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Iy FRANK JENKINS
MP it Lebanon, in tin Willamette
vallry. Uiry'vt Juat urtllrd main
what mini to be a burning Isaue In
the modem day wlilrli l belter,
a hurte's Irna or a main lrg7
Th horaa won.
IN this particular caw. a 84-yeei-old
man allowed In public Dial lir
could outwalk a lx-yer-old hure
over a 15-mil coura. 'Ilia hurt'
friend railed ln bind, and Ilia
contest a ataged at Ilia Lebanon
race track. Two hundred people. In
cidentally, paid muiiey to ace It.
Wlirn I'.ma waa railed, Uie horse
iu 14 milra ahead.
F1IIH Imrae v. nun buauirh ha
been grtung a lot of attention up
III tliat part ol Un slate. It a tat leu,
al 1 recall It, when a trhg-u4 kni
Individual farther down the vallry
made hla biega Uiat he could out
pull a liura in a luu-ol-ar.
The partisan of tha hura and
the partisan of the man put It to
afihe teat. The hoi a won in a walk
They tried It again. The horae woo
again.
a
f how tha people down that way
accept the Lebanon teat a final
and concede that on pure brawn
a hor la belter than a man. It
palna ma U ee people In modern
day Oregon atlll debating an Iaiuc
that waa aetllrd drriaivelv when the
tirat man lamed and broke Uie Ural
florae and put him to woik pullitu
a load. Then are Uie iaaur that
were aettled then:
I. The hor la ttronger than Die
man.
3. Ilia mat la SMARTER than
the hnrae. .
Hoiauaa he la amarier. man EVER
rUNCE haa been making the horse
do tha liaid work
It Ml juat that.
THE BMAHT MAN NOT MERELY
MAKftH THE DUMB HOIUiK IK)
THK HARD WORK UK MAKES
THK HOKME LIKE IT.
Her ta how It worka out:
a
IS nia name atate, centurie ago.
the hoiao waa free and independ
ent. He did aa he pleaaed. He called
no man maater. Ilia deatiny waa
what ha rhoo to make It. He wan
dered anutii. He waked no man a
permiaaion to do what ha wanted to
do.
BUT
While he waa free, he waaii':
aerur. He waa never aure what hu
neat aeaaon paalure would be like
Maybe It would be good. , Maybe 11
would be bad. Whru It waa bad.
he either got thin or he moved an
to better paalure on the other aide
of the horiaun. Moving on to belter
paalure involved making decialotu
on hit own account and abiding by
the result.
a m
MAN came along and PROMISED
11 HIM SECURITY IN THE
FORM Or PLENTY OF ORA.S8
ALL HIH LIKE. All ha had to do
to obtain Una aecurlty waa to give
up hta freedom and let the man
'be the boaa. Thereafter tha man
would provide him with graaa .n
aummer and hay In winter and
would even build him a barn in
which to eat hie winter'a hay In
comfort.
Tha horaa fell for It. like a ton
of brick, and haa been falling for
It ever since. The net reault ta
that ha la just a beast of burden.
a a
I wtah our frlrnda up along the WU
lamll would give It up that a
horaa la ttronger than a man and
begin to pay aomo attention to
what happen because tile man la
SMARTER than the hnrae.
The amart man promiaed the
dumb horaa aecurlty and plenty of
graaa. end to get It Uie horse gave
up Uia right to run hla own life.
A lot of amart politician are mak
ing glittering promises to u dumb
people that If we will give up the
right to run our own livta Uiry will
guarantee ua plenty to eat and a
tivernment-built houae to do Uie
eating In.
If we keep falling for their prom
ises, we'll wind up where the horse
did Uiat ti to tay, the time will
.com when we'll be doing all the
Vard work and the amart politicians
will be having all Uie tun of run
ning our Uvea for ua.
That'a what we need to be think
ing about.
To Heck With Semantics,
Just Try Housewife's Easy
To Do Face'Saving Tactics
DENVER, July 3S (in Scientists
who've been mulling aver "the Ionics
nf confusion" and allied subjects got
Ihe straight clnpe yrsterdny on how
husband and wife can argue peace
fully. A Denver housewife. Mr. Betty
lee Jncnbs, told the experts llwt a
simple application ot semantic does
the trick. iNo, ynu can't go out and
liny a bottle at the drug slore.l
Mrs. Jamb brought Ihe third
enngreas of semantics down from
out of the clouds over Denver. At
least Dial's where Ihe average Den
verlle thought It hi been Ihe past
tour days.
