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Newspaper Page Textin Ul ii fo) 0 la n m l u The s)aiti ajssl,ip Day's fa Ily FRANK JK.NKINH C1IOOTINU start In Indonesia " iDuMi Rust Indira,) llalavla dispatches tell till" morn ing of Dutch troop UirniliiK ashore yeaterday on Hie nurth and eaat coaata of Java lone of the principal Cast Indira Islands.) A Uulrh cum munlue report "nil objective reached III Urn operation;" adds Umt "rralaUnre win lea tliim expected." Tho DuWi nnvy tell ol luiidlug cr(l going aahure mid dlscinburklng troop. From tho Dutch army cornea word that lh troupa "galnod Initial objeclivea nd made eddltlon l advances." Dulch coaualtlc are placed In tho dlpa.lchc at 11)0 killed and wounded. ' IT It nil. you aco, plumed In the Jurgoii ol shooting war, which Irom the auniiner ol lUiiO lo tho auimncr of 1U45 became ao distress- fully familiar lo ua. Thl writer, with a pniig of regret, la hanging a .far mnp on the wall Ula inuriiliig 2, aa to be able lo follow the niovea and the counter-move with aoine Urn r co of Intelligence. AH theae ahoolliig worda lo-ciiter the nrwe. Uiey re accompanied by PROPAGANDA worda which la also Inevitable. War and propa ganda no hand In hniid. Aa the tlKhlrra of each aide take aim and ahool lo kill, the pruputiunilisu aliarpen and pollah llielr sentence wltli Uie Idea of conveying to the world at lame the thouitht that their aide la loftily rlghl and pure, whercaa Die other aide la wicked and de stitnliig and will atop al nothinK. AT the aame Unit, Uie CKNKOR8 10 into action. The Job of Uie censors la lo aee lo It thai no word favorable to Uie olher aide gel into print or onto Uie air. 8waklix from Uie viewpoint of a working newspaper peraoii. It has alwaya teemed lo thla writer Uiut Uie Job of ceiuor muat be a rc volUng lob. He inual know Umt he U twisllhg the fact or at least Uie Implication thereof. He mual be aware Ual he la distorting Uie meaning of Uie newa, huilead of making It clrarer ao Umt people may underaland better what u go ing on Inatead of being conluaed by what aeema lo be going on. PUT all Uie while he la working under Uie coiniellliig prrwurea nf NATIONALISTIC INTEREST. It la drilled Into him that all Uila hi. i,, mi, i. all this conliulon, U PATituyriu In IU purpose. Whatever eUe ho doe, ho MUST orve the nollry of hla country. There must be tlmea when he look at liiuoll In Uie mirror and la aahamed. Hut whan Uiene tlmea com he muat bract hla ahouldcra. grit hla teeth and go anoaa. Hit duty. Ilk Uie oldler, I to obey order. THE dlapute, which culminated In the thooUng war of ycaterdny, aroae over how Iheaa Island are to be governed In Uie future. The Indonesian Republican (who In Uie eye of the Dutch are rebels call It a "colonial war" like our war of the Revolution. The Dutch call It "local police action." To the Indonealaiui. It la a fight for the privilege of running their country a they want It run. To the Dulch It laa plain, ahnple case of battling for what haa been Uieira ao long Uiat have come to regard It a thclra for kecpa. IT la raUier likely Uiat the Indo 1 nealan would like to go back to running their country In Uie leisure ly, Indolent, happy-go-lucky way Uielr anceaUr run It before the colony-hunting Dutch came along a couple of centurlea ago making aarongs by hand, making love, llv ! lug easily on the bounty of an exotic and generoua climate and a rich toll. The Dutch want to produce oil. runner, quinine an uie raw iu terlal of thla modern Industrial age. ANE can't help sympathizing sneak Ingly with Uio Indonesians. Ac cording to Uielr lights, their way (Canllnuna an Fas a, Column 4) ' Bonneville Cash Proposal Fails WASHINGTON, July 22 lI") A move by Congressman Ellsworth (R-Orc.) to restore funds to the slashed Bonneville power adminis tration budget fulled yextorday when Rep. Jones (R-O.) blocked the motion with his own to ncccpt the house-sonato conference report and It passed overwhelming. Ellsworth sought to restore funds for transmission lines from Detroit to Eugene, Eugene to Rcedsport and Ooldendale to Detroit. Jones, chairman of the house con ferees, claimed priority for his mo tion to accept the contract author ization of (4,935,500 agreed by the house-senate conference. It will al low only