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FRIDAY, FEB. , 1948 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON IACB TWO Canllnsoai Dally rmm !; now A,Sr4 t h mo4 ALLAN LANE In "WILD FRONTIER" MflW Shorn: 1:30, nUlT 6:45, 1:00 p. m. zwAMECHE McLEOD lt - vvjioMoenortiS'ionDiuageir -c , aiiiynis" ALSO CHARLIE CHAN in "CHINESE RING" muni a Ere. Shows : 45-9: 00 F. ALSO r STABS GALORE IS "HOLLYWOOD BARN DANCE" IJJNHilil SAT. MORN. Vn Opt. I A. K. O C.l.r . 3 V Crl.on nti Mar? Lc In 'N'obodr'g Darllnf" ON THE STAGE Ul-B Tmm Sb." Phone 8184 End, Todo, 53. mm tsXIUljUsiUsUiiiiy ALSO Action and Thrlllf In "Pacific Adventure" ' 1 LYH hWM I'm 771 Contlnaoofi rrom 1?::IS p. in. Jokniiy Weinmullti -Bttnda lota ALSO Johnny Mark HriwR T8AIRIB EXPRESS SI I I'liuuc tou null My TODAY Steady Rains Bring End To California Dry Spell CHICAGO, Feb. 6 (P Winter carved a climatic hodge podge across the naUon today. There was lots of show tn many sect ions the heaviest In the Middle Atlantic re gion and Kentucky. Rain and sleet pelted areas In the South and Southwest and travel on some high ways skidded to a slow pace. Cold weather, with temperatures ranging from freestng to sub-iero levels, continued to envelop the northern half of the country. And In some parts of the South Florida Shasta Mill Owners Say Cuts Forced iContinued from Page 1) disputed the voluntary character of the curtailment. "The PG&E called me Wednesday and told me I would have to shut down and that was all there was to it." he said. Another milt owner was quoted as saying the company threatened to I pull his master switch unless he dosed. Hood said the conference with the PG&E over charges of discrimina tion probably would be held in Red Bluff, Tehama county. The company spokesman acknowl edged that PG&E cut off Red Bluff from power for 30 minutes Wednes day because of a serious overload on the Cottonwood. Shasta county, substation. He added that he hoped this situation would not recur. Increased Flow The Shasta dam watermaster in creased the flow of water from this huge central valley reservoir In an attempt to ease the power shortage. Martin Bloty said he was upping the flow to 5000 feet from 3600 be cause the last storm had brought a aafe snow reserve to the reser voir's watershed. , PG&E said the present rim had not eased the 300.000 horsepower ' drain caused by Irrigation pumps j In the San Joaquin and Sacramento ; valleys. The spokesman declared that a soaking rain would bring temporary relief and a good snow pack In the mountains would b a long range measure. Turks Stand Against Reds ! ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. ( (Pi .Turkey intends to stand firm against &u ivuasittu aemanas, r oreign Alin inster Neomeddin Sadak declared Thursday. The foreign minister said he had taken note of reports abroad that his recent foreign policy speech to the assembly indicated a willing ness to make a deal with Moscow. "It is a tendentious interpretation of my assembly speech." Sadak said In an Interview. "There has not been any change In Turkish foreign policy .... "Those who understand the Turk ish policy, her ever-increasing friendly relations with England and the feeling of gratitude In Turkey for the American aid program will have no difficulty understanding the full aspect of this false publica tion." Court To Rule On Surplus Question SALEM, Feb. 6 UPt State officials ; are planning to ask the state su preme court to decide whether In come tax surpluses can be used for state general fund purposes, It was learned today. State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott said these surpluses now amount to $30,000,000. There is an argument over whether income tax receipts have to be used exclusively for prop erty tax reduction, as has always been done in the past. Quartet Held As Theft Suspects PORTLAND, Feb. C lP The ar rest of four people In hotel rooms stuffed with loot was reported by police Thursday. Police said the four were accused of stealing tlO.000 worth of goods from cars In Portland's West Side area. A member of the police depart ment's pawn shop detail made the arrest. Chief To Be Tried On Assault Charge