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BMHAHHAUOIt (tu nnmllll Lewl l"H'K HVK CKNTH " -- , KLAMATH FAI.I.H. OHKOON. HATI fllMY. JAMJAR M, 1941 Telephone 8111 No. 1234 ' "' ..-
UiiiikIiu telli lite senate foreign
relations committee Uili morning
Dial the Unlied Htalos "nmy" ret-over
through loan repayment up
to 24 blllloiui of the B.'t billion
proposed lor. the Hint 16 months'
uiri nlloil ul the Kiiiuiirmi recovery
program ( better kimwii ai the
Miiinhull plun.l
uow?
" Well, It the Marshall pluil
works, the countries ul Western
Kuriipe Wll.l, IIAV1S HOMKTIIINU
'ID I'AY TlllilK MKUTt) WITH. '
Thul, III a nutshell, In w Iml we arc
nyluu lu aiaiinpllMi through tho
"IllHII."
DU1 iiu.iie thl In yuur li.il;
The bulk ul repayment Hi miyi
will come IN UOUOU. Hint I lu
. fcuy, the weitrrn Europeans will
. .wap what t'.iry have thin we want
Wr what we have that thry want.
That l healthy trade.
UK have
" trnile
brill Isolationist 111 our
Ideas. We've wanted to
ell alwayi and buy never.
That wot all well cnouth when
we wire a Imlr ulrl glowing up.
nut wkhk a mo una. ,-.ow.
and have to lace the realities ul
lllc.
me of the prime milium of In
leiiutlliinal busineas la that trade is
TRADE. II youra going to tell, you
in nit uImj buy.
Commerce i a two-wuy street.
pAI.KHTINE del holler and hot-
trr.
I line nu a ruinur yesterday that
I), a. nun mr had been called in
to keep order lu Jerusalem. Jl
stirred the Anion up no end. So lar
It seruu to have been only a rumor.
Hut Arab aimer allows tilt lense
neu ul the situation.
THE nub o( the Palestine problem
1 U what will Hujula do about 117
Will the selte It a an excuse to grao
the Middle East with IU oil?
All down Uirough Malory, Uiat
haa been handy excuse when a
rucku starts in tome part of the
world Uiat SOMEUUDY WANTS.
B T a meeting last night sponsored
by Bryn Mawr and Haverford
colleges (In Pemuylvanlai John
Hancock. co-worker with Barnard
llarucli in shaping America atom
bomb policy, teyi:
"The only reaaon Russia ha not
soiled Ui Drdanellc and tlie
Arabian oU. lurid .1 because, Uie
w United Slates biu possession of the
laiom bomb."
He add: "I reallr that Is
brulal iialemrnt, but I think It U
realuue."
JN Washington, Admiral Louli
Uenfield, new chief of naval
operation, says In broadcast:
"Our navy would make good
hawing If trouble were to break
out, but U too alinrl ol men and
ship to win a war."
Ho addii:
"We will need PLANES ai much
u we will need men . . . The upeed
with which planet can be placed
aboard our renerve carrlert dependt
on how fail American Industry and
labor can build them,"
PHIS It what he U driving at:
1 The atom bomb will do ut Utile
good at a weapon UNLESS WE
CAN DELIVER IT ON THE TAR
GET. IT 8 a touchy world we're living. In.
But If you will go back and re
read your history you will learn
r I hat ALWAYS after great wart Uie
fa'e of civilization hat hung In Uie
balance for teverat yearn.
Yet, somehow, civilization hat endured.
SUPPORT
PORTLAND, Jan. 10 (Pi Sena
tor Wayne L. Morse promised hit
tupport yesterday In an attempt to
get more wheut for poultry feed.
A delegation of poullrymcn told
bltn government wheat buying
r ulrcatens another ahortnge of poul
try feed.
Return On European Aid
Payments Seen By Official
WASHINOTON, Jan. 10 (P)
Ambnsnndor Lewis Dougln told
senntors today that the United
State may recover through loan
repayment up to 13.800,000.000 of
the $11,800,000,000 proposed for the
first IS months' operation of the
European recovery program.
