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By FltANK JKNKINH
rilK Amei tcuii Meat I nut I lu to
(wlilcll In ii sort u pool ill the
brwl brain of America's Irce cnler
jjrl.io mail Industry! trIU nniKreii
luiinl committee hi Wunliliiuliill
linn muriiliiK Unit fears ul a serious
mriit ihorlaKO lira Uhliiundml. The
dlroi'tiir ul the limlltutr'a marketing
department says:
"Tlio supply of lllml per person
nexl spring mid aunimcr will bo
about UNli-IIAl.l' AN OUNCE ll'U
limn hot yrnr, but tlioto will be
more meal per perMiu during tlila
period tliuu brforo the wiir."
Thai I a fulrly flat atiiinni'iil
Inim people wliu OUOIIT lu know.
AUK tlrimt Imt-iiL of iiuiliMiltuir in
liolliliiil MibiUvlnloii of our gov
ernment! liu bern telling us thai
a anvrnt Ahortnue of meal will de
velop tlila aprlug anil will grow worc
during the auniiiirr.
UTIIO l rlKlit?
Who la wrung
Thin writer doeu I know, llul Una
ar'tiup (llllriniir ol uplnlon a.i lo
how much curat will actually be
available for coiiaiiiiiiilliui In Ilia
United HI ii t-n thin yrnr tcrliiliuy
bring, out with anioiiuhinu clarity
our crying nrcd for FACTS a ni
IlllUtll'llrd Hum piomuiilllla.
When we prot-erd on cold, haid
FACTM. we aic oh miIp ground.
When wo Id uurarltrs be swayed by
luoliacamla. wo lake loin rinks.
TIIK Meal Institute thluutill H
marketing director, olirra ihla
ndvlro to consumers: "He more
moderate In your dt-miuids and rx
rrclne roAUulnu. If all of tlx do thin,
there will bo mrdt rhouuh at prices
nuuv fieoplo comlder rritMjiiitble."
That U good aulllid ailvlcr. II we
act on It, wo can t be very badly
hurt, but what II c DONT lake
It? What It wo act on Uia aanuiiip
llon tlml meat U noun tu be ex
tremely aearce thin xpruig and anil
career durlni the xuinmer a llio
dciMrUiionl of afrlculturo lelU u7
Well, In that event, we'll all till our
lockora to capacity NUW. When
140 million poople atari buying meal
all at once. II lakra a LOT or
MEAT. If everybody alarU tilling
lockerx. moat will get BCAIICC,
even If tt lan't acarce now.
To thU liulguKlcant writer, the
dvio to keep our alilru on and buy
no mora meat than wo nerd to
round out an adequate, reaaonably
balanced diet aounda like good com
mon aenaa.
TP roa art a confirmed reader of
ttoa advwluwmenu twlilch con
tain Tart amount of Information
aa to what la going on In the world),
you will be familiar with Die Ameri
can Meat Institute.
H came Into being a number of
yeara ago when the food fad of the
moment waa to AVOID MEAT on
the theory UlRl It made you fat,
promoted plmplei, or the pip, or did
varloua oilier ihlnga to you whoae
reaull waa to make you leu gliimor
oiu than you thought you ought to
be.
During theae faddish yeara, mrat
consumption ran down to the point
where Uio meat people, 'rom the
stockmen on up, were scared pink.
Ho they formed the American Meat
Institute to tackle Die Job of con
vincing people that meal Is really
good, wholesome food. It did Its Job
so well that now we all wnnt meat
or else.
Especially steaks, which arc
scarce and htiih-prlcrd, and there
fore highly desirable i
TlliXFtK Is an luirrc.nlliiK dispatch
1 from New Delhi i India i (Ills
morning. It anys:
"Many persons here believe the
assassination of Clnndhl was the
work of UNDKUOHOUND LKFT
WINOKflS who opposed his efforts
to hull communal bloodshed."
What docs that mean, If true?
