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The Uw was panned by cungre.n In December around seven week ago. Al thai time we were tcaicd oui of our boot by the ruing price of train. Now we're getting Uie Jit ters over falling prlcet of grain. Thus quickly can condition! change. TN Oarden City, Kama, whne the wheal fields run on and oil to Uie hortson and Just about everything revolve around wheat, a reixirier went oul to talk to farmer Uil morning and got an earful. On grower of wheat told him: "I ran t tee any reauton for the break. It waa dirty pollllc." Hi Innate fair thinking that growl up out of clotenrw to Uie noil intervened at thu point, however, ml Uw Indignant wheal producer . addd Judiciously: "If.oUier price com down accordingly, though, everything might work out." That put It briefly, neatly and accurately. WHAT did cause the big giaui " break? Thu writer doesn't even pretend to know, but suspects there may be more grain in sight and upcoming throughout Uie world than has been generally reallred TO this extent, Uie farmer has been fortunate: The break comes in midwinter, IIKPOKE spring plantings are under way. If it had come al harvest time. AFTEIl hlgh-wlde-and-hamUome, iky-the-llmlt. t'ell-wilh-eost growing season. It would have been fur worse. When you've gut all your re sources lied up In something you can't sell for anything like what a co-1 you. It! lough. If Uml never happened to you, you've been lucky. IJOWN in Los Angeles, Ihc psychi atrists are having field cluy. One ol them snyi gloomily Amer ica I on Uie brink of disintegration ihe means fulling ainirt, but psychi atrists don't talk Una way among Uiemselves.l Our brains, he adds, are slowly cracking under the slrnln of modern conditions. Another, more or Iris agreeing, flunks Uial at Uie cost of a mere two battleships we could set up a re search program capable of curing SO.000 menial patients per year, thus holding the bulnnce more ncurly even. CUPPOHB wo gut III a bud pinch In this bnndlt-mliKlrd world nnd needed the two battleships to pull use out of the hole? Might not that particular strain run a lot mora of us crar.y? Truman Sticks To Demand For Price Control Powers WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 Ml President Truman still thinks Ihe country needs price controls In spite of the severe break In tho grain market. Tho word from republican leaders In congress today Ih that ho still has Utile chaiico of grltlng them. Chairman Wolroll (R-Mlch.l of Ihe house banking committed went even further. Ho said congress may have to atrirl thinking about ways to keep prices from going loo far down. And two GOP senulorH Yiniiig N. D.) and Btishflcld (S. D.l asked congress to repeal a Iavo-monlh-old law which they say helped causo Ihe commodity slide. That law specifies there can be no further wheal exports mice reserve supplies In this country drop in 150,000,000 bushels, Wolcott took tho view that thcro will be no harm If coiikit.is walls a couple of weeks tn think over tin rnitl-lnflatlnn picture before It acts. Ho listed one exception: rent control. That should be extended Chinese Reds Holding Four Companions KAN HUM IM O. Feb. 13 irt' The Chliirae romtnultUl radio to day announced one of five 1'. M. marine raptured by the rrdt In North China died of wounds. II churned the United Stale with active participation In China civil war. The brimdcakl confirmed rumor that one of the marine. 1'KC. I'harle J. Itraylon Jr., Furl Jay, (uvrrnor Island, N. Y., wa wound, ed fatally. Knuwn Fart "The uiillceiisrd act of the United Hi a Irs untied forces and military personnel in various purl of China uud their uld to Chlung Kul-shrk 111 wanting civil war are fact known to everyone." aid the broudcasl. "This I utterly Imperialist. -grraslve activity and the great Chi nrse nation will absolutely not en dure thi acireiMlon. Hliire Ortobrr, 11)15, I . H. armed forces and military prrsonnrl have continuously ear rlrd out agrealon and military reconnaissance against the liberated area, a well a making unreason able demand." The broadcast said Uie five ma rine hud "advanced against it posi tion" of the coinmunlsla near a village norUi of Tslnglao Christina Day. It said the U. 8. navy hud been asked lo "apologize." On prevlou occasion, I'. H. mil itary personnel taken Into custody In comniunUI territory were re leased unharmed after a (ew days. Ibis lime, said the broadcast, the four surviving marines would be treated with "clemency" on condi tion Ihe I'. 