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Newspaper Page TextDHlf lm IIS Mi M n lly Fit AN K JKNKINN B Wlr V1IU.IINIA Judge holds today Unit II III libel (ill the fact if It Ui call a iiiiiii cmuiiuiiilal. There hava broil almllur rullnga by many Amrrhun Judges In recent mouths. Ho, IT ynu feel bulling up wllhlrl you tlin urge to cull aiimrbody a ciiiniiiiiiiliil, ynu'il butter be pro pnretl to prove It. (Our eourta have held rntlier generally Hint TRUTH lan't libel. I WHY It It libel when you cull a mull ciiiniiiuulsl anil It lilrna out ho lun lf Thcro'a a Utile alory III the newa Ihla mnriilng Unit nmkr that rnlher plnln. Tilt lliilgiirlun stale proac I'Uinr demands the IJKATII I'KN ALTY fur niinltrr tllchev. ((inner Agrurlun party lender. (Ilihev win a, deputy under Nikolu I'ctkov, former leiider of the Agrnrliin pnrty. I'etkuv wu HANOI:!.) In Hrplrin ber on chnigra Hint he plotted VV-llul lliilgarlu'a COMMUNIHT controlled government. Tim communist method, you are, la Una: They HKIZK CONTROL ol the government. Then they KILL OFF the promlnenl people who dlimgrce with Uiem. It la almple mid cf frcllve but nitUTAL. Till! fact bclnii what they are. II la reasonably apparent why Juditna are holding Unit It la I.IIIKL on Ita lace when you cull aomelxxly a coiiimunlal. bill cnn'l prove Unit he la one. It la more or lest the same. In principle, aa caIIIiir a mall a murderer. When you do Hint, you want Ui be aure of your facta. Any mind capable of straight thinking must come to the ron rltulon that what la happening In llulgnrla (and. of cournr. rlnrwhere In the communlat apherei la Jim plain murder. IIK odd part of it that aciew ball thlnkera lii.ilnt that com inunliim la ii LIIIKKAL movement. Kor thoiiaunda and thouitniids of yeara, netting Into power nnd Uien killing off your opponent ha been the method of hard-boiled reaction arlea throughout the world. fllE commtiiUftl thread runa all through Ui newa toilny. In Washington, Altorney-Ocneral Clark saya "there la no line trying to outlaw the communl.it prty, be cause that would only drive the mcmliera underground." Ilrjildea, lie adds, audi a law might be de clared unconatltutlonal. "There It no more potent weapon." ha went on. "than the work of the house commute on un-Ametican arllvlllea In bringing Into the apot llght of publicity the activities of individual and groupa." THAT opens up a highly con troveralal tubject. It haa teemed to many people 'Including thlt wrlteri that Hie house committee referred to haa gone about Ita obviously Imiiortant work In the WRONG spirit, "Witch hunting" la the term that la or dinarily used by honest people who feel the hair on the bnrk of their necks turning up slightly as they read of the methods followed by the committee. If you have read fairly widely on Uie subject, you will recall that when our ancestors were hunting practitioners of "witchcraft" back III that tragic and awful period In our early history when people let their base and Ignorant passions get Hie better of them the more anient of the witch chnaert almost always beat themselves on their breast and bade one and all to I1KIIOLD WHAT OOOD AMKKICANS WE ARE and what good and pious people. There have been times (rather frequently. It must be confessed I when the methods of the chairmen H'antlaar an r-f t. Cilinm SI Joining Dad m V Hi 'It- Thrre-yeitr-olil Itliliard I'ejdnsr., alio talla alone In Jnin his father, Master Ngl. Joseph I rjilnfii. In Vnkohnnm, Jupiin. holds hit duil'i picture while sitting on hit steam r trunk at F.ugcno, Ore, The boy't nurenUi are aepitruled nnd he lint been eared for by Father llrndrlx Ji Kiigene. l.. 'JUKI I I'llll'K HVK ( hNTH ?- KLAMATH FA.V OKF.OON, TIM ItHllAV, I KIlllUAK V S, 11)4 Potato Wees Jump To North State Area Hit By Heavy Storm liy The Auoelnled I'reaa A winter storm, accompanied by furious winds In the Columbia river gorge, dumped 14 Inches of snow on The Dalles today, tank Iwo boat, and played havoc with equipment at the Mc-Nnry dnm alte. A t)0-uule-nn-hour wind knocked down power polra around the Mc Nnry dnm nrcu, toascd lumber through the air, and blew a pick-up truck off Hie rond between Ord nance and Umatilla. The driver of the truck, used by the army engin eers, was shaken up. Iloata Hwamped Two boat owned by the army en gineers a binding crnfl used aa a personnel ferry, and a plywood launch were swamped In the pounding Columbia river and tank at