mm M : ..?. : : ? .1 II y FKANK JKNRINM JN recent days General Elsenhower, Navy Secretary Forrealal and Fleet Admiral Nlmltn have urged atand rillMitlon of arms among ttie na tions (if Uia Western Hemisphere. In previous days, Hint Heeretary Marshall mid War Heeretary Pat terson had strongly advised tlx sums plan, V WE don't like to think of such ' " things. We're tired of war, and of all of Ha works, We want to ' shut our eyes and our ear to every , thlim connected with war. HI III, the Imrd fact remains that pence dni'Mi'l Just happen. It has to be MADK lo happen. Weakness Invites imurpMlon, and aggression results In war. No It-Hioti of hUlory la plainer ' than tlmi. f . ' CTANIIAHUIZA'I'ION of ariiin I . ainiiiiK Ihe nutloua of the Waal i , er-, llciiilnplirre which are wholly i i li nTjkfl v lo go to war with each ' other la Just plain common sense. t j A lull u no good unless you can " ; rl ammunition lo III It. A broken- 1 (limn truck la wortlili'M unless you '' can get spare parta for It. . NOW u the lime to think of such ; tlilniii. nri, PlttBlDINT WIU.IAM " OilKKN. who al 74 la old enough lo have learned a lot, dlncouraura talk of a general atrlke III protest against the new labor law. He Kilt iriorlera In Washington tills morn ing that he haa brrn receiving a lot of pleaa from member unloiu for auch action, but Ihlnka that calling a grnmnl atrlke would bo unwise and Inadvisable. "fnmeiid," he ny, "we are going lo fight the mcaituie In the rurl and seek lo niaintain our right under the bill In nrgotiailona with employcra." Uk'I.L. thai la what the court are " for. If the new labor bill In rnngra on the RIGHTS of labor. It la the duly of the courla to put a atop lo the Infringement. No sen sible, reasonable American la, going to aland for curtailment of the RIGHTS of labor. We are all a ready lo flghl for tlie RIUHT8 of labor aa for the right of free aperch. or the right of free assembly, or ihe right to worship aa we please. The HiallTiJ of labor lie close to the lies i is of all good Americana. What hasn't vei been fully brought mil In all tlie Uproar about Ihe passage ol Ihe new labor bill la that a loi of peoplo are beginning to Insist that labor shall accept some of the RKHPONMIUMTIKtl that must go hand In hand with right and privileges In our system. Therein lies the OTHER aide of this labor bill question, f RKKN goes on In a somewhat more belligerent tnnrr We are not reronrlled to It lht new labor bill) and we will carry on the fight against It Just aa vigor ously as we did while the bill was going through eougreaa .... Tlie Art, will organise politically with the purpose of defeating every mem ber of congress who voted for this terrible legislation.'' e Jrl At also la labor's right. It la an Integral pari of our system of free, democratic government. If you don't like what an elected official does, you do your beat to defeat him at the next election. If It turns out that enough people feel aa you do. you DO defeat him. That la the democratic process in action. As a matter of fact. It la exactly what employers did a dozen years ago. They went out to defeat the members of congress who had voted ((.'nllnsea in rag I. C'slsata t From his vantage point atop a i 1 v r w .a x XV nil I ENy ' . ' k where lie Is doing some Die work, Cecil Corkery leans down to talk to a passerby aa the t a'cloek phstsgeapher earn arewnd. rkici rive crura World Assured American Support For Marshall Plan For European Recovery WASHINGTON, June M The world received aaaurancea today, an the era ef Ihe critical Molotov-Hevln-lildault economic conference, that Ihe American government la solidly behind Heeretary of State Marshall's proposals for Kuropran recovery based on self-help. Diplomatic offlclala were concerned for a brief period late yester day that the I'srls conference might be considerably upset by some evidence lo the contrary due to coalmen ta on the Marshall plan by Heeretary of Ihe Treasury Mnyder. , stnydcr himself, however, cleared away tills concern by (I) In effect endorsing the recovery proposal and III declaring that his earlier state ments "should be aowlse Interpreted aa disagreeing In any respect with Ihe comments made by Heeretary Marshall al Harvard." a Murahall first launched hla Dro- Flying Bat Hurts