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Newspaper Page Text'"w..yi(4-" IMl M N UV f0 1OT mm 11 Tito Day's ps lly rilANK JKNKINH TIIK Homo general Mi-Ike, after holding frightened, needy Itullun workers away from their Juba lor two dnyn, In culled olt by tlir. com munism, who CLAIM VICTORY. Premier de Gasperl's iiovrriiiiicnl denounce tho "victory" claim "wuhnut founilullon." 1'oiluy'i dltputchcs Kiirt the alt tiallim In lloiiio Ha "buck In noriiml, with thn cndliiK of tho strike: Jeep loadu or riot police bio circulating throughout the city, but are finding no trouble," It aceiiin u (ulr conclusion Unit the alrlko IiUlrd to accoinpllnh Ita rr.ll purpose, which was to uii'iri the ex-latin- iiintl - comiminlo govern inriii, tlma KlvliiK tho rcda tho op portunity in seiac by force the lead ership wlilih they hnvo been iinnblo to iiniii by iiieiuia of tho ballot. PHKIlK la oilier poihlbly liilerellni "'irvldenco Uiat these comtilumiu liinplreil atrlkea III Prune mid Italy omy have been acutely dlauppoliitmi to their Inaplrera. In London, at the foreign' ntln ltrr conference. Mololov blows hla lop. lie charge that the western powera are "prolltnni on Clermnn exports . . . buylini up German firms , , . pihiiK up economic obli gations on (ieriininy . . . trying 10 perpetuute tho divUlon of Ger many." All thla, ho dcrlarra. la "purl of a alraleiitc scheme to convert I lie weatern lone Into a bal for an attack on the "DKMOCKATIC COUNTRIES" ol Europe" . (IN the Manual dlctlonury, "democratic" country It COMMUNIHT country. H follows. Iherefore, thut the only democratic countrlea are those Included wllliln the coininunlnl Ruulan bloc. All oihera. In the red Jumon, are Taaclnl.") IN trying to fmure out WHY Molo tov auddenly blew hla top (he haa been aa mild u dlahwater ao far throughout the current aeulon of tho conference of foreign mlnlatcral let'a apply Uio well-known Mluourl technique for finding a lout mule lhat in, let'a try to Imagine what we'd do If wo were a mule that waa aklpping out. What would you do If you were an tipper-bracket conimunlal, achemlng for a world revolution that would put llmlUeaa power within your hand without eren having to go to war to got It, and you got a naaty aotback In two ol the key countrlea Mua you wort expecting to tall Into your lap? You MJOHT blow up. : FHB "authorities" (thona who have 1 "Inalde" aourcea of Information) have been telling ua for aome time that when Mololov and Vtahliukl become particularly vluieratlve they are TALKING TO THE RUS SIANS rather than to ua. In tho prcMiii sltuuilou, that aeema to nmko a certain tort of aeiuo, Tho home folk HuMlam must have been led to believe that both Italy and Prance wero duck aoup for communism. The way It has been told to them, the opprciued "lib erala" In both nullum have, been Ju.it on the point of rlalng In their democratic might and aelxlug the relna from the hands of the wicked "faaclaU." Then come these twin Jolla In Parla and Rome. It could be that Molotov la danc ing the war dunco and bentlug Iho war drum In order to divert Iho minds of tho fnllhlul uwny from the nasty socks on tho button that com munism has tix ken In France and Italy within the past few days. QN our part, of course, we mustn't Jump to the rosy conclusion th.u etcrythlng In lovely, with the goose hanging high, In Italy and France. Thul Isn't true. What haa hap pened there can be at best only a hopeful straw In a high, cold wind. Frenchmen and Italians are still hungry and cold. Must of them are still bitter as they gaze upon the fat, sleek black ninrketecrs who are lfrnllnNd an ri t. Calainn at - AM Thla picture waa taken al yesterday's report luncheon with the fln.il lilarkbonrd milutlon shoniug the Klamath Community Chest ovtr lit 168,000 goal. Co-Chairman Ken Klahn of the drive la marking the board. Board Chairman Arnold (iralapp at left, and Malcolm Kpley. drive co-chairman, ia at right. WrV.,..: PTllK u. !'