Umatilla lal night. No one was aboard. The wind began blowing up al I'matllla laat night, and Ihla morn ing waa whipping a mUlure of aand and anuw throuch (he air. A grave yard rrew doing leal drilling for Mc Nary dam on an Island waa ma rooned there, when the rough water made II Impossible to bring the men ashore at the end of their shirt. They were supplied with heat and ahelter, however, and were con aldered In no danger. The heavy snowfall at Tile Dulles six Inches fell within aix hours alone made traffic harardoua along the Columbia river highway, and alowed local tranaimrlallon. Wind Koreeaat Lighter snows fell In other purls of Urrgon. Mrncham reported nine Inches on the ground at mld-morn-Ing, Pendleton lour, Redmond five, linker three, liend tlx and Mcdtord one. Morea trong winds were forecast for today. Oust up to 11 mile an hour blew at Portland thia morning, and up to 45 mile per hour at Stevenaon, Wash. Buker reiiortrd the lowest temiier attire In the atale, with 10 degrees above tero. Other minimum In cluded North Bend 30. Newport 31. Eugene 27, Mediant 30. Pendleton 31, Salem 18, Roscburg 34, Port land 31. Truman Sees Crash Danger WASHINGTON, Feb. i iPi President Trumnn snld today price are rising to alarmingly that a crash It Inevltnble unless something Is done to halt them. For his part, Mr Truman tald he will keep telling congress he needs authority to Impose price control. Talking to n newt conference, Mr. Truman brought out chart pre pared by the budget bureau. He said these show steady rises In the prices of commodities, food and all other items. Rises, he explntned, shire he asked for stand-by price and rationing authority In a mes sage to the spcclnl session ol con gress last November. Reuther Belabors Industry, Farmers WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Al The CIO United Auto Workort declnrcd today Industry and farmcrt arc holding down their output to keep their profit high. The remit, declared UAW Presi dent Walter P. Reuther, I a "creep ing Prnrl Harbor" which threatens both European recovery and U. 8. living atnndnrds. "There It nothing wrong with the American economy, or with the situ ation In Europe, Hint cannot be remedied and saved by American production," he snld. Instcnd of talking about possible cut In the 16,8(10,000,000 starting cost of the Marshall plan, Reuther tald, congress should think over whether 11 should bo Increased to mnko suro the plnn will work. He tald the old tnylng which goes "Now It t lie lime for all good men to come to the aid of the party" should be shortened to read: "Now Is the time for all good men to como to." Rnuther gnvo hit views In a statement prepared for the senate foreign relations committee. DeValcra Ahead In Irish Count DUHMN, Feb. 5 iD-Prlmc Min ister rinnioll de Valnn's flnnna fnll won six of the first 10 parliamen tary sent tabulated today. He linn vowed to oult hla office. unless he win an nbsoltito majority of 74 sent tn thn fnll. Tha ffnnernl election wan held yeitcrday and It remit were tabulated tlowly tinder Hit propnrtlniinl represenlnllon system, MIWJ)iy ; H'tW '"" )M '" Jj - l I'M iWI"IHlll- IHMIIIjl III II -II 'I I IIIIIIMIIHIHIII.il -W, ill .,.,..,,,, in AQ ' "."'..r n.iiiiiili nfl i II -1 Ku Klux rawwa-r)p mm iau ur i . I. 4 JT? Ku Kluv Klan burned a eroat before the Kmanuel county courthouse at Kwalnsboro. Ga.. aa a crowd of apretatora looked on. The Klanamrn paraded in full regalia for the first time ainre the hetday of the KKK In the '20s. Truman Blasts GOP Tax-Cut Talk WASHINGTON. Feb. & oJ'i Presi- : dent Truman amd lodny that re- I publican effort to slash lis 700.000.000 budget will gel exactly i nowhere. He told a news conference a sen- j ale-house subcommittee recommen dation tor a cut of 500,000.000 was Jusl so much conversation. Me tald he seemed to have hcurd similar conversation lasl year about cutting the budget. A year ago, he tald, he asked for j t37.M0.0O0.000 and congrea ended ! up by approprlHtlng t37.700.0O0.000. Tin' year, he said, It't exactly the same line ol conversation and will get nowhere exactly. Robbers Raid Athena Bank ATHENA. Ore.. Feb. i iT Ilumlnrs dug through a wall of the Alhcna bank vault sometime Wed nesday night and made off with 18.93 1.0.'). Umatilla county Sheriff R, E. Goad reported todny. Entrance to the building was gained by prying open a side door of the building. The vault wall was of brick. Goal said. The