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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1948)
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 1941 ACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON par I I Tina TaiIaV 1 t Mat. at l:3t p. m. f Eve. 6:45 - :W i Pi i ! ! Starts Thursday I "Keeper of the Bees" and "Buffalo Bill Ridet Again" French Unions Ask Pay Up PARIS, Feb. 11 V Til General Confederation of Labor tCQT) de manded today 35 to 38 per cent wage rises to match rising prices. The GOT Is made up of left-wing unions. It is dominated by commu nists. The upward spurt of prices began wltli Uie Institution of the new French monetary program under which Uie franc was devalued, a free money market was established and 6000-frano notes were with drawn from circulation. Meanwhile, the cabinet decided persons who turned In fewer than 1 of the invalidated 5000-franc notes will be paid an additional 15.000 francs (S50i. They already have received a first payment of 10,000 francs i about 33. ''rJEEBBBSSri Nft W EVE SHOWS V Tl S:45 9:00 p. m. UrtlM British Unions Demand Pay Up LONDON, Feb. 11 Thirty seven trade unions, defying the labor governor's wage freexing policy, voted today to demand higher pay for 3.000.000 members. The Confederation of Shipbuild ing and Engineering Unions agreed in a meeting at Newcastle to press for Increases averaging about 14 shillings i$2.80i a week. The government, fearful of going broke within six months, fought to get trade union backing for Its pro gram to freeze both wages and profits. The program is on a volun tary basis. Prime Minister Attlee, who pro posed voluntary freezing of some wages and profits last week, faced rebellion by 20 labor members of parliament and some trade unions. They oppose his program. He plan ned to meet late today with leaders of the Trades Union congress. The congress is composed of eight mil lion members, the backbone of the labor party. Sir Stafford Cripps, chancellor of the exchequer, said yesterday there is a dangerous gap between Britain's export income and Import expense. If it keeps up. Britain's monetary reserves will last only six months, he said. WHY WE SAY NAIL" TO FIGHT TOOTH AND 3k 1 Fight tooth and nail implies to do it with the utmost ferocity. I his is one ol our oldest proverbs which originated before 1533 when L'dull wrote, "He doeth all thmges with tothe and nayle, as much as in him lyeth.' FHONE U72 S I Ercnlnc Sbowl CIS - t:M P. M. NOW Bank Theft Arrest Made PORTLAND. Feb. II UP) A Uma tills cafe manager is In jail In Pendleton and 600 pounds of silver coins, worth approximately $8500. stolen from Uie Athena branch of the United States National bank Wednesday night have been recov ered. Howard L Bobbitt, FBI special agent, said today that Theodore James Audett, 43, Pendleton native and manager of the Damslte cafe at Umatilla, was held on a charge of j participation In the burglary. Search of the cafe uncovered . small portion of the loot, Bobbitt i said. j The bulk of the money was found ! in a cache near Echo, buried in the i snowbound sagebrush country. Bobbltt had no comment on de tails of how the money was located nor on reports that others were ar rested with Audett. Next Big Attraction Mickey Rooney As "Killer McCoy" U. S. Protests Red 'Abduction' WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 ley The United States has protested to Rus sla and Hungary against what It termed the "abduction" of two American military attaches by Sov iet troops in Hungary. A note to Moscow, made public loaay Dy me state department, de. clared the action was "an arbitrary and unjustified exercise of police power- oy Red army troops. The attaches, Lt. Col. Bernard Thielen and Peter J. Kopgsak, were seized by Soviet troops in Hungary J nuary 14. They were taken across the frontier to Vienna. Austria, and released there when U. S. authori ties protested. Efflmni Conllnuflu nallv from r.':j r. m. This Is Request Week NOW Broken Pipe Closes Library A broken steam pipe Interrupted the usual routine at the city library Tuesday afternoon, and the staff was forced to close the building un til the offending pipe Is fixed. Addle Mae Nixon, city librarian, said that the library was closed at 6 p. m., yesterday. Workmen have been repairing the heating system, and the library should be open late today. 