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llnniy In obviously convinced Una
we can't bo gowl If wo'ro ull ioiulitd
down wllh slioullng Ilium, no ho IliU
thin iui his Nu. 1 proposal lur pome:
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l'ICULAIt.
tlNC'LIS JUIS idiiiIs iloiuy's tailor
unit rcuclira lur Uir mike. Over
Iho Moscow rutllo, tin uiiiiouiK'rs III
vibrant tones Una KiMuiln Is Wllllnu,
If tin' United HUllcs Is, to accept
liter Irtirr so ilia louiiilniloii lur
priicclut M'lllt'iiii'iu ul trJovlut-Amnr-lenll
differences.
Jtint like lliiil,
ffIIK romilnc ut Undo Joes
V ruiiiio lakes llctuy a llulo
at) k. In Hun I'runclM'u tills morn
Iiih, hr nay ho Is "very much sur
prised Una Utnllii deigned lu uiuwor
inc." mill then adds; "It I have
dune anything thnl moves tho Wurld
liiwurd peace, I Icrl that my cam
paign will Imvo brrn suciru."
IH:IS turn tills clilp over and see
II by any chance there may bo a
bun under It. As soon is wo do
Una. his UiuukIii occurs:
"Uni'lo Joo wouldn't bo Just trying
in OKT IllU OK THE ATOM UOMU
I'llWT. would ho?
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THAT, nl course, is mi unworthy
thought.
Hllll, there Is the prickly foci Uim
wo Imvo Die bomb mid ltu-ulu
haunt yet. As lonii u we Imvo the
bomb mid Russia hasn't, the Hus
slnn Idea of a communist world hu
holes In It.
If wo inn bo Induced la GIVE
THK HUM II Ul, commuiilaatlon of
Iho wurld would be much simpler a
nullum proposal. Comes now
Mr. Wallace Willi propwwl that
we give Iho bomb up frooly and
w 1 1 1 1 nu ly .
TAKING II all in all, II lint sur
prlslnii thai bluff, hearty, qulrk-nn-the-UiiiKor
but by no means
dumb Uncle Joo should lose no time
in accepting Hriiry's proposal.
If Huiula had the bomb and wo
iliun'l. and Ituula said she was
illiiill to give It up, we'd probably
Uko her up on Iho proposition bo-
lore slio had lima to change her
mind.
Plant Blast
Kills Ten
KKAftNY, N. J., May II i,n A
shattering tank explosion and f Ira
shortly before midnight last nlnht
killed at least 10 persona at tho
sprawling Koppera company tar and
chcmlrnl division plant.
Nino bodies were taken from tho
ruins of the bulldlhK along tho
HnckciiMirk river and a tenth victim
died In a hoapltul. Firemen aenrched
the wreckaiie for additional victims
nf the blast that sot off a flro In
an adjoining bulldlhK of the plant.
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Telrph'ine SID
No. 1.172
B II I
Radio Debate On Outlawing Of Communism
Proves Little; Candidates Stick To Guns
lly B. I.. I.IVINHTONK
I'OK IT.ANH. May HI lTl Itepub
llran presldrnllal aspirants 'liiomas
t Dewey and Harold K. Hlassen
held unswervliifly today to clash
Ink views on Communism their
iiiitlonwlrie radio debate setlllni
practically nollilni.
Tliey amued Insl nliiht on the
hotly dlsited question of whether
me Communist party should be out
lawed in tho United males,
Governor Dewey, a foe of lels
tullon to outlaw Communist or(an
liallnns. maintained Hie Mlnnesotan
had "surrendeTHl completely." Mlas
sen. In turn, claimed Dewey had
"sort of walked around" Iho Issue.
The two met last nmht U) air
their clashing views over nationwide
radio networks In the best tradition
ot the classic I.lncoln-Douitlns do-bte-and
on a similarly burning
social question of tho day.
On lha affirmative, the Mlnneso
tan called for a hall to "eoddllnc"
Communists, and asked the enact
in en I of new lawa to deny Commun
ism "tho bleating of legality" under
Kirk Autopsy
Slated Today
An autopsy was being conducted
at Ward's Kuneral home this morn
ing on the body of Violet Lynch
Kirk, 31-year-old Ileotly woman
who died of Injuries at i a. (n. Mon
day Hold In the Klamath county )all
In connection with Violet's death Is
her husband, Jesse Leo Kirk, 5:1.
prominent in Klamath tribal af
fairs. Kirk waj arrested by special In
dian nfficera early yesterday morn
ing. He was charged with murder
and has retained Attorney Joseph
C. O'Neill.
which It Is now permitted (o worm
Its way to puwer.
