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HARVEST STARTS Horveiting of groin on dry lond ocre
ogt got underway in the Klomath oreo tht post Jew doys, ond
hert n Mn. Berniece Collmon driving a dieiel troclor pulling
a combine on the Collmon wheat field on the Old Fort rood.
Dry lond groin erop generolly oren't too good thif yeor
becouse of the frost. Irrigated grain, however, it coming
olong fine, but it not yet ripened enough for harvest opero-tiont.
Congress Split Over Hot
Issue Of Chinese Future,
"White Paper" Assailed
WA8HINOTON Aug. iv-Coo-(res
found Itself about a divided
as Cluna today on what to do about
stopping the advance of communism
In Asia.
The stale department's whit
paper siplsimng why Chiang Kai
anek governmont failed to keep the
communist from gobbling up most
of China was (reeled on Capitol
Hill by a volley of criticism from
lawmskrra who called it a eonlaa
sum of Amertcttn laUur also.
It waa dslinded. oa th other
hand, as a realistic review al a
situation whloh Just about every
body her serosa u bad.
Among the member of congress
trier waa a meeting of minds on
on point something ought to be
don to keep all of China from
being ovnrun by supporters of th
red banner, who might then threaten
China neighbors.
Portland Rushes
To Aid Angelenos
I OH ANaEl.ES. Aug. t in Th
city of rase has paid trlbut to
th eiir of noses.
Portland, which prides Itself on
Its saeet-srented Oregon air, yes
terday sent to smog bound Lo
Angelea, lh home of unhappy
nostrils, by air express, on clothes
pin, four feel long.
The gift bore a tg "To fumes
suffering Angelenos." referring to
th extra-acrid odors which hit
th city two dsys ago. It was,
nsiurally, a gesture from one
chamber of commerce to another.
First to us the giant clothespin
was U. B. Weather Forecaster John
Aldrlch.
"Sno use." h gsiped. "Still
mell It."
ONI MORI WORD Secretary of Defense Louit Johnson
(left) has one more yord for Sen, Tom Connolly (D-Tex.) as
they leave a closed session of the oint senate foreign rela
tions and armed services committee hearing on arms aid
for Europe. The administration sent congress a new arms
aid bill shorn of provisions giving President Truman power
to decide when ond where aid should be given. Chairman
Connolly said he is confident the bill can be pasted.
But ther wa no agreement on
a program.
Senator Bridges iR-NH. long
time critic of th administration
policies toward Asia, offered a three
point program:
"I. Fat til nationalist govern-
ment on th back instead of kicking
It in th face: Olv aasuranr
that this country doesn't Intend to
recognise th communist govern
ment of China: 3. Furnish email
arms and ammunition to th antl-
rotnmnmst forces still willing to
ftthl. -
Senator Magnuson D-Wash.). a
member of the armed service com
mittee, eald a great deal still ran be
don to keep weatern China out of
communist hands.
H suggested that If torn of th
prsonailUea could be eliminated
from th nationalist government It
could serve as a framework to unity
a fight aglnu th communists.
Ther was no doubt h waa suggest
ing that Chung Kal-ahek-vrty
criticised In th state department
report mak his exit
Senator Know land iR -Calif I
scolded th department for what he
said waa an effort stretching over
a period of years to fore Chiang's
government to take in communist.
Senator MrCsrrsn iD-Nev.) aald
that If th white paper policies ar
continued "It will be only a short
lime until all Afla Is under com
munist control, whlrh will extend
to Japan and th Philippines."
Bridies charged that th whit
paper "la a complete effort of the
state department to scuttle the na
tionalist government and antl-com-munt.it
force In China."
Even Senator Dulles iR-N.Y.I.
mho cooperates with the administra
tion on bipartisan foreign policies.
looked upon the whit paper a an
attempt to explain and excuse past
failure.
