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TIIK Kuulunt umke a new move In
Germany.
They announce Hut, effective at
in c. all AmrrlLBK mid llililnh trains
lu llortln muni submit lo Soviet In
ipectloii. Wc bulk, bo, Una inorn
II in. four Urrllii-boiind piuinrnuer
Irnliu ri atnpiicd al a Kuulnil
checking pulnl live. 111 i Ice enct nt the
Hrltlsh tone boundary. Highway
traffic la bring similarly restricted,
We announce that wo will attempt
to uipply American In llcrllii itliora
art alxml lU.Oou of Ihrini by air
through tlio Tcnipclhut alidroine,
which wt cuntrul.
UfllAT dura II luruli?
Presumably II U a Russian move
lo extend Hie Iron curtain to Urn llnr
al Hie Elbe rlvrr. In Moscow, a
writer In the communist newspaper
1'iavtla any: -I ho I'AltTI TION Or"
OKIt.MANY haa become a complet
ed lad."
' What ait at trying to accomplish?
iirir aiiuwirr kiicss: wr if! serv
ing nutlcc vil tlio Jtu -vluna that un
Ttlrr lilt four-power council ugicc
rtiriit we have light In Merlin and
Umt we are going to lnsi.it that Uiry
, b" iccotinlu-d.
the at
I'lanihj
will that amount to?
here a a third guess:
In Hi '" 'lrliid the tIM o( the
P. i"'-. . .
tllM-lftnft
with niurititiK S 1U
p ,int-hr re.mrl. we put on irfd
. tu boUler ulr niul jw (Iff mint ot liic
iJanlmiPltri. now ur(lrd by 700,
000 TurkUl. troupA. The U. 8. lr
ri(l carrier JUndnva l dur tu Irnvr
Man KrnnrUco bay today lor iMuti
bul iCotutaulliiopleJ Hhc will carry
bout 100 Anirrlran Wftrplnncs. Two
other currier. Miiiihirly loaded, lire
txctrd to follow her,
WA I t'll II.
HuppoU! Russia aliuulil decide lo
1AKK OVKIt the Dardanelles
airail. which lit lar lo the eat ol
the Bleltin-Artrtatlc line. No one
aerloiMly doubts that militarily the
could do It. Turkey I 'tough, but
amall. Russia la biff. We're a lone
ay oil. Russia I CI.OHK.
The point to watch la whether
ftuula u willing In jo that lar.
TIIKRE U i new wrinkle In the hot
Italian election campaign.
The communist-led Cleneral Con
federation ol t.abor In Iuly threat
ena a general airlkn In protest
against the disappearance ol a
Ulclllall labor leader. The com
munltl charge Uiat "rightists"
lantl-communltu) have kldnaptd or
lulled him.
Jp Would a general atrlke help or
hurt the communist caiuw In Italy7
That question la hard lo answer at
thla distance. The threat doea In
dicate the explosive character ot the
aituatlon there.
THE other day our house ol repre
aenutlvea i probably going oil al
hall-cock) voted three to one to In
vite Franco Spain Into Hie European
Recovery plan. President Truman
and the atate department protest
vigorously. They say thai any auch
Inviting ahould be done by the It)
European nallona Included In the
plan that we have no buslncsa In-
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Ryan, Out As KUHS Football Coach, Hits
"Main Street" Attitude Toward Athletics
Fomily,Quorrel
Kluiniilli union high achool la
without a Inotball conch todny, lol
lowing Wednesday atternonn'a dec
lurutlon by the achool board Hint
the iiosl wua vacunt and aubseuent
reception nt Ed Itynn'a reslgiiatlun
lot all coaching duties.
Hchuol iilllclnla sukl that appll
culions lor the Job are now lu or
der. Board action (olluwed aome weeks
ol illsciistlon ot llir lixilbnll coach
ing ixisltlon. The membera nt the
bmrd voted unanimously on a mo
tion declaring the poaltlon vacant,
and Ryan shortly alierwards hand
ed a letter to 8iiierlnlendent Ar
nold Clralupp. as well aa to The
Herald and News.