Youth Ronald Avery, (-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Avery of 1005 Ksplanade, was arrlously In jured when he waa struck In the head by a ball bat during the soft ball gamea at Modoe field last night. Ronald was knocked down and became unconscious for several hoars after he waa taken to Hillside hospital. Kurgery was performed on Ihe Isd Immediately after he reach ed Hillside. Hospital officials aald this morn ing that his condition waa serious and thai he had been given oxygen. He haa a bad frontal fracture of the skull. The boy wag watching a aoflball game when a bat allpiird out of the grasp of a batter, sailed about 20 feel through the air and struck Ronald in Ihe forehead. He waa driven lo the hospital by Sam Bmlth and Ralph Donleavy, and waa con scious until he reached the oper ating room. Recreation Director Bam Smith said that the boy was standing not far from home plate when the ac cident occurred, and that Donleavy waa right near him. He snld Hint the Incident waa purely accldculul. Pedestrian Warning Given Police Chief Orville Hamilton (aid today Mist painting work on the crosswalks over town la nearlng completion and warned motorists that pedestrians In the crosswalks have trie right of way. Cara must atop lor persona roaatng the street m Use walks. Me aald. however, that traffic of doers were being Instructed lo keep a close watch on the broad yellow marked walks to see that pedestrians did not deliberately loaf In the walks to tie up traffic and antagonise motorists. The right of way for pedestrians In crosswalks Is provided at all times except at corners where a atop ana go traffic signal la operating. scaffold at a Main street drug store KLAMATH poaal In a speech at Harvard unl- veraity June 6. Potential Threat Tlie possibility of an apparent conflict between the two members of President Truman's cabinet most concerned with foreign financing waa regarded here a a potential threat to any real progress in the I'srls meeting. I lie great Issue there Is Russian cooperation In a Joint Kurojican recovery program. Diplomatic authorities say the real appeal of the Marshall plsn fdr Kurope to devise some program mak ing more effective use of lla own resosircea fur economic recovery Is Uie prospect held out lo them of American help In financing such a firogram until Europe la really on la fret again. . Some European leaders are aald to be concerned over how far con gress will go In authorizing such assistance. Hence any evidence thai the administration Itself might be divided on the question would be regarded abroad aa lessening the chsnces for congressional approval. Thla In turn would play Into the hands of any elements In Europe which might want lo block or ham string the Initial effort In economic planning which Marshall has called for. Molotov At Paris Confab PARIS. June SB n Rus-ila's V. M. . Molotov arrived today for the three-power coiuerencea oil Amer ican aid to Europe, while British and U. 8. representatives reached "broad and general" conclusions over how European recovery can best be tackled. ' An authoritative source In London reported that result from British American talks which have been going on there for several days, with Under Secretary of 8late William L. Clayton and Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas representing the Wash ington viewpoint. Prime Minister Attlee reported to the British cab inet on these talks. Clayton was expected to visit Paris to remain a few daya "for consulta tion." a British Informant aald. Molotov was slated to alt down to morrow with British Foreign Sec retary Ernest Bcvln and French Foreign Minister Georges Bldault for a confab on Marshall's proposal that futuro American cash help to Europe should be based on a continent-wide economic recovery plan drawn up by Europeans. More Reports On 'Mystery' KANSAS' CITY. June S8 (Pi Nine shiny objects flying at a high rate of speed, such aa described by a Boise, Idaho pilot, were reported by W. I. Davenport, a carpenter, to have been sighted here yesterday. Davenport, working on a roof of a house, said he saw the objects flying west shortly afternoon. He said he first heard the faint sound of motors. "Thcro were nine of them, flying In a group, with one a little to one side," he