HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1947
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1 Unit tut
Cults 24.00
5 Units 35.M
4 Units , 4(1.00
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Small Quantities at
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SIGNAL SERVICE
STATION
So. 6th at Midland Rd.
Open 7:00 a. m. lo Midnight
Cafe i
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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.
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Southern Pacific
ft. A. Ilourk. DlaUirt frfllhl
and Paasenger Agent Tlrkrt
Office. Ph. 3111
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Rittart Coffee Shop
Shanghai Cafe
Waldorf Billiard
Parlor
Walgreen Drug Co.
Walt't Tatty Foodt
Willard Hotel
Wlnema Hotel