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T-IIKUK la blood on tlie moon In
Washington tllla lllol tllllil.
Tho houtc u( rcptraiiitallvra armed
Icrvlirt coiiiinlttcu rrroiiiiiii'iida In
mnjollly report 1 1 in pitaange o( Ihn
Aiulicwa hill tu droll men Irnin IU lo
311 for two yciua. The report miya:
" lint committee bi'lli'vra tins Soviet
Union uiuy now bo wilhnu tu rink a
ahiiwilnwii Willi the United Btulr
, , , To lurriiUll tilth ruali tlrcl
lun by Jtiiaalnu leaders, tlila country
ahould strengthen Ita ground and era
tones through MANl'OWEIt
umrr."
The rnHit thru siltla:
"A 70-groiip nlr lorcc la NOT a
ubaUlute lor aclciilvo service.''
TIIK coiiunltlra hat 'J'S mriiibcra.
'fweniy-cluhl of tlirm voted to
provide the inrn lo man the iim
chlnra ul war. the other live (In
armed and brounht In a minority
report, III which Uiey aaaert:
"Tllla (draft bill to provide tile
ten to nmu the mnehlneai U a
J-ltlKIHAM roll WAX. We do not
believe thai a aound and adequate
Urfciiae ayatem require the police
atale inethoila ol COMPULSION."
The minority retwrl coucludea:
"Passage of Ule Andlowa (drafll
bill would be one ol the innat tragic
error thai could be couiuiittrd by
cougrcaa ... 11 would be Interpreted
by all nalloiu ot the world lo mean
that Una country eapecia war."
t K i t) add a word here on thla coin
pulalon bualnraa.
You're COMPKLLEU to pay your
taxea, aren't you?
HupixMr wur laara were on a vol
nuteer baalt. How many people would
volunteer to pay?
TIIKItE would be aome. ot courae.
Aa a matter ol (act, there would
be MANY. Tito number would run
into Uie inllllmu. 'Hie maaaea of our
people are far more loyal, patriotic
and KKALIST1C than the politician
give them credit for.
They know that war coat money.
If our government called for volun
tary contribution with which to
fight a war. the rraixiuse would run
una the blllloiu.
HUT IT WOUI.ONT HE KNOUOIf.
The way lo finance a war la by
compulaory collection of taxea, tu
thai the TRIM I' aa well aa the
1.I1IKKAL will have to do their aharr.
Tlie way Ui provide the matiower la
by mean of a draft, ao Uial those
who hanif bark, aa well aa thoac who
route forward and offer their llvet
freely, will have lo do their part.
All hituiry about that Icaaou.
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WVKRYHOWY In congrcs knowt
Uial la true allhoouh there are
tome who refuae lo admit It.
Tllla u the point:
TIIKIIK AUK M-INKLESS HCH'I.S
IN CONQItKHH WHO WOULD
L1KR TO IXHKIE THE ISSUE OK
A MANPOWKIl DRAFT UNTIL
AFTfcR THE ELECTION THIS
FALL.
Hence the oppuallion lo the draft
NOW.
THIS minority report taya paaaajte
of a draft bill now would be In
lerpretrd lo mean that thla country
"rxiiect war "
That Isn't quite true. What It
would mean la thla: America ex
pert to be HEADY If war comet In
apite of all we can do.
If war haa to comr, It's far better
to be ready Ulan NOT to be ready.
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Gas Curb Said
Unnecessary
LOS ANGKLES, My ft ofl
Gasoline ratlonlmi now la totally
unnecessary, Uie American Petrole
um Institute Insist.
Sneaking for the Institute, Pro
ducUon Vice Prealtli'iit Jako L.
Hnmon said yenlerday: 1
"Our stocks on hand don't In
dicate the need for alien a riroatlo
atnp except In Uie extremely un
likely event of another war."
He an Id any Iden of raUonlng
now Indicates "striving In some
.quarters toward federal control of
the oil Industry."
j Huch a hint was contained In a
"house armed forces committee re
port Thursday.