Ilrandliig Coiiiniliinr.lJi "the threat
of war" to America. Blasseu said the
ui'tinn "should not stumble along
with laws that are out of date."
Dewey look the position that
enisling federal laws "some 27 of
them" were adequate to prosecute
eifmlnal Communist undermining of
the government.
"I am unalterably, whole-heart-
Lake Grand Jury
Members Chosen
LAKEVIEW. May lg Four women
and three men will serve as Lake
county grand Jurors for the May
term of circuit court, and are called
for a session next Tuesday at 10 a.m.
In the courthouse.
Members of the Jury Include Mark
Mnddock. A. L. Thornton Jr.. Carol
Mnxlne Hill. Mae Hollaway. Lucille
Aykeman. Hazel and Ebon Patro.
Few criminal cases of any Impor
tance face tho Jury for next week !
session.
Candidates
Start Last
Minute Drive
With the May 21 primaries Just
around tho corner, so to speak, the
numerous candidates for local of
fice are putting forth their best ef
forts this week to corral voles.
Tho red-hot race for republican
and demoeratlo nominations for
sheriff overshadows all other con
tests In Klamath county and oven
takes a lot of Interest out of the
four-way run for the GOP bid as
governor.
Nomination for sheriff In both
parties looks like a lovi-up. There
are light democrats and 11 repub
licans on the ballot and with that
many out and the fact that only
simple majority and not a plurality
Is needed to nominate, tho races
appear to go behind qualifications
for office.
The candidates with the most
friends who come out and vote prob
ably will win.
fi peculation
There la some speculation mi "the
Use of the turnout for next Friday
and It Is a good surmise that about
60 per cent of the registrants In
the county will vote.
In tho past two or three general
elections the county has done well
to got a 30 per cent turnout.
Because Iho CiOP ballot contains
primary contests all down the line,
starting with president and gov
ernor and the fact that Harold Stas
cn and Tom Dewey are waging an
all-out campaign for republican
votes In Oregon, the republican
count In Klamath county Is expected
to be much heavier than the demo
cratic. On the democratic ballot there are
no contests worth mentioning be
sides that of sheriff, and consequent
ly the demos may not be moved to
turn out In droves. The democrats
if'snllnufS r Oar t. t'llins t)
euly and unswervingly agaiiiht any
scheme to write laws outlawing
people because of their religious,
political, wixial or economic Ideas,"
he. declared.
Bolh disputants clashed over the
Mundt-Nlxon bill, a measure now
before congress authorising the at
torney general to Investigate aus
peeted "front" organizations to de
termine If Ihey represented a for
eign power or advocated overthrow
of tho government by force.
Bold stassen:
"If Governor I) e w e v will now
a'ree to sunport the Mundl-Nixon
bill unequivocally, I will say we
have reached a union on this (Com
munist) Issue and may go forward
to other issues facing Oregon and
tile natlnn "
Retorted Dewey:
"If Mr. atnusen savs that Is all
he wants, then he has completelv
surrendered. j
"Ho savs he, doesn't mean It when '
he asks that the Communist part i
be outlawed, because the author of
Ihr Vund bill IReo. Karl Mundt,
ltep.. K. Dsk.l himself and the con
gressional committees say It does
not outlaw the Communist party."
A wrv smile creased 8tassen'
face at this thrust. Afterwards, how
ever, he told reporters he certainly j
had not surrendered and felt his
j up)nmif iv bui i ut mmikcu iuuiiu
: the matter.
President
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Authority
To Exceed
Limit Given
SCHOOL FLECTION RESULTS
District One
Budget: 187 Yes, 48 No.
Increase: 188 Yes, 49 No.
District Two
Budget: m Yes, S3 No.
Increase: 171 Yea, 59 No.
County District
Budget: 230 Yes, 49 No.
Increase: 230 Yes, 18 No.
Incomplete.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, world fa
mous Zionist leader, was elected
first president of the new Jewish
state by a general Zionist council.
Dr. Weiimann, 73, Is a chemist of
world renown and has been presi
dent of the world Zionist organisa
tion and the Jewish agency for
Palestine. NEA teleahoto.
This Gambling
System Works
LAS VEOAS. New, May 18 (Pi
Three tired but happy gamblers
cashed chips totaling $33,100 early
j today and announced that their sys
l tern lor beating roulette la a uc-
ceaa. . ,.
"They' said' they' wanted to real.
' and that their future plans were m
1 definite. Earlier, they had claimed
I they were 139.000 ahead of the wheel.
The trio, relieving each other In
continuous play since May 10. are
Jack Cortei, 3J, of New York; Roy
Walford. 23, San Diego, Calif., and
Albert Hlbbs, 23, of Chtllicothe,
Ohio.
