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By FRANK JKNKINa
UEREIs a.elent on Uh Chines
"communist (II lonit from
Shanghai thla morning:)
"Oommunlit auUiorlUes decreed
today It te a lull of time to play
Mh Jong. Sixty-eight playere u(
Chilli lavorlle game were arrested,
fined up to 40.000 cammunUt dollars
ch. sentenced to lour hours In
Isll and mailt to sweep Uie iimU."
MOT w bad.
" At Ihla distance. hav Uia
Idee tlial II Uit Chinese played
l.luia Mah Join and grew MOKE
crope and mada mora Uiinge they
would ba vaelly better oil.
Wa have lu worry about thes
Uilhu. you know, lor w mis to
liava ccepld Uie principle Dial
Aniarlcan taxpayers liava to support
all Ilia peoples In Uia wurld who
can't eeein to aupporl Uicmaclvea.l
fHATB on alant on Uia Chines
communist. Here anoUiar:
In Shanghai Uia other day, mob
JUasaed Uia V. B. consulate. Tha
"Yiembera of Uia mob (claiming to or
former Chines civilian employees
ol Ilia V. B. navyi wanted MKVtK
ANC'K pay, plua back pay lor alx
atoiitha.
tieveranr pay la what you gel
when you ara Iired. or quit, or Uic
inillll yuu're wurklm fur lulda up.
The outfit Uieoo Chines were work
in for la Uia United Stale of
America. Ho far aa China la con
cerned, the United State lolded up
when tha communuu took over.
That U to aay, Uir communist
threw ua out of China, and now Utry
maul to CHAHOK US MONEY for
Uia prlvllrge of being thrown out.
T0 you remember tin Brltuh naval
aloop. Uia Amethyst, that got
badly shot up a while back In a
audden rurku between Uia Brltuh
navy and Uia communut armiear
Well, Uia AmeUiyit, ahlch had
been held mora or lea a prUoner
under Ilia iuiu of Uia communut
armlea on Uia bank of Uia Yamue
river, allpped out under cover of
darkneaa Uia oUier nil hi and la now
aafrly on her way to Hone, Kong.
When alia arrlvea tomorrow, a mil
liary honor guard will ba walung
lor her at Uia dork, lianda will
blare, Fighter piaoea will dip In
ealul. Her aklpper, with tha per
aonal approval of King Ueorge, will
be awarded tha medal of the Du
ll nguuhed Service Order, ona of
Uia top Brltiah derorauoiu.
THIS la Uia point:
Tha b.g to-do In Hong Kong u
all becaua a Brllinh naval vessel
J which had been badly battered In
brush with Chin communist
i who would ba claaaed by profession -al
dlplomala aa revolutionary out
lawn aucceeded In .lipping away
under cover of night and getting
back aaft to a Brltuh naval ataUoa
Time waa when Uia AmeUiyit
would have erorned to eerape. She
would have aal proudly where alie
waa while a rescuing Brltuh naval
squadron awrpt majestically up Uic
Yangua bleating everybody within
range on both banks.
Thua have Uia mighty fallen.
Brothers Don't
See Eye To Eye
BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1 (41
Tha brothers Rnmlguicre aren't see
ing eya to eye today.
George E. Romlgulere manages
the Thomaa-AIIre company, one of
I he city 's largest cleanrra. Yester
day loo employee atrurk In a pay
dunute.
The sinkers were led by Henry
Romlgulere, business agent of tha
Cleaning and Dye House Workers'
union, local 7.
'Mountain Climbing OK, But You Have To
Watch Your Step" Say Henley Hiking Crew
By RUTH KINO
Sunday waa a awell day, a awell
day to climb a mountain. The trip
tip the trail nf ajoo-fnot Ml. Pitt for
the alx Henley and Foe valley boys
ratio starred In the week-end near
tragedy was not too tough. The boys
were traveling light, carrying cam
eras, a canteen of water apiece, eoma
aandwlchee and a couple of cans of
tomato aoup.