hole wns discovered at S a. m. tndny by Janitor J. E. Harwood. The loot wa all In coins. Bank Malinger F. S. LeGrow reported. The steel snfe In the vnult Uint contained the bulk of the bank's cash wns untouched. The bank Is a brunch of the U. S. National of Porllnnd. Wheeler Rejects AFL Job Offer MIAMI. Fin., Feb. 8 MPi Former Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon tana today turned down the 130.000--year Job as director of the AFL's political cnmpnlgn, but agreed to "ntlvlse" the lnbor arRnnlmtlon without pny. Wheeler snld he had a "consider able" law practice In Washington which prevented him from devot ing full time to the AFL's political program aimed nt repeal of the Tall-Hartley act and the federa tion began at once to look around for another candidate. 8omc council members preferred to give the task to Secrctnry-Trcns-urcr George Menny, the husky ex plumber whose Inflitonce In the AFL hns been rising fast lit recent mouths. Deschutes, Lake Put Up Legislative Candidates LAKEVIEW, Feb. J-A republican candidate from Deschutes county and ft democratic candidate from Lake county declared their candi dacies todny for the 39th repre sentative district, which combine the two counties. Lnkc's dcinocrntic aspirant It W. P. Vernon, former county commis sioner and well - known rancher, while the Deschutes mnn who will run on the republican ticket Is J. F. Hhnrl, operator of a registered shoiihiin ranch west of Redmond. The sltunllon assumes special In terest because of a long-stniidlng so called "gentlemen's agreement" be tween the two counties whereby Deschutes bow tn Lake on this po sition, In view of the fact Deschutes ha II own rcprcscntatlva district Klan Burns Cross In . iT7-awie'i '-1 -iiaaan w ai ', XI f i Y is tiw The J2JOO.000.000 figure was ap proved yesterday by a tenale-hou&e budgrl aubcommlttee. It la subject first to approval by the full 102 m ember committee aaalgned the task of re-checking White House apendlng estimates and then to rat ification by both the senate and the house. Even then It will not be binding, but only a target to ahool at when Uie actual money la voted. La.it year Nazi General Kills Himself NUERNBERG. Germany. Feb. 5 ( Nazi Gen. Johannes Blnskowltz leaped to his death today shortly before he wo to go on trial with 13 other German military lcadera for war crimes. Blaskowltz, 64, wns a veteran ol the Polish and Russian Invasions and later commanded nazi forces In the Netherlands. He broke away from a file of prisoners on the third tier of the high catwalk surround ing the prison rotunda. At guard watched helplessly, the general clambered up a seven-foot wire fence and threw himself over It, hurtling 30 feet to a tile floor. He died in the 385th U. S. military hospital of a fractured chest and punctured lungs. Electric Clocks Lose Time Due To Power Shortage If your electric clock Is run ning slower losing about six minutes a dny blame It on the power shortage. A. S. Cummins, pi evident of The Cnlifornln Oregon Power com pnny, snld today that as a con servation measure the company is operating nt a slightly reduced frequency from the normal 60 cycles. That mean that electric clocks are running about six minutes slower each 34 hours than they should. Anyone depending on the devices for split-second tim ing should check with an old ttem-nindcr every dny. Once the shortage Is over, the California drouth broken and power Is again nvailnblc to Copco, the 60-cyclc frequency will be re sumed nnd vnur clock will start telling the truth agnln. as well as the Joint district. This year, however, Deschutes hns pro duced at least one candidate. Burt Snyder, the republican Incumbent, ha decided not to seek re-election. Vernon ha long been active In public affair here. He 1 on the Daly fund board nnd Is the chnlr mnn of the litrnl school bonrn as well nt (ho county AAA committee. Short 1 former owner of the Merrill mills at Merrill. Klnmnth county, audi the Deschutes Grntn nnd Feed company nt Redmond. He attended Oregon State college, wnt once assistant superintendent of tho Central Oregon Irrigation district, 1ms served as chnlrmnn of Redmond high and grade school boards, presi dent of Redmond chamber of com merce and on council. Telephone Kill $5 Georgia ttgi P ' " ' "Ita1 iihhi- ! i the committee failed even to agree on a target. Some house republicans talked earlier of pledging at least a t5.010, 000.000 budget slash. There