the Trouldalo-North Bon neville line In Oregon. Mother Denies Who Died Mysteriously in MASSILLON, O.,' July 22 (A The mysterious deaths of two In fants In Masslllon city hospital apparently solved yesterday by the statement of a six-year-old boy reverted again today to a puzzling conglomeration of varied stories and differences between officials. Mrs. Roger One, of nearby Na varre, mother of young Roger .One, who yestorday related to pollco how he accidentally dropped tho two infimtn Innl. .limn fl finid hni' urn t.n. day had rovcrlcd to his original tale of soelng a largo boy In a white WEATHER . Julr til aa mi. , M (rielslUIUft HI bsufl .... aw altBin )rfr I W.I0.AS ri .. is m n.fmi.i ii.is rarctli I'silly olsudy Isalfbl it Wsiliittdsy. I'RK'K FIVE CKNTH i . - ' . ,"- ' '.I't w " i.W-f,J aTaji, iai iiiiifl V i al rKNDI.KTON, July It lutled flour mill and warehouse arter fire which periled city's bualneaa sector fur two hours yralrrday and cauaed $500,000 damage. Adjoining courthouse roof caught fire a did four other buildlnga. w Truman Gets Interior Bill WASHINOTON. July 3 (if, The senate slnmped 0'il congressional approval today on a 1 10187 .858 in. terlor department appropriation, Including (8S.fi28,038 for western reclamation projects. It adopted, wlUiout objection, a compromise aereenirnl with Uie house. The appropriation bill now ' goea lo President Trumiin. , The house accepted the confer ence report yesterdoy with only a few voices raised In dissent. In IU final form, Uie bill pro vides $104,687 59 of hew money for the operation of all programs of the Interior department during Uie 12 months ending next June 30. That Is (101.500.000, or 34.3 per cent less than the budget estimate, but (33.174.000 more than originally voted by the house. Reclamation project accounted for (23.000.000 Of the (33,000.000 total Increase over original house figures. Kay Ileal, district VNItlt manager here, said today that the senate ap proved appropriation of ample funda to carry on the proposed conatruc Uon prngrama of the Klamath dis trict reclamation project. Heat Eases But Fire Danger High Klamath people received some respite from high temperatures of the past several days, with the mer cury at 12:30 p. m, today at 77 de grees, considerably below the B0 of Monday. The flro hazard continues to bo great with no hope of rnln to nllcvinto the danger, according to tho Klamath Forest Protective association. Skies will be partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, according to the slate weather bureau, with slightly cooler temperatures. The flre wcather section of the stale weather bureau today advised that forest fire danger is Increasing through out tho stale with the humidity dropping into the danger zone. Worst danger points are In the Klamath Indian reservation, Fre mont and Deschutes national for ests, the bureau announced. Her Son Dropped Babies coat enter the nursery In which Uie Infants were found dying. She declared she did not belle vo her son dropped the babies and told newsmen she and her husband wore tricked Into letting Investigators talk to her son. Official reaction to the story of youtig Que, turned In by a free lance Investigator and a newspaper man, highlighted sharp differences between Masslllon city and Stark county officials County Prosecutor D. Denne Mc; Laughlln and Coroner E. C. Reno both united In dorldlng the Que irtC&h- ' K' hOmO rfHKOON, TIJKHDAV, JULY 22, 1947 "(Telephone 8111) No. 1089 Fories Fir Imperils Wheal City wrxt- c Ft.-.r b"i . w m i Resigning Official Slaps At Mayor Charging Mayor Ostendorf with a "dictatorial altitude" and alleging poo working. condlUoru, , W. K. Thomas resigned last night as super intendent of Klamath Memorial Park, the municipal cemetery. Thomas'a charges were contained In a letter read before Uie city council meeting last night In two brief paragraphs Thomas' letter flung Uie accusation at Ostendorf and requested his reslgnaUon be come effective August 16. The re quest was swiftly accepted by the council. Mayor Ostendorf was not present lo hear the reading of Uie letter. Acting Mayor Paul Landry pre sided In hi absence. Grenades Fly In Jerusalem JERUSALEM. July 32 () Oren adea were hurled at a British mili tary truck In Jerusalem