. rn . mib ia I J I' 1 IV., lHLII.n 14 huari au I W lit 6AU f aiiiam rr ! au i.a y I " -fA l.ait mr I II N.tmil ... . Ua r.,.n ci.yr. ,, ,'.'1 ,vff ... HtMJK FIVK CKNTN irike ... .i , , . , j GOP Senators Keep Secret Own Anii -Inflation Slate Which Leaders Agree Upon WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 il'i Republican acnatora aureed today oil 10-polnl antl-liiflulloii program aimed at curbing the cost o( llvtria through volunury action combined with mine government control. Chulrman Mllllkln iR-Colo.i of tho republican aenate conference withheld detnlbi of the program until Senator Tnfl of Ohio cull complete redrafting a alulemeiit agreed upon at a four-hour m-vIoii of all the' GUI' acnatora. The atutement wan Mild to cull fur the apeedy ennctmcnl by congress of County Sets Zone Group A nlno-mun county planning and tuning oommlMion luu been ap pointed by Uie county court ana a measure may be Inserted In the May primary election .ballot asking the voters to give Uie commission authority to go ahead with work setting up lone and building regu lalloiia 111 the suburban regions of tho county. Tho commission was set up in ac cordance with two lawa passed by Uie recent suae legislature, but ap proval of the county voters u neces sary to allow the commission to function. Work of the committee would be to gone the county lor future build ing, require building permits as la dune Inside the city limits and pro pose, land-use regulations. The par ticular area which this commission probably would work la In the "fringe" districts Just outside the Klamath Palls city limit. Fred Pope, member of Uie county court, sold that the court probably would call for a voto on the May ballot "should the county court be authorized to enact toning and land-use regulations." If that la approved, the planning commission can start to function. Appointed to the commission were V r n Moore. Hugcr. temporary ! chairman: Scott Warren, Algoma; j Henry Wlard, Altamont district: Jerry Slsemore. Fort Klamath; Harry Obenchain. Bly; Dick Hen el. Mnlln: E. C. Lemlcr. Merrill; j N. H. Hansen. Lenox addition, and , Jesse Drew. Hlldebrande. i Ice Crust Covers Crater Lake Snow A thin, Icy crust cavers 43 inches of packed snow at Crater Lake na tional park and (he Saturday morn ing report was favorable toward week-end skiing prospects. Roads In Uie park were said to be very slick and no cars will be per mitted to travel beyond Annie Spring without chains, rangers said this morning. Minimum temperature this morning was 34, the maximum Friday, 40. Both the lunch counter and ski tow will be in operation Sunday. A big crowd wot expected In the park Sunday with skiing con ditions as good as Uicy are today. When Chest W :nt Over Top 0 rtMA.x5Y A,r..5' 3' '"A S" t,ia1ari a . i.m. n. in mi . .aim mil ! m ail tnntV i,-..-!....,, fc.Tr.K.MiJ Claim leied legislation setting up procedure for agreement by buslncsa and agricul tural luteresu to parcel out scurce ' cost of living Items, j It was reported to contain sevcrul of the propowls laid down In I'renl- dent Truinun's 10-pomt program I submitted at the oiicnnig of the spcclul session ol cungress, such as export controls. I Mllllkln said the statement, which Tuft promised to have ready later in the day, was approved unanimously, mi far us 1 could see," by more than 3b republican senulors present. I Tull explained thul the statement, '. as revised, will be sent over fur ac tion by house republican, he vx I pressed hope the house members can agree on it unu uius muxc it u general republlcun program. Mllllkln said the conicrcnce made "some change In theory and many changes in lunguugo" In a previous statement dialled lor Ita considera tion by the scnuio i,iubllcun policy committee, which Tint hcuds. Tall showed reporters a typewrit ten copy on which changes had been Inked In on nearly every line, but refused to let them read It. "Musi of Die four hours of this conference has been spent In draft ing language expressing the re publican view and It must be pre sented in exactly that languugc." Die Ohio senator said In declining to summurlie the statement. Prior to the senate republican groups action, the house banking committee took action on a separate report. It said It haa not closed the door on Uie president's anU-lnlla-Uon program but 11 contended some, of his proposals might lead to "dis tortions" and "dlversloin." Yule Lighting, Deadline Set Deadline for Judging entries In tho annual Christmas lighting con test has been et for the early eve ning of December 31. Al Longe. Jaycee chairman, stated today. No cm.r,ra w " JuaKra "l" Inu "me 81 ? ". nomc-owners win oe per- i nmieu 10 bsk ior re-junging alter December 31 through additional em bellishments of their display. 