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Newspaper Page TextM IN J3 n mi liy Lro 111 Tho 4 t lavsicws ly fllANK JKNKINa TIIKIIK teem to have been sumo 1 sort of howdown, temporary ur otherwise, In Berlin. The Russian Mm undertook to lric ua ami Urn llrlllsh out ot Germany capital clly by preventing ua Irimi supplying our people Uirro. They tuld ua they were going to slop our train and our trucka for "in flection." Wa declined to bo bluffed. W tried out the "Inspection," and luund It nut very tuuiili. We retal iated by aliullluif Hie Russian out of aume of our iuclllllr In Uerlln. We ulau announced lliul wo would cud In supplies by air transport, About all tlmt can be auld ua Ulcse wnrda are written la that nu ahoulliig followed, The point la that tlio Russian aren't yrt prepared to no that far, It la a point of contain able temporary Importance. UMIKN we let it be known that we would tend In uppllri by plane, the Huulaiia announced that they were goliill to hold FlOHTKIl IflANKUVfcltS over the Berlin area. . That meant that our transport ' plauca would have to dodge lu through Kuulaii fighter planra. Till morning a lirluah transport plaiu collided over Uerlln with a Ituuian fighter. The Urlllali trans port carried 10 passenger and tuur crewmen. All 14 were killed. Uer man police rrxrl that the Russian pllul waa killed. There have been freiucul ruinori in Uerlln that Soviet llghtera havo been diving on Hilllsh and Amer ican planea. There he been no of ficial verification uf these alurlra. We can't escape the thought, how ever, that Uie Russian fighter might have been diving on the Urltiah tranaport, thua catulng the colllalou. At any rale, the Incident aervca to allow the extreme lenaion that exist. flllC navy announce! In Washlng 1 ton Una morning that an Amer ican carrier task tore will go to Norway Una mouth on a "good will vuiu" The llUMlaru are bringing pressure to bear on Norway. More tension. IN Alexandria. Egypt second larg- eat city. 30 peraoiu are killed In a battle between Kgypllan TKOOl'8 a. and striking Alexandria police. ' ' 'Mure thousand policemen. Alex andria ENTIRE force, walked out Una morning, demanding higher wagea and Improved working condl tloiu. Mob terror gripped tit city. Oanga of hooilluma appeared, amaahmg and looting ahoi. Arriving train were raided and Uie passenger gobbed. Streetcar were burned In Ciho streeta. lnoendlary Urea wart art. Ilia troop were called In an el furl 10 resloro order. CUPPOHE. at the moment when " the rlou were at their height, a Russian airborne military force had attacked Alexandria, which Ilea only few mllea from the Mediter ranean end uf Uie Hue canal. You ran Imagine the outcome. The RuMlan would have taken Alexandria with ridiculous ease Let your mind wandrr a few aicpa farther. In auch an event, It would have been a foregone conclualun that the police alrlke waa organized and T1MKD by Uie cominuiilsla. Such tiling are an eaaentlal part of Rtuulan strategy In these daya. JOHN L. LEWIS' coal miner are ordered by a federal court to END their 23-day-oid alrlke. Aa these worda are written, they have mad no movo to obey the order. It must be asaumed (although of courao It, can't be proved) that the atrategy of till altuatlon waa dl rloaed the other day when Lewi an nounced that he had not ordered the miners to do anything that what ever they might do would be of their own Individual volition; If they didn't work It would be because, aa it'sntlnas aa Fait I, Cilina 41 WEATHIft Mas. (Atirll 4) IV Mln. . rililUIIn laal II baara (la a. m. Mnitdarl -l Sir. am aar la ! a ill l.al ir . 1ST Nannal , .l raraeailt (h'raalanal anaw llur rlaa Isnlibt an 'Juaadar. I'll UK F'VK CT.NTH KLA' jP--i OHF.GON, MONDAY, APRIL I, 194 4?. , Telephone Sill No. MM Tnman msiders m For ERP Reds Offer To Talk On Rail Ruling flKIII.IN. April S llrltlah authorities acrepled today a Hovirt offer to talk over the allied dead lock over Ittualan rralrlrllona on railroad (raffle to and from Berlin. They suggested a full four-power meeting. The United Hlule previously had accepted the Russian proposal for discussion of these restriction. The control, on trnfflc through the Soviet occupation Kmc, had forced suspension of allied military rail traffic between Uerlln and the western occupation winea. The Russian wanted to board and Inspect auch train. The west ern Kiwera refused to let Uiem. Freight Okay Regularly scheduled passenger trains still were ausrnded today, but allied freight train were gel ling through to Berlin. In hi answer to the Russian. Mil (ien. N. ('. I). Brownlohn. British