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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1947 PACE TWO fa32QQ3 .J Malltirra Dally at I m. ENDS TODAY Shirley Temple Konald It rag mi "THAT HAGEN GIRL" TOMORROW Xmas Day Continuous from 12:30 p. m. J1 "!VJ- JL - . a a, ' ri '- 1 8howa l:Si- 6:4 :OS p. an. ENDS TODAY Margaret O'Brien "The Unfinished Dance" in c.i.r TOMORROW Xmas Day Continuous from 12:30 p m. It's Got That nT'sNTFY H&s MAGIC! FDOAR DMAH BERGf NSHORS UAH HTTIII MUU HKX ico kwo uuntui a mumhtuin COlOt ST Coollnaoat Prom 11:30 p. m. ENDS TODAY I.YN.VE HOBERTS "Winter Wonderland" BOVITA fiRANVILLE "THE GUILTY" TOMORROW Xmas Day Continuous from 12:30 p m. THE GREAT. . ALSO IN ltCHN,cotolil r r ENDS TODAY Show. :4S - U:n n. m Shirley Temple "THAT HAGEN GIRL" TOMORROW Xmas Da Continuous from 12.30 p. m. efTr"- 1 SHIRItY TEMPLE if.. FRANCHOT -i; TONE 4 MADISON7 ALSO 0 arm Pftf Kent Taylor-Louise Currie f A ' ACVENTUROUS f. 0VT09BBS! tar- 16 fi. ilIHl Solons Increase Demands HI BTV mat Anderson Keiease List Of Speculators WASHINGTON, Dec 24 V-Ken. MaeKinnon IK.-Mlnn.l aald today the agriculture department knows of 71 local, state and federal em ployes who were trading on the grain markets in September. MacKinnon called on Secretary Anderson in a teletram to disclose the names of the 11. His action coincided with a re quest by the senate appropriations committee that five government de partments hurry up with reports on whether any of their officials have been gambling on comuiodily mar kets. The committee is checking on al legations that "government insiders" made use of official information to profit In commodity trading. MacKinnon aald in a statement that J. M. Mehl. administrator of the commodity exchange authority, told the Joint congressional commit tee on the economic report on No- Truman Orders Science Spur WASHINGTON. Dec. 24 c.-P President Truman today ordered a government committee created to ; .-tu .,cMi,iii iTCranu oy leaerai agencies. nt issues, an oraer Directing tnat j committee members be appointed by the departments of agriculture, commerce, interior, the army, navy and air force, the federal security agency, the atomic energy commis sion, the national advisory commit tee for aeronautics, the veterans administration and the Smithson ian institute. A White House announcement said that Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman "will provide liaison between the president and the inter-departmental committee and between the office of the presi- I dent and the nation's scientists and their societies." ' Mr. Truman directed that the committee maintain "a continuing study of various aspects of the federal government's scientific pro grams" and recommended ways to make them most effective in pro moting the national welfare. "Big Joe" Out On Pardon HARRISBURG. Pa.. Dec. 24 (4t Governor James H. Duff today com muted as a Christmas gift the life sentence imposed on Joseph J. Bruno for the 1934 election eve slaying at Kelayres paving the way for "Big Joe's" release on parole. The governor acted on the unan imous recommendation of the state pardons board In signing the com mutation for the 64-year-old former republican leader in Schuylkill county. "Big Joe" is the last man still in prison of six members of the Bruno family who were convicted in the slaying of five marchers in a demo cratic parade and the wounding of a dozen others in the ScnuyiKlii ' mining town. I A fusillade of bullets poured into the ranks of the marchers as they I paraded through the Kelayres' street i the night before George M. Earle i was elected goyernor of Pennsyl ; vania, the first democratic execu ' tive of the commonwealth in half a i century. Battered Freighter Limps Into Port HONOLULU. Dec. 24 (A-i The freighter Simon Benson, battered and torn by heavy North Pacific seas, steamed Into the safety of Honolulu harbor last night The Benson, en route to the Orient, sent out an SOS December 15 saying that heavy seas had split its plates and that water was pour ing in on its cargo of rice. The . rice swelled and threatened to rip the ship's sides. ! "We dumped part of the rice," ' said one