OREGON CITY, Feb. 6 P)-Ore-gon City's police chief, L. L. Pitten ger, will go on trial In circuit court February 15, on a charge of assault and battery. Pittenger pleaded Innocent yester day. A grand Jury indictment ac cused him of slapping a 20-year-old Oregon City youth in an argument over an automobile accident. Pittenger resigned as Eugene chief of police last year after slapping a juvenile In an argument. Rabies Treatment Puffs China Pilots SHANGHAI. Feb. I VP) Pilots and other employes of a Shanghai air line are wearing suspenders be cause Rex died of rabies. Rex was a big, amiable Labrador retriever owned by a pilot. None of the personnel of Civil Air trans port was bitten, but It was decided to give Pasteur treatments. Mrs. Claire Chennault, Chinese wife of the former Flying Tigers chief, Is one of those lnocculated. Several employes reported the In jections were causing a swelling of their abdomens. The, men started wearing suspenders Instead of belts. Louisiana and Texas the mercury climbed to around a balmy 80 above. The fuel oil situation was eased In some communities as tempera lures moderated but In others sup plies dwindled and thousands of homes were cold. In the normally sunny Southern California region humors were sing ing In the rum as steady prectplta tiou fell over the drought-parched lands and ended the worst'wlnter drought in 70 years. More rain was forecast after yesterdays downpour, which measured 1 62 inches at San Bernardino and 107 Incites at Los Angeles. One snow belt extended from the Carolmas northward to the lower Ohio valley. There also was snow over Nebraska and the central pla teau states. There was ram and some sleet from Northeastern Texas across Southeastern Oklahoma, Ar kansas, Tennessee and sections of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama to South Carolina. Federal forecasters said there ap peared no immediate relief from the cold In the Midwest and New Eng land area. Below zero temperatures were reported in Montana and east to Northern Illinois this morning. High readings yesterday included 81 at Fort Meyers, Fla.. and Browns vllle. Tex., 79 at Jacksonville, Fla. and 77 at New Orleans. Paving Plan Method Given Property owners are urged to con tact tlie city regarding Improvement of streets and alleys. Councilman A. F. Condrey said Thursday. Condrey said that property owners on unpaved streets should submit a petition to the city council to set the wheels in motion on a paving plan. The city will then work out a plan financed by assessment against the property. In connection with improvement of alleys. Condrey said that the city will grade the alleys If property owners will assume the cost of graveling. Cat Home After 1800-Mile Jaunt CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. (IP) A white Angora cat has returned home after a weary lonesome trip of some 1800 miles. The cat, tired and wild from Its roamings. retur.ied to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lacy this week. Last summer as the Lacy family was returning to Cheyenne from Atlanta. Ga., the cat jumped out of the car near Dallas. The car was traveling at 60 miles an hour and the Lacy's didn't believe the cat could have survived so drove on. But, "Snowball," proving cats have "nine lives." showed up oh tltt family doorstep. Award For Heroism PORTLAND, Feb. 6 (Pv-Richard Workman. 13, Wecoma Beach lad who rescued a 3-year-old boy from mill pond near Myrtle Point in 1946. was awarded a certificate of merit for heroism at the annual Boy Scout area council meeting last night. Special Agent J. Fleming Williams has Joined the Northern Life Insurance com- pany as special agent. Williams is a native of Ashland, Ky., and at tended schools there and at the . University of Kentucky, Following : three years In the service, Fleming i went with the Ford Motor com- ; pany in California and moved to Klamath Falls In 1947 when he at- , filiated with Moty and Van Dyke.! He joined Northern Life Just re- j cently. I u 4" r . 