rr : &
,.,. I I m3,WY 71 Rofn Erases
row MifflMillfig
B HAINJKH national park assist
" mil chief ranger l Wl Ilium J.
liullcr by name) refuses $6004 re
ward for finding marine transport
plane Hint hiul crushed on the
IlliillllUln. The reward ImU been
olfcrcd by parents i)l iiiiirliirs who
lint lliolr llvr.
lie iicu 14 liny tutor u( II2U a ytnr
from II 10 lutarlur department (which
runs llio national parks) and Idler
from Hcirclury King that amounts
lu a cttutlutt lor courageously hon
orable I'liniliul above and beyond
llio call ol duly.
-
B WEEK and hull ana a U-ill
crashed In the IriMrn Howard
Peninsula iirru ol Altiku. Ili-iun-nulMiim
o 1 1 out Hid air Indicated
survivors. Wltliuut hnMlailou, un
army doctor und three paratroopers
jumped lu tlirir aid.
Presumably At.l. KUUK DIED In
the rrcuo ultciul. II ic body ol
one paratrooper hu been luund
and la bring brought buck lo Fair
banks today.
JMIEHK wem uivivota. Among
thrill woio the ll-ills iillol und
navigator, who not oil Inlo the lioiru
wilderness In the lace ul piurilcully
err urn drath In un attempt ui
brine buik help to llirlr Injured
1'iiiui udm. Ho l.ir a U now knuwii.
both wore lout
UJK hoar u much about Ihr I1AIJ
In huiiiiui nature these du.
It'a mil in-null murlvr to fin get
the CKXJIJ AND THE IIUAVK. wllu
are an numerous now a rver brlore
In history.
WITH THK C'ONHKNT OK TUB
" UNITED BTAT1SH. the alreuglll
of the Urrrk reitulur army l to be
increased Irom K'O.ooo to IXi.ooO
men. and Ihr muii)ourr of the
Clrerk national guaid i lu be upped
from 20.000 tu a total of 50.000.
The tncrrujie, according lu Orccce
premier, comuiuin a reply tu llio
help itlven tu communist rebels In
Orrece by Orcece'a commuuui
neighbors In Uie north i Albania.
Yugoslavia and Uultiarla chlrtlO
MOTE that lint boosting of Oreck
1 mllllary strength U achieved Willi
the CONHKNT ol the United States.
That will dramullu) fur you the
significant fact that our rrspouslbil
lllra are no longer limited by our
national boundaries. Whelhrr we
like It or not, the world n our bail
iwick now.
MORAL)
41 Bine 'va acquired world m
sponalblllty, we'd belter acquire lite
breadth and Ilia tolerance and the
undismayed firmness that must go
with auch responsibility If we are to
flnlah what, we have atartrd.
DIBPATCH from London this
morning aay:
"Responsible quurlera here nay
that lirltaln Is planning a NEW,
FIRM, FORMAL WARNING to
Ureece'a northern neighbor! aguln.il
recognising Murko Vafladea' communist-supported
guerrilla 'govern
ment'" (III northern Greece.)
A British foreign office spokesman
decline to cunllrm or deny Uie re
port, but says an aunuuncemeiil
can be cxccted within a few days.
UfATCH the British. They are be
ginning to pull out of their
hole.
Britain's pioductlun U UP ap
proximately 20 per cent above pre
war. In p!lo of scanty loud, cloth
ing, homing and furl, her people urc
working longrr hours. The gup be
tween her exports unci her Import
la being sharply nnrruwrd.
Records arc being broken In nearly
every branch of her Industry.
nONT write the British people off
your Hal of hopeful possibilities.
Alwuya thry huve been workera.
They atlll arc m tu be.
ACillKKMKNT
MANILA, Jnn. 8 An air
agreement Uelwern (he I'hlllpplnes
and Cli cut llrltuln will bo formally
algurd tomorrow by Vice Prcnldrnt
Elpldla gulrlno for the Philippines
and Minister II. P'oulda for UrlUiln.
