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.. WEATHER TT0C1 V Vs. rrSi.
i nr frank jknkinm
IN Jlueharcat ttuiiiuiim'a capital)
Couiinunlal Premier Polru Oruia
lays una iiiuriilng:
"Tlio roalgnatloii u( Klnu Mlhal
and tlio proclamation of itunmnlun
republic imvo made ihla country mi
HL'tlyn factor In tho aiitl-liiiicrullsl
ami deinocrutlo camp III tlio buttle
tor I lusting peuce and popular
democracy."
TIIOBK art tine words. But words
depend on Uiclr MEANING.
In tlio cuiiitnuiilat dictionary,
"popular democracy" la a CUM
MUNIHT country. A "losllnu peace''
la a peace entorced by unlveraul
communist rule.
Un lint New Year morning, a
piolraalonul yruu "nil houae-bioakor
uniilit any piou!y. "I'm going lo
work hard end have a goHi ycur in
' ima." 11 would aouud nice. iJut
lie would MKAN : "I'm going lu rob
your house and atcul wlml you have
wurked ao hard to accumulate."
One of our great handicaps la the
turn that there la a..iuch DoUlll.li-
1'ALK III the world.
r
IN our own counuy, lor example,
Ulcxe haa been a lot ot douolc
talk about apcmllug and H'iuing
and apcmllug and using aim luxuia
and uxlng and ao muling everybody
rich and Happy and Irce Hum work.
We're learning in tne liuru achool
01 tuierlence Uml all Uml moana la
PAYING AND PAYINU AND I'AY
1NU 111 the form ol higher prlcra tor
everything we get.
I ETI' H cut back lor a moment to
King Mihal. In the cautluiu
wording ul Uie dlsputchca, he "ab
dicated ' hia Uirone. Aa Old Tinier,
In the Fibber and Molly program,
would put it: "That ain't the way
I heard It, alatcr."
Jblllial la in the aame boat wlUi
the cagey workman who upon be
ing InlurmeU Ulal he waa about to
be aeparated Irum Un payroll
chirped up: "You caul fire alb,
you ao-aud-ao. 1 MUIH"
IN Uie Uucharcal dlapatchca thla
niomlug. there la au nucleating
and rather informative little aide
play. Our old friend "inluruied
aourcea" i meaning aumcbody m the
know who Ilkoa to talk but doeau I
want to go out on the limb by be
ing quoted by name) tella Uie cor
respondent the "young ex-king had
hiumUad to leave Itoinaiila yuater
Day, but the trip waa poalpoucd by
the neoeaalty of dlacuaalng FINAN
CIAL. QUESTIONS will) nicmbera ot
.' the government."
THAT at putting It delicately and
laoUully. Let a approach Uie
Utile more brutal
. Sranknaao.
What Mlhal wanta lo know la
WHtR 18 THE DOUGH COMINU
FROM TO KEEP ME GOING?
; Whan klnga abdicate, Uicy aeldom
, put on overalla and go out and get
a Job driving a truck.
They want to take It wiUl Ulein
preferably In lane bund lea. Ilutory
Mils ua that la Uie way it la usually
handled.
BEAUTEOUS Prlnceaa Anne of
Bourbon-Parma, whose uame haa
been linked WlUi Miliar In Uie In
. lemaUonal gossip coluuuu, opena
up her heart and tella all in Copen
hagen Una morning. She aaya:
"It waa love at first aignl with
Mlhal and me ... 1 have had no
word from him, and I don't know
anything about hie plana lor Uie
future . . . liul wherever he goes 1
will follow him." iKuth ui the
lllljlv.: "Whither thou gocal, I will
go alto.")
Tou hlug, isn't It? Romantic. Love
conquer nil.
IT wuuld be a little more IM-
PKUttHlVK, however. If Mlhul wore
going out lo run a aervlco station
in a Uink town and Anne were go
ing to don her apron and go along
to do Uie cooking.
THESE cx-kluga are pathetic per
aonngca. Especially the abdicated
', ones. They would be more USKPUL,
ihoUKh. If they grabbed a pick and
went lo work.