By noon, Olen Hllyarri, Harold
Balm, Jamea Enman, Ed Freuer,
Dean Wells and Marvin Newell had
reached the peak. Each signed tha
register placed In a steel box by Uie
Mammas and found that three other
climbers had preceded Uicm earlier
In the day.
They scouted around the aban
doned look-out print occuptrd soma
3 1 years ago by a colorful fire scout,
Cone, a native nf India.
H was'too nary to take many pic
lures but Uie boys could are the
Rogue river valley. There wasn't
much room to move around In, their
canteens were about empty. Olen's
car waa aeveral rock-strewn miles
away. They started back down Uie
trail, keeping together.
Going waa a little slow and when
the alx came to a slide of fine rocks
and shnle on which they could easily
sinnri, they decided on a short cut.
None saw the patch of snow that lay
below between two piiinat'lr-s,
Olrn, followed by Harold and Jim,
crowed the parked patch of snow
without too much trouble. It was
about 150 feet across. They decldrd
It waa "pretty risky at that" and It
would ba better lor Uia oUierg to go
around.
"Wa Just tot over," Harold aald,
In remembering, Monday night,
"turned around to holler for Ed who
wrs next, not to try It when we aaw
him slip.
"Marvin grabber! for him but
missed, Ed aat down first and slid
Growers Aim
Blast At
SpudSupport
TTABIIINOTOM. Aag. I Ifl -
pokaamaa far potato farmers laid
eongreeamen fraaa palala producing
elalee today that tha growera ara
"tired of being whipping baya for
the farm price aapport program."
W. M. i'aaa of Grand Fork.
N. I executive eeereUry of the
Med Mlver Valley drawer
elation and member of tha a.
Uonal potato eounrU'a leglalaUv
rommlllee, laid the pelata blaci
"We ara Ured of being held up
lo public acorn aa tha raclDlenu
of ao many mllllona of dollara
without any credit at all for the
growera' own efforta over a period
of Uirea yean lo reduce com.
Tha record clearly ahowa that
potato groweri, on Uia whole, have
dune almoat exactly what Uia gov
ernment haa requested of them
under program, that hav been In
effect."
Threat Beea
Today's capltol hill meeting waa
railed by (trustor Brewater H
Mr. i, chairman of tha Informal
congressional group from potato
laiea. It waa called to dtecuae a
threat mandatory price aupporu
might ba withdrawn from potatoea,
Uia only peruhable crop lo tha
price support program.
Uat Friday Chalrmaa Pare ID
(ia.l f a booaa agrlrullaral eab
eoeamlltee called a bearing oat hla
bill u InaUlale Bredartlea aad
marketing raatrlrtloaa oa palalaaa
and to preaerlba penaltlea far vio
la Ion of each control.
Orowera repreaentatlvea oppoaed
the measure, saying they had not
had time to atudy It.
Tiiey urged that potatoes ba left
alone for tha present supported at
eo per cent of parity and with
acreage goala art by tha secretary
of agriculture. Parity la a figure
calculated to give a farmer a fair
return In relation to things ha
buva.
rare aald that the earreat re
graaa beaeflle aoa-fopes atara
mora lhaa saepseataea awd la
eeaUng the gorerament "wajuatl
fled" aasMala. Ha aald Uia agrl
rallare deparameat eatleaatea Iba
potato support program will root
brtooea 99 aad lit aailllea ltd I
yeae.
This, ha aald. could endanger
tha whole price support structure.
Harriman Asks
Arm-Aid Okay
WABHINOTON. Aug. I We-W.
Averell Harriman. the Marshall
plan's roving ambassador la Europe,
urged congress today to approve Uia
administration's foreign arms pro
gram promptly "to protect tha grow
ing generation from war."
Harriman made tha appeal In tes
timony before tha house foreign af
fairs commute.
Aa ha testified. Secretary of 8 tala
Dean Acheaon went Into a huddle
behind closed doors with members
of Uia ernale armed services and
foreign relations committees.
This combined group la expected
to open hearings soon perhapa to
morrowon the anna aid program.