Couple Held
In Death Of
Yreka Baby
VIIIKA. May 1 Murder rhanea
were filed here altortly before noon
Friday agalnat Lawrenoe K. Itay, 24,
Yreka Inauranre agent, and lilt wife,
Donna, 24.
The two are held In connection
with the death of the couple'a 7-week-old
ton, Lawrence K. Hay 2nd,
whose badly decomposed body waa
found early thla morning In the
bedroom of the Itay home In Yreka.
INHKItT "COUPLE HELD"
Iloth are held without ball and
late yealerday were arraigned be
fore Justice of the Peace Clifford E.
Duller. Neither hat retained legal
cuuuarl.
The baby had evidently been dead
about one week. Officers said death
waa apparently due to malnutrition.
Young Itny, fonncrl, of Klumuth
Falla, Is held In the county Jail. He
la the son of Mrs, J, frank Adams
of Merrill.
Ilia wife, who It reported to have
acted In a strungo manner recently,
was taken to the Siskiyou General
hoapitul for observation.
Also being cared for at the hospi
tal Is Victoria Ellen, lS-month-old
daughter of the couple.
Police ("ailed
Murder charge were filed on Mr.
and Mra. Hay on a complaint signed
by Clly Police Officer Bill Wlnnop
who, with other authorities, was
called to Uie scene early this morn
ing. tllarovery of the body waa made
after Kay called a local physician
about I a. m. concerning the baby.
The phtalrlan notified authorities
on arrival at the nay home.
On being questioned by officers.
Itay said he had known nothing
about the child's death until Just
before he called the e -lor.
He said he had not been sleeping
In the same room with his wife
w ho had been In 111 health since the
birth of the last child.
Kay also told officers he had not
seen the Infant for one week. City
police suld Hay told them his wife
kept the bsby In a bedroom with Uie
door closed and refused to let him
sea the boy. .
Wife Questioned
Under questioning. Mrs. Ray said
she Uiouuht her child had been
dead about one week.
The young wife staled the had not
been In the bedroom where the child
was found, since she discovered the
baby had died. She told officers she
had stopped feeding the baby after
It refused to eat.
When aaked wny she hsd not told
her husband about the child's death,
.Mrs. Kay said:
"I was scared."
When asked what the was afraid
of, she replied:
"I don't know."
An autoiisy was performed on the
Infant's body this morning and
specimens of the child's organs sent
to the California state laboratory
for analysis to determine Uie exact
cause of death.
No date has been set (or the Inquest.
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Russ-US Showdown Hinted
As Possibility As Solons
Push Plans For Defense
By HOWARD DOHKON try should strengthen Us ground and
W ASHINGTON. May S iP A ! sea forces through a manpower
congressional committee said today f drafL And It added:
It believes "the Horlet Union may j -A 70-group air force is not a suo
now be willing to riak a showdown" ,titute for selective service."
with the United Stales. ,. . . .
aviic kimic aim iiuiuc nave
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GOVERNOR DEWEY
To forcntall such a Hruh dcclilon
by KuaiUn lrftdrn, the houic srnied
errlccs committee said, this coun-
Thr S100 Aillrr mward BrholanhiD for mUaUclankhlD went to 8-ror
old vlollniftt F.thrl IavitU fifth trader at Mtllt. Ethel won over 24 hov
cometuanu in ine ivi iin uanorium in mn.
Yhite House
Talks Slated
On Railroads
WASHINGTON'. May IPi Rail
road operator representatives and
union leaders were ealled to the
White House for afternoon confer
ences today in a drive to avert the
railroad strike set for Tuesday.
A White Home, official said there
was no Immediate plan to bring
then, together lor Joint discussions.
Mills Fifth Grader Judged
Winner Of Adler Scholarship
This official explained that John
r. Steelman. presidential assistant.
so tar nas louna no oasis on wnicn
A tiny little fifth grader from
I mills liouiru ucr iiimj i.ir
hearts of three Judges and latt
j night walked off with Uie f 100
I Adler award scholarship.
The winner, 8-year-old Ethel
Leavltt. Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Leavlit, 1318 NimlU.
