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Frock-Coated Gentlemen Honor Elks Of The ' -ay Nineties'
mi irtnmirr - -- -ihVb t i - .' J -- "
(i. W. "Mil" llnu.lon light Kxallrd Hulrr Charles Htmj'i "sregar" u the officer of thr local Kiln
lodge drraard In frork raats. spata. and hamllr-bar mouilarhr pinr In typical "iay Nlncllc" fashion after
Ihry had honored Klka of thai era al "Old Timers' Night" In the lodge last evening. In thr picture are
I back row) ('. K. Clllniorr. I.ou Itrairr. Jack llrandun: arcond row: Krrd (ilovrr. John Schubert, Kxallrd
Ruler Hnn;, K t. Mullls. John Van Durrn; below: ( harlra Mark and U. W. Houston.
Disgusted Americans Pack
Up To Leave Australia
SYDNEY. Australia, Feb. 20 111
One hundred and fifty-seven Amer
icana arrived Unlay to start a new
Ufa In Australia. Others already
here are iielllnv ready to leave
bitterly dlsnpiKiintrd.
T) now arrivals, who came on
the ship Marina Phoenix, made up
rht biggest party of United Htule
x-aervlcemen with wives and chil
dren to reach Australia under the
Don Cossacks
Slated Monday
Members of the Klmnatli Com
munity Concert association are look
ing forward to the concert Monday
night when the General Plntolf
Don Cossacks pHar on the Peli
can atAgt al S o'clock.
Tills la the second aptearance of
the Don Cossack singers In Klam
ath Fulls and Ihey are returning bv
popular request.
The chorus was orgunlwd In 1P28
In Prague. Official founding of the
chorus took place under high pa
tronage of I he president of C'M'c lm
Slovakia, Thomas Masaryk. and 1
Edouard Penes, minister o, foreign,
n! 27 IliissHiiirTrmn'0 tile
?! "'r.'".'"'." .'"K
mi rivrr infill in rwiuiiirrii i.umih
and Is directed by Nicholas Kostru-
knff The ehnrim ninde lis flelmt 111
Vienna In 102(1. and Its Hulled .
States debut at Hun Francisco's
COM
World's Fair In 1930
No tickets will be sold at the door,
and as usual, admittance Is by I
membership only.
Manufacturer
Says 'No Soap'
" WEHTPOHT. Conn., Feb. 20 i,Vi
Miss Vivien Kellems, Westport in
dustrialist, said her firm today
stopped withholding federal Income
taxes from her 3B employes.
She said she was going to do 11
In a talk last Friday before the Los
Angeles Rotary club.
Today was the first payday here
since Unit speech.
Blie hns offered to fight the Issue
out with the government in the
courts.
Plenty Of Housing, Says
Solon, But None For Rent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 M'l-Sen-ator
Cain (R-WnslD told the senate
today "there Is no actual shortage
of housing. There Is merely a des
perate shortage ol housing which Is
for rent."
He apoko as tho chamber began
considering a bill to continue rent
controls 14 months beyond February
29 with some changes from tho
present law. The measure was writ
ten by the acnnlo banking com
mittee. Benator Tnft iR-Ohlol acting re
publican leader, told the senato he
hopes to have the control bill pnsscd
by Monday at tho latest.
Cain said ho Is willing to bow
to the eommlltco'a decision to con
tinue controls but believes "the orig
inal controls have driven many
homes out of I lie rental market,
Earlier, Senator Flanders (fl-Vt.)
and Brlckor (R-Ohlo) predicted the
senate will approve a one-month
emergency extension of tho present
law. .
The house bunking committee
already has approved extending the
r&iSi ml L - , ii II .nm,.,
KLAMATH
aAnUlrd-mttjtranu scheme. Under
this plan the AUAirullnn govern
ment pays 40 per cent of the pu. vi
rtue money.
Koyul Thayer, 4B. veteran of two I
World wars, was one of the dis
illusioned Americans. He said In
an Interview he would return to
the U. 8. Immediately.