1 Chevrolet factory trained mechanics repair Chevrolcts better! ASHLEY CtraLH 410 So. 6th FUNNY HO "I gave him the one-two, but he came back with three, four, five and six!" Senate Refuses To Clear Pauley In Grain Trading WASHINGTON. Feb. U-A senate committee refused again to day to clear Edwin W. Pauley and Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham of any Implication that they used "In side Information'' in commodity trading. Senator Knowlaud (R-Calif.!, acting chairman of the appropria tions subcommittee, announced the Gandhi Leaves No Property NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 Devadas Gandhi said today his father. Mo handas K. Gandhi, possessed no property and left no will. He said his father, assassinated a week ago today, desired that any pioperties which might nominally be considered his should go to his charity and uplift project. This, Devadas said, will be done. Gandhi, one of the Hindus' most powerful spiritual leaden, earned and received contributions amount ing to vast sums, but gave it all away and lived the life of a poor man. AFL Still Has No Political Leader MIAMI. Fla-, Feb. 6 (Pi The American Federation of Labor, still was without a director today to guide its political activities In the forthcoming elections. The AFL's administrative com mittee ended its meeting here last night and Indicated It would meet again in Washington March 8 to dis cuss candidates for the $20,000 a year Job. Though without a director, the committee authorized AFL President William Oreen and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany to proceed with establishment of a nation-wide poli tical organization. Chief purpose of the organization would be repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor act and de feat of the act's congressional sup porters. Turn those no-longer-used articles Into cash nowl Herald and News Want Ads are Inexpensive and bring quick results. L We Have Those Hard to Get Home Appliances! Buy them now! Electric Percolators $5.95 Teapot Kitchen Clocks $4.95 White Kitchen Wall Clocks $4.95 Can Openers, guaranteed 5 year $1.98 Flavo-Electric Percolators $4.15 Aluminum Dripolaton $2.98 Famous Marco Percolators, 4-cup $2.65 8-eup $3.25 Chromex Lifetime Coffee Makers $4.95 Alarm Clocks $2.95 Twin Waffle Irons $16.95 J-yesr written guarantee. FALLS APPLIANCE AND TIRE SERVICE 11th and Main Thone 7676 Fix your car NOW AND . FIX US LATER! You Can Repair Your Car NOW with Nothing Down .. 12 to 18 Months to Pay! 24-Hour Wrecker Service BUSINESS vote was 3 to 3 against a proposal by Senator Green iD-R. I to ab solve them. The committee has ! been Investigating speculation on I commodity markets. Pauley Is special assistant to Sec retary of the Army Royall and Graham Is President Truman's per sonal physician. Both have told of speculating In commodities but Insisted they never had Information from government "insiders" to guide them. The vote split on party lines. Knowland said he and Senators Ferguson tR-Mich.) and Dwor shak iR-Idahoi voted against the proposal and Green and Senator Tvdlngs (D-Md.) voted lor It. Ferguson and Tydmgs were ab sent from the meeting and their votes were cast by proxy. Green's motion stated that the committee had no evidence that Pauley and Graham received "inside Information" and that this should be "made clear to the public." He said both had given "careful and dctallrd" Information about their market transaction to the committee. The same motion was rejected Tuesday by a tie vote. Knowland was absent then. Oreen and Tyd ings voted for It, Ferguson and Dworshak against It. NO FATS (isjttwlfcv Fluhrrr'n Rtikfrr Ph. 4113 iTiMljjjl!-!,!J Atom-Toting Flattop Is Navy's Plan WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 t1'l Planes big enough to curry atomic bombs may be able Id nprrute from a gliint new American aircraft carrier. ' The proposril addition of a 60.000-to-8U.00U.tiiu mammoth flattop and elithl other e.Mirrtmrnlu! waicruft la the nation's aisenul of new weapons was first hinted at a mouth uiin by President 'lYumun. The president proposed In Ills biuliirt mrssiiite to cmiKiess thut smooo.lKX) which would have iimie Into ships now on the ways to be used Instead to build fiithtlnir craft of "advanced desln." 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