Ilamman told the house commit
tee that "I earnestly believe wa are
m inning Uie struggle for peace and
freedom In Europe."
But, he emphasised, any delay In
shipping arms to America s Euro
pean allies would errata doubts
which might reverse thla trend.
that way. Wa figured on slipping a
little ourselves when w crowed Uie
annw. I thought about Ed'a weight
when I got to the bottom. Ha waa
really going by Uia time ha got
across the snow. He waa going awful
fast and then he hit a rock and sort
of flew. He kept rolling over and
hltUng. I Uiought about getUng In
front of him but gave that up when
I aaw how fast ha waa going. I
couldn't have stopped him. He
passed about 10 yards away from
me, rolling sideways. He never made
a sound. Then he turned aldewaya
again and atopped. I've been ecared
before but nothing ilka that."
Harold, with Olen Immediately
behind him, slid and crawled down
to where Ed lay, conscious.
"He couldn't talk too good," Har
old remembered. "He got up on his
elbow, raised hla head and then fell
back down. We kept trying to pep
him up. Ha waa bleeding bad from
a long cut on his head. It waa thla
wide," measuring with hla fingers.
"We only had some little band-aids.
His fare was covered with blood and
gravel waa mixed In. He kept asking
lor water. We couldn't give htm
much, we only had a little, ao we
rinsed hla mouth out. He had
stopped In fine shale. Tha timber
waa a mile away."
Olen derided to go for help. His
car In which the six had ridden to
the mountain was on the Cold creek
trail, tlx mllea from the mountain
peak. Taking up the narraUva ha
said, "We were about three-quarters
of a mile from Uie peak ao It waa
better than five mllea to the car, I
ran 'til I couldn't run any more, I
drove aa fast as I dared to the Scout
camp where I reported Uie accident
and then on Into Klamath rails.
Don't know how long It took me."
Harold yellrd for help. The others
cs me down to the Injured boy. Two
and a half hours passed.
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Clark 41!" Shw
VayCletr,
Tax Job Open
WABIIfNOTON. Aug 1 tVi Tha
double appointment moving At
lorney General Tom Clark to the
supreme court and HenaUir J. Mc
(Irsth (D-K. II lino the Justice
department seemed today to have
clear path to eenate approval.
But tha backwash may produce
conflicting bida by Senator Bten-
nls iD-Mlss.i and Senator Kerr
'D-Okla.i for a roveted place on
the aenate'a tan handling finance
committee. Biennis la a tales
rlglna supporter; Kerr an admln
UUatlon backer.
McOrath'i acceptance yesterday
of President Truman s oiler of Uie
attorney general-hip cleared the j
way lor the olllclal action by
President Truman to nominate
both him and Clark.
Clark a acceptance of the aupreme
court appointment, to fill the place
vacated by I ha death of Associate
Justice Frank Murphy, had been
a foregone conclusion.
MrOrath'a decUlon to take the
cabinet post waa announced at
the While House after the Rhode
Island senator had consulted with
hia homo folk about hla eenate
successor.
Ta Bottom
Whoever that aucceasor la. he
will have to go to tha bottom of
tha democratic list In tha senate
In committee assign merits. Other
ernatora may ahitl committees to
fill tha vacancies which will be
created by McGrath'a resignation
after ha la confirmed for attorney
general.
McOrath. who will resign hla
post aa democratic national chair
man aa soon aa ho la confirmed,
will leave vacancies on the finance.
Judiciary and District of Columbia
committees,
Hla chairmanship of the latter
group. Involving trie unoirtcial Utle
parted to go to Senator Neely
(D-W.Va i.
Senators aald the finance post,
however, mar Involve fVeunlv who
didn't support President Truman
in the laat campaign, aad Kerr,
who did.
Kerr aought membership on the
finance committee when the demo
crate organised the eenate last
January. Others with longer serv
ice records crowded him out but
ho la expected to bid for Uie
vacancy.
MrOrath'a Rhode Inland succes
sor remained In doubt-
Fire Whips Over
Sigma Pi House
EUGENE, Aug. (av-The Sigma
PI Epallon fraternity house third
floor waa destroyed by fire but
night and lower floor furnishings
damaged extensively by water.