He told a reporter costs of living
were much higher here then he
had been led to believe. He said a
booklet on the subject given him
in San Krnnclwo. his home city,
was "way out of line."
Thayer said his trip (o Australia
to buy a chicken ranch already
had cost him 1 1 MX).
Mrs. O. It. Pierce, formerly of ,
Seattle, wrote a bluer letter to
newspuers here this week regard
ing the exerlence she and her
husband have had in trying to set
tle In Australia.
She said In the published letter
they have become "discouraged and
disgusted" by housing conditions.
They have spent "thousands of dol
lars for nothing." she added, and
will return to America next Mon
day
'Rlglil now your government has j
representatives In the 11. 8. A tint-
i lug young men and couples to ml-
Knur nere. si c mi mis.. ...m.,.,.
. . W. sha fed 1 m,r du y ,
K 1-S avoid' i
hrek nnd disaimnlnimrnla they
. , ..
"lld ,,rrr "
1 0 flflfl Vftltc
lVVV w .
Sure Hit Hard
DALLAS, Tex.. Feb. 20 il'i Thir
teen thousand volts of electricity
"sure hits hard" exilalmed Olenitis
The'-33.ycar-o,d Da.las plumber
received the terrific shock yesterday
while working on a water tower, 100
feet abovo the Southern Methodist
university campus.
His physician lale last night said
he was in a "much better condition"
than when first taken to the hos
pital yesterday.
Clai'dy was Rlandlng on a narrow
catwalk, lowering a slcel measuring
tape to a worker on the ground. A
gust of wind whipped the tape
against n 13,000 volt power line.
Clard was treated for deep burns
on his hands, legs nnd chest.
exist Ins law through March. The
houso llrclf will vote on this meas
ure next week. i
Flanders nnd Brlcker nre mem
bers of the senate banking com
mittee which wrote the 14-month
bill. Both voted for It. although
Urlrkcr says he did so reluctantly.
The Ohloan told n reporter he
prefers u months extension so con
gress can lako another look nt eco
nomic conditions before deciding
about continuing controls for a
longer period.
"llesldrs, I don't think much of
the scimtc committee's bill," Urlcker
nntd.
He lidded he Is thinking about
offering nmcndmcula to put back
In tho bill two provisions knocked
out In committee.
One would end rent controls in
nny men wlinro a census showed
2 per cent of the dwellings for sale
or rent were vacant.
The other would permit landlords
to Incrcnso rents 15 per cont if they
could show thnt their costs had
gouo tip 30 per cent since tho start
of controls.
-jO JaV inAV, rt.BituAKY zo,
LaLonde Joins
Sheriff Race
Names of sheriff candidates for
eiwh flutter if hnlh hntlrlft nre llsL-
cd at the county clerks office a 1
lh( lrnln rA.d.dte filed his Intcn-
tlon to run for the office al noon
today.
R. A, Smiley" LaLonde Is the
10th man and the third democrat
to enter the race.
Lulondc Is sawyer at the Modoc '
l umber company, and ha been de
feated three previous limes In run
ning for sheriff. He la a Mason
and member of Modern Woodman.
LaLondo had several' years' exiierl
ence as a member of the Klamalh
Palls police department, resigning
t ,
Grain Ration
Bill Pushed
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 A
I bill to ration grain to w hiskey
n.ukcrs through October 31 ad-
vnnred a step in the senate today.
The banking committee approved
the measure unanimously. It made
by T , 1'
indusiry should be allotted noVss
than 2.500.000 bushels of grain a
p..-.. .on..
at least 6000 bushels a month.
The agriculture department said
the industry Is using 8.200.000 bush
elr a month at present.
President Truman has asked re-
nowal of the grain controls. They
plred January 31 after the house
banking committee killed a senate- I
approved bill which would
have
i 'T'Zt!'