Chnlrinnn Vnncleubcrg (R-Mlch.)
hroiiKht till out In a series of ques
tions aa Douglas continued testi
mony before tho senate foreign re
lation committee on the proposed
four-year program known aa the
Marshall plan.
Vandcnbcrg recalled earlier testi
mony of stato department officials
and asked Douglas whether It it
line that eventual cost to the Unit
ed Stales might, "ultimately be re
duced" by $1,300,000,000 to $3,800,
(100,000 through recovery on loans
expected to bo repaid under the
pliin,
"iiuil Is cnriral," DourIiis as
sured Vnnilenbcig.
Ht ul r rleparlnienl, officials have
rxllmaled that from 30 to 40 per
rent of any recovery funds ad
vanced will be In the form of loans
Hint may be repaid. The balance of
80 to 00 per cent would be In the
form of grants that would not be
repaid.
Vnndenbci'g put It (his way:
If a low of 30 per cent la repaid
the ultimate cost of the treasury
TeBeptoaie Me increase ftaydl 4
British Turn
Down Dual
Control Plan
I.AKK HIX'CKHK, Jan. 1 (41
A British ipokeaman amid today hit
government would tpurn any plan
fur dual control In Palratlne and
would atk the I'nlled Natlont par
tition eommlttlon to slay out of the
Holy l.and until British rule ended.
The tpukeaman gave the British
position outside a meeting of the
commission, where delegates went
Into closed session lo consider the
problem of when to enter the turbu
lent lluly Mud.
11 wot understood the lirlllsh
would tentatively tugge.il that Ulclr
mandate over Palestine be ended
next May 15, but thul they would be
willing to consider giving up con
trol earlier If the UN was r rally to
lake over.
Week's N'ollre
The Ilrltlsh position was said 10
be, however, that the UN should
not consider going Into Palestine
until a week or to before the
changeover In authority.
The spokesman emphasized that
the IlrUlsh tund was in keeping
with Uie original position that Lon
don could not undertake to en
force any solution In Palestine
which wot not acceptable to both
Jewt and Arab.
Arabs, to emphasize their opposi
tion to partition, art boycotting Uie
commission.
Good Skiing
At Crater
Skiing at Crater Lake National
park over- the week-end promised
to be txctllent, pork ranger ad
vised this morning In a 8:30 report.
There It a one-Inch powder over
a heavily packed depth of 72 Inches
and a light mow wot falling this
morning, rangers said. During the
pan week 38' inches of snow htt
fallen In the park, but much ot i
Uils hat been mixed with rain and 1
resulted In a heary pack.
Trailt are reported very fast and
road covered with Ice and snow, i
Motorist are told Uiat chain are
mandatory from Annie Spring to
Uie rim. Minimum temperature
Saturday waa 13 degrees, 10 degree
waa the minimum on Friday, coldest
day of the month Uius far. A alrong
south wind waa blowing In the park
early Uit morning and rangera said
they thought the snowfall wo in
creating at the time the report waa
made.
Temperature
Down In Basin
The temperature stood at 19 de
greet at 8:30 a. m. today, coldest
since December 30. Maximum read
ing Friday waa 43 degree In mid
afternoon. There waa no precipita
tion. '
Despite the noon hour'a clear, blue
sky the forecaat given out by the
weatherman wat for snow flurries
over Sunday.
Motorist were advised that all
major roads In the ttate were re
opened to trafflo Saturday at awol
len rlvera returned to their bank
across the stale. There was tome
now east of the tunnel at Odell
lake on the Willamette highway,
but plow were in operation.
would be $0,900,000,000 while It 40
per cent comes back the actual $8,
800,000,000 initial cost would drop
to $4,000,000,000.
Vandenberg then asked what will
determine whether aid la extended
In the form of a loan or a grant,
Douglas snld experts of this na
tion will determine the ability of
the recipient nation to repay. He
tald advancea for capital goods and
equipment will be repaid If the na
tion Is able to do to.