The agreement, for nn Indefinite
period with n onc-yrnr notice of
eiinccllntlnn clutiao. will provide for
fllghla between Manila mid London
by plnnes of the two countrlrs.
Greek Army Strength To Be
Increased By 12,000 Men
ATHKNH, Jan. 6 lVi U'lth the
consent of the Hulled States, the
strength of the (.reek army la to be
increased by 12,000 men and the
manpower of the national guard Is
to be boosted to (10,000 tyen, Premier
Thrmlsloklrs Huphoulis announced
last night.
Tho decision, he saltl, constitutes
a reply to tho help given communist
rebels by Greece's neighbors nnd Is
Intended to encourage Iho.io who do
fended and llbernted Koiiltna In the
lust week of tho old yoar. The an
nouncement was Issued after 80
phoulls conferred for two hours with
Uwlght P. Cli'lswold, hend of the
American aid mission to Ulcere.
The aim of the nrmy thus will he
swelled from 120,000 men to i:i,000.
The present strength of the national
iimrd la 20,000 men, making a total
increase for the two brunches of
42,000 men.
Al tho sumo time, Uio U. S. stale
department announced In Washing
ton that as part of llio program to
aid Qreoce In Its fight against com
munism nrltiiln had been given
blanket authority to transfer lend-
UK K FIVK CKNTK
Slayer Says
Letter Told
Of Shooting
hv II A IK Kt AKIUKU (ill
A Irltrr In whlrli hr ilntrrlltrd In
(It ImII Ihfl ilmllt of 43-yrar-olcl
.Mart Fmnklln wtm wrlllrn br
lluoirr Fmnklln irvrrjit dnyi brfurr
hr mnfmitrd thr ftlnyhtf umlly (u
liU broth rr Itrrr I mm I Katurday, the
ft4ymruld murder mw dpfrndrtnl
(old rrpcirlrri lirre ynlrrtUy.
Kruukllii nl(l hr tuhlrrwtrd ttxtt
Irtirr to hlJi drpuiy hhrrlfl hroth
vi', John Krnnkllii, nt Port I und, not
know i hb the brnthrr wnx conilnif to
KlumMh KuIIh. Thr brnthrr Jrft
I'ortluitd In-fore rrrrivlnn thr pur
iMirtrd mlwilvr, rnmiiiK hnc on a
huittlitu trtp. Juhn Krnnkllii heard
hu brothrr'i fttory lnt Baturdny
nd turnrd him over to local offi
cer. U Fmnklln wrote the revrnllns
lt ttrr a he uny&. It Vrumnbly
now In Portland awulllnti the re
turn of Deputy Hhrrlfl John Frank
lin, who left hrrr for home lodav.
Unnirr FrnnkUn'a fvtory indlcateA
that thr fnrmhoiiHe nlayliiR would
have come out. onr way or the
other. Iam werkend, atxul al
wrcka after the fntnl shooting of
November 30.
.Mild Appraranre
Humrr Fmnklln a mild-npienr
lug, very friendly navy veteran of
two warn, Ik chnred with flrnt do
urer murder. YeJiienlny afternoon
he went throiiKh a two-mlnute ar
ralKnmrnl fjirnmllty In JuMlre
court, thru Ulkrd freely of hit
marllnl troublm to newiipnper re
IKirtera who vlMled him at the
crumy Jail.
The body of Mrs. Frunkliu wns
recovered from Ita nrnkeMiift gravo
l.t the bark yard of the coupte'n
renldenc a j id bw now at Wnnl
Kunernl homt. i No burtu plana
have been mnde.
Franktln'a ilatement made to the
dUtrlrt attorney and othrr offlrUla
aftrr the tlaylitf wu dlaroverrd In
dira led a aelf'riefenM motive for
the kllllni, and yeaterday'a Inter
view amplified that theory. Frank
tin described hla married life aa "a
hell."