Prospects 'or house action on the
new bill are 11m. Rep. Wolcott IR
Mlch.i. chairmen of the house
banking group, snld yesterday he
has no plans for early consideration
cf the legislation.
This Pair Really
Has A System
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 20 V
Ballet Dancer Ionise Fornnca likes
to bring houses down,
Her hubby, Tom Clclnnd, prefers
to put them tip.
Louise Is part of the road show
cast of "Oklnhomn," which hns re
turned for a spell to Its spiritual
home.
Tom Is n bricklayer.
So far the Clelands haven't had
nny enreer trouble. For 25 months
Tom tins fallowed his little wife
mound the country not as a wnn
derlng minstrel, but as a wnndcring
bricklayer.
"Whi-n wc nit a new town I Just
get a Job tor a week and start laying
bricks," he snld. "It's ensy with nil
this building going on."
He Is giving dnlly mntlnee pcr
formnnccs with n trowel this week
on a brick wall of the Citizens Stnto
bnnk. Stnndlng room only.
Late Spud Bulletin
LOS ANGKLES, Feb. 20 (AP
U8DA) Potatoes: 24 broken, 37 un
broken cars on track; arrivals, Cali
fornia 3, Florida 2, Idaho 15, Utah
2, Oregon 1, by truck 5: cnrlnt sales,
few Rales, Idnho Russets No. 1-A,
$5.15-.2n.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20 (AP
USUA) Potatoes: 13 broken, 18 un
broken cars on track: arrivals, Cali
fornia 1, Oregon 4, Idnho 1; market
bnrnly steady: Klamath bakers, U. S.
commercial, $4.75; U, S, No. 2, $4.00;
Idnho Russets No. 1-A, holdover,
$5.35.
11)48
Telephone 8111
Trojans Spill
Favored Five
Academy Scores 49-47 Upset Over
Gilchrist As County Tourney Opens
KhlUhrM'u Grlzllm wtniirm haiid down in the county high ehou
Imnkrlliall lrjcur nclirdulrd pUy drupiwd out of thr champioiihhip
brack ft enrly In the county tournament at AlUmont icym today, lofting
a touch one to Kacrtd Heart Academy 40 to 4? In one overtime period.
The TroJ.ini, firth-pUcc flniOirr during the rrgular season, had to come
from far baik to nudjjr the (irlzzlie,
In the second came thli morninf Jlrnley'a HoriirU K-orrd a 36 to
32 victory over the Malin Muktanxt. That Im wai a tlcht one.
ThU aftrrnoon Merrill i taklnji on Bly and Chlloquln i playinc
lioiianva. then tonlKht thr scene shift to Klamath Union high school
gym for a pair matt nine the winners or the morning and afternoon tilts.
Losers play at Kt' tomorrow morn i nr.
Late It a My
Kacrrd llrart's tMo-point ousting of lite (rlzxlles can hardly miss
being the high point of the entire tournament. The Trojans were
down ll- at the end of the first quarter and dropped even farther
behind early in the second. Hut late In that period the Trojans started
. . ... . .,
a rally to catch up. ,
Pilot Dies
In Crash
LONO BEACH. Calif.. Feb. 20
Veteran Test Pilot Latham A. iSilmi I
Perretl. 42. sacrificed his life to save
two companions and prevent his ex- ! on that way the rest of the game. I WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 UP) CIO
pcrlmenuil plane from crashing in I Jack Narey smaller, boy In the president Philip Murray today
a populated area. I KanJe- was the outstanding player Pleaded Innocent to charges of vlo-
He was test-flying a three-engine out-faking Gilchrist defenders in ; toUn the Taft-Hartley act's ban
Northrop Pioneer yesterday when, i bail handling and lurking under his : "eainst union political expendi
a company statement said later, a , wn haicet m rtnmn in tttn.ni.,..r. ; tures.
structural failure developed and the I
e..nj ni ii. .. i
Co-pllol John Atkinson. 28. and G.
