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CPKAKINU In Billings, Miinlanii,
tha other duy, Uonoriil Klaon
liuwor sulil:
"II look mora mid mora as tliuuuh
Ills United male will have tu ac
cept a two-world cfincaiit wlwii wo
have boon Burkina lor u uiio-woriu
plan."
' Herbert Hoover, who will be 13
tiny alter tomorrow, provides a blunt
answer, Ho says In Hun rranciscoi
"Another year alter the war's ond
Und llio earth wIllioiiL peace, with
Hillo recovery In production, with
Iiu'I'cunIiik (Iniiuor of starvation
abroad mill Willi alarms ol another
world wnr."
Ho adds:
"One nnlluil alono-Hovlct Rus
sia Is responsible lor the world's
present unsettled slate."
DtiPOIlE disputing his slulcinciit,
go bock to Uio charier meeting o(
United Nullum In San Fratitiscu In
rurly IIH6.
Recall what happened.
Into Uio structure of Die U. N
charter there was Inserted Uio key
tone ol tlio VI'.TO POWER. II
Inserted Uou ItUMIa lint DEMAND
Uio veto power or NO UNITED
NATIONS.
The veto power wcuKciicd lalally
whatever valuo tlio structure iinuht
have hud. There can bo no humor
ny doubt ol that.
null yourself; "Why did HiiMia
one adoption ol the veto de
vice?" You will need no special liuldu
knowledge la active at mi inmwei.
Common hurso nemo will led you
thai Russia then DARED NOT op
pose Uio unillod world ucmuud lor
pcaca by co-oierullve pressure. The
United Buu- and Uriluiu. not to
inciilloii other nations, were THEN
loo strong to be trilled wiUi.
Ho Russia's leaden came forward
with Uie bTALUNU device ol the
one-nutlon veto power. In purpose
was to lialn lime until tha United
Htales . nd llrltalii should become
weaker wiliit K unit I a became
stronger. :
11 lm worked. What Ituuln
played lor at Bun Francisco him
come about.
THAT t why, u Elsenhower tells
u. wo are lorccd to "accept n
two-world concept when wo nave
been working lur a one-world plan."
i'coco by co-operauve ellort
UiroughouV Uio world U a gamo In
which more Uinn one must partic
ipate. Russia WONT I'LAY.
Thai If being made amply plain
lo us.
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BRITAIN la notably weak, lor rca
sons thai are generally under
stood. Her war burden was ternlic.
Carrying It lor six years ol shooting
left her exhausted.
Tu become stronger, she must
havo MORK PRODUCTION. To ob
lajn muro production, she has turned
la socialism to the theory thnl the
suto must order mid Uio Individual
mini obey. As production lulls lo
nwtcrlaliifc, she turns STILL
FARTHER In Uie soclullsl direction.
The house ol commons today ap
prove.! "In principle" upon second
rending, without a record vole, a
bill giving lo the soclullsl govern
ment I u r I i e r sweeping "crisis
powers." This bill will empower Uie
government to tell British men und
women WHERE THEY MUST
WORK. 11 empowers the state to
TAKE OVKR FIRMS CONSIDERED
TO ME OPERATING INEFI'IC
I1SNTLY. Churchill, leader ol the conserva
tive opposition, culls it a "blank
rheck lor totalitarian government,"
To tlio urginnonl ul Its supporters
that Britain fucos a crisis Unit Is
llkrly to move lorwnrd swlltly mul
that Uie government "must huvo
power to dual drastically mid swlltly
with awkward situations that muy
arise," ha snaps: "Hitler suld Uiat. '
JO there you arc. , '
Hrituln Is teetering on tho ftince.
The probabilities at the moment aro
strong that she will go all over on
the side ol "goyernmont must order;
the 'Individual 'input obey." Unclor
that theory, Uie Individual Is the
pawn; Uie government makes the
troves,
We slinll fee what we shall soe.