8. guarantees "no re currence," Atom Picture Theft Probed AI.llUCJUERQUE. N. M.. Feb. 13 ( Indictment and arrest of an other former soldier op charges ot taking secret photographs from the Los Alamos. N. M., atomic project was disclosed today. A.vltunl U. 8. Attorney Maurice Bunches said the ex-solcller. Fred Clerard Michaels. 28. was arrested III Hochrster, N. Y.. lust night by the f.Jerul bureau of Investigation. He was Indicated by a federal grand Jury which reported Its find ings late yesterday. U. 8. District Judge Colin Neblrtt fixed Michael's bond at MMX). Formerly a sergrnnt in the Los lamns photogrnphy department, Mlchurls was accused of stealing both classified and unclassified pic tures on June 24. llMtl. Hies same year he was discharged from the army. He was transferred there De cember 'XI. 1943, from the Onk Midge, Tenn., atomic Installutton, Michaels Is the sixth former sol dier to be accused of taking classi fied Information from the Los Ala mos project. Surrender Offer Worries Police MANILA, Feb. 13 lD Police in the busv Tondo district ore mopping their brows and It Isn't the weal her. They arrested Luis Lucy, 32, as he nonchalantly trundled 300 cans of TNT through the crowded sheet. Lucy said he was on his way to surrender the explosive to a police man he knew. foi one month beyond February 20 the dalo the present law expires. Wolcott told newsmen. Meanwhile, he added, emigres could consider n longer extension. Wolcott said a two weeks' ban on discussion of other proposals would "let lis see where tho economy Is headed." "We cannot legislate on economic questions until wo know what is happening." he continued. "If this I price decline) goes too far wo may have to give nur thouftht to support ing markets." But Mr, I'l'timim responded with a positive yes when a reporter at his news conference late yesterday I'skcd him whether tho major eco nomic problem lacing Ihe country Is still inflation, and not deflation Fiii'lherinorc, tho chief executive ;ald flatly that (lie markel break has not lessened tho need tor the economic program he outlined to congress November 17, Among olhrr things, ho nuked" then for standby power to restore piicc-wnge controls and rationing on a limited basis. Skidding Car Nestles Against Tree In Shasta Way Yard 0 a 'J HJjF taeiw.i.. ,.'' .... ,k -:l -ss "So- yT" The driver of this coupe, Curtis Robert Schoenthalee, 722 Donald, Is in the county jail today await ing Justice court proceedings. He Is charged with driving while under the Influence of intoxicating liquor after his machine sldeswiped anothee car. Jumped the ditch and landed In the Harry Kimsey front yard on Khssla way early last evening. Considerable damage was done to the Kimsey Uwn and shrubbery. Driver Piles Up On Lawn A Klamath driver wound up on the Uwn of a Bhn.ua way home owner and a lea minutes later was In the county Jail charged with driving while under Uie influence at Intoxicating liquor early U.M eve ning. Tile driver. Curtis Robert Sclioen thaler, 'li. 122 Donald, was arrested by slate, police after his coupe side swiped another car and skidded Tib feet Into a tree lit the front yard of the Harry Kimsey resi dence. 4220 Shasta way. Officers said the accident occurred at 5:W p. m.. when Schoenthaler was drlv- ing toward town at a high rate of speea ana siueswico a scuan driven by Homer O. Dcpuy. 1527 f ,n Dcpuy said he was turning Into Shasla way from Etna when Schoenthaler hit him. The Dcpuy car was slightly damaged but Schoeuthalrr's car went on. Jumped a ditch and lit In the Kimsey yard. Schoenthaler was cut about th fnce and head but refused hospital! ration. He was placed in the coun ty Jail where lie remained In lieu of 300 today. Schoenthaler Is scheduled tor Justice court at 1 p. m. today. Rockefeller To Wed Saturday PALM BEACH. Flu.. Feb. 13 or Wlnthrop Rockefeller and pretty Barbara Scars have bowed to senti mentand tin law and will be married Saturday Valentine's Dav. Previously, Hoekofollcr, one of the heirs to the oil millions of the late John D. Rockefeller, Ills grandfath er, had planned to wed on Friday the 13th, traditionally the day of bad luck. The change tn plans was an m.unced late yesterday becauye Florida law requires a 72-hour wait ing period from the time of applica tion for a ltceu.se to the time of the wedding. The time is measured from midnight to midnight. Mrs. Sears, 31, is the divorced wife of Richard Sears Jr., third secretary of the American embassy In Paris. Rockefeller, long considered one ot the most eligible young men In America, Is an officer of the Soc-ony-Vacuum OH compnny. Butchers Predict Lower Meat Price PORTLAND, Feb. 13 M'l The price of meal Is going down. That's what AFL butchers lienrd here to day as they gathered far a Pacific Northwest meeting. Earl W. Jimerson, national presi dent of tho union, said that even If the commodity market skid Is tem porary, the days of heavy spending are over. Ho and Patrick E. Gorman, secretary-treasurer, were here for one of a series of regional meetings. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 (AP USDAi Potatoes: 8 broken, 19 un broken cars on Irark: arrivals, Cali fornia 2, OrcRon 11, Idaho 3, market about steady; Klamath Russets No. 1-A, S.7S; Idaho 1-A, heavy to me dium, 6.40. LOS ANGELA'S. Feb. 13 tAP USDA) Potatoes: IB broken, 63 un broken cars on trark; arrivals, Ore gon 1, Canada 3, California 3, South Dakota 1, Idaho 8. Colorado 1, Utah 7, by truck 4: market slightly weak er on Russets, steady on While Rose; Idaho Russels No, 1-A, S.1S, "7 ' Friday The 13th Proves ' MenaceToTranquil Minds Itv JOY BK.CS Woe be to him who walks beneath a ladder And fall to give the good lutk countcr-su; n Or leu a feline quadruped of mid night hue bisect his way For Friday the 13th. is no means suddcr With It many warning symbols fair and fine Than the price for lack of caution tliut we pay . . . , bo although evil stalks your fooutcps 'according to trudltioni to day, Friday 13th. with a more than I "" icj. "ov strike you ; ' You re already warned by the date to be on the alert. Now, If a j Britain Eyes Wage Curbs LONDON. Feb. 13 iP Britain's top economic planner says the labor government may have to use force to keep down wages and protlts. Sir Stafford Crlpps. chancellor of the exchequer and minister of economic affairs, told the hou.se of commons so last night. He urged Britons again to accept voluntary controls. The French government olso moved agulnsl price boosts. It sent the national assembly In Paris a bill lo outlaw all price Increases since J uury IS not Justified by produc tion costs. A lawbreaker could be Jailed for a year and pul oul of business. British unions some 5.000.000 stror have been insisting upon higher pay despite Prime Minister Attlcc's hold-Uie-line pica In last week's government white paper. They arc In coal mining, railroad ing, shipbuilding, engineering and civil service. Cripiis reiterated the appeal fur voluntary incisures to stem wage and profit rises. Then he asked the house : "Can we take them in a demo cratic way by free choice, or arc wo to demand the Imposition ot Uiein by force? "Unless we exercise restraint," he said, "the sheer lues of the case will demand compulsion, which this government is anxious to avoid." Penicillin Now Comes In New Painless Form WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 iPi A new type of one-sliot-a-day peni cillin with a bullt-ln pain killer has been developed. Up to now, penicillin injections often have been cither numerous or painful. The new type Is called "procaine penicillin." It's made by combin ing penicillin with procaine, a chemical widely used as an anes thetic. The procaine, besides killing the pain, also helps the penicillin to be taken up slowly by the blood. The compound is mixed with cottonseed oil, which further helps In Ihe slow-down process. The common type or penieillin preparation is simply dissolved In water. Injections with this type normally are painless except for the Initial needle priek. Rut they must be repeated every two lo four hours because the drug, in water solution, is absorbed quickly by the blood, and therefore leave Ihe body rapidly. black cat should cro. your path that is a furUier warning tnat some evil awaits you. Go around the cat and avoid II. Walking under a lad der Is another sign lo look out lor ill luck. It you should walk under such, keep your fingers crossed lo counteract the sinister forces await ing to grab you. And luck is lutiiiy warnings Utat mean something to one person are ignored by another. One can become unhappy when an umbrella is ojjejicd in the hoitc while another u ill .h..MA ,!,...,.,., it '...I. .