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nn tlirNO worita are written, about
mid-morning, Uio newa la acveral
degrrra Iras Interesting I h n a
'inn lur ftimiuiiil report. Wo irin'l
Hard to Hint, We've been fed
iiiiik mi lilulily spired ilnvrlopuiriiix
Umt we tlmi'l know how to handle
inrro run til the mill atiiff.
A iinlrl liny In til"- news worries
.la. Wo mt llkn iwoplti llvlnit In tho
iliawocl of a volinnu. Whrn overy
thliill U'X-n qtilM, 'we wonder l( a
new rxplculiin In building tip.
QltANUU mid DuUhraa counties,
III New York, make the datelines
wlUl a atory about Hull Willi a
hnimovrr. Tliny wore to wobbly
thry arouard the rurliully of flah
rrinrn, who aturlrd trucking buck
Hi the crrrk Ui find what II waa
II about and found a den of lary
mooltahlllrra.
These unworthy clllrrns had I
ttartrd up a big mill. At flrat they
were cagry and carried their by
. product mash back Into the woimIs
.jnd burled It. Hut thai took work,
and like a lot of the real of m
thry were liked by work Ho (hey
alarted dumping II Into the nearby
atreain. What hapieued fillowed
In loKlral order.
Even nKMiiuhlnera, you arc. have
to work or they grl Into trouble.
UK del a alnnl on modern life
when we Irani that In the ahurl
lime they lid 0erttled i before
UuUneaa proved their undoiiiKi they
had cheated the iioveriiineut 0111 of
a hull million dollnrn In alcohol
uvea.
That spalliithla another intcrrst
hui nuxlern altuatlon. If It weren't
for the wicked nutltuilon nf In
toxicating liquor, the clllu-n In
llire daya would have to did far
rteeer Into hla porkrl to produce
the run to pay the sharply In
creased Income taxea that would
follow.
It certainly Is cockeyed world.
THE atory u a find for tome
New Yurk reporter. He led off
hn tale with a reference to the
"pickled pickerel." Pickerel may In
habit amall brooks back In New
York, but It xi Utla la the flrat
lime till writer tvrr heard of II.
QKANCIE, Texaa lhu aeeiru la be
orange morning in the newai
craahed the wlrea with a atory
about a, btuineaa man who found
aeveral of the old bed-shrel C10
lulls we used to uae. Bring In a
frlvoloiia mixxl, he offered Uiem
lor aale for $ft each.
4 Fifty-nine men In row turned
N I he deal down, Tliey . were much
too smart to bite on any sal Ilka
thai. The (Oth customer took It on.
Yea, he was a woman. You can't
fool a woman on a bargain.
THIS appears to be a funny-money
day In Hie newa.
In Uluefleld. Weat Virginia, a
merchant opens a new atore and
by way of fixing hla placer In the
public mind he advertlara that he
will aell each adult euatomer two
one-dollar billa for 89 renta each.
He didn't gel taken enough to
make II even Intereatlng although
he did rexrl that one ciutomrr
grumblmgly remarked thai guerilla
la more than any modern dollar la
worth.
People are funny, you may wlse
crack. They're more than that. They're
pretty amart. Some aap may come
along once In a blue moon and
offer ymi a perfectly good dollar
. for BO centa, but It won't happen
often enough to be worth while.
IT would be a weird day Indeed It
Russia didn't get Into the newa.
Red Star iHovlel army newspaper!
aavea ua from that by charging
thla morning thnl the "imperialist"
powera fan "Imperialist" power la
any country that RiimIii doean'l
like) are lending two or three
tlmea aa many aplea Into Russia
aa Into any "bourgeois" state.
That, of course, la true. We're
afraid of Russia. We can't figure
rut what she la up to, and we're
always suspicion! of people we
V can't figure out. So we send In
" spies to find out.
Another odd fact la that nobody
loves a spy, but aa the world Is
and hns been orgnntard we Just
couldn't gel along without 'em.
New Secretary
I'M i
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Charles W. Nawyrr (above) of
4 Cincinnati, O,, former I). H, em
baaaarior to Belgium, la reported
to have been offered the poal of
secretary of commerce by Presi
dent Truman.