She has studied violin for eight
months from Frank 8. Long and
the brief period of study, hand In
approved expanding the nation's air
arm from 55 to 70 groups over the
next five years. But as yet they
have taken no action on President
Truman's request for a temporary
draft and universal military train
ing. Stinging Dissent
The house groups lormal report
accompanied by a stinging dissent 1 . ,Knl
by a live-man miium?y-w -1 f"P
conlirmed the top priority they
ivc given au aeiense leg 1x1 anon
McKay Hits
Sale Of Land
At Coos Bay
PORTLAND, May 8 WV-A school
between now and Uie June 19 ad
journment date.
The committee majority recom
mended prompt passage of a bill by
Chairman Andrews IR.-N. Y.) to
draft men from 19 through 25 for
two years' sendee. The committee 1
approved the measure 28 to 5 last
Monday.
The majority report's warning of
possible Russian showdown inten
tions coincided with a statement by
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright that the
Russians would launch an all-out
war only as a "last resort."
In a letter to republican congres-
Misplaced Paint
Proves Expensive
TRENTON, N. J May 8 (Ti
Hie stale of New Jersey today was
out IB'JO because a can of paint
was placed on the wrong side ol
a fence.
A highway employe put the can
Inside a fence beside a rural road.
A cow ambled along, ate Uie paint
and promptly died.
The stato awarded 620 to Parm
er Stanley Roberts, owner of the
cow.
Russia Moves To Force
US Troops Out Of Korea
Ity BOY IIOlU'.ltTS
8HOUL, May 8 (iv-llussln moved
today lo form the American hand
In Korea as prn-rlccllnn red ter
rorism hit Hooul, national capital
and hcaduuiirtcrs of the American
rone, for the first time.
Lt. Clen. a. P. Korotkov, Soviet
rnmniandrr of North Korea, an
nounced "arrangements have been"
made for tliri Immediate) withdraw
al of his troops to "mnkr American
troops withdraw from Korea si
multaneously," Ills aiinouiiienicul did not name
any specific dntn for the withdraw
a! and was so worded as to leave
some doubt that the Russians even
Intended to gel nut at all. Simi
lar proposals prcvlou.ily have been
rejected by the llnltffl States.
" Korotkov, former Russian com
mander on the Estonian front,
lnndo Ills niinnuncrmciit In a let
ter to Klin Doo-bong, chairman of
the recent north-south unity con
ference In Pyongyang. The letter
was broadcast on Mia Pyongyang:
radio. The conference, dominated
by Korean communists, urged both
I'usslan and American troops to
lcnvo tho country, i
' Kornlkav iiessetl sympathy
with tho conference's demand and
recalled Uial tho Soviet govern
ment made the same proposal In
the United Sttiles-Sovlet Joint com
mission negotiations and before the
United Nations assembly.
Negotiations by the U. 8.-Sovlct
Joint commission looking to the
establishment of a Korean provi
sional government broke down com
pletely last year after tlie com
manders In tho two rones were
tillable to agree on practically any
thing. At the beginning nf the discus
sions, tho Soviets refused to con
sult Korean leaders who had op
posed the occupation. Tho IT, S.
held nut for consultation with all
Korean factions In establishment
of the provisional government.
After tho fallurn of tho Joint
commission efforts, the Soviet
North Korean commander last
year proposed that occupation
forces of both nations bo with
drawn simultaneously, permitting
the Koreans to organize their own
government. Tlie U. 8. rejected
tho plan and It was noled that tho
Korean communist had developed
an army of 300,000 men. South
Korean moderate lenders have re
peatedly warned that if the U. 8.
gets out It will bo but R mat t or of
days until that, army takes over
South Korea.
Action Bogs
On Hawaii
contestants and Uie winner.
In addition to the scholarship,
presented annually by Dr. George
II. Adler of i Klamath Falls, tea
promising young musician for the
advancement of his musical
studle. were three certificates of
j merit for outstanding performance.