Semantic Is a science. Webster's
tllctlniiary define It as "The sci
ence of meniilnga inf wordsl a
enntmstrd with the phonetics, the
aoiind (of wnrrisi." Seven hundred
experts from North and South
America and Europe have been
amusing themselves and confound
ing outsiders wllh their Intellectual
hl-llnks here for Ihe pnst four dny.
Mis. Jsrnhs put some enilhy logic
7 into ins congress.
Negotiations
In Hawaiian
Strike Stall
Honolulu, July JS Mi Failure of
wn cmplover-uiilon conference rallrd
by liov. Ingram M. Hlalnnark today
tightened the dradlork In the M
dav Hawaii duck atrlke.
The governor eUrniptrd to crark
the Impaaae befure he gore before
a apcnlal araalon of the Irglalalure
tumurrow. He will aak lor powera to
erlie the dork and hire civil arrvlre
levrdorea. Ilolh aldra In the alrlke
oppoae that.
The meeting In lolanl palate yra
trrttny led to an Infnnnal wage offer
by Henry Hrhmldt, a leader nf the
CIO International Iongahoreinen '
and Warehousemen's union. Km-
, plovera turned It down.
I Meanwhile, there waa watchful
' Inlrrrat In announrrd plan of the
j nenunlnn Hawaiian Mrvrdorr. Inr.,
to load the Ural outward tauo of
I utar alnrr Ihe I III longahorrmrn
quit work In the lalanda' alt puru
May I.
No Vlolrnre
"There wont be any violence."
aald tkhinldt. He predii led only a
akrlrton picket line at the pirr. Hut
he waa "pretty damn aure' the AKL
jrrewmrtt won t go back aboard the
ahlp - the I llimlan freighter Hteel
( Hver They walkrd oil last week.
I 11. WU official here and In Kan
' Kranriaco declared the ahip would
be labeled 'hot" and wmild liol be
' unbailed on Ihe weal coat by union
' atrvrdmea. Normally, the a u g a r
I would go to the Ameiican Hawaiian
i Huiiitr Co. irfinrry al Crockett,
! Calif.. It ma go elsewhere
I Hawaii I bulling wllh 1I1.0 Ion
I of auiar valued al ua.OM.to and
j atared wherever Ihe mill ran find a
drv place Including theatre lobbies.
Hie II. WU haa been trtklng to
now.1 liaigahnreinen'a wage from
i II 40 an hour. Employer offered a
i 13-renl Incrraae. They onr ae
'. cepted the 14-cent figure recom
! mended by a fart finding board but
I the union rejected that.
Car Falls Off
Jack, Injures
SOC Teacher
! An unuaual accident, occurring
' when a car fell off a Jack, brought
! aenom injury Haturday evening to
' N'nrman H. Hawk. Southern Oregon
college faculty member, on the
; Kourmile lake road weal of Lake o'
I Uie Wood.
Hawk la ihe ton-ln-law of Mr. and
Mra. Arthur Porter, 119 Pine elreet,
Klamath Kail, and waa on hu way
i to the lake to meet Porter for a
flailing exruralon.
The car developed a broken pruig
: on the rough road. Hawk Jacked It
! up with a bumper Jack and waa
under the car when It rolled off the
Jack and fell on him. breaking hla
pelvia. Hla mother. Mr. N. L. Hawk,
waa with him. and the falling car
(truck her, raualng g minor hurt.
Hawk waa taken lo Medford
I hospital, and doctor aald he will
recover. He I the huaband of the
former Phyllu Porter of thla city.
Everyone Howls
When SP Freight
Whistle Sticks
Indignant Klamath Falls real
denU kept Ihe telephone wires
busy and eren the city's dogs act
up a bif howl sthen a whistle sturb
an a Kouthern Pacific freight lo
comotive about 7 a'clock Hundav
morning and continued lo "blow
sleepers out of bed for approil
matelr 33 minute.
Telephones at The Herald and
N'ews, radio stations KH.W and
KKJI and Ihe ISP station were
deluged with Irate calls.
After Ihe noise had continued
without abatement fur about 10
minutes, the canine population
derided to lend their bit of har
monising, bP officials aald that with the
advent of dlesel power, such whistle-sticking
disturbances will come
to an end.