The letter aald he doea not want
to handle any roachlug assign
ments, but anecllled that he was
not resigning liom Ills xltlon aa
physlral education Instructor lo
which he haa already been elected.
Ryan aald he "no longer enred"
to coach any athletic at KUHS
under proaenl public "Main atreel"
attitude toward high achool aporu
and In a prepared ataleinenl to Hie
mhool board listed eight alleged
"Haws" in the relationship between
the public and the achool regard
ing athletlca:
Minority preaaurr group.
t rnnldrlal accountability of
eoarhra to Hie Quarterback club.
3 ttambllng on high orhaol con
tests. a Poor relations between raarhea
Spain Out Of
ERP Picture
WAMIIJNOTON, April I iP-Sen-alora
and house membera working
out 1 compromise toromn eld MU
agreed today to atrlke Hpaln from
Hie list ot nation eligible lo there
In the aid.
They acted within less than an
hour alter the White House an
nounced that President Truman la
"utterly oppoaed" to Uila provlalon.
The home pul thla "welcome
Franco" provision Into Ita bill. The
senate had rejected the Idea.
Senator Vandenbenc iR.-Mlch.l
announced the compromise commlt
teea declalon to drop Spain. The
committee ta made up ot five sena
tors and five house membera.
Decisions of the committee are
subject to ratification by the aenate
and house.
Raymond H. Biiney Checks
In As Indian Agency Boss
Raymond H. Tlltncy, who took hit
first Job with the Indian service at
Klamath Agency In int. Wednes
day night returned there to become
atinerlntcndcnt nt the Klamath In
dian reservation.
Dltney rcplnrca Superintendent
B O. Courtrlght who hna been
transferred to the Western Hho
ahone reaervatlnn at Owyhee, Nov.
The new Klamnlh reservation
head anld Thursday that he "was
very happy to be back In the North
west," nilney reported for duty at t a. m.
and met with employes with whom
Jjr dltcuased matters of policy. Ho
wld he had nindr no plana for a
isblbnl meeting and that this matter
' would develop ta ncceasnry. Dltney
aald he saw no change In Klnmnth
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tth Fnlla had changed considerably
I and he was anxious to are the town.
Illtney haa been In the Indian
service alnce leaving college. He had
been out of school only a few
months when he took the Job with
the service. He was graduated from
the University of Montana where
ho completed n pml-grailnnlp course
In forcKtry and ginalng, In 102(1, At
thai lime he had chnige of the
aoiilh-lmlf of the Klanmlh rrseiva
tion'a limber anlrs. The last two
years, Ullney wna In rhntge of In
sect control work and operation of
ramps. He Irft here April I, 10,10.
Just IB years ago, and reported for
dulv at Nrnh liny. Wash., as super
intendent of the Knkitlt Indian
Agency.
' From Neah Ray, Ullney was sent
to Red take, Minn., taking over in
lli:i:t. He staved I hern aa superin
tendent of the Aweney until MM
when he went to Tnholnh Aitenev
al Hnniilam, Wash, There alx
months. Bllney then returned to
Red Lake as superintendent and
nnmlned until Hcplembcr 3. 1042,
'when he entered the corps of engl
I lircrs wllh Ihe rank of rnplnln.
nilney'a army record includes
service at Camp Clnlbourne, I,a
and In March, 1044. he brntmht a
.battalion to Camp White where ho
rmalned for two months bctnre
tolng to Ihe Eurnpenn theatre. He
crved In EiiRlnnd, France, neigium,
l.tixcmbntire. Oeitnnny and 8wlt7.or-
land. He was dlarhiirecd with the
rank of llenlennnt-cnlonel.
In January, 104(1, Dllney resumed
the superlntendency at Red Lake
where he remained until January.
1B46. Ills next post was at Phoenix.