Himply this:
These "undemround left-winners"
are SKKKINO PERHONAL POWER
and In order to gain It are ready to
shoot down a great and good man
who sought to Improve the lot of
the common people of his country,
indications Point To
Reaching "Dimes" Goal
Indications at noon today were
that Klamath county will go over
the top In contributions to the
March of Dimes drive which closes
tonight with the Dimes dance at
the armory. The goal this year
was $8000, and Mrs. Paul Buck,
county chairman, auld that Into re
turns tmlny are very gratifying.
Donations totaling $51)3.43 were
turned Into March of Dimes' head
quarters this morning by the cltv
school office. Hclow nrc the In
dividual school's contributions:
Conger $ MM
Pan-view 70.10
Fremont elementary 48.31
Mills 74.47
Pelican 83.34
Riverside 48.47
Roosevelt 97.68
Fremont Junior high 17.93
KUHS 180.00
Total $593.43
For those who have not received
l.lckrla to the dance by mall, tickets
will be sold at the armory tonight.
Dancing is from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. to
music by Morrison and McDonald.
The Business and Professional
Women's club will donate their time
to take charge of checking coata at
the dance.
Contributions wore coming In to
day from county nchnols and com
munities outside of Klamnlh Falls
A near-lnlnl figure will probably
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Soviet Life
Highlights
Hearing
KKAITI.l;. Jan. 31 i1'i ll
plane plant worker, Walter
Churrhlll, told Ihr Canwrll
American artlvltlra committee
sir-
W.
unto-
day that former I), H. Itrp, Hugh
Drl.acy had urged lilm lu I ".Is" tu
join the ciimmuiiUt party,
(hurrlilll Irsllflrd that lie was
working at odd Jobs. He aald l)rl,acy
assured lilm rniiliiymrnt at the
eoutity-rlly building anil "lhal I
wouldn't be laid off."
lie said he told DcLucy, "I'm
sorry; I'm not for sale."
tilalua t'loudrd
The alule legislative commuter,
Us status clouded by superior court
action pushed by the Washington
Pension union, switched from the
Investigation of regional aftnlis to
perk at life In Itussla. It was given
an eye full by Capt. George lvlch.
late of the Russian navy and now a
master In the U. 8. merchant
marine
MH'e never allowed the engineers i
to pump out the bilge water until
we sent a man below to scoop off
the flab oil from the top of the
water, the captain aald. recalling
hla experiences as master of a Hovlet
fishing craft.
"Il was the only oil we had to go
with our black fluur dumplings."
He aald the people In Russian
concentration camps "are crowded
together like chickens In a barrel.
There Is no sanitation al all. The
food la mostly black bread and bar
ley gruel."
The Russian pension program,
said the enptaln, Is "Just propa
ganda." He told of an engineer who
retired on a pension, discovered hit
100 rubles per month would buy
only a bottle of milk, and went
bark to work.
Captain Lrvirb aald he left lliusla
In 1M. but gave no particulars on
his dlrorca from the Soviet.
Seattle Man
Shoots Wife
SEATTLE. Jan. 31 ( Tony PIU1
ilps. 38. was killed and 33-year-old
O i uce DeCaney wounded today in
a shooting al a downtown hotel.
Detecllve Paul Foster said the
woman's husbund. Ccf DeCaney. 45,
gave himself up to custody at the
homo of an attorney. Foster quoted
DeCnnry iui saying, "I guess I lost
my head. I have been unnble to
work the last three weeks because
1 have had to stay at home and
take care of the children."
DeCaney was held without charge
as an Investigation began.
The shooting occurred about t
a. in. In the city's south end. The
victim's assailant fled In an auto
mobile and police radio and sher
iff's and slate patrol cars began
searching for him.
DeCnnry ' wife, Orncc, was taken
to a hospital with n wound In the
abdomen.
Policewomen went to the DeCaney
address and took three small chil
dren lliey found there for safekeep
ing. be available Monday, Mrs. Buck
said.