Federal Spending Figure
Close To Truman Estimate
WASHINGTON, Ann;. 8 W)
President Trumnn's entry Into tho
battle of the budKCl bolstered evi
dence today that federal spending
this Ilscal year as tho administra
tion adds It up will bo cIoho to
the otlglnnl Whlto House catlmiito
of .17,600,000,000,
Taking an Indirect poke at claims'
of big savings by tho ropubllcnn
congrosa, Mr. Truman announced
that ho . has ordered a "detailed
and cxhnustlvo" study of fcdoral
outlays and Income ,
When this Is completed ho will
Ishiio it rovlow and analysis of "all
tho facts," presumably In tho cus
tomary mid-August budgot rovlow.
Administration budgot officials,
Immediately after coiiRross nd,
Jotinicd, said that dcsplto numer
ous cuts in appropriations the gov
ernment probably -will spond. fairly
close to the amount estimated by
Mr, Truman In hln budget mcssago
last January. They spoke anony
mously, to keep' out of tho political
crossfire,
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Plane
Netherlands
Ready To
Reject Plan
LAKE BUCCK8H, Aug. 8 l'i The
Netherlands government wus report
ed ready today to reject any plan
lur compulsory arbltrutjon ol the
Indonesian dispute,
Inhumed qunrU'rs described the
Dutch position us follows:
1. They n Ii Cuily had agrerd tu ac
cept the "good olllces" ol the United
ritiite la help settle the undeclared
war.
2. They would huvo no objections
to a United Nations commission to
supervise Uie present truce.
3. They would accept no UN com
mission either to mediate or arbi
trate Uie dispute.
The Netherlands views wcie mudo
known as the security council put
the Indonesian question aside until
Tuesday alterniiou to give the dele
gates a chance to study a new com
munication from the Indonesian
government promising creation ol un
arbitration commission.
Police Close
Carnival Game
Three carnival "games ot skill"
were ordered closed by the police
department Inst night utter one
young niun dropped 150, later re
turned by the management, trying
lo pick out the right ping pong bail
Jim Hlllwell, president ot Uie
Junior chnmber ol commerce, snld
Hint he represented Uie Jaycces lu
winching one Kitme and saw rote
James of the lloinnja housing unit
theorelkiilly win a radio und an
other small ca-ih award or two. then
be talked Into a pyramiding system
ol wagering In which he lost t&o,
Alter a protest to Uie carnival
niumuier, the money was returned
wlUi an apology, but three ol Uie
devices, Uie ping pong ball, a wheel
and a marble guine, were ordered
closed.
Blllwrll suld 'Uiat he also saw
another young man drop about 17
and still another around tit on the
guine. ,
Members of the Jnyces have been
at the carnival each night winching
the games, and Hlllwell 'suld Unit
tlio police department ordered the
lid clamped down as soon i It
learned what was going on under
the gulsa of skill.
Ho said that Uie Uuee devices
ordered closed wero ol Uie "Tell-you-whul-1'm-golug
- to - do" variety In
which the player Is gradually built
up Into taking big chances and
losing.
The ' carnlvnl Is booked here
through Sunday, and Hlllwell snld
that Uie Jnyceeif plan to Intorm
Jnycee units In Eugeno, where the
show Is believed to bo booked next,
lo keep an eye on things up Uicfo.
Stllwcll suld tho Jnycees Interest
In tho matter was purely one of not
liking to see the public bilked.
Mrs. F. S. Sargent
Dies In Spokane
Word wns received hero today ol
the death ol Mrs. P. 8. Siuuent on
Thursday morning at nor. homo at
1734 South Lincoln street In Spo
kane, Wash. Mrs. Sargent was tho
mother ol Mrs. Harold H. McCov.
who lived here lor several years
whllo her husband was assistant
manngor of tho local plant of the
Wcyorhncuser Timber company. Sho
was well known here, as sho had
visited her daughter frequently In
Klamath Palls. She had celebrated
her Bind birthday In Spokane Inst
week.
Burial services will bo held Inter
In Plormont, New Hampshire.
But whllo Mr. Truman himself
stilted ho would make no "hnsty
predictions," other administration
officials said today tholr further
studies of tho now legislation bear
out that conclusion ot 10 days ugo.