crewman, "and then the i weather calmed and we were able ; to make It- without too much ' trouble." i The Benson was escorted toward i Honolulu by the coast guard cutter 1 Iroquois. Capt. Vernon McFadden i of Portland, Ore., is the Benson's skipper. I Weight Labeling ! Laws Challenged PORTLAND, Dec. 24 IIP) Weight I labeling regulations of E. L. Peter son, Oregon agriculture director, I were challenged by t h e Davidson Baking company In a suit for en- ininrlpr In .IrfMiit. rmirt. V0tjrrtav I The company points out that it I M i labels Its one-pound loaves of bread ! ft ! as "15 ounces or more" and its one 1 and a half pound loaves as "23 i ounces or more." It says the regula , Hons would require it to label them flatly at 16 or 24 ounces, but : contends the law does not permit tills without misrepresentation, i It asks the court to enjoin Peter son from canceling the firm's bak ing license on the basis of label regulations, which It says he has mreaienea to do. Corvallis Firm Gets River Job PORTLAND, Dec. 24 Oft The Ramsey Construction company, Cor vallis, was low bidder on two Wil lamette river revetment repair projects, the army engineer corps reported today. The firm bid $21,000 for repair of revetment at Dltmars Bend, 11 miles north of Salem .and $37,800 for similar work at Weston Bend, seven miles south of Newberg. Vernle Jar, Gresham, was low at $22,732 for a Job at Grand Island, Yamhill county. rember 24 that as of September 17 the 71 public employes were "long" on 31.000 bushels and "short" 131,000 bushels In the wheat futures market. (A long trader in wheat futures is one who contracts to buy wheat at a cerium price at a future date. A short trader is one who agrees to deliver it.) MacKinnon said Mehl's informa tion w as based on an agriculture de partment report. He added: "Since the department of agricul ture has indicated that this infor mation is In their possession, I call upon them to release the names ol tile 71 persons." MacKinnon said. Anderson made public Monday a list of 711 commodity market traders and promised more names later. Only one federal government offi cial Edwin W. 1'auley, an assistant to Secretary of Army Moral! ap peared on the Initial list. The secretary said at the time that subsequent lists may include some small-salark J clerks who were trying to supplement their earnings by trading in small amounts of grain. Senator Knowland (R.-Cnllf.l told reporters today that Royall Is the only department chief to reply to the appropriations committees re quest for information about anv of' ficials dealing on commodity mar- aets. Koyau s information, he added was not complete. Minister Gets Arson Pardon MADISON, Wis.. Dec. 24 uP Dr. John Lewis, nmmin-nt i rreibytenan clergyman who has been serving a one to five-year ar son term in state prison for the burning of his fashionable Milwau kee church, was granted an absolute pardon today by Gov. Oscar Renne bohm. The governor said the pardon was Issued largely because of the pas tors age and his state of health. The fire caused $100,000 damage to Calvary church in downtown Mil waukee last January. Recently the pastor was removed to Wisconsin General hospital to undergo surgery. Authorities said the elderly churchman, widely known as a writer of religious and philosophical books, would remain at the hospital until his health warrants discharge. Farm Machinery Shortage Probed WASHINGTON. Dec. 24 iPi The house agriculture committee will make a thorough Investigation into the shortage of farm machinery In the nation as soon as congress con venes. Chairman Hope (R-Kas.l said today. He said he wanted to determine how much farm machinery is be ing shipped to foreign countries, what effect the steel shortage has in the machinery supply and how much of the current shortage Is at tributable to strikes last year. ,m . i FUNNY "It's a pushbutton automatic man an KA8aKllillIIIl,t,mKKlllNM it lit 9 it it H it it it it it it it CLOSED DEC. 25 - 26 - 27 GLADNEY and ADAMS Ready Mix Concrete Freak Accident Crop Springs Eternal; Bird Smokes In Bed; Deer Shoots Hunter By NK. Service CHICAOO, Dec. 22 INEAI Smok ing in bed cost a sparrow Its home. And