Both the amount of money re
quired and the way the ttate de
partment wants the program run
have been under powerful criticism
In the senate. Vandenberg previ
ously lias complained that Uie ad
ministration has failed to suggest
a business-like operating system
"In which the American people have
confidence."
Without that "you are sunk with
out a trace," he added,
Senator George (D-On.), ranking
democrat on the commit tro and Us
former chairman, objected to any
"all or nothing" stand by the state
department on the request for
funds to get the program under
way.
He tald that If congress should
decide to cut the Initial appropria
tion to an even $0,000,000,000, for In
stance, "I don't think It would matter."
Floods
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This U an air view of the flood
to hither i round.
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fci---e'
Three Daylight Bandits
Nabbed; Two Still Free
NEW ORLEANS. Jim. 10 iP) arrest of the Uiree. leaving 149.000
Three of Uie biindli who tuned the j In the hands of Uie two "brain."
biggest bank robbery in years were j i Vew 0f Uie remarkably clever
captured before Uie un had set handling of Uie robbery and In light
yesterday, but two oUier -de- ,of tne oaring trrcaauce of the mlsj-
scribed a "the brains of the outfit'
remain at large today with almost
half Uie II 14.000 loot.
Police Suiierliilendeni A. A. Wnt
tert said I6S.OO0 wo recovered alter
Hearing Set
For Thursday
A preliminary hearing for Homer
V. Kranklln la set for Thursday.
January 15, al 11 a. in. In Justice
court. Justice ot the Peuce J. A.
Malioncy tald today.
Franklin Is charged with first de- I
gree murder in Uie drnlh of hit
wife, Marie, at their suburban farm
house November 30. He hat admit
ted slaying hit wife and burying her
In their back yard.
The 54-year-old navy veteran of
two wart it represented by Attor
neys U. S. Balentlne and K, E. Drit
coll. He it held in the county Jail
without ball.
A preliminary hearing is also
tcheduled for Richard Grey, lofrglng
truck driver charged with negligent
homicide, on Wednesday, January
14. at 3:30 p. m.
Gray Is free on $1000 ball and
Uie charge was brought as a result
of the death of Mrs. R. W. Huxford,
fatally injured in a Sun mountain
crash with Gray's logging truck Oc
tober 9. Gray is represented by L.
Orth Sisemore.
Famed Lancers
Stand Guard
JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 Brit
i.ih lancers of the famed "Death or
Glory" regiment stood armed Ruard
on the northern frontier of Pales
tine today across Uie headwaters
of Uie river Jordan in what appear
ed to be move to seal off the Holy
Land partition battle from outside
Arab attacks.
If this was an Indication of Brit
ish policy, it was the strongest move
yet In the mounting civil war that
has threatened to become Interna
tional through the participation ot
Arab volunteer forces from Egypt,
Libya, Saudi Arabia. Iraq. Syria
and Lebanon who now are training
in Southern Syria.
Credence was given this supposi
tion through Britain's "strong rep
resentations" to Uie Syrian govern
ment over yesterdny's border cross
ing by 600 Arabs who finally were
driven back by the Lancers and
Spitfires.
Government sources In London,
moanwhllc, said Britain would wcl
como any force the United States
might want to send to guard the
U. S, consulate In Jerusalem, The
U. 8., according to the sources, had
"sounded out" the British high com
missioner for permission to tend a
"small force" of marines. They add
ed, however, that no formal request
had been made and no decisions
reached.
Cover Lowlands Of Oregon
i '. . ..a
. k M Lm .il T"
atrirken area near
Eiifene, Ore
ing Dandiis, oiiicers tnio tne pair
might have climbed aboard an in
terurban bus, lugging In a suitcase
their share ot the haul.
Baste are being halted and
checked In Alabama and MImIs
' slppi as well as lu Louisiana.
Meantime officers of Mississippi
and Alabama set up a motorized
dragnet along the gulf coast, patrol
uig the area In search of a black
.-ciian which may hare been used as
tlic getaway car.
I One conspicuous kink was ap
parent, however. In plans to cap
ture the fleeing robojrs: No one
seemed certain what either of them
j wore, or what they looked like.