There were 35 students residing
In the house, but moat were away
at the time. The others saved tha
fraternity trophies before evacu
ating.
Fire Marshal Lester Barker aald
flue fire had showered sparks on
the roof. He art damage at about
taooo.
Ed kept rolling around and try
Ing to get up. He wanted to do
something, ao we took off our Levis,
slipped him on them and slid him
downhill awaya. It quieted him
down. He kept asking how far down
the hill It waa and we kept trying
to figure how to get him off. We
took off our T-shirts and covered
him with them and Uie Levis."
At the end of the 2'i hours. Har
old decided he couldn't be of any
further help ao he started down the
trail after Olen, fearful that some,
thing might have happened to him.
Before Uie night was over he had
made tha trip from the foot of Uie
trail bark to the scene of the acci
dent four times.
' "Wa didn't try to move him any
more. It made him sick ao we kept
telling him help waa coming. We
heard a bird whistling in Uie trees
and Marvin told him, "That Is Olrn,
he can't whistle very good.'"
"It began to get cold." Jamea aald,
"an w laid up against Ed and we
rubbed hla legs. He didn't make
much fuss until he anw Uie first two
fellows come In sight on a ridge,
then he aald 'Fellows, I can't make
If
"He fell about 2 o'clock and help
came about 7. It sure was a long
wait. We couldn't build a fire, there
was nothing around but rocks and
boulders. They started moving him
out about 1:30. By then It was dark."
The boys stood by until Ed was
safely on hla way to Klamath Falls.
Dean returned home with hla dad,
Marvin went to his horn near the
Mrrrlll-Lakevlew Junction and Uie
other three turned In for a half
day'a Bleep at tha W. E. Hllyard
home Monday, after storing away a
big luncheon. Tliey woke up In Unit
for a big dinner.
They agreed that mountain climb
Ing la "all right If you watch your
step."
v' KLAMATH FALL!, OREGON, TtlCHDAT, AUGI8T ft, lMt
must vo jn,
So They Say
FARM. Aug. I il Frearb high
sorirlr matrons today are helping
struck fashloa bouse rush their
dreasra to completion for the fall
showings.
The Frlncree de Fellgnae and
the C'aunlesa Fblllppa Gaaay
are atltrhlng fee J scours Falb.
The Frlnrres de Fauclg nv-l.a-clnge
Is helping Jarajuea Grille.
"We clients would be leoa dlf Il
eal! about our robes if we rrally
knew the fantastic labor that goea
Into each one," aald the Frtneees
Follgnae.
Moot fashloa home are plan
alog ta give Ihelr shoos, beginning
toanerrow. despite the strike ef
aaldtoetlea (sewing girls) for wage
Incrraere.
Home of the sewing girls ara
drifUng bark lo their aaarblnra,
but aaany are slill Idle.
The fashion hosnee say they sre
forbidden lo grant wage Increase
by a gevernsernt wage-treeslng
policy. Toe strike begaa laat week.
Hint At US
Coast Tie-Up
BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2 ,n
Ban Francisco had a foreboding of
waterfront labor trouble today la
connection with the lengthy Hono
lulu strike.
Two sinking CIO longshoremen
arrived by air from Uat Ulande laal
night ta "survey the situation." aa
Uie union put It. In regard to Uie
Mataon Navigation company's de
cision to load cargo tor the in'1i.
strike or no strike.
One member of the Interna Uonal
Long shore men's and Warehouse
men's union delegation i oa hand to
meet the two aald they were ta "ad
vance guard." and added
"Haaauan longshoremen ara pre
pared to send aa many aa MOO
pickets If they are seeded."
Mauoa declared It would load,
pkketa or no.-
The Mataon ahlp Intended for us
is .uie Hawaiian Refiner, due to
morrow from Hawaii altar a umoa
sanctioned relief voyage.