1 - - - -"r 1ND RKQllEST'FrATUIIE Edward Arnold Jean Arthur In Tha Pabaleaa Starr r "DIAMOND JIM" Cochran Named Hardware Head PORTLAND, Feb. 11 (IP) Neil M. Cochran, Snohomish, Wash., Is the new president of the North Coast Retail Hardware association. He was elected last night, succeed ing Ruel D. West, Portland, at the closing meeting of a three-day con vention. Other officers Include: Vice presidents, Raymond L. Miller, Forest Grove, Ore, and Ron C. War burton, Seattle; secretary-treasurer, D. D. Stewart, Seattle, re-elected; directors, Xavler Baker, Kelso; O. B. F. Sprague, Tacoma; Kenneth Mua ser, Mount Vernon, and Carl Hane, Port Townsend. USDA Forecast's Good Wheat Croo WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (P The agriculture department reported to day thRt January weather, like that of December, was favorable to the winter wheat crop. Previous trade reports to this effect were one factor Influencing the shirp break In grain prices. No new forecast was given for winter wheat production. Record production of citrus still IS In nrORDCCt. riPKnItA fhn rinmao and winter vegetable production will exceed that of a rear a on th Monopolistic Charge Denied PORTLAND. Feb. 11 iPi A pro posed contract for a' 100-year sustained-yield timber cutting program i not monopolistic, the answer to a federal court suit asserted today. Fischer Lumber company of Mar cola filed the answer to a suit under which George E. Owen. Eugene, and the Western Association of Lumbermen and Loggers would en Join establishment of the proposed timber unit on the Mohawk river near Eugene. The company admitted that while tno.se not party to the contract would be unable to buy the federal timber within the unit for 100 years, this did not establish a monopoly. At the same time, an amended complaint was filed which re-stated the case against the department of the Interior and the Fischer com pany. It alleges unconstitutionality of the 1937 congressional act act ing up contract provisions for man agement and sale of public timber. The government, one of the de fendants, has not filed Its answer HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 11 (.! His studio's entire executive staff has agreed to a SO per cent pay cut. Producer Samuel Goldwyn an nounced today. The wage slash does not affect those In the lower brackets. "Although they all have long term contracts," he said, "they agreed and put the welfare of this company and the Industry above their own personal wishes." Gandhi Funeral Train Leaves For Final Rites NEW DELHI. Feb. 11 (,V A funeral train, decked with flags of the tree India he did so much to create, pulled out of New Delhi today bearing the ashes of Mo handas K. Oaiutht toward their final resting place. The ashes will be Immersed at the confluence of the Jumna, Ganges and Baraswati rivers near Allaha bad at noon tomorrow before an estimated 3.000.000 persons. A great crowd stood solemnly as the trm.-hu of the assassinated Hindu spiritual leader were carried li'to the train by his son, Ram Das. and a disciple. Suddenly It broke, and men, roinen and children rushed police lines. Some of them wanted a Inst look at the remains of the man thev loved so well. Others, who struggled through a mass of humanity, reached In the fnneral car window to snatch flowers from around the urn. Police, swinging heavy bamboo lathis, slashed about, trying to re store order. Then Nehru walked to the little third class coach where Gandhi's funeral urn sat fixed to a palan quin. He gated quietly Into the win dow at the urn, which rested on a darkly stained varnished stand. Six small spotlights brightened the urn J. L. DEAN Public Accountant and Auditor New Office Location J06 North 7th St. Phone 6348 and etched the outlines of the I'ldlnti flag on which It stood. Another Indian flug formed canopy. On tin outside of I lie coach the freshly-gilded Roman numeral 111 was a reminder uf the alinpllclly of Gandhi. Always In life he hud rid den the hard benches of a third class conch. In deference to him, (he whole 'uncial train was com posed of third cIiim cars. In further deference no members of the parly smoked or chewed betel mil. As Nehru slood In a silent tri bute, the train creaked slowly away. The prime mlnlMcr snapped to a salute. Onndhl's youngest sou, Devailas, will strew the ashes on the three rivers most sucred to Hindus. Phone your Want-Ad to the Her ald and News, 8111, or bring your ad to the office at Pine ni... Esplanade. 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