Employes of , the mid-city Hi
bernla National bank who were on
the scene at Uie time ot the holdup
were told by Uie gunmen: "If you
look at me I'll put a bullet In you."
This obviously discouraged any
close study of the men by Uie em
ployes and after the robbery, despite
Uie fact none of the five men wore
masks, their Identity remained a
puzzle.
Detective Chief Joseph Schcurlng
identified the men in jail as George
W. Kirkclts. 33. ot Chulmette. La.,
his nephew, 31-year-old Tommte
Riokctts, of New Orleans, John
Hassenback, 23, also ot New Orleans.
Schcurlng said a suitcase packed
with $35,000 was found in the house
where Uie Ricketta were arrested
and Uiat $30,000 wat found in a
paper bag in Hassenback's room.
Police said the latter had hidden
the bag in a hole in the floor, then
had pushed a heavy stove over Uie
hole to conceal the small fortune In
currency.
USMC Landing
Rumor Denied
JERUSALEM. Jan. 10 (A) The
marines have not landed yet In Pal
estine and no call has been sent
tot them, authoritative sources said
today.
Sources close to the consular corps
in Jerusalem said a delegation rep
resenting all consulates had asked
the Palestine government tor pro
tection In the Arab-Jewish strife,
adding:
"If you can't protect us, what Is
your attitude toward our providing
our own guards?"
' An Arab office statement In Lon
don yesterday, obviously stemming
from Arab consulates here translat
ed that Into a call for the marines.
So fervent were the feelings last
night that Arabs along the coast
practically rushed to the beaches
to watch tho marines wade ashore.
Diplomatic informants here, how
ever, rcttoratod that no speclfio re
quest was made by any. oonsula'e
for permission to bring specific
troops. Government sources In
London and Washington said the
United Btatcs had "sounded out"
the British high commissioner for
Palestine on the subject but that
no action was taken and no formal
request made. Britain said It would
welcome any forco the United
Slates might send for such a purpose.
Mm
a. 1
vB. MCglgaV i--'m
Was rya4i . S
where 2004 persons were eradiated
Truman Tax
Move Blasted
NEWARK. N. J., Jan. 10 VP)
President Truman's proposal to cut
lew -bracket income taxes and In
crease the taxes on business was
termed "plain buncombe" last night
by House Speaker Joseph W. Mar
tin Jr.. (R-Mass.l
The republican-dominated con
gress will pass a tax bill to "give
the greatest relief to the small
Income groups." Martin said in a
prepared speech read for him by
Sen. Albert W. Hawkes (R-N. J
before the New Jersey Taxpayers
association.
Martin has been confined to his
bed in Washington by Illness.
"It will be a bitter disappointment
thai not a single hope was held out
in the president's message tor any
reducUon in Uie gigantic cost of
government." Martin said.
"To transfer the load of excessive
taxation to business would compel
business to pass the excessive taxes
on In higher prices to all the peo
ple." Martin added.
He predicted that the adminis
tration would seek to blame busi
ness for Uie high prices, and added
"this latest maneuver of the ad
ministration Is plain buncombe."
Too Many On
Motorcycle
Five boys on a motorcycle were a
few too many for safe driving, city
police decided last night, and a
16-year-old boy was referred to Uie
Juvenile office for a possible lecture
on overloading.
Police reported that the five lads
four on Uie 1948 model motorcycle
itself and Uie fifth perched atop
the shoulders of his companions,
were spotted going down Walnut
toward 6th right near the police
station about 10:30 p.m.
At 6th the top man either fell off
or jumped off, leaving tour on the
two-wheeler as It turned Into 6th
toward Klamath. About half a
block up the street Uie procession
was stopped and the four remain
ing riders taken to Uie police sta
tion. The fifth apparently disap
peared. The driver was booked for reck
less driving, when he gave his age
at 33, and Uie others released. But
it took very little checking to de
termine that the youth was born in
1931 and is but 16 years old.
So he was referred to the Juve
nile office.