deputy military governor, arrepled their Invitation for the tlrlti.il. Then he remarked he understood the II. M. and r'rrnrh had received similar offer to discuss the regu lations "I would suggest, therefore." ftrownjohn aald. "Uiat It would aave time if representatives of all four commanders disease the ques tion together." The American brought another freight train through Uie Russian umc tn supply their force in Ber lin today. The 52-cer military freight from Uie west carried food, oil and other supplies. It pasted through Soviet territory on presentation of cargo manifest document and without on-traln Inspection auch a lh Russian had demanded and the western power refused. Thl wax the aecond U. S. rail freight shipment brought through since Uie Russians Imposed restric tions Wednesday midnight on the line between Berlin and the west ern occupaUan nones. It came Uirouuh after cancellation of an American emergency air aupply Ryalrm. The British also brought three maintenance trains through over the week-end. They said their rail freight service Into Berlin 1 oper ating normally. U. S. Planes Arrive in Berlin Past Soviet Blockade V' ajjjissafV-V' I III II II lajlir- I'lifi f'-tH-ftii'VaBf-i r-jtf t" T...' L-rf"'f-'--- .& I llMllI liloK.. wiVl,&ti&:jtAi I Huppllrfl from four U. 8. C47 pUnct are unloaded In Btrlln'i Tempelbof airport following- their arrival from Frankfurt. Germany, pat the Uoviet Und blockade of the former naxt capital. Drouth .Movement Of Cattle Ends PORTLAND, April t IsV The de partment of agriculture reported today that Uie drouth movement of California cattle into Oregon ha ended. The department' market new service here anld ruin throughout the drouth area of California had ended Uie need for further move menu The department estimated not more than 30.000 head of cattle left Cnllfornln. Sheriff Candidates Map Plans io Rope In All Possible Votes Police Strike In Alexandria ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. April S (Pi Twenty peraona were killed today as Egyptian troops fought atriklng policemen and civilian mob In Uie ttieeu of Alexandria. The dead In cluded aeven policemen. Mob terror gripped the city. Egypt'i aecond largest. Many ahop. and department stores were looted. The Lido movie tlioalre burned more than two hour before fire men could put out the fire. Prime Minister Nokraahy Paaha arrived from Cairo. Three thousand policemen. Alex andria' enure police force, walked out his morning, demanding higher wagea and Improved working con ditions. Hundred of police also struck In Cairo, protesting a pro posed transfer of some officer to village end asking more pay. Oang of hoodlum. Including teen-age boy, smashed shops and set street csr ablate In Alexandria. The midday train to Cairo wax raided and all passenger forced to(get off. Looter atormed through the coaches, matching furnishing and bnggage. Two policemen and a 13-year-o!d student died of wound luffered when troop fired Into a mob In Mohamed Aly square, Alexandria's main square. Draft Revival Held Easy, But Doubts Held Over UMT WASHINGTON. April 5 'P Eoy sledding in congrea for a "halt Rus sia" draft revival wo forecast toaay by Senators Bridges lR-N.H.1 and Ball (R-Mlnn.) But both men Indicated they ex pect rough going for the admin istration' companion preparedness measure universal military train ing. Bridges Is a member of the sen ate armed services, commute which Almost seven weeks remain before Hit May 31 primary election, but a few of Klamath county's 10 candi dates for sheriff are not wasting any time trying to drop a loop over stray voters. The most active, apparently, are Guy Barton, republican, and Mike VVIIllnms, democrnt. Both have been rfported covering the county from one end to "the other seeking sup port, Others Dale Mnttoon, Joo Green, Frank Steele, Jack Franey, Pete llerllngs. Dean Hall, Fentnn Mnhrt, Red Mllhorn are doing a little campaigning, particularly by the poster and campaign card route The peak will come In the week Just prior to the primary. One candidate who has been working under a handicap of no mean proportions this morning got an tha pnvement. He Is Wally Moss, democrat, who had been in Klam ath Valley hospital eight: weeks with a broken back, result of an atttn accident. Thoro are so ninny onndldntos they enn't do much campnlgnlnrt without stepping over each oilier and recently Jack Franey and Pete Uerllugs, both seeking tho republi can nomination, were nut niy and Really wny Introducing each other to the voters. Employes of tho enmity tax col lection