It general agreement among congressional leader that the amount of tax cutting to be done this year will depend on the amount that can be cut from Mr. Truman's budget. It call for spending 3S. 700.000.000 during the government fiscal year starting July 1. The house already has passed a bill to cut taxes J6.5O0 .000.000 on 1948 incomes. But the senate is widely expected to Insist on a smaller re duction. Chairman Millikin (R-Colo.) of the tax-writing senate finance com mittee declined to forecast what the tentative budget goal might mean to the house tax bill. It Is too early to determine that, he told reporters. But Senator Wherry (Neb.), act ing GOP leader, declared: "The republican party it going to have to cut the budget a damned tight more than S2JO0.0O0.O00 to keep faith with the people and re duce taxes. Death Asked For Anti-Red Leader SOFIA. Bulgaria. Feb. 4 (Delayed) The Bulgarian state prosecutor to night demanded the death penalty for Dimiter Glchev. former agrar ian pnrty lender and a deputy of the executed agrarian lender, Nikola Petkov. Petkov. peasant leader and foe of communism, was hanged September 23 on charges of plotting against Bulgaria's communist - controlled government. The indictment of Gichev stirred the diplomatic colony of this capi tol. a id was expected to arouse pro tests In the United States and Great Britain. Both protested the execu tion of Petkov. Escapes . f ,i$,4f-,i.i - 0' v Fritx Kuhn, former leader of the German-American Bund In the United States, escaped from a Ger man imrrnnieni ramp ai irnrnau, according to an announcement In Munich by the Bavarian denailfl eatlon ministry, Kuhn I shown in jull at Neudeck, Bavaria, near Munich after hla arrest In July for poaalble trial aa a nail offender. fees f i 1 1 f ' '"iX ; ii. ...... j ....... iaatettittiBUr No. IZM Few Takers Found For High Offers The local price of tJ. S. No. l-A Klamath-grown potatoes is bouncing around the t5-pcr-100 pounds mark today, buyers and growers report. Such a price Is In many ways comparable to the record i6.12Ti a hundred pounds paid here for Hannchen barley last fall. Buyer here aay they have been offering tt.75 for No. l-A spuds thia week and are finding no taker. One said that even at a fiat price of a five-dollar bill there probably would be no takert, because grower with tpudt still on band this late in the shipping season are looking for the market to go even higher. 2000 Cart Left According to farm agent estimates, there are still about 2000 carload of potatoes left in tne Klamath area, unsold. The total crop for last growing season was around 7300 cars, and 5300 have already been sold and shipped out. In previous years the spud crop of the' Klamath basin has been 1,000 cars or more, but plantings were reduced tins past season in favor of grain, which waa sure to bring a high price. Rare Lasl Septemoer and October, j when tpuus were being dug, the ' market price here was around 2.7a-3.00 per hundredweight, FOB car. Generally it has oeen In creasing alowly and steadily until the tS figure was being quoted to- day. C. A. Henderson, Klamath county agent, said that to was not an un-heara-ot price for Klamath pota toes; but it was-rare. - He said that some 18-18 years ago the price went to 7, but that wa when the In dustry of raising spuds was not nearly to developed a it it now. Record Cold Due Tonight The weatherman forecast a mini mum temperature of 6 degrees above zero for the next 24 hours, and from all appearances the Klamath basin was due to a blast from Old Man Winter which would set a rec ord for the season. Thus far this year the seasonal lew was recorded at 7 above the morning of February 3. Roads were hazardous and the state highway warned motorists to ccrry chains at all times. A snowstorm which reached al most blizzard proportions at mid afternoon yesterday left a three inch fall in Klamath Falls proper and was wide-spread throughout the basin area. Minimum temperature this morning was 15 degrees at 7:30, precipitation recorded at .15 Inches for the past 24 hours. Maximum yesterday was 35. At Odell lake on the Willamette highway four inches of new snow fell and the stretch was being sand ed this morning by highway crews. At Sun mountain on highway 97, a half inch of new snow was recorded and sanding crews were also busy at this point. Light snow was re ported on both Hnyden mountain on the Greensprings and Quartz mountain on the Lakeview high way. Probers Sued By Pension Leader SEATTLE. Feb. 5 lPh-The presi dent of the Washington Pension un ion. William J. Pennock, filed a $688,000 suit In superior court todny against the legislature's un-American activities committee as the group's preliminary public hearings drew near an end. Pennock's complaint said that statements made public by the com mittee on January 10 were untrue. The suit was filed by Attorney John Caughlnn. On January 10 the committee, headed by Rep. Albert Canwell (R.