Contributions may be mailed to
March of Dimes, P. O. Box 1011,
Klamath Falls, or brought to head
quarter! In the Wlllard hotel lobby.
Cabaret Girls
Bust Up Police
SHANGHAI, Jan, 31 MV-RJotlng
Chinese cabaret girls and their men
friends tonight wrecked the Munici
pal Social Affairs Bureau building
and Injured an estimated 30 Shang
hai policemen.
An estimated 3000 girls and an
almost equal number of men com
panions rioted In protest against
the city's closure of 14 cabarets In
connection with China's austerity
program.
The rioters broke into the build
ing and smashed furniture, windows
and doors before being driven by
club-swinging police Into a yard,
There the pollco held them at bay,
but appeared unnble to make them
disperse. A number of the rioters
were, Injured.
Shanghai's cabarets some of
them world-famous employ thou
sands nf hostesses.
fatei On leaf Loomifi
Preceded by a flsgbearer Willi the Stars and Stripes, members of the 1. S. Olympic team march
through HI. Murlta. Kwitirrland. al Hie opening of the IMi winter Olympic games. The V. S. had one of
the largest delegations 02 men and women.
Demo Aid Seen
ror lax luf
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 .A'
Rl'P -
Knutson iR-Mlnn.) claimed today
enough drmocrats will support his
lB.J00.000.itO0 tax cut bill to " -js It
3 to 1.
After two days of siullug debate,
the rote was set for Monday. The
house did not meet today.
Meanwhile, democratic leaders
polished up a substitute bill which
would hold the Income tax rcduc
lion to about M.000.000.000. It would
lax corporation profits 13.300.000.000
to make up most of the revenue loss.
All the democrats hope for Is a
good showing. The substitute has no
chance.
In the senate, though, even the
republicans admit the (6.500.000.000
slash provided by the Knutson bill
will be irlmmed. This will be a bid
for democratic help to override the
expected presidential veto by the
necessary two-thirds majority.
The republican measure would
raise individual exemptions from
$500 to $1100, let married couples in
all suites spilt their Income for tax
reporting purposes, and cut taxes
besides by percentages ranging from
30 per cent In the lowest income
brackets to 10 per cent In the high
est. Search For
Plane Widens
HAMILTON. Bermuda. Jan. 31
(Pi Some 30 planes combed the
stormy Atlantic around Bermuda
today In a widening search for a
British airliner missing with 39 per
sons aboard, including a British
World War II lender.
Rescue planes already have
scoured over 68.000 square miles In
quest of the lour-englned Star Tiger
of the British South American Air
ways. Veteran fliers called the
senrch mission the greatest ever
conducted from Bermuda.
The plane Inst wns henrd from
yesterday when It wns 440 miles
northeast of Bermuda.
An nlrplnne official snid the ship
cnrrled 23 onssengers and six crew
men. One passenger was Sir Ar
thur Contnghnm. retired British lr
marshal and hero of the North
Afrlrnn air war. The pilot was
Capt. Dnvid Colby, of England.
Rescue pilots said flying condi
tions were 'far from Ideal." They
reported sens between 30 and 40
feet high. Clouds hampered visi
bility. (In London the British ministry
ot civil aviation said the aircraft
wns "presumed lost.")
Klamath Soldier
Reported Killed
SAN PRANCISCO, Jan. 31 ll'i
The army yesterday identified two
soldiers killed when n towing cable
slipped from a chock and b a e k
lashed across the deck of the mine
planter Spurgln.
They were Staff Sgt, Ed 8chtiltJi,
38, Klamnth Falls. Ore., and Staff
Sgt. Kmll N. 8hcbcstn, 41, Bethel,
O. The accident occurred Thursday.
Both men were attached to the mine
detachment at Fort Baker, Calif.
U. S. Athletes March At Olympic
fa.?'" !
ntjlllMI CIIU lilt
SARASOTA. Fla.. Jan. 31 (A-, A
Metropolitan Opera soprano. Helen
l Jeoson. stenned between the roDeft
1 Into the white glare of a boxing
ring last night and made a hit.
