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Newspaper Page Textlo) IM 1'UO By FRANK JKNKINH PRKHIDIINT TKUMAN, for Ui second Ume, veloea Ihe lax ro' duotion bill. Tim house (wIiom members have to face tlx voters very two yoitni) override his veto by a vote of nearly llirce Ui one. Tim senate (whoo inrmbera ere circled for HIX years) U expected to sualalii lilm. In Uiat event, allied UOTII liouwn must net In order to overcome Presidential veto, there will be no tax reduction bill till your. UMiAT l right? VVImt la wrong? " For Oie best liitorval of the country aa it whulc, clrcmnmuncca being what Uicy me. what Mould be done? If you lire fulr-mlndrd. yuu cun make i-e either way. OUIt imllonnl drljt In luiur. 'I'he thing to do with debt In to PAY ,TT OFF. Paying off debt take Paiuney. Paying PUBLIC debt re. qulrw PUBLIC MONKY Public money come from taxes. Money to pay off debt doean't full, like niauns, from the aky. On the other hand, public tiwud UK will be recklcu tu limn aa there U plenty of money to apend. The only way to cut down spending la lo out down Uxlng. And do It flraU We love aiwndlng. We dread economy. Tim writer thlnka we ought lo begin NOW lo out down reckleaa pending and Uie only way to do that la to cut luxea (int. Hut IhU writer la only one individual. Sin cere opinion vanes cm thu aubjret. aa on many othera. pKESIDENT TRUMAN tuduy tigiu the new aucxraslon bill that placet the apeaker of the home next in line for the Presidency AFTER the vice prealdent. Under the former law, Uie secretary of state came next in line. There la now no vice prealdent. (Truman waa vlre prealdent, and when he became chief executive the office waa left vacant until Uie next Prealilenllul election. I Ho, under the new lew, Speaker of the Homo Joe Martin will become Prealdent In Uie event that Truman ahould be un able to complete hla term. Under he old law, Hecretary of mate Marshall would have aiiccreded. JMIfcltE t little doubt In Una writ 1 era mind Uiat Marshall would make a better President In Uic.ic tremulous tlmra Uiau Joe Murtln. Hut thai U a qurntlou of MKN. The new law Involvea a principle. The principle la Uiat Uie office of Prwrldanl ahould be held by men who hare been KLtCTEU BY THE PEOPLE. BecreUuira of slate (re appointed. Speakers of the houae mint flrat have been elected by Uie people of their district before they can become apeaker. Over Uie long pull, the principle Involved In Uie new law la found. JONDON newspapers Incline today " to Uie opinion Uiat Uie BrIUsh government may, In keeping with Uie tlmea (which In Britain are hard) order a relaUvely small pri vate wedding for Princess KllzabeUi and Lieutenant Mountbalten. Thle. Uie newapapcra aay, would be contrary lo majority public opinion In Uie matter, which leana toward an elaborate affair, with a long period of public rejoicing, In keeping with Uie tradition of the peat. The public, you tee. In Britain aa elsewhere, lovca iomp and apendlng and dreada economy. We're all more or lea built Uiat way. We prefer what we WANT to what U good for us. THE aniouut of money that would be saved by a "almple" wedding would be relaUvely smoll. It would be a token rather than actual help ' In meeting the grave financial problem Uiat Britain faces. The spirit of Uie thing la really all Uint count. The point la Hint the WAY WE THINK la normally the WAY WE DO. If the British (:illlKIMfl B r , Calama 41 Nix, j.rV a iyxWV irlri Vi iii-i-iiaVrtPi"iiiif aameasaawasiaaaaaMieasrmaMaaaBiiia it ; m f . tit. i m i :rir 9 Tomaao ' the Taraier Is all upset. On Ills recent arrival In New York from the Philippines, his saucer-eyed face gave rise to the rumor that a flying saucer pilot from Mars had been captured after landing his platter plane atop the Empire State building, Tomaso Indignantly denies the rumor and "wants It distinctly under stood that he's not a Martian, but a relative, though remote, of the human race. Besides, he says, it's a mean trick to play on a little guy who weighs only eight ounces, He'll live with 31 other tarsicrs at the Bronx Zoo. , Barracks Rifle Range To Be Open The IDO.OOO rifle range at the Ma rine Harraeka now Oregon Voca tional achool will be opened up for use or public and semi-public rifle cluba, Wlnalon Purvlne, arhool di rector, eald