Thoy calculate that tho congres
sional savings amount lo about
$1,1100,000,000, but that additional
costs npt foreseen when congriiss
weiiy to work In January will eat
up a sizeable part of that sum and
bring tho expenditures total only a
fow hundreds of millions below the
original $37,500,000,000 estimate,
Tho new expenditures litcludo tho
$400,000,000 areok-Ttirklsh aid pro
gram, and tho Virtual certainly of
Britain's using perhaps $500,000,000
moro of hor loan than was bud
geted for this yoar. Also, congress
voted expenditures of $160,000,000
for stockpiling . materials, $04,000,
000 to fight hoof-and-mouth dis
ease $35,000,000 for veterans and
otnor Horns which wore not In the
original budget estimate,
tost
20 Aboard
Navy Ship
In Alaska
KOPIAK, Alaska, Aug, I M
Wind whipped waters along the
Alaska peninsula and the adjacent
Aleutians today were the center ol
a second days' air and ship search
lor missing navy l'IIV-5-A with 20
men aboard.
Nevenleenlh naval dUlrlrt head
quarters said the Kodlsk based
plane, with 15 passengers and a
crew of five, last reported by radio
at 10.4.1 a. m. Wednesday. It said
It was ISO miles from Us Dutch Har
bor destination, with enough gaso
line fur six hours' firing. II had
started the UOO-mllc fllihl at 6:20
a, ni.
Krurchers held the hope that the
plane might have made a safe land
ing In sheltered waters along the
route, with Us radio damaged.
Kin Notified
But the navy yeslerday notified
next of kin of navy personnel that
Ihey were missing. Names were be
ing withheld, It was reported, until
all army personnel kin were notified.
At Uie lime of the plane's last
radio reiwrt, visibility was about
mile but It was burking heavy head
winds.
Weather conditions In the ares
farced search plane from Kodlsk
to turn back olire yeslerday, but U
later Joined the hunt.
The I'UY had participated In sev
eral rescue missions Itself. The last
one was July 8 when It picked up a
critically ailing fisherman from
trawler at sea.
Letter Tells
l(o vacs Death
BUDAPEST, Aug. t W A relloble
Informant said today he had seen
a Soviet letter reporting Uie death
ol Beta Kovucs, lormer sccretary
Keuernl of the smallholders party
whose arrest by the Russians pro
voked protests from the United
States government.
The Informant said Russian Min
ister O. M. Pushkin had reported
the death, without specifying place
or time, to Uie office ol Hungary's
acting foreign minister, Erno Ml
halyil. Since Kovacs was arrested by the
Russians, he presumably died In a
RiLvtlau prison.
A spokcsuinn for Mlhnlyll said at
a news 'conference today that
'nothing wus known" of the state of
Kovucs' health. ,
Kovacs was Uiken from his home
by Russian troops the night of Feb
ruary 25, on charges of espionage
agulnsf the red army. Members of
Uie Hungarian smallholders party
and later the American government
charged Kovacs was arrested by the
Russians only after the Hungarian
communist parly had lolled to se
cure his arrest on tho grounds Uiat
he had plotted against Hungarian
"democracy."
UP Railroad
Asks Damages
PORTLAND, Aug. 8 (PI The
Union Pacific railroad seeks $134,120
from the state of Oregon (is a result
of a rock and earth slide which
burled its tracks at Multnomah falls
last year.
In suit tiled In circuit court yes
terday, the railroad alleged the state
failed to tnka precautionary meas
ures and as a result the rock and
oar 111 slid from the state's rock pit
on the hillside above the tracks.
The company alleges heavy ex
ponse in clearing the tracks, repair
ing dnmnge and re-routing trains to
tho Washington side of the river.
Tlio Columbia river highway also
was closed by the slide.
DA's Wife ECilis Qn
HOT SPRINGS, Ark.,'Aug. 8
Prosecutor Sidney S. MeMuth said
his pretty 26-year-old blonde wife
killed his father, Hal P. McMnth, 56,
at their swank suburban homo early
last night while "hysterical with
fright" , .
. MeMuth declared he was request
ing Circuit Judge Clyde E. Brown to
cull a spcoinl meeting bt tlio grand
Jury to Investigate ami also was re
questing appointment of a spcolal
prosecutor to present Uie case.
lNIeiMnlli, who spearheaded an ex
servlcemcn's ticket which unseated
a powerful Hot Springs organisation
rust year, said the circuit Judge had
Indicated ho would eomply. Brown
and MeMath, a wearer of the Navy
Cross earned with the marines In
the Pacific, aro law partners,
Hnggard, unshaven and attired In
.ATI! FAI.I.H, OKKOON, HtlDAV, AUUVHT . 1047
Ilreaklasl was In the ofllng for I'epe, this little gray squirrel, at 9
on whose shoulder Pepe Is perched, found the bushy-tailed UtUe animal
long ago, and the two bave since been fast friends.