office are probnbly as con cerned as anyone outside the 10 1 opponents about who will be the 'next sheriff. Since the sheriff Is nlsn tax collector he appoints the tax deputy and other employes and there haa been some talk of a "clean sweep" In that office. Aspirant ' 1 "VV M j. . iJLef. Dean Hall, republican candidate for sheriff, I a former elty patrol man and at present a Henley rancher. He Is 45 year old, mar ried and haa one daughter. With Inclusion of Hall's picture. The Herald and News file on sheriff candidates I complete. There are 10 of them. Chinese Reds Hold Marines 8HANOHAI, April ft (JV-Four V. S. marines presumably fell Into the hands of Chinese communists todsy after surviving an emergency plane landing in communist terri tory. The crew of an observation plane saw the four crewmen leave the downed craft and were taken Into custody by troops which appeared to be communists. The crash landing occurred near Hungshiyal, 18 miles west of Tslng tao. Four other marines were released only five daya ago after three months captivity by communists. A fifth marine died of gun wounds. Names of the leathernecks In to day's plane crash were withheld. They were on a routine navigation al flight, officers sulci, when one engine failed. None of the four ap peared to be Injured. Mexican Actress Snoots US Women HOLLYWOOD. April 5 un American women have plenty to learn about men, says attractive Roslta Dlai, Mexican actress-producer. "They have lost all knowledge of how to hold and treat a man!" said Miss Dial with a toss of her red hair. "Why Latin women would be ashnmcd to admit that Uiey couldn't hold a man for less than a lifetime," she told an Interviewer, Miss Dins is here for a brief va cation from film work In Mexico City. She conceded that "American girls are the best-educated, best dressed and most competent women In the world." "They are smart," she said, "and will soon learn not to exchange po litical and civil rights for power over men. When this happens men will stay home and not roam the field." Navy Slates Norway Visit WASHINGTON. April ft Wi A carrier task force will visit Norway this month "for Uie promotion of good will," the navy announced to day. The 20,000-ton Essex carrier. Val ley Forge, the 6000-ton anU-alrcralt cruiser, Fresno, and four destroyers will visit Bergen, Norway, from April 39 to May 2. The vessels will go to Norway after three of them pay a visit to Southern England April 18 to 26. The navy's announcement said Uie visit will be "In continuation of Uie navy's policy of making visits to friendly countries for the promo tion of good will and the further ance of friendly relations." The Valley Forge, now In the Mediterranean for exercises with American ships, is en route to the American West Coast from China. The carrier and two escorting de stroyers, the W. C. Lawe and the Lloyd Thomns. have already visited Australia, India and the Persian gulf. The Valley Forge will call at Portsmouth. Eng., and the destroy ers at Southampton, the navy said. On leaving England, this group of three will Join the Fresno and the destroyers Johnston and W. R. Rush. All will proceed to Bergen. Conservatives Win London Election LONDON. April 5 UPv Conserva tives claimed an overwhelming vic tory today, mostly at the expense of the labor party, In Saturday's munic ipal elections. Amended unofficial returns, party headquarters said, showed conser vatives won 138 council seats and lost only nine. The trend to the right, first evi dent In English and Welsh municipal elections last fall, cost the socialists 100 seats on rural and urban district councils, conservative tabulators re ported. In last November's voting labor suffered Its first defeat since It won control of the national government in Uie 1945 landslide. In 388 boroughs the party suffered a net loss of 644 seats while the conserva tives made a net gain of '618. Solution Sought In Bus Strike PORTLAND, April 8 (Pi Confer ences continued today between AFL drivers and the Oregon Motor stages in a dispute that lias crippled service to sonic 200 Oregon towns for more than a week. Discussions got under way Satur day after the company discontinued efforts to meet some bus schedules. Drivers and mechanics- halted work March 27. They protested past ing of working conditions by the company after contract talks had failed. The old contract expired De cember 31. tomorrow will start writing legisla tion covering both DMT and limited selective service. Bridges told a reporter he plans to vote for both. And he predicted a majority of the committee