture aboard ft freight train at uranance pru -o. Patrolman L. H. D. Sheridan said mn . l Kim an nffif.li- afWVit.ed him as he returned from looting two Hood Kiver nomes oi tour mies aim two shotguns and suggested he come along to police headquarters to have Uie guns checked. Sheridan said Pinson reported he handed Rondeau a gun, hoping to load his arms with Uie weapons and then run awav. but instead opened fire and fled. Solon Sees Danger Of Alaskan "Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON, May 3 IIP) Rep. Lawrence H. Smith (R-Wis.) told the house today that Russia "has its eyes on Alaska" and "if we are not careful a Pearl Harbor la a pos sibility" there. He called on military experts to "map out ft plan of defense for Alaska." Moreover, the Wisconsin member said the communists are preparing to take over Uie canal zone "at Uie proper time." There Is ample evidence, he said, "of increased Russian air activity over Alaska, and that's not "Just for fun" he added: "We can stop communuim In the western hemisphere by acting cour ageously now. Time Is truly of the essence. Let lt not be said of this congress that lt has been derelict In Its duty." Apartment, Tavern And Stores Burn ALTl'RAS, May II An earl morning blase which gutted a two story frame and stucco building drove 11 tenants of upstair apart ment Into Alt lira' Mala street at 3 a. m. today. The fire caused an estimated $150,00 damage and burned up all the possession of the tenant except the clothing they wore coming oat of the biasing building. None wa injured. The fire broke out In an apart ment on Uie second Jloor of Uia structure which house Slim' Tav ern, Uie Red and White store and Uie Western Auto Supply company store and gutted Uie interior of Uie building although the wall still stand. Volunteer Firemen Alturaa volunteer firemen brought the flame under control about day light, but late today one hose waa still pouring water Into the smoking Duuaing. ine itocu oi an three business houses were said to be total loss, but at least partially cov ered by insurance. The tractive, only recenUy pur chased by Spencer O. Bef ley, form erly of Klamath rails and Medford, la located at 1st and Main in down town Allaras. A concrete boil ding next door which include the Al turaa telephone eff Ice, forestry serv ice office and ft store, wa damaged oj smoae pat aid not catch flre. Plremen said that Uie blaze an- parenUy started from a gas stove left burning all night. An unldentl- iiea resident o: one oi the seven upstairs apartment discovered the fire and awakened the tenants. Ail hastily dressed and went down a flight of tain to the street. All Equipment Used All equipment of the Alturaa volunteer fire department. Includ ing three trucks, waa on the scene by 3:20, and Uie fire was considered, under control by daylight, although, the wail and tar-paper covered root were still burning slowly. Some of the tire-evacuated ten ants were given emergency living quarters at a lumber company camp, while others began archlng for at place to live. Among the tenant were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krnpka, who eoc lived in Malln and Tuielake where he waa connected with an oil company. Mrs. Krnpka la a sister of Mrs. John Reber of Malln and he la a brother-in-law of Begley, the owner. They moved to Alturaa several years ago. Firemen said that there was little chanoft that -the building could be repaired and that lt waa considered total loss. Car And Truck In Smashup A coupe and truck were badly damaged yesterday afternoon In an accident at the Reclamation-Division Intersection, and Mrs. Ruby UUey, 1. 4717 Freida, driver of Uie coupe, was later booked at Uie city Eolice station for having no driver cense In her possession and re leased for an appearance In court late today. The driver at the truck was Ver non D. Wallace. 35, employe of Tufts Furnace company. Police said that Wallace was going north on Division and Mrs. UUey' car waa moving east on Reclamation, and Uiat neither attempted to stop at Uie Intersection. ' The truck had the right of wy, police said. The two vehicles crash ed and the truck rolled over and came to rest against ft telephone pole about 60 feet away. The coupe stayed on Its wheels. Neither of Uie drivers waa Injured, but both ma chines had to be towed away by wreckers. Two Loggers Injured Two Weyerhaeuser Camp 4 woods men were in hospital Tuesday from injuries, both received from falling limbs. Admitted by ambulance late In Uie afternoon at Hillside hospital was A. F. Curry, S9, timber taller, who suffered head Injuries when struck while working In Uie woods. His condition waa reported fair late today. Late Tuesday night Albert T. Mc Daniel, 45, was admitted to Hillside due to back Injuries also suffered when struck by a tailing limb. Hfc condition was said to be good tnla afternoon. Both men reside at Camp 4. A third woods accident was re- ...V,- Tanlr Hovi. 47. AM In. Calif., employe of Uie Loveness Log ging company, was siruca us which caused painful Injury to his vs. He entered the hospital Wed nesday afternoon. For Alaska. Smith proposed thlg plan of action: 1. Immediate recruitment of mili tary personnel. 2. A campaign to Induce civilians to migrate to Alaska to develop lt natural resources. 3. Improvement of rail and truck facilities to the area. "Thi mean Uie construction of two or three hard-surfaced roads and the main tenance of a modern railroad." 4. Increased and Improved air and coast artillery facilities. "Fighter and bomber plane base are Indis pensable. We must have Uie best. 5. Development of adequate naval bases, Implemented by strong air arm and undersea craft 6. Maintenance of advanced tech nological station equipped with powerful radar facilities. T. Statehood for Alaska. "This If vitally needed tor defense purpose."