Hla wife, he itnld. wax frequently
Intoxlrnted or doped, would drink
until fthe became virtually liuane
She aeemed .to prefer a type of
"blnrk medicine" nhe bouitht Ht a
driiR atore to whbtkry. medicine
which Franklin dr&crlbed as a sort
of nedfttlve for nrnxs.
Preceding the kllllnR November
30, Fmnklln Mid hla wife had been
Intoxicated nli.ee last Armistice
Day. November 11, when he came
to town In hi chief petty officer's
Yeggs Walk Off
With Big Haul
El.l.ENSHUHO. Wash.. Jun. t,1'i
Nervrless thieves who backed a
truck within 60 ynrds of a fnrm
houric, stole two tractors and a
plow, and then hired a wrecker to
pull them out of the mud when
tl'ey mired down during the rpi
nwny. were being sought by the
sheriff's nfllco today.
Deputy Sheriff Louis Vonhnll said
the men backed the truck to a
bank 60 yards from the Kuy Sabln
farm, loaded on a tractor mid plow
and drove off. Mired down near
by, they returned far a second
tractor to pull them out.
Unsuccessful In this, Voshnll said
they hailed a passing motorist and
were driven to a service station
where they hired a wrecker. The
wrecker driver, Nat 8awyer, told
Voshnll tho men paid him In cash
and drove nway when he freed tho
truck.
lease military equipment lo the
Greek government.
The equipment, surplus to British
needs, already Is In Oreecc, tho de
partment said, but no Inventory Is
available.
The manpower Increase for the
(irerk armed forces was the second
authorised by the United Htatra
ainee the 1:100,000,000 aid program
went into effect. Last Heptember a
temporary Increase of 20,000 men
and an additional permanent in
crease of 10,000 men for the army
waa authorised. The tlrreks had
asked an Increase of 10,000 men.
Clrlswolri said at the Umc that It
could be Inferred from the Increase
that "roconst ruction appropriations
will be decreased lo allow (or mil
itary requirements."
Press dispatches today said the
guerrillas who attacked Konllsa hud
been driven from heights mound
Houiw.anl brldgo, west ot the city,
nnd that Greek troops woro moving
across Uio Aoos river In an effort to
cut off rebels trying to withdraw
toward Ihn Or amnios mountains to
tho northeast.
mi Cost Esomaie
Telephone Company Readies Second
f J j , y
e . snt , v. i i j
mil ?
IhU plrturr howi members of a Western hlectrfc crew apllclnc Inside cables at the expanded Pacific
Telephone aim Icirjrapn company plum, whrrc s second exenanee will soon be In operation. Breck
Sturcrll and Fugrne (.ehrnun, the men in the picture, are work hit against the ceiling on a job that re
quire! extreme rare. When the second exchange Is completed In March, the new exchange numbers will
be dmlKnated by the prrfix Z turn as Z-1001. Expanding demand for telephone service here resulted In
the citublikl.n.rnt of the new exchange. Fifty Western Electric technicians are now on the Job installing
this equipment.
U.S. Navy
Controls Seas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (iPt Fleet
Adm. Chester W. N1111K7. says the
United States navy holds "undls
pitted control of the sea" and could
establish floating air fields off any
shore to attack Island areas.
The former chief of naval oeni- j
Hons. In n report prepared before
he relinquished that post last month
nnd made public today, also pre
dicts the navy of the future will
nrm Its carrier-based planes with
atom bombs.
The Untied Stales Is "relatively
deficient" In manpower compared to
Central Asia, Kn.st Asia or Western
Europe, but could win a war never
theless with superior weapons and
naval nlr-sea .strength, he said.
If war comes suddenly within the
next several years, he ndils. air-sen
power would be the only way of
quickly hitting back nt nil enemy.
While Invasion In some form would
be necessary to win the war, It
might not be necessary to occupy
nil of nn enemy's territory or cap
ital, Nlmltz said.
Meat Shortage
Threatens NYC
NEW YORK. Jnn. 0 oVi Threat
of a ment slmrtnge hung over parts
of New York City and Long Island
suburbs today ns 3000 meal cullers
were under orders of union leaders
not to report for work Friday nt
plnnts of five of the largest whole
salers nnd processors In the metro
politan nren.