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KUHS Class Contestants For Crown Of Track Queen
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Three four allrartlve glrla have been chorn bv their varloua rlaaars to romprle for the title ef Track Meet Queen. One of the four,
rhorn on the baala of Irark meet ticket aalra, will be crowned Friday, April M. The track meet la slated here May 1. From left to right,
llrlly rlnnlfrr, Irr.hnian. dauihler of Mr. and Mrs. Jamra Plnnlirr; Sandra Moore, sophomore, daufhter of Mr. and Mra. Henry W. Moore;
Drvrrly Youni. Junior, dauihler of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Youm; Trudy Bennett, senior, dauihler of Mrs. Myrtle Mae Bennett.
Operators Consider Tossing Problem Of Miner
Pensions Back Into The Lap Of John L Lewis
WASHINGTON. April !4 (
Mine operators talked today of lose
Ing the whole thorny problem of
pensions for miners Into the lap of
I'nlon Leader John L. Iwls.
An Industry spokesman aald oper
ators are considering a plan under
whlrh thry would pay Lewis' I'nltrd
Mine Workrra 10 rents a ton on all
coal mlnrd Instead of paving It In
to a fund and Ihrn Irt I he union
use the money aa It aers fit.
The aim would be to remove all
ottcratnr control over miners' prn
atom and avoid dispulea like the
one which caused the six-week mine
strike now ending.
The present contract, due to ex
pire June SO, hu plied up a I '.13 ,000.
ooo pension fund from a 10-cent
tonnage royalty paid by the opera
tors. An aireemenl reached by twa of
the fand'a trustees Lewis for the operators expires within that pe
mlnra and Senator Bridies (B- riodt ,n(j that Is expected to cause
N. H.l neutral member would par , ,Pmihi i.4. helleverf I
iltO monthly pensions to all miners , c0nlr4ot -nlcn wou)d m.
elude a pay Increase and other con
cessions besides a big boost In the
Fliers Safe
After Crash
NEW YORK. April J4 ! Plve
navy filers rescued from the Icy
waters of the Atlantic last night
after they were forced to abandon
their medium bomber arrived here
today on the U, S. liner Washing
ton. The plane, a twin-engined Nep
tune, sank niMHil two minutes after
they ditched It. The men spent
uboul three and a halt hours In
rubber life rafts about 40 miles west
of Nantucket light before the
Washington roamed them.
Except tor being chilled from Im
mersion In the water before they
clambered onto the rafts, the men
suffrrrd no III effecls. The sea was
calm and after thry had lnshed the
two rafta together thry said they
spent mosl of the time "Joking"
until rescuers arrived.
The men, based at the Quonset,
R. I., naval air station, were re
turning from a routine navigational
flight to Hrrmuda when the plane's
engines fulled.
The pilot. Lt. Harvey H. nouzer.
36, of Salisbury, N. C . gave orders
to ditch the plane. He said It hit
Die water with "not much of a
Jnll and we were out In about IS
seconds."
Stassen. Taft
it On Atom
Spl
CLEVELAND, April 24 Pi Har
old K. Stassen disagreed today with
lib. Ohio primary rival, Sen. Robert
A. Taft, on confirming the new ap
pointment of Dnvld E. Llllenthnl as
chairman of the atomic energy com
mission. "Unless there Is some new evi
dence why 1 ,111ml Iml should not be
confirmed," Stassen told a news
conference, "this should be done."
Tuft said In a rndlo nppenrnnca
here Inst, night he still opiwued Lll
lenthnl. ' He was one of the lenders
In the unsuccessful fight ngulnst the
orlKluiil appointment In HI40. Presi
dent Trumnn hns nominated Llllen
thnl for n new five-year term.
The Ohio senator snld it seemed
likely the sennlc would Insist on re
cess appointments for the five men
limned by the president, this week,
Including Llllenthnl. Many mem
bers of the senntn nre. ngnlnst the
Idea of rnrrylng the appointments
over Into n four-year presidential
term, ho snld.
Slnssen snld "I think It's tho
wiling brnnd of politics to consider
appointments on an entirely politi
cal basis, Llllenthnl should be
Judged solely on the basil ot quali
fications and fitness."
ovrr it yrars of agr who rrtlrrd
alnre May :, IS41. with more than
20 yrara In the pita.
The operators, through Erra Van
Horn, the Industry trustee, opposed
that settlement. Van Horn has at
tacked the Brldges-Iwls agreement
In court, arguing that the Taft
Hartley act would be violated If
any payments are made wlthoul his
signature.
Nrvrrthrlrae, the strike whlrh
started March IS waa on the way to
a peaceful end today and normal
production tu axperlrd ta rrawne
bv Monday.
Before that was achieved. Lewis
and the United Mine Workers had
been fined 11.420.000 (or criminal
contempt of a court back-to-work
order of April 3.
