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Here Is some of the artlon In the rounly basketball tournament
picked up by the raniera during games yesterday afternoon and this
morning. Top picture shows a loose ball eluding Cliff MeKncn (71 of
Malln. Dave llrailrr 1241 and Jim Van Tassel (Jill, both of (lllehrlst.
The (irlsillea won Hie game. Loner shot la a Clilloqiiln player, (iirnger
(71, going up after a rebound while Noble (3) of llonunra walla to see
If he misses It,
Army Steps Up
Dependent Flights
HKA'lTl.R, Feb. 31 (Pi The army
poll nf rmlinrknllnn has scheduled
a urw peak In flights nf military
dc 'pendents to Tokyo.
The POH listed 14 lllk'Ma between
Inriny mid March B Willi a total of
313 dependents. Five of the flights
will curry maximum loads of 40
each.
The policy nf flying the depond
enls was started recently because
nf shipping barking.
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Storm Warnings
Hoisted Today
I
SEATTLE, Feb. 21 i,Pi-Smnll
ciafl warnings worn liuinged to
soullirast storm warnings from Ta
loosli to the mouth nf tlin Columbia
rhcr at 8 o'clock last night.
Southeast storm warnings were
holster) from the Columbia to Cape
Blanco, Ore., for strong to occasion
ally gale force sonthorly winds.
Small craft warnings were con
tinued for 24 hours on the Inland
wnlrrs nf Washington.
V ornament
Malm, Bly
Ousted From
Hoon Party
Cumulation seml-riiiaU of the ' But he" added that it would be i a ton boost In steel prices.
Klamath rounly high selmol ba- 1 tunc enough to decide w Hat to do il j Dangerous Burden
ketball tournament plaved In the : southerners should lose their lignl Senator J. Howard McGrath iD
Kl'IIS gvmnaalum aw' the (ill- against enactment of such lcgisla- R- M. chairman of the democratic
rhrist Ciriiilles beat the Malin Mus- tion by congress. national committee, called it a
tangs J7 to JJ In a hard-fouiht. Several house members from 11 "dangerous burden" on the cost of
Ipw-seorine routes!, and the llnnan. :
is Antlers drubbed lllv 37 to s.
Bly and Malln drop out of the I
tourney, while Ollchrlst and Bo- i
n.inrji meet tonight at 7:30 for
consolation laurels. The main I
event tonight came which will de- !
trimlne the county rhiimplonshlp j
put Ihe Sacred Heart Trojans
aualnst the Chlloqtiln Panthers. 1
Sacred Heart has been the stir- !
prise of the tourney to date, while I
Ollchrlst was the early favorite. ' I
In the morning's first game the ;
green-clad Grizzlies led 6-3 at the i
end of the first quarter and 12
at nautimc.
Neither team could j
hit the target with any regularity
nalln Itslly
Mnlln staged a little rally In the
third period to pull up to 18-15 but
IP the fourth Gilchrist gradually
edged away. John Reld of Ollchrlst
nad 10 iwlnts Dave Anderson eight
frt the Grizzlies. Phil Anderson nf
Malln was high for the Mustangs
al seven.
The second game saw Bonanza
outplay the unfortunate Blv Log
gers, leading S-l at the end of the
first period nnd 17-8 at halftime.
Dennis Davis, Bonanza's stellar
enler who prohshlv will be an all
conference selection, seorrd 17
points. Bill King of Bly had seven.
No games are being played thh
afternoon and the tournament will
end with tonight's contests. The
nil-county team selections are 'o
bn announced during the final
gnme.
30-Day Rent
Curb Okayed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 iPi A
30-riay extension of rent controls
was agreed on today by senate and
house republican leaders. The pres
ent controls are due to expire Febru
ary 20.
Sennlor Tafl (R.-Ohloi told re
porters the scualo will be asked to
act late next week on a 30-day ex
tension bill the house Is expected to
pass Tuesday.
The extension would allow both
chambers time to decide whether to
continue controls, for how long and
In what form. The senate now Is'dc
batlng a bill to continue controls 14
months with some changes from the
present law.