Body Found
In Reservoir
LAKEVIKW, Aug. 8 The body ol
Ralph Newman, 38, who drowned lb
Thompson's reservoir last Saturday,
was recovered late yeslerday after
noon by two Weyerhaeuser Timber
company employes who had been
detailed from camp 8 to make a
dully search.
The body was located In the water
about 100 yards Irom where loot
prints had indicated Uiut Newman
had taken to the water In an at
tempt; to swim across a narrow neck
of the lake.
Tom Radcllffc and E.ul Smith
made the find. Radclllle was In Uie
fishing party with Newman the day
he drowned. i '
Sheriff Hank Caslday and District
Aturney Bob Welch brought New
man's body to Lakeview. His wife,
from Hollywood and brother, Mar
vin, from Oakdale, Calif., arrived
in Lakeview yeslerday.
Phones In Car
Now Reality
PORTLAND, Aug. 8 Wt Tele
phone culls Irom nulomoblles plug
ging Into the Portland exchange,
will be possible within a month,
Uie Pacllic Telephone and Tele
graph company reported today.
However, at an liuUtllaUon
charge ot 'IS, monthly minimum
ot t'i'i and 3D cents a call alter
Uie Ural 20 if Uie utilities com
mission approves Uie rate Uie
number of applications is expect
ed to be somewhat restricted.
Initially Uie company will have
equipment' to handle only 33 In-.
sUUlaUons and It said the service1
would sUfft with possibly 15 or 20
subscribers, most of them commer
cial vehicles.
Plans call, the company reported,
lor installation of additional pick
up stations from Portland to Eu
gene along highway 68-E and on
the Columbia River highway, per
mitting motorists to place calls to
passing clUcs. -
Driver's License
Renewals Due
SALEM. Aug. 8 (P "Every Ore
gon driver's license numbered be
tween 5R-66.000 and 5R-09.000 must
be renewed this month," Secretary
of State Robert S. Pnrrell Jr., re
minded Oregon motorists today. Li
censes with serial numbers lower
than 54-666,000 have been void for
somo time, he declared.
Schedules showing, when licenses
become Invalid arc available free at
service and police stations, sheriff's
offices or from driver's license clerks
or txamlners. I
rumpled shu t and trousers, McMMh
handed reporters a prepared state
ment covering the investigation of
the shooting. The shooting first was
reported by the young prosecutor's
wife, at exacUy 7 p, m. (CST) and
McMnth's statement was the first
official prondtmpement covering the
affair. v
'l'raglo Occurrence
McMntlVs account:
"This is a tragic occurrence. I
grieve for my fnUier, my moUicr,
my children and my wife.
"My father has been running my
farm, coming: to tho form In the
morning and returning to his home
In Hot Springs In the evening, For
years he has been an excessively
heavy drinker. When he drank, like
many men, he underwent a change
In character. Lately ho has been
(Telephone Sill)
Round-The-World Plane
Leaves Cairo For Karachi
CAIRO, Aug. 8 WP Pilot William
P. Qdom, a third of the way along
on his elfort to set a new solo record
around Uie world, left Cairo today
at 6:39 p. m. (11:39 a. m. Eastern
Standard Time) for Karachi, India.
The former British ferry com
mand airman, now living in Roslyn,
N. Y., was only 23 hours 46 minutes
out ol Chicago, his starting point,
as he headed down the 2200-mile
leg to Karachi,
He was trying to cut to 90 hours
or less the 186-hour record lor a
solo Illght around Uie world set by
Wiley Post In 1933.
Odom spent only 55 minutes In
Carlo retuellng. He arrived Irom
Parts .at, &:44 p,.ra, and said. he.had
averagea aDout 4j roues an nour ou
Uie hop from t France In perfect
Rising Mercury
Forecast Here
Afternoon temperatures hovering
In the 80 s, blue skies, and sunshine
are tic optimistic weather forecast
made today by the state weather
bureau. .