. Their winning ways attracted
large crowds and some of the by
sunders cashed In on the trio's "sys
tem" of consistently playing num-
! bcr one.
I One spectator who began with 3
I In nickel chips cashed In $3800 yes
terday and then started playing
again with $1 chips.
The trio gradually had raised the
amount of their beta to $25 on each
spin but late yesterday reduced It
to $5. Walfori - "e change was
"part of our system."
This Guy Is
Really In A
Bit Of Trouble
SEATTLE, May 18 (Pi William
Hicks nerds a magnet, or a derrick,
or Paul Bunyan or something.
Hick's car slipped Its brakes,
fclied backwards out of his garage
(leaf Alkf Point" and" plunged" 80
feet over an embankment while
Hicks watched helplessly with his
arms full of groceries.
The vehicle knocked over a 12 x 24
foot timber In a bulkhead, a picket
fence and a rockery.
It landed In the yard of Mrs.
Dnnella Da vies' home.
Hicks saya I fMre. Davis would
let him dig up about three feet of
a 4-foot laurel hedge he could get
the car out. Then he'd replace the
hedge.
But Mrs. Daviea' says: "Nobody's
going to dig up any of my hedge.
No, sir! He can get a derrick and
lift his car over It."
"I'm not going to order a crane
to lift the car over the hedge be
cause that would be practically lm
pps'lble." said Hicks.
We'll keen you advised on future
developments.
By votes that ran stronger than
three to one, budgets In excess of
the six per cent limitation were
authorized by taxpayer-voters of the
Klamath Union high school and
city elementary districts yesterday.
In the city school election, in
complete returns likewise showed
that budget winning overwhelming
ly. By their votes, the city elementary
district taxpayers authorized a total
levy of $411,810.36. a slight decrease
from the comparative figure of last
year. The high school taxpayers
authorized a total levy of $371,
367.03, or slightly higher than last
year.
The combined levies of these two
districts show a slight decrease.
Both districts will operate on levies
far over the six per cent limitation,
each having a low base that has
been described as Inadequate.
The total estimated tax for the
next year for the county school
district is $620,266. of which $381,
232.92 is In excess of the six per
cent limitation.
When levies exceed the six per
oent limit, popular votes are re
quired to authorize them.
- Here is the count from, a scatter
'Inf of county school voting places:
Yea No
Altamont Elementary 88 4
Bly 34 4
Falrhaven 29 4
Shasta 58 2
Summers 4 1
Henley 39 4
Voting was almost identical in
these places for both the budget and
the increase.
Light Bombers
Raid Tel Aviv
For Fourth Day
By JAMES M. LONG
TEL AVIV, Israel, May IB (P Jewish rmy sources said the ancient
all-Arab town of Acre surrendered unconditionally early today after a
72-hour battle In the streets.
Haijanah said earlier it had some 4000 Arabs trapped Ul the old
wall city, eight miles north of the Jewish port of Haifa. Tho Haganah
fighters claimed control of the highway through the city, a link to
Jewish settlements In the north.
Acre Is Just outside the area of Palestine designated as Jewish
under the United Nations partition plan.
To the east, Jewish sources In Haifa declared 600 Arabs wera
drowned when Jews opened a dam and flooded plain lands south oC
the Sea of Galilee. .
Tel Aviv was raided by light bombers Just after dawn, for the fourth
straight day. The 45-mlnute attack was the longest yet upon the city.
The Jews said they shot down one i
ot the attacking planes and dam
aged another.
Pilot Captured
Haganah said one of the attack
ing pilots crash-landed near Re
hovot, 15 miles southeast of Tel
Aviv, and was taken Into custody
by two Ctrl soldiers. They said he
identified himself as an Fqypttan
air force pilot officer. In ihe first
day's air raids Saturday, the Jews
also had claimed capture of an
Egyptian pilot.
The Haifa informant said Arab
armored columns were trapped by
the rushing dam waters near Deg
anya on the southern tip of the
sea of Galilee. The plain lies be
low sea level In the Jordan valley
along the Palestine - Transjordan
frontier.
The source said Arab tanks be-'
came mired and heavy equipment
was trapped by the swirling waters.
Prom atop the historic hill from
which Napoleon once tried unsuc
cessfully to storm Acre. Jewish
commandos swooped down upon the
ancient city and penned up an
estimated 4.000 Arabs, Haganah said.
Haganah announced yesterday
that Arabs had begun a massed at
tack against the Jewish quarter of
Jerusalem's old walled elty. The
UN consular truce commission waa
reported to have hastened to Am
man, Transjordan, for talks with
King Abdullah.
