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, . . , . . . . 1 AM fo) WW LTQI Ira o)(jj DA ' i' l!J.1."i "Ll' uuUl ilf Injijiii'uri i hit mrr i By FRANK JENKINS ITALY today ll preparing lor the big election tomorrow Uiet could change the map of the world, We read, among oUiar thing, that "pub lie security forces" (police) to the number of 300,000 to 400,000 will (turd the poll to see 10 It that vot ers ere not Intimidated If ERE I a oynloal Uiought, baaad on peat performance: It tho communUU Iom, Uiey'll squawk. Tliey'll assert tlikt the polloe (now controlled by the non. oommunlal ministry or tne interior) prevented oommunUU (rom voting. (The odd part of It la that they will really believe what they are aaylng. They'll know that la what TlfBV WOULD HAVE DONE II they had controlled the police.) . 8 IU final wlndup of the cam n paign, our aide (Urluln, Uie U. a, and France) tnakea a THIRD de- trrand on Russia for a yes-or-no .answer on the question of returning dU'rlasu to luly. The practical effect W me oemana w to can on Moacow to quit aulllng and put up or ahut up. We're obviously ploaaed with our Trieste campaign strategy, We're aure It was a smart move. We think It put Ruula on the a pot. Besides, we THOUOHT OF IT FIRIJT, Recent dispatches Indicate Utat our auta department tlilnka Uie lullan election la In Ute bag and there lan't much doubt that Wash ington UUnka the Trieste atraugem helped tremendoiuly, TRIESTE hu unqueatlonaly been 1 "smart" pollUca. Uut that, la bout all that can be aald for ll. We need to go much larlher than amart polltlea if we're going to be the lead er of the world, rirat of all, we've got to be SINCERE AND GENUINE. Smart politic may win the Julian election In the present pinch, but In the long pull It will be the alncerlty and the genuineness of America, M reflected In her foreign policy, that will win for ua the leadership we muit have If wa are to accomplish what we need to accomplish In the present-day world. ' INCIDENTALLY, we've to far put about two billion dollar Into relief of Italy. Muat of that waa apent be fore Ihla critical lullan election came along. From a victor to a van quiahed enemy. Uut lan't bad. , tJNITED NATIONS, through IU security council, today calla on the Jew and the Araba to quit fight ing In PaleaUna. but It doesn't tell Jhem what will happen If Uiey don't. -.Efuppoae you went up w a roupn of emaena who war fighting It out In the street and told them ploualy to call It off. What would happen? They'd probably go on with their fight. One feara Utat la what will hap pen In PalcaUn. THE new five-power WesUrn Euro pean bloo (Britain, France. Bel gium. Holland and Luxembourg) to day forma an INTERNATIONAL CABINET to enforce the military, political and eoonomlo provltloni of their union. Detente mlnlalera of all five na tion! will meet whenever It la necauary to carry out the military provuiona of the treaty they algned at Brussels In March. The five foreign mlnUlere will meet at least very three month oftener If necessary. WHY Uila united action? " They ' all realise that In the present emergency Uiey muat hang together or Uiey will hang separately. In the name spirit, the United Slalea of America waa formed out of 13 weak Independent, "sovereign" colonlea. Angus Show To Open Sunday 1 (eunday afternoon will mark the nliow day ot the first Pacltlo coast Aberdeen Angua association liow and aale to be held In Kla math Falls. AuoclaUon director and the sale committee arrived at the Wl nema hotel Friday night and held a meeUng Saturday morning. Sun day morning will be the women' auxiliary breakfast at the hotel and tho cuttle allow will aUrt at the fairgrounds at 1 p. m. with Ed Blagglnl Judging the entries. Monday an elk barbecue will be held at tho fairgrounds at 11 a.m. for consignors, buyers and friends. Sale of the registered bulls and fe males will proceed In tin pavilion at the fairgrounds at 1 p, m. with Earl O,' Walters wielding the auc tioneer' hammer. WIATHtft MI. (April 11 M Mil, ... rrrlalUII lail t kauri Ml airaam raar U Sala . . .7 Lail r.ar .. .1.1 Narraal .... t.M raraaaali Parllr alaaSr taalfhl a aanSar, PRICE FIVE CENTS I tjf- . KLAMAT' .