Take even the Duke of Windsor,
who la a glamorous figure and ac
cording lo those who know hhn
. well a right guy. He'd lie doing fur
more for the world It he supported
the wife tor whom he guve all by
running a sawmill Instead of doing
It nut ol Ills ancestral patrimony..
Retail Volume In Klamath Hits New High During
7947; Economic Forecast For Basin Area Bright
Willi the outlook good for con
tinued strong demand for lis major
' Industrial and ' agricultural com
modities, the Klamath country on
this New Year's Day moves from
one banner year Into what may well
prove to be another economically
speaking.
Thai's the view of several business
and financial leaders, who tempered
' their rosy prognostications with a
warning that Inflationary prosperity
Isn't always what It appears to be
and no matter how strong a local
area's situation may be. It will gel
1 alrk If there Is national and Inter
national sickness.
Retail volume here In dollars and
cents was probably the highest In
; history In 11)47. That's because
. money was plentiful, employment
was good, business was belter Htip-
' piled with niercliiiiHll.se, and there
't were more people In the area than
j ever before,
'.'ho Christmas shopping season,
i whllo porhnps disappointing hero
I and thero In the business commtin
j lly, was generally "terrific," and one
bunker pointed out that business has
, held tip surprisingly well In tlio few
r days since Cluistmns,
: . it i
rilICK HVK f'KNTH
Flying Fort
Disappears
In Northland
ANCHOIIAdK, Ala.ka, Jan. 1 Ml
Fear that a mlaalng H-i Huper
forlresa and Ita nine crewmen may
hav. fallen Into the waters of Cook
Inlrt were eaprraaed today by a vet
eran Alaska construction engineer.
('lilt l.enlhan, who said he was
sitting with his wife In (he lobby of
a downtown hotel when the sky
lighted up "like the glow from a
Neon sign," placed the origin of the
I. ah aa dlreellr west of the rl(y '
about over mld-rhsnnrl of the In-I 'nor kii.co lamea aviaior i ex tannin anu rwo roomum uuMi t uj.. .... -7
irt 'to moke 1947 the record year for sensationol news of violent death in this area since the Modoc war ot I8-J.
"It was snowing at the time, but! These three incidents occounted for o total of 12 fatalities, and easily lead off the "big ten" list of news events
Uie sky was so bright that buildings j 0f the year in the Klamath region.
on the atreet were lighted up," he c jrmn, u,r th. kr. mnlrr .tr.ric thni the HMniU ore etched on the memories of manv Klamath county Deo-
aald.
The missing plune vmirshed with
in two nilnulea of Its Uikeoff from
Klmeildorff field yesterday morning.
It waa en route to Fairfield. Cnlll.,
army air base on a routine weather
observutlon and reconnal a a a n c e
(lluln, Uie army transport command
aiinouiirrn in nun rrnnnsro. i
u....k i.v..iitM.
launched Immediately after ob-
aervers In the field lower reported
l ie flush on the planes line of
tllght. It came only momenta after
V:" ""i1- '". 'm"u'ncr
Ulat the No. 2 engine was out.
A ground party also art aut by
army weasel on a round-about trip
la the area SO miles to Palmer
and eross-ronntry about 40 miles to
the Point MrKenile area. It found
no trace of the eraft.
The apparent disaster raised lo
14 the total of men missing, and
probably dead. In two B-2 mlahapa
In the final week of 1947.
The pilot and navlgaUir of an
other plane. Lis. t ern II. Arnrlt and
Frederick hiheeta. are being sought!
by dog sled and aerial search 600
miles to the northeast, 85 miles
north of Nome.
They have been missing since
Christmas Day, two days alter their
men crew crashed, when they set
out afoot for an Isolated Ksklmo
village, , h t. .,,
Three parachutisUi alio dropiied
to aid Uie crew victims also are be
lieved dead. Bush Pilot Bill Muns.
who Joined In the aerial rescue ol
six members of Uie crew, has re
ported sighting what he believes are
the bodies of two of the trio, and
possibly the third.