Justice T. Alan (ioldsborouih,
who onre before had aoanked !.cwf
and the anion for dlsretardlng a
court order to rnd a strlkr. yratrr
riav postponrd Indrflnltrly anr
furlhrr srntrnce on a second rhargr
of rlvll rontrmpt.
Mennwhtle. Ooldsborough grant
ed the government an Injunction for
an estimated SO days, during which
netrntintlons are supposed to be car
ried out,
Ilut the miners' contract with the
operators' periston contributions.
Lewis has argue1 that the present
10 rent 'royalty Is to smalt gome
t'MW district committees, prepar
ing 1841 contract rrcoaammdmtlons,
have propoard a 44 eent royalty to
provide the additional keneflta Lew
is would ltke( for the miners.'
That prompted the mine owners
to consider the let-Lewls-do-lt pen
non plan, the operator spokesman
said.', ..i J. x
Bend's Osprey
Shot To Death
BEND, April 34 iVi Bends so
phisticated osprey Is dead.
The bird, whlrh had a 64 -Inch
spread, got used to crowds and un
concernedly went about Its business
of diving on fish in Mirror pond,
while the public watched. It was
one of the city's major tourist at
tractions. Its body was found In the part
here. Someone had shot II.
Pickled Fish
Hook 'Shiners
NEW YORK, April 14 0P A
(lock ot tippling fish. landed IS men
yesterday right Into federal court.
The picketed pickerel and their
finny friends were given credit for
hooking IS alleged bootleggers, ac
cused ot plying their trade at
stills In Orange and Dutches! coun
ties. New York.
I The men were Indicted yesterday
on charges of defrauding the gov
I emmem of $520,000 In ' alcohol
! taxes.
They were reeled In, V. S. At
torney Robert Mitchell said, when
they got too laxy to carry the mash
from their stills to a forest near
by. Instead. Mitchell said, they
dumped It Into a brook that ran
by one of their moonshine ma
chines. . .
The mash killed so many fish
that local anglers got suspicious.
. Their complaints' started federal
agents angling around and led to
a raid on the stills.
Judging At
Four-H Fair
Ends Friday
Secretary
To Tackle
Home Issues
WASHINGTON. April 24 'P
Secretary of Mate Marshall re
turned to Washington today to dral
with thr "Important events" he said
necessitated his leaving the Bogota
Inter-American conference. j
The secretary's plane reached the
airport here at a. m. IESTI after
au ovrmlght flight from Bogota.
Marshall stepped off looking
chipper despite the long hours on
the nlane. With him were William
McChesney Martin, president of the
Export-Import bank, and Marshall
S Carter, an aide.
Talking with reporters. Marshall
gave no Indication of the "Important
events" which he said yesterday In
Bogota necessitated his return to
Washington.
End Seen Soon
The secretary said he was sorry to
leave the Bogota conference before
the end. but added that he expects
It will wind up next week with
agreement on a number of im
portant matters.
"We had reached decisions on
most of the fundamental considera
tions, particularly as to the organic
pact." Marshall continued.
"There rrmalns the problem of
economic consideration but vrry
good progress has been made tn
reaching a derision regarding many
Issues involved."
Assistant Secretary of State Ar
mour has taken over chairmanship
of the delegation.
Officials here generally expressed
the view that the secretary was
coming home not to deal with any
particular crisis but to tackle prob-
whtch . accumulated since ' he
Forrestal OlCs
Compromise On
Defense Set-Up
'WASHINGTON, April 24 iD A compromise plan wrapping up
limited unlveraal military training program with a temporary draft
had the aupport of Hecretary of Defense Forreatal today.
Faced with mounting congressional opposition to a separata UMT
program, Forrestal yesterday agreed to accept temporarily a merger
proposal advanced by members of the senate armed services eommittea.
In a second major strategy switch on defense plans, Forrestal aald
In a letter to Chairman Gurney (H-8.D.I: "I believe It will give us a
maximum military strength for a minimum of cost." But ha addedi
NOT ADEQUATE
,"I do not regard this proposal a an adequate substitute for UMT."
He asked that the compromise be followed "aa soon aa possible" by a.
permanent universal training pro--
Irani.
Friday was another big day at the
Klamain county 4-H club spring
fair. In spite of the uncertain
weather visitors came and went dur
ing the day and evening.