Klamath people, noting the grad
ual lowering of night temperatures,
will have ae least one more nice
week-end for their summer excur
sions belore nippy fall weather gives
added appeal to a cozy chair and a
good book.
The mercury dropped to 44 de
grees on Uie CAA weather station's
official thermometers in the wee,
smell hours of Friday morning. At
12:30 today the temperature was at
73.
Employment
Hits Record
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 OP).
Civilian employment mounted to a
new all-Ume record of 60,079,000 In
July, the census bureau reported
today.
Joblessness climbed also, reach
ing 2,584,000 as students, sought
summer work and graduates hunt
ed Uieir first Jobs. This was 29,000
above June.
The month was the second in
which the working force topped
60,000,000 tho "full employment"
goal as defined by former Vice
President Henry A. Wallace. July
employment topped June, the pre
vious high, by 24,000 workers.
Counting those In the armed
forces, the nation's July total of
Job holders was 62,664,000..
drinking more and more. Drinking
caused him to become Irrational,
abuslvo and violent
"Monday when I was In court in
Mt Ida nij wife, Anne, had to call
the sheriff's office after he (tho
elder MoMath) had maltreated and
badly bruised her,
"I arrived at the samo time the
sheriff's deputies did, 'Anne wns
badly shaken and frightened when
I got to her, I at once took my
father In hand and as soon as he
was able we discussed Uie situation.
He agreed with me that he needed
medical treatment. Arrangements
for proper care and hospitalization
for him were to be completed this
week, s.
Started Drinking
..."Yesterday he started drinking
again after I had left town. He
No.
7i
r
o'clock this morning. Jerry Hayden,
In the woods at Fort Klamath not
'
weather. Gander, Nfld., was his
only stop before he hit Paris.
Tall winds were promised to help
on Uie India leg.
The 8 foot 2 inch flier. 27 years
old, left Paris at 11:39 a. m., Cairo
time (4:39 a. m.. Eastern Standard
Time) after a stop of 91 minutes to
take on 2000 gallons of gasoline, he
got 1200 gallons of gasoline in an
hour's stopover last night at Gander,
his first landing after leaving Chi
cago at 12:53 p. m., Eastern Stand
ard Time yesterday.
His flying lime to Cairo was 19
hours 20 minutes. The trip here
covered about 6500 mile ol the
10.600 mile route he charted around
the World.. He flew around Uie world
last April In 78 hours 55 ' minutes
but not alone. Milton Reynolds,
Chicago manufacturer, -and T. Car
roll Salee. accompanied him then
in the same plane.
Odom looked fresh as he climbed
out of the cockpit at Farouk field
here. He said he had averaged
about 285 miles an hour, Including
time aground, since be left Chicago.
He estimated Uiat his average
speed since leaving Chicago was
about 20 miles an hour faster than
on his previous trip with Reynolds.
He said Uie weather had been per
fect all Uie way.
Police Probe
Indian Death
Turning back rumors that Uiere
was something that didn't meet Uie
eye In Uie death of Jlmmie Chock
toot, 42-year-old Klamath Indian In
the main government canal Wednes
day night, state police today said
Chocktoot definitely drowned by ac
cident after a day of hard drink
ing. ' . .
According to police report of their
InvesUgaUon. Chocktoot and his
wife, Vivian Tupper, ore believed
to have consumed two quarts of
cheap whiskey and two quarts of
bay rum Wednesday.
They also ore suposed to have
given a bootlegger $4.50 for another
bottle of whiskey, but the booUegger
pocketed the $4.50 and didn't live Up
to his end of the sale.
There have been several reports
Uiat Chocktoot was seen fighting
with an unidentified man at the
canal a short time before he
drowned, but the body was examined
closely at Ward's Funeral Home
and no marks of violence were
found.
The police theory is Uiat Chock
toot fell down the bank of the canal
and slid on his back, head first into
the water, and was unable to get
out. His wife was not able to pull
him out, either, and it finally took
two patrolmen to get the body from
.the water.
Frighv
returned to our home In my absence.
