Am
By FRANK JENKINM
Till" on U from Washliigum:
"President Truman today raoom.
mended IcglsleUon completely re
niovini poatmaater appointment!
Irom pollllct."
f rra put it tin way:
U you tud to In Uie politicians
pick yuur employeee, yuur business
would won In i mesa, wouldn't
HT
Well, that's tin way some a 1.000
postmastera have been picked 111 tht
past. Ilia wonder U Uiat Hit postal
service u M good u II u.
W let Una on from bealUe.
"In Uia final aaailoii ol lia Hit
biemiial convention yesterday. Uia
American Association ol Unlversliy
Women decreed Uiat lla branches
Vinust accept to membership A IX
kJUAl.IHt.IJ AITLlCANIn (In
cluding colored v. omen i or ba ex
palled liom 111 association . . .
Action on Uia ooiitrovatalal by-laws
revision wss by an announced ma
jority ol 216$ lor and 44 aaaliut."
THAT la a significant development
In VOLUNTARY. NON-LEOAL
tolerance. Pereunally. I cant rt
aay Irom Uie feeling Uiat wall
(at farther In Uia direction of tol
eiance by thia matbod than by pasa
UK lawe.
ANK mora Uioughl alum Uiat Una
before w leave the aubjret:
Why did AAUW do what It hat
dnar
Tina la Uia answer:
It ytrldad to ciUlghiened public
opinion. Enlightened public opinion
an ba AND Id a tremendous lorca
for progress.
JS Portland Ultra haa been a b:j
acaudal over horse meat which is
crimper than beef and lor that rea
aon appeara to hava been eubaiiuiied
lor beef in kit ol case WITHOUT
THK CUMTOMKH KNOWINU IT.
Aa a aequal to Uia ruckus. City
Cummiaaioner Peterson Uxlsy aaas
Uia U. 8. department ol agriculture
to put all planu aellltig meat in
PorUand under federal Inspection.
MORE federal regunentauon?
14 NO I
Believe II or not. horse meat la
good meaL In Kurope. where it haa
been standard article ol diet lor a
long time, thera ara many people
who prater It to beef.
but
You're entitled to know wliethrr
r not your gatung horaa meat
whan you make a purchase. Tlia
purpoaa of lederei Uupection.. aa
aked In Portland, la to compel
Morse meat to ba auld aa horaa meat.
' Establishment and enforcement ol
alandarda lao that buyera may de
pend on get lira what they ara pay
ing tori la a legitimate function ol
government.
a e
FROM Aitoria cornea Una terse
diapatrh:
"Tha youth who bought a farm
w ith a 17000 rubber check and then
eloped with tha farmer daughter
In a car bought with another $2230
rubber check la In Jail now."
B T thu point, let'a try to do a lltUi
" aualghl thinking:
If you read Uia atory yesterday,
you must hava coma to the con
clusion that In many waya ha waa
a bright boy. tie had undoubted
talent aa a salesman, for ha was
able to win Uia confidence of the
businessmen who took hla checks.
Ability to win tha customer's con
fidence la a big asset.
The pity of It is that ha wasn't
honest. So ha goea to Jail Instead
of going on to tha success In business
that so often accompanies outstand
ing ability aa a talesman.
Youth Killed In
Stunting Crash
BORINO, June 14 fi A youth
who waa stunting a rented plane In
front of hla parents' home crashed
to his death last night before hla
horrified parents' eve.
Ha was Carl Hubert Pahlka. 94.
Jiorlng. He went Into a tight apin
and crashed Into tha ground In a
field across from hla farm.
Wltneasea aald he waa flying low,
and attempted a sharp turn about
I no feet sbova the ground.
Lewis Outlines General
Coniraci Demands; Tension
Mounts Over UMW Walkout
WHITE Hl'I.Plll'R HPRINGH, W.
Va, June 14 (TV-John L. Lewis spun
out hla general contract drmanda at
three araltered negotiating confer
encea today In an atmosphere el
mounting tension ever which soft
eeal pita he may ahut down Ural.
The present contract expires June
30. The 400,000 salt coal dinners start
a 10-day vacation Bnturuay, to a
strike In part or all ol the Industry
would not actually begin before
July 6.