I These went to Constance Lam
I nropulos of Mills. Dlano: Patsv
WASHINGTON. May 8 or. The : Young, Fremont Junior high, voice;
senate insular affairs committee Jean Adams. Roosevelt, piano,
voted today 7 to 5 to defer action Others competing were. Billy
at this time on Hawaii's appllca- Huuser, Conger, piano; Paul Mun
tlon for statehood. I son. Fainiew. alto horn: Florence
Tlie motion to defer action on j Lampropulos. Mills, violin; Oloria
a subcommittee report recommend- I Stolk. Mills, piano; Mary Ann Mim
ing that the territory become the j son. Falrview. piano: Sue Ramsby,
48th stale was offered by Senator Fremont, piano; Beverly Hunt. Fre
Milllkln iD-Coloi. The motion 1 mont Junior high, voice: Marlon
has the effect of sidetracking the i Mulllns. Falrview. piano; Ronnie
Hawaliun statehood measure for i iiersnocrger, Fremont Junior high.
nana wiui uie oowmg ana execu- Str.man then Invited leader, of
lion oi ine owing am or ihe three raU uniora Involved In the
Stlska. won her Uie award. , dl,plltt lnd tne operator,. lpokra-
Twenty-four student, both boy, mtn come lUfrnMn ,5
and girls, competed last nlghl In : mnule intervals,
the KUHS auditorium. Judges were j At ,ne ouuwt at least lhe meet.
Mrs. Mamie Olacomlnl of Merrill, wl ulce place ln oincrent
iviia. ncunicr niiu v. Wal
lace, both of Tulelake.
Andrew Loney Jr.
to bring Ulem (the management ; "jonai leaaeri urging the return ot
and union) together." Gtn- """k'm MacArthur to testify
Steelman spent more than two I on Preparedness plans. Wainwright
hours during the morning with four j sa'd:
spokesmen for railroad operators. , Revolution
There was no announcement as to 'He MacArthur i knows only too
progress U any ln these talks. lnal me Present enemies ot
I nigs win laae place in
I rooms.
I The leaders of Uie three railroad
announced ( brotherhoods were summoned for
1:15 p. m. (eastern standard time)
and the management official at
t :30 p. m.
The rail f f iriala upon leaving the
the morning talk with Steelman
appeared cheerful. They referred
any questions as to progress to tlie
While House. One commented that
"there Just isn't anything to say."
Tlie strike of engineers, firemen
and enginemen, and switchmen Is
set for Tuesday morning. If it takes
place as scheduled. Uie nation's
trains will stop running.
this session of congress. Piano: George Vlahos. Fremont,
The statehood measure, already I clarinet; Ann Henderson. Roose
n.ed bv the house, received a ve ' Plan.: """ Huodart. Roose-
major setback yesterday when the
! veil, violin; Theresa Borgen. Fre-
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senote republican policy commit- i 7,"' rr"' "--w. ""
tec failed to put It on a list ol
legislation for priority action at
Uils session.
Chairman Taft (R-Ohloi said
action on the measure "was dis
cussed at some length and not do
cldcd." It later was announced
that the bill was placed on a list
of measures on which action
"might be hod If time permitted." j
Crowd Jams
Music Show
Fifteen hundred persons filled the
big OV8 gymnasium yesterday as
the first post-war all county music
festival attracted many despite the
return appearance of winter In Uie
Klamath basin.
Massed choruses, bands and dance
groups went through their paces
with tho ease of long practice and
much credit was due Elisabeth
Henderson, supervisor of music In
the city schools, who directed the
ambitious performance.
The bands were outstanding, the
dances colorful and gay and the
chorus work was excellent as voiced
uy the thunderous applause granted
each number.
Performers included student from
the fifth grade through high school.
Gerrue. Fremont, piano; Judy Had
lcy, Roosevelt, piano; Florene Wam
suid, Falrview, flute; Stewart Camp
bell, Fremont, piano; Randall Blnk
lcy. Fremont Junior high, boss clar
inet: Lewis Frcdcrlckson, Riverside,
clarinet.
Knothole Gang
Invited To
Park Tonight
Members of the Knothole Gang
can sco tonight's scheduled base
ball game between tho Mcdford
Dodgers and Klamnth Gems far
9 cent and their Knothole mem
bership card.