today, rais ing fear of a renewal of the wave of violence which in four days has taken five lives and Injured 29 per sons In the Holy Land. Approximately 90.000 of Palestine's Jews remained under a British-imposed dawn-to-dusk house arrest, but little hope of peace was in sight Irgun Zval Leuml, Jewish under ground organization, appealed to members of Uie two other under ground groups, Hagana and the Stern Oan, to Join In It offensive against British rule. Today' attack caused no casual ties. Four Killed In Fire At Minot MI NOT, N. D.. July 22 (Pi A fourth man died today of burns suf fered In a series of gasoline ex plosions which caused fires that ravaged nine business establishments In a four-block area of downtown Mlnot. The fourth victim, Orton Nelson a fireman, was burned while fight ing tho flumes. The others were Chester Wcstom, 32, William Foster, 43, and Adam Runyan, 45. Three persons were injured but were reported In good condition to day. Ohio Hospital statement, but Police Chief Stanley W. Swltter declared that admission closed the case. The prosecutor, continuing his In vostlgitton, announced today Uie retention of Dr. LeMoyne Snyder of Lansing, Mich., medico-legal di rector of the Michigan state police and author of several books on crim inology. From Chief Swltter this activity brought the declaration that: "If Denne McLaughlin has a killer, let him bring him In. I am not having any more to do with his fantastic Ideas." Stab Deeper Pendleton's Loss $500,000 ' PENDLETOrT, Ore:. Jury 22 lV Damage exceeding (600.000 was esti mated today after flames destroyed Uie Western Milling company's flour mill and warehouse, set fire to other building and for two hours threat ened to sweep into the business sec tion. Burning debris, showered onto nearby structures as a aeries of blast set off Uie fire at noon yes terday, damaged Uie roof of Uie UmaUlla county court house, a lumber yard, an aparunent building and several residences. A spokesman for Uie mill said 75.000 bushels of new crop wheat went up in smoke and mill property damage alone was over (250.000. Several residences in the southeast part of the city were damaged when a grass fire, set by sparks from Uie mill explosions, raced through the neighborhood. Housewives manned garden hose. The business section of the city pracUcally closed down as every available man went to work with city firemen to bring Uie blaze un der control. Collapsing roots of warehouses and the mill endangered the workers, but none was injured. YOUTH KILLED BAKER. July 22 (Pi Warren Humphries. 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Humphries of this city, died this morning as the .result of in juries suffered here late yesterday when he ran Into the side of an Ar row tanker truck and was crushed. Bob Watts. Baker, driver of . the truck, was held not to blame. Omit. 1" J , - i ' : ---asM AIVS, rv.....i.kAl . ' nasartii n ' " Y .J Ira Walters piling lumber at a yard on Klamath avenue caught the nine o'clock photon's eye this morning with his display of muscu lar acUvlty. ' Sharp Fight Reported At Probolinggo BATAVLV July 22 UP) Dutch forces atabbed deeper Into Indo nesian republican territory at half dozen point tonight a Indo nesian reports told of stiffening re sistance. Fighting was reported In progress around Probolinggo, an Important East Java port and an anchor of the Dutch beachhead along Uie northeast coastal road. The beachhead established by American-trained Dutch marine In amphibious landings now stretch ed eaat from the Probolinggo area to PandJI for : distance of eome 1 miles. The Dutch reported sharp flght inr at several points, and the Indo nesian army said a battle was un der way at Probolinggo. The Dutch aaid, however, that the columns along the coastal road were vir tually unopposed. Dutch reports told of well-armed Indonesians offering hard resistance at Krlan, midway between Modjo kerto and Soerrabaja, and at Medan on the northeast coast of the neigh boring island of Sumatra. The Dutch said all Initial objec tives In Uielr amphibious operation had been achieved, and that resis tance had been less than expected. A Dutch army communique placed Dutch casualties yesterday at ISO dead and wounded. President Soekarno of Uie