Chairman Wolcolt (R.-N.J.I said
his house bnnklng committee will
nol consider until later the proposed
14-monlh extension bill. Toft said
this may bo approved by the senate
Tuesday. '
Beciuiso of this, Taft said It will
be necessary for tho senate to act
on the 30-day extension, proposed
by the house.
Taft said, however, that the sen
alo will go ahead with the long
range measure In order to get It
out of the way.
M'M Billt WOKKCim Kil l. 1,1)
GRAND RONDK, Feb. 21 lA't
Two Clrnnd Ronde lumber workers
wero killed yesterday by a dyna
mite charge they had set off to
clear stumps.
The victims were Lloyd Weaver,
19, and Fred Moore, 49. Investiga
tors said they went to Inspect a
charge that appealed not to be
going off. As they approached, it
did.
Grain Prices Pull Out Of
Slow Decline; Food Price
Down By Over 3 Per Cent
NEW VOHK, Feb. 21 M'i Grain
prices pullrd oul of low decline
llrr the close today anil went
ahead of llir previous day by one
(a two rents a bushel. I iilliin and
ollirr commodities were narrow and
mixed.
Klorka al New Vork lotrd a
little lilvlier hut vulume trai ex-
trrmrly aliln. reflecting In pari Hie
appruarhing long week-end. Alar'
krl will be cloned .Monday in nli
Demo Rebels
Told To Wait
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (A'l
Senator Ilyrd of Vlrxlnla gave the
democratic party's Dixie rebels thU
advice today:
Hold your fire but keep your
powder dry.
Byrd told a reporter he want the
South to be sure where It is going
before il cuts long-standing political
tlca In the argument over President
Truman's civil rights proposals.
"We must make a calm, deliberate
decision, on the basis of events as
they happen and then be prepared
to go through Willi it to the end," he
said.
Byrd told a parly gathering at i
Richmond. Va., r'riuay night that .
the South won't stand for laws set
ting up a lair employment practices j
no race or color line) commission.
making lynching a federal offen.se ;
and banning poll taxes and race i
.separation.
southern stales have adopted a reso- )
lutlon condemning the president's
program. They Will confer with five!
soothe rn governors Were Moroy,
Eagle Pounces
On 4-Year-0ld
CARLSBAD. N. M.. Feb. 31 iPj
A pair of pliers and a bed slat were
weapons u-sed by a Carlsbad couple
Ia an i.a ihnl f nt t r -vn e-nlH inn frnm
an ea(.le., cjutches.
The mother, Mrs. C. J. Rclnhart,
told It this way
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vard while she hunff out a wash
Suddenly, the big bird appenrcd in
the yard. II hopped toward the child
and dug its talons into her son's
head.
For a minute she pulled In vain at
the eagle's legs, then ran to the
house.
Returning with a pair of pliers,
she Jerked the talons free, snatched
up her son and rushed him to a
doctor. Three talons had pierced the
child's skin.
In the meantime, her husband
had returned home. Rclnhart Beat
the bird to death with a bed slat.
Examination of the bird showed
its tall feathers had been pulled
out. Relnhart said he understood It
had been captured In nearby moun
tains and had escaped from Its cage.
The name of the owner has not been
determined.
California Is
Getting Greedy
EUGENE, Feb. 21 av-California's
at H again. Now they
want Klamath Falls.
James R. Nell. Southern Pa
cific engineer, reported crossly
that the California state tax de
partment has Just sent him I
bill for '942 Income taxes.
Where was Neil In 1942?
Working for the SP In Klam
ath Falls.
Battle Of The Bulge Pays
Off For Frenchln Sheets
HEMROULLE. Belgium. Feb. 21 i
The good people of Hrmroulle
go' their bed sheets back today i
from the Americans. ,
Col. John Hanlon of Winchester, I
Mass,, presented each of the 24
Hemronllc villagers with a pair of
crisp new Dcd sheets In tho name at
hit fellow townspeople.
It was a day of Joy for this tinv,
snow-covered hnmlet three miles
north of Ba.stogne. The church
brlls pealed, bugles sounded anil
the children waved Belgian and
American flags.
They called II "Winchester Day."
This Is the story behind the cele
bration: On Christmas Eve In 1944 Col.