today. The national guard, when a de tachment la formed here, will have flrat call on the big range, but It may alto be used by any group af filiated with the national rifle as sociation. Veterans oiganluillon forming a rifle club are particularly Invited to liae the 36-lurgvl rungc. A rental fee will be charged and the money go toward maintenance of Uie In stallation. Unit Here Fycd Col. Francis W. Mason, personnel adjutant of the Oregon national guard, baa Indicated that a guard unit would be formed here and would use the range. Veterans or guulzutlona and rifle clubs can get military weapons, Ourands and other rifles, through the war depart ment to further civilian marksman ship. In addition to the marine range for heavy. caliber rifles, a smaller range designed for llght-callber tar get ilioollni, will be constructed. I'urvlne said. The stale police school now In progress will have uae of the ranges for weapons work. King's Cousin Must Leave US PHILADELPHIA. July la My Lady Iris Mountbalten, cousin of Oreat Ilrltaln'a King Oeorge VI. must leave Uie United Btatea by September 1 because she violated her visitor's permit Uklng a Job. The bureau of Immigration and naturalisation announces It had de nied ' renewal of the visa "because she engaged In compensatory work contrary to terms of her papers." The great- granddaughter of Queen Victoria arrived In the U. B. October 111. HMD. Her permit ex pired In February. In New York, where she was ar rested early Uils week on charges of cashing worthless checks total ing about I8!. Lady Mountbalten could not be reached for comment. The bad check charge, made by a Washington, D, C, dress store owner, waa dropped yesterday after Uie complainant said "the amount Involved had been paid." Bulletin WASHINGTON, July 18 (AP) President Truman to day created an emergency board to intervene in the Southern Pacific railroad la bor dispute in which a ttrike hag been called Monday night. SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 (AP) The. Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers proceeded todoy with plans to strike western routes of the South ern Pacific railroad despite indication by President Tru man thot he may appoint .an emergency board to hear the dispute. Harrison C. Hobart, assist ant grand chief of the broth erhood, said the national rail way labor act already had been complied with and the union intended to walk out Monday at 6 p. m., unless the railroad changes 19 working conditions. You Can't Do That To C7. .at' rV.Si'.TJ .,JJaTaC"' s jj4 WIATHIR Ms. ijuir in J'rtilpMBllvH lat sirtsiM ' if .r.,..i. I's rtWliljP -isH nS Silmdir. '.-A' PIIIL'K FIVE CKNTH PORTLAND. July III The hlfh was a feature of Ihe big parade Thursday afternoon as the Klks ended their national convention In the Uty of Hoses. Oeneral Mara v. Liara waa one of Ihe dignitaries on the reviewing stand as the KLII8 marching musicians passed by. This picture was sent to The Herald and News by wlrephoto. Relief From Heat Forecast Some relief from this week's heut wave was forecast by Uie state weather bureau today after Klam ath folk sweltered through Uie hot test day so far Uils year when Uie mercury scooted up to 90 degrees Thursday afternoon. ParUy cloudy skies were predicted for Baturday, with intermittent sunshine. The humidity was being closely wstched by the Klamath Forest Protective association. At 12, noon, today. It stood at 22 per cent, out of the danger me. but Thurs day afternoon dropped to 8. At 11:30 a. m. todoy, the mercury stood at 78 degrees. Crop Duster Dies In Crash YAKIMA, July 18 (IP) Van L. (Pete) Brnrisll. 44. veteran Yakima duster pilot, was killed last night when his plane crashed and ex ploded 10 miles northwest of Scion. Bendsll was pulling up from 'his second round of dusting on the Mar vin O. (Chuck) Fundcrburg ranch when, his wheel struck an electric feeder line. The plone crashed Into a steep rock bonk 100 yards away and exploded. Me! 2s v ia ii ii i m it i i II i r? i i it it i r i mjt n n n tr i H7V tAWTOJ rSIAtQ?WPfl5J KLAMATH Klamath Union High Band Parades Down Portland ,1 '0, school band from Klamath Falla. Hari Mbunidm Way As Members Hit Roads LAKEVIEW. July 18 MV-Prom- inents were trekking from all parts of the naUon today to lofty Mart mountain