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Newspaper Page TextttMlZ M&Yltilm Wm U LLU La D Dav's lews Br r-ANIf. JKNKINa M Hit 'BrlUih parliament tilt oliitr day Conservative parly seakeri "denounced" high taxation la flnancs euclel benefiia isuch tret niedlclnt end IrM lelse leeUii largely resKiiulbl lor Britain's present troubles. Among ollirr tliiim, tliey hmiUiI Uiat tunus from Uie "hH enterprise" United Hialea should iwl be used to mkt up deficit Incurred by auclallst spending. That Hit Labor Ueder Ernest Bavin daiulir up. Ha flared back mat a law part ut Hrllaln a present truubl I dua to IUUII BUI'PUKT I'KK'tr) paid to American termers by Ui V. 8. government, lit takis mora dollars uj pay Uia higher price (or the American farm prod uct te British have to have.) Be via as) ltd: Tha United State la a niuih welfare Hat aa liriiain, althoufli li a different form " WHAT la It til about? la It a caaa of Uia pot calling in kelUe blackr PAKINO ot Britain s wrltaia state, did you ra Uia story Uia ollirr day about the Scotch dentist who earned giuoooo in a yrar cat penteruig teeth lor hia patient at government expense? CPEAKINO of Britain a "dullat crisis" luianra minuter ol Uia aight British rummunwralih hava been holding a long meeting on nl Uia dupatrhra rrlrr to a a "common solution ol their dollar problem." There ara Indications, a lory from London say, that their final propoula (which sill ba pre aenlrd to Washington la Bepiem of ri IU consist ol: I. Nrw American cradil lor tha alerting (pound! area. 1. Raising Uva price Uia U. S now pays for gold imoat ol which la mined In Uw British common wealth I THAT callt tor a littla explanation. "Naw Amartran credits" u aimply a high-flown term for Iriuling Ilia British mora paper dollare with 1 which to buy Uia product ol our (artorlaa and our farm. Kaultig Utt prica we pay lor guld (moat ol which la produced In British coun triaai would merely amount to pay lug MOKK PAHfcH DOIXAIUi tor Um gold that other paupla aril to ut Thia It Utt point: la tllaar eenl, -w -wauld bt giving tay Uvt producu ol our "induairy and. our tgrlcullurt to euiar paopla. WI would hop, ol court, that wa would gal It back aoma day. BUT THKHJC Id ONLY ONK WAY TO OCT IT BACK. That la by taking tha producu that ollirr piaipla would hava to aril to u. To t larga aiUMil, Ihaaa products would tntar Into compaullon wiui our own. Will at likt that whan It eomta to paaar THE underlying Idas ol Uia "arl- tart" aiaui la that Uvea who hava mora mini dlvlda up with Uvom who havt laaa. II you will raad earalully than Brltlah pmpuaaU, you will ara Uiat wa ara laading up to t WKLFARE WOK1.1J In a wrlfara world. Uia NATIONS Uiat hava mora will hava to dlvlda up with tha nation, that have lata. Binrt Ui Unitad Butaa (Uianlu to Ha ay.Urm ol trtw antrrprua rapllalUrm HAS MORE THAN ANY OTHKR NATION, It will havt to do iht bulk ol the giving up. That 1 what wt ara hrading tor. Art wt going to like It? Flying Saucers With Us Again Headed toward Krno, three (ly ing eaucerrv were, sighted Tuesday morning sTuund 10:20, pragresalng v at. great rata of speed across Ult Vocut skies. Mra. M. J. Shumate, Wocui lloUM-wlle, railed The Herald and Newa at toon fta tht "saucers" etarted disappearing In tht aky to ward Ktno. She said tht aaw three ol what appeared to be white dlsct tlymg -very high and very fast." At that height they appeared to be about tht tint ot dinner saucers. Truman Voices Hopes For World Peace, Says Communism Must Destroy Itself In Struggle For Global Domination ( Hit A(.(), July II (Ti Presi dent Truman aald today that "ten loni ftnd conflicts appear to be Increasing" In areas controlled by eommunlsl tyranny, lie laid ha la aptlmisUe the world may yet be argtnlsed for peace without war. Communism may have "tempo rary triumphs." Mr. Truman aald, "but In the long run It must either destroy itself or abandon Its at tempt la force ether nations Into Its pattern." Mr. Truman flrw here to ad dress thr diamond Jubilee tshrlne convocation, and made It an oc casion lor a major speech on for eign policy. He pledged thia nation to con tinue lie "great crusade for penre" with action along two tinea: I. Maintaining strong and atable Amerlran economy "aa the m aesmary source of strength af