P. Hetzel. 30. chief of Northrop alr
I craft's test section, were with him.
"Perrett ordered Atkinson and
Hclzcl to ball out and, In an effort
prevent, uie airpiane irom cri.
Ing In a populated area, rode the
ship down to such a critically low
altitude that when he was finally
forced to abandon it, he was too
low to save his life." the company
staiment said.
Atkinson and Heucl parachuted
to safety with seconds to spare.
Seven Mile
Sale Slated
I Working up appraisal data on the
80-mllllon foot Seven-Mile proposed
! timber sale has occupied the Klam
i ath district office force of the Rogue
! River national forest this week.
I William Bates, assistant in charge
of timber management in the Med
I ford office, Don Stoncr from the
same office and Bob Leavengood.
; fnceu-r frnm tlnlnn Preek were In
Klamath Falls to assist with thisN
work. Seven-Mile area is located
west of Fort Klamath and south of
the recent Big Lakes Box company
cutting area.
Preliminary estimates of the sale
arc for 80-mlllion feet to be cut at
around an annual rate of 14 million
feet.
Because of the size of the sale,
approval of Chief Forester Walts of
Washington. D. C. is required before
the sale can be advertised which will
nrohnhlv be in about 60 davs. John
saralnson district ranger for the
j Rogue River natlonnl forest service
advised todav.
. Local timber operators have re-
I quested bidding by auction or by
sealed bids but no decision has been
mndc to dnte which method will be
used.
GOP Slips Into
Democratic Ranks
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 lPl By a
slip of the tongue. President Tru
man put a inmous republican In the
ranks if democratic pnrty heroes.
It enmc at the windup of Mr.
Trum.in's Jackson-Jefferson Day
dinner here last night. His prepared
text ended Ailh a sentence that the
politics ot Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson
nnd Roosevelt were good enough for
him.
Mr. Truman decided to ndd first
mimes to the punch line. He got
nlong nil right until he came to
Roosevelt Then he pronounced
Theodore Roosevelt when he obvi
ously meant Franklin D.
Snow Forecast
For Klamath Area
Snow wns forecast for tonight in
the Klnmnth basin nrea and fresh
snow 'vns reported in the higher
elevations this morning. Three
inches of ne snow was reported at
Odell lnke on tho Willamette high
wny, light snow on Sun mountain
of The Dnllcs-Cnllfnrntn, nnd nil
stretches were being sanded.
The minimum temperature this
morning wns 23 degrees, with a
mnxlmum yestcrdny of 47 degrees.
PLAY BANNED
AMSTERDAM. The Netherlands,
Feb. 20 (It Amsterdam bunned to
day a play nbout Jnn Plrterszr.oon
Cocn, first governor-general of the
East Indies nnd founder of the
Dutch colonial empire. The author
of tho piny hns Coen sny "each
dead native is one enemy less,"
No. 1208
Bill Pickett plunked In a long shot ; dustrlal and domestic users and sei
and added a free throw to make the ting up of a power administrator.
score 22-22 at halftime intermission:
Tall John Reid, Gilchrist guard,
hit two foul shout at the start of
; the third chapter and put the
Grizzlies ahead, but Jim Manning
scored a free throw and Jack Narey
tinned In a long football nans to
give Sacred Heart the lead. It went 1
at cnd of )ong pas5es
ume after time. Narcy scored 20
points, bui John Reld of Gilchrist
wasn't far behind with 19.
Missed Throw
win. n ir. .h i.. ..
.... .,.. ... 11, c Ul lUUI ICI
running out. two free throw com
pletions by Sacred Heart and one by
Gilchrist tied the score at 46-all.
John Toomey. Grizzly guard, missed
his chance to win the game by
failing at a free throw Just as the
official Ume ended.
BUI Pickett and Jim Van Tassel
nailed foul shots to keep the count
even In the : overtime and Narey paid
o iTS' y:
I ror Sacrcd fri
Qllchrlst.