1 Earl Redman, George Dlmbat and I Dick Magtilre will Judge the dis plays and they will be assisted by sub-committees from the various lonf.v A list of prizes will be pub- llshcd next week. I The city has been laid out In five I tones which will be number 1 to 6: I ones 6 and 7 in the suburban areas ! north and south of tho railroad tracks: none 8. Llndlcy heights on to Weyerhaeuser. A card or phone cull to the chum- ber of commerce stutlon that the ' home-owner desires to enter the i moo-pound mow animal, wno train contest, will be appreciated by the : ed on carrots. The man Is Chester committee. Awards will be presented I Fiupatrlck. 225-pound red - head at tho community program on Mo-' Irishman, who trained in a pool doc field December 23. I hH. - They will get at opposite ends of IIODY FOl'M) ' 300-foot rone at 2 p. m. and begin ALBANY, Dec. 13 The body of Irwin E. Gardner, 58. was found yesterday in Muddy creek, a stream which crosses his farm near Halscy. He had been missing since Uie previous day. ia if ' .1 J m mmm. r v a w " j mm y w i r t a i KLAMATH FALLH, OREGON, (SATURDAY, Communist Victory Is Held False HO.MK. Dee. 13 MV-The govern ment of Premier Alelde de (iaapert denounced today aa "without foun- aution communist claims ol vie- lorr In the 48-hour general strike : which ended al midnight The communiala asserted they had squeezed an additional 7.700. 000,000 lire (S1W47.D74I in unem ployment relief funds out of tiie government with the strike, which ended after a steely show of gov ernment might- Thc communique from the office of the Christian democrat premier said the communist clulm was un founded and thut the strike ended where It began with an offer of n.000,000,000 lire nwzumoi. Of tin. 11 billion total, seven was for new appropriations and lour from - funds alrcudy set aside lor puDhc works, Uie communique said. Not Confirmed A report that Uie city of Rome was prepared to add 2.000.000,000 In is317,OOOi has not been con- , Ilrincd. Labor hau asked tor a 14 j bill. on lire program, with 10 billion ' 111 new appropriations. j The situation in Home was back i to normal this morning with ending I of the strike. Jeep loads of riot police circulated through the city i nut lound no trouble. The eommunisl-dominated chum- i ber of labor of Home province, which ordered the work stoppage Wednesday night and called It olf last night, ellective al midnight, used only one word in its dally news bulletin this ruornlnt: "Victory. i . De Guspcrl. on Uie other uund, declared that lurge scale public works projects already were lu Uie mill and told reporters that the agreement which ended the strike could have been reached bciore 11 began. He implied what other members of his party and his party's news paper said In plain words: Thai Uie strike was called for political purposes only. Leftists have been galled ever since De Oaspert tossed them out of his cabinet last May. Big Pull Due Today WATERLOO. Ore., ""ec. 13 (Pi It's the showdown today for man vs. horse In a $5000 tug-of-war that Is drawing fnrmcrs from miles around In this Western Oregon farrning community. The horse Is 12-year-old Baldy. a i iiiggiuir. i nat is. me norse win. it win oe nis 'oo to try to pun tne , Irhman unrlght. The sly Flfnatrlck will lie down, and It's no reflection on Uie Irish. In that so-restful position, he wMl place the rope In an angle vari oti'siv estimated from 1 to 7 degrees. The horse will heve thre m'niites to pull FltnBtrlri' erect. tu the rope from htm. or cause h,m to ehnnie noslllnn ''"hen an est'mntd 5.000. woeered In small hots bv the farmers herenbouts will rhnnge hands probably In less than three minutes. TrnHinn DeHieted PORTLAND. Dec. 13 (flh-Llght wheat tmd'ni for the rest of this venr was oredieted bv the U. S. dennrtment of agriculture today. The TTSDA's weekly grain review reported growers inclined to hold Ihelr remaining storks until lifter the first of the year. Trading was light this week, though the Portland market was strong, with a net gain of 6 cents a bushel on most types of wheat. Columbia river terminals received 7fii cars of wheat during the period. PArSCcFf feist DKCKMBER 13, , 1M7 Telephone Rill No. 1211 Telephone Rill Wanna Buy A Vs ft i.e. -, t .wfiu- Lucille