Judging of exhibits was completed
Friday n.ght and Judging demon
stration! In cooking and sewing con
tinued throughout Saturday, cli
maxing the three -day show with the
style review and presentation ot
awards which will occur at 7:30
o'clock tonight, Saturday. '
Exhibits will be released at 9:30
tonight .and may be picked, up then ; leras
or Sunday. ' ' I left March 38.
Contest and exhibit Judges were!
Mrs. Wlnnlf red K. allien and Mrs. '
Oeraldlne Danxl, assistant state club I
leaders: Helen P. Stlne. home de- f
monslration agent: Mrs. Isa belle j
Brtxner, county school office: Dr.
Seth M. Kerron, county health de
partment: Harold B. Ashley, county
school superintendent: Francis N.
Scapple. KUHS woodworking in
structor: Charlie Read. Read's Sad- i 60.000.000 of the nation's 145.000.000
dlery shop: Scott P. Clevenger. Lake i people will go on daylight saving
The drive fur abandonment of the
separate UMT plan broke out at
yesterday's closed session of the
senate committee. Senator Baldwin
fR-Conn.i and others asked:
1. That UMT trainees be taken
only for six months Instead of the
proposed six months basic training
plus six months special training
with one of the regular services.
2. That they be trained with
other recruits. Including draftees.
This, they said, would ia avoid
setting up separate camps and
barracks costing extra millions,
and bi dispense with more than
93.000 officers and men who would
be needed as Instructors.
3. That after six months the
UMT trainees be allowed to enlist
In the national guard or. some
other reserve unit. This would
enable them to remain at home
or in school while completing
training.
No Agreement
Forrestal did not agree to these
terms. He said the armed services
would supply their own Ideas later.
Chairman Gurney said the plan
should allow the armed services and
active reserve units "to fill their
ranks with trained men almost Im
mediately." "But I still think we must hare
a long range UMT In order to eat
down the costs and size' of Large
regular forces in the future," Gur
ney said.
Forrestal's action marked the
second revision in the administra
tions defense program. Earlier this
week he agreed to expand the air
force from 55 to 66 groups and
boosted manpower ceilings by 61,000
to a 1,795.000 total for the army,
navy and air force.
Jews Step
Up Drive
On Haifa
JERUSALEM. April U (TV-Jewish
fighters lashed out today at tht
Arab village of Balad Esh Sheikh III
then- drive to seize all approaches le
conquered Haifa, ,
The battle for the village firs
miles southeast of Haifa on tht
road to Nsareth raged most of the
night. At dawn the Arabs asked
Haganah, the Jewish militia, for a
truce, British army authorities said.
This was agreed upon with the
stipulation that the Arabs hand
over their arms to Haganah. Only
22 rlflei were yielded by the Arabs,
and the Jew: refused them with an
ultimatum to renew the attack un
less all arms were surrendered.
'Arab Refusal
The Arabs would not a "pt, and
the Jews opened fire at, ' i. Tn
army Interceded and negotiated a
cease fire order to permit British
personnel to evacuate women and
children from the Tillage.
The Holy Land was mostly quiet
otherwise on the Jewish Sabbath
following; last night's Seder celebra
tion opening the week ot passover.
Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham
British high commissioner for Pal
estine, maintained today that Arabs
provoked the Jewish attack la
Haifa.
Time Change
Due Sunday
NEW YORK. April 24 iPv-Some
county club agent.
Special awards for contest and
demonstration winners were do
flrms. Francis Skinner and Joan Howell,
nated by 2S Klamath Falls business
county club agent and assistant,
were In charge of the fair.
Final decision of Judges will be
announced next week.
Srrorojer In Rocket Takeoff
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The Boeing XB-4T Hlralojrt, the V,' 8. air force's newest bomber,
trails plumrs of smoke as It sooma skyward In a rocket-assisted takeoff
at Mosea Lake air force baae In Waahlngton. Eighteen rocket mount! on
each aide of the plane's 108-foot fuselage, are used In heavy load take
off! and for emergency power needs. Six turbo-jet engines supply
normal power. Flane la first bomber with swept-back wings.
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Ice Poses
Fish Problem
More than 40.000 rainbow trout,
seven inches or belter in length,
were planted In Lake o' the Woods
this past week by the Oregon state
fish and game commission.
Fishing season opens May 1. but
whether or not fishermen will be
allowed Into the area on that date
was still a matter to be settled j
die commission. The point of argu
ment lies In the fact that fishing
through the Ice is illegal, according
to the code book and from 12 to 18
Inches of ice still covers Lake o' the
Woods.
