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THIS Intoraliit commerce coiimiiib
1 molt (the brunch of our govorn
iikiiiI Uiut tells thfl railroad whnl
they can uhU can't dm authorize
another 10 per emit Increase In mil
height rule. (An Increase ol 10' i,
was granted buck In October; thl
addltlonul up Hilt It to ffl'i.l
Tim railroads hud uskrd lor 30';
possibly on tlio theory Unit II thry
don't ucluully have to have Unit
much now thoy will luUir. Thiil Is
one ol the peculiarities ol un Inlla
noimry period. Every tlmo you
h ist the price, you link on h Utile
more Until you actually need lit the
moment, 10 you will huve enough lu
tuko euro a( contingencies.
.jt,. '
pillS new lO'i 'up will mid, It I
estimated, tome Old inlllloii dol
lar to the imilnn'ii iinmntl freight
bill, This lllltl.oou.oou will be udded
to the cost, mid therefore In the
price, ol nearly nil the thing wo
buy.
It hut to be. The flint rule of
biwliiens thiil you muni Hell lor
enouuli above cost to yield n profit.
If there l no profll. your busluem
will stand mill. Under modern con
dlllonii, business (hut muiidn mill
l really slipping backward.
IA muchlnery I wurn out, It ha
to be replaced. Itepluceineiit mum
be puld for out of prollu. There In
nowhere else for the money to come
from. II your eiUlpment wear out
unit you huvc no money with which
to replace It, you're OUT OF BUS
INESS. Ho, new com, sinh u added
freluhl rule, have lo be added onto
price.
UKKK u the sequence,
Itullroud wave arc boomed. That
booU rnllroud coals. So, In lime,
ruil freight huve lo be boomed.
Tranortallon enter Into Uie com
of nearly everything we tue. 8o
prlcen generally have lo come up.
When prlcen generally come up.
paycheck buy lew. Ho It all ha to
be done over again.
VOU'VE teen a klllrn or pup
chasing lu tall. It expend a lot
of energy, but It OKI'S NOWHKItK.
The fwler the kitten move, the
lamer Uie tall move.
lnllatlon work Ui ume way.
HLL Ihu, of courw, U nothing new.
" Everybody know about It. Bui
nobody hat done anything about It.
pENklflAL E1.KCTHIC company.
one of the nation mujor manu
facturers, decided thla week to do
something.- It announce that, ef
fective at once. It la CUTTING
PRICES from 3 to 10 per cent on
lot of lu home appliance.
IU president. C. E. Wilson, ay
tin euu will affect about 40V of
General Electric bumiiem, and
hould represent a saving ol around
0 million dollar a year to con
lumers. TilKltE are some 140 million people
In the U. S. AM milium dollar
avmg would amount lo around 40
cenU per person.
Alone. It's chlckenfeed.
BUT wall. The statistician tell us
that manufacturers' Inventories
are high. A long as everybody
think price are GOING HIOHKIt,
inventories will may high. iYou
rldom sell as long as you Ihluk what
you have Is going to be worth more.i
As long as you think food Is scarce,
you keep your locker lull. When you
think food la likely to be cheaper
and more plentiful, you begin lo eat
Into your locker.
Suppose General Kleelrlc's action
should cause OTHKRS to cut prices.
Suppose It looked like the price drop
might go on. In that event, people
would start selling Insiend ol hoard
ing. That might start the price
snowball downhill.
So. you see, the news of General
Electric' price cut could be HIO
news.
MKI1AI.
imUSSELS, Jnn. 2 i'i The
Belgian croix dc guerre with palms
was awarded todny by Prince
Charles, regent of llclglum, to the
United Slates' unknown soldier.
The mednl wax nwnrded to the
American soldier as representing
those soldiers "who died defending
the people, home and honor of th':
ell Irons of the United Nations,"
Missing Merrill Man Case
Clues Eyed In California
The dlsappcurnnco almost a year
ago of Milton Kleppen, DO-yonr-old
cx-OI of Merrill, mny be coupled
with a recent kidnaping and series
of robberies around Eureka and
Cicsconl City. Cull!., nnd officers
hero aro checking for n connection
t.i solve the mystery of the absence
of the Merrill man.