Crash Victim
Said Better
Mrs. Ladrna Wlnrgar, whose hus
band was killed Instantly shortly
before noon yesterday in an auto
mobile accident north of Merrill,
regained consciousness at Klamath
Valley hospital this morning and
her condition was described ss
somewhat improved.
Also In Klamath Valley hospital
Is the driver of the car, Walter Taft
"Red" Moore. All three occupants
ot the sedan which went out of con
trol on a straightaway, are residents
of Merrill. Moore's condition was
not reported today but he Is not
thought to be seriously Injured.
Slate pollre snld this morning
they thought the accident was
caused by either a flat left front
tire or a locked steering genr. The
car was demolished In its wild ride
across the highway, overturning ss
It went.
AID A8KKD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 At Rep.
Brooks iO-La.) appealed today to
President Truninn to make federal
nsslstnnce "Immediately available"
to tomado-strlckcn areas of south
western Louisiana and southeastern
Arkansas.
The big three of Klamath region
commodities that rode strong mar
kets In 1947, and seem likely to keep
riding them In 1048, were lumber,
catlli and grain.
Mitchell Tlllotson, manager of the
First National bank, pointed out that
Klamath "sits In the golden chair"
because lis major production Is In
these things that appear almost
certain lo be In a continued strong
position In 1948. Klton Thompson,
manager of the l ulled Hlatrs Na
tional bank, agreed with this con
clusion, pointing lo the American
policy toward Kiirnne aa a major
factor In the outlook for strong de
mand for the products of an agri
cultural area such as this.
Tlllotson remarked Unit the lum
ber price may slide oft, but certainly
not enough to stop product Ion. The
Klamath country Is fortunate, he
added, In Hint vlrtunlly all of Its
lumber operators are In a most
strong position financially, their
plant Investments are liquidated,
and much of the Industry's long
anticipated "shrinkage" has already
taken place without serious injury
to the community.
Lumber operations will continue
In use all the available stiimpage,
Tragedy Marks H-deadlines
As EClamaf-h Region Passes
Through Big News Year
By MALCOLM EPLEY
Big news fhot ron sensationally to tragedy flashed across the local and regional scene in 1947. For the first time
in years, perhaps in all time, o story originating in this orea the Snell-Cornett plane crackup topped the yeor's major
news events in Oregon, and received nationwide attention os on incident without parallel in the onnals of any state in
the Union.
The other multiple-fatality tragedies the Evans apartment fire that snuffed out five lives and the plane smosh
. I III J i . T n I I 11 . U . . U ; I A InjUiu rtncA fr Ua kealc rsf Ua K!s 1 ttnm
Rebel Attack On Konitsa
Beaten Back By Greek Armv
ATIIKN8, Jon. 1 mv-The Greek i
ttar ministry declared today that
, the battered city of Knnltsn h
I oecn releasee irom siege oy omni i
rr.mmtililat DiiffrrlllnH U'hn have I
; b,c hammering at the town since
Christmas Day. I
A ,,,' lrf nnnul relief
i elemenu entered the embattled city :
ibbi iiixill. I lie wrnry iuiiu-iiihii
gsrrlson was being evacuated to-,
I
Green Predicts
Labor Trouble
WASHINGTON. Jan. t
afl!
President William Oreen said In a '
Nt" Yc" Pr"c" ")' Ulat the
i nianaacmcnv rciauoiis uuc uj u.o
isiv-iiariiey aci.
Oreen malnuilned that Ihc labor
law "contributed to a breakdown in
long standing peaceful labor-management
relations In Important In- I
duslrles" during JD47 Jind, said:, j j
"I fear even worse consequences
In 1948.
"I know that many casual ob-
aervers are beginning to Uilnk that j jcttered along line of approach,
maybe Uie Taft-Hartley act has i pRrtcularlv on the road from Kala
bcen a success because Uiere are paK to Bouromnl brtdgc. It was
fewer strikes In progress at Uils estimated that 2000 to 4000 gucrrll
llme than at similar periods In past , Us tried to keep this vital corn
years. munlcatlons artery closed while
"However, they do not rcallM Uiat I 'vea of shock troops smashed un-
a large number of unions signed
new contracts Jtut before the Tall -
Hartley law went Into effect and
Uiese contracts are exempt from the
law's provisions.