- v.iu.a.v uuuiit'ij 1. Mil IS spilled al the table. If you don't know that it s un lucky to do any ol a number ol ,h( Wack - jucKj io uu anv i can't touch you. That Is why only the most well known of the "luck." symbols are mentioned here for your own pro tection. And if you don't look at the cal endar today or read this until Sat urday, you'll be In the clear because you won't know all the chances vou might be taking and will therefore be Immune. You can t possibly know all the thousands upon thousands of super stitions and their antidotes of rabbit feet (left hand onesi lucky coins and charms, so you'd better not try to acquire any more than you now have. Brush up on a few ordinary ones if you get caught today there's another Friday 13th coming up in August, Rebel Yell Raised Again JACKSON. Miss.. Feb. 13 Shouting rebel yells and waving the confederate flag, Mississippi democrats met here yesterday to spearhead a nationwide revolt against their party's leadership. Judge Herbert Holmes of Sena tobia. chairman of the state demo cratic executive committee, said Sen. Harry Byid iD-Va.) might be asked to head a revolt. The Judge said Senator Byrd. w ho often has been critical of party leaders, had not been contacted but was being considered for a lead ing role in the conference au thorized yesterdoy by a mass meet ing of 5000 Mlsslssipplans. After singing "Dixie." the group backed a resolution for the confer ence "of all true white Jcffersontan democrats." They thereby heeded the cull of their governor. Fielding L. Wright, lor action agninst the democratic porty's sponsorship of measures which he termed anti-southern," such as aiitl-lvnchlng, anti-poll tax and FEPC bills. Judge Holmes said he will con vene the state committee next week to set a dale for the conference against President Truman's civil rights program. More Stories Of Lincoln Found A second copy of a newspaper dated April 15. 1865, the date of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Is owned by a Klamath Falls resident. The Herald and News Thursday carried a story of a paper owned by R. A. St. John, and today. Mrs. Ada Larson of 618 Willow culled to say that she, too, has a copy of the same newspaper, The New York Herald. Mrs. Larson's Herald was given her by her mother. It was brought west a number of years ago when her grandparents came to settle in Washington, Lloyd Low Not To Run For Sheriff Hheriff Lloyd L. Low announced today that he will not be a can didate lor re-election this year. The sheriff, who previously had indicated he would seek the repub lican re-nomlnatlon at the May primary, said that he has definitely made up his mind to leave public office after 24 years as sheriff and three years as deputy. With a characteristic grin, the veteran law enforcement officer re marked that he had chosen Friday, the 13th. as the day of decision, and that he was making the announce ment from room 13 'the sheriff's of fice in the courthouse. "My reason for making this state ment al this time Is thai the filing date for public office Is only a month away and as I do not Intend to be a candidate I should so advise the people. Six Terms "On my return from World War I the citizens of this county were kind enough to elect me sheriff. They have given me the office for six terms 24 yearsi which I honest ly believe Is long enough. I have thought for some time that at least some veteran of World War II would declare himself but to date, no one has been mentioned. There must be some young man in the county who would be interested in the sheriff's office and is possibly waiting for my decision. I am now and always have been in favor of competent ex-service men for pub lic positions." Sheriff Low said he regretted that he would not be in office for Ihe completion of the new county-city Jail building, for which bids have been called. But he said he would be glad to help advise on the jail, even though he is out of office. He has apent considerable time in the last two years visiting Jails to get information for the construction and operation of the Institution here. ! "I wish to take this opportunity of thanking my many friends for the loyal support they have given . me for so many years and for the j cooperation given me in carrying out the duties of office. "I have no definite plans. I have j been offered posiUons and business I opportunities but probably will end i up farming my litUe pUce.in the ' Tulelake district Sheriff Low served three years as ! deputy under his father, the late ; C. C. Low, before becoming sheriff ' of Uie county. His tenure In office ' Vis Interrupted- by one four-year ' term in which Burt E. Hawkins was 'sheriff. Sheriff Low was one of the few republicans who withstood the democratic landslide in local public offices in the early 'thirties. White House Porch Blasted WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 UP) The $15,000 It Is costing to build bal cony on the White House "could more profitably have been spent for a couple of homes for veterans," Rep. Angell (R-Ore.) said today. The Oregonian reviewed in a statement the rumpus caused by President Truman ordering the con struction. Angell said the president is "only a tenant of the White House by sufferance of the voters and his term of occupancy