Reports received here by Deputy
Sheriff Marlon Barnes Indlcnlo Hint
a mnn named Jnmea C. Klrby Is
held In Jail nt Crescent City for kld
nnplng a woman there December 22.
Klrby In said to hnvo stolen two
enra nnd commuted other crimes In
that vicinity, nnd to Imvo left, a
notebook In one ol the cms giving
the nddrcHs of Mrs. Mlllon Kleppen,
who still resides In Merrill.
Mrs, Kleppen lold officers she
v. us iicqunlntrd will' Klrby, nnd tho
check la being inndc to see if Klrbv
had nnythlim to do with Kleppen'
tll.'iippcnrniire.
The Merrill iiian left this county
Inst March nnd went to Crescent
City, where lie was to open n spnrl
Ing goods glora, officers said. Ho
was supposed to go to Pnrtlnntl to
purchase stock tm his store, but
(llfiiipponi'tKl nnd hna not been heard
from or soon since.
II I In iM i - ----.--T- , -i mlf((wiinii-t'- -i in ii 11 1 iffr-py mniFi ifflTri it-
I'HICF. r'lVK U'.NTH
ewDsii Mm Shot
Winter Wonderland Proves
To Be Washout As First
Heavy Snow Hits Klamath
H'rutlirr iat Kltiitmlh folk t
plenty lu Ulfc itlmiil tltn flrnt Uy
ol I1I4K rkw ti liruvy full of dump,
Hrt muiw drift through the lmln
mid roitt hlfhrr rlrvntliiiiM to
drjilh af IN Inrhm of nrw mow
Htop utrruily drrp park. Thurndur's
ft 1 1 Hi mrttiirrd nt four Inrhm
In town.
MoturlaU Hrrr driving Mltli eu
tlon mid frw rrldrntn were report
ed lu itntn or rlty pullre.
Mitre lliuu IWJ telephnm'K w-rtf
out ut unvifc from luir- lunt nlKht
until noon todity, itM hruvy hiiow
broke down wlren nnd etimrd other
lu" ruptiuiiJi. The MXith KUburbun
nren wtu nffrctrd brtwrrn 10 find
11 hut utuht nnd crown ntarted out
ot & o'clock tills moinlnic lo mend
"US Reign Of
Terror" Told
MOHC'OW. Jan. 3 M'i-Uurta 1.U
kov, writing In Pravda. the commu
nist party organ, today described
present day hie In tile United States
us similar to that In linl Germany
before the war.
Iwikov said the United Slates was
caught In the meshes of the KDI
and that small scale reign of
terror gripped the people.
"There huve been no mas execu
tion! yet In the U.S.A., such as are
being oarried out In Greece with
the blessings of American gencruls
and diplomats, but the fate of any
American nowadays Is In the hands
of Uie notorious fascist iltcp. John
E.i Hunkln iD-Mim.i and any de
tective In the FIJI.
"What are the limits lo this Utile
terror?" Ijikov asked. "Whert l
the dividing line when It becomes
terror on a large scale?"
Local Family
In Smash-Up
A New Vcur's Day accident ncur
Phoenix, Ore., on the Pacific hlitn
way, injured a Klamath Fulls fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Hayes ol
route 1, and their two sons, Ralph,
U, and Jack, 8.
Mr. and Mrs. llnycs suflurcd lace
cuts and shock and Uie two boys
received minor bruises. I'lrst uld
for all was given at the Community
hospltiil In Mcdturd. The boys are
students at Henley school.
The Hayes automobile collided
with one driven by Mrs. Hiilh Hood,
Medford, who told police that
through the heavy ruin she sud
denly saw a slow-moving car in
front of her. She applied the brakes
and skidded In front of the oncom
ing Hayes' car, she said.
Coast Guardsmen
Rescue Fishermen
OCRACOKE. N. a, Jan. 2 (II -Const
guardsmen working ngalnst
heavy seas enrly todny rescued 21
men from a fishing steamer driven
aground shortly before midnight on
the beach of tiny Ocracoko Island.