She Isn't exactly a novice In this
semantics business. She has a cou
ple of college degrees. Hut her main
occupation, she emphasizes, Is bring
a housewife.
On the hiisband-and-wlfe subject,
she told the congress "we need to
take a lesson from Inbor-mnnsge-ment.
They have developed skills in
communicating with each other.
'That's semantics.) Husbands and
wives can do the same thing."
She sslri man snd wife nerd to
develop "fsie-ssvlng devices and
')iitllng-on-lre' trrhnlque."
Mrs. Jacobs' piittlng-nn-lre meth
od sounds like a semsnllrlired ver
sion of the old "count 10 before you
say anylhlng" philosophy, she sug
gested tlist "It you get angry about
something Just before dinner, put
It -on-lce until after dinner. Or un
til 8 o'clock. Or better wait until
you're out driving sometime Inter."
On the subject of fnce-savlng de
vices, Mrs. Jacobs explained: "You
allow the other person to under
stand wherein he I wrong without
making him admit It."
CKKf HVt ( INK KLAMATH rALLH, OKI; (.ON, M O.N DAY, J1LV 14. 194
oil
PARK DEDICATION Picture showing port of fhe audience ond the speaker's rostrum ot
the dedication of Jockson F. Kimball memorial pork ot the head of Wood river yesterday.
John Houston, standing on platform, presided at the exercises.
Jackson Kimball Honored Boston Bay
Sunday When Wood River CL:n frach
Memorial Park Dedicated 7,.;? U
Jackson V. Kimball, pioneer In
I forestry and forest protection In the
' Klmmalh raunlv. mm.m honored vea.
lerday In the dedication of the area
around Ihe head of Wood river as
the Kimball Memorial park, a pro)-
eel of the state board of forestry.
Approximately 10 persons galh-
ered In Ihe pine-studded area for
eserrtsea sponsored by ihe tort
Klamatti Women's club, which M-
lotved kirn hrtrfrU Ik. W4ul
I pool that atarta the rlvor an Its way I
: at Ihe foot of sua asoaotaia.
The dedicatory address wsa made
.. i
il KUhI' r Mra Op Pag,.' '
tJrZFu&ZlrE. The For. Klamath Women", club
Kimball's memory and Introdttred
a.1. .u.. Mm I l Kimkall mho
wa here from la Jolla. t allf, for
.... . ., ..ni ...1
Mr Kimball was active u veara aio
In Ihe preparation of the original
suir forestry laws whlrh msde pos
sible the establishment of a stale
forrst In the Wood river area, of
wh'rh Ihe Kimball recreation area
la a part.
John Houston, maater of ceremo
nies. Introduced other speakers. In-
eluding l.vnn Cromemlller. assistant t
slate forester; lean Paul Dunn,
Oregon State college school of for- j
rstry: hen a tor Phil Hitchcock, rep- j
resenting (governor Douglas McKay; j
Albert Vteendanger, representing i
the Keep Oregon tireen organlxa
Direct Air
Service For
Klamath Asked
The Klamalh county chamber of
commerce went on record favoring
direct air service between Klam-
ath Kails to Portland and San Fran-
the causa si a hearing of the civil
aeronautics board In San Francisco
next Monday.
This decision was made during a
Monday morning meeting of the
executive commute ot the chamber.
Stale Senator Phil Hitchcock and
Chamber Manager Charles R.
Stark will represent Ktamsth Fslla
at the CAB hearing.
A recent petition to the CAB.
asking for Klamalh Falls Interven
tion at the, hearing was granted.
Siaik said, and tins will be second
on the docket to present argu
ments for adequate air service.
Winston Purvlne, Oregon Tech
director, told Uie chamber's execu
tive committee of Uie need for find
ing students part-time work.
The matter was referred to Ihe
OTI committee for study and action.
Rent Rule Won't
Apply In Oregon
SALEM. July 35 (PI The Chicago
federal court decision holding that
Ihe federal rent control law la un
constitutional won't have any effect
In Oregon.
Thomas MrCall, secretary lo the
governor, anltl that Governor McKay
feels the decision won't have any
force unless It Is upheld by the
United States supreme court. The
government has appealed.
