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ploye of the California Oregon Tower company. The fashion waa ao wldeapread that The Herald and Newa photographer (ot wind of it and
pooed the New Look wearera alone a
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By FRANK JKNKI.NH
TODAY is Chinese New Year when
an old year eiula and a new una
begins. Shanghai dispatcher say
"the troubled nation elbowed Ita
worries aside and celebrated nulslly."
The relebraUon Includes fireworks,
whistles, clamorous beating of drums
and cymbal and lusty thumping ot
washu.bs.
HI. I. in all, II Is M it should br. One
of the most fortunaui things
about this life la that "hope springs
eternal lu the human breast.'' If
the lime ever contra when how la
tone. ALL WILL BK ClONE.
TIIKHE 1 a sour note, however.
1 We read that EVERYBODY
STOPPED WORK and mil down to
the best ntrnl thai rould be af
forded "which," the dispatch adds,
"wasn't much."
If people stop work at every op
portunity, how are we going to OET
MORE which la what we all want?
QNE mote on China, before we
u quit:
This Is the "year of the rat." Wo
are told from Shanghai that "the
Chinese earnestly hope It will be
better than the hut, which wan the
year of the pig."
Nobody lovrit the tat. Still, he
gets out mid hustles. 'Inking cats,
Imps, .23 rlllrs and poison In Ills
stride, lie rocs ahead mid docs bus
iness. The pig, by preference, rata
everything that Is fed to him and
geta fat and lazy.
, lis n fair guess that the rut will
SURVIVE, no mutter whut happens.
CENATOB MORSE aays 111 New
York todny t where, as frequently
happens, ha made a ccch that
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Soft Coal Operators Rap
Government Work Proposal
WAMIINUTON. Fro. 10 ll'i
Cyrus 8. China, chief federal labor
tnuilltilor, said last night tho gov
ernment won't permit soft coul
shutdown this spring.
Members of the Southern Coal
Producers association were still yell
ing "foul" today.
They said Citing has practically
handed John L. Lewis n loaded gun
If a strike Is what the United Mlno
Workers has In mind.
"Lewis comes Into the lU'Botln
lioiis with an nco In the hole," pro
tested Raymond Bnlvntl, a West
Virginia mine official. .
"If wc cannot get logclhci' and
his demands are such that we can
not concede them, the government
would step tn and grant Lewis wh.it
he wants.
"Ho knows that the only way the
government ran get coal Is to give
In."
Chhiff said flatly the nation "will
not tolerate a coal stoppiine."
If a strike develops, he told the
Southern Producers nt a dinner
meeting, "tho government will step
In." Ho added:
"In that case, It will-be sellled
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Copro counter. Left to rlfht, Helen
and Violet Richard.
Jesters Reign As
With Mardi
By KRIk) KREKOER '
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. I (Pi
New Orleans went on ita annual
Mardi (iras bender today, celebrat
ing a modern version of the world's
oldest surviving festival.
The iwople dressed in lanta.-llc
costumes, staged gaudy parades,
clambered over one another to see
the costumes and parades, danced
In the streels.
The pre-tireek Shepherds who
started the business 1000 years ago
might have been a bit surprised if
Agency Timber
Goes On Block
Seated bids on an estimated 10.
SOO.000 board feet of timber, prac
tically all pine, are being received
at I lie office of the superintendent
at Klamath Agency.
The timber stand Is known as
Knnott unit No. 0 and is located on
approximately moo acres of land
wlihlii the Klnmnth Indian reserva
tion. It is a much smaller sale than
several made by the tribe In the
past year.
Bids will be oihmicU at 3 p. ni.
March 2 at tho Agency, and each
bid submitted must be accompanied
by a check for $10,000, made pay
able to the special disbursing agent,
Klamath Agency. The purchaser
must agree to cut and remove the
limber by April 1, 1040.
Minimum bids which will be con
sidered are $14.50 a thousand board
fret for sugar and Pondcrosa pine
stumpage, $10 for Douglas fir and
Incense cedar, and $4.60 for other
types of merchantable limber on
Uie stand.
by somebody who does nut know as
much about the situation as you
do."
Lewis already has taken what
ninny coal operators regard as n
possible first step to end Ills present
contract April 1.
Hn has notified the operators n
dispute, exists over his proposed
$100 a month pension for miners
OH or older who have 20 years ot
service In tho pits.