Jack Outcher. co-owner of the re
sort, was advised by the commission
that this was a question which never
before had confronted that august
body and the commissioners would
have to mull lt over. It will prob
ably affect other mountain lakes
which are Ice bound.
A decision Is expected early next
week, Dutcher said today. He came
down from the lake last night and
reported the road In poor condition
and advised against travel Into the
lake area.
Blast Rocks
Esso Refinery
EL SKOUNDO, Calif., April 24
If) The second explosion and fire
In less than five months periled
Standard Oil of California's giant
El Segundo refinery today.
It was listed as extinguished five
hours, after a blast rocked much
of the harbor section at 3:30 a. m.,
and sent a towering pillar of
flames and smoke visible IS miles
away mushrooming skyward.
Aside from minor Tnuns to fire
men, the company said there were
no casualties. An Investigation was
started to determine the cause.
Company officials said a fire, which
broke out 36 minutes before the
blast, permitted many workmen to
get safely away before a gasoline
treating plant went up with an
earthquake-like roar.
time tomorrow. The switching hour
Is 2 a. m. when conforming clocks
will be set forward 60 minutes.
Although "fast time" has won
new converts this year, widespread
observance will be pretty much
limited to the heavily-populated
northeastern section of the country.
As usual, rural areas in general will
shun it.
Most railroads and airlines will
continue to operate on standard
time.
Three radio networks. CBS, ABC
and MBS, will move their programs
ahead an hour.
NBC, however, will broadcast on
daylight time In the East. The pro
grams will be recorded and then
re-transmitted from Chicago to
stations In the Middle West and
West where summer time generally
won't be observed.
Most of the country will return to
standard time September 26. In
California and Nevada, however,
daylight time is scheduled to con
tinue until next January as a power
conservation measure.
Green Quits
Sheriff Race
The widely publicized sheriff con
dldate list was reduced, to 18 today
when Joe E. Green announced his
withdrawal from the republican
race.
Green declared he was withdraw
ing in favor of Jack Franey, deputy
sheriff and also a republican can
didate. Green said that he has
assumed additional duties in the
marine corps league and for other
personal reasons decided to pull out
of the contest.
Schwellenbach
In HAcnifa!
III llVaJJJIIUI
NEW YORK, April 24 WV-Secretary
of Labor Lewla Schwellen
bach Is in Fort Jay regional hos
pital. Governors Island, under
treatment for an "upper respira
tory Infection.''
An army spokesman said that
the secretary. Is "doing as well as
could be expected."
Schwellenbach was removed to
the hospital with a temperature
when he arrived in New York Wed
nesday aboard the Cristobal from
a non-official trip to Panama, the
army said.
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham,
USA, President Truman's physi
cian, visited the secretary at the
hospital yesterday.
Dollar Bills
Slow On Market
Short Ride, But
Big Pay Made
NEW YORK. April 24 iP) The
taxlcab's meter said "40" when a
niece of Winston Churchill's step
ped from her first solitary cab ride
nf ft fpw hlnrk-c here the other rinv.
Miss Clarissa Churchill reached -iUr bills don't Mil very welj
into her handbag and pulled out $40.
"Thank you, lady, and I hope you
have a lovely time." said the driver,
who stepped on the gas.
"I must have been bemused." ex
plained Miss Churchill today. "The
driver and I had been chatting
about his experiences in England."
Miss Churchill is the daughter ot
the former prime minister's younger
brother. Major John S. Churchill
and of Lady Gwendellne Churchill.
. BLUEFIELD, W. Va.. April 34 (1
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here even for 89 cents. t
By way of advertising for his new .
store, Olln Austin offered to sell
each adult customer two one-dollar
bills for 89 cents apiece.
But most people thought ther
was some catch to lt and business
has been "pretty slow," Austin re
ported today.
Some hard to please customer
have even grumbled that 89 cents la
more than a dollar Is worth, anyhow.
AAUW Leaders Gather At State Meet In Lakeview
The
Lakeview chapter, American Association of University Women, was host group at the state amc '
ference of AAUW In Lakeview thli week-end. Left to right. Miss Beryl Holt of Hcaltle, North Tacitfe rj
glonal fellowship chairman; Dr. Kathryn Mellale, Washington, D. C, general dlrectori Mra Erie Joha
ton of Spokane, North Pacific regional vice president; Mrs, John O. Burcham, Salem, president ef fnl
Oregon division of AAUW; Mrs. Richard Proebstel, Lakeview, president of the Lakeview branch.
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