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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1948)
a mm M EAT, tH THICK FIVE CENT) '-- KLAMATM ' W"ffl'' rW")AV' JN"Alty Land Transfer Vn.TlM Dart few I ' . ...... ly FHANK JKNKINH fpllKllE are loud strikes, till murii- lug's dlaatcha Inform ua. In ill Gorman Ruhr. Burnt 16.000 aiernun workers are Idle aa 11 rrault. 7 four million are pretty hungry, but ere (till working, j ' UfHY (lie growing food aliurlauo? f.- nltl. 111 lis IIimL llrulih and American loud ahlimimu are up to schedule but collections (rom Herman larmrni are not. American and British mllllary guvemmenta blame Herman ol- liclau lur (allure to collect l rom me farmers. Clerman olllclala blame (lie military government lor not glv. lug Uiem power la ENFORCE Col lections. PHAT cells lor a word ol csplana- I lion. Under Uie LAW, German farmera are euppuaed to produce and UELL at Hard prlcee and lor funny money. They don't, Iiulead. they dlapuee of only a much lood s they can awap lor thlnga tlicy want. Tliey keep the real lor their own uae. Human nature, you aee, la human nature everywhere. i MEANWHILE the Muecow radio II makea hay by broadcaaung to hungry Huhr mlnera tliat the way to gel more potatoea ll THHOUUII THE COMMUNIST PAKTY. If "Protocol M" meana bualneai, tliat U highly algnltlrant newa. pKOTOCOL M" la auppoaed to be r a Ruaatan acheme to wreck uie Marahall plan by winning Ind'Jtrlal Oermany over to communism CJer many u Uie workshop of airope. II rtuaaia Br uv hihmiiu),, i, be much harder for ua to I ting Wealem European counlrlea 'jack to economic health and strain 11). Russia, presumably, wants, to pre vent that, lor If these rutloiu be .come strong and well again they'll friends op ouita. That would add to our atrcngth. In a two-world system, slreugUi l everything. CENATOR VANDENHKRO auggeata " Una morning that half Uie crlV Icum ol Uie Marahall plan will dis appear If meana are provided so that Uie United 8 la lea "can follow our dollars abroad and aee that we are getung our money's worth." That would Involve finding a boas for the Job in whom we would HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE. Who rould Uial be? It sounds I politically) funny to aay so, but when you atari thinking about It Hoover and Baruch seem to head Uie list. CKNATOR TAFT, 111 a speech III Providence (R.I.I lest night re peals his opposition to universal mllllary training, lie says an In crease In the slae of the air corps would be "leas expensive and TEN TIMES A8 IMPORTANT." This Is what he means: The air corps. In the event of war, would DELIVER THE BOMB ON THE TARGET'. In any kind of war we're likely to have any lime soon, Uie foot soldier would be too alow. THE piipers are full of tax rcduc- tlon talk Ulrse days. Don't get too much excited over It. It la an accepted political axiom Uiat you have to talk tax reduction In a cam Jinlgn year. C Also, according lo (he old rules, you have to talk 8PEND1NO. TEEP this fact clear In your mind: If we spend, we'll have lo tax. O li lt we fall to raise enough by tax ation to pay for the spending we'll Inflate the money. That'a Uie way It works. Courtright Ouster Asked By Four Tribal Members KLAMATH AOENCV, Jan. 16 A telegram requesting- the Immediate removal of Superintendent B. O Courtright from the Klamath In dian reservation has been sent to Hcnntora Morse (R-Oregon) and Duller (R-Nebraaka) by four newly elected members of the tribal busi ness committee who wore refused a swenrlng-ln ceremony enrller this week. The telegram was sent to Wash ington, D. 0 and slgnrd by Wnric Crawford, Ida Crawford, Juno PciIIihh and Joseph linll. The seiuiinrs were asked lo con IhiI. the soCTotary of the Interior with a demand Hint. Courtright "be removed from the Klamath reserva tion at once. He la on leave, but continues residence at the Agency With habitual political maneuver lug, haa Interfered with and pre vented newly-elected business oom mltlco members from belnn sworn In." Cnurtrlght, who has reached Ihe I retirement age, started a 60-day leave of absence December SB, but Cor Workers SeekTwo-Bit Wage Boost DKTKOrr, Jan. U Th CIO Vnllrd Auto Workrra announred today tiirf would ek wage in err of 25 cnli an hour and an additional ft ornla for oilier bene fit H fortheomliif Defoliation! with Ihr motor car Industry. Tli drmandt. approved by tit union'! tt-nian