Under tho Taft-Hartley net, a
union desiring to pave the way for
a walkout must give 60 days notice.
The government can still stall off
an actual strike for another no davs
by using other machinery tn the
act.
Joseph E. Moody, president of thn
Southern Producers association
says many operators believe Lewis
will "drop thn other shoe" around
March 1.
Chlng offered the operators little
consolation. He said It Is up to the
producers and Iwls la make their
own agreement, The conciliation
service will help If asked. But the
government will not stand by while
a strike cripples the nation's Indus-Ity.
For
MrC'lure. June Sel.trom, Jacqueline EllUelm, Patay Beck,
New Orleans Cuts Loose
Gras Bender To Wind Up Fete
they had chanced upon the scene.
Hut nobody would have noticed
them what with folka disguised aa
decks of cards and aspirin bottles,
gypsies and convicts, apes and bal
let dancers.
Those Shepherds used to cut a
goatskin Into strips and whip each
other about this time of year. They
figured 11 was a good way to make
the pasture grow better.
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festival waa
cnanscu mio me ors.r. ,
of European carnivals. The French
carnival celebration of Mardl (jraa,
with the orgy strained out was Im
ported Into New Orlrana about 120
years ago.
Today Madrl Gras Itself Shrove
Tuesday, i day of fun before the
Lenten austerity winds up a car
nival season that started on twelfth
night. January 6. The festivities
thus far have included a dozen
public parades and several dozen
balls.
The tiling became a general spree
on this final day. With all business
stopped, the people crowded the
Lincoln Day
Program Set
A brief program is planned for
the Lincoln Day banquet at the
Wlllard hotel Thursday evening
honoring Governor and Mrs. John
II. Hall. Those arranging the dln
nei meeting have made It possible
for the governor, who pays his first
visit to Klamath Falls since taking
office last October, to Rive his ad
dress and meet with Klamath folks
after the banquet.
Mrs. Don Zumwalt will lead
group singing In. "God Bless Amer
ica." and the Rev. Frederick C.
WlNsenbach will give the Invoca
tion. While dinner Is being served,
the Barber Shop quartet, will sing
under the direction of John H.
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Lincoln Day. I04R. ' and a WW
book will later be presented,, the
governor end his wife containing
names of those who attcj tne teB
planned for Thursday at t)le pej.
can party room, and thgj, W,0 were
guests at the dinner .
Governor Hull v,, be available
for appoint menUsThur(iday after.
noon from 3 to 5 m m nt Ms
suite In the Will(r)li lt n.
nottncod today. ,
Good brief
Whai Relief
PORTLArj,Di PcD 10 ,fl.,Tlie
prices of sv ,.ral tootl ltcms
dropped In so. rotRll 8torcs
today, but no Oi ,uld urc
diet whether the ti j would
last.
Flour was down about j cents
pound, lnrd 10 cents a nound,
sugar 36 rent a 100 pounds, Rn()
some pork cuts 10 cents a pou,n((
In a number of stores.
Chcrso and chicken prlceL
however, went up. V
Transit
Force
Lona
downtown streels for the last pa
radca. Many thousands of men.
women and children were in fancy
costume.
Traditional climax of the affair
was the parade of mulc-drawn
floats led by Rex, king of carnival.
Rex, thia year, was Dr. Alton
Oensner, internationally known
surgeon. His queen waa rlizabeth
Lee Nicholson, debutante daughter
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president
imea-Picayune
Publishing
Nicholson.
company, and Mrs.
Search For
Plane Grows
troutdai.e ore Feb in ,j-
Military and civilian planes based
here and at The Dalles today re
sumed search for a pilot missing on
a flight from Kcnnewlck, Wash., to
Oregon City.
Oregon national guard planes
from here Joined three McChord
Held planes and Oregon search and
reacut unit planes from The Dalles
hi covering the presumed route of
Billy Guy Holllday. 25, Richland,
Wash., who left Kennewick Satur
day and did not reach Oregon City.
Paul Sanger, Kelso, Wash., area
co-ordlnator of the Washington
search program, aided In direction
o' the hunt. Yesterday he flew
through the Columbia gorge and
another plane searched the area
north of Oregon City. Two planes
flew over the route from Kennewick
tr Tho Dalles.