, Governor McKay's announcement
today that he approved decontrol of
rents In Eugene enme after he heard
about tha decision. That Indicated
the governor feels the frderal rent
control law, whlrh lets the gover
nors decontrol rents In local areas,
Is sMIl valid.
MrCnll said tills feeling I shared
by Attorney General George Neuner.
a !- i
' lion, and Malcolm Fplcy, managing ;
editor of The Herald and News.
' Th La. Ik nalrf Lrihula In Kim. !
i ball's memory and emphasised the '
; value of selling aside such places as
that at the head of the river as
j beauty and outing spots for the
enjoyment of Ihia and future gener- j
ations. Kpley discussed the history i
of the Mood river area, and Crone
miller described the backeround of
alat fortaln tlin.
Entrrtarnnaent lealwre. harlwded
number by the -Houae brothers
' artet and vocal solos by Dorothy
.. . .
netlson or sort Klamath- aiMoaa.
' "bers served
CrraiW.
coffee and Ice
I Mrs, now available for pic-
nlea and outing. Ilea near old I S tl
' lno Oregon MS) north of Fort
eUaaaalh junction.
Search For
Slayers Still
Draws Blank
TACOMA. Julv 35 o A four-
state dragnet for John Edward 1 Bailey, a veteran pilot, said "at
I Summers. 33-year-old ex-convlct j the time the ship was doing ap
snught for the double slaving of an proximately 13 knots,
elderly Tsroma couple, continued to i CtBU Charles E Stevens. SO.
draw a blank today. i skipper of the wrecked boat, who
Summers, whose most descriptive , tutlmi . questionable fracture
feature Is a two-Inch scar on the !. .JrVr. - -i -tiHnt
bsck of his left hand. Is charged
with first 'degree murder for the
shooting of Howard EaMry. 63. and
his wife. Elisabeth, 7, in their
home here July lfl.
Federal bureau of Investigation
agents entered the rae over the
; week-end In belief Uiat Summers
j had driven the Easley car Into Ore-
! gn in violation of the Dyer act. !
I The Portland motorist In whose
said he bousht It from a man an
swering Summers' description. That
was Friday.
His trail ended several hours later
after he rode In several taxicabs.
He told one driver he was going to
Seattle. He gave his destination lo
another as Snn Francisco.
Both stories appeared to be part
of an elsborste cover-up lo throw
pursuers oft the trail.
Here Is A Breakdown On
Administration's Plan
To Spend Arms Aid Funds
WASHINGTON, July tS lP Here la the war the admlnlitra
tlon proposes In spend the $1,454,000,000 arms aid fund:
. All) TO NOR1II ATLANTIC TREATY fWNTMES
1. Fqulpment. delivery expenses, terhnicsl and
training assistance I
I. Assistance to stimulate Increased military
production
All! TO OTHER COUNTRIES
Equipment, delivery expenses, technical and
training assistance
Emergency fund ...
Administration .....
Total I 1.450.000.000
Aside from the North Atlantic part countries, the nstions It pro
poses to aid Include Greece and Turkey, Korea, tha Philippines and
Iran. This waa not broken down In the proposed military aid bill
nor In analysis furnished by the state department.
In addition to tha appropriations asked, the lex lals tlon authorises
the president lo use up lo 1100.000,000 In government fund to finance
contracts for arms lo be paid for In rash on delivery. Official aald
the primary purpose of this provision Is to help Laltn American
nstions get munitions In this eountry.
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mils une
B08TON. July 25 The coast
guard today probed a cran In
which a freighter sliced a pleasure
boat In two. leaving one dead and
19 j injured strewn on harbor
waters.
Mrs. Mary Di Giovanni. 43, of
Wallham. a (Jaweiiger on tha M-
I 1001 Cao.Il cnmer Marie
! t""L, Th c'?Ll " fiT" "
two- by the bow of the United
States lines' American Veteran. In-
hminrf from
Phlladclphla.
1 W.tnesse. ss.d both were head-
P the m.in ship channel in
Penect weatner
, the collision.
at the time ot
I Thousands of 8unday excursion-
Isu watched as their vessels helped
rescue Ihe M Mane 8. passengers
i snd crew, tossed in a dazed con-
ditlon In the big ships boiling
. wake.
I Coast , guard, navy, police and
! private craft combined In prompt
efforts which probably avoided a
i major disaster. Only the bow of
i the Marie S. remained afloat. It
' was later towed to port.