the n fraa world." Ht aald "wa noat ILYU Hawaii Strike End Hopes Seen WASHINGTON, July It I" The arnata labar commlllra iwung Hi eupporl today behind new govrrn mrnl aflorla la eolve tha M-day walkout of Harry Hrldgra' ID long ahoramrn In Hawaiian porta. Ai a dramatic rllrnai to ft day ol debate between Bridget and Hrna lor Tall IH-llhloi, the labor com mittee approved a rrxilullon calling on the union leader, the Mend em ployer - representative, and I', fl. lonrlllalor Cyrui H. thing to eetlle i the dispute In tl houra. To the axpreuted dlkapiKjtntmeut J ol Hrnator llnuglu 'D-lll I. who I Kiigiieivted the extraordinary end 'it the dupute, China wa nn tacatlon and the management representative ' waa out ol town. ! But Brhlgea and a company I pokeitman both showed an eager tiena to end the Hawaiian stalemate Thev siieeesled that Uir meeting be 1 held Friday II Thing could make It. Mugging Match I Irouglaa, a labor-management era noenle esperl from the t'nlverally at I hlrago, made his suggestion as Bridges and Henaloe Tafl slugged II ant wlih auestlon and answer. Bridget said hla II. Wt waa a led- wing anion, and that meant It waa Interested In civil right, civil lib erties and racial equality. lie denied that he r the long- aboremen't union wants la manlse" the Hawaiian Islands. "We only want ft wage Incrrave. he said "If that means communism, that s too bad " Meantime, the Hawaiian legisla tures leadera Indicated that seizure and operation ol the dorks waa un der serious mruldrratlnn. A special "man committee will rewarl today an II study ml the etrtae. and after that lwvernor KUInhark has said he would rail ft aprrlal session ml the leglsUltvre. Brannan Plan .1 Trial Run- Tossed Out WAa.lllNt.TON. July 1 ., A senate agriculture subcommittee la- ! day rarmallv loosed overboard an administration proposal for trial I raaj tf the Brannan farm plan en hog. - - j The tcUon waa taken during i elaaed session of the subcommittee ' which had had tha measure under considers lion for several weeks. It came aa the house, on the other J aide of the eapltol, squared oil for debate on farm legislation. A deanoeraUe-repnbHean coalition 2 In the noose flail- rejected admin' Utrallnn efforts la put through esse promise on HeerrUry of Agrl ture Brannan'a aubsidy plan. The Brannan program would let the price ot perishable term prod ucts tail In the natural level on the market. Farmers would get govern ment check paid for by taxes for the difference In those prices and what the government considers a fair price The trial run with hogs waa pra- I wooed aa ft compromise experiment ' ta find aul haw the plan wauld nock In practice. Chairman fltllrlte ID-la.) ml that senate subcommittee told reporters i alter tht group meeting: "I was directed to draft t report ', to the lull committee returning the bill without recommendation. -In effect, the exlgenciea an the hog situation aeema la hare passed. It seemed to ws that ft trial run an ne ar more farm producu wauld aval be teat.' Cooler Weather. Seen For Basin The weatherman aays It mill be cooler tonight, but not cold enough to warrant Iran of farmers that more frost might be on the docket. Official government forecast far Klamath Falls and this vicinity predict clear weather for Wednes day, with the low tonight. 41 de grees, and the high tomorrow, 80. Last nights minimum temper ture waa 43, and Monday s high 76. A cool wind per.sl.sted today adding another Indication that there will bt little chance for frost to night, . . make all our plana, private and public. In surh a way as to glvt at mors Jobs and more out put," I. Take atrpa to "Insure that the hard-won economic recovery of other natlona doea not revert to alagnation and despair." " of the moat foolish thlnga we could do right now," Mr. Tru man aald. "would he Is slash oar appr elation lor r.urnpean recov ery, we "' Ih t. we would be deliberately throwing away gains for peace and freedom that we hive painfully made. Only the communists would profit " we to k surh short-sighted course." Mr. Truman'a address was broad east by major networks and waa ahort-waved around the world. Not once In hla prepared text did he mention Russia by name. But ka tilled It with repeated clear reierencee ta the men In the Krem- I I