I ne second game of the morning
was antl-cllmax to that, but a good ; their motion tc dismiss the tndict
gnme. nevertheless. n-ent that :he ban against unions
Malln jumped off to a 10-2 lead making political expenditures cer
mldway of the first period and ; tulnly cannot bar unions from tak
looked determined to upset the fa- j Inr sides politically in union news-
vored Hornets, but they reckoned
without Ben Sheppard, Henley
guard. Sheppard was hitting them
fiom outside the key and pulled the
Hornets up close enough for Rich
ard Adams to take the lead on a
set shot, 14-13.
Malin never led again but was
8lu".v o.sc several urnra nail
time score was 20-17 for Malin and
the third quarter was 24-23.
Slim Phil Anderson sparked the
Mustangs In a last-ditch rallv that
had Malln looters on the edge of
their seats, but the taller Henley
boys managed to control the bail
and stifle the effort.
...j ., ,. u. ju., t
st.?rt the game, was Walin's high -
pointer at lght. Ben Sheppard
had 11 for Henley and Clarence
Adams nine.
College Congress
Slated March 3
WALLA WALLA. Feb. 20 ii
The third annual Pacific North
west College congress, with repre
sentatives from 44 colleges and uni
versifies In the Northwest, will con
vene here March 3.
The meeting, which will continue
through March 6, will consider a
variety of world problems and hear
national authorities in several
fulds. Invitations have been ev
tended Publisher Henry R. Luce,
Ei win Canhnm. editor of the Chris
tian Science Monitor, and Supreme
Court Justice William O. Douglas,
t j address the gnthcrlng.
Discussion groups will consider
such problems as enforcement of
United Nations decisions, the Mar
shall plan.
Movie Producers Mayer, W anger,
Singers Durbin, Morgan Top Big
Money Earner List For US In 1947
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 Mt Two Hollywood singing stnrs outrank
nil songlcss performers on a new treasury list of big money makers
dominated by movie people.
Film Executive Louis B. Mayer as usual mnde more thnn any of
the nctors and actresses.
Deanna (really Edna Mac) Durbin, who drew $262,875, and Dennis
Morgan (ronlly BUtnley Mornerl, with $261,000, struck It richer than
luscious Lana Turner and he-man Clark Gable on the new tabulation.
Maver. who hns been topping these money earner lists for most of
tho last decade, wns No. 1 ngntn with $502,571 paid him by Loew's. Inc.,
during the 12 months ended August, 1948. ,
Miss Durbln's and Morgan's earnings were for 12-month periods
ended in late 1946.
Singer Durbin ranked No. 3 on the list and Singer Morgan No. 4.
Movlo Producer Walter Wangcr placed second with $282,900. The movies
accounted for more thnn two-thirds of the 195 persons listed.
Onblc, drawing $229,687 for n 12-month period ended with October,
1945, nnd Miss Turner $226,000 for the same period, could do no better
than loth nnd 12th place.
The best anyone outside of the movies could do was a tie for sixth.
It went to Business Executives Andrew Jcrgens and Joseph D. Nelson
of the Andrew Jcrgens company, Cincinnati. They got $225,000 apiece.
Uncle Sam's Income taxes take a big bite out of net Incomes. For
instance, singlo persons without dependents pay at the rate of $407,897
on $500,000 a year and $191,772 on $250,000.
California j
Threatened
By Drought
SACnAMF.NTO, Calif., ftb. 2 lPl
(ovrrnor U'arren today proclaimed
about two-thfrda of California aa a
drought area.
lie declared an emercencr in the
llveatoek industry exista In 2S coun
liea. Main purpox of the action ia to
enable itockirrowera to negotiate
with railroada for lower freight
ratei on cattle and feed.
The llvealock industry is threat
ened with severe financial losses
unless some means of alleviation are
provided. Warren said.
i Range Change
i Lower rates are particularly need
ed to ease the large scale shlpmcnLs
j of livestock "to undcpleted range
and feeding areas outside the state
and heavy importations of commer-
' clal feeding stuffs from without the
j state."