$ "OOS, BATIIRDAY, APRIL 17, IMS Telephone gill No. 1319 T ' . BSBBl ASKS Down The Chute For The Big Angus Show . -- . ' ' ' - .1 T .Mmf m , elrt . ,1 ,', , ' ' . . x;.a i! 3' u t I ' -a..' i Iar.vaJaaMiay aiaaaMMali'l! i, tmf ' One f the cow of the It mlilered mixed bulla and cow t b nloaded Friday aftrrnoon at the fairgrounds far the Angus ahow and u. iuuUt and Monday. Tbaae catUe belong to the Charles Ryan Ranehrrto Angtts at Anderson. Calif. Ryan holdings war loca (Ml at BtU Falls, Ore. Demo Candidates For State Offices Tax Tax Problems Oregon's Income Ux law and pro posal to divert the ux fund' 110.' 000.000 surplus for additional uses cam In for some major discussion Friday night when a full slate ot democraUc candidates for auta of flc mingled with local demoerau at a rally In the city library build ing. VUltlng polltlcoa Included Lew Wallace, candidate for governor; Mauley Wilson, candidate for the U. 8. senatorial nomination: Byron Carney and A. M. Silverman, rival anplranu for nomination to Uie of fice of eecretary of Mate, and Wal ter Peanon, candldaU for auta treasurer. Olt of Uielr icmark on the In com ux urplu: Sea Lion Moves Up Into White Collar Society SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 M" A sea lion who Uvea near the San Francisco beach has moved up un comfortablyto the wlilta collar class. He did It simply by sticking his head Uirough a floating toilet seat. The sea lion Is one ol the big nerd Utat inhabits aeal rocks, a few yarn off Uie beach. Where "BusUr" that's what Cliff Houae hotel balcony observer call him found the bathroom fixture is a mystery. The adornment Is of Uie horseahoa ' type, and a gleaming white, Spectator can't agree on whether he's wearing It by choice, or can't get Uie Uilng off. Other seals at first shunned Bus Ur, then clustered around to nibble enviously at his new collar. The 8PCA, coast guard and navy all pondered Uie problem of what will happen to Burner now, but reached no conclusion. Dr. Robert T. Orr, curator of mammals of the California Academy of Sciences, said Uie collar ought to bo removed, but there's a chance Buaur will get along all right any waybarring a nervous breakdown. The major handicap: Buster can't swim so fast after food. Remarked the BPOA: "How would we get out there to get It off?" Wallace Divide the Income ux fund surplus smong counties snd munKlpallUea tx relteVa local prop arty tax burdens. Us It when It will actually offset property taxes. Pearson Sees a 160,000,000 sur plus at the end of next year. Turn the surplus Into the general fund, or return to counUea and Uxpayera. Pearson said Uie SUU hss no right to hoard a aurplus and call for more taxes. Henry Semon, Klsmsth county legislator and democrat- Doubt that legislature has power to Up Income aurplus, but saya that If the aupreme court rules that Uie surplus can be used, some of Uie sUte's financial problems for the next two year will be olved. The two demoerau who are out for secreury of slat. Carney and Silverman, sUysd clear ot the Ux discussion. Lew Wallace assailed Oregon's withholding Ux, voted by the last legislature, as comparable to Uie poll Ux In Alabama, Mississippi and other Southern states In that It Ukes money from low-Income per sons the Income Ux law Itself waa not supposed to touch. Mauley Wilson, IWA newspaper editor and candidate for U. B. sena tor, classed himself as a "Roosevelt democrat" and declared that the social gains made In Uie past 15 years under democratic administra tion were being threatened now bp a republican congress, Wilson Is a serious, fluent speaker who. has spent tour terms In Uie Oregon leg islature. ' Friday night's meeting ' saw a turnout ot soma 80 local demoerau, Including many candidates for local office. E. P. (Pat) Ivory and Frank X. Sexton presided over Uie session. Local democratic candidates each were allotted a few minutes to sute their campaign platforms, and among those appearing were Mrs. Wally Moss, speaking for her sheriff candidate husband; Tom Bustln, candldaU for Uie legislature; Mike Williams, R. A. LaLonde and Sid Herbert, candidates for sheriff; Ouy Bellant, candldaU for commissioner; Otis Metsker, candldaU tor asses sor; Chet Langslet, unopposed for treasurer; Jesse Smith of Merrill, presidential elector, and Pat Ivory, candldaU for delegaU to Uie demo cratic national convention. : , Lewis mm Ban Racial Segregation Ban In Draft Law Has House Group In Disagreement WASHINGTON, April 17 OP) House armed services committee members today thled away from putting a flat ban on racial aegrega Uon Into a draft taw. They alto abowed relucUnee to write