will, too. Chairman Ourney (R-S.D-). who also favor both UMT and a return of the draft, said over the week-end he hope to finish Uie bill-writing Job by Friday. He added that speed is necessary because Russia is "mak ing moves fast" The committee already has one bill before it. submitted by Secretary of Defense Forrestal. It would require all men up to 45 to register. But only those 19 through 23. excluding most veterans, would be drafted. They would serve .two years. The armed forces want tempor ary draft to overcome current man power shortages. They wont UMT lor long range preparedness. Bridges expressed the same doubt about chances for UMT that many another backer of the measure has. House Speaker Martin (R-Mass.), keynoted the emphasis in congress on military preparedness designed to check rein Russia. He said over the week-end that the house will give priority to measures to bring "Uie- whole fighting force up to greater strength and efficiency." Row Among Agences Is Bottleneck WASHINGTON, April 5 P President Truman may speed the atari of the European recovery pro gram by naming Its director within the next 48 hours Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporter today that Mr. Truman hopes to be able to an nounce the appointment very soon. Ross said: "I think it will not be today. Possibly, but not certainly. It will be by tomorrow." He added that Mr. Truman 1 not ready to name the roving ambas sador called for by the $6,098,000. 000 program aimed at stopping communist expansion. Seventeen nations. Including Western Ger many, will benefit. Ross said several officials of Uie National Association of Manufac turers will offer their help in get ting ERP under way. They had a White House date to see Mr. Tru man. Delay Seen One possibility of delav wa seen hrwever, in reports that President Truman Is faced with sharp differ ences among his advisers as to which government agency should be nlaced In temporary control. The choice waa reported to He among the state department, the reconstruction finance corporation and the export-import bank. Five countries are due to receive the first help under the new 6. 098.000.000 foreign aid program. They are Italy. France. Austria, The Netherlands and Greece. Shipments of food, fuel and dob slbly some Industrial supplies are considered of the utmost urgency in the case of Italy because of the need to bolster anti-communist forces there ahead of the April 18 ejections. But even as the multi-billion do lar economic nrocram was beine I thrown into gear, the state depart ment was intensifying its study of possible military support for the developing We tern European union. The problem of furnishing guns and bullets and possibly working out a mutual defense alliance with the western bloc may be discussed with Belgian Premier Paul-Henri Spaak here this week. District Ranger "-. ewa aiiaasKV'sjaaiTSW laj -"Ay N Robert J. Cooper arrived Monday to take over duties of diatiict ranrer of Klamath district. Rome River national forest, replacing John W. Sarclnson who haa left to assume the position left vacant by Cooper as district manager of the Hnoqualmle national forest In Washington. Cooper Takes Forest Post Coal Strike Cuts Steel Production WASHINGTON. April I (Pl-JohB L. Lewi and the United Mine Workers made no move today obey a court order directing then) to end a 22-day-old mine walkout, Reports from the mine fields In. dleated few If any miner bowed la a federal court order signed Satur day night by Judge Matthew t. Mo Gulre. Lewta himself gave no sign ha planned to comply with tha court's direetive, Issued at the government request. "No comment." was Lewis' snappy reply as be arrived at his union headquarters In mid-morning and was asked about the order. NoUce Served Five minutes after the UMW chief arrival, Deputy U. 8. Mar shals H. B. McCauley and Michael Colasanto entered the union build ing to serve official copies of Uie court order to Lewis. The notice to end the strike was accepted by Lewis personally at 8:22 a. m. (PST),' Another copy was served on the union. Lewis' attorneys, who spent a buay week-end itudylng the legal angles, remained ailenk There wa no In dication they planned to ask the court to dissolve the order or take legal steps to block enforcement. Steel Drops Coal in the nation's bins sank lower and lower as the work stop page went on. The commerce de- Robert J. Cooper, new district ranapp Inr triamath H i , nH ..t f Rogue River national forest, arrived !J?!fme,m J0" f? that Monday from Snoqualmle forest. Wash, where he was district ranger for the post five years. Cooper and John Sarginson have exchanged districts, Sarginson leav ing the last of March to take over his duties in Uie north. The new ranger is a native of Illinois, but has lived In Oregon 18 years and is a graduate in forestry of Oregon State college. Before go ing to the Snoqualmle he was with Uie Chelan, Umatilla and Whitman national forests in Oregon. Cooper's wife, son Kent. 9. and daugher Susan. 