fdrt '"Al It I ri I II II I Y W 1 J II fl IT. CLr rirtl w.m.t. Hfb Mir JiJ v.osp'i Ml fUlijll! JJf fl U (J jps. ) :r-u 1 " pkii'k rive r" . Me South Sixth Water Main Work Pushed A SUMf conBtrnrtlon ol lUrtr! by -llfornU-Orrion fower rta- pny -f urvr tl and riprrlrtf b romplrird Julv XI, Inrlndr IikUIU- lion f Z irri ml It and U-lnrti . raal Iron main on the north tldt wt j Houth htilh. ApproilmaUlv ' of thr UiUl la naUrial roL j Thr IntvUlUtlon will rstrnd W- t lern Altamont drive and Hammer ' Unv ttb an eifht-lnrb eonnerUoa arrtwa Houth Hlith al Hummer lane. Ta etlBtlnx ati-lnrh linem, ane al thr falrtronnda and Uia other al ret atrret, have ben connected ' 1 to the new main. Piirpniu of the rotutructton Joo la to provide better service In the . south suburban area, especially on Hummers lane, Homedale road and ; South aixth. east of the ran I. A rune-man crew under Foreman Ralph Nelson la handling the pipe laying Oraham brothers are dig gin the trench end doing the back filling, and the state highway de partment will patch pavement cuts. t apea Water Nuperlntendeat ! ; Cllrnn Bowrn aald that Ih anasn- 1 allv heavy demand for Irrigation ' and sprinkling service in the sooth i : suburban area, rllmaxed br an all- : lime rerard day of t JUS tot gallons i af water pumped Jane It, hat ; ! reduced pressure In the area. The average dailv purapage for Jan waa ; g.7M,:tg gallon aa compared with i last year s average af l.l:t.eot . lane per day. When completed, the new pipe line will help some ol the low pres. ; sure dilllrulty but will not elim ' mate It on warm days when sprin kling la abnormally heavy. Average dally purr, page for July l-l. 1S4B. inclusive, wat I.TMiw gallon par day. Lat year's con sumption In July averaged 041,000 gallons per day for Iht month. Bevin Blames 1 Farm Support For GB Crisis LONDON. July 1 rore.fn 8e-rretry Ftment Bevln taut nujtht ; blamrd a Unte part of Britam't I dollar rrlaii on high lupport prim paid Amrrtcan larmcra by tha United Btatea lorernme nt. Ho told th houne oC commons uh pcicet art si much part of a velfare state" as soclalited Brit ni tree health service and nation liwtlon of industry. Some conaervauvea tW Ins ton hurchill a partyi have denounced wei al: altxation : Churchill ' high taxation to finance aoclal benefit as largely responsible for ' the rurrent erlsla Thev have de- ; dared that funds from the "fret , enterprise" United States should jcurreTby't Bevin told opponent of the labor (socialist' government that -wei- fare stale" should not be brought Into the argument because It la developing everywhere. -The United 8 late is aa much welfare state as this country, al though in a different form," he told tht house In debate over Britain! lost of gold and dollar exchange. Many of Brltalns disappearing dollars have' gone for the products of American agriculture. RECORD SALEM, July IB id Oregon lits ft record number ot 10. ,100 motor vehicles, compared with MS.000 4 yrar ago, the state department re ported today. , On Ihe possibility of war, Ihe president aald: "Some people would have aa be lieve that war la Inevitable be tween Ihe nations which are de voted to our concept of Interna llonal organisation and Ihe con cept which now bears the name of communism. This la not the cae "I m optimlalle aa 1 look to ward the future, because ' believe In Ihe superior nllraellon for men s minds and heart of the demo crat i.r'-rlplea which have been tried and leafed In tree nations, and w hich are now wlnn: .g Ihe aM'r,' nre of men throughout Ihe world. "In Ihe bailie for ain't minds, our fallh la more appealing, more dynar.ilr, nnd alronger than any totalitarian force. The world longs tor the kind of tolerance and mu tual arijuatment which Va repre sen ted by demecratle principles," Elacjes at.av-1 :- m at aw -.. .. W 1 ' ', 'Tig; I i j 1 ' tis ?v ! 1 f "'ot"4' " 1 " . . f ' "-' 1 . 1 yf ;fvw":-; J .