may expire next January." "The . .lportaiit point is in these days of scarce materials and man power the president on his own and against the advice of the tfine arts) commission and without authority of congress proceeds to spend $15, 000 of your money for a back porch to the White House. "The $15,000 under the circum stances, could more profitably have been spent for a couple of homes for veterans and their families with out a roof over their heads." Biddle Says He Doesn't Recall Shot That Wounded Eugene Lahr By HALE SCARBKOl'GH The condition of Eugene Lahr, 20, shot through the brain Wednesday morning during a drunken fracas on the Klamath Indian reservation, remains unchanged today at Klamath Valley hospital and both the at tending pliystclan and police officers hold little hope that he will live. Federal bureau of investigation officers arc hold ing two men as suspects in the shooting ana have not decided which fired the shots at Lahr. The prisoners themselves say they do not know. Curt Stanton, of Chlloquln, young white man, is lodged In tho Chlloquui Jail, and Joe Biddle, 20, a Umatilla Indian, is in the county lockup. Also Jniled at Chlloquln is Oeorge Stanton, Curt's brother, who may have 'started the fight which wound up in the shoot ing. The fray took place at Stanton's cabin near the Williamson river outside Chlloquln, where Stanton and Biddle were celebrating the birth of a son to Mrs. Biddle, celebrating with four cases of beer bought by Stanton at a Klamath Falls grocery store. Joe Biddle, who owned tho Italian-make .32 calibre automatic pistol apparently used on Lahr, iaid today he remembered getting progressively intoxicated and remembered Oeorge Stanton coming to the cabin a couple ot times and making trouble. The second time he brought Oene Lahr, a Blackfoot Indian from Mon tana. They drove up In a borrowed coupe. Biddle said George Stanton came In and started fighting his brother, Curt, and that touched off a general fight Joined In by Lahr. The Intruders were beaten off Biddle has a few bruises and a swollen To Retire ' ?' ' 1J Nlirriff Lloyd Low, Ttttran Klamath county law enforcement officer. Maid definitely today he will not seek renomi nation in May. No More Tax Work. Threat LOS ANGELES. Feb. 13 (P Miss Vivien Kellems, Westport, Conn., manufacturer, said today her firm will stop withholding federal Income taxes for employes. She offered to fight the issue out with Uie govern ment in the courts. "If high tax Harry wants me to get that money for him." she said in an address prepared for a Los An geles Rotary club meeting, "then he must appoint me an agent for the internal revenue department, he must pay me a salary for my work, and he must reimburse me for my expenses Incurred in collecting that tax." Miss Kellems is a dynamic woman who lost out in a congressional re publican primary race in Connecti cut to Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce in 1943. She is a leading woman elec trical engineering manufacturer in the nation. Her Connecticut office said her firm, which manufactures cable grips, now employs about 30 persons. Power Quirk Hits Clocks Electric clocks were still off beat and the telephone operators were getting a good workout as home owners attempted to keep their time pieces on an even zta. ' The clocks started "running slow1 when The California Oregon Power company began having its trouble a week ago last Monday afternoon with the curtailment of power sup ply from the south. The normal 60-cycle frequency has been slowed to 59'2. Sam Ritchey, Copco district manager 3ald today, but this ts during peak daytime hours. At night everything is back to normal. Clocks, under the present cycle system, are losing about six min utes per day. Ritchey said he could not make any promise when the 60-cycle frequency would be back. Anadarko Proves Shopper's Heaven ANADARKO. Okla.i Feb. 13 UP This largely Indian community may not be paradise, but at least Its a happy hunting ground for house wives. With a little shopping effort Ana darko women can turn up these prices today: Sliced bacon. 49 cents a pound: margerine. 