in anr deferment for aclen UsU, technicians or engineers. i Both matters, several members told reporters, should be left to ad ministrators of the law. As it sUnds now the bill before Uie committee would give the prut- Five Power Western European Bloc Forms International Cabinet To Enforce Charter PARIS, April 17 (TV-The five- power Western European bloo ' formed an International eablnet 'today to enforce the mlllury, poli tical and eeonomlo provisions of i their union. Foreign i ministers of Franoa, , Belgium, ' The Netherlands and j Luxembourg designated their am bassadors In London to meet at ; least once a month with a British ' represenUtlve. They also set up a Vatiermanent military committee to .Jncct at London. . Detente ministers of the five na : tlons will meet whenever It la necessary to carry out military provisions of the treaty signed at Brussels last month. The five foreign ministers will form a pormanent consultative council to meet at least once every three months. The foreign ministers, In a day long conference In the French for eign ministry, heard reports sont by Paul-Henri Spaak, premier and foreign minister of Belgium, on his recent Ulks in Washington. The council of European minis ters on the Marshall plan, the world'a newest political and econo mic legislature, called IU first working session here today. ' The council Is composed ot for eign ministers or others . repre senting the 18 signers of the agree ment yesterday which set up the European organisation for eoono mlo cooperation, It meets In the French foreign ministry. At the same time, nations of the Western European union . are to confer privately on the possibility of American mlllury support for their new alliance, formed In Brua aela laat month. The foreign min ister) of Britain, Franee, Luxem bourg and The Netherlanda and the acting foreign minister of Bel glum are to Uka part. -, - . 22 British Killed In Train Wreck CREW. England. April 17 UV-A Glasgow-London mall train plowed Into a stalled express near here to day, killing II persons and Injuring t others In the splintered wreck age of seven passenger eoaehea. Barrlvors said a psssenger had stopped the express 20 minutes be fore by palling an emergency cord. They did not say why. Th wreck worst since Briuln's railways passed Into government hands January 1 oeenrred at 12:40 a. m, British summer tint (1:40 p. M- EST Friday) near Wlnsford, Cheshire, A British railways press officer said Uie mall train hit the rear of Uie London-bound express. Wlns ford Is about 150 miles northwest of London. Coaches Wrecked Seven coaches ot Uie passenger train were wrecked and tour coachea ot he mail train -tleraiVaoW - - The aurvlvora aald the mall train tor through the coachea at high apeed. Reeeaen, working by Improvised lights, dug Into the wreckage for in jured, who eoald be heard scream ing. Water waa aprayed to protect reacacre from possible fires as they hacked through the torn coaches with acetylene torches. - Doctors administered morphine to sufferers who could be reached t. rough the debris. A temporary morgue was set up near Uie crash scene. The railway press offices said both main lines probably would be blocked for 34 hours. Marine Fliers Held By Reds SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 IIP) Capture of four U. S. marine fliers forced down In a flight over North China was confirmed by the Chi nese communist radio today. The red radio, heard by Uie As sociated Press listening post near 8an Francisco, said Uie plane and IU crew were taken Into custody April S near Klaohsien on Uie Shan tung peninsula, north of TslngUo. There was no mention ot any In juries. Said Uie broadcast: "A thorough Investigation la be ing made Into Uie landing ot this American plane which was Uking part In the military reconnaissance over liberated areas that has been constantly carried on since the American marine corps alrforce ar rived In TslngUo." The marine corps reported pre viously Uie airmen were on a rou Une navigaUonol flight over red Urritory when engine failure forced them tlown. The fliers are 1st. Lt. Harold W. Hawkins, Kalamasoo, Mich.; MSgU Thomas J. Shaw, Winnfleld, La.; TSgt. Robert C. White, North Fork, W. Va.; and Cpl. Robert R. Lewis, Petersburg, N. Y. Sliding Fun, But Kinda Tight PORTLAND, April 17 (flV-Thomas R. ConsUns, t, yielded to Im pulse and slid down a bannister at a Cub Scout