14 months, will come to Klamath Falls after school is out. Cooper left the gentle mists of Washington to arrive in a hail and snow storm here. Skiers Near End Of Trip MED FORD, April 5 W Skier Jack Melssner and three companions are Hearing the end of the trail on the woodsman's trip from Mount Hood to Crater Lake. The four two men and two boys were at Diamond lake Saturday night. They had been hampered by storms on Uie jaunt from Odell lake and supplies are to be flown tn from Eugene before they leave Dia mond for Crater lake The trail's end for Meissner Is about IS airline miles away. The Cascade Summit trapper started with one companion from Government Camp. He was alone from Santlam Lodge to Odell lake. After resting at the home of his parents there, he started on the lost leg of Uie 300-mile trek with two teen-age boys and Bob Pfieffer of Eugene. Pet Crow Proves Disiraeting To School Teacher VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 6 WPi Mary's litUe lamb could be tied at home, but Black Billy Crow Is so persistent he should get a report card from Washington grade school. He comes to class every school day. Principal Elsie Johnson wishes Billy would play hookey. He clowns on the window sills, heckles any chasers from a rooftop refuge and usually manages to get Inside once, twice, or many times a day. His home roam Is the fourth grade class. There he is near Patsy Ran core, his owner. B u t he wanders around the building when shut out of Uicre. "Imagine trying to get class at tention on arithmetic." says Miss Louise Barter, the teacher, "when a crow la a visitor." If ft ventilating window la open slightly, Billy's ebony head goes In side and his cawing Is a recital of his acorn. British To Escort Planes BERLIN. April 5 OP) The office of the British commander for Ger many announced tonight that Brit ish planes coming Into Berlin V'UI have fighter escorts unUl assurance is received that Soviet planes "will not again endanger British flights." A spokesman for Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, the British commander, said the Soviet fighter which smashed into a British transport today was tn a British area illegal ly. Gen. Robertson carried a pro test to the Russian commander, Marshal Vasslly Sokolovsky. Indians Fear For 1948 Crops WARM SPRINGS. April 5 (Pi Indians here for Uie annual Warm Springs tribal spring root festival that began yesterday, believe Uie cold weather is a bad omen for 1948 crops. Some 800 local Indians and Klam aths. Yaklmas and Toppenlsh tribes feasted on Uie herb root stew and joined In the ceremonial dances. Angelo J. Rossi Dies In Bay City SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 WPI Angelo J. Rossi, 70, mayor of San Francisco from 1931 to 1944, died to day. Rossi had been under treatment for a severe attack of pneumonia. When he was 9 years old, he start ed work as an errand boy with a florist here. He became senior partner of the big florist shop, Angelo J. Rossla Co., Inc. ' Ike Introduced To New Grandson WEST POINT, N. Y., April 5 Pi Oen. Elsenhower was Introduced yesterday to his namesake Grand son Dwlght D. Elsenhower, 2nd. The child was born In Army hos pital here Inst Wednesday. His par ents are Capt. and Mrs. John D. Elsenhower. The general and his wife came here from Washington by automo bile, and returned to the capital after the visit. The Infant's maternal grand mother, Mrs. Percy Thompson, of Fort Monroe, Vs., was In the fam ily gathering. Indian School Pay Asked Klamath chamber of commerce directors went on record today In favor of asking congress to require the Indian service to reimburse Klamath county for "out-of-pocket cost of educating the wards of the government." At a special meeting, the direc tors discussed the question at length, and in their final action did not specify from what funds they thought reimbursement should come. The Indians In a council meeting recently went on record against meeting any educational costs out of tribal funds. The issue has arisen as a result ot recent conferences in which it has been stated that the county dis trict is receiving far less money from the