The action was announced Inst
night by Mux lllock, president ot
locnl 342, Amiilgamnled Ment Cut
ters nnd Butchers Workmen ot
America (AFLI, who said It was
caused by n breakdown In wage-hour
negotiations with the plnnts.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. 6 (AP
USUAi Potatoes: 8 broken, 8 un
broken cars on track: arrivals, Ore
gon 1: market firm: Klamath Rus
sets No. 1-A, J4.76; Deschutes $4.50.
LOS ANGKLKS, Jnn. 0 lAP
U8DA) Potatoes: 17 broken. 28 un
broken ears nn track: arrivals, Idaho
6 by truck 10: market slightly
stronger; Idnho Russets No. 1-A,
$4.(15-4.70: Deschutes No. 1 bnkers
$6.00; Klamath No. 2, JH.60; com
mcrclnl $3.06; No. 1 bnkers $5.50.
KLAMATH FALLH, OIIKCiON, TI1KHMAV,
f?'. llW
tr', 'At
r s:
Solons Gird For Battle
As Congress Convenes
WASHINGTON. Jan. iP Con
gress convened at noon today In a
lull-before-the-storm atmosphere.
There was no fanfare and only
routine formalities in the arn'ate
and house, llul off the floor the
talk was of battles ahead In an
election year over weighty domestic
and foreign issues.
Traditionally, congress undertakes
no business until it receives the
president's annual stale - of - the
unlon message. Mr. Truman will de
liver Hint In person at 1:30 p. m.
1EST1 tomorrow.
It Is expected to draw clenrly the
lines between the White House and
the republican-controlled national
legislature on many matters. Mr.
Truman may give his views sny
whnt he wants on tax reduction.
Taylor May
Run For VP
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 tA't Sen.
ator Taylor iD-Idahol said todny
he may decide to run for vice presi
dent on a third party ticket headed
by Henry Wnllnce If President Tru
nin: 1 names a banker to succeed
James M. Lnndis as chairman of
the civil neronautlcs board.
"If nil of these appointments are
going to go to Wnll street men. then
It's time to do something some
thing despernte." Taylor SHld. "But
I am going to wnlt and sec what
the trend of things is going to be."
Taylor snld a week ago he had
been sounded out by Wallace sup
porters ns to whether he was will
ing to become Wallaces running
male. He snld then he wns giving
the matter "careful consideration."
Train Settles
Big Argument
ABERDEEN. Md Jnn. 8 tV A
southbound express Jellied at least
the Initial phase of an argument
Hint arose when a locnl motorist
found his ivny across the Pennsyl
vania, rnllroad tracks blocked by
another car.
Corporal John Lnnbcck of the
stntc polico snld l'rniik Slrnimclo,
36, left his vehicle Inst night to
nrgtio with the other driver, heard
a crash, nnd turned around to see
that a train had carried Ills car a
mile down the tracks.
JAM AHV I, 1941
Telephone II II
Exchange' Here
I foreign aid, military training, pow
ers to use against high prices.
Congress' answer will come bit by
bit in the debates and the votes of
the months ahead while the No
! vember elections draw closer.
While almost all congress nun-
bers were in town for the session.
not all attended the opening meet
ing. There were many vacant seats
in both chambers, but the galleries
I drew their normal crowd of visitors.
I Since congress adjourned Decem-
bcr 19. Rep. Patrick Drewry, Vir-
gtnia democrat, has dled.i
Drewry s death and the resigna
tion of Enrle Clements, democrat
elected governor of Kentucky, left
the political lineup In Uio house at
245 republicans, IBtf democrats, one
Amcrlcnn-laborlte and three vacan
cies. The other vacancy was caused
by the resignation of Rep. Evan
Howell, Illinois republican.
The senate started off with no
vacancies and a lineup ot 51 repub
licans nnd 45 democrats.