said. "They were flying so fast I barely had time to count them before they were gone. They were leaving vapor trails." He added that he could not de scribe the shape of the objects since he could not see them clearly. Bridge To Be Tried Again SALEM. June 36 IA'1 Workmen attempted again today to move into position a new pacific highway bridge across the Pudding river at Aurora. The moving the new bridge is to oe snuiea into place while an old bridge la moved aside waa delayed yesterday when two 60-ton Jacks were stripped. Meanwhile the highway U. S. 98-E continues closed to through traffic between Canby and Wood burn. A detour over secondary roads carries iramc around tne blockade. Two Men Die In Flaming House NEWPORT, Wnsh Juno 36 iPl Qrant McDonald and Tom Jared were binned to death today In up stairs rooms of the Jared ranch house on Oallspell lake northwest of here, sheriff's offlcory said, Officers snld reports Indicated that the house was destroyed Uy flames which broke out at 4:30 a. m. Mrs. McDonald, who had been sleeping downstairs awoke to find the place In flnmcs and was unable ta warn the men sleeulns unstnlrs. officers Mid. FALLH, OREGON, THUKHfJAY, JUNE M, 1M7 Mother 9 . ' r . J! My' Vf GRANTS PA88. Jane M Mrs. Laura Lucille Med dins.'- M,. mother of 1-year-old Mary Jane Meddlln. Ihe child who waa found abandoned and beaten al Weed, haa been taken to' Treka whera she and her com mon law husband. Hugh Gilrealh, fare charges of assault with Intent to murder the child. Shown with Mrs. Meddlln In the Associated Preaa wirephoto pietwa are her children, Lmbu, J, aag Jiaamic, 11 days old. . Gilrecath Sobs Afeir Facing Becafreiri Child YREKA. Calif., June 26 Hugh Ollreath. 25. was faced with the l- year-old girl he is accused of at tempting to murder, yesterday after noon at the Siskiyou General hos pital, and the officers said that tor the first time the man seemed to realise the very serious trouble he Is In. When ..e saw the little girl. Mary Jane Meddlln, Ollreath broke down and sobbed: I'll never have a chance to make It up to her now." Assault marge Ollreath Is formally charged with assault with Intent to commit mur der. He had signed a confession saving that he abandoned Mary Jane the little "Miss. X" at Weed June 15. but denied beating her. When thr girl waa found In a clump of bushes back of a dance hall she was near death from a sadistic beating. Her mother, Mrs. Laura Lucille MrdcUln. 23, also faces the murder attempt charge. She is Target Ship To Get Close Study PEARL HAKBOK, JUne 26 I") The brilliant ornnge-hued battle ship Nevada, target lor the Ilrst Bikini, atom bomb, was scheduled to arrive here today for intensive secret radiological study. The navy tugs Chickasaw and Serrano have been towing the -29,-000-ton old dreadnought for the past 15 dnys on the 2120-mile trip from Kwajnlein. Four Women Escape Death When Car Plunges Off Road Four young Klamath Falls wom en mlgaculQusly escaped serious In Jury when their south bound car left highway 97 two miles north of Barclay springs at :io p. m. Wednesday and plunged over a 70 foot embankment through signal wires to the Southern Pacific tracks below. . The car, a 1937 Sedan, was driven bv Paltv Lou Movers. 18. 621 N. 11th, when a left rear tire blew out and the machine left tlie highway. It tnrnciU over several times, Miss Meyers told investigating state po lice, and came to rest so close to the SP trucks as to-auise an Immediate hazard. Three Modoc Point youths, en route north, crawled down the steep embankment and removed tlie four girls from the wreckage, pulling them through the rear trunk. The three, James Bickers. Eugene Bridges and Paul LaChappell brought tlie girls into Klamath Vnllev hnsnitnl. Miss Mpvpvk' in juries were found to ba minor and (Telephone till) Of "Miss X" Token To now in Yreka, held in a barred room down the hospital corridor from her daughter, but had not been per mitted to see Mary Jane today. Officers said that Mrs. Meddlln showed her first sigh of emotion when the formal charges .were read to her at the Siskiyou county Jail late yesterday afternoon. She be came hysterical and cried. Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Thorne West brought Mrs. Meddlln to Yreka yesterday from her home In Selma. Ore., near Grants Pass. Deputy West said that the woman did not speak at all on the trip. An Rains Check Alaska Fire ACHORAGB. Alaska, June 26 (IP) Rains temporarily checked the costly Kcnai forest blaze today, but R. R. Robinson, chief of the Alaska fire control service, reported five new blazes in the Unalakleet, Ga lena. Nulato and Moses areas. Other fires still burned yesterday at Pioneer park and near Fort Rich ardson. , Robinson, who estimated the Ke nal firs burned over 90.000 acres since its start June 7, said lack of federal funds had resulted in recall ing his fire crews. The lost crews from the Copper river area were due last night to place their equipment in storage. she was to be released from the hospital sometime this afternoon. Evelyn Gordon, 18, 2834 Altamont, remained In the hosDltol for obser vation and treatment of cuts about the, knees and severe body bruises. The other two. Mrs. Donna Camp bell, 19. Johnson street, and her sister, Mis. Phyllis Oberhansley, 22, wore recovering from .shock and bruises at their homes today. State notice said eight or nine of the signal wires, placed at that point along the highway as n pro tection in case of falling rocks from the steep hillside, both above the tracks and the highway, were ripped by the plunging sedan. The car, loaned to Miss Meyers by the Dye used car lot while her machine was being repaired, Is said by offi cers to be demolished. Miss Meyers told officers that when the left rear tire blew out she observed a car In the left lane and In an at tempt to miss the oncoming ve hicle, lost control of her car and it left the. roadbeds 1 WftW't a Jaf "'-4'- i l V' 3 4 ' ' No. lopoe Yreko older daughter, Leoma. 3. and the new-born son, Jimmie, aged 11 days, were brought with her. Little Jim mie was placed In the hospital cell with his mother, and Leoma was moved into the room with her half sister, Mary Jane. Hospital attendants said that Leoma and Mary Jane showed no interest in each other, expect that Leoma tried to take some of Mary Jane's toys. Mrs. Meddlin will not be allowed to see Mary Jane until after she is questioned more thoroughly by the Siskiyou District Attorney Fred W. Burton. No date haa been set for arraign ment of Gilrealh and Mrs. Meddlln in superior court- Gilrealh is being closely watched at the jail ana kept away from other prisoners. Officials at the Siskiyou General hospital said that they had received hundreds of offers of adoption for Mary Jane, and that the tiny girl Had been flooded with new clothes and toys. No decision has been made as to what to do with the girl who Is now entirely recovered from her beating and a later attack of chlckenpox. ... Pullman Company Sale Held Okay PHILADELPHIA. June 26 IP) Sale of the Pullman company, oper ator of sleeping cars on railroads across the nation, to a buying group of 57 railroads was approved today by U. S. district court. The total sale price was an nounced by the buying railroads as 174.954,909. The agreement approved today was for payment, of $40202,482 for 731,350 shares of Pullman company stock, plus a further liquidation dividend arid other payments of $5. 700,000. The railroads purchased more than 134,000.000 worth of lightweight equipment two years ago. - , Liberty Magazine Cuts Issues NEW YORK, June 26 (ft Saying that "in these days of terrifio pro duction costs we have had to cut our cloth to fit the pattern," Paul Hunter, publisher, announced last night that Liberty mogazine would be issued monthly instead of bi weekly beginning In August. He added that sales of the 10-cent magazine had been good, "now well over .1,000,000 copies per issue." RED REACTION MOSCOW, June 26 P A Tass dispatch from New York about the new Hartley-Taft labor law In the United States was printed here to day under the headline: "Step To wards Fascism." AFL President Pledges Action On Labor Bill WASHINGTON, June 26 (IP) AFL President William Green today rejected pleaa from member unions for a general atrlke in protest against the new Taft-Hartley labor unlop control law. The labor leader called presidents . of the Ar'L's 105 anions lo conference In Washington July 9. . . Green told reporters, after an emergency meeting with realdeni members of the Ar'L's Influential executive council that he thought It "unwise and Inadvisable" to bow to telegrams and letters from union! throughout the nation asking that a general strike be called. "Instead, we are going to fight the measure in courts and seek to maintain our rights under the bill In negotiations with employers," Green aald. Tbe AFL will organise politically "with the purpose of defeating every member of congress who vot- ed for thla legislation," he con tinned. . "We are not reconciled to it and we will carry on the fight against it Just as vigorously as we did while the bill was going through congress." Green told reporters. I'nlly Emphasised Passage of the new law, enacted over President Truman's veto, has "emphasized" the need for unity of all labor, the 74-year-old AFL president said. He expressed Ihe opinion that Its passage has hastened move toward merger of the CIO and AFL, adding that farther meetings on consolida tion of the two big labor groups possibly will be held in the near future although none la scheduled at Ihe moment. In the house, republican leaders who participated In framing the legislation spilt sharply over how to cope with John L. Lewis and the growing soft coal stoppage. Rep. Hartley R-N. J.), co-sponsor of the act placed on the boots last Monday over President Tru man's veto, lashed out at Lewis as a "rebellious and mutinous citizen." New Section Asked He called for adding a whole new section to the law to deal with Lew is and the "challenge" of other un ion leaders. On the other hand, Rep. Landis 'R-Ind.i. second in command on the house labor committee and a former miner, said he thinks the soft coal operators ought to "give In" to some of Lewis' contract de mands In order to remove the- threat ol a full-fledged strike July 8. That is the day the miners are due back at work after their 10 day vacation. This begins tomor row midnight, but more than 200. 000 have left work ahead of time The vacation, plus a S100 cash pay ment, Is caned for under the gov ernment's contract with Lewis and his United Mine Workers. Langell Valley Rancher Dies Allen Edward Gale, 75, prominent pioneer rancher of Langell valley, died suddenly of a' heart ailment Wednesday evening at his ranch home. Mr. Gale had been a rest dent of Klamath county since 1904. Born in Elk Point, S. D.. Septem ber 30, 1871, Mr. Gale came west in an emigrant train with his par ents, George and Lucy Gale, who were pioneer residents of the South Dakota prairie country. For all but the first five years of his life. Mr. Gale lived on the West coast. For some 20 years he was engaged In mining in California. In 1902 he married May Peatross In Yerington. Nev.. daughter of a prominent Cali fornia ranching family. The raise in standards of live stock In the valley was credited in great part to his efforts after he began ranching in this area. He be came interested In irrigation proj ects and helped to organize the Langell Valley Irrigation District, for which he was a director for sev eral years. Surviving are his wife. Mae. and one daughter. Mrs. I. L. Harris, both of Langell valley; three broth ers. Samuel S, Gale of Compton. Calif., Dr. Hueh H. Gale of Sun Francisco, Calif., and Col. Guv H. Gale, U. S. armv, and one sister. Mrs. Nellie Quick of Bonanza. A complete obituary appears else where in this Issue. Assailant Puts Torch To Victim NEW YORK, June 26 (PI John Foley. 48, ran half a mile through the streets of the city early today to a hospital, his clothing aflame after an assailant ignited it. Police said Foley told them his assailant, a big man, became in furiated when Foley tried to resist robbery and doused him with light ing fluid, then ignited his clothing with a match. Foley started run ning for Reconstruction hospital, tearing off articles of clothing as he fled. He arrived in socks and shoes. His condition Is serious. Strange Flying Pose Mystery For Pilots OKLAHOMA CITY. June 26 (IP) Don't sell those strange flying ob jects reported whizzing over west ern Washington short until the re turns are all In a flier claimed to day he saw one flash over Okla homa City. "It was about five or six weeks ago, as near as my wife and I can remember," said Byron Savage, 38, Oklahoma City businessman pilot. "I was standing in my front yard at the 'time, about dusk, with a little sunlight In