Improving weather conditions to
day were expected to aid In the
search. Visibility was poor on much
ol the route yes totoyT' VS
A McClvstTtlcid radio truck Vas
l ero to&,y ,() a coast guard raUo
trlf!i was reported en route to Tiw
Mallcs.
"""" to vWtWen in police launches to a
his stcp-fnther and his brother at
Gladstone, near Oregon City. He
was reported missing when he did
not return Sundoy with the rented
plane.
Radio Workers
Tie Up Cable
NEW YORK, Feb, 10 il'i Strik
ing communications workers, em
ploying "filibuster" tactics, tied up
the counter ot the Mackay Radio
and Telegraph company In the
basement concourse of Radio City
for three hours yesterday.
Crowding around the counter, 19
strikers pushed bulky messages' at
the three clerks on duty. One offered
a copy of the U. S. Constitution for
transmission. Another handed over
the Bill of Rights, and still another
Ve Declaration of Independence.
The strikers were members of the
American Communications associa
tion (CIO) and the All America
Cable Employes association, an In
dependent union.
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Drivers Set
Midnight
Deadline
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10
Philadelphia's three million trolley,
bus and subway travelers braced
themselves today for a transit strike
set for midnight.
The walkout which would result
in Philadelphia's third major trans
portation tleup In five years was
approved b a majority of the 11,000
members of Local 234, C'lO-Trans-port
Workers' union, employed by
the Plliladelpnla Transportation Co.
The contract between the com
pany and th union expires at the
lime set for the strike midnight.
Door Still Open
Union President Joseph B. Dough
erty, who announced the strike vote
after a ma&s meeting of union mem
bers last night, said that negotia
tions with the company still might
avert a walkout.
A PTC spokesman at the same i
time declared:
"The door la still open. A transit
strike with Its disastrous conse
quences to everyone must be avoid
ed." The strike vote came shortly after
Clarence Tolan Jr.. president of the
Philadelphia chamber of commerce,
urged the transit workers to re
consider their demands for a wage
increase and remain on the Job "in
the interest of sound economics."
Negotiations broke down last
Thursday when the company and
the unin failed to reach an. agree
ment on the union's demand for a
1 40 cents per hour raise. Dougherty
i said the PTC countered with an
i offer ot six more cents an hour.
Motormen and conductors at pres
ent mr paid Si. IT an hour as two
man cars and 11.70 per hour on one
man operations. Maintenance work
ers receive from 94 cents to 11.48
an hour.
Guerrillas
Blast Salonika
SALONIKA, Greece. Feb. 10 UP)
A large force of guerrillas fired 12
mountain artillery shells into this
city this morning, killing four per
sons, an official announcement said.
The dead included a British sol
dier who died In his billet in the
heart of the city, when a shell ex
ploded. Two British soldiers In the
i same billet were wounded.
! Two women and a man also were
I killed and nine other civilians were
I wounded.
i City officials said the rebels fired
wnicn. nss a popuia
tlon ot about 100.000. from a point
live mites to the north.
(Press reports reaching Athens
said the air force had found the
rebel band and had straffed It.
(These reports said one of the
shells struck the Mediterranean ho
tel, headquarters of the U. N. special
commission of the Balkans, cutting
oil communications and shattering
windows.!
Ship Blast
Injures Three
NEW YORK. Feb. 10 tAV-Police
headquarters said three crew mem
bers were Injured in an explosion
In the engine room of the 6190-ton
tanker Richmond today off the
Statue of Liberty. There was no In
dication the tanker exploded, police
said.
Earlier the coast guard had re
ported a tanker exploded In the
upper bay.
s were
a New
Jersey lut-pital. police said. Tile fire
department said a blase resulting
from the engine room explosion s'as
extinguished before extensive dam
age was done.
Jobs For Young
But Not 4one
James Chlumsky. 58. of Klam
ath Annex, who told police that
Jobs ate for young people, Is In
jail today awaiting a court
hearing on a charge of vagran
cy. City police arrested Chlumsky
yesterday afternoon in a Main
street tavorn where he allegedly
was panhandling, and the man
told them he thought young per
sons should get first try at any
available Jobs, therefore he
didn't look for one.
Police also said that Chlum
sky was suspected of having the
sideline of 'urntshing liquor to
Indians. The arresting officer
recommended SO days in tht
hooscgow.