Arls., as regional forester of District
4. Indian aervlre. This area com
prised Utah. Colorado, Arizona and
New Mexico. He remained on duty
there until his appointment to
Klamath Agency.
mtney aald he was asked last
Drcrmbrr If he were Interested In
the Klnmnth superlntendency and
he said he "certainly was." Bllney's
family Includes Mrs. Bllney and
three tons. One, Lt. (J.R.t Raymond
Bllney, was graduated from Anna
polls m 1044 and la now on a good
will tour with the navy at Shang
hai. Robert Is In Junior college al
Phoenix and Richard Is In Phoenix
high school. Mrs. Rltney and the
two younger sons will Join her hus
band here the first week In June.
Supt. Bltney said that no per cap
ita payment checks would be lasurd
until new checks are printed as tt
Is agnlnst service regulations for
one superintendent to use checks
with a predecessor's nnme. Checks
are now being printed In Washing
ton. Thursday, Bllney said, general
support checks were being Isatted.
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mmr ym
Rn.Ymnnd H, Bltnf.T
nil hi dlrt-ftor of atlilrlJi-s and
with thr prnui and radio.
5 Son - pro tret I on of ruai-lira
from "prtty dlrtatn of arlflth In
divid uaU."
6 T'oMitaiil rhanir of roar lira
. , . tic football roarhrs lit 10 yrara.
7S(in-rrroinUlon for minor and
arrondury a porta.
II Hair of araaon tlrkrtt to foot
ball gamra by rhamber of com
mtrrr ralhrr than thr. whool and
rsacirratrd almophrrr built
around thr ffHilhall pro rum.
Ryan aald he did not Inirml thin
llnl aa ft crltlclhin but hi hla honest
Resigns
1
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Kd Ryan. Pelican football coach
for the past two yearn, late Wed
nesday handed In hla rciignaUon
aa coach and the post wo declared
vacant by Ihe Klamath t'nlon high
school board.
Reds Blast
US Airbases
MOSCOW. April 1 i.Vi Red Star
said today the United 8tatea haa
aggressive Intention! in building
Alaskan airbases.
The Soviet army newspaper aald
U. 8. Air Secretary W. 8tuart
Symington disclosed the aggreaslve
attitude when he said bases were
placed to permit planes to bomb
any part of Russia and return.
Red Star said Symington's state
ment exposed the former thesis Hint
American Alaskan bases are Intend
ed for defense.
(8ymlngton testified before sen
ate armed service! committee March
25. He said American heavy eomb
era could take off from Alaska,
"bomb any part of Russia and re
turn to American bases.")
Post Pays Off
In Cartwheels
DENVER, April 1 (IN The Denver
Past paid out more than a ton ot
silver to Its employes today, meeting
Hie weekly payroll with old-fashioned
"cartwheels" Instead ot the
usual paper money.
Each of 700 persons on the pay
roll received a bag of the silver dol
lars. Louis McMahon, comptroller ot
the newspaper, said the payroll came
to about $40,000 and that the overall
weight of the money issued was 2B60
pounds.
Idea of the payment was to get a
lot of the silver dollars In circulation
here before Ihe tourists arrive seek
ing them for souvenirs.
Doctors Get
Advance Look
BALTIMORE, April 1 in
Things were quiet last night
accident room doctors at Maryland
Cleneral hnspltnl went to their re
creation room to watch a telecast
of a rodeo being held here.
They saw one of the Verfnrmcrs
tossed off a horse. 8hruitglng their
shoulders, they switched off the
television set and returned to duty.
Leas than five minutes later Lee
Dtilialms of Pueblo, Arizona, was
brought In for an X-ray and treat
ment of a shoulder Injury. Ho was
the performer who fell.
The hospital Is just a few blocks
from the rodeo alto.
RECORD
Parking meter yield fur a three
day period ending March 90 was
$776, largest single collection since
meters were Installed a year and a
half ago.
Included In the figure were some
43,000 pennies and 8000 nlcklea,
which means that the dockers went
through about 43,000 operations in
three days.
convictions as to points which the
school board and his successor aa
football coach ahould consider.
Ryan's letter of resignation was
addressed lo Arnold Gralapp. su
perintendent of schools, and read.