Caldwell, clerk In Ricky Jewelry store, ihowa a diamond ring to a strange customer. This duck wandered into the store without coercion at 3:30 p. m. Friday, taking; his place among: the crowds of Christmas shoppers. House Banking Committee Snipes At Price Program WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 olv-The house banking committee said today it has not slammed the door on Piestdent Truman's anti-inflation piogram but contended some of his proposals might lead to "distortions" and '"division." -The committee said the president himself feared year ago that se lective price controls might lead to these tilings. The group filed with the house a formal report approving a GOP substitute for Mr. Truman's plan, centering around permission for business to make agreements to cut prices without violating the anti trust laws. The republican measure Is slated foi house consideration Monday. As the report was filed, republican senators prepared to review a cost o! living statement submitted bv : Senator Taft R-Ohio. Senators I who saw Uie preliminary draft said Jet Bomber Test Halted SEATTLE, new six-Jet Dec. 13 iPy Boeing's experimental heavy bomber, the XB-47, will not make Its Initial flight to the Moses lake ail forces field until Sunday or Inter, depending on weather condi tions, it was announced today by N. D. Showalter. chief of flight tests. Bad weather forced cancellation of today's scheduled takeoff. Sho- woher said. The XB-47 made four successful "fit speed taxiing tests yesterday. j reaching maximum soeeds of ap- pioximately 100 miles per hour. Company officials said the big plane functioned perfectly when it was tested under "unsymmetrlcal pewcr." achieved through shutting off some of the Jets during the fast toxi runs. Crews will double check the radically-designed craft and Its equip ment today to make certain It Is in top shape. BASKETBALL Pelican Court Saturday, 7:30 P. M. Probable Starting Lineups (First Game) Astoria Poi. Oregon City 14 1 Korpela .'. F Hoffman 11 15. Morse F Sanetel 12 8 Logue C W. Van Pelt 14 1 2 Kittilson G Spiess ' 7 17 Syvonen C Schniable 3 Astoria reserves: 10 Hansen; 16 Franciscovich; 1 1 Erickson; 19 Simonson; 13 Fransen. Oregon City re serves: 4 Cook; 6 Snook; 9 Ruby; 10 Ruminski; 13 C. Van Pelt. (Second Game) Klamath Pot. Kennctt '. F .. Barnes F Dawes C. Lust C Zarosinski C 3 5 15 10 8 Klamath reserves: 4 Stringham; 7 Elliott; 13 Whitney; 20 Torgerson; 6 Dorman. Grant reserves: 5 Patterson; 9 Hays; 8 Keller; 3 Dickey. Ring, Duck?' that it too left a loophole through which Uie GOP could fall back on seme form of compulsory action if its proposed voluntary methods fail to halt rising prices. These senators said the advance statement was significantly lacking in any attack oh Mr. Truman's re quest for standby wage-price and rationing authority. Taft's state ment proposes to set out GOP aims. In Its report to the house, the banking committee said it "has endeavored to comply with that part of the president's program which it believes can safely be put into effect immediately." "The committee expects." it said, "to continue to study the whole program and to explore Its potential consequences in Uie next regular session of the congress." The committee said no adminis tration witnesses have been able to tell how the stand-by controls j asked by Mr. Truman would operate I until voluntary efforts had been tried, so it "became clear" that no action Is necessary on them at the I special session. Nimitz To Quit Monday WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 liPh-Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. who is far as Uie east coast states are con retiring Monday as chief of naval ceroed was taken i-M yesterday by operations, said farewell to Presi- Socony-Vacuum when it advanced dent Truman today. He shook hands with everyone in the White House lobby Including re porters and guards. He said he will leave Monday for the Pacific coast where he will visit a married daugh ter at San Diego. Calif. "I will have an office In the 12th naval district at San Francisco where I can be reached." Nimitz said. He displayed a silver cigarette case given him by his associates on which names of several were en graved. Including that of President Truman. ' Admiral Louis M. Denfeld will take