! The area designated is roughly all
i but the northern third of the state.
Lack of rainfall in California has
I posed other problems.
I In the San Francisco area, lowered
I water tefcervoir reserves has brought
I about power curtailments on a small
1 scale.
Governor Warren has Indicated
olher tep a contemplated
throughout the Stat such as adop-
tlon of daylight saving, possible
. , ,Hct to hoth m.
CIO Head Says
"Not Guilty'
j Murray's attorneys then moved
u" cnarge De aismissea. rney
'. argued that tne ban violates free
; dem of the Dress and la unconstl-
! tutional.
i Judge Alexander Holtzoff set
February 27 as a tentative date for
argument of the motion in TJ. S.
district court. He set March 22 is
the date for Murray's trial in case
the charges are not dismissed.
v Murray also entered an innocent
plea for the CIO itself. The CIO
was indicted with Murray.
The indictment charges that the
CIO News, a union newspaper li
i nanced with union funds, carried
endorsement written by Murray
tor a democratic congressional can-
' didate in Maryland last July.
i Murray's attorneys claimed In
! papers.
Murray put up $1000 bond guar
anteeing his appearance for trial.
Bridges Get
Ultimatum
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 iPtTht
i CIO has ordered Harry Bridges ei-
I ther to disavow Henry Wallace's
j third party or quit as CIO regional
! duector for Northern California, ;t
! wns learned today.
! Bridges is one of the CIO's top
1 Tw ,
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
union.
He recently led a losing fight in
the CIO executive council against
CIO adoption of a policy opposing
Wnllace's third-party, bid for presl
dint and 'avoring the Marshall
plan for European recovery.
A group of CIO unions, represent
ing about 1.250.000 of the CIO'S
claimed 6.000.000 members, indicat
ed they wanted to support Wallace
and oppose the ERP plan.
The ultimatum to Bridges wns
served in a letter written February
13 by Allan Haywood, CIO vice
president and director of organiza
tion. No reply has yet been re
ce'ved from Bridges.
FILES
SALEM, Feb. 20 (At Circuit
Judge Martin W. Hawkins of Port
land filed his enndidacy for reelec
tion today.
Other filings:
John I. Sell, The Dalles, republi
can, for state representative.
New Minister
John A. Cos tell o (above). 56-
year - old Dublin attorney, was
elected prime minister of Eire after
parliament defeated Ramon De
Val era's bid for reelection. Cmtello
was supported by a five-party co
aJltion, He is a leader In the Fine
Gael (United Irish) party.
KUHS Students
Hit Log Train
Three Klamath Union high
school boys en route to the Pelican,
Medford basketball game at Med,
ford late yesterday afternoon, mira
culously escaped death when their
cat struck a logging train on the
Greensprlngs highway near Weyer-
acuser Camp 6.
Most seriously injured was Bill
Carter Jr., 18-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Carter of 821
Mitchell, who suffered gash over
the eye and the tendons In his left
leg were severed above the knee.
Ha Is at the family residence after,
tteatment last night at Hillside hos
pital. Driver of the car. Bob Plass. IT,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Plass. 2424
Radclifle. Miffered minor chest
hurts, and the third occupant of
the car. Glenn Cooper, 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cooper,
910
Hanks, has a leg Injury.
According to the father of one of
the boys, the three left here about
.3A mlrriav iffannvin i H a t Vi
approached the railroad cross-
ing the driver observed a flagman
signalling at the point where the
train was in operation. Bob Plass
applied his brakes but the brakes
failed to hold and the car crashed
into the train, telescoping under the
logging flat.. The car was demol
ished. The boys were brought back to
Klamath Falls by a member of the
train crew and treated for their
hurts.
Europe Feels
Grip Of Cold
LONDON. Feb. 20 (PV-Southern
England. Western Europe and
Scandinavia experienced the cold
est weather of the winter today.