In part:
"In light of recent developments
und attitudes toward athletics at
Klamath Union high school, com
monly referred to as a 'civic affair'
rather than under the Jurisdiction
of a strong athletic department, I
no longer care to coach any ath
letic at Klamath Union high school
until this situation la made for the
betterment of the student body
at large . . .
"... I do not do this because of
anv 111 health or any Inability t.)
carry nut these assignments aa can
b- substantiated by my record . . .
but I do not care to coach In the
system until the above specified
conditions are changed."
Three weeks ago the board de
cided to keep Ryan on as physical
Instructor but not as football coach.
8lnce that time various coaches
around the state have Inquired
about the Job and probably many
will put In formal applications
Among them are Al Simpson of
Southern Oregon college, who re
fused to come here two years ago
because of salary differences, and
Dirk Sutherland, coach of the atate
high school champions at The Dal
les. Paul McCall. auto mechanics in
structor at the high school who
has had wide athletic and coach
ing experience. Is believed a pos
sible candidate for the Job.
A seleclon will probably be made
within a month.
IVA Okays
Strike Call
A strike rail has been authorised
by members of the CIO Interna
tional Woodworkers of America In
Oregon. Washington and Northern
California If ware negotiators con
sider a atrlke necessary to win the
union's wage demands from lum
ber operators.
Such a atrlke would close down
most of the larger mills here In the
Klamath district, but IWA offi
cials here said they had no Idea
whether a strike would be called.
Locnl IWA contract with mills
and logging operations expired at
midnight last night but workers
are still on the Job following a self
renewal provision In the contract.
Month Lonr Talk
Wage negotiations have been go
ing on for a month here and
throughout the Industry, and the
strike vote was taken last week. Al
Hartung. a Portland member of the
IWA's Northwest regional negotiat
ing committee, announced result of
the vote today, saving that about
88 per cent of the membership
favored a strike.
For the time being. Industry-wide
negotiations are continuing. The
next session here between IWA and
Ihe Pine Industrial Relations com
mittee, representing operators, Is
set for next Tuesday.
The industry has relected an of
fer of Ti cents per hour pay In
crease for workers. The IWA'a de
mand has been for a 32'? -cent
hourly boost, a 7lj-cent hourly wel
fare fund and paid holidays.
Locally the nay lncrense demand
has been dropped to 25 cents an
hour and a proposal for discussing
the welfnre fund demand. That
lower demand has also been reject
ed by the PIRC.
MtSIW'
tm mivtw i iii i n 1 11 aii marat n ilfi at inl
to '
Daisy Bustle
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Chile Asks
Strong Stand
On Russia
BOGOTA. Colombia. April 1 P
Anil-communist feeling among the
21 Pan-American conference na
tions seemed today to be developing
into a demand for a firm aland
against Russia
Chile's foreign minister, Juvenal
Hernandez, called for just that yes
terday. Hernandez aald Chile has aligned
herself with nations which defend
democracy and liberty.
"That should be the attitude of all
the nations of America." he told
delegates, who burst into applause.
He told them there is no time to
dally:
Time For Decision
This is the time for decision.
There is no place for a third posi
tion." Hernandez, representing a coun
try which recently severed ita rela
tions with Russia, spoke before the
plenary session of the ninth Pan
American conference. An important
item on Hie agenda la development
of an economic cooperation program
among American nation.
The Chilean foreign minister
warned delegates the world has di
vided into two front:
One which seek to impose a new
political totalitarianism, and an
other which seek to defend western
culture by democratic means.
Chile, he said, has taken it stand
without equivocation.
Secretary of State George C.
Marshall of the United State set
the stage for. the anti-communist
pressure at the conference opening
Tuesday when he asked if the ques
tion of subversive activity could be
put on the agenda.
He received cnanimou assurance
that lt could.
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A family aquabblr which result
ed In tun fire at ft Dunsmuir tav
ern Tueday brought death to Mrs.
Hernlee Pickwood, above, who was
ahot by her husband. Buster Pack
wood. The latter then turned the
revolver on himself and committed
suicide.
