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PIIK Huulun government Hi Mus-
cow announces today the sign
Init of a new trnilfi Irraiy with
Norway. Thla nrw agreement, tlin
Moscow announcement any, "will
result In algntflraiil liicipnite III
1 1 ici inutiml exchange t good be
tworil the two countries,"
rllKKE It Up there (or us. If
we're really gulnu lo ritUulld
Western Kiiropn. we'll Imvt to inuka
III) our mind Ui BUY what Western
Europeans huvo lo MILL.
Wr cnil'l io on Indefinitely selling
lo everybody unci buying (nun no
body. '1'linL la ii one-way roud Unit
l( traveled tun long lends Innvllubiy
to bnd trouble.
Truile la lltADK.
Qt.D-TJMKItH III the Wt.it will r
cntl tlml aome two decade ago
1am Angrlra aenl emissaries to small
' owns nil up ami down tho I'uclllt:
Coast. Thry came before local
chambers of commerce with a NKW
HTOItY. Thry aitul, in subsume:
"Wlmt do yim have tlml WK CAN
BUY FROM YOU?"
11 wiia knockout. They got an
Immediate I n l real oU rrmsc.
Hurt waa something new and fas
cinating, lino wrro men aaylug
avrlously NOT what can wr aril to
you but WHAT CAN WE UUY
MtOM YOU?
It made trrmrudnua impression.
PVKMYUODY knowa that Lu An
gelca haa grown amiulnuly. It
haa grown by TltAUK. While It
haa brrn building (uctorlra to make
thluga to aril lo the rapidly growing
Wetl, It haa bren providing a mar
ket fur the thing produced clse
whrre In the Weal.
No principle of tradr and com
mrrce la belter established than
thla: You tend naturally to buy
what you waul U buy where you
can aril what you have to aril.
UKItK la an Interesting little note
In Uie newt:
Al the village df Hot, near Frank
furl. In Ihe American iune of Ger
many. RUriHIAN ZONE house
wife waa arrented thta morning and
charged with trying to enter lite
U. 8. lone Illegally with amuggled
food.
Among Ihe food ilema the had
amugglrd Into our mm were TWO
HMOKKD CATS AND A BMOKKU
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THIS trifling little tale bungs out
two Igulllcanl facta with amaz
ing clarity.
Kxrepi In the black market,
where the speculator In human
tnlseVy eomtf to nend their 111
T gotten gains, food renlly Is scarce in
ninat of turc. Knicclnlly meat.
When Ihla writer win there a couple
of yrara ago, you seldom aw doga
or cat.
Why?
The answer kki brutally atmple.
They had been KATKNI
"THK other prrgnunl (net broughl
oul by Una little sipilb In the
newa of the day la Huh:
No matter how alemly the com
munlat rulera of Russia might try
to prevent It tif they did tryi, no
matter what our government might
do lo lay obstacles In the way of II
(If wo ahould be ao foolish as lo
adopt auch a policy), irndn between
free enterprise America and It
zones of Influence and coinnumi.it
Russia and Its tone of Inllucnce
will go on NATURALLY, even If
Illegally, wherever the two zones
meet If people on one aide have
what people on the other aide want.
DUT this In your pipe iiml smoke It:
Such trade tends lo BRING
PEOPLES CLOSE TOOhTHKK.
thua making WAR LESS LIKELY.
TRADE It a grenl civ lilting In
fluence. Super-
r-Efficient
Sleuthing Work
FRANKLIN, Pa.. Jim. S iVt City
jyuncllmrn aturled scratching their
heads on looking over the 11147 re
I'pnrt of Police Chief F. M. Shelter.
Among the figure were:
"Autnmobllr alolen, 23; recov
ered, 26.
"Bicycles alolen, 11; recovered,
13."
But then Shelter explained the
"super-recoveries" were a hold-over
from December, 1040, r bookkeeping
practice followed by his depnrt
ment. Three Youihs
Car Plunges
Three deaf mules suffered Injur
ies At mld-iifternoon Wednesday
when their northbound ear went
out of control on the Sun mountain
atrelch of highway 97, plunged over
tho steep embankment on the left
and came to rest 57 feel below tho
road bed against a sturdy plno tree.
State police, called to tho scene
by a passing mntorlRt who slopped
at the Fort Klumath Junction, said
tho treo hold tho 1H2B cnnvorllblo
coupo nnd prevented tho car from
continuing down the precipitous
grade which undoubtedly would
have caused aeiimis Injury to His
trio.