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PUKE FIVE CENT ..j s- KLAMATH FALLH. OREGON, IATI RIMY. At OUST , IMS
flCf Perish" Dn-Hcuadw I
Bl 9ZC RIDS '
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Near Baker
BAKER. Aug. I IIP) A fir whlrh lo arlie the laiand' strikebound
virtually "raploded" throagh Under. I lar'lrr striking C l steve-
. , , . i doreo voted unanimously I refuse
dry foreal. southe,t of here. "ju ,. lor ,, gQWB-eB(.
reported apreadlng May .. . It- .ui.,i.
alio front
Anthony Brandenlhaler. prealdrnt
of the Burnt Klver Lumber com -
paay, ul the flra waa burning over
a H-mlle line. The company baa
pine etanda la the area, which Ilea
between the Main llltie and the
North Dial creeks, about If miles :
from here.
IM Fighters
With firelighters not yet hvu ! Uonml Longshoremen's and Ware,
circled the bl.,. th. ..act tent i f.T",?. "1" ' " " ""
lmhod'eru;ine7'',C,eMeOUld! Th confer
not be determined. I rnr nvort by ,oU. xbt
On. report aald th fir wa , ornatr'a approval waa unanimous
moving toaara in town of Durtee,
i about 10 miles away. Th town It
self, however, la separated from um
ber by cleared (round and sage
brush. District Oraxler S R Bennett aald
the fir started Thursday night.
By Ust night ISO firefighters
1 had been dispatched to th area,
; including 130 men from an em
iployment camp at Vale and m
I ploye of th Burnt River Lumber
' company whose stands of pin ar
I threatened.
Fire tighten, using bulldoxer
1 and shovels, hav. not been able ml1"' unloading of Island cargaea
I circle the blare and did not know
thla morning the full extent of the
darn.
Bennett aald the fire most likely
waa caused by lightning. He aaid
I humidity yesterday In the area
a down to seven, "an unheard-of
figure here " lis aald. "mi Is
dynamite. Th tree explode aa
though they had been touched
off."
Union Okays
YageCufln
New Contract
MIAMI, Okie, Aug. ( iTr Union
employes and officials of the
Eagle-richer Mining and Smelting
Co. last night signed a new con
tract whlrh Includes a dally wage
cut of S3 0 per man.
The salary rut affect S33 mem
bers of the United Cement, Lime
and Oypsum Worker lAPL) work
ing In the tri-state area of Kan
sas. Oklahoma and Missouri.
The contract also provides a
sliding wag arale based on the
price of line concentrates.
Employes walked off their Jobs
June 30 when a contract could not
be agreed upon. Company officials
said the mines will open Monday.
The company'! wage cut waa re
jected last Juna by union employe
but waa accepted Wednesday night
at a special meeting where union
member overruled their officer.
Wage before the shutdown
ranged from SI an hour for some
miners to Sl-St's cent for ma
chine men. Under the new con
tract, top paid men will receive
10 an hour with th lowest get
ting St cents.
Lakeview Area
it By Fires
LAKEVIEW, Aug. (A-) Forest
crew mopped up Uxley on two
forest fires, totaling about SO acres,
in tills area.
A fire broke out In the logging
area of the Lakeview Longing Co..
13 mile northwest of her last
night. The firm closed II mill
and planer, and sent 300 employes
to fight the blase. They brought
It under control after It had swept
about SO acres.
Forest crew patrolled a 30-scre
fire In the Dog lake area. 11 miles
west of here. Apparently started
by lightning. It smoldered while,
then bunied over 30 acres of tim
ber. It also waa controlled.
A fire of undetermined origin
destroyed much of the Interior of
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oren
Nichols here early today. The own
ers, who operate a variety store
here, wer on vacation in Cali
fornia. William Armrr, fir chief, said
th bis re apparently caused about
$9000 damage. ,
BOOHT
PORTLAND. Aug. (P) Mar
garine waa up S cent a pound
here today, following by a week a
similar Increase In the price of
butter.
Major brand of rooking and
alad oil! ware up 4 eenu a quart.