"The blow-off will come at the
expiration oi uiese conuacis in
1948.
Oreen, along with CIO President
Philip Murray, also said that a de
cision on controlling inflation must
come early In Uie new year. Revers
ing his previous opposition to peace
time restrictions, the AFL chief
declared that "some form" of gov
ernment price control now "seems
Inevitable."
1,500,000 Jam
Rose Tournament
PASADENA, Jan. 1 (J-r-Colorado
streei became a gigantic floral won-
derland today. '
ine oniii luuriiuiuem ui hibcj
parade also found Uie famous street
Jammed by 1.500.000 persons at , Bfter , Ia , a service station park
parade time. They began arriving : mg iot .hen , jar backed toward
lost night and In Uie pre-dnwn chill him, but that did not occur on the
to stake claim to choice vantage
points along the two-mile route.
Blankets, camp chairs, thermos bot
tles of coffee and sandwiches were
standard equipment with the early
birds. and will continue to reach out for
logs.
Farming Good
Farm conditions arc generally
good. While Klamath's 1947 potato
crop was smaller than It has been
for a long time, tho price has been
high and the market situation is
especially strong right now. There
is agreement that the potato In
dustry here, having "come of age"
faces some problems that will take
constructive policy and good farm
ing to overcome.
Farm and lumber values In the
area. Incidentally, have about bal
anced off, having come closer and
closer together In a trend In evidence
several years. The total was prob
ably something around $60,000,000
In 1947.
Another Important business de
velopment that deserves attention at
this time is Klamath's rising place
as a wholesale distribution center.
Tlllotson pointed out that "the
things that have been talked about
for so long by such local peoplo as
George Davis are materializing" In
to A substantial wholesale Industry
that may bo expected to continue to
expand.
As evidence of the general finan
KLAMATH FALLS, OHKGON. THI'ltHI) A Y,
dny. The relief column entered the
city from the west after dislodging
rebel forces and "Inflicting heavy ,
losses in a orivc irom siraieKic ,
Rmirtivfinl hrlHif. th rnmmlltllnllB
sold.
rh. nhcu ,h lcUKht diancrate-
...e..?r.r l.0.u?"i?I?. .
...lv nroci,limed Greek communist
fctntj. nrpKiimtiblv retreated into the .
0rfcmmot moullt'aln!, Thewarmln-
m.niim nf th. Hirer-
tlon of retreat. Previous reports ,
m. id some of the rebels fled into AI- j
oanui, norm oi rwonusa.
Capture of the Bourozanl bridge.
I 1 miles west of Konitsa. was an
i nounred by the government yestcr
: day. The rebels took the brldRC. one
ol the key points to the defense of
.... .1.- fl . ,1,,,. nf Ih-lp
. ... "Tr L
, MimilrT MUrcM had no informa
tlon concerning the progress of a
, .cond ,!, ( government
troops which last night was re -
j ,xirted only a mile and one-hall
lani rtoimsM uuc m i un uuuiiu .i-
t.or; with the garrison.
Seml-of f Iciul reports said approxl
n.ately 10.000 suerrtllas took part" inr""1' P Ti.w III lJJWMI
Koe.,., nrc a"' I "WERW CITY Up, to J
s:gned the task of forcing
way
Into town. The remainder
were
avamngiy at is.aiin.sa
! Violently a V t a c k I n g national
"wees, nowever. xnocxeo our oe-
i .Pwltlons covering the rood
. ormorci CBrs supported them from
10 nana lignung wnne miiM anu,
i the highway proper.
Klamath Has
Top Record
Klamath Palls and only two other
cities in Uio 10,000-36.000 populaUon
class went through 1B47 without a
traffic fauillty. The others are Palo
Alto. Calif, mid WesUleld, N. J., rc-
I crding to Uie national safety coun-
' ell.