She appeared in concert before a
standing room only crowd f 1&00
music lovers who displaced the- Usual
fight fans In th American Legion
coliseum.
Miss Jepson had to use the lm -
promptu concert hall as a result of I American .omen, me cniioxen ano
the ban placed on the municipal 'ur rwmen bm i'"" plane
auditorium by the Tampa local of,1' eh J?!"?,
the American Federation of Musi- V'"W in the French Alps. The
clans-iAFLi last November. i. ":, .,',. . VM.
... , . , . (Ki I The second plane, a B-17 Flying
Mis, Jcpwn U ntber of 'lie, went down and exploded
Artist guild, but her accompanist ( on a fm u po
is a member of the Musicians union. ,lce md on, m(m , ,u crfW oI
ine ring whs drukcq whii .luvtcia
(or her appearance.
WU Strike
Threat Ends
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 iPt The
threat of a nationwide Western
Ui ion telegraph strike has ended.
Forty-five thousand telegraphers
voted to accept a raise of S cents an
hour, effective April 1. 1948. This
was announced today by Adolph
Brungs, president of the Western
Union division of the Commercial
Telegraphers union, AFL.
Brungs said merely that the
agreement was ratified In local
meetings by "the necessary major
ity." About three-fourths of the
45,000 belong to the CTU and the
rest to two local AFL affiliates.
A strike In December was averted
when Mediation Director Cyrus S.
Chlng appointed a fact finding
board. It has not made its recom
mendations, but meantime Chlng
had asked the parties to talk some
more. They did, and readied the
eight-cent settlement.
Driver Hurt
In Smash-Up
A car crashed into a parked truck
on the Chlloquin cut-off of highway
97 early last night. Injuring the
driver, Richard O'Donovan of Chllo
quin, state police reported today.
The accident was reported by
Rogers Construction company, the
firm which holds the contract on
the cut-off. The truck, owned by L.
F. Corey, Rogers' employe, was park
ed at the side ot the highway with
both ends marked by flares. Corey
said he located a broken transmis
sion housing unit on the truck
shortly after 7 o'clock and he had
to leave the truck. O'Donovon re
ceived facial cuts but was not hos
pitalised. His car wns badly dam
aged. Questions Out,
Safe Already Open
CHICAGO. Jan. 31 (Pi Raymond
Por.ulp. 36. manager of the Cherry
Meat Packers, Insisted to two gun
men that he did not know the com
bination of the safe. They argued
as four other employes listened.
Apparently convinced Posulp did
not know the combination, the two
stnrtrd to leave. One gunman
stopped and yanked at the safe
door. It wai unlocked.
I
Opening
21 Dead In
Plane Yrecks
DIONE. France. Jan. 31 iJV
Discovery of 13 bodies in the wreck
age of an air force transport today
brouslit .to 31. the total known dead
, in -tweA United States airplane
crashes In Southern France.
Reports reached here that search-
l hd found the bodies of three
1 10 survived.
Both planes struck within a 20
1 mile radius of Digne. which Is
: about 75 miles northeast of Mar-
settle.
The twin-engined transport had
been missing since Tuesday on a
I flight from Istres airbase. near
1 Marseille, to Udme. Italy. It was
taking the women and children to
ward Trieste to join their husbands
and fathers, servicemen.
Mine Cave-In
Kills Three
VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 31
iCP Burled under tons of rock,
three miners died In the Britannia
mine, at Britannia Beach, 40 miles
north of here, lntc last night.
The dead: Julian Krlll. Vancou
ver; Erwln O. Bucker. Buffalo. N.
Y., and William N. Natrafowany,
Fork River, Man.
A fourth member of the four
man crew escaped by Inches as
the cave-In, believed caused by a
fault in the rock over the heads of
the men. crashed into thi slope
where they were drilling.