north or here, on a strange hunting expedlUon. They are fun-seeking members of Uie famed Order of Uie Antelope who will spend the week-end at Blue Sky hotel, 8400 feet up,' offici ally to observe not kill that fleet est of all American wild animals. Jews Battle British Tars JERUSALEM, July 18 UPh-Some 4500 angry' Jewish Immigrants aboard a refugee ship used tear gas, smoke bombs, steam Jets and other weapons today In a vain bat tle against a SO-man BrlUsh board ing party off the Palestine coast, British authorities announced. Five British destroyers escorted the vessel toward Haifa, where the refugees will be transhipped to troopships for transfer to detention camps In Cyprus. The announcement said no fatal ities were suffered by either side, but that three members of Uie boarding party were injured. The British announcement said "small arms fire was used by one of his majesty's ships against one man who was threatening to de capitate one of the boarding party with an axe, and against another man who was about to use a rifle." "It Is believed the fire missed In both cases, but it was effecUve. The two men took fright and dropped their weapons'," Uie an nouncement snid. New Rent Control Law Brings Only Slight Shuffle Among Local Apartment Dwellers By HALE SCARBROUGH The complicated new rent control law, passed recently by congress and okayed by President Truman as the lesser of two evils, hasn't created much of a stir at the local rent control office although a large per centage of landlords are talking to their tenants about a lease and a i5 per cent rent Increase Only a few of Uie leases have been consummated, the landlord agreeing to let Ui'e tenant live In (he house or apartment through 1048 in return tor 15 per cent more rent a month. The leases are supposed to be voluntary on both sides, but the housing situa tion being what It is, the tenant sometimes doesn't have much of an alternative to volunteering. The local rent office has received a few leases for filing the papers must be filed with ' the office within 15 days after the landlord and tenant sign but has had enough calls from distressed ten ants asking for explanations about FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY maroon - uniformed and led by a pair Trek Under Ouns are not allowed. Neither are women, dogs, minors or airplanes. The latter prohibition was made re cently, the Invitations read, because "planes scare Uie hell out of Uie herd!" The order convenes tonight and breaks up Sunday afternoon. The members and their guests, in cluding blgshot federal and other officials, business and professional men, meet at Uie hotel annually not only to peer at Uie antelope, but to cement Uie bonds of friendship while communing with nature. There is no other purpose for Uie gathering. Among those who will be there are Joseph Carson, member of Uie U. S. mariUme commission: Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon, Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka, Uie comic strip pugilist, and Dr. J. Douglas Brawn ot Uie Princeton university faculty. , Two days are spent on. the moun talntop. They are Uie visitors' own. Some actually will seek out some of Uie thousands of antelope, roaming Uie desert-like preserve. But most will spend their Ume at Uie principal objective: cementing the bonds ofi friendship. The group Has a song which starts: "Oh, give me a life v Far away from my wife. Where my fears and my woes fade away. Where in ornery ease I can do as I please. And waste my existence m play." And Uiat just about tells Uie story. REUNION SALEM, July 18 uP) Company A, 162nd Infantry. 41st division, will hold Its first postwar reunion to morrow night at McMinnville, na tional guard headquarters an nounced today. the new law to know that lease discussions are going on. - A landlord can't evict a tenant Just because he won't sign a lease. Under the provisions of the new act there are Just five grounds for eviction and any or all have to be okayed by a local court: 1. Tenant violating obligations of tenancy or committing a nui sance. That Included non-payment of rent tor 10 days. 2. Landlord wants premises for Immediate personal use. 3. Landlord selling and purchaser wants Immediate possession. 