meeting last night. It took the combined efforU of a chisel, a Janitor, a squad ot police men and a crew of firemen to get hlf. knee loose from the place where It became lodged between bannister and wall. Action Spurred On Alcohol Plant PORTLAND, April 17 (TV- The Portland chamber of commerce voted yesterday to renew efforts to get the Springfield alcohol-from-wood plant In operation by private owners. The first move will be to call a conference of Interested Lane coun ty, Willamette valley and Portland representatives to discuss the project, dent wide authority to defer men became of occupational or profes sional skills. . Celling Boostod Aides said the committee tenta tively has decided to boost the army's manpower ceiling from 783. 000 to 83700. And the army, pre paring for a possible Increase In strength, prepared to poll reserve officers to learn how many are will ing to return to active duty. tirn. Omar Bradley, army chief of suff, told the committee this week that the S3 7.00 figure weald be needed to keep up with the air force If that service la expanded from 55 to 7t groups. The senate appropriations com mittee will begin hearings next week on a t3.198.IOO.000 house-approved bill to aurt the air force toward the large figure. . Report Monday Another senate group, the armed services committee, will hear Secre tary of Defense Forresul present defense estimates on Monday. Chairman Gnrney (B.-B.D.I had his awn estimate last night on the coat of expanding the air force. He said after a meeting of committee republican that the bigger air arm woold boost defense spending by ss.eoo.ooo.oo. "It that is done we probably will get into deficit apending." he said. Forresul hsa opposed a 70-group air force because he said it would cost too much and would throw Uie other services "out of balance." The draft bill sponsored bv Chair man Andrews (R.-N.Y.) of the house armed services group would boost Uie air force to 502,000 men, the navy to 550.000 and the marine corns to 110.000. All these figures are higher than those proposed in the administration dralt bill submitted by Forresul. Back In Service LOS ANOKLES. April 17 UP The luxury liner Lurllne cut through Pacific waters today en route to Honolulu with an echo ot gayety and ship's whistles from her first postwar sendoff. Bon voyage parties Jammed the 26,000-ton Matson liner, rebuilt at a cost of 118.000,000, before she cast off from pier 156 at Los Angeles Long Beach harbor crowds watched from the docks. Ships In the harbor let go with a whistling aaluto as Uie Lurllne sailed away. She cleared the har bor light at 11 o'clock last night with Capt Frank Johnson, senior master, on the bridge. The ship car ried 722 passengers, its capacity, and a crew of 444. Reconverted from wartime troop transport service, Uie Lurllne Is now completely air conditioned and is sumptuously equipped and furnish ed. Raymond Loewy, New York de signer, was aboard receiving con gratulations for ' his planning of passenger facilities. This Youngster Had Tough Time LEBANON. O.. April 17 WV. David Ullman. four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ullman. tumbled off his new tricycle lost Sunday and broke his right arm. Wednesday he was climbing on a chair in his home and tumbled again. This time he broke his left collarbone. Now he's got chicken pox. Pretty soon they're going to Itch, and how can be scratch. System Players At It Again LAS VEGAS, Nev.. April 17 rV Two young men with a system are playing Uie legal roulette Ubles profitably, again. Playing $1.50 on Uie nine on each spin of Uie wheel, the University ot Chicago graduates. Dr. Roy Wal ford, San Diego, and Albert Hlbbs, Chilltcothe. O.. each 23, were re ported about t500 ahead so far. Last November Uiey won $8000 at Reno. - Haskins Takes Over Roseburg Hospital R08EBURQ, April 17 (TV- Dr. John L. Haskins, chief of the mental hygiene cllnto ot Uie veterans ad ministration at Portland, will be come acting manager ot the Rose burg Veterans hospital Monday. He will succeed Dr. Qeorge M. Melvln, manager for Uie past six years, who will be transferred tomor row to Uie Jackson, Miss., veterans hospiUl. Melvln will complete SO years service with Uie government In July, and expecU to retire to Oulf port. Miss. . .. Miners Wait Outcome Of Court Case WASHINGTON. April 17 (TV John L. Lewis today demanded that the government act to end a court order