Th, 1... n,nl tfattin HMM-I nn
the 5trcels of KlamRth Fb11s
currcd , ,te jRuary of 1946 mak.
jllg mcuu ti)e Cjty has not had
. fatality resu tlnir from traffic.
T1)i5 summcr an aged man died
.... ...
i street or as the result of traffic.
, officers who Investigated the inct
dent said that Uie car did not strike
the man although it may ha e
caused him to stumble back and
fall.
cial health of the community,
Thompson pointed out that repay
ment of loans Is routine here now.
Thero are few delinquencies and
virtually no foreclosures.
Finances Good
The financial situation of local
political subdivisions is excellent,
with bonded Indebtedness of the
city, county, and school districts
virtually a thing of the past. But
one financier pointed out that it
doesn't make much difference Just
where the public debt is located
if Its a big national debt Instead ot
n local debt, as It Is, It's still a seri
ous obligation to be reckoned with.
Although the overall picture Is
one of prosperity, there are some
uncertainties. '
"With steers at 40 cents In OiIchro
and the bond market Inexplicably
down and some consumer goods
showing Inclinations to decline, one
has to agree It's a mixed picture,"
said Tlllotson,
But the two bunkers and others
held tlm view that If there Is pros
perity and business to be had In
1948, the Klamath country ought to
get a good slice of It.
JANUARY 1, IMI
Telephone gill
pie and hordly need recounting
1. Top state officials die In four-fatality plane crash.
2. Evans apartment fire kills five.
1. Plane amash killa Tex Kankln. Jack Elle and Cy Wallan.
4. High prices highlighted by record bida for barley and atumpage.
5. Klamath reservation liquidation battle.
6. LilUe Miss X. the beaten child found at Weed.
7. Deputy Sheriff M. J. Barnes shoots escaping prisoner.
8. Marine Barracks becomes Oregon Vocational School.
0. Kan Quentln escapees shoot it out with officers here.
10. Klamath grid teams tie tlUe games but take statistical beating.
r
,. 1 he nel,rne" P ne crosn. m,anr ro 5K ' V A
list of all-time hia local stories if one were to be compiled.
This trogedy occurred on the night of October 28, ond took
jne jves 0f Governor Eorl Snell, Senate President Marsholl
Cornett. Stote Secretary Robert L Farrell and Pilot Cliff
Hogue. They crashed near Dog loke on a night flight to Adel
in Lake county on a bird-hunting trip. Local significance of
the crash was re-doubled by the fact it removed a colorful
Klamath public figure who appeared likely to make a bid for
high political office, and a well-known local aviator both
men held in warm affectie D.. a large circle of friends.
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I . ... ,
; TuaIwa KlllPf1
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Tas MlecAiiri TfiiJnc Tfti'lflW
killed and an undetermined num
ber Injured today in a rear end
collision of two Missouri Pacific
trains during a blinding snowstorm
near Syracuse. Mo.. 95 miles east
of Kansas City.
Col. Hugh H. Waggoner, super
intendent of the Missouri highway
nstrol. reported that II bodies
i were found in the wreckage of
on ,he flret section of
, M!ssourl paclfC-a -Missourian.'
, fiZuL su ta Kansa.
,j.,,,ifi i P
G. Gearhart. about 35. died at a
Scdaltn. Mo., hospital
Waggoner said the body of the
Pullman conductor was found
crushed in Uie vestibule of the
Pullman, the last cor on the train.
He reported the engine of Uie sec
ond section, a mail and express
train, had telescoped all but four
feet of the Pullman coach.
Reports from the scene were be-
Graham Sticks
To Story
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 iP Brig.
Gen. Wallace H. Graham held fast
today to his contention that he
unsiran ti anv irrnin nmnmra
In his name until weeks after they
had been bought for him by his
broker.
President Truman's personal
i physician thus took direct Issue
with a statement Issued in New
York by the brokerage house of
Bache and company.