over Nimitz' post as chief of naval operations. ., Grant Rivenburgh Ferrell " Hall Marineau Croley -Edwards; 1 2 Brightman; 9 Bonawitz; 6 Christmas Spirit Sends Duck On Shopping Spree Over the river and through the wood came a duck. It put down on Main street at 7th, early yesterday afternoon, threaded Its way pur posefully through traffic, hopped up onto the curb and went Into Rlckys Jewelers. He was assisted up onto a counter by a courteous clerk and shown a diamond ring. The duck Identified as a canvas back did not act wild or frightened, but only slightly dazed by the glit ter around him. Some of the amazed customers in the shop sup posed the bird may have hit a wire In flying too low over the city. Rlckys' service extended to giv ing the bird a lift down to the river where he took off happily to Join his comrades, his Christmas window shopping over. Lamm Estate Tops Million Final appraisal of the estate of the late W. E. Lamm, pioneer lum berman of this area, set the value of Mr. Lamm's holdings at Jl .662,722.23, making It prooably the largest estate ever probated in Klamath county. Mr. Lamm died September 23 at the age of 61 and the bulk of his estate was left by will to his wife, Mrs. Alice McCourt L-nm. Appraisers were O. C. Lorenz, Mitchell Tillotson and Sam Rife. The Inventory of the estate In cludes $158,000 In a checking ac count in a San Francisco bank: $206523 in interest-hearing U. S. treasury bonds: 1500 shares of caoi tal stock In the Deschutes Lumber company with a market value of $829545: 2870 shares in the Lamm Lumber company worth $200900. and 173 shares of stock In the Och oco Lumber company worth $86500. The appraisal did not Include Insur ance. Las Vegas Business Off LAS VEGAS. Nev.. Dec. 13 (At Marriages and divorces, important commerce in this busy town, are falling off from the high levels of the war-time years. County Clerk Gertrude Moore reported todav. The all-time high for marriages was reached in January. 1942, when 2110 licenses were granted during the month. This receded to 1612 in Jrnuary of this year, and so far in 1947 the monthly average has been onlv about 1750. Divorces reached their high water mark in January. 1946. when 642 were granted. Miss Moore said. They steadilv taoered off and in October onlv 275 divorces were issued. It's still big business here, though. The clerk estimated that the aver age person establishing residence for a divorce spends about $1000 during the six weeks, and the aver age newivwed couple leaves about $150 in town, she said. Gas Price To Be Boosted NEW YORK. Dec. 13 VP) A new round of price increase: for gasoline and other petroleum products is ex pected in oil circles to get under way next week. Initial move In that direction so motor gasoline, aviation gasoline. home heating oils, light dlesel oil and kerosene by nine-tenths of a cent a gallon. Heavy fuel oil was upped 38 cents a barrel. In other marketing areas. Stand ard Oil of Ohio and Standard Oil of Indiana, serving mid-western and other interior states, advanced their products last week by larger amounts. Other firms operating in other sections are expected to follow suit by Uie middle of next week but whether the increase will be uni form or not was unknown in eastern oil circles. Three Killed In Flare-Up Of Chicaao Ganq Violence CHICAGO. Dec. 13 VP) Three gunmen, described by police as "mad dog killers," killed three men and wounded two others before one of the gunmen was slain by police machine-gun bullets today. Police seized one of the gunmen and hunted for a third after the wild shooting spree by the trio last night and early today. Two of the victims were slain in a "gang ride." Two others, also ab ducted and shot, escaped, although they were wounded, one seriously. One man was slain In a south side garage, from where the trio had forced the tour other men into their car and had drivei into western suburbs. Bodies of two of the . kidnaped men were found today about 10 hours after the trio had slain John Kuesis, 33, owner of a used furni ture store, at the garage of his brother, Nick. 40. Kuesis' slayer was identified by police as Tom Daley, 42, an ex-con-vlct, who was slain by a squad of detectives early today as he at tempted to flee from a west aide apartment, his slaying following the seizure of one of his