Officers rccolvcci their lufiirinn
lion through a ciiicNtlnii-nntl-iui.wcr
system of note writ Inn and sulci that
Wayne Leslie Hartshorn, 18. ot
Wllllnmsport, Pa., was driver of the
cat. Hartshorn told the officers he
was headed north at. about 2:45
p m. when he applied brakes. The
c left wheel locked and threw the cur
' over the embankment. It over
turned nl lea.il five I lines before II
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I'HICK FIVE CENTH
Satellites
Lean Toward
Danger Area
LONDON, Jan. I fl't Eaatrrn
F.urope'a Huvlel aatrllltea are pre
paring to rerognlce the rommunlat
(irrrk "government" of Markua
Vafladra draplle wratrrn warnlnga
that the move will bring about
malor Intrrnallonal ertala, high
diplontallo authorltlea representing
those rounlrlra aald here today.
These luformanta, who aald that
the ultimate objective of the com
munist was to rupture Athens It
self, predicted thai recognition of
the Vnfludrt' rritlme was at most
a question of mouths.
Implication
Only yratrrduy Itrltnin and the
United Hlutra advised Y'ugoslavla
and Uulgarla of the "acrloua Im
plications" ot such a step, whlcn
thry suld would be contrary to the
principle of the United Nation
charter.
Hrlnforrlng this warning waa a
disclosure that Britain ha deferred
Indefinitely a arhrduled early evac
uation of her 6000 Iroopa In Greece.
Moreover, according to official
sxikesmen, she haa reached
"broad agreement" with the United
Hlnira not only or Joint diplomatic
action to be taken In the event of
recognition, but also on military
steps lo support the Athens regime
In It fluctuating fight against Ihe
guerrilla.
"Every means short of war" will
be used by Die British and Ameri
can govertunent to keep Greece
within their own strategic and
Ideological orbit, one government
tnurce aald.
With (irrrr under communist
control, llussl would have a strong
foothold In Ihe Kastrrn Mediter
ranean which would enable her t
dominate not only the economical!
weak Arab slatra but also th west
Inclined rounlrlra of Noulhern Eu
rope. Turkey would be effectively Uo
Irted from the west by chain of
intra sympathetic to Russia's Inter
national policies.
The route to Iran and to the
other Arab countries producing
much of the world' oil would be
accessible only with lite greatest
difficulty.
Kilter To Head
CAB Board
WASHINGTON, Jan. ( Wr-President
Truman today selected MaJ.
Gen. Laurence 8. Kuter for chair
manship of ihe civil aeronautics
board, succeeding James M. Landls.
In order to clear the way for
Kutrr's nomination, Mr. Truman
asked congressional action on a bill
to enable him to serve a a member
of the board without disturbing his
military status.
Kilter Is the United States repre
sentative on the council of the in
ternational civil aviation organisa
tion. Landls was dropped ns CAB chair
man at the end of last year. Mr.
Truman gave no explanation of his
decision not to reappoint the former
New Dealer to the post,
Kuter is 42. a native of Rockford,
III., and a graduate of the military
academy.
Slogan
WASHINGTON, Jan. I Pi
The republican party came up
with a 1048 victory slogan today:
"Vote Republican In 1D4S
Save What' Left."
In 1946 It was "Had Enough?"
Hurt When
Off Sun Grade
w as held by the big tree. The driver
had a Pennsylvania operator's li
cense. His two passengers wore
Glenn J. Flood, 21, and William
Bradley, 17, both of Wllllnmsport.
The young men were en route
from Wllllnmsport to 6552 201 h
street NE., Seattle, Wash., where
they were to remain with u foster
mother. They had traveled 8B70
miles since leaving home nnd this
was their first accident.
Hartshorn nnd Bradley suffered
severe bruises nnd shock, but 21-year-old
Flood, who lost his leg In
n mill accident some time ngo,. suf
fered painful hurls to his bad leg.
He was moved to the Klamath
Agency hospital where he was given
tirntmrnt. The others received
first nld nt the scene.
The three had 818 In their posses
sion and had to pay (15 for wrecker
fees, officer sakl. They did not
have sufficient funds to pay for car
repairs so were remaining in Chllo
nnln nnd attempting to tlx the car
themselves before going on north.