Reward Offered
For Magpies
A 36-cent boumy on magpies Is
to be offered by Elmer Balsiger as
a part of the Klamath Sportsmen's
association's effort to reduce the
population ot these bird predators
in Klamath county.
The bounty will be paid to persons
bringing the dead birds to the
Balsiger Motor company office,
Main and Esplanade.
Tho Sportsmen's association also
reported that It would build magpie
traps tor any farmers who want
them.
Magpies raid Uie nests ot migra
tory waterfowl. They are rapidly
Increasing In this are.
i 1 m r jm m i
Local Boost
Is 50 Cents
In Home Use
SALEM, Jan. 1 lP The Paeifie
Telephone and Telegraph company
was granted a revenue Increase in
Oregon of approximately $1,560,000
per year in an order released by
State Public L'tilitlea Commission
er (ieorge Flarg Saturday. The
company had sought an Increase of
$Z.249.00. The order It effective
immediately.
In general, individual line busi
ness rates are increased 75 cents
per month in Portland and most
other cities: individual business line
rate in Salem Increased $125: in
dividual residence rate in Salem 75
cents. PorUand 25 cents: two party
resident in Salem raised 50 cents,
Portland 25 cents; tour-party resi
dence rates for PorUand, Salem
and most other users raised 25 cents
per month.
Bniinett Boost
Individual business line rates In
Pendleton. Baker. Corvallis, Rose
burg and Grant Pass will be $5.75
per month. This it an increase of
50 cents in Pendleton. Baker and
Corvallis: $1 in Roseburg. and $1.75
in Grants Pass. In Eugene the
business rate Is to be increased $125
to a total of $7.50 per month, while
in Klamath Falls Uie business rate
rise is $1.75 to a new total of $6.50.
In Klamath Fall the increase
in individual residence rate is to be
54 cent to a total of $3.75 per
month, the two-party rate raised
25 cents to S3, and the four-party
rate of $-.50 left unchanged.
There are a large number of
smaller exchanges where there is no
Increase In either residence or bus
iness rates.
. Earn a Return
. ThU - increase will provide an
added net In operating revenues of
$963,733. the balance being absorbed
by federal taxes. Flagg Indicated.
The order Is aimed at enabling the
company to earn a return of ap
proximately 5.5 per cent on the
original cost, depreciated, of its
property in Oregon.
All basic changes in toll rates,
which would have increased the dif
ferential between intrastate and In
terstate rates, have been denied-
( Commenting on his order, Flagg
stated. "It is not improbable that
other rate increases may be re
quested in the not too distant fu
ture. If such Is the ease, much has
been done to put telephone rate
making an a stable basis.
"A large amount of criticism Is
directed at the company in this
order. Telephone rates established
for this company after Uie first
World war are still in effect in
Oregon. It is improbable that these
rates could have been equitable and
proper through all ot Uie business
vicissitudes ot the past 25 years. I
am quite sure that these rates are
not so high Uiat they will stand for
the next 25 years."
Bank Deposit
Figures lip
Deposits in the two banks of
Klamath Falls Uie local branches
of Uie First NaUonal and U. S. Na
tional of PorUand totaled $32,971.
402.93 on December 31, 1947. it was
shown today In a consolidation of
figures obtained from the two insti
tutions. The deposit figure showed a gain
ot approximately $900,000 over Uie
corresponding date a year ago.
The consolidated loan figure shows
an Increase in loans of over $2,-
000,000 in the year of 1947.
Total of loans on December 31.
1947 was $9,401,814.76 as compared
with $7,370,766.03 on December 31,
1946.
These figures do not include the
First National branch at Merrill,
Uie banks at Tulelake and Doriis,
or the other deposit and loan Insti
tutions operating here.
Baby Chokes To
Death On Bean
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Jan. 10 iJPt A
20-months-old baby choked to death
on a bean yesterday while his
mother struggled desperately against
time and obstacles.
Bobby Phillips, ton of Mr.' and
Mrs. Wlllard Phillips, ot near West
Union about 25 miles from here
swallowed an uncooked bean and It
became lodged in his throat.