Indo nesian republic announced that for mer Premier Sutan 8)ahrlr had left Java on a mission to explain the re public's position abroad. Voman Killed Viewing Fire PENDLETON. Ore., July 22 WV- Sister Mary Doreen, 29, St An thony's hospital laboratory assistant died late Monday of Injuries sus tained when she fell from a balcony while watching the fire Uiat de stroyed Uie Western Milling com pany's flour mill here. Hospital authorities said the nun lost her balance and fell 35 feet to the pavement. She suffered a con cussion and internal injuries. A native of Ireland, where her parent reside, she came to this country as a girl of 16. She came to Pendleton late In June. Her deatn was Uie only one attributed to the fire. Chemawa School Will Continue SALEM. July 22 iPt Continued operation of Uie U. S. Indian school at Chemawa, six miles north of Salem, appeared assured today when U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon telegraphed Uie Salem chamber of commerce Uiat a congressional conference com mittee agreed upon (11.139,700 as the amount of an appropriation for Indian education. This Is an increase of (3.139,700 over the amount originally allowed by Uie house. The Indlon service had said It would have had to close the Chemanwa school if the house amount had prevailed. Boosted r : Y r-r J Carroll Howe, lone-time Klam ath county school system adminis trator, has been boosted to a state level job as s bifh school super visor. Howe Goes To State Post HENLEY. July 22 Carroll Howe, principal of Uie Henley schools, has accepted a position as a high school supervisor with the state depart ment of education. Howe ha been with Uie Klamath county school system for 17 years, and at Henley for 11 year. He was highly successful as an aUileUc coach at Henley, handling those duties along with his school ad ministration responsibilities. He will move his family to Salem, where his headquarters will be. He is one of three high school super visors In the state department. George Elliott principal at Mer rill, is going to Henley to replace Carroll Howe, according to Harold Ashley, county school superintend ent. The Merrill post vacated by Elliott has not been filled. - Elliott and Max Marvin win divide coach ing duties at Henley between them. Burn In Modoc ALTURAS. July 22 Several thousand dollars worth of logs, a small amount of standing Umber and about 450 acres of cutover land were burned In Uie Modoc National forest fire which started Sunday moming, according to Uie latest esU mate. The fire, brought under control Monday afternoon,, after more than 24 hours of strenuous work by sev eral fire fighting crews, was un doubtedly man-caused. C. M. Rector, Modoc National forest supervisor, stated. There have been no storms and no lightning in Uie area for some Ume. he said. Mopping up operaUons in the burned section, which covered 460 acres in the Ted Finney logging operation area, were continued Tues day morning, but the lire was pro nounced "safe" by Uie forest service and some of the fire crew were laid off today. Several valuable Ponderosa pine logs, already cut for hauling, were destroyed and a number of trees marked for falling were also burned. Crews from the Finney operation, the Durkee Logging company and the Edeerton Lumber company assisted Uie forest service In curbing the blaze. Bill Aimed At Grog Advertising SALEM, July 22 iPt A prelim inary inltiaUve measure to restrict liquor, beer and wine advertising will be filed with the state depart ment In a few days by the Oregon anti-liquor league. B. N. Hicks. Ore gon City, legislative chairman of the league, said here today. The initiative, which would go on Uie November. 