31 cents a pound; flour, $1.95 for 25 pounds. Other cuts slashed six cents from a 10-pound bag of sugar, six cents a pound from roundsteak prices, six cents from three pounds of lard, and four cents from a pound of coffee. But even paradise has flaws: Potatoes went up 25 cents per hundred. Butter On Skids As Prices Cut NEW YORK, Feb. IS (IP) Grain prices showed tendencies to slide down again today near the final hour of trading after gaining little strength earlier. A violent downswing hit the wholesale butter market at the same time. The corner grocery store reported further and larger price reductions. A rally that pushed wheat, corn and oats a few rungs up the price ladder from opening lows was short lived. Corn broke as much an 5 cents a bushel from the day's high In the Chicago pita near the final hour. It opened down Ihe full limit, then rallied a few cents. Wheat and oats Joined corn tn the late downswing, the former falling off 4', cents from the day's best price and oats sliding 1S cents. Butter Drops The price ef wholesale butter nose-dived 5 to 6'j cents at New Yorfc and as much as 5'i cents a pound at Chicago. Retail outlets showed immediate reacUon to the butter drop. The cor ner grocery store at the same time clipped meat prices considerably. Dealers reported both retailers and shoppers buying cautiously in anti cipation of further reductions. The National Association of Re tail Grocers said key city surveys showed reductions in flour, baeon. ham, lard, vegetable shortening, egg and butter, and In some cases beef. These price cuts were not loss lead ers posted to attract attention, the association said. They are genuine reductions,, made possible by the flexibility of grocers to adjust to market conditions quickly, he said. Stocks were Irregular and activity was moderate. Price changes were small. At Chicago, sellers were holding hogs at about yesterday's prices of $23.75 to $24.25 a hundred pounds. The best bid shortly after the open ing was $23.50. Big Question The question in economic and political circles was whether the problem was inflation or deflation. President Truman saw In the re cent commodity price drops, a step in the right direction. But inflation ary dangers have not been removed by the market decline, he said. The president said he felt as strongly as ever that congress should give him legal powers to curb living costs. Chairman Walcott R-Mich.l of the house banking committee pro posed a two-week congressional m. cess In considering anti-inflation legislation. "We cannot legislate on economic questions until we know what is happening." he said. "If this (price decline) goes too far we may have to give our thoughts to supporting markets." Modoc JP's Death Told William Templeton Loudon. Jus tice of the peace of Modoc county and operator of the store at Strong hold, died at his home at 7:45 a. m. today following an illness of the past two years. Mr. Loudon moved into the Tulelake area In 1932 and started the store there at that time. Mr. Templeton is survived by his wife. Bessie A., one daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Robert, and two grand- children, Donald Lee and Billy Rob erts, also of Stronghold, and two brothers, Alex of Pasco, Wash., and Gavin of Harrah, Wash. He was a member of Klamath Falls lodge No. 1247, BPOE: Merrill lodge. lOOP: veteran of World War I and a member of Tulelake post, American Legion. Final rites will be announced later by the Earl Whltlock Funeral home but tentative arrangements have been made for Tuesday. right hand to snow for his part and went outside to get in the car. There both Biddle and Curt Stanton are hazy about what happened, but one of them grabbed Biddle's pistol from a corner, went out and blasted away at the car. The bullets struck the windshield and the car backed partly Into the Williamson river. One of the shots fired hit Lahr above his left eye, but he was able to crawl out of the car and down the river bank. Joe Biddle said this morning he might have fired the shots, but couldn't remember through the alco holic haze. Stanton likewise has been unable to recall what went on those few seconds. Later Biddle said he remembered having the pistol and went to Avery Charles' house and gave It to Charles. It was located there by officers. Biddle, the two Stantons and several other persons were picked up for questioning ind put In the Chllo quln Jail early Wednesday, while Lahr was brought to the hospital here and the bullet removed from his brain. About breakfast-time Wednesday Biddle managed to get out of an open door at the Jail and disappeared. Ho said he went up on the hill back of Chlloquln until his clothes froze on his body, then went back Into town lo get warm and finally to his own house to sleep. He was asleep Wednesday night when a state patrolman crawled through a window and arrested him. The good-looking youth declared this morning he will tell all he can remember about the shooting when a federal officer takes a statement from him this afternoon, then he hopes he will be taken over to the hospital to see his wife and ton. V