Carrying the child, the mother
stumbled two miles across country
fields to a house In hope of finding
an automobile In which to bring
the Infant to a Memphis hospital.
No one was at home.
Moving from house to house, Mrs.
Phillips found more of the same
"no car," Finally she reached a
man who had one.
Half way to town, Bobby's gasps
ceased.
Dcctors pronounced him dead
upon arrival at the hospital.
Dr. John D. Moteley, president of
the University of Nevada who will
be the main speaker of Junior
chamber of commerce Founders''
Day banquet, January 13.
JC's Speed
Ticket Sale
Ticket sales for the Junior cham-
ber of commerce annual banquet I
were stepped up Saturday. Dr. John
D. Moseley, president of the Uni
versity of Nevada, will be Uie main
speaker.
Reservations for the annual
Founders Day banquet, Tuesday, 7
p. m., at the Wlllard, may be made
up to noon Monday at the chamber
ot commerce, according to Jim 8 til
well, Jaycee president
John Sandmeyer will be toast
roaster for Uie banquet and Uie
program will start with Uie singing
of "God Bless America." The Rev.
Howard Hutchins, minister of the
First Christian church will give the
Invocation.
Presentation of honored guests by
Sandmeyer will be followed by
greetings by Stllwell, who win then
present awards to key men ot the
Jaycees.
Introduction of new officers will
be made by Sandmeyer and the
main point of Uie evening, presen
tation ot the award for the most
outstanding young man in Klam
ath county tor 1947, will be made
by J. Vem Owens.
A duet by Catherine Blanas and
Wilber Elliott, accompanied by Mrs.
Patricia Hunt on . the piano, will
precede Uie main speech by Dr.
Moseley, who will be introduced by
Charles R. Stark, manager of the
chamber of commerce.
The banquet hall will be decorat
ed by Jayceettes.
Bus Merger
Battle Looms
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 MV
Approval of the California public
utilities commission for merger of
the Pacific Greyhound Lines with
the Oregon, California and Nevada
Stage Lines was asked by the for
mer yesterday.
The interstate commerce commis
sion already has approved the mer
ger, but the California commission
must give its approval, too, before
Uie stock can be taken over and
Uie line operated from Reno to
Klamath Falls.
PORTLAND, Jan. 10 VP Merle
Hoover, president of Pacific Trail
ways, said today his firm was pro
testing merger of Pacific Greyhound
and Uie Oregon, California and Ne
vada Stage Lines.
In a brief to Uie interstate com
merce commission, the Trailwayt
firm is asking for a re-hearing be
fore Uie full commission. Hoover
said. The original merger approval
followed a hearing conducted by a
regional division of Uie commission.
Pacific Trailways sought to take
over Uie O. C. tc N. and alleged Uiat
approval of a merger with Grey
hound would perpetuate a monopoly.
Lumber Price
Predicted
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 W
Senatorial predictions ot lumber
price reductions from record high
levels followed Uie conclusion last
night ot a conference between Uie
senate-house committee on housing
and 60 representatives of Uie lumber
industry.
The predictions came from Com
mittee Chairman Gamble (R.-N.Y.)
and Senator McCarthy (R.-WI.), a
committee member. McCarthy told
reporters he expects some lumber
men to cut prices by 10 per cent and
Uiat when price reduction starts it
will be contagious.
Senator Sparkman (D.-Ala.) said
that In Uie closed session with the
lumbermen "there appeared to be
some fear of a break In Uie mar
ket," but "I don't think anybody
expects lumber prices to go back
to their pre-war levels."
Gamble said that the spokesmen
for the lumber industry, represent
ing producers, wholesalers and re
tailers, gave no Ironclad promises of
price slashes, but Indicated they
plan such price adjustments.
There was no confirmation forth
coming from Uie Industry.
(C. H. Ingram, head of Weyer
haeuser interest at Tacoma, laid
there that no policy has yet been
established relative to possibility of
price cuts).