exrrutlve board, are aimed at obtaining a third round of cotl-of-llvlng adJuBtmrnU aJnre the war. Also Included arc demand for a guarantrrri weekly wait and t three-week vacation fur orkrra wllli five yean trnlorlty. A 24-ceut wawe Incrcnue would bocMl average pay for Uie auto workort to rutiirhly 11.15 an hour. The additional ft cenu an hour would cover htapltolluiUoii, health, medical and aurulcal huurance. "A 25-cent wane Incrriue la nec enry." Uie board autcmenl aald. "Ui nature the buylm power of auto workeri waitea to Uie level attained In June, 11M6. the laat month of effective price control." The board aald It uaed Uie fed eral bureau of labor atatUiica con umer price Index In determining Uie 25 -ecu I figure. RiUier Chryaler corporation or Oenerml Motor corporation la ex pected to be Uie UAW-ClO'a first 194S Urget. Kord Motor company, other member of Uie big three, haa a contract that explrea later In the year. Gandhi Too Weak To Walk NEW DELHI, India, Jan. It il' Mohandas K. Oandhl, bent on bringing communal harmony to In dia, lasted Into a fourth day today, too weak to walk. The Indian gov ernment, aympaUietlc, acted to allay bad feeling In I la own country and In Pakistan. A competent medical source said Oandhl, IB. can fast an additional six days "at the utmost," before his life Is aerloualy In danger, but that already Uieie la a danger of oom pllcauons. Oandhl, Hindu spiritual leader and believer In non-violence to achieve reforms, started his fif teenth last al 11 a. m. Tuesday. Physicians aald yesterday Uial, after 031 hours, he had lo be carried from his baUirooin. Last night, for Uie first lime since he qull eating, he aklpped his dally prayer mecUng. India, whose population Is mainly Hindu and Sikh, announced today It would begin Immediate payment of 40.oou.ouo pounds (about 160. OU0.00O) due the predominantly Moslem dominion of Pakistan under a financial agreement. Reds Ready On Lend-Lease Deal WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 P Sovlrt Ambassador Alexander S. Panyushkln aald today Russia Is ready to resume negotiations to set tle her IIUOO.OOO.OOO wartime lend lease account with the United Bliilrs. The negollaUona were broken off last July. The envoy aald he hopes the discussions will be resumed In the "near future." Only Russia among the major wartime allies haa yel to reach agreement on terms of partial re payment for the arms and supplies contributed by the United States to the common effort against nail Germany. Related negoUallons with Russia opened last May and had made lit tle progress when Ihey were broken off by Ihe return to Moscow of for mer Ambassador N. V. Novlkov. still Is living at Klamath Agency. J, 8. Monks, chief clerk, Is acting auerlntendcnt. When Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Poltras and Joseph Ball, all of whom were elected to the tribal business committee In December, came to the Agency Tuesday to be aworn Into office, they were told by Acting Superintendent Monks that Courtright had Instructed him to "swonr In no one but officers of tho committee." Without thesp four new members, the ' committee can not have a quorum to elect officers. In effect, tho business connnlltce Is stymied. On the other hand, Scldoii Kirk, chairman of the tribal general coun cil, has called all members of the Klamath Indian tribe and Interest ed white persons to attend a meet ing at Klamath Agency Friday, Jan uary 33, to make auggesllons which will be forwarded to congress, aug gesllons for the betterment of con ditions now existing on the Kla math reservation with the Indians held as wards of Ihe government. tapped Lava Beds Expansion Draws Fire TI'I.fXAKE. Jan. U Vlgoroua oppoalUon la a propoted extension of lava Hrda National monument boundary to Include a aubsuntlal portion of the Tulelake penlnwt!i wan voted at a meeting of the Hutte Vallry-Tulelake Hportamen'a aaao rlatlon held at Ihe HporUmen'i hotel here lat night The American Legion, city of Tulelake, R0U17 club, Tulelake chamber of eom mrrce and Klamath KporUmen'a aaaoelatlon were represented at Uie meetlnga. It la umleratood the proioaal la Ic enlarge the monument to include atrip about a half mile wide and two and one-half miles long which would take in a major portion of i Uie pent inula. Including an area which has been lifted by Uie sports men's group for a trapahooting set up. The land