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John A. Schuster, left, and Frank Hiatt of Klamath Falls, are shown above with all that is left ot old
"Three-Foot." a cougar of substantial dimensions that won quite a reputation for himself as both criminal
and trap-evader in Ihe Sardine creek country of neighboring Jackson county. The Klamath men reported
that there had been a lot of unsuccessful attempts to anare the cougar, and on one occasion, when caught,
he chewed off a front fool and left It In a trap. He had Just killed a deer before he stepped into a Hiatt
and Schuster trap on Hiall's Sardine creek property. December 31. A bullet in the head ended his career,
and Jarkaonj county paid a $60 bounty. "Three-Foot" measured 7 feet 4 Inches from nose to taU.
Sun Breaks Through After
Long Siege
Overcast skies nnd low hanging
clouds of yesterday were replaced
by bright sun and lowering temper
atures today as the Klamath basin
experienced another vagary of Old
Man Winter.
The minimum temperature was
reported ns 25 degrees by the CAA
walhcrmnn early this morning as
compared with a previous 24-hour
minimum ot 39.
Shuttle service continued south
of Dunsmuir this morning and both
The Cascade nnd The Beaver, north
bound over Southern Pacific, were
slated to bo at least eight hours
late In hero today. Southbound
tnilllo was on lime, but held up al
Dunsmuir whero the raging Sacra
mento river washed out a 200-toot
bridge nnd considerable track nl
Cnslle Crags, Just south of Duns
muir. Passengers, mall and baggage
were removed from both north nnd
south bound trains and moved by
Chinese Slay
U. S. Marine
TSINOTAO. China. Jan. 8 iVi
Slaying of n U. S. marine by Chi
nese communists nt a rcmoto vil
lage, In North China was reported
today by the Chinese commander
of the Tslngtao garrison. He said
the victim was one of five leather
necks missing on a Christ nuis Day
hunting trip.
U. S. navy headquarters declined
eltlior lo confirm or deny the re
port, made by Oen. Ting Cht-pnn
at a news conference. The nnvy
continued to withhold the Identities
of the five.
Tho Chinese commander said Ihe
hunting party had been halted by
sentries nt government lines be
yond which U. S. personnel was
forbidden to go but that the Jeep
riding murines drove on to Tnyu, a
small village near Llnshan, about
50 miles north ot Tsiugtno.
Ting nddrd Hint a marine search
parly went to Tnyu later and 'was
told by vlllngcrs that the slain ma
rine had been removed by the com
munists. Ho said 11 was presumed
tho remaining tour were taken along
by Ihe withdrawing rods.
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KI.AMATIf FALLS, OKKiiON, TIlt'IlhDA Y,
All That's Left Of Old "Three
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Of Rain Here
bus around the washout, and until
this morning all freight was routed
through Alturas and Sparks, Nev.
SP men said this practice was stop
ped today and freight went through
to Dunsmuir and will be held there
until Uie bridge and tracks are In
order. Crews from Eugene, Klam
ath Falls and Sacramento were dis
patched to the scene Immediately
on word of the washout yesterday
and SP Trainmaster W. C. Hughes,
who was In Dunsmuir yesterday,
said the Sacramento was receding.
Hughes said there were no slides
on the line.
Mountain roads covered with slush
yesterday, had Ice today. At Odcll
lake, on the Willamette highway,
the temperature was 23 degrees at
9 n. in., there wa two Inches of new
snow, 44 Inches ot roadside snow.
It was icy from the tunnel east but
crews were sanding. They were also
sanding the Icy spots on Sun moun
tain of highway 97, where the low
reading was 27 degrees. Two Inches
of fresh snow fell on the stretch
last night, bringing roadside snow
10 29 inches. It wns frosty on the
Grcensprlngs highway.
The Pnclfio highway Is now open
to one-way traffic south of the
Springfield Junction, nnd two-wny
traffic will probably be open lntc
today, tile state highway report advised.
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Switzerland Newspapers Headline
Rumors Of Stalin's Death, But Say
Story May Be "Wishful Thinking"
BERN, Switzerland, Jnn. 8 iPi Two Bern newspnpers speculated
today that Prime Minister Stalin was dead. The Soviet embnssy in
London snld there was nothing to the rumor.
Der Bund headlined Its story "Stalin Dead?" In one edition, but
changed this later to "About Stalin." This newspaper has good nccess
to government news sources In the Swiss capitnl. It snld death had
been the subject ot conversations In the federal council, chief executive
authority of Switzerland.