Legislature Passes Bill Empo wring Island
Government To Seize Strikebound Docks; Stevedores
j bfe Unanimously
By l.lfcF EKICKHON
HONOM I.C, Aug. ( l&r Hawaii'1
1 legislature today passed a bill en
powering the territorial government
. o l,B,d lo end the ... -t-
front tienp eama at It a.m. In
I " P"tal aroaion
railed by ot. Ingram M. blala-
bark.
1 !. Uat night ornate and houae
conferees agreed on the meaaure
' which lh "" to Uke
in itunas oeven MrurK
stevedoring firms. It site rails for
I atrtklna members of the Interna.
striking members
; H u
Th strikers voted not to work
far lb territorial government
after a ape rial meeting waa ad
dressed by ILVVf Fresidenl Harry
Bridge, He arrived from baa
Franclaco yesterday and confident
ly announced the strike la "In no
dsnger of being loot" as long aa
Mataoa Navigation company ships
doa't mil. Mataoa la th major
mainland-It wall carrier.
Bridge told a new conference
that a taw passed by th Ha
waiian legislator could fore load-
" uw racuw coaai.
But even aa he epoke. canned
Bandits Flee
B.C. Bank
With $5300
VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. (Pi
Handkerchief -masked bandit today
escaped with S&300 from the Dun-
! bar street branch of the Bank of
INova Scot is. Both men were armed,
but no shots were fired.
At gunpoint, thev forced a cash
Irr to hand over 13300 In cash and
SJ100 In travellers' cheoues.
The bank ts located at Dunbar
and i 1st Ave In a busy shopping
district. ;
The bandits escaped In an auto
mobile bearing Washington state
license platea. Police aaid one man I
spoke w ith a "taint American ac- '
cent."
The bandit team missed S1000
cash on th counter of th teller s
cage.
It wet the first bank holdup
here since April t when bandit
Robert Harrison was killed by
Traffic Officer Cecil Paul after
robbing the Commercial Drive
branch of the Canadian Bank of
Commerce.
The robbery today occurred half
an hour after the early a. m.
opening of the bank.
Ochoco Fire
Under Control
PRINEVIU.E. Or., Aug. 8
Th Ochoco national forest's third
fire this week was brought under
control today by smoke chaser
provisioned from a plane.
A crew of 300 circled the 150-cr
blare in country so rugged that
food and water had to be para
chuted to the men. All but 50 of
the fire-fighters who will remain
for mop-up operations were to be
recalled by tonight..
Forest Service Pilot Larry Sohler
flew over the area again this morn
ing to drop breakfast to the men.
Their dinner was parachuted to
them by the same system yester
day. The fire wa In rugged canyon
country on the south fork of th
John Day river. The timber there
I chiefly scrub.
Small mop-up crews still re
mained today on two other fire
which blackened 1350 acres of th
forest. Both those blazes were con
trolled earlier In the week.
Thundershowers
Predicted Here
Cool weather nd Increasingly
cloudy skies are on the docket for
the week-end. and the weatherman
adds that there will probably be
thunderstorms In nearby moun
tains. A brisk wind added to the lower
temperature to make today'
weather blustery. High tempera
ture Friday was (.1 In the after
noon, and the minimum last nig lit
was 4.
Estimated high Sunday I SO
To Refuse To Work For Territory
pineapple wa bring loaded far the
" Um nr tbc ILH U wrack
May I for a wage booat of 12
cent an hour. A new non-union
putting the ahipment aboard the
latbmlan freighter Hteel Maker.
Aaked If be thought the alrike
waa near aetllemenl. Bridge re-
Plird
I "More and mora issue are being
; raiaea ail in time.
I Hawaii businessmen not connected
"ould be arbitration by a board of
with any of the "big five'
UIr
agencies.
The union repeatedly
baa
Greek Army
Opens New
Offensive
ATHT.NS. Aug. ( i;P Th
Orerk army kicked off today
on a major offensive In th
Orammoa mountains against a
communist-led guerrilla fore
estimated at 5000 troop.