Ostendorf
To File For
State Post
Ed Ostendorf, mayor of Klamath
Falls, today announced he would be
a republican candidate for nomina
tion aa state representative from the
32nd district, Klamath county. The
county ha two sea Is In the lower
house to be filled and Ostendorf la
the second republican candidate to
come forward.
The other I Carl Stelnselfcr, who
announced several weeks ago. So al
though there may not be a contest
in the May primary, there will be
one In the November general elec
tion. Three In Race
Henry Semon, democrat, has al
ready filed his petition of candidacy
: lor representative, so there are now
three persona officially in the run
; nlng for the two posts, and possibly
I more to come.
j Ostendorf la finishing off his four
! year term aa mayor thia year and
said he absolutely would not run for
I mayor again. He la a long-time real
i dent of Klamath Falls, haying come
I here in 1S27. Ostendorf was the
Dodge car dealer here until 1041
when he sold out to L. L. Lombard
and planned to retire.
But the war came along to break
up retirement plans. He was OPA
director here for a time and then
waa elected mayor in 1044. He la a
Shrlner. Mason and Elk, chamber
of commerce member, past president
of Klwanis and director of the
League of Oregon Cities.
Ostendorf said today he has not
formally filed his petition of candi
dacy, but was writing to Salem for
hia filing papers.
Two Ships In
Distress
NEW YORK. Feb. 10 (Pi Two
freighters radioed today they were
in serious trouble in extremely
rough seas 804 miles east of New
foundland. Rescue vessels sped to
their aid.
The ships were the 7176-ton
Pierre 8. DuPont, operated by the
U S. lines under charter from the
federal government, and the 3535
ton British ship, the Clunepark.
They were reported to be 90 miles
apart.
The DuPont. a war-built Liberty
ship with a crew ot 44, sent an SOS
saying; she- had a crack in her hull
a lid as taking water last. Later
she messaged she was holding her
own.
The freighter Henry Baldwin
was rushing to the aid of the Du
Pont. Capt. Eric K. Eriksen. 45. of
Brooklyn, Is skipper of the stricken
ship.
The Clunepark radioed her rud
der had been damaged in the heavy
seas. The nearest rescue vessel was
the freighter John Fiske.
Both rescue ships were expected
to reach the damaged vessels in
mid-day.
Biggest Birthday
Party Blows Lid
SHANGHAI. Feb. 10 UP) Today
marked the world's biggest birthday
party.
More than 450.000.000 Chinese
became a year older with the ad
vant of the lunar new year. The
troubled nation elbowed its worries
aside and celebrated noisily.
In Shanghai, there were fire
works, whistles, clamorous beatings
of cymbals and drums and lusty
thumping of washtubs. Everyone
stopped work. At home, the Chi
nese sat down to the best meal
they could afford which wasnt
much.
The lunar holiday celebration
lasts four days. On the fifth the
god ot wealth days Chinese shops
will reopen.
This is the "year of the rat."
Chinese hope earnestly that it will
be better than the last, which was
"the year of the pig."
President Truman Congratulates New
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At ceremonies at the Pentagon building, Washington, D. C President Truman (left), congratulate
General Omar Bradley (right) after he took oath of office as army chief of staff. Retiring Commander
General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), wearing a third Oak Leaf Cluster for a Distinguished Bervlc
medal, presented him by the chief executive, look on.
Announces
Mayor Ed Oatendorf today pro
tected himself Into the race for
ttate representative from Klamath
county, seeking the republican
nomination.
Red Official
To Be Ousted
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 I1P The
Jutlce department today an
nounced the arrest for deportation
of John Williamson, labor secretary
of the communist party in the
United States.
A department official described
Williamson as "the most important
figure In the communist party
against whom the Justice depart
ment has taken action thus far.
The department said Williamson,
a member of the communist party's
national committee, "has been pos
ing as an American citizen for
many years, whereas he is an
alien."
FBI records shoved he was born
in Scotland 45 years ago.
Immigration service official and
FBI agents took Williamson inu
custody this morning as he was
leaving his home in New York City.
He was taken to Ellis Island and
held there without bond to awatt
deportation proceedings.
Williamson has represented him
seJ as a native of California, de
partment officials said. He claimed,
they added, that he was born there
in 1902 or 1903 but that his birth
records were destroyed In the San
Francisco earthquake and fire.