almost cost Mis. Mulie Daugher of Camden, N. J hers. Puuled firemen, looking for the source of the smoke that filled Mrs, Baugher'a home, found It up under the eaves. The sparrow had carried a lighted clgarct to Its nest. To prove that sparrows aren't the only offenders, the National Safety Council, In Its annual roundup of freak accidents, reports that pigeon started a fire In a Wash ington apartment house the same way. Charles Wilfred Arter, pit boy In a South Yorkshire, England, coal mine, set the year's record for a Bird brought home a lighted elgaret, burned up nest. long-distance fall. He dropped 1554 feet down a shaft, and only broke his leg. In mid-fall he overtook an elevator on its way down, landed on its top with only a slight bump, and rode the rest of the way down In comparative comfort. Not to be outdone. Won Dherire. a Lille. Prance, tile setter, fell six floors into a baby buggy from which a frantic mother had Just snatched n "' Dherire was unhurt. The oaoy wi ras fascinated. Mama faint ed and broke her ankle. Inflation Bill Signing Sure WASHINGTON. Dec. 24 tP The White House indicated today that President Truman will sign the re publican - sponsored ami - inflation bill, but probably not until next week. Presidential Press Secretary Charles O. Ross, asked at a news conference when the president will act on the bill, said, "probably some time next week." Then a little later he said the bill might "be signed any day after Christmas." and added, "there will be a statement with It." The bill directs the president to seek voluntary agreements by Indus tries to hold down prices. It also continues government controls over exports and allows the government to limit use of grain for liquor making. . When enacting It, the republican dominated congress rejected Mr. Truman's plea for power to put in price controls and rationing if he decides they are necessary. BUSINESS top Hank likes it better umbrella!" ft ft ft X ft ft ft ft ft lljS Fire nipped a fireman: he dropped his rescue mission. Mrs. Anne McOlimls of Washing ton, D, C. fell from a fourth-floor fire escape, hit a thlni-floor clothes line, and flipped through a window Into the sccotHl-lloor bathroom of a startled neighbor. In Detroit, fireman Horace Le Buuf started down a rescue ladder with Mrs. Catherine Markow.skl when flames from a first-floor win dow hotly nipped the seat of Letlmifs trousers. Ho yelled, dropped Mrs. Markowskl to the ground, lost his balance, and tell on top ol iter. Olf Sunta Monica, Calif., they Mrs. Markowskl was bruised. Lcflout I caught so many mackerel their over embarrassed. ! loaded bout sank. John Nantlco, also of Detroit, spot- When Mrs. Ue Maiksbiuy of ted a leaiing giant cockroach, and i Ccnti alia. Mo., rolled her tar over broke his leg Naullco's not the five times, she crawled unhurt from cockroach's. He saw the cockroach the wreckage, took a quick look at while walking down stairs, aimed a what she had Just lived through knockout kick with his right foot, j fainted, and cut her eye when she slipped with his loll, tumbled down : fell. the stairs, and fractured his right leg. Leroy Thurman. of Oklahoma City, (ell up. He didn't Jump fast enough while unpacking cumpicvsed bedsprings, was shot up to the cell ing, and wound up in a hospital bed. Miss Georgia Brooks, of Chicago, had an off-agaln. on-agatn harrow ing ride in a speed boat at Lake Geneva, Wis. When the boat swerved, she fell out. The boat swerved back again, tossed her 10 feet In the air. and neatly caught her on the prow. Mountain Lion Cubs Go To Zoo PHOENIX. Arlr., Dec. 24 id". Somewhere between here and Du luth. Minn., railway expressmen to day had among their slacks of Christmas parcels a crate contain ing three mountain lion cubs. The six-week-old cubs arc ad dressed to the Duluth. Minn., zoo. They were captured by Maurice O. Cloudt, U. S. fish and wildlife service hunter, on Lion creek, oO miles northeast of here, after he shot their mother. Solicitor's Home Dynamited CLEVELAND, Dec. 24 i,!', The home of Joseph L. Zolazny, solicitor for suburban Garfield Heights, was dynamited today for the second time In nine months. Zelazny, 47, and his wife and two children were asleep In the home. but were uninjured. 