White House aides reported Presi
dent Truman has his message "al
most completed." He called an un
usual session of his cabinet for this
afternoon to go over the message
with the members.
The gulf which divides the presi
dent and the republican-controlled
legislative branch was pointed up
perfectly by a new report that Mr.
Truman might propose higher taxes
on corporation profits in order to
leave a margin for low bracket per
sonal income tax relief without cut
ting total government revenues.
Paratrooper's
Body Found
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 6 iP)
Tho body of one of three pnrntroop
ers who jumped to the aid of six
B-29 crash survivors on the Icy
Scwnrd peninsula December 27 was
being brought here by plane todny
for memorial services In the Lndd
Held chapel.
The vlcilin. First Sgt. Snnthell
Loudon ot Kintn, okln.. wns found
Sunday frozen to death nenr the
wreckngo of tho big bomber.
SI ill missing arc the other para
troopers nnd a Lndd field doctor
who made the midnight jump In
30-below eero weather, , and the
B-20's pilot and navigator. Lts. Vern
H. Amctt and Frederick 8heetz. All
are feared dend, but nn Intensive
senrch by planes and dog tennis is
being continued.
W j
A
No. 1231
lied
Proposal
Offered By
Vandenberg
WASHINGTON. Jan. ( PV The
administration took aome but not
all of the opposition heat off the
Marshall plan today by Junklnr the
817,000.000.000 cost estimate for long
ranee economic aid to Europe.
Suggested by Chairman Vanden
berg (K-Mlch.) of the senate for
eign relations committee, the action
was generally balled In congress aa
removing one major stumbling block
toward approval of ft four-year re
covery program.
However. Senator Mtllttin of
Colorado, who heads the conference
of all republican senators, made It
plain that many In his party want
still other changes made.
Sane Project
Speaking on a radio program
sponsored by the republican na
tional committee last night, Milll
kln predicted eventual approval of
a "sane" foreign assistance project.
But. he told his listeners:
"A decent regard tor what ia in
the hearts of the American people
requires that the aid shall not im
peril our own economy and shall
be of a nature that will help our
frienda abroad help themselves."
In announcing tht administra
tion's decision to drop the request
for authority to spend up to $17,-
000.000.000 toward the recovery of
16 Western European nations out
side the communist orbit, Vanden
berg said there is no change In the.
tG.noo.000.000 estimate for the first
15 months- of the Marshall plan's
operation. And he told a news
conference this figure may lead to
"a hell of a lot of trouble" In cou
. gross. .v- " ' -
Declaring that help must depend
on European nations' helping them
selves, the Michigan senator said
the action "recognises the reality
that it is impossible to anticipate
what the condition of the world
will be in the succeeding four years."
Nevertheless, he said, he favors a
four-year commitment of aid, with
out any fixed amount.
LamarreSays
He's Guilty
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 W) Bler
lot H. Lamarre, 35, indicted, recently
with MaJ. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers,
pleaded guilty in U. S. district court
here today to three charges ot per
jury. At the request of his attorney,
Robert C. Knee ot Dayton, O., sen
tencing of Lamarre was deterred
pending a report from the probation
officer.
The maximum penalty for each
count is 10 years in prison.
Meyers, retired air force procure
ment officer. Is scheduled to be ar
raigned tomorrow on three charges
oi perjury and three charges of in
ducing Lamarre to commit perjury
Lamarre, who had been scheduled
to appear with Meyers tomorrow,
show ed up a day early and arranged
to enter his plea today. His appear
ance before Federal Judge David A.
Pine required only a few minutes.
"I plead guilty," Lamarre said, af
ter the charge had been read.
The clerk then pointed out that
there were three counts In the in
dictment, and Judge Pine asked him
it he pleaded guilty to each.
"I do," the blonde, slim defendant
replied.
Road Closures
To Be Talked
The matter of closing off several
streets In Chelsea and Opportunity
additions north of the city limits
If the highway entrance north Is
Improved will come up at a meet
ing ot highway officials and prop
erty owners called for Wednesday
at 7 p. m. in the courthouse.