No Change In
Mill Set-Up
At 1 o'clock this afternoon The
California Oregon Power company
advised The Herald and News that
no change in the existing off-peak
schedule of sawmill operations here
was in sight
It was hoped that by today saw
mill operators would be advised that
sufficient power was now available
to return all operations to a normal
basis. Sam Ritchey, district mana
ger of Copco, said early today that
he had not been instructed to
change the schedule in effect since
last Wednesday when power supply
from The Pacific Gas and Electric
company In the south was cut oft to
Copco.
Considerable moisture has fallen
in Northern California but weather
would have to moderate in order o
increase the flow which, in turn,
would supply power from PG&E
back through the transmissions
lines from the south to Copco.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 (IP)
(USDAi Potatoes: 7 broken, 21
unbroken cars on track; arrivals,
California 1, Oregon 2, Idaho 2,
Maine 1: market firm; Klamath
Russets No. 1-A, 5.75 to occasion
ally higher.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10 iPI
(USDAI Potatoes: 25 broken. 28
unbroken cars on track: arrivals.
California 3, by truck 14; market
slightly stronger; Idaho Russets No.
1-A. 5.50: Deschutes 5.S5.
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Livestock
Hits Skids
For 2nd Day
NEW VOKK. Feb. 10 (P Cottoo
and grains led a new and fast re
treat on the price front today.
urocery aiorea and wholesale
markets gave wide recognition to
the tumbling prices aa the break
became general, pulling stock mar
ket prices down to $1 to $3 a share.
Prices on the wholesale meat
n.arket at Chicago were down aa
much as $4 a hundred pounds to
day In an unusually quick reaction
to yesterday's livestock declines.
Cotton was down as much aa
JK.95 a bale, only five cents below
the dally allowable limit.
Grain Down
Grain slammed downward with
the sharpness that characterized
last week's drastic fall.
Livestock was telling at yester
day's lowest prices. Cotton waa
down $2.65 a bale. Even butter,
which had been at record high re
cently, skidded.
There were scattered reports ot
further declines In cost-of-living
items.
Less than an hour after trading
opened in the Chicago pita all de
liveries of corn were down the dally
limit of eight cents a bushel. Drain
had staged a one-day rally yester
day. Wheat and oats dropped rapidly
and several deliveries hit the dally
allowable decline of 10 cent and
six cents, respectively.
Lard dropped the 200 points al
lowed in a day's trading.
Hog prices were at yesterday'
lowest quotations at Chicago as
suppliers put only 5000 hogs ' on
sale. The trade had expected 15,000
would be available to purchasers.
At New York, stocks were lower
ah along the line and cotton prices
fell more than $1 a bale In early
dealing.
Optimism Feared
Consumers were hopeful of mtat
bargains after yesterday's sharp
drop in livestock prices, but econo
mists warned them not to be too
optimistic
Bacon, ham and steaks were
trigged a little lower in many stores.
Retail prices on flour, lard, sugar
and bread also were down in some
shops.
But the entire movement waa on
a relatively small scale and there
was no cermlnty that it waa per
manent. '
Some chain stores began cutting
retail prices yesterday when live
stock nose-dived as the grain max
ket rallied and got back on It feet
after last weea's break.
Hog prices fell to a top of $22.25
a hundred pounds, the lowest since
January 6, 1947. Cattle skidded as
much as S3 a hundred pounds.
Lamb dropped as much as $1.
Slayer May
Be Trapped
BEAUMONT, Calif., Feb. 10 VP)
Possemen using walkie-talkie radio
beat through the brush ot the San
Gorgonio mils today In a search'
they hoped was closing in on Uie
holdup-killer of pretty MarJorio
Winn, 17, Redlands high school girl.
A hundred or more sheriff's dep
uties and special officers system
atically searched gullies and ra
vines, believing they had the fugi
tive blocked oft in Lamb's canyon.
They figured hunger might force
the hunted man to attempt to
break through the ring of search
ers. Miss Winn was killed early Sun
day morning. She and Jame
Sloan Jr., 18, of Redlands, Univer
sity of Southern California fresh
man, were returning to Redlands
from a rodeo in Palm Springs. They
stopped briefly along a highway,
Sloan said, when a thin-faced man
suddenly opened the car door and
demanded money, then fired one
shot when Sloan started the car.
The girl died a short time later at
a nearby farmhouse.
Chief Of Staff