Taking note of Graham's asser
tions after his name appeared on
an agriculture department list of
grain traders Monday, the New
York and Chicago firm snld yes
terday "It Is essential for the rec
ord" to show Uiat:
"All transactions made for Uie
general's account In both securities
and commodities were at all Umes
made on his instructions and the
customary written confirmations
were sent to him."
Graham had said he simply had
turned money over to his broker
with InstrucUons to use his own
Judgment In investing It. He snld
he didn't know he owned any grain
until he made Inquiries last Oc
tober and ns soon as he learned of
his holdings he ordered the grain
sold.
Assassination
Try Foiled
TECUCIOALPA. Honduras. Jan.
1 lift Pollco said they frustrated an
attempt by Antonio Costcjon yester
day to assassinate President Tlburclo
Cnrlns after Cnstejon fatally stabbed
one man and wounded a policeman.
Authorities quoted Cnstejon as
saying he came from his home in
nearby Tatumbla expressly to kill
the president. They said he ran
through the president's house before
he was subdued. There was no ex
planation of his motive.
No. -aaM4
here.
Lt i. I
a av
If! W rPffK Ur
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I, I 1 lilr
relayed .here by radio epped
of the patrols. Communica
tions In the area were badly dis
rupted by a 24-hour sleet and
snowstorm, which left highways In
a perilous condition.
The engineer, fireman and brake
man of the second section were re
ported seriously injured and taken
to a Sedalia hospital.
Waggoner said the accident ap
parenUy was the result of icy con
ditions disrupting the block signal
system. A mail clerk on the first
section said the train was travel
ing about 10 to 15 miles an hour
when Uie crash came.
Three cars in the second section
were derailed but did not overturn.
The highway patrol said a troop
er walked through other coaches
of the first section and reported he
found no major Injuries among the
other passengers. He said several
had bruises and lacerations. They
were treated at the scene by physi
cians rushed from Sedalia and
Jefferson City.
About four hours after the acci
dent, which occurred about 8 a. m.,
a bulldozer pulled the parts of the
telescoped coach away from the
locomoUve. Blow torches were
taken to Uie scene from Sedalia to
cut the tangled wreckage.
Taken to a Sedalia hospital were
J. B. Rogers, Kansas City, conduc
tor ot the second section, who suf
fered a broken left shoulder, and
Mrs. Ora Siegel, Jefferson City, a
passenger. She suffered a back in
jury. The wreck took place during the
season's first snowstorm which
swept Kansas and Western Mis
souri leaving a blanket of ice cov
ered with snow.
Both sections of the train were
running behind schedule. The first
section, which left St. Louis at
11:50 last night was due in Kansas
City at 7:30 a. m.
Record Ban
Up In Arms
NEW YORK. Jan. 1 iiP James
C. Petrlllo's "never again" ban on
Uie making of recordings and trans
criptions by members of his Amer
ican Federation of Musicians si
lenced recording studios across the
nation this New Year's Day and
posed the question: "What happens
now?"
No one ventured to answer for
sure.
In the hectic rush to beat the ban
that lasted In some studios right up
to the strike ot last midnight, record
and transcription firms built up a
backlog they estimate will last from
one to five years.
Industry leaders doubt that home
record users and radio listeners will
notice any effect of the ban before
six months at Uie earliest, except
possibly for the overnight success
of some yet unwritten tune which
couldn't be reoorded.
As for the length of the ban,
Petrlllo Insists that It's for all time
because records and transcriptions
throw musicians out of Jobs a con
tention recording officials dispute.
Ranch Woman
Has Lots Of
Firsts Today
SEATTLE. Jan. 1 oF Paradoxi
cally, Mrs. Ralph Turney chose the
last day of 1941 for a number of
first in her life.
Before she reached Seattle yes
terday on her honeymoon, Mrs. Tur
ney, toe former Irene Olafson, had
never Used an electric Iron, vacuum
cleaner or telephone. 8he ate her
first banana spilt, had her first per
manent wave and went on her first
department-store shopping spree.
Mrs. Turney has lived In the re
mote Caribou district of British Co
lumbia since she was a small child.