Another member of the crew of
the steamer, the Charlie Mason out
of Morchend City. N. C. died of a
heart attack after leaping Into the
ve.ter from the .stranded vessel,
Chief Doatswnln's Mute J. L. Qas
klll of the Ocracoke life boat station
reported.
He left n rnnch nenr Merrill nnd
hnd n $10,000 Insurance policy.
Recently a body was found nenr
Rtirekn nnd remained unidentified
until December 27. There wns some
speculation that It might be the
body of Kleppen, but n bnrcly de
cipherable note Identified the bodv
as that of Robert Ltidosl, 10, of
Onklnnd,
Jet Planes Set
New Speed Mark
TCKYO, Jnn. 2 (PI Helped along
by tnllwlnds, two P-80 Jet fighter
planes hnvo marked up what may
bo new apocd records, tho U. S. fifth
nitiorco announced today.
The 3M) miles from Hiroshima, to
Tokyo wnn Mown lu 27 minutes by
intent. William K. Thomas, 0011 Sllrd
street, N. W., Seattle, Wash,
an I
average ground speed of 777.7 miles
per hour, hendqunrlcrs reported.
On the following day, Lieut. John
B. Clilchcilng of 57 West Both
street, Now York City, flew from
Mlsnwa in Northern Honshu to Sen
dnl a dlstnnco of 176 miles In 13
minutes, 27 seconds, for an average
ground speed of 700 miles per hour.
wireji l(x:utrd nil over the iiron. The
nlrcult Ui Hly wiin out thin morning
but It w,in expected to be cleared by
noon. The Lukevlew circuit nermed
umtf fci-Lcd
A broken wire In the Klrk nrU
put out phones to the north and
the C'raler lake ranger station was
not aviiiliiblc although Just what
the trouble was at that point the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company here could not determine.
The Crater hike line oerutrs out
of C'hlloquin and controlled by the
West Const Telephone company.
There were some phones out on
l.akei.horc drive today but most
were back In commission later in i
the morning. i lindnssah hospital bus which eye- i
The Cnlllornla Oregon Power j witnesses said was attacked on I
compuuy, in resoiise to a cillery as i Mount Scupos by Arabs using auto- j
to condition! on the line, said Inle ! matlc weapons and grenades. Police j
this morning that "there was a lot I opened fire on the Arabs and cap
ut trouble, " most of It caused by i tuied the house from which they I
heavy snow breaking off tree limbs i had fired. '
which fell, severing wires. The i J-Way llattle
Mills addition circuit una out one - A squad of Huganu men rushed
and one-half hours shortly after I to the scene and a three-cornered
midnight, the California avenue line ! buttle between Jews. Arabs and Uie :
feeding the north end of town was' police ensued. One policeman was.
out for two, noun at about the same ; rcixirtod wounded and both the
time, and the Lakcshore drive Hue I Arabs nnd the Jens brought up re- i
was out for a period of three hours. hiforcemems before the battle
The Poe valley line was affected ended.
from 3 a. m. until 10 a. m. today. ! An Arab was found shot in Jaffa.
Most of the repair work was com- I an Arab constable was killed in
pleted by noon. Lvdda when he and three other ;
(Iremen reported a day free of i Arab constables irfused to surren-
Petrillo Trial
To End Today
CHICAOO. Jan. 2 iJ'h-Gove
ment and defense oounsel pres
closing arguments today In the. t
CHICAOO. Jan. 2 !) Govern-
ment and defense counsel present
closing argumenu today i ,he. ml
of James C Petrillo. AKL muslcl -
ans union leader, on a criminal
cliarge of violating the Lea act.
pa.ssed by congress to curb his
P0"""'
Otto Kerncr Jr.. U. 8. district
attorney, told Judge Wulter J.
LuBuy, Hearing the case without a
jury, that Petrillo "wllllully" vlo-
lated the law by calling a strike at
station WAAP. Chtcngo. when It
refused to hire three employes It
contended were unnecded.
The prosecutors said that although
the strike was unsucceosful In that
the siatlon continued operation. Uie
law wan violated because It forbids
coercion regardless of Uie result of
coercion.
At the conclusion of argument
Judge Lulltiy is expected to Ink
the cusc under advisement to pre
pare his decision.