-Spokanel. announced Its plan ned investigation of the Washing ton Pension union. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 (AP USDA) Potatoes 3 broken. 10 unbroken cars on track: California 1, Nevada 1, Oregon 1, Idaho 1 ar rived, one arrived by truck: market firm; Klnmnth Russet No. l-A, $5.20-60; Long Whites No. l-A, $4.25. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 5 (AP USDAi Potatoes 13 broken, 34 unbroken cars on track; California 6, Idaho 9, Utah 1 arrived, 10 cart arrived by truck; market firm; Ida hn Russet No, l-A $5.25; Oregon White Rose combination grade un washed $4.50. Operations Crippled Over Southwest Oregon Area; Plants Here On Slow Bell By The Aitociared Prti Southwestern Oregon lumber mills were crippled today by an electric power shortage that stemmed from California' drought. An estimated 2300 lumber workers were idled. Some 2500 more were working curtailed hours. The plants, which began closing or curtailing operatlont Tuesday when the power supply shrank, feared the shortage would last at least a week. A failure of hydroelectric power generators in the Pacifie Cos and Electric system in California cut down the power the system could supply to two Oregon systems: California Oregon Power company and Mountain States Power company. Loren C. Schroeder, of the Mountoin States Power com pany, soid he did not expect the situation to be eased this week, from then on, he added, we don t know. An estimated 54 mills, employing 2000 men, were closed In the 8prlngfleld. Junction City, and Cot tage Grove region. In Roseburg, mills staggered operations 14 clos ing yesterday, and 14 other today. About 300 men were Idled daily. Twenty mill in the Grant Pas area were also working alternate dayt, halving lumber output and the working hours of the 2500 em ploye. v ' Throughout the region, some plant utilizing power from other sources were hot effected. LOCAL SITUATION Eighteen mill in the Klamath basin and at Alturas, Canny and Lakeview, will continue operation on a restricted basis for at least an other week and until further notice. Six mills in this area are on sea sonal shutdown and would not be In operation regardless of the power situation here. No critical work stoppage was ex perienced in this section of Oregon operators generally said em ployes have been absorbed by shift ing to night "off-peak" operations. Several mills are running split shifts and actual eases of unemployment are at s minimum. The American Box company at Sprague River ceased operatlont Thursday and will be down Friday in addition to the usual Saturday Sunday closure, Sam Ritchey, Copco district manager wu advised today. Ritchey said all mill operators "were cooperating exceptionally well." Last night taw "quite heavy" op erations, Ritchey observed this morning, as mills took advantage of theno-restrictlon order for night operation. It was the day schedule, running from I I. m. to I p. m, that was curtailed due to power shortage. Ritchey said thia afternoon that Copco had reduced Its supply to Mountain States Power company, and that by so doing there was ample power here for local con sumption other than for sawmill delivery. Weyerhaeuser Timber company plant here, one of the world's larg est, was not effected by tue power (Caaliliace Pa t, Colana tl All-Markets Grain Price On Toboggan CHICAGO, Feb. 5 UP) All grains in all markets on the North American continent plunged again today, reaching new low levels on the spectacular downturn which got under way last month. Prices of wheat, corn and oats dropped the limits permitted by ex changes in a single day's trading at Chicago, Kansas City and Minne apolis. Rye wu down the limit at Winnipeg, Can., although oats and barley did not fall the limit in that market. Losses amounted to 10 cents a bushel in wheat and rye, 8 cents In corn and 6 cents in oats. At Chicago, soybeans fell 8 cents, the dally