la now under control I of Uie reclamation service as part j of Uie land withdrawn by Uie bu reau many years ago. I The group In session last night voted to send resolutions u mem bera of the California congressional ' delegation urging them to help j knock the proposal In the head. The -sportsmen's groups' objections to j the transfer are based on their con- j tent Ion that Uie peninsula area should remain a public shooting ground flmpoMlble under park sen ice jurisdiction! and' that their trapshootlng set-up. emabllshed at considerable expense after permls nion waa granted them In 193ft to use the area for that purpose, should not be disturbed. Road Okay The sportsmen's group Indicated It had no objection to a road con struction program there to provide access to the monument but Insisted that the road project would not re quire Uit boundary expansion pro gram contemplated. . . , . RecIamaUon bureau offlclaU here said the park service has proposed the transfer of land, but that no definite orders had been made. The land is not irrigated area, reclama tion officials pointed out, and Uie bureau Is hardly In a position either to favor the transfer or oppose It. Both the park service and reels ma tlon bureau are In the Interior de partment. It Is understood that in 1939. B. B. Hayden, then teclamation superin tendent, gave the sportsmen's group permission to use an area on the east side of the peninsula for trap shooting The association says It spent 13000 In Improvements there. Park service purpose In wanting to expand over the peninsula. It Is understood. Is to take In some addi tional petroglyphs there as well as the jagged rim at Uie top of Uie peninsula which Is a landmark In that region. Blast Death Toll Mounts CHICAGO, Jan. 16 MV-The death loll In the explosion which blew out Uie 150-foot north wall and roof of a four-story brick building near the Loon yesterday mounted to five to - day with the discovery of two more bodies In the wreckage. Four other persons were Injured In Ihe expiation In the building at 619 North La Salle street which housed the offices, showroom and storage space of Ihe Provus Broth ers Furniture company. Police esti mated from eight lo 10 persons were In the building when the blast oc curred. Pet Lioness Gets Heave-Ho Order LOS ANGELES. Jnn. 16 IJPl Teresa, an African lioness cub owned by midget auto racer. Henry Oeorge. waa ordered out of town yesterday. An Inspector of the department of animal regulations discovered a municipal ordinance prohibiting keeping of Hons in the city. Neigh bors had become Jittery, even though Oeorge kept his pet on a leash. Daniels Rites Slated Saturday RALEIOH. N. 0 Jan. 16 A' Funeral services will be held at a :30 p. m. (ESTI tomorrow tor Joscphus Daniels, 19-year-old editor and pub lisher of the Rnlelgh News and Ob server and last survivor of the orig inal Woodrow Wilson cabinet. lie died yesterday. I. . . . . Tho services will be in Raleigh's Edeton street Methodist church where Daniels Insisted on attending church January 3 after contracting a severe cold. Bishop W. W. Peele of Richmond, Va foimor pastor of Daniels' church and a close per sonal friend, will conduct the services. 16, 1941 . Telephone Hill Governor Helps r-t a. 7 .i M K ? Kit-- . r , rj . I Y; ' S i , lir ' "ll nn i i " T i' r " Gov. Earl Warren of California hands a rase of canned food to his son. Mldahlpman Karl Warren Jr aa the California relief ship. Golden Bear, as loaded at Vallcjo. Calif, with foodstuffs It will carry U Italy, France and Greece. Bricker Asks Landlords Without Leases WASHINOTON, Jan. 6 UP) agreed to an increase in exchange Senator Bricker R-Oh.or urged for a lease running through 1M8. today that congress open the way Congres wrote in this provision for landlords to increase rents ol ; Ust June on the assumption that mlllons of tenants who have failed j rent control probably would not to sign leases permitting "volun- be extended beyond February 29. If tary" hikes ol up lo 15 per cent. they did expire then, tenant who At the same time. Senator Mvers i signed leases mould have 10 months iD-Pa.i said he Is going to ' Um like hell" to strengthen rent con trols In line with President Tru man's rcquc.it in his anti-inflation pr off ram. The prettem rent control law Is scheduled to exntra. February 29. .A senate banking subcommittee starts hearings tomorrow on legislation