Lewis Is well Into negotiations
with the three groups Into which he
haa split the Industry this year as
part of hla strategy to get a favor
able contract despite poor toft coal
markets
He la mealing eperalora from the
nnrlh and west, plus aome ateel
rempanlea with mine lor their own
use, today. He would like to attract
all el the bltumlnoua produeera ea
repl the Southern Coal Produeera
association and IT. S, Steel corpora
Wan to this session.
The southern association la meet
ing with United Mine Workers' ne
gotiators, headed by Secretary-
rmcE rive cent
'JI I' L
'r ","':,,ril w" ,e:r , ;..,. ..- . :'
WHERE REGATTA WILL TAKE PLACE Thi - outitonding " air picture,
token by Virgil Hanks, show tht lower end of Upper Klomoth lake, scene
of next Sunday's annual boat regatto sponsored by the Junior chamber of
commerce. The racing course hos been morked out on the picture. Moore
Sophoulis,
Greek Chief,
Dies At 88
ATHENS, June 14 Themlslo-
klea Sophoulis. premier of Greece. ;
died today. '
He waa U years old. Death oc-1
curred at hla summer residence at
4:1k p. m. Although he had been 111
and waa near death last tall, his
death at thia tlmt waa unexpected.
Sophoulis, a key Ilgure In Oreek
pollUca lor a hall century, had been
premier aince September 1. 147. de
spite the turmoil of Oreek politics
occasioned by the civil war with the
communist guerrillas in the north.
He weathered the moat recent po
litical storm only two months ago.
and this after suffering a severe
heart attack which had him bedrid
den for several monha. His reshuf
fled cabinet Umk over In April after
a scandal Involving a member ol the
previous government had caused the
aged premier to offer King Paul his
resignation. ,
The venerable leader of Uie liberal
party had been an important cog 111
the Truman doctrine, under which
the aid nf the United States went
to Greece In her civil war and to
Turkey, under the shadow of the
Russian bear.
Treasurer John Owens, at Blurlleld,
W. Va.
Little or nn progress la reported
from Bltiefteld. The conference
Uiere recessed until Monday after
noon. Several southern operators split
away from the Bf'HA and Joined the
operators here. The White Sulphur
meetings already represent an an
nual production ol nearly 250,000,000
tons.
Lewis and Harry M. Moses, nego
tiator lor U. S. Steel corporation,
met yesterday and will resume talka
Saturday here.
At all ol the sessions. Lewis let it
be known what he wanta In general
terms. He wanta a par Inrrrase, a
ahnrter work day, a boost In the
welfare fund royally which now la
Used at to rente a ten.
But the crafty mine leader was
not letting the operators know Just
yet what his specific, demands will
be. The operators countered with t
plea to tnke It easy because of mar
ket conditions, prompted by high
product Inn. slack demands, and
dropping prices.
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Two Dollars For One Cost To County
!n Paying Off
Tbe hidden east ef bond tswuea aa
prpnlar with local governments
couple af deeadea ee so ago to Illua
traled In aame flguree an a Klam
ath county Issue totalled up by
C. L. Langslet, county treaaurer.
The rountv has already nald
,n9 0M ln ntrrrat chargea alone
on a imnoo bond Issue floated
bark In 1026 and the end la not yet
CPm'-
( ny ine inraia ei nana none, inr
) practice waa lor gov em menu te get
the oasr ef the Vetera te sell te
same financial house or bank bonds
redeemable In er during a specified
Fremont Fires
Under Control
DAIRY CREEK GUARD STA
TION. June 24 Two sleeper forest
tires caused by lightning storms of
several daya ago. broke suddenly
Thursday In the Fremont national
fore!, but both were under con
trol today.
Ranger Jack Groom sighted fire
last nlvht from a plane a half mile
from the north Fremont forest
boundary on Dairy creek and east
cf the Honey creek country.