Wally Hector, county engineer,
said that he had been discussing the
proposition of closing off some
streets for the highway project, and
had met with considerable opposi
tion from property owners.
The highway department, if the
north entrance to town on the high
way Is Improved and widened to
four lanes, would like to eliminate
as niahy cross-streets as possible for
better traffic control.
NEW RECORD
MANILA, Jnn. 8 W Newspaper
headlines fentured a new postwar
record cold of 61 degrees (Fnrenhelt)
In Manila today.
The all-time low for Manila was
58.1 January 11, 1914.
The mercury dropped to 45.3 in
Bngulo Sunday.
Basin Snow;
More Slated
The Klamath basli, whipped by
a 12-hour snowstorm Sunday, was
virtually clear of snow today as rain
washed away the fall and left slush
and puddles of water instead.
Unseasonable weather, with a tem
perature reading of 60 degrees at
noon today, coupled with warm
nights, gave more than a hint of
spring today. It was 42 degrees last
night, at the minimum reading.
Grass along the government canal
on Alameda showed quite a bit of
green this morning as the snow
melted and the moisture soaked into
the ground. Early shrubs were
showing buds.
Precipitation the past 24 hours
totaled .08 of an inch, double that
ot the previous 24 hours when the
moisture was measured at .04.
The state of Oregon was drenched
today but this meant that highways
were In good condition with rain
clearing the snow from the Cascade
mountain passes. The commission
warned of flood danger, however,
with heavy rains expected west of
the Cascades.
At Odell lake on the Willamette
pass, the temperature was 35 de
grees at t a.m., raining hard fol
lowing a night of rain, and spots
of packed snow east of the tunnel
were turning to slush. There is 52
inches of roadside snow.
Sun mountain pass on The Dalles
CalUornla highway, the temperature
was also 35 degrees, raining, pave
ment bare, with 32 Inches of road
side snow. It was 34 degrees this
morning on the Greensprings high
way, raining and pavement bare.
More rain throughout the state,
including the Klamath basin, was
the Wednesday forecast from the
weather man.
The California Oregon Power
company reported no outages due
to the rain, and the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company ad
vised no additional cable worries
but moisture had caused Isolated
cases of trouble. Crews continued
to work today. The Lakeshore line
was repaired late yesterday after a
second interruption of service over
the week-end.
Weather Cause
Of Temblors
NEW YORK. Jan. 8 UP The
whole North American continent
has had a bad case of titters tor
the past two weeks and It has
nothing to do with holiday cele
brating. The shaking of the earth is
weather palsy "mlscroseUms" in
scientific language says Father
Joseph J. Lynch, Fordham univer
sity's earthquake expert.
"It's probably the worst it's been
in history." the seismologist said
last night. "There's been a sus
tained vibration of the whole con
tinent for two weeks."
Father Lynch, whose earthquake
recording instruments have been
on a binge, explained that the con
tinual rocklngs of the earth are
caused by heavy storm conditions
and weather changes.
"We don't know just what causes
these reactions on the earth." he
said. "Somehow, the air disturb
ances produce a rythmic movement
of the ground."
Mystery Deepens Around
Disappearance Of Kleppen
The mystery of the disappearance
of 30-year-old Milton Kleppen from
Merrill 10 months ago Is becoming
one of the most puzzling enigmas
of this area, and a youthful kid
naper now in jail at Crescent City.
Calif., is being looked at with some
suspicion. He may know some
thing that he hasn't told.
Kleppen, an ex-soldier from
Blair Wis., had married a Merrill
girl and purchased a small ranch
near Merrill from his wife's family,
getting a GI loan on the place.
He lived on the ranch for a year
and paid off part of the loan, ap
parently prospering, but In March
of Inst year he disappeared.
Bus to Portland
On March 23, 1947. the blond
haired young man left Merrill to go
to Klamath, Calif., where he had
mentioned going into the sporting
goods business. At Klamath he
rented a building and three days
liiter went to Crescent City to board
a bus to Portland.