Cspt. Lawrence B. Adams ot
! Brooklyn. N. Y.. msster of the
! freighter, si.rt Capl. I. Clarence
Bailey, harbor pilot, were on the
bridge at the time of the crash.
see the freighter until It was too
late."
Bike Rider Dies
At Farewell Bend
MEDFORD. July 25 i4 William
R. Wright. 28. former Medford po
liceman, was fatally injured on the
his motorcycle went out ot control.
Police said he crashed head-on
into an oncoming car, which had
stopped when the driver saw the
careening cycle. The driver of that
car was Murlcn F. Burton. Salem,
whose wife and child suffered cuts
and bruises.
The accident occurred at Fare
well bend, near Union crek.
I.I50.IMO
155,000,000
SOO.5gO.0IMI
45.000.000
10.970.0M
Fire Eater
Involved In
Kidnap Hoax
RKD BM KF. Calif.. July M tJH
The "abduction ancle" ftulrd
omewbal today In the rate ot lo
youths armtrd here after trans
porting two juvenile glrla from
Bend. Ore.
T he prtftoner, J. B. Rirb and
.Norman Retta. are in the Tehama
count r gUil chargrd with burg ..try
and armed robber r al balem. Ore,
where the warrant! ' were Uard.
They were found alrep In a ear
tn a eountry road near here,
hheriff Jamea N. l-'roome reported
Rich bellijerently aaid:
"If we had been awoke it would
have been different. There would
have been a couple of dead cop
pern around here."
They threw the car keys away
when arrested. Just to show their
annoyance. Froome raid. But they
offered no real resistance, although
armed with a pus ml.
dirt Held
:j5
Both are carnival workers
Investigation indicated, bad
the two gins about a week ago
Bend. Ore. The girls, aged 14 and
U. are in the county jail here.
Their parents came for them last
night but the sheriff refused to re
lease them.
Sheriff Froome sav Ri.h talked
quite a bit last night, and. during
the Inquiry, it was brought out SALEM. July 35 iPv Oov. Douglas anmuiuinirai mat it a
that one of the girls had helped McKay approved today the removal ' "t T J100!!.'!
the men repaint the rtolen car In of rent control to Eugene I rrkAtar anoenberg of Michigan,
which they were traveling. Last week he approved decontrol : I". Zn?" 1 J!l.''?.'
Rich, according to the sheriff, j of rents In Ashland. He now Is IL ,Z .2"
also claimed to have been Intimate comidenng decontrol In Medlord. ' 14.71
with the girls, but the girls deny but he .aid he h nn t r-.t.i I J'"? . rm 't?Tm-:
' this.
Whether other chargea will be
; filed against the men had not been
' decided, (sheriff Froome waa going
to confer Ister today with IBI wa
wno qneauoned Rich and Betts.
They were andeeided whether
file Dyer and Mann act charges.
rroome said the 22 pistol the
man had was stolen from a Salem
borne in the allewed burglary.
Yeaterday was Betts' 21st birth-
d,?- RlctV 201
Rich, when arrealrd. gave hi. 111111111 1111111
address as Klamath fall. Ore. He WIIIIIJJ II VI It
wss a fire-eater with the West f I f
(oast shows playing In Klamath f arMsOH flit
Falls early In July and left h' 1 lafll I iCU Ull
show here after receiving bnmsiw " "warn was
during a performance. j I
He and Betts have been under
suspicion of burglary here. andl
also are believed to have robbed j
and stolen a car from George
Sellsworth Fuller of R.ckre.11
Thursday night and later to have
stolen a car from Linn Long of
aVrrS
ilMMI
were arrested near Red Bluff.
Coal Company
Boss Blasts
Lewis Plans
WASHINGTON. July ii i.?i -
George H. Love, president ot Uie
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal com -
psny, todsy denounced John !
Lnta mrer-uay mur wrra in luc
cosl fields as "confiscation" of pri
vate capital.
He was seconded by Senator Rob- f An elderly Klamath man. Steve j courthouse May 28 to confess ha
ertson iD-Va), who called the cur- i Kovch. is said to be recovering fa- j killed and dismembered his red
tailed working program announced vorably from injuries received when ! haired wife.
by the United Mine Workers last I he was struck by a car Saturday ! The torso of the woman was found
June 30 a "bold, overt act to con
trol production and prices."