"There is a serious background lo these reports." Der Bund snld.
It railed the rumor "the topic of the day In Moscow." How It learned
this wns not clenr. No Bern newspaper has a Moscow correspondent.
A socialist newspaper, the Bcrncr Tngwacht. used the headline
"Stalin Died?" It snld:
"Obviously the report ot the death of Stalin was nourished and
certain credence given It by previous reports thnt Stnlln wns sick, that
he wns on crutches, and thnt a Swedish cancer specialist had been
summoned to Moscow." Some ot these reports, it added, might be at
tributed to "wishful thinking,"
Tho Swedish cancer speclnllst Is Dr. Ells Berven. He arrived In
Moscow this week on a summons from four Husslnn doctors who snld
they wished to consult with him.
The Russian lender Is 68 years old.
JANUARY S, 104
Telephone gill
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Rites Set
Marie Loraine Franklin, allegedly
slain by her husband November 30
and buried for a month in the
back yard ot the Franklin home !
near the airport, will be given a I
formal burial at SAn Andreas.
Calif., Ward's Funeral home an
nounced today.
The body has been at Ward's j
since it was exhumed from the
back yard grave January 3 by state
police, after Homer Franklin had
confessed Uie killing.
Two sisters of Mrs. Franklin. Mrs.
Claire Adams of Woodland, Calif,
and Mrs. Grace Ferettl. Sutter
Creek. Calif., were here this week
making arrangements for the
burial. The body will be shipped
to San Andreas Saturday. The
funeral services will be private, thev
said. Mrs. Feretti nnd Mrs. Frnnk
lin were twins.
Some estate Is snld to be In
volved, nnd Attorney R. F. Mc
Laren wns retained to look after
thnt matter. Mrs. Franklin Is snld
to have left a will.
While here the sisters Inquired
about n dlnmond ring reportedly
belonging to Mrs. Franklin which
her husband Is said to have sold
recently.
Meanwhile, Homer Franklin Is
still in the countv jail charged with
first degree murder.
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U.S. Directs
Rescue Craft
In Jap Area
TOKYO, Jan. S WV-Fifty loot
wavea lathed the disabled Russian
ship l)rin off Northezit Japan to
day, but her condition was regarded
a improved and officials considered
towing the vessel and her 780 pas- I
senger lo safely.
Three rescue ships were standing
by and six others were harrying
toward the leaking vessel, which had
been pounded by massive waves 24
hours. The heavy sea prevented
any attempt to remove the passen
gers during a day-long, American
directed rescue effort.
Standing by the stricken ship at
nlghtfail were a Russian patrol boat,
the tanker Yoko Maru and the
Ireighler Taihoku Maru, the latter
two Japanese manned. A second
Russian ship was reported two hours
distant and six American controlled
but Japanese-manned vessels were
en route to lend assistance.
The Far East air force reported
that a rescue plane would circle
the Dvina throughout the night.
Situation Better
Naval authorities said her situa
tion was "considerably improved"
and that It might be possible to tow
the Dvina to shore.
Earlier reports had said the ship
might sink in a few hours. An
American airman reported at 11
a. m. tfl p. rn. Wednesday, EST)
that the Dvlna's decks were awash.
Later, the crew of a B-29 recon
naissance plane said after circling
the ship live hours they had been
unable to contact the ship by radio
or blinker signal.
"While we were over the ship,
a Japanese tanker appeared and
came within 200 yards of the Rus
sian ship and stopped,"- said Lt.
Henry Denlscbendorf of Tulsa, pilot
of the 31st reconnaissance squadron
plane.
"We were flying at 1000 feet and
were unable to see whether the
tanker got a line aboard."
One of the Dvina s first distress
messages, yesterday had reported
"It Is necessary to remove passen
gers immediately." It added that
waves surging across her decks was
lilling the ship and that she had
only one lifeboat.
"I could not sight any rafts or
boats on or above the deck of the
ship," said Lt Erik W. Foged of
Omaha, a crew member of the re
turned B-29.
"None of us could sight anyone
in the water around the ship." add
ed MSgt. D. A. Meyer of Water
town, S. D. "The temperature over
the Russian boat was 20 below
frreilnr centigrade. Anyone who
fell into the water or washed over
board would hare been frozen in
the ley water."
C. Michelson
Dies At 79
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 8 ,fl)
Chnrles Michelson, 79, newspaper
man and former publicity director
of the democratic national commit
tee, died today.