1948: general election ballot It 18.969 signatures are ob tained, would limit the advertising to the name of the producer or dis penser, Uie name of the product the place where it is sold, and the price. So-called "promotion advertising of alcoholic beverages would be banned. Tot Plans'Test Of Western Help To By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, July 22 (flV-Senator Taft said today he will make a western speaking trip to test re action to Uie republican-controlled congress before he decides finally whether to seek the 1948 OOP presi dential nomination. The Ohio senator will discuss con gress record when he makes the principal address at a homecoming dinner for Ohio senate and house republicans to be given by the party's state committee at Columbus July 1. This is looked upon in some quar ters as the start of a Taft-for-presl-dent campaign, Inasmuch as a na Wage Increase Waived, Olher Issues Settled 8A.V FRANC'IHCO, July 22 (PI A strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers which Immobilised the western lines of the Southern Pacific railroad ended early today alx hours and 45 minute after It began. Thirty-nine minute later the flrat of hundred of locomotive Idled by the brief strike puffed bark Into aervlc. , It wa a awlteh engine in Uie railroad' Oakland, Calif, yard. L. B. McDonald, Houtnern Paelfle vice prealdent In charge of opera Uons, announced at 12:45 a. m.. (P. 8. T.), that an agreement with the union wa reached In negotiation which had continued In aesaion efts the walkout began yesterday at p. m. Shortly afterward P. O. Peter- a son, general chairman ol tne I Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, announced, "An agreement has been signed and Uie atrlke Indefinitely postponed while the remaining Issues are setUed by dl rect negotiations with the rail road." Wax Demand Waived Peterson said IS of 20 points at issue, mainly affecting working ruls, were aetUed aUfactortly for the union and that a demand lor a guaranteed minimum wage In crease from 110.(2 to 112.95 wa waived.. "I think the employe got the beat of the bargain," he said. J. V. Corbett, general manager of the railroad, aaid "five of the Issues were withdrawn by the union. Some were compromised and some were settled a requested. The rest of the Isaacs as to the first 20 demand are subject to mediation. . "A compromise setUement was reached to the satisfaeUon of both parties." A company spokesman an nounced rolling atock over the vast western network of 8000 miles of rail extending from Oregon to Texas wa being returned to serv ice as fast a the engineers could be recalled. Idling of the trains had stranded many passengers and threatened loss of million of dol lar in Uie harvest of perishable western crops. Schedules' Resumed All trains, A. T. Merrier. South ern Pacific president said In a statement "may be expected to maintain regular schedules after 6 a. m., today." 3500 Affected "However," he added, "it will be some days before we are able to resume generally normal handling of all traffic." Some 3,500 engineer were affect ed bv the strike. Train en route when the strike began conUnued to division point, where engineers lrfi them. Point at which the engineers walked off . included Oakland. Bakenfleld. Lee Angeles. San Francisco, Sacramento and Roserille. Calif Reno and Spark, Ner Eugene, Ore, El Paso. Tex, Ogden. Utah, and Turn, and Tuc son, Ariz, Some passengers slept aboard halted trains, others wandered about stations awaiting word from Uie negotiaUons in San Francisco. Before Uie strike ended, the com pany had begun arrangement for transporting passengers by buses. S. 6th Light Fete Slated Lights along S. 6th street from Washburn way to Altamont drive will be turned on this Friday night and to commemorate Uie occasion a celebration has been planned by Uie South Sixth Street Improvement association. Sam Ritchie of the California Ore gon Power company today said that the lights have been turned on several Umes recently but only to make final adjustment on trans formers and be sure everything Is in order. The association will meet tonight to form final plans. TentaUvely, Uie highlight of the celebraUon will be a street dance to be held in Uie service runway along Uie street City, county and state officials and those who have been Instrumental In set ting up the lighting district will speak briefly. Heading the com mittee for Uie fesUvitles 1 Ben Adair. Navy To Reduce 1000 Officers WASHINGTON. July 22 lP The navy announced today an "immedi ate reduction" of 1000 officers be cause of budget cuts voted by con gress. The move will reduce the number of navy officers from a present strength of 47,000 to 46,000. Congress gave the navy (3,300,000, 000 for Its operations until July, 1948, or approximately $200,000,000 less than President Truman