Harry M. Moses, president of U. S.
Steel corporation's coal subsidiaries,
said "severe damage" to the coal
Industry and national economy
could result from the power exer
cised by Lewis' miners.
The three spoke out as the senate
banking committee launched a full
scale investigation Into the opera
tions ot the coal Industry and the
activities ot the UMW.
"t want to find out the extent
and trend ot the economic power ot
unions." Robertson said In -a state
ment at the outset of the hearing.
President William Oreen ot the
AFL himself a one-time coal miner
accused Robertson of using the
Investigation "to pi op up the totter
ing Byrd political machine in Vir
ginia and to bolster its union issue
In the current gubernatorial cam
paign." Aegegn Temblor
Fatal For Two
; ISTANBUL. Turkey. July 25 m
! While unofficial sources put casual
ties much higher In Saturday's
! earthquake on the Aegean coast, the
j semi-official Anatolia News agency
repprt'.-d last night two persons
killed and four seriously Injured.
The Greek ministry of public or
der announced In Athens that two
persons were killed and 48 Injured
on the Greek Island of Khios, 12
miles oft Uie Turkish coast, by the
earthquake and the accompanying
storm.
The tremors shook Izmir, Turkey's
second largest port, where consider
able property damage but no loss of
life was reported.
WIATHER
KUntalh fall an4 Partlf
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t 7, Mifh UeJar 1: U
UMigki 4 U 44; b.ck Tal4tr
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Tflrpbon 1111
W alkinq Horse
Bests Man Over
75-Mile Course
LEBANON. July JS (V-Jal In
ease yon ever want ta settle an
argument or win a bet on tho
unjert a horse can outwalk a
man.
The question waa aettled here
last night with a six-year-old
sorrel gelding finishing 14 miles
In front of the "Walking Man of
Oregon" In a 7S-mile walkalhon
at Lebanon Meadows track.
Big fled, owned and ridden by
Ralph Hmith. Linn county ranch
er, covered the distance In 14
hours and 4g minute. The horse
took an early lead over Hiker
Paul Mmlth. M-year-old Mill City
resident, and steadily widened
the gap.
They atarted together at t a. an.,
before nine pretators. About 201
paid to see the fete sponsored by
the Hanliam Wranglers.
Smith. ho wslked In a trans
continental walking contest in
the esrlv 2t. still had 14 miles
to go when the horse finished.
Smith didn't wslk them.
McKay Okays
Rent Curb End
For Eugene
I fjl eLLIlJlZlltZ
W
. -."7 ' ucroiiuu.
I recommendation.
The governor emphasised again
tnriav thai feela K .twiiiH j-
j wpt ctty reoommendaUons
- hther rent control ahmilri ho
ended.
The governor's recommendation
.
goes to tha federal government. ! posed foreign arms aid would ap
which Is expected to go along with proach l.&!5.0O0.0OO, the state de-
the governor.
ara niHiTlaWTn
IllUIIIUIII
,M ' 'e cttys unimproved
"f"" J" ' TtJlSSZ
" ""Z
J". ',7 th
.Ltfirntie, of road
"a, been oiled, six miles with
UM) o oU pnM by
the city and approximately four
miles with the use of crankcaae
oil supplied by service stations.
The oiling project has cost the
city In the neighborhood of 12000.
' City Engineer B. A. Thomas said.
i With the installation of the oil
! storage tank, the city will have a
supply of oil next year, with plans
of storing It this winter. Last
I winter the oil had to be thrown
sit because of havlna no storage
faci'mes, Thomas said.
,
i . . ,
' CCIOeist VlCt171
Said Recovering
afternoon.
Kovch is in Klamath Valley hos
pital. The 68-year-old man was
waiting to cross highway 97 near
Van's motel, when he saw a car,
driven by Ingvald Anderson of Ala
meda. Calif., approaching. He
apparently started to cross, then
stopped, and then started again,
walking Into the path of Uie on
coming car. No chargea were filed.
Kovch lives at route 3, box 1054.
He was moved by Kaler's ambu
lance, and his condition is not con
sidered serious.
Federal Judge Rules 1949
Rent Control Laws To Be
'Unconstitutional' Today
CHICAGO, July 25 (PI Federal i of Its powers to other government
District Judge Elwyn R. Shaw today
held the entire 1949 rent control
law unconstitutional.