Hanlon, then a major commanding
the first battalion- of the 502nd
parachute Infantry, dropped out of
the skies with his men onto the
snow-covered fields surrounding
Kemroulle.
servanre of Washington's birthday.
Hogs, cattle and lambs held noml
nally steady In Chicago's big market.
No retail price changes of Im
portance came to light as the re
tailers tried to upimil.se the effect of
the February 4 crack In primary
markets.
Trading In stocks was almost at a
standstill
Big Rrrak
j The big break 111 the commodity
markets has reduced retail lood
prices an average of 3'j per cent
! from January highs. Other cost-of-
living items either clung to post-war
pe.iks or headed upward,
j This was the picture presented by
: the government's bureau of labor
'statlstica In its first official report
I on the effect of the market slump
! on retail prices.
j The government study covered 20
I foods In 12 cities. It represented a
cross section picture of grocery and
' meat prices between the highs of
! mid-January and February 17.
The big break In commodity prices
began February 4.
The BLS report stated 13 of the
20 foods showed declines. Five
showed Increases. Two bread and
navy beans showed no change.
The government bureau found the
biggest drops In pork chops, lard,
bacon, eggs and lettuce. Prices from
fresh fruits and vegetables rose, the
report said.
Price cuts have differed widely
between cities and between stores in
the same city. Some Independent
grocers said they cut some prices to
meet chain store competition, re
gardless of profit margins.
Washington buzzed with strongly
worded criticism of Thursday's (S
living
I But In Cleveland,
But In Cleveland, Charles M
'. preaiuent oi me Kepuoiic
Tfetraid tei prices "are nol liigh
enough.
Separate surveys showed buyers'
resistance was building up. A steady
gain in the nation's retail sales has
let up a bit.
And last night the department of
agriculture at Washington attri
buted the price break in commodity
markets to these things:
Prices had gone too high in view
of remaining supplies and in view of
the fact that export purchases were
largely out of the way.
Action of congress requiring a
crop year-end reserve of 150.000.000
bushels of wheat, which is almost
i double Uiat of a year ago.
' "
Feeding of wheat so far this crop
year has been lighter than had been
expected.
Market prices of grains were so
high as lo discourage feeding to
livestock.
January weather was favorable to
the winter wheat crop, thus indi
cating a possible good crop which
would help ease the shortage.
Marked Improvement in crop
prospects in other parts of the
world.
It Ain't True,
Says Alabaman
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Feb. 21 IfPi
No matter who says so, it is still
illegal for a man to beat his wife
with a stick in Alabama, Attorney
General A. A. Carmlchacl said yes
terday. If he does, said the attorney gen
eral, he subjects himself to prose-
i cutlon under Hie law and also gives
grounds for divorce.
Carmlchael's statement came In
reply to an assertion made by a
substitute Soviet delegate before the
United Nations economic and social
council. A. P. Borisov.
Borisov told the social committee
of the council that in Alabama it
Is legal for a husband to beat his
wife with a stick If the stick is
less than two Inches thick.
Snorted Carmlchacl. "entirely
erroneous and false."
It was during the critical Battle
of the Bulge.
Hanlon went to the church and
summoned the villagers by tolling
the bell. He explained the Ameri
cans needed camouflage to hide
them f rt n the Germans.
The villagers went to their homes
and returned with previous snow
white bed hect. Hanlon prom
ised the sheets would be returned.
j Today Hanlon fulfilled his prom
i Isc He returned to the village and
j otaln summoned the villagers to the
1 church by Hilling the bell.
He presented each of the villagers
with pair of rrlsp. new bed sheets
the Rift nf Ihe people of Win
chester In appreciation for the gen
erosity of the villagers of Hem
roulle. In addition more than 800 sheets
were presented to the old people's
home In Bastngne. All of the sheets
were marked with the names of the
Winchester donors.
i wN.
rid tirary. prominent rancher,
said todar he would seek the re-
p-iYfcan nomination for state leg- j
islator. ile is miking his first bid
for public office.
Storm Hits
Crater Lake
A storm was raging In Crater Lake
national park today and unless the
storm abates skiing will be poor to
morrow, rangers reported. Lines into
the park were broken by high winds
and the report was relayed by the
Fort Klamath telephone operator.