Freuer Sfiows
Improvement
In Condition
Steady Improvement was shown by
Edward Freuer. It-year-old Poe val
ley youth who tumbled aeveral hun
dred feet down a rock-studded cliff
on Mt. McLoughlln Sunday.
Freuer haa a chipped shoulder,
but otherwise escaped with no
broken bones, hla physician re
ported after examining X-ray photo
graphs. The former Henley scho
lastic leader and football player has
bruises and lacerations from head to
foot, but waa able to alt up today
and hia recovery waa believed as
sured. The doctor said Freuer's condition
was -remarkable" In view of the na
ture of hla accident and Uie it
hours spent on a stretcher while be
ing carried from the (MO-foot
mountain Sunday night and Mon
day morning.
TfDT
MED FORD, nu.. . ,P The pos
sibility of controlling soot, smoke
and ashes from lumber mills and
Industrial developments In the Med
ford area will be the subject of a
meeUng of landlords and owner
here tomorrow.
In recent years Increasing Indus
trial activity, particularly north of
Med ford, haa cast an occasional pall
of amok over the central Rogue
valley.
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THE LINE-UP Three cart were damaged and two persons injured early Monday night
in thii accident at Main ond Spring. The last car in line, driven by Robert C. Murphy,
crashed into the second, driven by Leon Crapo, knocking it into one operated by Emmer
Plowman. Murphy was jailed for reckless driving and two of hi passengers were hospital
iied briefly.
Afinetiiyst IHjeads Glome
CAB Hearing On Airline
Service For KF Brings Up
Two Unacceptable Plans
Tea locally ttnaereplable alter
native were auggeated to Klamath
rrprearetaUvee at a rlvll aero
aaullr board hearing la Saa
Franrlar yesterday on proposed
substitution of feeder Hne service
for I'nlted Airline auinlinc em
ir to this city. HUte Senator FbU
llltehoerk reported today oa hla
return fraaa the bay city.
Hitrhrerk. M a a a g e r Charles
Htarfc of the chamber of eommerce.
aad f hair Bun Lawrence Suiter af
the chamber srla Uon committee,
appeared la behalf of Klamath
raila and emphasized the Klamath
policy aaking for direct, fast serv
ice ta haa rraacise Bad Portland,
equivalent to or better tha that
aow afforded thla eomrsunlty.
But, Hitrhrerk aald today.
CAB examiner Baked the Klamath
aaea a ejuestloa about "which srrv
Ire you prefer" wblrh offered ma.
desirable aJteraaUvea.
On plan woatd give Klaaaath
direct service lo the north ba
only a shalUe eaaaeeUeei ta Med.
ford for sooth aide service. Tbe
iher wesild give direct eerviee
oath, bat a shuttle to Medferd
fee the aorth trip. Hitraeacfc aald
that the Klaaulb aasw
the effect that neither Idea aseeta
the pollry which thla community
haa derided It will stand act If
CAB wanla I take laited Ml f
bore.
Summarising tbe alt aa Ilea.
Hitrhrwrk ouUlnrd fear posalble
plane for fatar airline service:
1. Retain I ailed Airline
preeeal art-Bp. (This la akay with
Klaaaath.)
t. Southwest Airwave plan. Di
rect senka to Saa traaetac by
Soathweot A I r w a y a with
to termed late slop. Service lo Port
land bv shuttle to Medford aad
eosusarUoa there with Heat Caaat
Airway ae I'nlted Air Lines fee raw
lo Pertlaad. U auweeptabl to
KLBsath.l
S. Heat Caaat plaa. Direct service
to ronton, with asm ism diate
slop at Bead. Rervir to Saa Fraa
rtaro by abuttle lo Medford aad
eonnertioa there with Boothweat
Airways er laited Airllaea foe run
to Saa Fnactae. ItBaeeeplakl to
Klamath.)
a. Direct eerviee aorth by VTeat
Cat aad direct aerrie aoolb by
Southwest. (This plaa would be
acceptable ta Klamath, bat aa
pareatly la not being given eerioae
eaaissderstlea by CAB.)