However, his ruling does not mesn
that all rent controls are now off.
A government attorney said an
Immediate appeal will be made to
the U. S. supreme court.
William 8. Kaplan, chief Chicago
attorney for the housing expediter,
said the law will be "administered
and enforced" pending appeal.
Judge Shaw held Uiat In Inserting
a local option clause In the act,
congress had abrogated Its wartime
powers.
He said the whole law Is Invali
dated by a clause permitting states
and other governmental divisions
to end controls In their territories
by local option.
Judge Shaw held this provision
was unlawful delegation by congress
Chief Keeps
Close Eye
On Expense
WASHINGTON. Jul. M MPl
President Truman railed wn cen
gresa lodar to approve awlftlf a
Sl.4Ag.Q00.Me foreign anna pro ram.
He aald It la needed beeause friend
ly nations In We tern fcorope and
elaewhere need to build up their
defense against the danger of K us
ual! aggression.
The chief executive, evidently
hoping to counter the demand of
' some aenator to trim down tho
cost of the proposal, tald hi recom
mendation cover only "the most
pressing current need for military
j aid."
Barely an hour before he sent a
special me.4age to the lawmakers
pleading lor aw. it approval of hta
program to meet "the most press
' lug current needs,' Mr. Truman
penned hu signature to the ratifi
cation Instrument of the Atlantic
pact.
He called Ihe treaty ratified only
last Thursday br an It to 11 sen
ate votewa historic tep toward n
world of peace, a free world, frea
from fear.
"But it only one alrp." he aaid
In a etatement issued at the White
Hoorse signing ceremony.
"Wt must keep ourselves morally
and materially strong. Wo muat
play anr part In helping to strength-
ea freedom everywhere."
: That waa the theme of hla arm
aid message lo congress,
j By stressing what he called "tho
I moat pressing current needs." Mr.
1 Truman obviously waa hoping to
short circuit demands In congress
for a less ambitious program.
Rift Coming
Two republican senators who have
, played an Important part In draft.
i U1 ,nl """"" bi-partisan for.
f"y aa served advance no.'
; (rati strategy can take shape nn-
, dw ,n. Atlantic part. And Senator
, Dalles ol New York, a top ad riser
i ; i .
! called tho tt.iM.tM.oo figure -loo
, hir- wtor. k .frH th -
I ate.
Actually tha value of the pro-
partment disclosed.
That extra value Is In "exctwr
XJ. 8. nuuiary stocks, proposed to be
sent to America's friends abroad
I with no charts other than the coat
I of getting It ready for use, and
f handling.
About S454.Mg.tM worth of ouch
material, tho department estimated,
I can be provided with only about
I73.M.aoa in rehabilitation coats
charged against the program.
Rice Faces
Judge, Gets
Life Sentence
Stolid William Howard Rice. 43.
heard himself sentenced to life Im
prisonment this morning In circuit
court.
He had pleaded guilty to a second
degree murder indictment in the
torso slaying of his wife. Jennie
Morrison Rice.
Before the mandatory sentence
was passed. Circuit Judge David R.
Vandenberg asked Rice it he had
any statement to make. Rice replied:
No."
He has steadily refused to disclose
any ot the circumstances of his
wife's death since he came to the
tn Uie Klamath river the day be
fore. Her head, arms and legs have
never been located.
Rice has not told where, when or
how his wife died, but the district
attorney's office was prepared to
prosecute on evidence Indicating
Mrs. Rice was killed at the family
home on S. Rogers the night ot
April 9.
Rice probably will not be taken to
Salem and the state prison until
Friday or Saturday. He has asked
tor a few day to dispose of property
here.
i agencies.
The opinion was issued In an
action by Tlghe E. Woods, housing
expediter. He sought an injunction
to restrain the Shoreline Coopera
tive, Inc., Chicago, from evicting II
tenants. The Judge dismissed th
petition.
In his written opinion. Judge Shaw
said that congress should hav
merely set a new expiration date If
It wished to continue the old rent
control act In force.
He announced a week ago that
he Intended to find Uie 1949 act
illegal. At that time, he said, It
waa not certain whether he would
throw out the entire law or whether
only the local option clauss could
be held Invalid.
John P. Lullnskl. assistant U, 8.
attorney, said an Immediate appeal
of Judge Shaw's ruling will be taken
to th supreme court.
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