lo extend It I Under the exuding law. landlords , tn tUm .t.M V f could raise rent by as much as 15 per cent in cases where tenant Dewey Filed In Primary SALEM, Jan. 16 The name of the first aspirant for the republican nnmlnattnti for nrestdrnt was on file here today, following petitions presented yesterday putting Thorn- aa E. Dewey of New York on the primary ballot. Four Portland women tiled the petition yesterday afternoon. They said it had more than the necessary 1000 names. The signatures will be checked before formal acceptance. Th, rlnmra1if nrlmnTV hnllot has yet to receive Its first presldcn- ! tial listing. The primary election will be held May 21. (In New York. Dewey declined to comment on the filing of his name.) Potato Wrapping Experiment Tried 1 PORTLAND. Jan. 16 tPt Whole. I sale produce men tried to find otit j today the best a ay to wrap a po- i tato. A carload of the vegetables was unloaded here today, wrapped in paper, mesh, burlap, white cloth and other typos of packing. It waa part of an Oregon Slate college experi ment station research protect, to determine Uie best method of handling, packing and shipping po tatoes. The carload waa Inspected at Red mond early this week, and will be watched at wholesale and retail point here to determine which type of packaging avoids shrinkage, breakdown and rotting. Barlow Proposed For CAB Position WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 Ml Sen ator Cain R-Wash. submitted to day to President Truman recom mendations for the nomination of Russell Barlow, Tacoma, Wash., manufacturer, to the republican vacancy on the civil aeronautics board, Cain and Senator Cordon iR Orc.) visited the president several weeks ago to suggest the nomina tion. Cain asked permission to submit Intel recommendations for Barlow (rom business men and oth ers In the Pacific Northwest, These were what he sent to the White House today. They Included en dorsement from republican state committees of Washington and Ore gon. Previously Senator Magnuson ID Wash.) had recommended Louis Wasmer of Spokane for the position and Senator Morse (R-Ore.).had proposed Roy Owen, Portland law yer. Neither has withdrawn his recommendation. WIATHER Mas. Ua. Ill m Nil n rrsrl,llaUa laat M haart M airaaaa raar u sata ,.t Lait tar . Kr-l ..... I.M rarafaall fair. No. J2JI Load Relief Ship " . -4 - r . : - SHlf Nb Rent Up For , more protection against uncontrouea rents than those who did not. But most congress members pre dict now that control, in one form or another, will be extended. Bricker. a member of Uie rent aub- commutee. told a reportrr It would. be miK.icionable" for congress -to m the position ox nsving lurea some tenant into paying more rent " Uie promise of added protec- Hon. and then hare Uiem find that j Y "era noi nave pam more. ! The Ohio senator said. -There will nave 10 oe some equansauon u rem I controls are continued, and It seems I to me the only fair way would be to ' permit landlords to raise the rents of those who dtd not sign teases. j Latest Information at Uie rent ad 1 mtnlstra tor's office shows that as of last November 29. the tensnts of : 1.458.113 rental dwellings had signed , leases under the 15 per cent Increase clause. The rent agency said these leases covered 9 3 per cent of the 15.- j ' 000 rental units neutered last I "" Demo Rally Slated Tonight The Democratic club will hold a political rally tonight at t o'clock In the circuit courtroom In the courthouse to talk over party pros pects In the forthcoming primary elect lot is. - As yet only two democrat In Klamath county have announced Intentions of being candidates In the May 21 voting, and two or three othrrs are listed as protective can didates. The name of Chet Langslet will appear on the democratic primary ballot for nomination as county treasurer, and that of Henry Semon for nomination to the state house of representatives. Roth are incumbents, and the only two democratic officeholders in Klamath county. Mine Exploder Not Shipped Out SEATTLE. Jan. 16 uTi One mine and two sore arm later, Lieut. Don Wtnslow haa learned that he will not be transferred to Salpan, the 13th naval district said today. The one-man Oregon - Washing lun demolition expert wa return In? from exploding hi 31st or 32nd Jap mine, near the Queets, when he learned the transfer had been can celled. "I've got two sore arms for nothing." he commented. "I took my overseas Inoculation shots and Uien was told I'm not going over- S JIJl " Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16 (AP USDA Potatoes: 8 broken, 16 un broken cars on tra,ck: arrivals, Ore gon S, California 1, Nevada 1: mar ket steady; Klamath Russeta No. 1-A, 4.78-4.85; Long Whites 4.3S. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 AP USDAi Potatoes: 17 broken, 36 unbroken cars on track; arrivals, California 6, Oregon 1, Idaho 9, Utnh 3, by truck 4: market slightly weaker on Russets, steady on White Rose; Idaho Russeta No. 1-A. one car 4.49. one car 4.60, two cars large, 4.80-4.90. a - . M Judge Holds Franklin On First Degree During a brief appearance; la Juatlca court ahortly before bmb today, ltmer Valentine Frank) la waa ordered t await action ef the Klamath county grand jury en a charge of first degree murder. The grand Jury comes Into ses sion Monday morning. Franklin la accused of murdering hlr wife, Maria, at their suburban home November 30, and yesterday bad a preliminary hearing. Also ordered bound over to the grand jury waa Archie DeWltt. 30. held on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor glrL He Is lodged In the county jail In lieu of 12500 cash balL ft o I He Fred Petty, held since De cember 1 on the eontribuUng charge with DeWIU, was brought over from the jail to hear that the count j against him had been reduced to disorderly conduct The 37-year-old Petty pleaded guilty and was fined f 100 or 50 days In jail, with consideration given for the 44 days he already has oeen behind bars. He paid $12 on his fine and was released. Heroic Mother Saves Children OHEOON CITY, Ore.. Jan. U WPI A severely burned mother whose heroic efforts saved three of her children from flames lay In a hos pital here today after a fire that killed two persona and destroyed ber house. 8he la Mrs. Eva PadlUa. who stood amidst flame on the second floor last nlbt and threw three of her children through a window to the arms of her son, Victor PadlUa, It. on the (round. Then believ ing everyone out. the badly burned woman jumped to safety. The flame which raced through the two-slory wooden building after an oil stove explosion had. how ever, trapped John Denny. II. and 4-year-old Billy Lewis. Their bodies were found later. The house, located In the Wil lamette community near here, waa occupied by 12 person, nine of them In the Psdllla family. Six person escaped by lumping through windows. The others Mrs. Padllla and her children, An nette, 11: Emma, I. and Duane. I. all thrown 4o safety by U moth erwere bos pi tallied with serious burns. Those who escaped were Henry Pelto and Eugene Hogan, roomers. and Psdllla children. Martin. 17: Victor. 16: Evangeline. 14. and Ce cilia, t month. Denny also wa a roomer there. The dead boy. Billy Lewis, waa visitor at the house The stove exploded about 10:10 p. m. when most of the occupants were asleep, and the flamea con sumed the house within minutes. No Supersonic Site Picked WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 Senator Magnuaon iD-Wash.l aaid today Do decision haa been reached on the site of Uie proposed 11.000. 000.000 supersonic laboratory tor the air force. The senator said In a atatement that the selection of the site now Is before the Joint research board, as sre Uie overall plans for the project "I understand the board has agreed to recommend certain phases of the plan to congress but Uie big project. Including Uie wind tunnels, stIU Is subject to sclenUfle review,' Magnuson said. "Congress will not be asked to approve the whole project In the near future and It Is not contem plated that the site of the project will be selected st this time. "The power problem will come up when the entire project Is under way." the senator continued. "The pioject will require five or six years and I understand It will cost more than a billion dollars. "Prellmlnery reports to me hare Indicated that Uie region served by the Bonneville power administra tion Is favored as a site for Uie lab oratory." Florida Train Jumps Tracks CROSS cm, Fla.. Jan. 16 Eight persons were injured, none seriously, whrn six cars of Uie Southland, Chicago-to-Tampa pas senger train, were derailed early to day. ' Capt Wallace Smith, executive officer of the Florida highway pa trol, said the five rear Pullmans and one diner of the Atlantic roast line train left the track. They landed at about a 46 degree angle on their sides in a ditch. The accident occurred at 7:S0 a m. in a remote section of the country about 11 miles northwest of Cross City. . Good News! PASADENA. Calif- Jan. 16 UP) High cost of living note; Commentator Dan Lnndberg el radio station KXLA had good newa fee his listeners. Yesterday, said Lnndberg, waa the first time hi 6 days he had not seen a press repert te the effeet that some commodity had reached aa all-tun high, . Disappears o V.' 4 f Chris J. ChrisUnsen. 