The carrrat eaae waa Initiated
be CAB, wblrh baa asked t ailed
Alriiae lo anew eanea why lu
Chain-Reaction Accidents
Lead To Fines For Drivers
Two traffic accidents occurred
on city streets last night under
almost Identical circumstances
bringing arrest to three persons
and sending three to Klamath
Valley hospital for treatment.
The first happened at the Main
spring Intersection where a line
of cars had stopped at the traffic
light. A aedan driven by Robert C.
Murphy. It. route 1, alammed Into
the rear car In the line and
knocked It Into the next vehicle.
Leon Crapo, 335 Martin, was
driver of the first car hit: E. W.
Plowman. 2211 White, was oper
ator of the second.
The Injured were passengers
with Murphy. Roy Search. S3.
route 2. collapsed from shock
while the accident was being In
vestigated, and John Schaeffer, 2.
rout 2. received a cut over his
left eye. Seventeen stitches were
required to close the cut.
Murphy waa arrested lor recx-
i ',I
'-elaTi -
serviee t Klamath Falls and sev
eral C'allforala clliea ahould not
be suspended aad feeder line sub
stitute. Hitrbrork aaid tailed
asade a formal protest at the
bearing agatnet a pr or ceding that
would Uke these cities off lu
eehedulee, bat It la not expected
lo make a vigor fight against
erb a proposal by the board.
Hitrbrork aaid It waa brought
oat at the bearing that Klanulh
Kail had 11. oa aad off air
line paaeeagers last year. He testi
fied bis opinion that either one
of the anaerrptahie plana ouUined
would eat that business la half.
Klaaulb people, be aaid. aimply
will not use a abulUe to Medford
aad eenaertiaa there to Pertlaad
aad Saa Fraacise.
Tbe am a lor implied
ptimHUe a k a t the
e la not
situation.
Klaasatb. bo aaid. must be pre
pared to auke a figbt directly
befer the CAB. either for a
favorable rr roan as endji lion by tbe
examiner as a result of tbe hear.
unfavorable
tag. er against a
rronnscadtioa.
reenained aa-
la Haa Fraa-
a lias before
stork aad bister reenained aa
ether day er loo
It will be soi
in examiner s recoeaaweadauea as
aaade and thea the matter will g
to the CAB for final dertaioa.
Other eitiea Involved were t a
beard today sad later ba the wrra.
BULLETINS
WASHINGTON. Aug. t
Sesvetars Uday postponed hear
ings tram lean its until Monday
ea tbe administration s 11.45.-
foreign arms program amid
ladirataaa that they wiU attempt
a redwre H la ait and arswe.
t'nairaiaa Conaallv ID-Tex.)
said tha aint fareiga relatione
and ermcoT-acrmea coaimittee
will seek tree wildest poowble area
of agTeaejt among mimbtrs a
the foreiga anno plaa before ask
ing aeaat actlom.
WASHTVGTON. Aug. t Ol Th
I'aited state today emphatically
rrlerted a Russia a ptwtest against
Italy' Membership la the North
Atlantic defense pact
Secretory Aeheosa termed the
charge "Btterly without fouada
tioa" la a note delivered ta the
Russian embassy shortly before
-The text of the treaty Raetf Is
tbe beat answer to each masrop
reseatstlsns and allegations," the
America a reply said.
less driving and this morning In
municipal court was (ined 150 aiid
sentenced to fire days in Jail.
The second accident occurred at
Ninth and Pine, where a car op
erated by Ex - 8 tale Policeman
John W. Danforth. 39. of Medford
had stopped for a traffic signal.
A pickup truck driven by Ernest
Leland Fields. 40. 734 Plum, crash
ed Into Danforth 'a car from Use
rear.
Fields was arrested by city
police on a charge of drunk dnv
Ing and allowing mors than three
persons to ride In the front seat.
and In court thia morning was
fined tlOS with ti suspended.
Ted Savage, 47. 1307 Wilford,
owner of the truck, was arrested
on a drunk charge and posted tlO
ball. Mrs. Fields and three small
children were In the truck also,
and Mrs. Fields was taken to the
hospital for treatment of minor
Injuries.