He had been 111 nnd confined for
months to his apartment where he
died.
Michelson, veteran political writ
er, took over as democratic press
agent in 1929 and held the post tor
13 years.
In 1940 he promoted a third term
for Franklin D. Roosevelt the
first ever given a president,
Michelson had been chief Wash
ington correspondent for the New
York World for 12 years before tak
ing the party Job which eventually
paid him $25,000 a year.
A native of Virginia City, Nov,
he started his newspaper career as
a $7 a week reporter on the San
F'rnncisco Post. He worked on sev
eral West Coast and New York
papers.
He died at 7:45 a. m. after awak
ening and asking a nurse to bring
him a cup of coffee.
Greeks Order
More Guns
ATHENS, Jnn. 8 WV-MnJ. Gen.
William Q. Llvesny, chief of the
U. 8. military mission in Greece,
disclosed today that the Greek gov
ernment ha ordered 40.000 rifles
and necessary ammunition from
England to arm an augmented
Greek national guard.
The cost, amounting to 83,000,000,
will be paid from frozen foreign ex
change of Greek citizens In Britain,
he said.
The United States, through its aid
mission, approved an increase In the
size of the national guard earlier
this week from 20,000 men to 50,000
men. The army is to be Increased
from 120.000 to 132,000 men nnd
freed of its security duties in order
to concentrate on seeking nut and
attacking communist guerrillas.
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Dr. Archer Cheater of Sudan,
honored by the American Medical
association a the "family doctor
of the year," smiles as he arrive
in Cleveland for the mid-winter
meeting of the association. Or.
Chester Is now practicing in Den
ver, but was singled out for work
done at a general practitioner In
the little mountain community of
Kremmling, Colo,
Judge Ponders
Easter Case
A preliminary hearing was con
ducted this morning !n Justice
court for William J. Easter, 56-year-old
California street grocer, charged
with assault with a dangerous
weapon, and Judge J. A. Mahoney
took the case under advisement for
24 hours.
Easter is accused of shooting and
slightly wounding a neighbor and
customer, Richard Qaskins, 58, dur
ing an argument over iemons at the
store December 6. He Is free on
J1000 bail and represented by U. S.
Balentine and R. F. McLaren, at
torneys. Gaskins and two city police of
ficers testified at the hearing. Gas
kins telling of the argument and
how Easter obtained a 32-20 calibre
revolver In a small room back; of
the store.
Gaskins said he followed Easter
Into the room and when the grocer
reached in a desk tor the pistol
1 stepped behind htm and pinned his
arms. But Easter was son u
twist one arm around and lire a
shot which'1 grazed Gaskins'. teit
side, the testimony added.
Chamber Asks
Marine Depot
Klamath chamber of commerce
I w as on record today In favor of an
invitation to the government to es
tablish a marine corps aupply depot
at Klamath Falls.
This depot for the Pacific coast
operations of the USMC was origi
nally proposed for San Francisco,
but there has been objection In that
quarter because ot fear it would
bring an attack In time of war. The
chamber of commerce industrial de
velopment committee, however, said
it believes Klamath should make It
self available as a site for the depot,
and the directors agreed at their
Wednesday meeting.
The chamber board went on rec
ord as favoring anything that can
be done here to assist the Lake
county chamber in improving mall
service into Lakeview.
The Shnsta-Cascade Wonderland
tsroclation directors will meet here
on January 28. and will be guests
of the chamber board at noon on
thai day, it was announced.
Truman Address
Reaction Good
WASHINGTON. Jan. IW The
White House said today thnt reac
tion to President Truman's state-ot-
the-unlon message yesterday was
"quite favorable."
Press Secretary Charles O. Ross
told newsmen thnt telegrams and
messages "seemed to be four or five
to one favorable." nnd that they
still are coming In.
He said he has seen about 100
such messages but has not had an
opportunity to study them thoroughly.
740 Unit Rental Housing
Project Slated For Klamath
Serious need for more rental
housing In Klnmnth Falls and its
environs was described in a motion
adopted by the board of directors
of the Klnmnth County chamber
of commerce yesterdny, on recom
mendation of the chamber's hous
ing committee.
The discussion brought to light
a 140-unit rental housing project
proposed for this area by Don Sloan
of Klamath Falls. Sloan said today
thnt the exnet location and other
details of the program are In a ten
tative stage, but that he Is definite
ly working on a plan for 140 unit
of 100 per cent rental property here.