He started mistreating one of our
horses. Anne pleaded with him to
stop. He became enraged and violent
and threatened to kill the horse. He
also threatened her.
"She ran Into the house to get
away from him. -He followed her,
threatening and cursing and with
his fist clinched. She picked up my
,45 automatic, which r keep in my
desk, with the Idea of frightening
him away.
"He started Into Uie house after
her. Ann knew he was not himself.
She became hysterica, with fright
arid bega.i firing. Anne had never
fired a weapon before In her life. I
know she did not Intend to kill my
father, because she loved him as we
all did, Sho would not have Inten
tionally killed even to save her own
life."
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Tempers
As Committee
Issues Order
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 fAV-Senator Ferguson (K-Mleh.) capped
bitter verbal exchange with Howard Hughes today by Issuing a subpoena
for private document and papers Hughes has In a downtown hotel.
Ferguson's actldn, as chairman of the senate war invesUgaUng sub
committee, came after Hughes had refused to produce John Meyer, hi
publicity man, and had said he would make available from his paper!
only those cleared by his attorneys.
A subpoena also was Issued for
Shouting that "we're not going
structed committee aides to Issue a
supposed to be in custody of one a
of the Hollywood millionaires au
ditors in a downtown hotel room.
Personal Property
Noah Dietrich, who heads Hughes'
Tool company, told the committee
that, although he had been serv
ed with a subpoena to produce
the documents, he legally does not
have possession of them because
they comprise Hughes' personal
papers.
"Do yon have those papers
Ferguson demanded of Hughes.
"I don't have them on my' per
son. If that is what you mean,"
Haghes retorted, as spectators
roared with laughter.
Banging a ' gloss ash tray on the
committee table, Ferguson shouted:
"Don t try to get smart with this
committee." .
As the committee recessed for
lunch, Francis Flanagan, its assist
ant counsel, served upon Hughes
a subpoena to produce the records
of his financial affairs.
Flanagan said Uie subpoena was
for Uie records of Hughes' personal
account, Including his checking ac
count Ferguson told reporters that a
previous subpoena for Meyer had
expired last night He said com
mittee aides last night asked Meyer
to be present today and he BgTeed
to be on hand, but did not appear.
"We trusted him and we shouldn't
have," Uie chairman said.
Flanagan said that committee
investigators were hunting Meyer
In an attempt to serve the second
subpoena on the publicity agent
T. A. Slack, Hughes attorney.
said: .
"I have no idea where Meyer Is."
Food Control
To Continue
WASHINGTON. aIuj. 8 UP) The
United Nauons food and agricul
ture organization said today the
:ohoieis another' year of govern
mental controls over food exports
and imports or a possible serious
political and social blowup in Eu
rope. In a report prepared for its an
nual meeting opening at Geneva
August 25, the FOA called for ex
tension of a system of International
collaboration In dividing scarce
foods among shortage areas.
Dnder. this system due to ex
pire December 31 unless extended
by Uie more than 30 nations volun
tarily cooperaUng the governments
rather than commercial agencies
largely control movements of foods.
Stating that world food produc
tion has not recovered as quickly
as had been expected and Uiat
many areas face even slimmer diets
next yest than this. Uie FAQ said
global action must be intensified to
prevent possible starvation, par
ticularly In Asia.
Bookies Using
Eternal Flame
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 P
Bookmakers have adopted' the eter
nal flame principal as an evidence
destroying device, members of Uie
police Vice squad said today.
Detectives said that in raiding a
West Philadelphia garage yesterday
they came upon a large metal can
containing a lighted burner and a
similar one in a second floor room.
Both cans contained the ash remains
of what the raiders believe were
betUng slips and several other papers
Keie found on the floor nearby, ap
parently dropped in haste as police
entered.
PINE IP
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8 UP)
Western pine orders, shipments and
productio i were up in the week
ended Aug. 2, the Western Pine as
sociation reported today although
shipments ind production were be
low those for the comparable period
last year.
Reinforcements Rushed To
Uncontrolled Tujunga f ire
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 8 liPi-r-Re-
inforcements of 150 firefighters, par
achuted to Condor peak in the An
geles National forest, Joined in the
battle today as the big Tujunga
canyon brush ond light timber fire
raged uncontrolled for its fourth
day.