Home for her and the groom Is the
Bar K 3 guest ranch 30 miles north
east of Vancouver, B. C. Turney and
her father are partners In the ven
ture. The nearest settlement Is Lone
Butte, where the Pacific Great East
ern mall train stops three days a
week on lu run from Squamlsh to
Quenesl.
She didn't think, said Mrs. Tur
ney, she would care to live In the
city. Too many unexpected things
happening like a slice of toast
jumping at you out of a shiny metal
box
Holiday In
Europe Rough
LONDON, Jan. 1 (PV Europe had
a hangover today, too. but with
Scotch at $16 a fifth In Glasgow,
champagne $22 a bottle In Paris,
the welcome to the new year was
not as cordial as it might have been.
There were many is the ill
clothed, poorly fed chilly nations of
Europe whose New Year headaches
were hangovers from a war which
ended more than two years ago.
Facing an uncertain future amid a
widening chasm dividing the East
and Uie West, they looked hopefully
toward economic aid under the
Marshall plan.
Germans received 1948 In a mood
of dull despair. Their trampled
country, wrecked by war. was split
in two and there was no prospect
for peace or prosperity.
Fighting continued in the moun
tains of Greece and on the bloody
plains of Palestine.
The communists of Italy greeted
Uie new year with threats of vio
lence In Uie event their demands
were not met. Britons were asked to
work harder and Russians were
asked to fulfill their latest five-
year plan in tour years.
8outh African Prime Minister
Jan Ohristian-mutlr said ta" a'Wew-i
Year's broadcast:
"We are living In times of. great
change almost of world order
moving from one stage to another.
Baby Dies
Of Exposure
BAINBRIDGE, Ga, Jan. 1 Wl
A seven-months-old baby girl died
from exposure in a remote swamp
near here after she was abandoned
by her parents whom police were
seeking. Sheriff R. A. Stephens re
ported today.
Her three-year-old brother sur
vived two days and nights in the
swamp, but suffered severely, Ste
phens said.
The sheriff said E. C. Cook and
his brother. Eugene, are charged
with robbing and shooting a negro
taxi driver Monday night In the
presence of Mrs. E. C. Cook and her
children. All fled in the taxi.
The taxi was abandoned at the
edge of the Flint river In Southwest
Georgia and the five persons took
to a boat, the sheriff said, but the
boat overturned.
T ey took refuge on a bank in the
midst of a desolate swamp. The two
Cook brothers left to obtain food.
When they did not return by Tues
day afternoon. Mrs. Cook also aban
doned the children. Stephens said.
She was later taken into custody.
16-Year-0ld
Kills Parents
YORK. S. C Jan. 1 PShertff
C A. Moss said today that a -16-year-old
Winston-Salem. N. C. high
school boy had admitted shooting
his father and mother to death yes
terday after Uie father had accused
him of stealing a wallet.
The stocky youngster, Tommy Lee
Phillips, was picked up by police
here today in company with his 16-year-old
girl friend Bessie Ruth
Jenkins, as they waited in hopes of
being married by a probate Judge.
Sheriff Moss said the youth
signed a statement saying he shot
his father with a rifle after the
parent accused him of taking the
purse containing $100 In cash and a
$132 pay check.
The signed statement said the
wounded father tottered into his
wife's bedroom and collapsed and
that as Uie mother sprang from her
bed the son shot her. The statement
added that when Mrs. Phillips stag
gered to a telephone, the youth shot
her again.
Three Burn To
Death In House
SYRACUSE, N. Y Jan. 1 tPi -
mother and her two small sons were
burned to death and two other chll
dren were carried to safety when
fire swept a three-family home to
day. The victims were Mrs. Francis Mc
Laughlin, 29, occupant of a second
floor apartment, and her sons,
Michael, six, and Patrick, four.
Rain, Ice
Add To Peril
Of Refugees
8IIREVEPORT, La., Jan. 1 (flV
Freeilng winds and rain added Derll
and discomfort todav aa reseat
workers counted a mounUnf loll of
Urea and property In the wake of
scattered southern tornadoes. The
toll of known dead reached 19.