48, (above) recently elected member of the Han Francisco board of city super visors and a jewelry store eseca- Uve, disappeared from his Han Francisco home and his coat and a farewell note were found on the Golden Gate bridge. Police are In vestigating the theory be may have leaped or fallen Into the U de-swept water of the Golden Gats. Snyder Sees Tax Cut Veto WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 net Secretary of Uw Treasury Snyder today virtually promised Uie republican-controlled congress that President Truman will veto any at tempt to reduce Income taxes with out boosting other federal revenue. He laid what looked like an ad ministration ultimatum before the house waya and means committee, whose OOP majority Is bent In pass ing a tax -cutting measure quickly. It went like this: The revenue loss tesulUng from any tax adjustment should be off set by upward revision In other as. There must be no reduction In aggregate revenue." Snyder said Uie president's own plan of a 640 Income tax cut for each taxpayer and dependent, matched by s new 6320000.000 bite of corporation profits which ex ceeded a prewar average, would fill the bill. But he declared a measure by Chairman Knutaon tR-alum.) of Uie ways and means committee, to cut Income taxes without malting up the loss elsewhere, would wipe out part ol this year's budget sur plus and create a $2,000100.000 deficit in the l4 fiscal period starting July L Petrilio Cracks Down NEW YORK. Jan. 16 HP) Here for e ntract negotiations with major radio networks, James C. Petrilio ssys he thinks his AFL American Federation of Musicians can reach an agreement with the companies before old contrscu expire January 31. Petrilio, after a meeting with net works officials yesterday, said "I feel and I am sure the broadcasters feel that we will come to an agree ment." Another session was sched uled today. ' The AFM bead aaid the union la seeking "some kind of a wage In crease,'' although he didn't aay how much, and that be also will "prob ably" ask that radio stations hire "a few more men." PetriUo said negotiations would continue next Tuesday In Washing ton, where be la scheduled to appear January 31 before the house labor committee Investigating charges that the AFM holds a monopoly on commercial music Cops And Robbers Game Ends In SF 8 AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16 iP) Elmer Robinson began his second week as mayor with an order to de- badge Uie city s "royal family" hundred of holders of honorary gold police badges. Mentioning that the badges have been flashed to streetcar conductors fur free rides and gatekeepers for admission to sports events, the may or decreed today: "There shall be no royal family" In San Francisco while I am mayor." "I don't see any reason for grown up men playing cops and robbers or tin soldiers." Swimming Pool By July 1 Is Aim Of Malin District A swimming pool with bath houses completed by the first of July, 1946. h Uie objective of the board of Uie Malin Community Park and Recreation dU rlct, which Is now set for construction of an out standing recreation area In the southern Klamath county commu nity. Road making equipment Is al ready In the park area to construct I road and parking spare. The road grades are being put In by county equipment on a cost basis, and plans call for picnic areas, lawns and sprinkler systems to be Installed this year. Landscaping and plant ing is scheduled for Uie fall. Ed Oreene. Tulelake, supervisor of landscaping, reported to Uie board at a recent meeting. The board pur chased Uie Wlnema Gardens nur sery on the State Line road and transplanted, trimmed and cleaned Price Spiral Reason For Curb Moves OTTAWA. Jan. 16 MV-Canadian consumers, beset by steadily soaring living costs, looked for at least partial relief today In the govern, sum's re-lmposlUon last night