Cold and snow drove marauding
packs of wolves down from the Sila
mountains in Southern Italy. In
Northern Norway, wolf packs raid
ed cattle herds, causing such losses
that military olanes were sent out
I to shoot them down,
The frigid weather will continue
j and still lower temperatures are n
I prospect, weather forecasters said,
; In the big cities of Germany au-
, thorities opened warm public warm-
; b tal Hiese quickly filled with
cause of the fuel shortage.
I Paris was covered with snow for
th" 'irst time 'his winter,
I Elk. cut off from food by the
! snow, wandered into the streets of
Norwegian towns and villages.
497 Tubers
aitu .'" - Mm la imi WgsmCi.iiili i i I lliiinlH"' 'I'
Mrs. Cecil Llneback trlee on a $497 fur coat with the help of Sidney
Zlotnlek (right). Washington furrier. Meanwhile Llneback (left) dls
plavs potatoes he delivered to Zlotnlek In exchange for the eoat. A
radio announcer, In a "commercial" for the furrier, remarked that
"there la a sheared beaver coat you can get for 497 potatoes." Mneback
heard the announcement, bought that number of spude and delivered
them to the ltore,
Civil Rights
Program Is
Revolt Cause
WA8IIINC.TON. Feb. 29 WV
About 50 Jemocralie congressmen
from II southern states formally
declared war today on President)
Truman's eivil rights program.
They met and adopted a resolu
tion pledging "co-operation" with
southern governors opposing tha
president's program for antl-lynch,
anti-poll tax and anti-segregation
legislation.
Rep. Colmer of Mississippi, chair
man of the group, said a resolution
of opposition to the president's pro
gram was adopted unanimously.
The southerners met behind
closed doors of the house banking
committee room. , ,
11 Slates
These states were represented!
Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tews,
Louisiana, North Carolina. South
Carolina and Virginia. r.
But not the entire nfrmun'Mp
of each delegation was present. For
ei ample, only Rep, Smith was there
from Virginia. ,'
The group authorized Colmer t
appoint a committee representing
each state "to cooperate" with tha
southern governors.
For themselves, the congressmen
pledged to 'oppose to the finish
the enactment of any such legisla
tion" as that proposed by the presi
dent. Truck Blaze
Kills Driver
GRANTS PASS. Feb. 20 (JP)
Mystery today surrounds the cause
of a butane tank truck explosion
and fire which burned the driver
to death on Pacific highway a half
mile south of Grants Pass shortly
before midnight
The driver was charred beyond
recognition but Sgt. C. R. Borgman
of the state police said that the tank
belonged to the Domestic Gas com- ...
pany of Roseburg and that the
scheduled driver was Lowery ,Alan
Coulter, 28, of that city, f I v
The fire was in the njuure of
a hvje blow torch, shooting a "
spray of white-hot flame 20 to 40
feet from a ruptured tank valve. '
State police quoted William Trot
ter, nearby resident, as saying the
truck left the highway before the
blast occurred. They said that a
check with the Roseburg company 1
officials disclosed the truck was
scheduled to leave Gold Hill with a
full load of gas. . ,
The scene of the fatal blaze was
a few feet off the highway in one
of the few areas along the approach
to Grants Pass which is not thickly
populated. .
Rescue Effort
Ends In Death
NEW YORK. Feb. 20 WV-A fuel
company worker's efforts to save a .
schoolboy failed last night as both
died under 20 tons of coal cascading
Into the hopper of a Brooklyn coal
yard.
The youth was identified as Timo
thy Schempp, 13, and the man who
died with him was Jack Apollo, 32.
Apollo was working in the yard
when he saw the boy perched atop
a load of coal about to be dumped
from a railroad car into the mouth
of the hopper. Apollo scrambled up
on the car. But at that instant the
load was released. It disappeared
into the pit with a roar, carrying
Apollo and the boy with it.
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