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Honor For
British Ship
A BOARD HM JAM AICA AT
fir im e Tk. w--.i iitii.
aloop Amethyst limped toward Hong
! rteng teaay wnere a rousing wet
j rase awalta the doughty crew wb
I brought her I freedoaa through
; Chineae eoaasaanM gaaflrc
A squadron of Spitfires win din in
salute, bands will blare and s mili
tary honor guard will be waiting at
the wharf when the shell-scarred i
royal navy craft arrive In Hong j
Kong harbor tomorrow.
The asedal of the eUsUagvdshed
serviee crder win be awarded Lieut-1
( easdr. Joha 8. Kerens, skipper f
""T7'V wnarn eacapea asi-1
I ". 'h 'r" r,n
Yasgti river, M mile below Nsa-
i king.
The award will be made with the
, personal approval of King George
I VI. who already haa commanded
crew for lu gallantry In bringing
. uie snip to safety,
The Amethyst had been pinned
ram In the YangUe Since April 30
I when she got caught In communist
, "rr. ure sunng a coruuseo. oatti
between British warships and com- j
munist armies. i
ine nnusa admiralty haa asked ,
sne rar Lastrra wars! command to :
a aay run her recoensae is Ileum
"
m uaata who showed esrewttonal
valor fas getting lb Amethyst sot
of her trap.
An Amethyst crew member who
came aboard Uie Jamaica which la
escortint th Amethyst to Hong
Kong, said the first three months of
entrapment In the Yangtze were
spent mainly repairing damaee ta-
flirted by the red April 20. Forty-
four British sailors lost their live
In that ngteroent. r
When the Aasethvat dissol k..
rsNc Saturday Bight, lac
aaid. she waa lighted partly by a
passing steamer which wa chal
lenged by flare signals.
The Amethyst kept going, engag
ing communist shore guns oa both
idea. She was under fh-e M minutes.
The men aboard the Amethyst
said they were fit and well.
Hot Weather
Clamps Down
In Northwest
By The Associated Frees
Either get a fresh handkerchief
for brow-mopping purposes or try to
find some shade. That's the advice
of the weather bureau today as It
predicted more hot, Kicky weather.
A high overcast, however, cooled
off the Puget sound area this fore
noon. Several Washington and Oregon
eitiea topped the century mark yes
terday. Ephrata scorched at 103.
Yakima hit 102. Ontario, Ore, had
101. and Walla Walla struck 100 on
the nose.
Portland's tS-degre reading waa
the city's hottest day since July 20,
1946. Th heat expanded girders on
the Morrison street bridge over the
Willamette river so it wouldn't close
and tied up traffic.
Seattle had its -sweltering est" 24
hour period sine July It, 1244
with highs of 95 ar Boeing and t7
uptown.
Other statistics:
North Dalles 99. Ellctuburt M.
Spokane 12, Olympia 93. Kelso 90.
Belllngham U and Hoqulam 70; and
In Oregon, Pendleton 99, Baker 93.
La Grande 92, Bums 91, Medford 98.
Salem 95, Eugene 94, Klamath Falls
19 Lewiston, Idaho, "relaxed" with
99. It was 10S there Sundsy.
House Votes Increase In
Vet Pension, Disability
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 oP-An
annual Increase of 1112.000.000 In
veterans' pensions and disability
payment was voted today by the
house.
The bill was passed without oppo
sition or debate and waa sent to Uie
senste.
It would hike dissbillty compensa
tion for veterans of all wars, raise
allowances for dependents, and lib
era lire regulations governing deter.
minaUon of service-connected diss
bilities for World War I veterans.
The veterans administration esti
mated cost for the first year would
be tll2.J97.300. It made no estimate
of the cost In subsequent years.
Here's what th house veterans'
affairs committee aald the bill would
do:
1. Provide for payment of fun
compensation. Instead of Uie pres
ent 75 per cent, to World War I
veterans for disabilities legally pre
sumed to be service, connected. Es
timated first-year cost, M.tSi.OOO.