The general staff reported the
(uemllaa were supported tn bat
tle by Albanian firing from Al
banian soil nearby.
The Greek guerrillas ar com
pressed In an area of about 250
square miles against the Al
banian border west of Nestorion
and northeast of Konltsa.
The general staff aud several
defense points were taken by
Oreek force southwest and
northwest of the 7000-foot huh
mountains In the first fighting
oeplte "bitter resisunr."
Counter-attacks, It said, were
remitted and fighting continue
with growing Intensity. Th
army Is bringing new forces In
to combat and aald It is entering
the main phase of battle.
In capturing a height of Ala
vttaa. In th northeast Orammoa.
Oreek troop were fired on from
a neighboring height In Al
bania, the command aald. In an
attack "supported by Albanian."
Brannan To
Cooperate On
Farm Program
WASHINGTON. Aug. l4V-Sec
retary of Agriculture Brannan has
promised to cooperate on a com
promise farm program, senator
said today.
But. they said the secretary aug
Jested they eliminate a limited
test of his "production payments'
plan next year.
Thla was the report to newsmen
by Senator Anderson iD-N.M.t,
chairman of a senate agriculture
subcommittee drafting a bill In
tended to satisfy several opposing
groups. Brannan met with the sen
ators for three hours behind closed
doors today to go over the meas
ure. The secretary referred reporters
to Anderson, who said Brannan
regarded the senate bill as a
"compromise that would be better
than the house bill."
Among other things the senate
measure would allow Brannan to
try "production payments" under
numerous restrictions upon a few
perishable products, such a fresh
vegetable and fruit next year.
Anderson said Brannan suggest
ed thla be eliminated because it is
"so limited It would apply to only
a very few products largely a few
vegetables."
Bridges May
Avoid Suit
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. . ,P)
Th government Is willing to post
pone Its civil suit against Long
shore Leader Harry Bridges.
Th suit, to cancel Bridges' citi
zenship on civil grounds, was filed
simultaneously with his Indict
ment May 2b by the federal grand
Jury on charges of perjury and
conspiracy in connection with his
naturalization in 1945.
Assistant U. 8. Attorney Robert
McMillan said yesterday it the
government were forced to answer
th 47 Interrogatories asked by the
longshore leader' attorneys In
connection with the civil action It
would hamper and obstruct the
criminal case against Bridge.
He added that there would be no
need to proceed with the civil suit
If Bridge were convicted In th
criminal action.
. demanded arbitration. Employer
I
1 bare rejected It. contending they
ahould not be hound in advance
i accept an award on wagea by third
i tponiibility.
Bridgea referred U the -big five"
' "feudal lorda- and aaid tbetr
attorney. Jamea Blaiadell. -got the
none uugh In Washington laat
month when he told a aenalc com-
mitlea there wa no big five.
An important Issue in a settle -
id.
: k. ,. ,
the
o resent contract for one or two
' years.
"The union doesn't wsnt La so
, through another strike next
epring." he said. The contract ex-' away for hospitalization,
plree May 1. The present strike i (The Ecuadoran embassy In
grew out of the wsge reopening i Washington said it had been ad
clause, j riaed officially there were 500
Bridges aaid he came here to ; dead m Attibato, a provincial capl
determine whether It la -worth I tel. and the city lost 70 per cent
wnue to eonunu or, u neeeosary.
to compromise the strike. Ha aaid
" I,"" - "'
nr truojiws en mar avsr aaa aBasavjuA,
a settlement.
He mid he felt the ILWU has a
reaponsibitity to continue tbc strike
until wage rot imposed on an-
organised workers ar restored.
Hueb cut, he aaid, ar not josti -
fled economically.
Some companies have cut wage
and laid off worker oa graomd
k.i w.. cue. mlt I- th.
dork strike paralysis.
The final versMa of the srgis-
U tore's bill retains the bouse pro-
no requiring a loyally oath for
rnJsen sod a noa-eommunlst oath
for alien employed in the gov
ernment dock operalMB.