This will be tho first oppor
tunity of the season for Knot
hole Gang admissions. Tho club
sponsored by tho Gems com
prises several hundred local
youngsters who have applied at
the baarooll club's downtown of
fice on S. Bth for membership
tickets.
Later In the season several
games will be set aside as en
tirely free for the Knotholo
Gang.
Egyptians Hit
At Palestine
CAIRO. May 8 (Ai A communl
que issued today by "command vol
unteer. southern front Palestine"
said Egyptian volunteers have pen
etrated about 30 miles into the
Holy Land.
The communique said:
"Our forces penetrated the fron
tiers and held their posts without
casualties.
"Some forces rushed to the
northern part of the front to help
the Arabs repulsing a Jewish at
tack t on Igaq Suweidan, sonic 50
kilometers north of the Egyptian
border town of Rata. This help
was successful.
"The people of Palestine received
our troops enthusiastically and
shouted for Arablsm, Egypt and
King Farouk."
(The status of the Egyptian vol
unteer force was not immediately
clear. Volunteers from other Arab
countries have been In Palestine
for some time.
(Unofficial Egyptian sources re
peatedly have reported Uiat a third
of Uie Egyptian army had been
massed on tho frontier near Rata,
which is on tho northeast Mediter
ranean corner of the Slnal peninsula).
Planes Readied
To Haul Teams
NEW YORK. May 8 m The air
plane, apparently hero to stay, will
hike over the Job of transporting
major league baseball players Tuos'
day If railroad service disappears
because of a strike.
Various airlines have been given
tho names of road secretaries of
the National league clubs by loop
President. Ford Frtck, who also has
Instructed his umpires to travel by
air, If necessary.
Wallace Backer
Stabbed To Death
CHARLESTON. S. C. May 8 iPi
The president of Charleston's Wal-lace-for-President
club was fatally
stabbed yesterday at the local na
tional Maritime union headquarters.
Detective Herman R. Berkman
said Robert New, port agent for
the NMU. died shortly after a fight
at the union headquarters, and that
Rudolph Sirrlo, 49. ot the Seaman's
home, was charged with murder.
Sirrlo was treated for cuts on Uie
arm. Berkman added.
New organized the Wallace-for-Prcstdent
group here.
United tSates and our world desire
first to accomplish U eir objective
of the destruction of our constitu
tional democracy by means of revo
lution and civil war.
"Their last resort only would be
real war from the land, sea and
air."
The Bataan hero, now retired,
said nothing to indicate he feels the
Russians are ready for such action.
But Uie house committee said re
cent Soviet moves in Europe-uch
as the-communlst victory hi Checho
slovakia have convinced it that
"Uie Soviet Union may now be wil
ling to risk a showdown on the as
sumption that the future can bring
only a worsening of the Soviet po
sition." This drew a sharp retort from the
minority headed by Rep. Short (R.
Mo.l. "This Is a program for war." de
clared the, five-man dissenting
group. "We do not believe that a
sound and adequate defense system
requires the police-state methods
of compulsion."
campaign for
governor in Oregon today.
State Sen. Douglas McKay. Salem,
republican candidate for nomina
tion as governor, started it last
night with an accusation that the
state land board had opened "the
door to looting of the states Irre
ducible school fund."
' He said ln a radio talk here
that the board sold tidelands near
Coos Bay last March for 81231.66,
and added the board's own apprais
er thought the property was worth
at least 89000.
He added. "The appraiser and
Uie clerk of Uie land board told
the board that it should not be
sold because Its value Justified an
annual lease of (225 a year."
He commented It was reminiscent
of early-day "political pirating of
state lands." and said. "The gov
ernor may be destroying established
and far-sighted policies while he
still maintains an appearance of
doing a good job."
Income from such properties Is
used for Uie state's irreducible
school fund.
Anti-Crime Club
Party Gets Rough
LOS ANGELES. Mav 8 ifh Police
Officer C. H. Hatter wondered to
day whether to go ahead with his
plan to form an anU-Juvenlle crime
club.
Hatter met with 50 students of
Manual Arts high school last night
to form the club when six former
students of a rival high school,
armed with liquor bottles, arrived.