86 Homesteads
To Be Opened
Another homestead opening In
the Tulelake sector was claiming
attention of bureau of reclamation
officials with approximately 86
homestead units comprising some
8100 acres Involved In the next
drawing.
Al Harvey. In charge of the home
stead office, said Thursday that
while everything is in a tentative
stage, plat must be approved in
Washington and there is still much
detail to be handled. The section
south of Malin will add up to some
2fi00 acres and according to present
climates will be divided into 20
units.
Additional land In the Coppock
Bay area, not involved In the March
homestead opening, will be Included
in the next drawing. On the Cop
pock Bay panhandle and other
tracts around the recently nlloted
lr.nd, there are approximately 5500
acres to be divided into 63 units.
Names are being accepted now
for application forms which will be
mailed out after public notice has
been posted. This will probably be
done in July, 1948, or thereabouts.
Harvey said.
Proposed North Entrance Work
Slated To Get Under Way Soon
The dust will soon be rolling
along the proposed north entrance
route Into Klamath Falls and with
in one week grading should be un
der way.
The $361,108 project which will
give a new cntranre to the city will
be In full swing within a month and
Rogers Construction company, low
bidders on the Job, will move equip
ment Into here Immediately.
Residents of the Hot Springs dis
trict were warned today that they
will have to choose a new route to
get home either past Hillside hos
pital by Main street, or along Part
land street and across the tracks.
Within a month or six weeks, Es
planade will be closed from Lost
River Dairy to Alameda and will
remain closed until all work ladone.
P. P. Whitman, state highway
engineer In charge of the Job, said
today that he had advised the
Klamath Palls fire department of
the prooosed closing so that they
could make arrangements to an
swer calls over the alternate routes,
Charles Mrlnroe la superintend
ent of Rogers Construction com
pany jobs In this area and will be
in charge of the north entrance
Job for his outfit. Roy Kennen.
state highway bridge engineer, will
direct this phase of construction.
Two bridges will be constructed ac
cording to plans.
Rogers Construction company's
bid includes the two bridges, grad
ing and surfacing, and laying the
hot water pipes under the Espla
nade approach, to reduce winter
hazards at that point. Use of na
tural hot water In highway con
struction Is believed to be unique
with this job.
The Rogers outfit will be on three
major Jobs at once in Klamath
county. Right now. Rogers crews
are grading and oiling the 15-mile
stretch from Bonansa to Mnlin on
the Bonanza -Poc Valley- Malin
county road, and are stock piling
rock on the Chlloquln cut-off. pre
paratory to rocking and oiling the
new highway. The Chlloquln cut-off
eliminates the Sun. Mountain
stretch. Rocking sho'uld start
around June, according to the high
way department here.
Western Pine
Hits New High
PORTLAND. Ore.. April 1 W
Western pine production and ship
ment in January. February and
March shattered all previous first
quarter records, the Western Pine
association reported today.
The estimated output ot 1.257.
000.000 board feet for the opening
quarter of 1948 was 14 per cent
greater than the previous high, set
In the same period last year. Esti
mated shipments ot 1.408.000.000
board feet were 9 per cent greater
than for 1947's first quarter and
slightly above the all-time mark ot
1J05.000.000 set in wartime 1944.
S. V. Fullaway. association secretary-manager,
said present infor
mation indicates that consumption
of western pine lumber in the sec
ond quarter of this year will top
that of a year ago by about 10 per
cent. He said stocks of western pine
now on hand at mills are about the
same as a year ago. Stocks ot as
sociation species are higher because
of the growing demand for seasoned
lumber and consequent greater
stocks required tor air drying, he
said.
Czech Probe
Held Certain
LAKE SUCCESS. April 1 iPr-
Despite vehement Russian opposi
tion, the security council today ap
peared ready to order an investiga
tion of Moscow's role in the com
munist coup in Czechoslovakia.
A formal vote is due next week.
Russia and the Soviet Ukraine have
fought bitterly against an inquiry.
The United States, Britain, France,
China, Canada and Syria have
formally backed the Idea. Argen
Una, Belgium and Colombia have
indicated support. Seven votes are
needed.