Tlie blare was evidently a sleeper
from last Sunday a lightning storm,
a crrw irom uarvirw waa ois-
patched to the acene. and by this , paid $62,110 ln Interest approxl
mornlng. the fire, which had burned irately half of the original Lssue.
seven acrea. waa under control. By April I ef thia year, the county
The second lire waa sighted Irom
Pothole creek and was north ol
Quarts mountain. Forestrymen said
It must have been smouldering tor
17 days, since the last lightning
In the area, before suddenly break
ing out Thursday Bly ranger dis
trict crews were called and had lhe
f're under control and were mop
ping up before the lire had burned
of! more than three acres.
Boats Readied
For Show Here
Big and Utile boat of a wide
range of price and design were
trnllrred down to the Balslgrr Mo
tor company showroom Friday
morning for the pre-regatta show
ing. The boat show will be open to lhe
public at Balslger'a both tonight
and Saturday evenings preceding
the 1949 annual Junior chamber of
commerce boat regatta slated for
Sunday afternoon on Upper Klam
ath lake.
Plans are all laid to open the first
of the nine-heat regatta at a p. m.
Conveniences have been put up In
the dock area for visitors to the
events. Refreshment ttanrta will be
operated.
KLAMATH FAI.I.H, OHM. O.N, IKIUAY.
At-
.--w-w
AX
7925-Voted Bond Issue
number ef years. Because govern-
am-nta are considered solvent and
lasUng boslneaaea. their bonds are
imiallr looked upon favorably by
linanrial InaUtuUona.
The government gets the monev
. to attend when It wants It and
I pays bark later, with Interest,
I In 19U Klamath rountv got ap-
I prove! el Its voters te aril S1U.0M
worth of bonds, redeemable In from
It te 30 years at Interest rates ef
4 and 4'i per cent.
The monev waa obtained from a
banking house and, aa nearly as
anyone can remember, waa ward te
build a couple ef miles ef road In
Toe rallev and some on the west
side ef 1'pper Klamath lake.
In those daya the county didn't
have much equipment of Its own. so
the road building was done by pri
vate contractors. The particular
roads built with this money were
t npaved dirt roads and undoubtedly
much more money has goaje on
them since for Improvements.
The bonds sold were te be re
deemed yearly after la:tg, until the
Unal ene becomes due April 1. 193S.
Interest at 4i per cent waa charged
en $22,000 worth, 4's per cent en the
remaining $103,000.
Two of the bonds were rrpur-
chased natri off hv Hie mmitv In
I before thev became due avid a
little Interest money was saved
thereby. But before any of th;
bonds became due In 193 serially
as issued. Klamath county had
j had paid $119.02 In Interest en the
l!tS bond Isaue. It had paid off i
approximately $6$.00$ of the erig-!
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL I.KAIil'l E
CHICAGO. June 24 (4-i-JUmpHig
off to
. 1 u J ."
Sauer't eighth home run of the sea
son In the first Inning, the Chicago
Cubs went on and beat the slumping
N v York Giants. 6-2 today. Rookie
Rlghthnnder Warren Hncker was
raked for 13 hits but Uie Giants
couldn't connect when It counted.
New York 010 000 0102 13 2
Chicago 303 000 OOx 13 I
Jansen. Hlgbe (3), Hansen 4.
Webb i7. Behrman i$ and Wes
trum; Hacker and A. Walker.
AMERICAN lEAGI'K
BOSTON. June 24 c1 The Bos
ton Red Sox today banged out 25
hits. Including two homers by Ted
Williams, while overwhelming the
hapless St. Louis Brnwna 21-2. Four
baggers by Whltey Piatt and Andy
Anderson accounted for the Browns'
runs against Ellis Kinder.
St. Louis 101 000 000 III
Boston 303 542 14x 21 29 0
Ostrowskl, Pspat 4. Shore (4)
and Lollar; Kinder and Tehbetta.
JINK 24,
... ' af
' ' '--aTfi a-awa.
I,
AaW-.
park is in the immediate foreground. Regatta attendants will occupy the
loke front areo just over the top of the regatta course in the picture. The
show storts at 2 p. m. Sunday.
i Inal borrowing reUrlng the bonds,
It's railed.
I Tbb, makea lll.0e paid ea a
' loan of Slii.WI with aome S37 tee
ef the principal and another S93IS
In Interest etill outstanding and te
be paid by April 1. 195 J.