Early today the blaze had crept
down the canyon to within one and
one-half miles of the small com
munity of Tujunga and U. S. Ranger
M. W. Dunham said the burned-over
area now totaled approximately 4200
acres. .
An effort was made yesterday to
create rain by artificial methods
above the burning area where two
have died and the list of injured
reached some 75.
The Los Angeles Times, with the
aid 'of scientists, arranged to have
dry ice dropped from a plane on, a
cloud In an attempt, which proved
unsuccessful, to Induce showers. The
Flare
Meyer.
to argue with you," Ferguson In
subpoena to seize Hughes' paper
No U.S. Films
For Britain
NEW YORK. Aug. (JP) Erlo
Johnston, president of the Motion
Picture Association of America, an
nounced today directors of the Mo
tion Picture Export assoclaUon had
voted to discontinue Immediately
shipments of American feature film
and short subjects to England.
Johnston said the ban would con
tinue Indefinitely.
The action came after the British
government had authorized the Im
position of an import tax on films
which the organization estimates
will absorb 75 per cent of the earn
ings of American films In Great
Britain.
The vote came In the course of a
closed three-hour session attended
by 50 executives of the motion pic
ture Industry. At its conclusion
Johnston Issued the announcement
and said: ,
"This tax In effect strangles Amer
ican film shipments to England.
"If the British do not want Amer
ican pictures, that's one thing. If
they do, they shouldn't expect to
get dollar's worth of film for
quarter. And that's exactly what
the tax will do."
Object Found
UnderWater
VANCOUVER, B. C. AUg. 8 (CP)
The RCN frigate Antlgonish report
ed today that it had located an
"object about 12 feet high" lying In
60 feet of water off Prevost Island
In the Gulf of Oeorgla. The frigate
has. . been sweeping; the area with,
asJlc equipment for wreckage of th
trans-Canada airliner missing since)
April 28 with 15 persons aboard.
"It could be anything," RCAP of
ficials said as navy divers prepared
to make a descent In the fast-moving,
treacherous waters that have hamm
ered the search.
'We do not want to raise hone
that it may be the TCA airliner."
Located near Active pass on tho
route used by the Vancouver-Vls-toria
boats, Uie island has long been'
the scene of report of "rising oil"
by lighthouse keepers on the Island.
Crater Accident
Fatal To Three
MEDFORD. Auk a (iPi-il
of Uie four passengers in a car that
piungea. on tne crater Lake high
way into a eorze last Mnnrfnv re
mained alive today.
Mrs. Estella H. King, 60, Spring
City, Pa., died In a hospital yester
day of accident intm-ipa TV, ,n
other victims Mr. and Mrs. William
a. Hoiiman, Beaver Falls, Pa.,
brother-in-law and sister of Mrs.
King -succumbed earlier.
The Hoffmans' grandson, 13-year-old
Phillip H. Hoffman, only other
OCCUDant Of the CAr. VM nmnrtoA
somewhat Improved today, though
sun in serious conamon.
Fire Destroys
Yamsay Timber
Over 35 acres of virgin Ponderosa
pine In the little Yamsay unit of the
Klamath Indian reservation were
burned over, before the fire which
broke out Thursday morning was
brought under control. .
Crews working to put out the blaz
ing timber fire reported It controlled
at 9 p. m. Thursday and the mopping
up process was in operation Friday
morning In the region.
A majority of the logs can be sal
vaged usually in a fire of this type,
forest authorities advise, and slight
lost is expected.
paper explained that a "single
cumulus cloud failed, to cooperate."
The attempt was made because, of
recent such rain-making successes
In Arizona. At an altitude. of 14,000
feet a plane made five sweeps across
the top of the cloud, dumping from
60 to 120 pounds of powdered dry Ice
each time. Scientists explained that
the cloud was not high enough to
be in the freezing level where such
an experiment might have proved
successful.
Firefighters, aided by a wind
change, were able to halt flame
which had reached within half
mile of 20 homes In the Twin Peak
area.
Approximately 1000 men were
fighting the fire on all fronts.
Forest Supervisor William V. Men
denhall's aides said the fire wa
definitely out of control on the west
side of Big Tujunga and wa still
a threat on the east tide.
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