limit, and lard $2 a hundred pounds, the daily limit. Markets took their cue from activity on the Chicago board of trade, nerve-center of the world grain trade. Prices there dropped sharply at the opening, rallied slightly, and then again fell back to .the day's bottoms. Brokers reported numerous orders to sell in all pits with buyers few and far between. During the last two hours there wu very little actual trading. Grains were offered at the daily limit decline and no one wanted them. Brokers hung idly around the pits. (See Market Page) Hayden Favors Probe An outside Investigation of his administration would be entirely welcome to Austin Hayden. the local federal housing superintendent, Hayden said today, referring to a request for such an investigation mailed yesterday to Senator Guy Cordon by 'he Klamath Falls post of the Marine Corps league. Hayden said that his housing piojects, u well as all others, was subject to periodical probes by gov ernment representatives. "Numerous Investigations here In the past have always proven satis factory as far as we have been ad vised," Hayden said. "I feel con fident that this program hu been handled according to the housing management program with which wi were furnished." Martin Putnam, commander of Rain At Last In South LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6 MV-The rains came at last to Southern California today. Steady precipitation pattered soothingly over the drought-parched land from the coastal mountains to the shore and from Santa Barbara to San Diego and the Mexican border. The weather bureau reported early today, however, that rain had not reached Imperial valley or the desert stretches east of the moun tain. A snow and rain storm was most welcome In the parched Northern Push On For Dam Projects SEATTLE, Feb. S (fly-An all-out drive for completion of Northwest power and reclamation projects and the creation of a $100,000 loan fund for Columbia basin settlers wu authorized yesterday by the Wash lngton state Columbia basin com mission. Three of the commissioner!, Leon L. Bailie of Mesa, Don Damon, of Cunningham and Frank T. Bell of Emphrata, were named to appear before congressional appropriations hearings to seek adoption of a $48. 000.000 budget for the Columbia basin during the next fiscal year, and financing of a second pumping system for the Pasco unit. C. C. Dill of Spokane wu named to press for a $39,000,000 Bonneville power administration appropriation and a $40,000,000 appropriation for McNary dam. Rufus Woods, Wena tehee pub lisher, will aid In the Bonneville ap propriation drive and urge. In addi tion, the construction of Foster Creek dam. 'Civil Rights' Bill Gets OK WASHINGTON, Feb. t W) The senate labor committee today ap proved legislation to set up a na tional commission against Job. dis crimination on grounds of Tace, creed or color. This la one of the law President Truman asked in his civil rights message to congress which ha stirred up so much resentment among southern democrats. The commission would try to see that no negro, Jew, Chinese or Japanese, for Instance, wu refused a Job simply because of bis race or religion. ' Senator Taft (R-Ohio), chairman of the labor committee, said the vote for the legislation wu seven to five. the Marine Corps league post, yeay ' terday revealed that the league waa asking for a probe into Hayden' administration and said that the league felt It had enough evidence of "mis-management" to warrant the step. Hayden said that Putnam had lived in the federal housing area for more than a year and several times had been asked, to take the leadership in forming a tenants' or ganization to suggest ways of Im proving the project and project gi minds. This Putnam hu not done, Hay den said. "He has even been re quested to inspect our rule and regulations and on at least one oc casion refused to be bothered to that extent," the administrator de clared. California region, ending the worst winter drought In 70 years. The storm moved southward Into tho central valleys and Southern Cali fornia. No rain had fallen In parte of the agriculturally rich San Joa quin valley for lx week. The light rain which fell In Southern California Inst night H the first measurable fall since De cember 29. It extended from Santa Barbara to the Lot Angeles area but It was not heavy enough to bring Immediate relief to crop from the prolonged drought, but more was falling today.