'I don't understand what these bombers want from me." the solid tor said. "Last time they came Just before Easter and this time, the day before Christmas." Rough Seas Off Columbia Quieting ASTORIA, Ore.. Dec. 24 iPt -Rough seas off the mouth of the Columbia river quieted today and at & a. m. the bar pilots' schooner, which had been held In 'he river yesterday, crossed out to where four vessels waited. They began coming in over the bar at 9:30 a. m. and three other vessels which had been held in the river during the blow went out to sea. Merry Christmas By EARL WIIITLOCK Those words, centuries old, ex press the feeling that Is uppermost in the hearts and minds of all Americans, at this season. The smiles on the faces you see as you pass along the streets, the gaiety of the shop windows everything bears witness to that feeling of good will for all man kind which la the most Important -" niiuioca thing about the season. Santa Claus Saint Nicholas, the ! patron saint of merchants and thieves and other groups, pawn- brokers and children, sailors and i scavengers he has as motley and diversified a lot as you could Im agine under his care Santa Onus, the spirit of generosity and klndll- ; ncss and good will rules the whole world or at least that part of It which recognizes the birthday of our Lord. I hope you're still teaching your ! little ones to -believe In Sanla Claus In spite of some of the high-domed professors who are against such teaching. For It com- j Ing generations lone faith in gen- I eroslty and kindliness and the things that Banta Claus pcrsonl- fles, It will be a much less pleasant I world to live In than it is today. MERRY CHRISTMAS I Next Wednesday Mr. Whltlock of the Earl Whltlock Funeral Home will comment on "New Year 1048." A deuil deer wreaked vcimcncu on Clarence Clcrkln, of Hudson, Colo., who shot It. The deer then shut (liikln. Cli'i'klii was preparing to tli'i'n.1 lile dead deer when a retlex kick by the animal discharged his gun. The bullet lipped through Oerkln's arm. A hunted quail committed suicide on the gun ot tinne llailleld. Hat field flushed a covey near Joplln, Mo. One quail Hew strulglit lit Hat field, broke lis neck on the gun barrel, and dropped dead at Hat field's feet. Hees brought a new trolley song to Kmi Armstrong. Cincinnati motoriuan. They swnnned through the uiH'ii window of his streetcar. Armstrong butted the bees, his trolley bumped mi automobile, which bumiMul another automobile, which bumped another automobile. Christine Woodward, HI. was trained as a member of Kniiliiiid'ti Women's l.aiul Army to (ace bombs, bullets and battle without flinching. Nothing was said about a mouse. So when one shared tho truck she was (hiving and scampered across her toot, she took the course ot lease resistance, and fainted. The truck went Into a ditch. Miss WihhI ward went to a hospital, and the mouse presumably went back to walking. Kiitsuini Nlshllawa uiul Woodrow Wukatsukl found fisherman's lurk can be too much of good thing. Even the New Look got into the wacky accident picture. Miss Elinor Jones, pretty Chicago secretary, dls. regarded her boss' warning that new long skirts were a tripping haiard, sallied out, tripped, fell and cut her face. Then she dutifully reported the accident to her employer the National Safety Council. Bed iprlno sprang bark, sent Ibis victim to hospital. ah if i w :f (Greyhound Depot) v t OPEN f ! Moke it o date for DUCK HUNTERS! W'r u lit 1 - Jlr ' - rj.. ,iLJV i VJ Friendship and happiness go hand in hand on thii joyous day. Wa oik our many customer! and friends to accept our lincereit wish for a full measure of both on this Chriitmoi day. At we remember with pleasure the friondihipt of the pait year . . . our with for all ii a happy, proiperoui 1948. OUR SPECIAL GREETINGS TO THE RESTAURANTS HOTELS CAFES MARKETS . . . who have used our fine Seafoods and Delicatessens for the past year. May their success In the coming year abound with good fortune and prosperity. a a a a a a a a a a a a I Anchor Grille Bing't Cafe Buffalo Lunch Busy Boo Coffee Shop Chicken Shack The Diner Dinette Cafe Eagle Pool Room K Oregon Vocotional School ! !jj Crater Lake Lodge, Crotor Lake; Mark'i Cafe, Merrill, Oregon; Jj Chiloquin Waffle Shop, Chiloquln, Oregon; Fred's Cafe, Lokeviow, K Oregon; and Eorl'g Market, Don't Markot, Sporttman't Club all of ! a Tulclake, California. 