The object of the Portland trip
was to purchase supplies for his
Klnmath store.
A Crescent City man, William
LnFay. took him to the bus station.
Kleppen has not been seen since.
N" one knows whether he got on
the bus or whether he Just went
off Into nowhere from Crescent
City.
At the time of his disappearance
the young man was believed to have
been carrying over $200 In his pock
et, plus an expensive wrist watch.
Life Insurance
The disappearance went un
noticed for a time, then was re
ported to law officers In California
nnd Oregon. The tile on Kleppen
continued to grow when It was re
vealed that the Occidental Life In
surance company has a . $10,000
double Indemnity policy on him. An
Investigator for the insurance com
pany recently renewed Interest In
the search, coming here from San
Francisco on the Investigation.
Not long ago a young man named
James Kirby'was Jailed at Crescent
City for kidnaping and In a car
which he had purportedly stolen
was found a notebook containing
the name and address of Kleppen 1
wife In Merrill. Mrs. Kleppen told
Poultryless
Days Called
Off For Good
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (VP Pro
posals to act up meat rationing
machinery on a stand-by basis won
the endorsement today of Senators
Ives IK-N.Y.) and Murray (U-Mont l
While the meat Issue simmered.
President Truman's cabinet food
committee decided to eliminate egg
leu Thursdays after this week but
to continue Its appeal for meatiest.
Tuesdays.
James A. Htlllwell, food conserva
tion director, announced that this
atep la being taken because ol
seasonal Increase In the supply of
eggs.
Supply Down
Stlllwcll noted on behalf of the
cabinet food committee that the
supply of livestock, on the other
hand. Is diminishing. The commit
tee took the stand that for this rea
son It Is Imperative that meatless
Tuesdays bj continued even though
meat "may be offered In non-cooperating
restaurants and hotels."
The meatless and eggless days,
along with poultryless days, were
Inaugurated last October to save
grain for relief shipments abroad.
Poultryless Thursdays were aban
doned in November.
The agriculture department has
predicted a meat shortage will de
velop in the spring. With this In
mind Senator Flanders (K-Vt.)
plana to introduce legislation which
would authorise the department to
make plana for meat rationing.
Under Flanders proposal, still an'
other act of congress would be re
quired to put rationing into effect.
The bill being drafted by Flanders
contemplates no price controls on
meat. Ives said he was glad of that
because price celling "would curtail
production" of meat. .
Distillers
Look For Out
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 m Tht
Schenley Distillers corporation is
"discussing with lawyers" legal ac
tion to test the law limiting the
amount of grain that distillers may
use in making liquor. Vice Presi
dent Thomas Casey said today.
"We are discussing a lot at
things," Casey added to a reporter.
Asked it one or more suits are be
ing considered, he said that they
are.
Casey said both the constitu
tionality of the ftvv and Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson's order al
locating grain, were under discus
sion. Flirtation Gets
Highest Praise
LONDON, Jan. 6 OP) Flirts got
a kind word today from Dr. Marjorle
Tait, organizing secretary of the
London Union of Mixed Clubs and
girls clubs.
Speaking at a conference on fam
ily relations, she said:
"There is no more civilizing in
fluence in the life of the boy and
girl growing up through adolescence
than adequate opportunities for
flirtation because flirtation, prop
erly done, is part of the art of liv
ing. officers here she was acquainted
with Klrby, but Kirby has not re
vealed any connection with Klep
pen's disappearance.
Officers are reluctant to believe
that Kleppen Is dead.. There Is no
evidence to point that way, but
likewise no evidence to Indicate he
Is still alive.
Kleppen is described as five feet,
eight inches tall, weight 140 pounds,
blue eyes, ash-blond hair, having
one tooth missing from his upper
Jaw and an appendicitis scar on his
right side. He wns discharged from
Camp Benl in November, 1945, as
a technical sergeant.
MILTON KLEPPEN
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