( A cooled dispatch from American
correspondents In the holy city
yesterday said virtually all the
center of Jerusalem was In the
hands of the Jews after 51 hours
of furious street fighting that fol
lowed Friday's withdrawal of the
British. The dispatch, dated Sunday,
said Arab shells were falling Into
the city at that time.
Top Scholars
These 13 girls and one boy are
the scholastic leaders of Klamath
county's seven high schools. AH
will be graduated this month.
Following the name of each stu
dent is his class standing, "V" for
valedictorian, and "S" for salu
tatorlan. (All pictures Kennell-Ellis.)
Auto Strike
Notice Filed
DETP.OIT. May M Wi A formal
10-day notice that a strike "Is pend
ing" for 225.000 General Motors em
ployes was filed today by the CIO
United Auto Workers.
The union sent-a letter to that
effect to the state labor mediation
board as negotiations continued in
I an effort to head off a second major
j walkout in the auto Industry.
! A strike of 75.000 Chryslw em-
ployes went into its seventh day
without further violence on picket
j lines similar to Incidents yesterday
( that brought out state police.
A CIO-UMW official yesterday
j posed a threat to strike some 90
General Motors plants May 28 un-
less a new contract Is agreed to by
then.
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ANN McKELL, S.
ELEANOR llllNNU'UTr, 8.
MARY MALONE, 8.
VIRGINIA MASILN, S,
HANNAH BAKER, 8.
US Mum On
Peace Push
By Russia
WASHINGTON, May 18 UP Th
White House remained silent today
on Premier Stalin's acceptance of
Henry A. Wallace's proposal for a
discussion of differences between
the United State and the Soviet
Union.
President Truman's press secre
tary, Charles G. Ross, anticipated a
question concerning the Moscow
radio broadcast when he met with,
newsmen this morning.
"The question Is Ross began.
"The 6talin-to-Wallace " a re
porter began.
"The answer is no comment,"
Ross said, and that ended it.
The nature of Stalin's proposals
for discussion with the United
States gave support to American of
ficials' suspicions that Russia is
pressing a "peace offensive" for dip
lomatic and propaganda advantage.
Since V-E Day the United Slates
and Russia have been at odds on al
most every one of the issues Stalin
listed in endorsing Henry Wallace's
"open letter" of May 11 as a "con
crete program" for possible settle
ment of differences.
There was no immediate hint
whether the United States would
reply at all and If so what th
nature of the response might be.
Both the White House and the stats
department were silent.
No reply necessarily Is called lor. .
The administration Is already on
record as-to what the Russians can
do If they seriously want to work
for peace In the world.
Secretary of State Marshall stat
ed it May 12 in his sum-up of the
situation after Soviet Foreign Min
ister Molotov announced readiness
to accept an offer he said Ambas
sador Walter Bedell Smith had
made to negotiate.
Marshall said the United States
has not offered to enter into any
two-power talks with Russia for a.
settlement of problems also con
cerning other nations. If the Rus
sians are serious, he said, they can
act through the United Nations and
other international agencies.
Wind Whips
Basin Area
Folks In these parts were getting;
plain discouraged.
They weathered the snow, they
put up with the Ice and the rain,
but the wind was getting in their
hair.
Dirt farmers weren's any mors
disheartened today than city folks.
Everybody woke up to a howling
north wind this morning that
reached a velocity of 27 !i miles per
hour at 9:35 a. m. It quieted to a
25-mlle breeze at 10:20 and Copco
men decided they wouldn't watch it
any longer. It was too much.
But, weathermen observed, could
have been worse. In fact it was. On
Sunday morning at 8:17 a. m., s
36i-mlle south wind blew all of
Tulelake In the living room.
. Prediction: more of the same.
Wilhelmina's
Palace Burns
THE LAOUE, The Netherlands,
May 18 W) Police reported a big
fire broke out today In Queen Wil
helmina's palace here.
The queen was not In the palace
She Is staying at her summer rest
dence In the country, Het Loo.
Thefire raged on an upper floor,
fanned by a stiff wind.
These Pidgeons I
Fly Pretty Fast
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 18 (Pi-'
James Bennett, 60. was in police
court yesterday for letting his
pigeons run loose. ;
When neighbors complained they
were ruining gardens, he toook them
to Chickasha, 45 miles southwest.
The birds beat him back home.
HOSTS
ROSEBURQ, May 18 lP) Ernest
and Harry Butler, as operators of
Hotel Ransford at Bralnerd, Minn.,
before 1941, used to be hosts to
Minnesota's Gov. Harold E. Btas
sen when he visited that lakes ares
city on hunting and fishing trips.
Tonight, as operators of the Ump
qua hotel here, they will be host to
him again when he stops on hit
campaign swing around the state.