Some 20 Inches of new snow had
fallen In the night, making a total
for the week of 37 !i Inches with 113
inches on the ground. The snow Is
heavy and packing, rangers advised.
Total fall for February to date has
been 102 Inches with the normal for
the month at 83.8 Inches.
Roads are open but not In "too
good shape" the park office said.
Chains are necessary and may have
to be applied before reaching the
park boundary.
Snow anticipated here last night
failed to materialize despite the
forecast of the weatherman. Rain
fell Instead, and it rained through
out the morning.
Heavy rains in the valleys and
snow in mountain passes were re
ported by the state highway depart
ment today.
Stassen In
State Primary
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21 (Harold
E. Stassen today entered the Ore
gon republican presidential,, primary
against Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York.
He filed by declaration in the of.
fice of the deputy secretary of state
in charge of elections.
Dewey's name was entered last
month by petition.
Stassen conferred with party
leaders last night at Eugene, where
he spoke at a meeting of newspaper
editors and publishers, and flew
here this morning.
Stassen is now on a four-day tour
of Oregon. He arrived here yester
day, spoke at Willamette university,
then made brief talks on a hand
shaking trip through small towns en
route to Eugene. He visited with
Scio townspeople while drinking cof
fee, received a membership in the
Santiam Fish and Game associa
tion and ate strawberry shortcake
at Lebanon and gave autographs at
Stayton and Sweet Home.
At Eugene he spoke at a meeting
of Oregon newspaper editors and
publishers, assailing the section of
the Taft-Hartley law restricting
union political activity as a "serious
invasion of freedom."
Steel Boost
Probe Asked
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 P Top
leaders of the steel industry will be
called before a Joint congressional
economic committee next Thursday
to explain a general $5 a ton boost
in steel prices.
Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) said this
decision was reached "unanimously"
today at a closed session of the senate-house
economic committee of
which he Is chairman.
"We voted to invite two or three
typical steel leaders in here to ex
plain the recent rise in steel prices,"
Taft told reporters. "It will be a
preliminary discussion to decide if
we want to go Into tills further."
Taft said there had been "some
discussion" of the boost in basic
steel prices before the economic
group today.
He said the witnesses probably
will be representatives of "U. S.
Steel. Little Steel and the inde
pendents." Taft said the steel price Inquiry
will be open to the public.
Earlier Senator Ball iR.-Mlnn.)
had suggested that Attorney Gen
eral Clark should look Into the steel
price boost.
Firemen Risk
Lives Save Dog
DES MOINES, Feb. 21 W Be
cause of a small boy's tears, two
firemen went into a flaming home
to save his cocker puppy.
"Please get 'Chris' out of there,"
four-year-old Albert Johnson Jr.,
sobbed as firemen arrived.
Firemen Lee Williams and Phil
Pllarskt put on gas masks and en
teied the burning bungalow.
They found the flvc-month-old
dog unconscious under a bed.
They broke out a window and
passed 'Chris' to Albert's chum,
Robert Jackson, 11. The firemen
followed but collapsed when they
reached the out-of-doors.
Dog and firemen revived.
Ed Geary Files
For Salem Post;
Overeem Quits
Announcement of Ed Geary, Klamath rancher, that he would seek
the republican nomination as state representative, plus a two-way
switch in the county clerk's office situation were the highlights of today's
political news on the local scene.
Geary becomes the third republican to declare for the legislature from
Klamath county, guaranteeing a contest In the May 21 primary alnoa
only two candidates for either party can be nominated. Ile Is a member
of a prominent Oregon family and a very successful Klamath area
rancher. Geary is making his first move toward elective poblle offlea.
The other two republicans In the legislative race are Carl Htelnsetfer
and Mayor Ed Ostendorf.
Mrs. Rose Poole, present legislator, la ready to step out of the office
and told friends today she definitely would not seek re-election. She
had been on the fence about announcing again before Geary became
a candidate.
This morning C. C. Overeera, democrat who was the first person to
make an official filing for local office several weeks ago, withdrew his
candidacy for county clerk and Charlie DeLap, present clerk. Immediately
put In his application for the republican nomination. DeLap therefore
Is unopposed in either party as yet.