The cotton and oil belt of north
western Louisiana and southwestern
Arkansas was, hardest hit, with It
bodies counted In the almost de
molished community of Cotton Val
ley. La.
Three were dead in the Memphis,
Tenn., area from another twister,
and one fatality each was counted
in Leton, Dykesvllle and Haynes
Tille, La, In Village and Althelnner,
Ark, and m Mantee, Miss.
Hundreds were homeless and
scores were Injured.
The Intensive weather disturbance
moved Into Uie Ohio river valley
with rain, sleet, or snow and pro
ceeded northeastward at a 35-mlle-an-hour
clip.
Three Killed
Haze). Marie and Wtlntu Becton
were killed when their farm home
collapsed 10 miles north of Mem
phis. A woman was fatally injured at
Dykesvllle, La., and an unidentified
negro was killed at Haynesvllle. At
Village. Ark., a school superintendent
was killed when a high school gym
nasium was demolished.
A twister also struck Gilmer,
AriL, destroying one house, but
there were no deaths or Injuries
reported there.
The fnnnel-shsped twister waa
first sighted south of Vaneeville,
La., by Herman Jones of Bossier
City. He said he saw tho funnel
dip toward the earth as he drora
along a highwsy. He abandoned
his automobile for the comparative
safety of a roadside ditch, he aald, '
and watched as the funnel sncked
up a house from nearby woods.
At that time. Jones said, the tor
nado was cutting a swath about 60
feet wide.
Hit Valley
Romping across wooded and
swampy sections of Bossier parish,
Uie twister struck Cotton Valley
from the southwest, damaging much
of the business district.
Then It came back to strike the
little town again, this time from the
northeast, and demolished man;
ijjrjrfigs-ai ; jtai.llJ't;
Mayor sam uoyie estimate sou
persons are homeless and that the
list of Injured In Cotton Valley '
alone will reach 200. '
A check of hospitalism- the
stricken area showed at least 170
persons have been treated for storm
Injuries.
The storm .roared on through Le
ton and Dykesvllle, Lsv, before In
vading HaynesrUle where it struck
the western and northern edges of
the town, doing major damage to
the business section. More than 39
buildings were destroyed or serious
ly damaged.
Sixty persons In Haynesvllle were
Injured and treated at hospitals
there.
One-third of Cotton Valley waa
flattened, witnesses said.
Dr. M. S. Browning, retired Cot
ton Valley doctor, said the tornado
"sounded as if a huge flight of B-29
bombers was coming . . . then hit It."
"The storm was over about five
minutes after It hit," he aald. "I
looked out of the window and saw
debris flying through the air and
littering the streets,"
U.S. Traffic
Deaths Drop
By The Associated Press
The nation's motorists apparently
steered away from wild driving in
celebrating Uie arrival of the New
Year.
An unofficial survey across the
country today showed that 18 per
sons were killed In traffic accidents
since 6 p. m New Year's Eve as
compared to 37 fatalities In the
same period on Christmas a week
ago.
(The total includes one each In
Oregon and Washington).
The national safety council esti
mated that 176 persons may be kill
ed in traffic accidents in the 30
hour period ending at midnight to
night. In the similar period on
Christmas the violent death toll was
288, Including 179 in traffic mis
haps and 109 from miscellaneous
causes. There were 116 violent deaths
In the 1947 New Year's holiday,
Including 80 In motor accidents.
Inclement weather apparently was
a big factor in holding down the
traffic toll last night and early to
day. Driving was hazardous In many
sections of Uie country.
Reds Say China
Victory Sure
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1 W
Mao Tse-tung, chief of the Chinese
communists, declared In a statement
broadcast by the communist radio
today that his forces now were con
ducting a nationwide offensive and
confidently predicted defeat of th
Chiang Kai-shek government despite
United States aid.
The communist radio, using a
North Shensi Province dateline, de
scribed the statement aa the first
part of a 10,000-word report by Mao
In a meeting of the Chinese com
munist central commutes on De
cember 26.