government for educating Indian children than the actual cost of such education. A reimburse ment to the extent of $40,000 has been sugtresfrd. but the chamber action did not name an amount. Congressional action on an ap propriation bil! In which this mat ter is Involved Is expected Wednes day, and that was why the cham ber board acted at a special meet ing today. Church Meet Ends With Shooting STEELTON. Pa., April 5 UP One man was killed and another seri ously wounded during a church meeting yesterday to select a new minister. District Attorney Carl B. Shelley reported. Shelley said Uie dead man was Kocke Atzeff, 24, of Steel ton. He identified Uie wounded man as Boris Miaff, 30, of Harrisburg, Pa. Shelley said the meeting in the Macedonian church hall broke up when someone pulled out a gun and fired two shots. "One man in the back of the room started to talk while the chairman was reading a letter from a pastor in Bulgaria who wanted the job, Shelley related. "An argument started," he said, "and soon there was a free-for-all fight In progress." If Uie walkout continues, steel nro- ducUon will drop thl week to 75 per cent of capacity or lower. Assistant Commerce Secretary Da vid K. Brace Informed the house interstate commerce committee that steel production dropped laat week to about 87 per cent of capacity. For the first three month of the year the Industry operated at about 93 per cent of capacity. If Uie United Mine Workers pres ident and his miners make no ef fort In Uie next few days either to comply with Uie order or to ask the court to dissolve It they face a contempt charge paralleling Uie dramatic court setback of less than 18 month ago. Owners readied the pits for use. The order, Issued by Federal Judge Matthew F. McOuire In his Con necticut avenue apartment, direct ed Lewi and the miners to call off Uie strike at once. It also ordered Uie soft coal oper ators and Lewis to bargain out their, differences over miners' pen sions, Uie dispute which led to the March 15 shutdown. . UN Charter Change Eyed WASHINGTON, April S VP) A potent senate bloc took shape today behind a demand for drastic over haul of the United Nations veto rule with or without Russia's con sent While the Soviet Union Is not mentioned by name in Uie draft of a joint resolution to be submitted to Uie senate this week, there is no doubt as to the measure's In tent. It calls upon and officially author izes Uie president to take immedi ate steps through this country's UN delegation to revise the world or ganizations' charter. Both senate and house must ap prove the resolution, but It does not require the president's signa ture. Senator Baldwin (R.-Conn.). on of the sponsors, told a reporter the revisions are aimed at making It possible for the UN to take "deci sive action" to: 1. Prevent wars of aggression. 2. Limit armaments, including atomic and other weapons of mass destruction. 3. Establish an effective interna tional police force to maintain peace in the world. Fisherman Can Catch Anything TARRYTOWN. N. Y.. April 5 UP) A fisherman cast his line into the Hudson river yesterday and hooked a 180-pound 78-year-old man he saw floating in the water. Playing his line, the fisherman, William Wolosyn ot Yonkers, kept the man, Frank MUlow, afloat. Two policemen pulled Millow out of the river. He died later In Tarrytown hospital. Police did not know how Millow got In Uie river. Russian Fighter Plane Rams British Transport; 14 Dead BERLIN, April 5 (VP) A British transport plane crashed In flames today after colliding with a Russian fighter craft, British authorities announced. The British plane, a Viking, carried 10 passengers and four crewmen. RAF officers said all 14 were killed. Two of the passengers were understood to be Americans. The Russian fighter also crashed. The transport, belonging to the British European Airways, crashed as It was about to make a landing after a flight from London. RAF officials said the planes fell when their wings hit. Both dropped near the Spandau IntemaUonal prison, which holds the Nuernberg war crimes trial defendants who drew penitentiary terms. Spandau Is on the edge of Berlin. There have been frequent rumors in Berlin that Soviet fighters were diving on American and British planes, but there was no immediate Indication whether this was true today. In London, the airline said Uie crash occurred after the Russian fighter flew across the transport's nose. German police reported tho fighter plane fell Into the Heerstrasse, a main street in Uie British sector of Berlin, and the Russian pilot was killed.