Bodies of the victims ..ere taken
from the rock-fllled stope this
morning after a rescue crew had
worked throughout the night.
It was estimated 100 tons of rock
fell on the victims, bringing instant
death.
The mine Is operated by the
Britannia Mining and Smelting
company.
Lumber Wage
Boost Okayed
A wago increase ot cents an
hour has been negotiated for 2500
lumber and sawmill union members
( AFL In the N- '- -n California
district council, It was disclosed
here today at the office of the pine
Industrial relations committee.
PIRC represented employers and
Roy Walker, Susnnville, headed ne
gotiators for the unionists. The In
crease, effective as of January 1,
must now be approved by individual
members of PIRC and locals of the
union. '
Employes of 18 companies are in
volved. The operations are In- the
Alturas - Susnnville - Westwood
Feather River - Upper Sacramento
area.
The Increase is the same as that
negotiated this week for 4000 em
ployes In the Klamath basin district
council area.
Officials
Scoff At
Shortage
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31
meat industry representatives said I
today black market operators are
already preparing for a return of
meat rationing.
II. J. Egbert, speaking for the
American .Heal Institute, told a
senate banking subcommittee that
fears of a serious meat shortage are
unfounded and said:
"We have had reports at the l
stitute offices that black market
operators are trying to buy back
plants they sold after the war.
Price, were so high that Just the
antlcipalion (of rationing) has
stirred up a lot of Interest."
Chairman Flanders (R-Vt.i of the
subcommittee read into the record
similar testimony from Jay C Hor
met, chairman of the board of the
George A. Hormel and company
meat packing firm at Austin. Mum.
Hormel's letter said in part:
Negotiations On
"Already we find potential black
market operators negotiating for
facilities and for livestock supplies."
It. J. Ilawes, a cattle grower in
Owyhee county. Idaho, speaking for
: the Idaho Cattlemen s association,
' declared that meat rationing "would
I hinder and disrupt rather than im
prove the distribution of meat"
In discounting meat shortage talk I
1 Egzert said: i
I "The supply of meat per person
i next sprmn and summer will be I
about one-half an ounce less than
last year, but there will be more
meat per person during this period
than before the war."
The agriculture department has
forecast that a severe shortage will
develop in the spring and grow
worse during the summer.' - "
The subcommittee is considering a
bill by Senator Flanders (B-VLI
which would let the government get
ready for meat rationing. It would
be up to congress to decide whether
to put the program into effect later.
"Meat rationing will not work, but
would only create black markets and
discourage production so that the
supply of meat Into 1949 would be
even shorter." Eggert said In his
prepared statement.
As an alternative, he suggested
that consumers "be more moderate
In their demands and exercise re
straint." He added:
"If all of us do this, there will be
enough meat at prices most people
consider reasonable."
Demos Propose
New Tax Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (P
ITjuse democrats will offer a sub -
stitute tax cut bill raising every-
body's exemption $200.
A group agreed to It today in the
office of Democratic Leader Sam
Rayburn of Texas.
The proposal will come up Mon
day when the house Is scheduled to
vote on the republican bill which
would grant an extra $100 exemp
tion, and lower tax rates 10 to 30
per cent.
Both bills would allow husbands
and wives to split income tor tax
purposes to keep the rate down.
The democrats estimate their pro
gram would cut Income taxes $4,
000,000,000. They propose to make
up all but $800,000,000 of It by an
excess profits tax on corporations.
The republicans figure their tax cut
at $6,500,000,000 and offer no off
setting Increases elsewhere.
Rep. Knutson (R,-Minn.), author
of the OOP bill, claimed enough
democrat will support his bill to
pass It 3 to 1.
The democratic substitute appears
to have no chance. The minority
hopes for a good showing.