The housing committee of the
chamber suggested a motion thnt
"lt Is the opinion of the chamber
of commerce that there Is real need
for rental housing development In
the Klamath Falls area and that
the chnmber should do everything
possible to bring about such devel
opment by private capital." This
was adopted.
Crest Slated
To Hit Salem
Late Today
By The Associated Pre
Six floodwater death were count
ed today In the Pacific Northwest
as river began to recede through
out widely scattered valley area of
Oregon, Washington and North
Idaho.
Oregon's Central Willamette val
ley area, however, braced for the
flood crest striking today at Salem,
the capital city.
Five ot the drownings were In
Oregon three persons In a Rogue
river cable car, a horseman at
tempting to lord Olalla creek, and
a 20-month-old Btayton child who
fell Into a ditch. Washington's
lone death, reported today, was
Leland H. Williamson, 24. a While
Salmon, Wash., tractor driver who
plunged Into a swollen stream when
a bridge gave way under hi ma
chine. Freezing temperatures over the
Inland Empire country of Eastern
Washington and Northern Idaho
last night sharply reduced stream
flow. The Palouse river was down
markedly today, easing the situa
tion at Pullman, Wash., where 304)
Washington State college student
had been evacuated from trailer
house.
At St. Maries, Idaho, lowland
resident were prepared last night
to flee, but recession of the water
spared their homes. Some 2000
acres were flooded at the peak.
Rain Slacken
In Western Oregon light and
scattered showers replaced tho tor
rential downpour which, continuing
for days, bad pushed all river in
to flood.
The 1400 evacuees ot the Glen
wood area at Eugene prepared to
return to their homes today as the
Upper Willamette fell sharply. Tho
river's crest passed Corvalli at
a. m. today 2.8 feet above flood stage
and began tailing slowly. Only 31
people there reported to the Red
Cross for shelter.
South - of Salem, however, hun
dreds ef families moved out of their
homes. The Willamette wa (.4
feet above flood stage this morning
and waa still rising toward It ex
pected evening crest 8 feet stave
tCsatlnacf sa Pat S, Calaua S
Lake 0' Woods
Hit,By Snow
Two feet of snow tell at Lake
o" the Wood Irom New Year' Day
through January 2. the tall totaling
more than the entire season' depth
according to Caretaker Ed Mora
who was In Klamath Falls yester
day. Morse said It started snowing but
Thursday and lt looked a 11 winter
residents of the resort would be
snowed in for the rest of the season.
He and George Bosley, caretaker at
the resort, made It out in a truck
but the going waa tough. Mono re
ported. There was no ice skating at the
lake and much of the ice la now
gone or snow covered. A high wind
whipped the lake New Year s Day
and a number of trees fell acros
the road. Morse said these had to
be removed before the trip could
be made out of the lake area but
that a check on summer homes
showed no damage due to the high
wind.
GP Mayor
Quits Post
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. S m
J. A. Wharton, mayor of Grants
Pass since 1943, resigned Wednesday
evening.
Morris Mllbank, city council presi
dent and owner of the Rogue River
Box company In Grants Pass, was
named by the city council to till the
term which expires in 1049.
Wharton listed Increased pressure
of business as the reason for his
action. He has operated a sporting
goods store here since 1907. Whar
ton has been called "Dean of the
Rogue" because of his command of
fishing lore. His brother, Charles
Wharton, recently resigned after
serving as mayor of Roseburg. The
Wharton family came to Oregon in
1887 from Worcester, Mass.
Succeeding Mllbank as president
of the city council is D. C. McGre
gor, owner of a variety store here.
Information on the need for
rental housing here will be pro
vided by the chamber for presenta
tion to the federal housing admin
istration, which guarantees loans
tor such housing construction. Ths
chamber committee pointed out
that the government built 387 hous
ing units here In wartime (the navy
housing, civilian housing, "box car"
project and homoja huts at the air
port) with the understanding that
these would be replaced by private
housing in peacetime.
At the chnmber session, Winston
Purvine. director of the Oregon Vo
cational school. Interjected comment
to the effect thnt OV8 student will
soon have need for 100 apartments
In town. He said housing on the
campus Is exhausted, and that 41
apartments, now under construc
tion, will be filled a soon as ready.
Already, 37 veterans are living In
single rooms with their families,
ready to move Into these apart
ments. r
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