4. Landlord ready to make neces sary repairs, remodeling or to tear down structure lor new building. 5,i The rented ploce Is a room or non-housekeeping apartment In a private home which Uie owner wants to take off the rental market-Jurisdiction over eviction cases Is tossed In Uie lap of local courts: In Klamath Falls Judge J- A. Mahoney's It, 1947 (Telephone till) Street of hlrli-stepplnr drum malorettea, Ship Death Toll Lowers BOMBAY. . India, July 18 M About 620 persons were missing to day from Uie coastal steamer Ramdas. which capsized under two enormous waves and sank swiftly in Uie Arabian Sea 12, miles south of Bombay yesterday. R. D. Thatht. traffic manager of the Bombay Steam NavigaUon com pany, said there were at Noo, "about 100" survivors of the 721 persons aboard Uie 400-ton vessel, which was but a dozen years old. He said search parties had picked up 20 . bodies and Uiat survivors were brought to Bombay and taken to Uie villages of Rewas, Dharama tar, Karanja and Plrwadi. The ship went down in five min utes. Most aboard appeared to be Indians, although three Europeans were reported among the passengers. Most passengers were en route to Ratnagiri village In Uie district from which Bombay draws a large number of laborers. Local Woman's Lyric Accepted Mrs. Opal I. Price of 444 River side, has received word of the ac ceptance of her lyric, "They Don't Mean a Thing Without You," by the Song Hit Guild, Inc., at Hollywood, Calif., and music for Uie lyric is now being written by Ferde Orofe, according to word received by Mrs. Price, Along with notice of acceptance of her composition. Mrs. Price re ceived a check from Uie guild, and she will share in all royalties on sales. I Justice court has the Job and he says Uiat the business is booming. The new rent control aet doesn't actually enter Into the eviction cases, although it may be very conspicuous in the background. One of Uie five grounds listed above must be named as the reason for filing an eviction notice, and everything in the com plaint must be proved. If a tenant gets an eviction notice and objects, he can go to court and have a jury trial, complete with lawyers, if he wants. The decision of Uie justice court can be appealed by either party up to the circuit court, but so far none have gone that tar. . " . ' The provisions of the new rent act which decontrols hotel rates for per manent guests has not had much effect here because there are very few persons permanently living in hotels. That decontrol wasn't en tirely automatic but each hotel has unUl July 31 to file what Is known as a decontrol form with the rent office If It wants to raise Us per tnanent guest rates. ' ' 'Jf ' No. 1086 Atrocities Blamed To Rebel Army ATHENS, July I IJPiA Creek communique said today nationalist plane were InfllcUng severe losses on guerrillas who were fleeing northeast of Ioannlna before pur suing ground forces and ravaging villages on the way. War Minister Oeorge Stratus said another and larger guerrilla offen sive was expected along the north west frontier. The Oreek govern ment said Uie tint guenUla band "Invaded" Greece from Albania with Uie aim of setUng up a sep arate communist government. Commit Crimes "Bandits passing through villages have committed crimes of unimag inable brutality." Uie communique from the Oreek 8th division said. "Villages have been pillaged and many Inhabitants killed." Loyalist asserted the Irregulars had been ent into email units which were scattered In an are -.r a wide, ragged area 16 miles north east of Ioannlna near the villages of . Frandfadb.es, Elatokhori . and Dholianlin in the foothills of Mi. TimfL . Farther north. Spitfire tighter planes caught two more battalions In ravines along the southern foot hills of ML Smollkas and were said to have inflicted crushing losses. An unconfirmed report said 245 bodies were found in the ravine and that army units captured 300 more of the estimated 800 rebels under fire, t Bradley To Make Tour WASHINGTON. July 16 MV-The White House announced today Uiat Gen. Omar N. Bradley, veterans administrator, will leave next month on a six weeks' tour to in. spect army trops and, InstallaUons In Uie Mediterranean area. ; Bradley has been - prominently menUoned as a possible choice to iiieAMi npn nwiffht D Elaen- ! hower ss army chief of