902 Main Truman To Speak On Radio Today WA8IIINHTON, Deo, 24 WI President T r u m a u, celebrating Chiistiuns In the White lluuie for the first time, had a merry greet ing today for all who came his way. He Invited all While. House em-ploycs- lnim nialds tu aides Into his oml office for a luminal hand shake and an exchange of the tra ditional "Merry Christmas." Later, at 0:10 p. in. iK.Hi'i ho ar ranged to greet the entire nation by radio after clicking on the lights decorating a huge living Christina, tree on the soiilh lawn of the ex ecutive mansion grounds, Upwards of lli.ooo persona were exerted to witness the ceremony al first hand, and television cameras were In broadcast the scene for the flraL lime. Kamllv There The president's alsicr. Miss Mary Jane Truman of tliandtiow . Mo and Mrs. Truman's family ate spending the holidays In the White House. After bieaklust Christmas Day. the Trumuus and the Wallaces will gather around Ihe family tiee on the second flixir lo oieii their presents. Later a turkey dinner, with all the customary trimmings, will be served. Mrs. Truman's mother, Mrs. David Wallace; her brothers. Grume and Frank, and their families from In dependence, Mo., and brother Kred, of Denver, all will participate In the observance. Mrs. Truman, Margaret, and Ihe Wallaces plan to iiMend midnight church services loiilghl at a nearby Episcopal rhurch. Mr. Truman, a Baptist, likely will remain In the While House since his church Is not planning a similar service. HONK 3MI K)H UKLIVHtiKS . . I'UICKB 4 I'nit $11.50 1 Unit tut Cults 24.00 5 Units 35.M 4 Units , 4(1.00 Pick t o Small Quantities at Cliff Yaden's SIGNAL SERVICE STATION So. 6th at Midland Rd. Open 7:00 a. m. lo Midnight Cafe i Pres?torlofis CHRISTMAS DAY a turkey dinner! op.n at 5:00 a. m. Jcan't Coffee Shop Jonnia't Cafe Log Cabin The Mecca New K Cafe Night Hawk Cafe Oriental Cafe Pine Street Market Red Roottcr Rettaurant DELICATESSEN & FISH MARKET Albort B. Towns, Mgr. Phono 5374 J. W. Copeland Buys Two Outlets Ptmi'I.AND, Deo, 24 Ml Th, J. W. Copeland yards, Inc., loo,, announced purchiuie of two mm lumber yards an a phase of tin Hi in s expansion 111 Oregon and California. Acquisition of Hie Lone ll( Lumber and Hupply company., Ilt dependence, Ciilll . and II. W. ian. son Lumber company, Riddle, ()r, brought the company's chain of r. tall outlets to 42 yarns, Natural Gas Pipeline Eyed VANCOUVKIt, II U lire. 24 If) The Vancouver Dally Province snirl today the Northwest Natural n,, company has completed a tentative survey of an $0.00o.(KKI pipe line 0 carry natural gus from Allieita to the Pacific Nnrlhwest. The new line, to cross the ll., kin and rome down the Columbia river would servo Hnokaiie. Portland' Heatlle and Vancouver. 1J ('. Iluhu was (Hinted by the news- lmlwr expecting an early coin. I pletlon of conliacls with major pro. i duccrs 111 the area. Turn those --longer-used rtlr Into rash nowl Herald rnd N.-vi Want Ada are Inexpensive and bring quick results. Try the train to California Enjoy the comfort and safety, only the train gives you In winter, mart than ivw, you'll npprwUta th nfrly, twnfort mid JtKmiabittty tlwt Irntn, aloiwt, provide. On lr riU, on tlinir own privt r.Kiit i wny, Irntiui yo through retfttnilMi of iho wvntlwr. Hut Uut in not nil. Ity trmn you can rrlax in tntatiionad comfort. ThviVa plvnty of room to move around. You can mad, writa, play cards or nn p. Washroom and a dining car ara conveniently nar. You can ( whan hungry, $trtp when tiirpy, drink when thmty . . . anjoy youradf ail tha Uma. So next time you plan a trip, try Southern Tactile. It's tha ffnwhlfl way to traval . , , and fnrra ara vary low. SP The friendly Southern Pacific ft. A. Ilourk. DlaUirt frfllhl and Paasenger Agent Tlrkrt Office. Ph. 3111 m Rittart Coffee Shop Shanghai Cafe Waldorf Billiard Parlor Walgreen Drug Co. Walt't Tatty Foodt Willard Hotel Wlnema Hotel