-r , J j EIGHTH STREET CONSTRUCTION North tighth street IS . now Q scene of busy Construction activity, OS these pictures V' view shows work proceeding on o wing ; on St. Poul s Episcopal church. Eighth and Jefferson, which will house a ministers study ing proceeds on a wall, part of the major project between Socred Heart chutch ond academy, where o new recreation center ond parish hall will be finished this year. McKay Approves Rent Curb Removal For Ashland Area SALEM. July 19 Oovernor council Is on my desk for action." Douglas McKay approved today the ihe governor said, "it appears that removal of rent controls In the j approval should necessarily be giv en y ot Ashland. i en It from the state level, for the And at the same time, he gave 1 reason that the local govemmcn- strong hint he would approve j tal agency a first-hand opportu- rent decontrol In Eugene and Sa lem. It was tht first time that the governor had acted under the new federal rent control law, which 1 lows governors to decide whether rent controls should be removed In any local area. The governor's recommendation goes to the federal housing au thority, but that la considered only a formality. Governor McKay tald the Ash land rent situation was not con troversial. The only communication he got from Ashland waa tht rec ommendation of that city's council asking tor rent decontrol. But he now facet two tough ones. They re the requests by the Eugene and Salem city councils tor rent decontrol in those cities. The governor said he has re ceived more than 75 letlert tnd telegrams from Eugene, with those wanting decontrol being In ft slight majority. Labor and veterans organltalions In Eugene want rent control, while landlords want decontrol, he said. The governor aald he ordinarily would be guided by recommenda tions rif city counctla, but he said he wished cities would take ad vantage of state funds Ijr hous ing surveys before tliry tak for lilting nf rent controls. "When the resolution of a city KLAMATH fALLH, ORKdON, TI KHDAY. In Guatemala 'fei f -iri-v. 4 iS . - .itvAe. iA, . JL '.at,' L.;. -L aaC--:S,-'- AV jj Ta. -i-L -b"-7 J -.', ,WV''V ff. H V f ,.- - J whvJ aa-L -L-i-2l-3 . ond parish house. Below, pour nlty to determine the wishes of the residents of the city Involved." Ha said It would be "difficult and certainly out of order, for me to override the decision of a city council." Portland Is the only city which has asked for state funds tor a housing survey. Communist Army Moves In China HONO KONO. July U (AV-Pro-natlonallst dispatches tald today three communist armlet were con verging on Llenhwa In central Chin In an attempt to cut the liiingow-Canton rallwav. Their obJecUve. said the dis patches, appeared to be to cut the railroad at ilriigyang and Leiyang, some SO miles south of Llenhwa. A report of the naUonalist offi cial central news agency from Changshft and central Kiangsi province conflicted with earlier dis patches. A Katuhow repngt said strong nationalist forces broke into Klan tnd reorcupied the city on Sunday. The Chaugslia dispatch said red units at Anfu and Klan were con tinuing Uielr westward drive on Llenhw tiler receiving fresh reinforcements. J( LY Trtrphant till . rttr I ' J0- I t Firemen Keep Busy As Many Blazes Hit Outbreak of fire couiinued to keep f trt departments around Uvt Klamath .area on tht go, Monday and today. Most serious wa a' blaat at the Weyerhaeuser Junction Moo- day afternoon which destroyed a house and woodshed owned by Joseph E. Ivle. Both county fire Department and Klamath Forest Protective svo- elation rigs went out. KFPA offi cials aald flames apparently started In the woodshed and spread to the house. There la no estimate of the damage. An estimated -TOO worth ot dam age was done by fire which leveled bam on the M. W. Keller ranch Just southeast of Bonanza Monday afternoon. The county fire department answered the call. KFPA toon had a gra&s fire on Lakes ho re drive under control last night. The blaae burned over about a half an acre. The city fire department was on . the Job when two fires were report ed. one at t:4S p. m.. Monday at Worden and Shelly, and the sec- ond at 11:25 thia morning on Lan- j caster street. Both were g rasa lire j and did lltUe damage. Supreme CourtjHaamsdcoely Judge Murphy Dies At 59 DETROIT, July It i! Supreme I Court Justice Frank Murphy died 1 at 7:45 a. m. EST. todsy. Doctors st Henry Ford hospital . said the 57-year-old Jurist died of j coronary occlusions, a heart af fliction. Murphy was appointed In 1040 to the supreme court by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Prior to that, he had served one