Legislator
Sees Threat
OfBloodshed
HONOLl'Ll'. Aag. On Fla
walla's anas of r present Uvea laH
alght rated to put the territory ha
the stevedoring bo si news amlll the
end of the dork strike a saore
one legislator warned might saeaa
bloodshed.
The kill goea to the senate la,
mediately. One pcepoaeat predicted
It weald paaa the upper house by
The noose vote waa 14 ts a.
Under the house bill Uia terri
tory government would be pro
hibited from hiring sinking CIO
International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen. Neither would em
ployes of the seven struck island
stevedoring firms be employed.
But the territory government
would be permitted to rent ateve-
' ?orln" equipment irom tne strucx
i.iui.
Situation Tense
The M-day-old strike haa brought
about a tense sitnatioa. Tha faUande
are dependent on shipping- for moot
of their eascntiate. Tbe strikers ar
demanding a 32-eenl Increase ta
their ore-strike tl-4 hourly wage.
Minority spokesmen In the legis
lature protested the . territory
ahould be given powers to seize
stevedoring property to opera La
efficiently.
Cot. Ingram M. Stainback. who
called the special session on Uia
legislature last week, asked Satur-
, tn M u w trained
1 dock workers to meet Uie emer-
gency. He called a ban on them
"vindictive."
Bart tha bouse last night Uraorad
his plea.
KepaMieaa Rep. Merit Kawa
kaiau. whoa aeisar aanendusent
was rated dawn, said "it away bo
weeks befer tha porta
393 Register
For Fall Term
AtOregonTech
Openlnf day of registration for
fsll term at Oregon Tech Monday
i orougm m a loiai oi jnu new siu-
! nu- wun mnT mor unucipuiro.
i brlor"! tha 12-day enrollment period
doses. . .
' Students may enroll up to August
ana receive iuii wm srruu ....
their work. Fall term classes for
thene registered yesterday began
today.
The three moat popular course
sre the same three which have con- .
slstenUy attracted the most students ,
auto body and fender, diese me
chanics and auto mechanic. Out
standing for its rapid growth Its th.
dam In gunsmithing.
Four new courses nave been added
to OTI s curriculum, auto painting,
farm mechanics, general offlc
practices and medlcai -dental offlc
assistant, with th latter two ex
pected to attract more women stu
dent. Several among the 393 enrolleea
were women students. Under a new
system of registration. OTI Is able
to handle enrolling of 75 atudents
per hour with each class Instructor
registering students who will major
in his particular course.
While obtaining living quarter
for aingle students presents no prob
lem, there la a definite scarcity of
housing for married students. Direc
tor Winston Purvine said. Accom
modations for married student and
their families on Uie campus and
at Mountain View homes are filled,
and there Is a waiting list of S3 who
will enroll if they can obtain
housing.
Antelope Tags
Drawn Monday
PORTLAND. Aug. 2 WP Th
stU tme commission drew th
names of 1000 hunters yesterday for
special licenses tor sn antelope sea
son In the Harney-Malheur-Lak
county area. The season will run
Aueust 20-23.
Th commission did not disclos
the number of applicants. Winners
will be notified by mall.
The commission also announced
th limit on geese was raised from
five last year to six this year. Only
two of them, however, may be Cana
dian geese.
3. Liberalize the compensation
schedule of any veterans suffering
from tuberculosis by continuing
compensation for a limited time
after the disease has been arrested.
Estimated cost, 9700.000.
3. Increase disability and death
compensation rates and basic rate
for service-connected dissbillty. To
tal disability rates would be hiked
from 1131. to 9150 a month, with
corresponding raises for partial dis
ability. Increase the monthly pay
ment to widows and dependent
children of wartime casualtlea, from
1100 a month for a widow with one
child to 9105, plua 125 for each ad
ditional child Instead of the present
115. Estimated overall coat 991,
00.000. 4. Extend additional comnenna
Uon benefits to dependent of vet
erans with a 50 per cent service-connected
disability. The present sched
ule provides payments only If tha
disability ta to per cent service-connected.
Estimated cost, 115,40900.