Overeem said that a state law
prohibits civil service employes
from holding state Jobs while run
ning for remunerative public office.
He Is warehouse superintendent at
Oregon Vocational school.
No Sheriffs
No more candidates for sheriff
appeared today, but there are al
ready 10 of them seven republicans
and three democrats. R. A. (Smiley)
LaLonde, democrat, was the latest.
Douglas McKay of Salem, sole of
ficial republican candidate for (ot
ernor, was in town Thursday and
Friday bnt insisted his trip was not
politicaL McKay is a member of a
legislative interim committee on
highways and Thursday attended
hearing at Medford. He said he
eame to Klamath Falls in order to
try out the Greensprlngs highway,
against which many protests have
been made to the highway com
mittee.
McKay is due to be back In March
on a purely political trip.
Hall To Visit
Also scheduled for another visit
to the Klamath country Is Governor
John Hall, who has not officially
declared himself a candidate for the
republican nomination. Hall Is to
address a joint meeting of the Klam
ath County chamber of commerce
and Lions club next Tuesday noon.
The governor will be accompanied
by Earl T. Newbry, Ashland, secre
tary of state. Clarek.cc A. Humble,
district attorney, will be chairman
of the day for the luncheon meet
ing. Governor Hall was here on a
visit last week.
Riley Gets
Death Threat
PORTLAND. Feb. 21 W) An
assassination threat against Mayor
Earl Riley was reported today by
police who said they believed It was
the work of a crank.
The threat was made in a 4 a. m.
telephone call to a newspaper. Po
lice were sent to the mayor's home.
Riley said he wasn't disturbed as
"this isn't the first tune I've re
ceived a threat."
The mayor has been In the center
of a controversy raging all week
since a City club committee reported
that vice and gambling Interests
operate in Portland under police
protection. The club membership
yesterday approved the report but
directed its committee to amend it
by naming names. The mayor told
the City club the charges were unfounded.
More Photogenic Candidates For Sheriff
klLWMtMAlrJ
DALE MATTOON GOP JOSEPH E. GREEN Demo
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R. A.
LA LONDE Demo
A few days ago The Herald and Newi ran the pictures of six east
dldates for the Job of county sheriff and since that time has aeeumn
lated photo ef the remaining four. Ne new Candida tea can Into thf
crowded race today.
Basin Power
Still Shaky
The power situation in the Kla
math basin remains still critical
and It la possible that at any time
mill operations here will have to re
turn to the 50 per cent power supply,
repeating the situation which exist
ed from February 3 to 10.
This was the warning Issued today
by Sam Rltchey, district manager of
The California Oregon Power com
pany, who said that throughout the
entire week the situation has been
"nip and tuck."
For one week early this month,
mills were restricted in their supply
when the transmission lines from
the south, operated by the Paelfie
Gas and Electric company, failed to
transmit power to C'opco. Direct
cause was given as drouth conditions
in California and the situation baa
been only partially alleviated.
PGE Power
When Copco again received a
supply of power from PG and E, It
was not what power company men
term "with a safe margin," in other
words, demands were high with rela
tion to the generating capacity and
voltage was not maintained up to
normal.
In a statement Issued today, A. S.
Cummins, president of Copco, an
nounced that while power supply
conditions were slightly better than,
a week ago lack of rain in California
still constitutes a serious threat of
continued shortages.
In answer to queries as to why a
water shortage In California ad
versely affects Copco operations, he
stated that his company had been
exchanging power with the PG and
E for years and until recently most
of the flow had been from north to
south. During the past year, how
ever, due to Increased demands In
Southern Oregon the trend has been
largely reversed and Copco has been
purchasing power from the Cali
fornia company. He said that this Is
a normal practice between utility
companies, carried out to assure the
most economical use of facilities and
water supplies. It permits the most
effective planning and is in the pub
lic interest
WORST DRIVERS
FREMONT. Neb., Feb. 21 WP)
College professors are among the
word drivers, according to Ken Mc
Caw, field representative for the
Nebraska state safety council
HERBERT Demo