companions. - Daley's companion, Capt. Andrew Barry said, told him that after Middle East Death Toll Set At 331 JERUSALEM, Dee. 13 lFl Bombs and guns killed 14 Arab and three Jews and wounded at least 81 other persons In Palestine, batllea today, official reports laid. Six Arabs were slain In Jerusalem and six in Jaffa by bombs. Two Arabs and three Jews died In a gun battle at Bcersheeba In the south. The Palestine death toll after 14 consecutive days of fighting rose to 215. The toll for the Middle East since the United Nations voted par tition was 331. Two anti-personnel bombs were tossed Into the teeming Arab mar ket place before Jerusalem's ancient Damascus g:te, killing six Arabs and injuring 41 others. A bomb tossed from a speeding truck at a coffee house in all-Arab Jaffa killed six more Arabs and injured 40 others. The Holy Land death toll in Jewish-Arab fighting since the United Nations decision to partition I Palestine rose to 210. Bomb Tossed Eye-witnesses at Jaffa said the bomb was thrown from an army truck driven by Jews who entered from Uie direction of all-Jewish Tel Aviv. In Jerusalem's Old City police fired machine-guns over the heads of the milling Arab crowd after Uie explosions. Witnesses said the bombs came from two Jewish taxis. The blast damaged two buses. Two of the Jerusalem dead were women. Outside Uie Old City's gate an Arab mob assaulted a British con stable, who was slightly Injured, and fired on a uniformed Jewish police man. British armored cars prowled Uie area. With the Holy Land's communal fighting In Its 14th consecutive day. the Arab communities counted 97 dead; the Jews, 104. In addition, six Britons, two Armenians and one Mauritian soldier have been slain. Deaths in all Uie Middle East bar totaled 326. Lumber Price May Be Cut NEW YORK. Dec. 1J UP Rep. Gamble (R-N. Y.) says lumber pro ducers are prepared to slash prices as much as 25 per cent and that congress will act. If necessary, to Iepalize an industry wide agreement to Implement such a reduction. Gamble, speaking yesterday be fore Uie Metropolitan Association of Real Estate Boards, said that congress, by granting lumber pro ducers partial immunity from the anti-trust laws, would be acting to alleviate the present housing short age and help curb Inflation. The chairman of the Joint con gressional committee on housing said that materials are the chief cause of high housing costs, adding that the greatest increase had oc curred In lumber with prices now averaging 221 per cent more than th" 1939 level. Gamble said he had been In formed by big timber Interests that thev are ready to work out a price cutting plan "If it can be executed with the aoproval of the department of Justice." Bandit Picks On Broke Victim DETROIT. Dec. 13 (Pi A bandit who tried to rob Wayne Rugglea ended no 50 cents in the red, the infnded victim told police today. Ruggles. 30. reported a man was lving on the floor of his car when he got In last night, and ordered him to "get going." He said ha drove until his gasoline tank was nearly empty, and told the bandit he had no money to refill It. The bandit furnished half a dol lar for gasoline and let Rugglea drive a lew more miles before de manding his wallet. Ruggles pro duced it empty. The disgusted hcldup man gave up. shooting John Kuesis and abducting four men In the garage, they drove to Brookfield where they shot John Kuesis' brother, Nick, and Frank Baker. 17, and pushed their bodies from the car. Nick, not seriously wounded, tele phoned police. Later. Barry said the gunmen told him, they shot and killed Emll Schmlkal, 18, and a youth Identified as James Alex and dumped their bodies into a ditch In suburban Mc Cook and Hodgklns. . Baker, Schml kol and Alex were reported by po lice to have been employes In Nick Kuesis' garage. Police Lt. John McNamara said that the shootings started after three gunmen appeared at the Kue sU garage last nlRht and argued with John Kuesis over an automo bile repair bill. McNamara said John Kuesis, who woe the father of five children, had beaten Daley recently and that they had been on unfriendly terma for the last several weeks after Kuesis had appeared as a witness against Daley during his trial on a robbery charge. ' Police said John Kuesis, well as Daley, had police record dating back several years.