By that dale, when the 30 years J
if up. Klamath county will have
paid In principal and In-
trrest to clear up an obligation i
undertaken back ln 19-5.
Every dollar obtained ln the 1925
bond issue, according to Treasurer
Langtlet. will have cost the tax
payers of Klamath county an extra
1103 tn Interest.
Another example ef the costll
I eaa of bond Issues b Illustrated In
i bond voted for Klamath
ptuuvi artinrt .'y
imp. it waa a i-year eougation
uraoina a per rem mirrv-ss. inr
entire Stt eo Is te be paid off Msy
I, I9.Y. but the Interest waa paid
annually.
Presumably S'9.0o has been paid
in Interest nn that Issue to date and
i not a single cent en the principal.
lhe S0 10 prlnripal will be paid
I next year, along with the last Sl.tM
interest Installment, making the
total rost of the bond Issue SSO.000
I vacilv toe nee rent snore than
I lex pavers nf the school district
1 bargained for back ln 193$.
Bond Issues happllv are going out
I 0f yle In favor of trie "pay-as-you-
m ni.n of r,.in. i...iinn nn.
to build up funds rather than bor
rowing now to pay off by future
taxation.
Cloudy, Cooler
Week-End Seen
PrwpecU for the week-md vc-
ttntiawm ran fair trwrtatr Vtrmt
j for lh(. . -lv, nnT normsl
temperatures, but with two or three
periods of showers predicted. In-
dlcatlons seems to point to a cloudy,
cool week-end.
Temperature readings at the air
port gave a low of 44 degrees for
last night and a low today at 59.
The temperature was expected to
go atill higher than the 76 registered
at noon. Skies were clear today.
Costa Rica Denies
Invasion Attempt
RAN JOSE. Rosta Rica. June 21
(,V The Costa Rlcan government
emphatically denied today that It
had any part In an Invasion attempt
against Uie Dominican Republic.
The Dominican radio had broad
cast a report that this week's roup
attempt was backed by Cuba,
Guatemala gnd Costa Rica. That
account was described as "absolute
ly false" by OnniaJo Faclo, secretary
nf Costa Rica's governing Junta,
Telephone 1111
Tax Value
Of Klamath
County Up
The value of taxable property In
I Klamath county, at shown by the
current assessment roll, is almost
$4,000,000 greater than was shown a
year ago.
Otts Metsker. county assessor, re
ported Uiat Uie total assessed val-
; uauon of real and personal property
in Uie county upon which county
taxee are levied is SJ2.444.6S5. exclu
sive of uuiltles which will be figured
by the state tax commission and
added in later.
Utilities railroads, power com
pany holdings and the like last
i year were assessed at about $14,700.-
'..imi. un year s touu assessed value.
including utilities, was some $43, -
uw.issj ana me prospect is lor the
total tigure this year to be over
' $47,000,000.
Real estate valuation assessments
have gone up little over last year.
1 Most of the increase has hwi in
! personal property assessments, over
, 3 million Increase, and most ol that
j figure Is ln valuation of merchandise
. on merchants' shelves at of last Jan-
1 uary.
The real estate valuation total of
$:o.765.68S Includes $9.&&4t2S in
farm and woodlands outside Incor
porated towns or subdivisions, and
$11,221,460 ln urban or subdivision
property.
Fire Destroys
Navy Building
WASHINGTON, June 24 i
Fire wrecked a supply warehouse at
the closely-guarded naval research
laboratory early today and lor a
time threatened a nearby building
confining high explosives.
City firemen brought the flames
under control alter about a half
hour. Police also went to the scene
but were excluded by armed maruie
guards.
The fire was confined to a two
story brick, steel and concrete build
ing containing laboratory supplies
and equipment. Only eight feet
away. In the S0-arre. fenced-in area,
la a ballistics laboratory containing
explosives,
A navy spokesman aaid only a
small amount of explosives were ln
th adjoining building. However,
man familiar with the army In
stallation said there were enough
that. If reached by the tlames, "the
enure southeastern section ol Wash
ington would have blown up."