the sky, when a flat, disc-like object came across the city from Just a little east of south and was gone in about four or five seconds; "The machine, or whatever It was, was a shiny, silvery color very big and was moving at a ter rific rate of speed. "The funny thing about It was that It made no noise. I don't think It had any kind of Internal com bustion engine." Referring to a claim by Kenneth Arnold, Hying Boise, Idaho, busi Boy Hit By Stray Shot Donald Coster, 8-year-old ton of Mr. and Mrs, George Custer of 15ZS Lakeview, was wounded In tho left side early thla morning by a .22 calibre bullet from a rifla In tho hands of his older-brother, Hteva. Officials said that as far aa known the shooting waa accidental. The wounded boy waa put to bed at his house shortly r f ter the shoot ing, then a few minutes later waa moved to Klamath Valley hospital by ambulance. Hospital attendant! said his condition was satlsf sctory. The bullet struck Donald In the left side Just below the ribs and ranged downward in his body. Stevo Custer, 11 years old, got on his bi cycle after the Incident and rodo away. Juvenile Officer Ronald Hew itt said he had not been located. Steve was standing on his back porch target shooting at bottles In the back yard. According to other brothers. Donald ran out to get a bottle for a target just as 8teve took another shot at another bottle, and Donald dropped. The rifle Steve was using, Hewitt said, was located In the back yard and was Identified as one stolen a few days ago from the residence ot Charles Moore, 304 N. Carroll, The shooting took place about 8:30, and city police and the ambur lance were called at 8:42 a. m. Don ald had already been taken Into the house and placed In bed when police arrived. Police estimated that Donald wai 36 feet from where Bteve was stand ing on the porch when the shot was fired. Paper Lack WASHINGTON. June 28 W) If r the paper shortage doesn't ease up soon, congress members may find It advisable to cut down on their speech-making. The appropriations committee in- ' formed the house of this dire proa- , pect today. . It said the government printing office reports it Is getting Just bare ly enough newsprint paper to print the congressional record and sees no chance for Increased supplies. The) record prints the speeches and pro ceedings in congress. A special session of congress, printing office officials said, might lead to a "great difficulty" In print ing the record. Fewer speeches would save mon ey. The officials told the committee it costs an average of $71 a page to print the record. Newest Bomber -Takes To Air - SEATTLE, June 26 W) Boeing Aircraft company's successor to tho B-29. the B-50. .soared above Seattle for an hour and 38 minutes, yester day lq Its Initial test flight. Taking off after less than a 1509 foot run. the Diane shot skyward at a sharp angle. Within minutes. Test Pilot A. Elliott Merrill reported the bomber was at 5000 feet and cruis ing at a speed of 220 miles an hour. Tne plane wiu be delivered to tno army In about four weeks for ac ceptance flights. Weather To Cool , Off In Basin Slightly cooler weather la In prospect for Klamath folk with tho weatherman predicting "partly cloudy with cooler temperatures' tonight and Friday. The mercury went to 78 degrees Wednesday afternoon, but a night wind sent It down to a minimum of 48. At 12:30 p. m. today the CAA weather station reported a temperature of 68. Objects nessman that he saw nine objects in western Washington similar to tne one savage described, the Okua homa City pilot declared: "I know that boy up there (Ar nold) really saw them." Savage said he told his wife about the object at the time but "sha thought I must have seen lightning," and he also told some skeptical pilot friends. "I kept quiet after that," he con tinued, "until I read about that man seeing nine of the same things I saw and I thought It only fair to back him up." Mrs. Savage said today she now was1 convinced her husband saw the object. i - "He was very much worked up about It when he read about tho man In Washington," she declared. Savage said the object he saw was high in the air "somewhere around 10.000 feet, I couldn't b ' sure, Judging It from the ground where I was." (See Arnold sHorr OB Page t) , Speech Threat