had asked. Decision On Presidential Bid tional radio hookup will be provided. In fact most Ohio politicians ex pect the state committee to endorse Toft formally as the state's favorite son a week or so later, with Senator Brlcker simultaneously bowing out of the race In favor of his senior colleagues, such a committee move would put Taft in the presidential contest automatically. But Taft told a reporter that he doesn't want to make any personal decision until he has gone west In September after an August vacaUon In Canada. Thus far Uie Ohio senator has three definite, speaking dates on the Pacific coast, one of them non-polit Passengers Held Here By Brief Strike Southern Pacific passenger train No. 19. the Klamath. outhbound from Portland to San Francisco, was caught here last night by the quickly-settled engineers' strike and pulled out at 2:30 a. m eight hours late. The strike was ended by an announcement from the SP" office in San Francisco at 12:45 a. m. and Uie Klamath con Unued It Journey aouthward aa soon as an engineer reported for duty. ine Klamath wa on It run when the strike deadline. 8 p. m, arrived, but the train was brought on into Uie local depot before Uie engineer swung down from Uie cab. The train stopped at 6.30. There were 104 passengers aboard Uie train bound for points south of Klamath Falls; and the Klam ath's schedule called for It to pull out at 6:50. In addition to the passengers aboard Uie train, an. other half dozen were waiting at Uie depot to go aboard. Passengers Sleep All setUed down to wait until Uie strike wa over. Most of the passengers In Uie Pullmans and day coaches were asleep by 10 o'clock, but a few stayed up to listen to strike bulletins over Uie radio. The crew of the train, with the excep tion of the engineer, stayed aboard and everything wa kept ready for a quick departure a soon as the strike ended. Several freight trains were (tailed here by Uie strike, but two pulled out shortly after the engineer were called back to work and other were making up and leaving Uil morning. i ' Bunched Trains The strike and consequent re turn to work threw almost all pas senger trains off schedule, so that four trains came through Klamath Fall between 11:30 and noon to day. The Cascade and Beaver. southbound from Portland, were In first, then came their northbound counterparts from San Francisco. Most of the trains will be back on normal schedule tomorrow. The Southern Pacific had very little freight shifting to do here during the strike, because all the perishable freight and livestock: was turned over to the Oreat Northern yesterday. The strike didn't last long enough to disrupt Uie supply of logs to Klamath mills or otherwise to cause an Industrial disturbance hprp OVS Sign-Up Continuing Prospects for a greatly enlarged enrollment this fall at the Oregon Vocational school are growing dally with from two to 12 callers each day inquiring about classes and signing applications to begin study later this year. Winston Purvine, director of OVS, said today that most of Uie in quiries are from veterans and most of them are Interested in beginning classes in September. At present there are approxi mately 35 students enrolled in the four classes offered, two body and fender classes, an auto mechanics class, and a course for cooks. Classrooms and shops are being readied for additional classes In diesel mechanics, radio appliance repair, refrigeration and pho tography. Purvine stressed that Uie classes will not be open until shops are completed and Instructors hired and on Uie Job to avoid delay. Stu dents will be given two weeks' notice on the starting of new classes. Reaction As ical. He said he will appear with some other members of congress on a discussion panel of Uie American Bar association meeting in Santa Cruz, Calif., September 12 and 13. On September 19 he will apeak In San Francisco before the Common wealth club, an organization the late Wendell L. Wlllkle used as a spring board for his 1940 presidential cam paign. From Uiere Taft will go to Gear hart, Ore., to address the republican clubs of Uiat state. He said he had received "numerous Invitation" for talks on the return trip and may accept engagements In Idaho, Wyo- , mlng, Nebraska and other states.