Tobey Says
General Has
Good Chance
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 OP)
Senator Tobey (K-N. II.) declared
today "nobody" can slop a cam
paign to line np New Hampshire's
eight votes lor the repuoueaa
pretiaenlial nomination 0 e a I o
Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower "Not
even the general himself.'
Tobey tald he think Elsenhower
haa a "good chance" to win out In a
convention delegate battle with
supporters of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
and Harold t. Btasten In Mew
Ilarapahire'i primary election March
.
Eight ot Uie first 17 to file for
election as delegates yesterday were
pledged tor Elsenhower, two tor
Dewey and one for Stassen. Tne
filing deadline Is a month away.
Son t iles
Tobey told a reporter he may
make some speeches in the state lor
an Eisenhower slate of delegates.
Among those who filed yesterday
was Uie senator's son, Charles
Tobey Jr.
The senator, at Uie same time,
was elected as a member of the
board of directors of the Draft
llMnhnnw Ittam,- with haaHnunf.'
-,. in m. vnrir '
Eisenhower, ill at home with a
cold, made no comment on the de
velopments, which projected him
more forcefully than ever before
Into poliUcal discussion along with
two ouier top ranoung warum
military leaders.
Senator Chaves (D-N. M.) brought
Uie name ot Secretary of Stat
Marshall who preceded Eisen
hower as chief of staff Into the
political arena with Uie declaration
yesterday Uiat he 1 supporting
Marshall "and no one else" tor the
democratic vice presidential nomi
nation.. ...
There were indications that soma
ot Marshall's friends were not
pleased by Chavex' suggestion, sine
It comes at a time when Uie secre
tary is asking congress for biparti
san approval of his plan for econo
mic aid to Europe.
Republicans have speculated that
nominaUon of Eisenhower might ba
answered by democraUe acUon ta
put Marshall on the November
ticket with President Truman,
borne democrats nave demurred,
saying the cabinet member Haa
more political value aa secretary of
ttate than aa a vice presidential
candidate.
Safe Cracker
Pleads Guilty
Larry Sherman, 24-year-old
Brooklynite, entered a plea ot guilty
to burglarizing the Klamath Valley
hospital sate, yesterday . afternoon
In circuit court, and will be up tor
sentence Thursday morning.
Also pleading guilty on arraign
ment yesterday was Ira Kenneth
Redlfer, charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Sherman, whose real name is
Solomon Rosenberg, was captured
on Main street in a gun-point ar
rest December 17, Just before he
admittedly had planned to hold up
Uie office of Dick Reeder's clothing
store.
Three Fined For
No License Tags
Three Great Northern railway em
ployes, Ralph Guthrie, Fred E. Ball
and H. C. Sander, were tined $5.80
each this morning in Justice court
after being nabbed by state police
yesterday without 1948 license plate
on their company cars.
Frank Sexton, ON chief clerk,
paid the fines, totaling $16.50.
Sexton said that the '48 plates
were ordered by his office in Oc
tober, Uie order being placed with
the GN disbursing agent In SeatUe,
Wash. But, he said, Uie agent did
not buy the plates until December
23 and consequently they haven't
arrived here yet.
Reductions
By Conference
EstlmaUng a lumber price increase
ot 229 per cent since 1939, Chairman
Gambia told a news conference:
"We are going to get some reduc
tions In lumber prices. We feel we
have assurances. The lumbermen
feel that prices are too high and
Uiat the housing shortage mutt be
solved. They are going home and
reduce prices."
The committee arranged the con
ference to explore the possibilities
of bringing down the prices.
Gamble said no threat of restora
tion of price controls wat held over
the lumbermen, "although they
know Uiat a senate committee toon
will begin a study ot price control
legislation."
The lumbermen were not permit- .
ted to discuss with one another their
price plans, for many lumber com
panies now are under a court order
preventing such discussions because
of possible anti-trust law violation,
Last month an executive of one
of the largest producers, Laird Bell,
board chairman of the Weyer
haeuser Timber company, notified
Gamble that "If you will call
meeting of Industry leaden we will
participate and endeavor to work
out some effective plan to lower
lumber prices, provided, of course,
It can be executed with the approval
of the department of Justice."