Reservation
Change Hinted
An . officially unconfirmed report
was received today that B. H. Blt
nely has been appointed superin
tendent of the Klamath Indian res
ervation, succeeding B. G. Court
right The Information came in a pri
vate wire from Washington, D. C,
but all offices were closed and no
further details or confirmation
could be obtained. At Klamath
Agency, Courtrlght said he had not
heard of it
Courtrlght Is presently on leave,
and there have been report that
change Is pending In the superln
tendency. Nothing is known here
about Bltncly.
JOHN REBER
ReberTo Run
For Court
John Reber, county commission
er Irom Malln for two four-year
terms, will oe a candidate lor the
post again he announced yesterday
afternoon.
Reber will have his name put on
the May 31 primary ballot for the
republican nomination. It appears
certain that even though there is
lie contest In the primary, there
will be one in the November general
voting.
Pat Kilby said earlier yesterday
he would seek the democratic nomi
nation for commissioner. The two
are the only persons mentioned for
the one position on the county court
coming vacant this year.
Two other office holders Glenn
Terrlll and Dr. George H. Adler
both said this week they were still
undecided whether to try again.
Terrlll is county tax assessor, hav
ing been appointed by the county
court for a short term, while Dr.
Adler for many yeara has been
county coroner.
No Skiing At
Crater Lake
Skis can remain in moth balls
over the week-end as far as Crater
Lake park is concerned, rangers ad
vised 4hi jnoiTdng., . , , ,t"
A bare half-inch of enow has
fallen in three weeks, park service
employes reported, the half-inch
falling on a thick, icy crust last
Thursday night. Rangers said they
did not advise skiing under present
conditions and that trails were ex
ceptionally poor for this time of the
year.
There were 18 consecutive clear
days in the park prior to last Thurs
day, which was overcast. Friday and
today. Saturday, have been clear
and the forecast is for continued
fair weather. This month is a rec
ord maker in park history for con
secutive clear January days.
One accident was reported in the
park this past week when Mrs.
Wayne Howe, wife of Ranger Howe,
fell near the park employes' ski tow
and tore the ligaments in the right
knee. She was moved to Klamath
Falls for medical care but is now
at home. The accident occurred
last Monday. A good attendance of
out-of-state cars was reported from
I headquarters this week.
'
j DoUQIQS FlT Bid
j
j SetS NeW ReCOTU
ROSEBURG. Jan. 31 (PI The
record nrlce of $34.50 a thousand
board feet for Douglas county fir
featured the Umpqua National for
est timber auction here yesterday.
Successful bidder wns the Robert
Dollar comoany of Glendale with
an offer of $164,850 for more than
7.000.000 board feet of timber. The
company bid appraised prices on
other species of Umber In the tract,
located on Applegate creek, 35 miles
east of Glendale.
One other bidder took part, the
Fir Manufacturing company of
Mvrtle Creek, which offered $34 a
thousand for Douglas fir. It total
bid was $163,838.
M. M. Nelson, forest supervisor,
said the successful bid was 104 per
cent higher than the appraised
value of $80,460.
OrviJe Wright Dies At
Hospital In Dayton, Ohio
DAYTON, O., Jan. 31 (P Death
came to Orville Wright last night,
44 years after he put wings on the
world with the first flight In a
heavler-than-air machine.
The 76-year-old co-inventor of
the airplane died in his sleep under
an oxygen tent at Miami Valley
hospital at 10:40 p.m.
Dr. A. B. Brower.'hl physician,
said Wright succumbed to a lung
congestion and coronary arterio
sclerosis, a heart disease.
The world's pioneer aviator en
tered the hospital last Tuesday after
suffering his second heart attack
of recent months. He recovered
rapidly from a first attack October
10, 1947.
Without Orville Wright' cloth,
glue and wood contraption and his
13-second flight over the sands ot
Kitty Hawk, N. C, In 1903, there
would be no airtorce, but the in
ventor himself readily admitted he
Huge Pyre
Attended
By Son
NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 P) Th
frail body of Mohandas Gandhi waa
consigned to the ages today on m
biasing pile of sandalwood logs,
Gandhi's son, Devadaa, set afire
the funeral pyre which reduced th
body to ashes. Flames reflected oa
the sorrowing face of the fraction
of India's millions who eould erowd
around the ritual scene, crushing
against police lines.