India Asks
UN Action
NEW DELHI, Jnn. 2 M') Prime
Minister Jnwnhnrlul Nehru, accus
ing Pakistan again of helping in
vaders of the border state of Kash
mir, said tonight India hnd ap
leuled to the security council of the
United Nations December 30 for in
tervention. Tribesmen from Inc Pakistan
Northwest province Invaded Knsh-
mlr In October, while the state will
was independent. The Hindu ma-
harujah soon afterwards acceded
the predominantly Moslem state of
India. Undeclared wnr hns been
hi progress since.
t Foreign Minister Sir Mohammed
Zafrullah of Pakistan said ill Kar
achi yesterday that Pakistan "would
welcome Intervention by the United
Nations security council lor the
purpose of a Just and fair settle
ment") Bank Condition
Statement Asked
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 2 idv-The
comptroller of the currency today
Issued a call for a statement of tho
condition of nil nntlonnl banks at
the close of business December
1047.
The federal reserve board -called
for statements on the condition of
banks In Us system ns of December
31, nnd the Federal Deposit Insur
ance corporation Issued a similar
rnll on FDIC-lnsiired bunks which
nre not federal reserve members.
Firemen Answer
First '48 Call
The first fire alarm or 1018
brought the Klamath Falls truck
rolling through slush covered
streets lo 201'i Oregon avenue
where the lllll (lowland house
wns filled Willi smoke and a goose
was scorching In the oven.
Firemen looked around, fixed a
frw dampers and went hack home.
They mild an overheated stove
resulted In the call placed at 10:66
a. m., first of the new year.
KI.A.MATII FAI.I.H, OKKOO.N, HtlDAV,
Hncnital RllC
I,! ,P , , ,
KaRed With
Gunfire
sprayed a Jrttlsli runeral proces- I
sion Willi bullrta ui (he Mount of '
Olives today, police said, as com
munal strife Ignited by Hie I'nllc I
Nations derision Ui partition rales
tine continued for the 34th day.
The unofrlrial count of dead since ;
Arab-Jewish violence erupted at the '
end of November mounted to Sl.t, 1
Including 3M Arabs and 2.10 Jens. I
The Jewish nurse was aboard
Arabs and a British constable was
killed In the Prtah Tio,ra area while
escorting a Jewish convoy from :
Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
Four Jewish women and a British ;
policeman were wounded by snipers '
in the Tel Arlv-Jaffa border area, a ;
reliable source In Tel Aviv Kkiri
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Uhoollng In Jnlfa 'Drovokcd the
$.j'V?t ,
1 Ar(ll.. , Ul( Ara0"
; clty all(l were pimninf to piode ,
. barrel bomb All slinm rlmd lm. i
mediately nnd hundreds of armed i
! Arabs storted a search. The Melte-
: ment died down after an hour in
. wlilch not Jew was found In the !
city.
j Seventeen persons-four Jews, 11 i
! Arnbs, oermnn nnd a Pole-died !
In sporadic outburst of violence on '
I the new year's first day yesterday,
j Rlfle rrilcllfd roM the
i o( 1F Mounl of ollves ,
; niornlng. as Arab snipers attacked .
. , jmlsh funeral procession, and
i pullre said one mourner suffered :
serious wounds. A short Urn later
, Arabs attacked a Jew ish bus In the 1
j Jaffa gate area or Jerusalem, but '
no casualties were reported.
(In London, an authoritative
nrltlsh government source snld
yesterday it was entirely possible
that Britain might abandon her j
mandate over Palestine before the I
current target date of May 15 be- :
cause of the continuing strife.) i
Fresh Storm
Hits New York
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (PI A heavy
Ice storm fastened an loy grip on
the New York metropolitan area
todny nnd storni-hnrried resident
were warned a new storm with high !
winds and freezing temperatures !
j would strike before nightfall. .
j An rivln, operations were can-1
i celled nt LnCUiardln field. Pennsvl- I
vnnln railroad officials snid trains
fiom Chlcngo nnd the West were I
arriving two nnd three Hours lntc !
Many commuter trains were lntc.
No cnsunltlrs had been reported ,
In late morning.