The shape and form of the In
vestlgation remain undecided. One
delegate said a major consideration
is to find a proposal which can es
cape a Russian veto.
Here's Marjorie Riordon, a mod
el, wearing daisies In her bustle.
Ilyana, Hollywood dreaa designer,
predicts the most stylish ladies
soon will be wearing them. For va
riety, the says, they'll wear or
chids, gardeniasor potted plant.
A plastic test tube, concealed In
the bustle, bold the back-seat
corsage. That's ivy trailing down
the back of the dreaa.
Compromise
Sought In
Foreign Plan
WASHINGTON. April 1 UP) A
team of senate-house foreign ex
perts went swiftly to work today on
a final compromise bill tor a global
American program.
House passage of its 16,205.000,000
measure by better than a four to
one margin handed the Job to the
compromisers last night.
The goal is to get a bill to Presi
dent Truman before the week runs
out. Both senate and house will
have to vote fust on the comprom
ise. What the experts agree to will be
the final terms ot a program to use
America's billion and military
knowledge to help Europe and
China hold the line against com
munism. On that broad purpose there is
no disagreement between the senate
and house. Differences are over de
tails. What the house approved by a
329 to 74 ballot was a wrap-up bill
to provide assistance for Europe.
Greece. Turkey and China. Leaders
had set April 1 as a deadline and
barely squeezed the measure under
the wire.
The senate previously had passed
three separate bills, one for Europe,
one for China and a third tor
Greece and Turkey.
Chairman Vandenburg (R.-Mich.)
of the senate foreign relations com
mittee already has agreed to follow
the house lead on a single bundle
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In Like Lion
Out Like Lamb
In like a lion out like a lamb!
That's March.
Wednesday, March 31, was the
warmest day of the month. The
mercury rose to 61 degrees.
The first day of the month the
temperature was 47 at the maxi
mum reading, but in between March
1 and 31, there was plenty of cold
weather, rain, snow, sleet and slush.
The coldest day of the month was
March 18 when the mercury fell to
18 degrees.
Total precipitation for March was
chalked up at 1.98 inches according
to bureau of reclamation figures.
Stream year to date is 9.34: normal,
9.20. There were 7 clear days. 9
partly cloudv. and 15 cloudy days
during March.
US Takes To
Air To Foil
Soviet Order
BERLIN. April 1 (AV-The United
Htatea turnerf ftn thm mtr tttAmtt l -
political battle tor Berlin launched
by the Ruaalana with a drive lo con
trol ground entry Into thai capital
irom ine west.
The Soviet move resulted In ihut
tlnr oft military trmln tram nf
Brltlah and American forces Irom
inelr sonea to the capital. Authori
tative sources aay It la a Hovt-t
atep to try to squeeze the western
allies out of the city.
The Americans, British and
French OrOtrJin-rf A ivnnrt Am tt,
crisis was rushed to British Foreign
oecretary Ernest Bevln in London.
Red Inspection
The Russian order, announced
only yesterday and effective la it
midnight, requires all motor or '.all
passengers and freight to undergo
Russian inspection at border con
trol points. The Russians halted
four British and American trains
this morning.
Simultaneous with the Russian
action came a blast from Moscow
at four-power government In Ger
many. Pravda aaid It waa at an mil.
The eommaniat party newspaper
aid "the partition of Germany has
become an accomplished fact.
From their sectors of Berlin the
Western allies have attacked com
munlsm, won the city election
against the Soviet-sponsored social
ist unity party, and In general
proved stumbling blocks to Russian
attempt to communize the capital.
The Soviet-licensed press thundered
against uie Americans, British and
French.
Last nfffht the RiiMiana ir,tilmA
a cordon across the only Interna
tional rail and Soviet check point
insisted upon passing on each allied
national going tn or out nf tha eitv.
soldiers or civilian.
Soviet officers tried to board Brit-
Ian. and American mllitar trains
and were rejected. The Russians
then refused to let Ihe trains ora-
eced.