Devadas Gandhi and close friends
of the family poured gallons of ghee
(an oil made from clarified butter)
onto the pyre from brass and
earthen pots, to make the wood
more volatile.
Ceremony
Then Devadas walked around the
pyre three times in a ceremony sym
bolic of the severance oi mnrtal tie
between father anc! son.
First at the body's head and then
at the foot the son, hi face drawn,
applied a ghee-dipped torch. Th
flame took over quickly a th son
placed hit torch upon the pyre
above hi father heart. Be was
spared an ordeal of some Hindu
funerals, that of placing a live coal
directly on the chest over the heart.
The flame leaped 10 feet high In
the growing dusk. Within an hour
the pyre, built on a three-foot brick
base, was a glowing bed of coal.
Police drove the crowd back 19
feet to avert possible tragedies.
Military officials said the crowd,
which formed a rough circle with
the pyre as it center, was possibly
a half mile- in diameter.
Many persons dashed forward to
take souvenirs of ash and charred
wood, but soldiers stopped that
Devada Gandhi and hi brother,
Ramadas, then bathed In the near
by Jumna river. They had fasted
since their father' death, and
coald eat only after they bathed.
Lord Mountbatten, governor gen
eral, and the entire Indian cabinet
saw the pyre ritual. Lady Mount
batten helped rescue one woman
from trampling.
The mahatma's ashes are to re
main at the pyre, on the bank at
the River Jumna, for a day and a
half. Then they are to be gathered
and taken to the JUver Ganges--,
sacred to his Hindu faith and
thrown into the water In th mari
ner traditional with Hindus
Fear Bold Grip
India waa gripped with fear f
what may come in the wake of
Gandhi' violent death. Rioting fa
Bombay, which took 15 live yes
terday, so balded somewhat, but la
Poona, the office of an extremist
Hindu newspaper waa burned.
Sullen Poona crowds attacked th
property of persons known to hav
opposed Gandhi. TUak Memorial
hall was set afire as crowds searched
for anyone possibly connected with
the assassin. Bombay police ar
rested five persons suspected of
being implicated.
New Delhi police disclosed that
Gandhi's accused assassin had been
arraigned secretly and held with
out bail for investigation of murder.
He wa arraigned under the nam
of Narayan Vlnayak Gadse of Poona.
The 25 -year -old assassin had
pumped bullet Into Gandhi' eheat
and leg at close range.
The procession to the Jumna, river
was tumultuous all the way. At on
paint, Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru was reported to have rescued
a woman endangered by th crush.
Women fainted in the tremendou
crush of people. Children collapsed
under foot Men bled from wound
inflicted by the flailing sticks of'
those fighting for a view ot th
procession.
Hour by hour the crowd grew
along the five-mile rout from Btrla
house to the river, until ten of
thousands of Indians milled about
In turmoil, ceasely shouting th
name of the mahatma. The cry
"Victory to Gandhi!" rang out fre
quently above the clamor.
A the sun broke through th
morning mist, long files ot th
people passed Into Blrla house and
through the open door of the room
where Gandhi lay on a rose-strewn
bier.
never had envisioned hi airplane
as the world' big military weapon.
"Quite obviously," he remarked
once, "Wilbur (his late brother and
co-Inventor) and I could not fore
see what awful us could be mad
ot the airplane. But It 1, and will
be of tremendous Importance In
peace.'
While he aided American military
might by conferring with Wright
field engineers on many air fore
projects, Wright turned to peaceful
uses of the airplane with more In
terest, r
Along with his abiding interest In
things aerial, Wright clung to a
native shyness and modesty. H
lived In close retirement most of
his year. Once hi noted Im
promptu wit brought forth thi ex
planation of hi aversion to speak
ing In public:
"The most talkative bird in th
world I a parrot, but he ft poor
filer