Three of-thc six mnin line tracks
of the Pennsylvania railroad were
put out of service nt 10:17 n. m.
(EST! when freight cars left the '
tracks nenr Ellwibeth. N. J., the
railroad said. ' ,
Derailment of five freight cars
op tho New York Central railroad
near Peeksklll, N. Y delayed all
traffic on the rond, the company
announced. The Twentieth Century
Limited first of the through trains
clenred arrived at Grand Central
at 11:15 a. m. EST one nnd three
quarters hours Inic
WAA Takes Over
Alcohol Plant
PORTLAND. Jnn. 2 iP The
Portlnnd wnr assets Administration
todny took physical possession of the
government - owned nlcohol - from -wood-wnstc
plant nt Springfield.
Possession followed receipt of of
ficial notification that the plant
only one of Its kind hns been de
clared surplus.
A protection and maintenance
crew, under Carl Levi, hns been ns
slgned to the property which con
sists of 17 buildings on 12 acres of
land.
The plant, which cost Uie govern
ment between $3,000,000 nnd $4,000.
000, will be appraised nnd put up
for sale, the WAA reported,
JANUARY 2, 1048
Telephone Sill
What Winter
m4
WWsm
A four-inch snow last night, coupled with woriu drizzle and rising
temperatures this morning, turned Klamath Falls into - something less
than a "winter wonderland," as this picture aptly illustrates. Mareella
Williams has to hurdle an island of slush to cross Main street In front
of the courthouse.
Industrial Leaders Asked
To Aid In
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 Sen
ator Brooks tR-III.I, one of the
severest congressional clitics of ad
ministration foreign policies, said
today he w ill head a group demand
ing that operation of the .Marshall
plan be divorced from the state de
partment. Brooks told a rrporte. lie and
others of like views intend to press
In the senate for "business manage
ment" of any European recovery
funds that are voted.
"If any other method is used, it
will be simply 'operation rnthole,' "
Brooks declared.
"I am in fnvor of the intelligent
investment of Amcricnn money in
Western Europe to get production.
It must be done under the control
of men who nre engaged In produc
tive operation In America and not
by hangers-on from government de
partments." Brooks said he thinks leaders
from the fields of Industry, ngricul
ture nnd lnbor should be called in to
organize Uie recovery program, in
Navy Calls
Off Cruise
Weather conditions prevailing
along the Pacific const prevented
the nnvy from currying out its plans
of an clght-day speclnl destroyer
cruise arranged by the 13th U. S.
naval district public Information
office.
Two Klamnth men, Henry Semon,
Klamath county representative In
Uie legislature, and Malcolm Epley,
managing editor of The Herald and
News, left here early Thursday
morning for Medford where they
wore to Join the Oregon contingent,
board a NATS plane and fly to San
Diego. Icing conditions nt Seattle
prevented the plane from taking off
and lay citizens from Northwest
cities, gathered In Portland and
Medford, returned to their homes
when the cruise was cancelled. Still
another group was awaiting the
plane at San Francisco.
Semon and Epley spent the dny
with the H. P. Bosworth family In
Mrdford nnd returned here late last
Mailt. The cruise wns to have given
thapr
fiTh 1
innpnriy eignt unys ni sea, en ruuie
San Diego to Bremerton, Wash.
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Wonderland?
Marshall Plan
much Uie same way as they were
employed to get large scale produc
tion going in tne unnea states alter
the Pearl Harbor attack plunged
this country into war.
Industry Loans
"We ought to send these men in
with directions to make loans direct
to industry and not make any
grants to governments." Brooks
snid.
"For instance. In the Ruhr coal
fields we could get production If we
offered the miners consumer goods
as a bonus for digging more coni.
A foreign government couldn't do
that, because Its action would prob
ably cause a strike In other vital In
dustries such as transportation If it
wasn't paralleled there."
The Illinois senator said the loans
could be handled through a new or
existing government agency but In
sisted that It should be entirely sep
arated from the state department,
except for a coordinating link.
Brooks said he was "not so much
impressed" oy the threat of com
munism to the Western European
countries. To halt communism's
spread has been one of the cardinal
purposes of the Marshall plan.