two-year term as governor of Mich igan. He waa defeated for re-election. Before running for governor. Murphy served as the last governor-general ot the Philippines. He was also attorney general ot the United States. The Justice had been 111 here for some time but his condition waa not regarded as serious. He never married. For many yeara he wat regarded as one of Washington's most eligible bach elors. i For career story, see page 13) FRANK MIRPIIT Palace Government Units Said In Control Gl'ATF.MALA. Cwateasala, July If UP Armored treape were report ed battling far control at the -Uonal palace today aa eonfosioa and violence gripped Gaatrmal la the wake at the alaylng of her army chief af stiff. An attack on the palace waa launched last night after the army leader, CoL Francisco Javier Arana had been aaaasinated. War planet Boomed over the city and aimed clrillana roajned the street despite police curfew orders. Early today Mao arl Calickv, a leader ml the revolution! y aetlaal party which aopports Preaident Jawa Jaae Areralo'a rrgivae. Broadcast that the gercrnment had the sitaatioa In control." There have been no casualty re port, but ambulances clanged through the streets all night, in dicating some persons had been killed or wounded. B 'porta CetUaaeel Conflicting, confused reports pre vented a clear picture of what waa happening, but It began to appear that coup ws underway Inside the barred doors ot the pallet It self. A cTerna-mt eanpleye said Na liotul Defense Minister Joarobe Ar arat and his sapporters were hold ing the polar against troop loyal I It President Areraaa. : Arevalo ws reported barricaded In hit own residence while the bat- i tie that may decide hi political future raged ouuide the palace. j Both the president and the con- i great have decreed a stale of emer gency suspending aU constitutional! guarantee. 1 . Oa ruas-r sweeping ,th ottf said j (Is aeaaaaliiallen ml Anus waa pros tit nl, , spin in the erased I fareea over the week-end. It aaid , the ppiu was caned whew Arana 1 toppartera area the r tertians far aaemaera tf the defease esvaaeil kste 1 last week, drfeatinr rndidlea bock- I ed by Arbeax. Fellawrmr the elee ' tiooa. Col. Franeiaea Caserns, a cleee friend af Arbeax, waa fired at chief tf the air farce. I Slaying Seea A truck driver told an Associated Press correspondent he witnessed i ' Arana'a slaying. He said six men ; : with machine gun forced the army i chief out of hi station wagon near ' ! Lake Matitlan. southwest of the i capital, and then cut down both : ! Arana and ft police official with ! burst of fiic. I Gaatrasala Ilea Us the northern part af Central America and la bounded aa the north and west aide by Mralea. It caver aa area at satae 43.4SZ eaaare mile and has an estimated popuUtiea of S. 7 as. tag VANCOUVER, Wash, July It OP) Mrs. Ray Y smell baked ft cake yes terday and covered It with a fine, thick Icing. Then she put It on ; the window ledge. I About that time ft fledgling robin, off on his first tolo flight, came I skittering toward the window and j landed plop In the middle of the i icing. Beating his wings didn't get him free, but did glvt him a thorough coating that he couldnt do any thing about. Mrs. Yamell plucked him out, washed him off. and turn ed him loose. Crops Gain After Setback With Volume Hinging On Timing Of Late Frost Hit Klamath crops are now making notable recovery from the effects of the June frost, and the extent of below-normal production now de pends on the continuance of favor able conditions Into September, County Agent C. A. Henderson said todsy after survey trip over the basin. A bright spot in the situation la the barley on Irrigated lands of tht main project and the Tulelake area. Very little damage waa done be cause the crop had not reached the stage of susceptibility. Chet Main, ex-presldent and prominent member of tht Tulelake growers, reports that the harvest will bring a good return of wheat and barley, and Henderson made similar comment concerning these crops In the main project fields In Klamath county. Henderson gave special attention to potato fields on hit trip over tht area yesterday, and made a tenta tive estimate of 60 per cent of nor mal production this year. He fore sees from 5000 to 7000 carload at