Bodies Of Babies
Found In Greece
ATHENS, May 8 M"! Athens'
newspapers carried today a story
attributed to official sources that
bodies of 4.2 infants. apparenUy
strangled to death, were found by
soldiers in the Roumeli area.
Roumell is in south central
Greece where the army has been
pressing a campaign against communist-led
guerrillas. The story
said the Infants belonged to women
taken hostages by guerrillas. It
expressed belief the babies were
strangled to halt their crying,
which would have disclosed guer
rilla hiding places.
'Carpetbag'
Rule Over
Resource Hit
Governor Tom Dewey of Ne
York rolled Into the Klamath coun
try today on his statewide em
palgn for support for the republU
can presidential nomination and
he made this the place to demand
competent government administra
tion of development of the North
west's vast resources.
The Dewey party arrived at II
o'clock by bus from the Rogue
River valley, and went rapidly
through a tight schedule. This took
the New York governor to th
Geary ranch for a look at a pri
vate drainage project, to the court
house steps for a chance to meet
and speak to Southern Oregon
Northern California people, and to
Uie Willard hotel for luncheon
Regional Men
In remarks prepared for informal
presentation at the noon appear
ance. Dewey taid he believed in
regional admlnittration by "men
familiar with the needs and prob
lem of the region and not by
three boreaucrat sitting in Wash
ington." He put In a plug for a westerner
for secretary of Uie interior, charg
ing that administration of resources
by "carpetbag rule" had been going
on too long.
"I am always overwhelmed by the
wealth of natural resources in tha
Northwest." said Dewey. "I be
lieve we should develop your rivers,
reclamation. Irrigation and hydro
electric power ln thi great western
area.
"The grazing lands, reclamation.
Irrigation and much of the water
power, navigation and fisheries have
been under control of carpetbaggers
too long."
Vetoes Debate
Before coming into the Klamath
area. Dewey turned his back on a
challenge from his single opponent
In the primary race Harold Staa
sen for a debate in Oregon on
the campaign issues. Statsen hurled
the challenge on a, radio program
but night, but Dewey ignored it
The governor's secretary, Paul
Lockwood, said the debate idea was
"concocted in Minneapolis out of
thin air to provide an excuse for
Stassen to enter Oregon ahead of
schedule to meet the rising tide of
Dewey sentiment here."
Bulletins
Radio Jackpot
Pays Off
HOLLYWOOD. May 8 oF The
latest radio jackpot winner is Mrs.
Ward S. George, wife of s disabled
Oregon war veteran.
Mrs. George, 32, of Lebanon, Ore.,
took the $20,000 prize offered by .
NBC's "People Are Funny" last night
for the correct answer Cairo, Egypt '
to a riddle that had withstood
guesses for eight weeks.
She bagged a three - bedroom
Per capita payments to members house. $4600 in furnishings, a 1948
of the Klamath Indians will be sedan, a $2000 lot In Los Angeles
distributed Frldav. May 14. "if all ' county, and a pick of a job here,
goes according to plan," Superin- I Victory was particularly welcome
Undent R. IL Bitney said thi ' to Mrs. George, she said, because her
morning from the Klamath Agency.
"We think we can get them ont
by that time, but we'll be hard
pressed to do it." Bitney told The
Herald and News.
Some 1.600 payments of $200
each are to be distributed.
Only checks for minors will be
withheld, and payments due the
loan board will be deducted. .
husband has needed to come to Cali
fornia for his health. They had been
working ln a Lebanon nursery.
The program's riddle read: "Old
chief wind bag, gloomy and gay;
I'm one over others that lie in decay.
Where can I be found? Upon low
ground. That's all I will say."
Mrs. George said she new Cairo
lies on low ground.
Colorful Dancers Fill OVS Gym At All-County Festival
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The first postwar all-county music festival attracted hundreds to the OVS gymnasium Friday despite the weather. This picture thow the.
massed dancers In colorful dress aa they went through several folk dances on the big gym floor. Elizabeth Henderson, supervisor of muale
In the Klamath county schools, directed the program which featured massed bands, choruses and dance. Student from fifth grade through
high school participated. Evergreen iludle.
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