The Illinois senator comniunicnt
ed them to Chairman Vnndenberg
(R-Mich.) of the senate foreign re
lations committee earlier In the
week when a half dozen western
senators called on Vandeiiverg to
discuss the European recovery pro
gram. Vnndenberg. who has declined
comment on the meeting, wns rep.
resented as offering no objection to
a "business" administration of the
aid proposal. But he was said to
have contended thnt It could not be
completely divorced from foreign
policy nnd thus must have a close
link with the state department.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. 2
lUSDAl Potatoes: 11 unbroken, 6
broken enrs on track: arrivals, Cali
fornia 7, Oregon 2, Nevada 1; mar
ket slightly stronger; Klamath Rus
sets No. 1-A 4.46-60; No. 2-A 3.35.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2 (IF) OJSDA)
Potatoes: 33 unbroken, 7 broken
cars on track; 23 cars arrived by
truck; arrivals. California 10. Ore
gon 1, Utah 2, Idaho 17; Idaho
Russets No. 1-A 4.50-60.
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Konitsa Siege
Broken After
Bitter Battle
ATIIKNS, Jan. 2 UP Greek
Mar Minister (leorge Htratos said
today guerrilla forces were fleeing
Into the. (irammos mountains after
a "crushing defeat" Inflicted In the
battle of Konitsa, where a week
long siege of the government gar
rison was lifted yesterday.
The offensive against Konitsa was
believed to have been aimed at cap
ture of a capital for a Greek com
munist government, existence of
which was proclaimed in a Christ
mas Eve broadcast by Insurgent
leader Markos Vafiades.
A general staff communique re
viewing the seven-day battle said:
"This Is the first fruit which has
been reaped by the bogus govern
ment of Slavo-communist!."
Column Held Up
The communique said one column
of troops entered the town and re
lieved the Konitsa garrison yester
day, but that a second column waa
held up by fire aimed at the Bouro
zani bridge, 11 miles west of Ko
nitsa.
The communique disclosed that
on the first day of the attack the
Konitsa garrison, consisting of some
900 men. was "completely isolated
. . . to a considerable depth" when
a force of more than 3000 guerrillas
made a frontal . assault. Some
sources estimated that the rebel
strength totaled 10.000 men.
Guerrillas forced their way into
FBI Enters
Grain Probe
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 UPb-The
federal bureau of Investigation Is
Inquiring Into grain trading by Brig.
Gen. Wallace H. -Graham, President
Truman's personal physician, Sena
tor Knowland iR-Callf.) said today.
Knowland made public a letter he
received this morning from the New
York brokerage firm of Bache and
company, which handles Graham's
account, and which said In pan:
"Information in regard to the
account of Brig. Gen. Graham has
been furnished to the government
as the FBI called upon us and ob
tained same."
No Indication was given as to
when the FBI began its Inquiry, but
Knowland said he la trying to find
out from the hrokerage office. -...
Graham has contended that he
gave Bache and company a free
hand in handling his account and
that he did not know last September
that he owned 60,000 bushels of
wheat futures.
Training Plane
Crashes Into Bay
. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2 MV
Officials at Hamilton field an
nounced today a slngle-engined
advanced trainer aircraft crashed
Into San Francisco bay yesterday,
apparently carrying its two oc
cupants to their death.
Names were withheld by the air
force officials until the bodies are
recovered and positive Identifica
tion Is made. Marin county sheriff's
deputies were assisting in grappling
i operations.
The aircraft's home base was listed
las Fairfax field. Kansas City, Kas.
1 The two occupants, a pilot and one
I passenger, had taken off at 10:69
I a. m. for Hammer field, Fresno,
j Calif.
Illinois, Key Midwest
State, Evenly Divided
By GEORCiF GALLUP
Director. American Institdte of
Public Opinion
PRINCETON, N. J.. Jan. 2 Illi
nois, key area of the Midwest, third
largest state In number of electoral
votes, is today almost evenly divided
in its party preference for the
crucial 1948 pres- fWj
State - wide
polling by the
Institute finds
the Prairie State,
which went
demo era tic in
the last four
elections, leaning
democratic again
now but only by
the slimmest of
margins. The
state has 28
electoral votes.