A naval board of Inquiry was
ordered to determine the cause of
th bias.
Two Women Cut
Down By Rifle
Of B. C. Farmer
MIHSION. B. C, Jane 14 IC'Pl , district five miles from her In the
ftvldlers guarded bamee la the Mis- I Hilverlull area,
alon dlatrlrt today aa aearrh cam- Police Issued a shoot-to-klll order
tinned for a erased fanner, alleged , as the posse of armed officers and
slayer ef twe women. i CTllian roluntcera In the hill
Tha sues were volunteers fram I surrounded district beat through
the New Westminster regiment, "B"
essnpany. stationed at Mission
They were armed with rlrlliaa
riflra and guns.
Aaln during the night hampered
searchers who renewed the hunt at
dwn through the heavily-wooded
Flying Discs
Spotted Over
Klamath Falls
Reports from the civil teronauUea
authority at the Klamath Palls air
port Indicate that calls concerning
the flying saucers are not another
attack of Last summer's Jitters.
T. C. Peterson of the CAA said
yesterday Uiat eight discs had been
seen by five members of hla staff
yesterday. The group estimated the
apeed of the discs aa 1000 miles per
hour at an aluuide of 25 to 30 thou
sand feet.
Peterson waa ol the opinion that
the "saucers" were a transparent
plastic material. However, other ob
servers thought that they were tor
pedo shaped and a light green In
color.
The discs didn't teem to travel In
the same direction. One seemed to
be traveling from the northwest to
the southeast, and another came
from the southwest to the northeast.
Several observers. Hewing the flash
ing objects through binoculars,
thought that they had ftn-Uke wings
Instead ol the traditional tvpe.
Bad Check
Artist Nailed
By Texas Cops
ASTORIA. June 24 i The
South who bought a farm with a
n.000 rubber check and then slowed
Iwlth the farmers daughter m a
car bought with another S3J50
rubber check Is tn Jail now.
But Leroy Allcorn. 30, wasnt ,
jAiled for that. It was a new I
charge: writing other worthless '
checks at Houston. Texas. i
The news ol All corn's arrest In I
Houston was received here by i
Sheriff's Deputy Don Larf leld. An
alarm had gone out lor Alkom
after he vanished from Astoria with
an unpaid-far ear and Mrs. Mar
guerite Marshall, 37-year-old mo
ther ol two.
The first news came from Mrs.
j Marshall, who wired "having won
derful time" to her father. E. M.
! Butte. It was Butts who got the
1 17.000 rubber check for his farm.
I Houston police said Mr. Marshall
waa still with Allcorn when be waa
arrested, but wasn't held. They
said the car was recovered.
Allcorn will be prosecuted
Texas for the charge there.
ln
Brutal Slaying
Touches Off Hunt
LANSING. Mich, June 24 bPi
The brutal beer bottle slaying of a
small boy within four blocks ol
Michigan t capltol building set off a
1 statewide search today lor
sex
Iiend.
The body of four-year-old Walter
Eaton, his throat slashed, was found
shortly after midnight ln a vacant,
weed-grown lot,
A hospital examination revealed
that he had been criminally at
tacked "while he was either dead or
dying."
Grief-stricken, Mr. and Mrs. Les
lie Eaton, who had adopted Uie child
from neighbors when he ws an In
fant, awaited reports on the search
of skldrow hangout ln the neighborhood.
State Department Puts On
Pressure To Spur Action
On Arms Aid; Solons Wroth
WASHINGTON, June 24 IP
Some resentment smouldered In
the senate today against the stale
departments pressure for action en
a $1.130. 000. 000 arms-for-Europe
program.
Certain senate leader aaid pri
vately the administration I asking
for too much toe fast without re
gard te the political "timing" of
the requests.
There haa been talk that Presi
dent Truman will send the arms
aid plan to congress before the
senate has given It approval to
the North Atlantic treaty.
Secretary of State Acheson hat
told congress the arms program
must be approved at thu session to
maintain the United States' "firm
policy" against Russia.
The senate leaders who apob i
a reporter aaid they leel this action
will tend to put toe much emphasis
en the arm plan and thu lend
weight to the argument of treaty
ciiUe who ay th pact It nothing
more than another military alliance.