directing him to call off the coal mining stoppage. The demand, based on grounds that the coal dispute has been set Ued. was sent by the United Mine Workers chief to Attorney General Tom Clark. The letter was signed J uj wen jiupiuiu, unvf cuuiisej. April 3 Order . The order to which Lewis referred was issued April 3 by Federal Judge Matthew F. McOuire. It directed Lewis and his union to get the soft coal miners back In the pits. They had been out on strike since March 15 In a dispute over pay ments from the miners' pension funds. About two-thirds of the 40.000 miners have retnmed to work this week but the others are awaiUng the outcome of a contempt of court action hanging over Lewis. Lewis' failure to heed the stop strike order led to the contempt ci tation. Judge T. Alan Goldsborough heard evidence on this last week and Is expected to give his decision in court Monday. Homestead Eligibility Discussed Questions of eligibility of home stead applicants were brought up and answered at a public meeting -recently a'l the U, 8. bureau orrec- lamation. i ' The meeting, conducted by R. R. Best, district manager USBR, con cerned proposed land opening pro cedure for future openings on the Klamath project ' . C. E. Brussenden Introduced Best and J. O. Llndley, regional super visor of operation and maintenance; T. B. Williamson, regional settle ment officer and A. D. Harvey, agriculturist In charge ot the 1947 opening who assisted In answering questions which were brought up. Ted Case, Klamath county serv ice officer and George Van Buskirk. VFW 20th district service officer, were concerned with the size of acreages which would constitute farm experience for a veteran. Veterans preference remains the same In future land openings. Mercury Zooms In Los Angeles LOS ANGELES. April 17 Wr Hot and only slightly rocky, Los Angeles shook off a one-two punch and came up for more today. The mercury sipped up to 93. a new high for April 16. here. Then came a momentary earthquake at 3:28 p. m. Best estimates said it lasted about two seconds, but ' it broke windows at Oxnard, 40 miles up the coast. No serious damage was reported. More heat today, said Uie weather bureau. Quakecasters were mum. TO FLORIDA MIAMI. Fla., April 17 (JPh-Harold E. SUssen, republican presidential aspirant, brought the GOP national campaign to Florida today. He arrived by air after an over night stop in Charleston. S. C to make a bid for Uie state's 16 con vention votes. . Called "Spy" fl JGSi Robert Magldoff (above), National Broadcasting corporation corres pondent at Moscow, has been accused by bis secretary, Cecelia Nelson, a Michigan girt who for merly worked for the U. 8. em bassy, of spying on the Soviet Union. The charge was made In a letter written to the government newspaper IxvesUa. according to the semi-official Tass agency. NEA telephoto Youths Held For Tearing Up Sign Posts Four teen-age boys with an eye for destruction were turned over to Juvenile authorities late Friday night by itate police after they admitted knocking dows more than a dozen state highway sign posU and ripping out a service sUUon air hose. B. J. Haudek, " operator ot the Pioneer store near Keno, called police and told them a car filled with young boys had been at his service station late Friday night and they had pulled out the air hose. The car then sped away. . En route to Uie Keno area, the investigating officer saw numerous sign posts splintered and torn from their bases. Near Keno the four were apprehended and at first said. they knew nothing about the. signs. The oaicarfound -whit ' paint on the car fender and later obtained admissions from the quartet. Police said previous reports had been received on two of Uie four and one had had his driver's li cense revoked in Juvenile court on two occasions. Youth Survives Second Smash-Up PORTLAND. April 17 0P Robert Jayne, 19. survived his second brush with death last night in a motorcycle-truck collision that killed a partner. ; . The cycle driver Herbert Nunley, 19. Portland, was killed outright. The more fortunate Jayne talked away from a hair-raising crash a week ago In which his automobile went out of control, snapped off a street sign, hit a billboard and utility pole, and rolled 60 feet down an em bankment Jayne, who suffered only a scalp cut when the cycle skidded Into the truck, said, "from now on, I'll walk." Communist Plot In Mexico Out MEXICO