Blocked on the ground, the Ameri
cans took to the air. Gen. Lucius
D. Clav. the IT. fi. militarv re
ordered the army air forces to sup
ply uie American community of
about 10.000 persons In Berlin with
iooa ana passenger service.
Tax Cut Veto
Due On Friday
WASHINGTON. April I OP)
President Truman's expectad veto
of the $4,800,000,000 tax reduction
bill will go to congress at noon to
morrow. This was decided at a White
House conference today. Mr. Tru-n-n
conferred with Secretary of
the Treasury Snyder, Senator
Barkley (Ky.) and Rep. Rayburn
(Tex.), the senate and house demo
cratic leaders: James E. Webb, the
budget director, and Senator Mc
Grath (D-R. I.) chairman of the
democratic national committee
Charles G. Ross, presidential
secretary, also told newsmen that
Mr. Truman will send to Speaker
Martin of the house today a pre
liminary estimate of the cost ot the
expanded defense program now be
ing formulated.
The formal budget estimates, he
said, will not be ready for 10 days
or two weeks.
At the capitol. Senator Taft (R
Ohioi said republican leaders have
agreed to consider the expected tax
veto immediately. He told reporters
this was agreed upon by the senate
republican policy committee.
Late Spud Bulletin
LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Pr
Potatoes: 26 broken, 54 unbroken
cars on track; arrivals California
2, Kansas 1, Idaho 21, Utah 1, Ore
gon 1, North Dakota 1: 7 cars ar
rived by truck; market steady I
Idaho Russets No. 1A $5.40-5.50.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 (AP
USDA) Potatoes: old stock, 8
broken, 5 unbroken cars on track;
arrivals California 3, Oregon 1,
Minnesota 1, North Dakota 1; 1 car
arrived by truck; market steady;
j Klamath Russets No. 1A $5.75.
Sourcebooks May Disagree
Over Origin, But Today Is
April Fool's Day For All
Watch Out! The
Animals Are Here
ANTIOCH, Calif., April 1 W"
The caller said there was a lion on
the Antioch bridge.
"Tut, tut," said the wife of Deputy
Sheriff Thomas Smith, "this is April
1 and I know lt."
The caller pleaded. The wife
doubted. Finally, against her better
judgment.' she notified her husband.
Smith found the bridge crowded
with cars. Up in the girders was one
old, feeble but very definite moun
tain lion. The 150-pound female
had come down from the mountains
in search of food.
Smith and a game warden shot
her.
Today Is April 1, All Fools Day,
the one day of the year set aside
especially for cynics who suspect
every vagrant box on the sidewalk
contains a brickbat.
Today most of them probably do.
Kick one and find out.
Sourcebooks disagree almost to
the point of calling each other
names in print over the origin of
this April Fool business, but the
most colorful, If not accurate,
theory goes back to Grecian myth
ology. Proserpina, an ancient story-book
maiden, although young at the time
and rather lavishly endowed, was
gamboling on the Elynlan green
when she caught the eye of Pluto,
lord of the underworld, Pluto put
the sleeve on Proserpina and hauled
her off to the nether regions. Kick
ing and screaming, to the legend
goes.
Her mother, a lady named Ceres,
heard Proserpina's screams echoing
around, and about and went In
search ot the kidnaped maiden.
Any tool knows that following an
echo Is a fool's errand.
All this was supposed to have
happened on an April 1 of lung ago,
Down through the ages the mat
ter of bodily toting away young
ladles has taken on certain refine
ments and the practice is no longer
confined to any certain date. But
other practices have come Into
popular usage for April 1. Such as:
Tacking "Kick Me" signs on the
back of an unsuspecting loiterer.
Jovially handing out explosive
cigars.
Offering pepper-pot candy.
Filling sugar bowls with salt.
Telephoning the soo and asking
for "Mr. Wolf."
Calling the attention of tat men
to fictitiously untied shoe.
Etc.. etc., etc. All supposedly
hilariously funny.
In France a person who falls for
an April Fool trick Is called, In th
Idiom of the country, a "polsson
d'avrll," which means an April
fish.
In this country a person who falls
for one Is called a sucker, which is
also a type of fish.
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