staff. The White House announcement stirred speculation Uiat he might be mak ing the trip to acquaint himself with current army problems in preparation to assume Uie post. The announcement said he Is going at the Invitation of Secretary of War Patterson and Uiat he will "resume his duties in the veterans administration" upon his return. Eisenhower is due to relinquish the army's top post next year to take over the presidency of Co lumbia university. Fireman Punches Bear, Saves Boy CHICAGO, July 18 (JP) A city fireman punched a bear in the nose at the suburban Brookfield zoo and thereby saved the life of three-year-old Terry Lee Falk, of Joliet, HI. Terry, visiting the zoo yesterday with his mother, Mrs. Amberta Falk, decided to feed the black bear some of his surplus popcorn. He clambered over the guard rail and across the intervening safety zone. The bear seized Uie child and pinned him to the cage with his huge, clawed paws. Fireman Walter Troy, attracted by Uie child's screams, leaped Uie rail and began punching Uie bear's nose. When Uie animal relaxed its grip, Troy snatched Terry free. 9 o'clock V ft) W' Dave TutUe, on roof, Chuck 8 wl tiler and George. Long were lower lng a tire sign from its poalUon over the sidewalk of the Falls Ap pliance store on the corner of Eleventh and Main as the alna o'clock photog drove by and caught them in acttoa this morning. Solons Say Senate Will Uphold HST WASHINGTON, July 18 M The home rode roughshod over President Truman's veto of the second 14.000.- 000,000 income tax-euttuvg bill to day but oratory slowed up effort for a quick vote In the senate. There was no Indication when the senate would get around to a roll call because of Its rules of unlim ited debate. Both republican and democratic leaders were ready for a showdown. Less than an hour after Mr. Tru man's veto message, again calling Uie legislation the "wrong kind of tax reduction at Uie wrong time," was read, Uie house voted 209 to 108 to override, far more than the two-thirds majority necessary. There were indications Uie senate would sustain Uie president and kill the legislation. But leaders agreed it would be a close batUe with the outcome probably hinging on one or two votes. A two-thirds ma jority also Is needed In the senate to overthrow Uie veto. In passing Uie measure Uie senate vote was 60 to 32 two votes short of two-thirds with two republicans voting against Langer of North Da kota and Morse of Oregon. Sixty-three democrats Joined 236 republicans in Uie houe vote to make Uie bill law over Mr. Truman's objection. Labor Bill Called Good WASHINGTON, July 18 MV-" Robert N. Denham, newly-appointed key man behind Uie Taft-Hartley labor law. predicted today that "under proper administration the new act will do a great deal to ben efit both labor and Industry." As President Truman a choice for the powerful post of general coun sel to Uie expanded national labor relations board, the 62-year-old re publican told a reporter: "I believe Uie labor situaUon will clear Itself up much more rapidly than some people believed." He said he has no Intention to use his powers under Uie new act to "dictate" labor relations. "I don't think labor needs a czar." he declared. "Neither does Industry." Sex Slayer Strikes Again SAN DIEGO. Calif., July 18 UP) An apparent rape-slaying, ninth in a series of violent deaths to women In Southern California since Janu ary 15, sent San Diego police In search of a killer today. Throat marks Indicated -she had been strangled. The body of Mrs. Marian David son Newton. 36, a visitor from Van couver, B, C, was found late yes terday in a brush-covered field atop an ocean cliff park on Uie northern city limits. Her clothes were torn. Marks along a road Indicated she ha dbeen hurled from an automo bile. Dr. James Reeves, county autopsy surgeon,' said an examination indi cated she had been raped. The auburn-haired woman last was re ported seen alive after midnight Wednesday at a downtown dine dance establishment Injustice! ' B ELLIN GH AM, July 18 V "I'm being done an injustice." an Irate man declared as he rushed Into police court with a folded yellow slip of paper. "I wasn't overparked." Sgt- Neil Allison opened the paper. and on its face was written: "John, I'll be back to the car in 15 minutes."