CITY, April 17 iVPr A communist plot to wreck all tele graph lines In Mexico was revealed today. An Important government official confirmed the fact but for the present, Uie communications office is making no comment. The official who told ot Uie plot said Secretary ot Communications Agustin Garcia Lopes immediately ordered measures to prevent any sabotage and also punishment ot the plotters. - i It could not be learned how many persons are involved or whether there have been arrests. Compromise Of Election To Stop Vote By FRANK O'BRIKN i ROMF, April 17 lTV-lUly's tn. terior minister held out a threat to day to suspend this' week-end' fate, tul eleeUon "if the liberty of the . vote should be compromised." The election tomorrow and Mon day. seaUng the first parliament of the lUllan republic, will test , whether IUly la to line up with RussU or the west, . j A popular front led by Uie com munists has striven to oust a mod" crate coalition government under ' the Christian democrats. Guards Posted Public security forces vorloualy announced as between 300,000 and 400,000 guarded the electlon-ev peace Uie country over today. Mario Scelba, whose Interior min istry controls police, said In his last campaign speech here last night: "The gmr eminent will be en the watch. If the liberty of the vote should be compromised. It would not nesiUto to Uke the moat radical measures, even the suspension of the elections." He repeated his oft-made charge that Genoa's communist mayor had Issued 30.000 false- voting certifi es tes, three to Soviet employes of the Genoa Russian consulate. Removed Fear 1 But he said the government's re cent show of strength had "re moved fear" lrom the minds of Italians. He said measures have been token "to assure that the elec tion will uke place In an atmo sphere of freedom." The speechmaklng campaign end. ed. apparently In peace, last mid night and a 32-hour pre-election cooling-off period began under. eablnet decree forbidding further political meetings. f The authoritative Rome news paper Messagero qnoted ChristUa Democratic Premier AlHrle de Gas Birl as saying in a Naoles interview last night he thought his party would do better this time than hi the eonstHuent assembly election of June , 1946. - ( Tn that elettimi ft rwillH n. cent of the vote and elected 307 or 5SF deputies. Both De Gasperl and Communist Leader Palmira Togllatti spoke In tne wlndup ot campaigning. . . Western leaders and the Vatican have urged votes against commu nism, f v -i PcJice sontst hidden. arms last ; night through wide sectors around Rome, Naples and other big cities. No incidents had been reported serious enough to prejudice the vot ing. Bnt with reports the front has slipped in recent weeks, rumors have thickened that Uie communists would try to lighten the vote to their advantage by some means of intlmidaUon. 1 G. Q. D'Albini Death Learned G. Qulntus D'Albini, 63, for mora than 20 years engaged in the ac counting and legal business here, died April IS at Medford aftor lingering Illness, according to word received here today. Mr. D'Albini for many years ap portioned his time between otflcea at Klamath Falls and Medford. He engaged extensively In municipal auditing, and audited books for Klamath Falls. Lakevlew, Malln, and other municipalities and school districts. - He was born May t, 1885 at Boerae, Texas. In 1926, while a res ident of Medford, he began ac accounUncy in Klamath Falls, and shared offices with Wilson Wiley, local attorney, for about 20 years. He was a member ot Uie American Bar association. Other affiliations Included the Masonic and Scottish Rite lodges at Medford and the Elks at Klam ath Falls. Survivors Include his widow, Mrs. Marie D'Albini; two daughters, Mrs, Ruth Mondat of Medford and Mrs. Corlnne Brlggsf of Lexington, N. C: a son, Weldon D'Albini of Medford. Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Monday at the Perl funeral home In Medford. with burial at Uie ICOF cemetery there. Constellation Crashes In Eire, Killing 30 w Y Ti v r ct ' x , ? i - -a - .l 1 . I li''i,rv I I Thirty persons. 19 of them Americans, were reported killed In the wreck of a Fan-American Werld Airways Constellation, "Empress of the Skies," at Shannon airport, Eire. There wae one survivor, Mara Worst, a Callfornlan. Photo shows general view ot wreckage. The plane, bound frosa London to New York, erashed while trying to land. 9