When Illinois voters were asked.
"If a presidential election were held
today, which party would you vote
for the democratic or the republi
can?" this is the way they voted:
Democratic 91ri
Republican 49
This vote compares with the trend
lH recent vears as follows:
ILLINOIS TREND
(Presidential Elections)
Dem. Rep.
li:i 50.8 43.2
1938 59.2 40.8
1940 51.2 48.8
1944 51.7 48.3
TODAY 81.0 49.0
Today's poll does not constitute a
fercenst of the outcome In Illinois
next November. Extensive further
polling will be conducted at Inter
vals to niensure the trend of senti
ment ns the presidential campaign
progresses.
Today's results Indicate basic
party strength irrespective of can
didates. In the last ten years such
polls have shown a high degree ol
accuracy in measuring political
sentiment In presidential elections.
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Konitsa the third day, Uie com
munique said, but were annihilated.
An authoritative source said the
Konitsa siege was directed by a,
"Balkan staff" consisting of Rus
sian, Yugoslav and Bulgarian offi
cers operating from 8kopt)e, Yugo
slavia, 66 miles north of the Oreek
border.
Stratos said some of the fleeing
guerrilla units had crossed Into Al
bania eight miles north of Konitsa.
Military sources In Athens said
number of the guerrillas actually
were trained in Albania and Yugo
slavia and all their arms and am
munition came from those two
countries.
Overseas Cable
Strike Starts
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (P) Union
overseas communication workers
went on strike at four cable com
panies today, tlelng up an estimated
two-thirds of their facilities for
transmissions between the United
States and the rest of the world.
The walkout, which Involved soma
3600 employes, began at 12:01 a. m,
(EST) and came while federal con
ciliators still were attempting to
bridge differences between union
and company negotiators.
The dispute stemmed from their
failure to agree on provisions of
new contracts to replace those
which expired last midnight.
The companies are the cables cuV
vision of Western Union Telegraph
company, MacKay Radio and Tele
graph, Inc., the Commercial Cable
company and All-America Cables.
The unions are the CIO American
Communications association and
the Independent All-America Cables
Employes association, whose mem
bers had voted to Join the CIO un
ion In strike action.
The last-ditch effort to avert the
ticup involved the ACA and West
em Union with conciliation officials
hoping that agreement between th
company and the union would serve
as a pattern for overall settlement.
Negotiations with the other com
panies were broken off earlier.
France Signs
New Treaty
PARIS, Jan. 2 P France signed
a treaty with the United States
today accepting conditions affixed
by the U. S. congress In granting
$622,000,000 winter aid to France,
Italy and Austria.
U. S. Ambassador Jefferson Cat
fery and French Foreign Minister
Georges Bldault signed the docu
ment in the Clock room of the
foreign ministry in a session open
to the public and heralded by an
unusual amount of publicity.
Cafi'ery said the grant was "the
response of the American people to
this emergency situation."
France will receive up to $328.
000.000 of the allotment, voted to
Ude over to the three countries until
such time as the Marshall plan for
European recovery becomes effect
ive. The Marshall plan, contem
plating American grants of $17,
000,000,000 over four years to West
ern European countries, still must
be approved by the U. S. congress.
Illinois is the fifth large state .
whose political sentiment at present
has been reported by the Institute.
The results in the others follow:
Dem. Rep.
New York 53 47
Pennsylvania .... 51 49
Ohio 51 49
Michigan 47 ,53
Illinois has the distinction of
ranking first in the country In
voting participation. In both 1944
and 1940 the Hlinols vote was the
equivalent of 53 per cent of Its total
population, with New Hampshire
and New York next with 61 per
cent. In 1940 the proportion of citi
zens of v'otlng age In Illinois who
voted was 82 per cent.
Traditionally, as every resident of
the state knows, the Chicago area
goes democratic, while the down
state area Is republican. This tug-of-war
between the two parts of th
state has meant that Illinois Is not
easily classifiable as regularly dem
ocratic or regularly republican, al
though the OOP has enjoyed n
slight advantage. In the last 12
presidential elections the state went
democratic five times, republican
seven.
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