of price controls on meat an,t butter. In addition, the government ssM it nill aak parliament te extend rent centrola ontd March 31, 1949, Control en meat and butter were lifted last fall, and since that lima, prices have climbed, accompanied r we angry protista of consumer. In Ottawa, butter la eurrnmiv selling for 73 cents a pound whole sale, and residents who have a fancy u si oeeisieas: find It priced at 60 to 66 cent. (Butter cost consumer around 96 cenu a pound in New Vnrk city and steak costs them from 66 to su cenu s pound.) Celling Due Finance Minister Douglas Abbott, who announced the re-lmDoattinn of controls on the two prime staples ii nigni, aaia a celling price would be fixed on butter In a day or two, pegged on a wholesale price per pound In Montreal of 67 cent. It will take about two weeks to evolve a meat celling, he said. Although Abbott said meat cell lnga will mean Canadian wholesale and retail prices for pork will be considerably above those of a month ago, they will be less than many reported during the past fortnight. Beet, lamb and veal prices will be fixed at price "moderately above" ceilings abolished last October. - Bacon, beef and other prices tilt ed sharply upward January 3, when Canada concluded new food con tracu with Great Britain at In crease Q(1lA nmr n Abbott announced also that mar- r1 gin of profit controls are being an piled "where necessary" to Increas ingly expensive Imported fruits and vegetables. In addition, he said, prices of cer tain types of fertilisers which have Jumped briskly recently, are to be cut by government action. Includ ing a rollback of the price of basis chemical Ingredient. Polio Claims Tule Youth A 19-year-old ex-para trooper died at 6:10 p. m. last night from in fantile paralysis. The youth, Ray mond Franklin Benight Jr., of Tula lake, succumbed at Uie county iso lation hospital three hours after he wa admitted for care and placed In the Iron lung. Young Benight, graduate of Tuls Iske high school with Uie class of 1946, wa the first polio death of Uie year. Ironically, Uie young man died on the opening day ot the March of Dimes program, a cam paign for funds tor Uie prevention and research of poliomyelitis. Dr. S. M. Kerron, Klamath county health officer, said Benight was ad mitted at 3:10 p. a. yesterday and placed immediately In Uie iron lung. Nurse from Uie clinic went to work and Uie youth appeared to respond and breathe easier In the lung. In Uie meantime, a call went out to Portland for nurses who are skilled in the care of polio cases but Dr. Kerron said that clinic nurses have had iron - lung training and the Portland call was made due to the dearth of nurses In this area and not because of their lack of know ledge on handling the lung. At the time Benight was admitted he was suffering from an advanced paralysis of Uie respiratory system and wa partially paralysed in the shoulders and arms. Despite the lung, Uie youth failed to rally. He waa a native of Live Oak, Calif., and had made his home In Tulelake on Uie California side of Uie State ICaallnatS mm rast t, Calama S) British Release Protocol M Plan LONDON, Jsn. 16 m The Brit ish foreign office released copies of "protocol M" today, stating It waa satisfied as to Uie document's au thenticity. - ' "For obvious reasons We cannot say how we came by it," a spokes man said. He added that It waa prepared by Uie communist party of Germany, and that when Uie British government obtained a copy It made Uie document available to American and French officials. up the stock. A small nursery waa set up on Uie park site at Malin, and Uie balance ot the stock Is held at Hatfield. As there Is a surplus of some items, there will be . Malin shrub sale this spring. All proceeds will go to Uie park fund. A series of public "open house" af fairs la being held at Malin on Friday nights as a park fund bene fit. Substantial prizes are offered and already attendance is grow ing at these events. The public ll'" Invited to attend any Friday night, Park board members are presl- " dent, Dick Henzel; directors, A. Ksllna and M. M. Btastny, and secretary, Ted DeMerrltt. The group has held dozens of meetings, plsn nlng councils with the architects, trips to the reclamation offices, and haa held steadfastly to Its objeo tlve of building a park in Malin that would be useful to that community and the entire Klamath basin.