One senator put It thia way:
"Th real value of th treaty at
bushland trails.
Hough t waa lrar Joneon. 71-year-
aid pioneer fanner, wbe pwt a tercel
to his farm kaildlnga yesterday, and
Ihea la alleged to hare shot the
Dead are Mrs. George Barrett,
64 and Mrs. Maria Undberg, M
year-old widow.
One police dog waa brought to
the scene today and trained cougar
cogs, also used m manhunts, were
on call.-
Roads Watched
A 50-man posse guarded tree
llid hlghwaya In the BUverhlU
CHARGE
MISSION. B. C June 14 (CP)
A iwtn-rharge ef murder waa
laid try police today against It
year aid lrar Jooeen. erased
farmer aawgbt In the slaying el
twe women.
He was charged with the deathe
af Mrs. Marie Uodberg and Mrs.
Oeerge A. Barrett, farm
killed during a reign ef
Tharsday la the silver HIU east
SBsmlty. A 24-hour search far the slaver,
who fled to the weeds, haa failed
te reveal a trace ef the wanted
district throughout the night. At
dawn they came tn: replaced by
new volunteers and police rein
forcements. Burning ef the farm boildlnga
and the death ef the twe womea
waa the eUmax to read dispate.
Jonson, believing a new roadway
waa too eleee te hie proper ty. had
warned: Tn shoot If one etene
fall say property."
A read crew called police and
municipal eons table Peter Bergen
answered the eumiuena.
At the Joneon home, a small
cottage on a 30 -acre farm, two
allots were tired at the police offi
cer, but he escaped Injury.
Mrs. Lindberg was lulled on the
highway, shot down as aha ap
proached Jonson near her home.
She apparently was making her
way to the Jonson farm, attracted
b the flaming buildings.
Mr. Barrett died on the front
teareh ef her farm home, half a mil
Ires thsr Jeeison place. Her bua
aand. Ceerge Barrett, found the
body sprawled a the porch.
Sportsmen To Try
Running Lewis
VANCOUVER, Wash. June 24 0P
Pour sportsmen were attempting
a run down the upper reaches of
the Lewis river today a feat be
lieved never before tried.
They left here yesterday by Jeeo
and expected to get to within aix
rr lies of the north fork in the
prtmiUve area between Mount
Adam and Mount St. Helens. Then
they were to pack ln, carrying the
two rubber boats ln which the run
Is planned.
The men Dutch Shields, one
t me University of Oregon football
player and long-time coach here:
Ellsworth Sawyer, George McKay
and Gene French aaid they didn't
know how long they'd be gone.
The end of the run la In Lake
Merwln, 45 miles and three portage
from the start.
Wraps Off New
Douglas DC-3
SANTA MONICA. Calif.. June 14
i4 Douslaa Aircraft ha taken the
wraps off It new DC-3.
The 1949 version of the transport
pioneer plane was test flown pub
licly yesterday for the tint Ume
and It pilots proclaimed It a 30
per cent Improvement. The DC-3
has smoother lines and &50 more
takeoff horsepower, 40 miles per
hour faster cruising speed, and can
carry up to 38 passengers instead of
21. .
Alter further testing the plane
will be submitted for certification
by the civil aeronautics administra
tion. tl at It marshallt the vast military,
industrial and spiritual power of
the United States against aggres
sion. The value of that cannot be
calculated ln dollar.
"But the administration come
along and puts the emphasis en a
measly figure of $1,000,000,000.
"It's absurd to shllt the emphasis
to he equipment which will be
distributed among 11 pact nation.
The arms program Is being given
an Importance completely out ef
relation to Ita value."
Senate leaders had planned earlier
to get the pact ratified by a two
third vote of the sens te and then
take up the arms program.
By moving in this fashion, they
felt the treaty would escape th
opposition which haa built up
gainst the arms plan. But now
they fear the two Issues may be
come to Intermingled that greater
opposition will be aroused against
the treaty.
The pact must be approved only
by the eenate but the arm plan
must get majority approval In beta
heutee ef eengreaa.
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