tht basin shipments from this year's crops, at compared with more than $800,000 Loss Feared In Holocaust HirPNIR. Ore, July It (X This Wheatland town's grata eleva lare and warehouses were destroyed but night In a lire that caused mart than SHOO eot damage. It was the noat deslrurUvt Mast la Morrow county's history. Twa grain elevators, a Hour mill, Iwa large warehouse, eight railroad aoxeare and twa lumber and coal yarda were destroyed before tht flames were ftnder control. About 190,000 bushels of wheat were lost. Most of tht damagt was Insured. During the height af the wind blown blase there waa danger that -three gasoline and ail storage tanks waald blaze and that burning grain ahawered across the aky would art fire to heme and other business bandings. Oraaa tires peppered the neighbor hood and one tract of several acrea burned before it wat trailed by bull dozers. Leveled by flames were two ele vators, tht mill and warehouse of tht Morrow county grain growers Co-op. the county's largest grain facility: the plant of Interior Ware houses. Inc., the Tum-a-Lum Lum ber company yard: cnal shed owned by Ed Breslln and several smaller structure. Barns at Tap Fire Chief Charles Ruggles re ported the tlsmes were delected at the top of Uia Co-op elevator and within 13 minutes the structure had toppled across a railroad spur, igniting the boxcars and spreading to the Interior warehouse. He said it ws believed an electric short circuit in the elevator machinery set off the blaxe. Co-op Maaagrr Ted Smith valued the (.rowers' plant af -3Sa.ee and aaid tht Iwa elevator held 1 St. eat auaheis af grain. Interior Manager Cea-wett Green estimated hie plant s Talat at 113 sot and aald there were 4.tM bushels af wheal and S3t ttt tf wiiarellaneoa stock ta tht warehouse. Tht damage to tht lumber and cool yarda waa art at m.tat and rslae tf the boxcars waa estimated at SlM.aot. Oreen waa credited with saving two boxcars by setting them rolling down a spur grade out of the lira tone. He used ft crowbar under Uia wheels. One ws loaded with lum ber and the second was empty. All were Union Pacific railroad rolling ! stock. Ffreeara were Joined by aeares af eitlsrrta aa the beat lines and grate fires. They first abaadoaed hope of taring the Co-op structures and attempted la save the Interior ware house. Thea they played the heat Itaea aa the adjoining buslneaa buildings aad fht U and gsaoliat Ben Davidson Named Chief Of Spud Unit 8ALEM. July U ' Oregon I new Dot to commission elected Ben Davidson. Redmond, at its 16000-s- year administrator. t fht commission, which held Ita (ln, meeting here yesterday, will advertise and promote research on Oregon potatoes. Davidson. native of Oregon, haa been shipping point inspector for the state department of agriculture for the past 13 years. For two years before Uiat. he was a broker for tht Pacific Supply Cooperative. He will have his headquarters in Redmond. Scott Warren. Klamath Falls, wat elected chairman of the commission. N. L. Weigand. Powell Butte, wat elected v!:e chairman. Other members of the commission art John Brooks. Madras: Wllford Dixon, Merrill: Sam Hartley. Nyssa; Clyde Ward. Baker: Robert Miller, Boardman: M. B. McKay, Trout dale: and Floyd Stoncman, Malheur county. 11,000 from tht above-normal ml crop. Much depends, he said, on how soon hesvy frosts occur late In tht summer, thus determining tht length of the growing season thai was cut short on the front end by the cold weather In late June. Tht county agent said he Is reluctant to make any specific predictions right now. but will have mora to report as Ihe season advances and furthef surveys are made. A long late sum mer growing spell could make a tre mendous difference In the pot a It crop, he said. Dry land grain took a beating from the frost. The loss was partic ularly heavy In the Hildebrand area. Some late plantings may coma through, depending on summer moisture condition-, Klamath Production Credit ad dition directors made ft recent tout of the basin area and reported Lan gell valley had escaped with lest damage than most other areas Oar dens were observed to be In good shape and potatoes were making nice recovery. Damage waa sixitiy In Pot vtlley with tome fields badly hit (nd othera netrby undamaged.