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fir FRANK JKNKINM
VlIK new of the world Uxluy I
slightly cockeyed.
We discolor we liuve law Hint
shuts u(f wheat rxiHtrU when rrnrrvr
wheal suppllr III (til country (nil
to ISO mlllliui bushel. Senator
(ruin wheal stnlca demand In Wash
ington Una illuming that the luw
b repealed.
One of Uiem irtrnator Yuiinit. of
Norllt Dakota) y he think Una
Uw Is al lriul one of Uie rcunohn
fur Uie sttarp break In grain price.
Meanwhile, In 1nidnu. Sir Hlnf
furil Crlptui, one of (he lop bra.s
hats of the Hi null Labor imrly,
say tially Umi Uie Labor govrrn
menl my have to UKK FOUCK to
keep down mn and price.
rrrriNo back to the i:o milium
bushel wheal rewrvc Uw, Sen
iter Young aays 11 I "working out
aa unreaaonable. unfair and di
criminatory to Uie American farmer
and may prove dlaiutrotu."
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
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"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.
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