Arms-Aid-Bill ,
Slash Leads
To Hot Debate
WASHINGTON. Aug. S (PI
Chairman Kee (D-W. Va.l may
ask the house foreign affairs com
mittee to check o the full house
the hot dispute over cutting the
nice of the SI. 450.000.000 arms-for-Europe
program.
Paced by Towln( demands for a
50 per cent slash In the project,
Kec said he may urge the commit
tee to okay the program a it
stand. so the Issue can be fought
out from scratch on the house
floor.
Committee republicans and dem
ocrat alike are fignting for a
smaller program. They hav strong
support in UUIU llic iiuuav auu mk I
senate.
-Unless the amount Is substan
tially cut there's an awfully rough
road ahead" for the fc'.U. uld Rep.
Vcrys 'R-Ohloi. a leading republi
can on the committee.
Rep. Richards iD-S C.i ranking
democratic member of the group,
agrrcit.
I e til! think it should be cut
dewn." he told newsmen. "I doubt
the wisdom of committing our
selves to spend this mu-h when
we know tliey can't use it all be
fore conrress meet again."
The question of cost also was
cited by Senator Vandenberg (R-
' (ortl(,n' ,Il41rs matters.
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POLICE SHOOT IT OUT WITH TRAPPED GUNMAN Heovily armed poMc reinforce,
merits (left) arrive to aid policeman (background) engaged in a gun battle with a desperado
trapped in a Chicago railway express office after wounding three officers. Cunman, identi
fied by police as Edward S. Shumak of Chicago, was shot to death after police poured
machine gun bullets and tear gas into the washroom.
WEATHER
KUt1i Falta t-4 I'U.I! 1-
r . f lrI taa. That
4mr hmwn tm WIm Uhs3
fUrwi 4 ftaaeUr ttraa.
High Ummv m. I.w tmiM U
to H. Mtga aaaaar H.
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rraatallaUaa tart M
Telrphem till
n
mmw
Mountain
Towns Hit
Many Lost
I JOIbi M I iu
i QflTO, Ecuador. Aug. t -
I fm """"red bodies were counted
I "' nd mny mor ar ueiievea
i '
i ,ivfri mountain dtie
vUlagea yesterday In th Am-
1 region.
i Rescue workers picked through
the ruins of a dozen localities high
In the Andes south of Quito on
! searches that added to the dea Jl
! tolL Thev treated hundreds of In-
j lured and many were being taken
I of Its building la the quake.)
One thousand wer Injured In
i Ambato alone.
Amenta, a textile city of MM
' popuJatma, apparently hard-
' eat hit. Cecamunleatloa wer
! knocked flat and Information from
"e rtrtekea area waa arant. The
' affected cover SM euare
' miles. The povulaUoa of th region
about Set.M.
i 0nc Befar
I It wa the biggest disaster suf-
fcred by Ecuador since colonial i
tunes. Ambato was destroyed tn i
j I'M by an earthquake which lo!
ruined th towns of Pellfeo. Quero.
PUlaro and Patate. The dead
totaleo am.
Interior Minister Salarar Gomel
asked tn a broadcast from Ambato
for army deBNiltiea eqnad to rase
buildings damaged to the verg of
toppling over oa swrvtvora.
Early news of the disaster trickled
in over only on channel a small
battery-powered radio station of
the Shell Oil company which
normally handle only company
business.
Army relief planes seat to Am
bato from Quito had to tarn back
this morning beeaas th airport
waa fogbound. Two more set oat
from Gaayaaull with hope, of
landing later with blood plasma
sad vaccine seat by th Sted Cram
Oslo Plaza Lasso, a
larg e-ecale farmer, ordered all milk
produced on his lands sent to Am
bato and suited out himself to
direct relief efforts In the town.
Track Tested
Locomotive were testing the
southern section of the Cuayaquil
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o no a
fllS MlaTCier ,WQS
Close To Cops
.
Honolulu. Aug. wv-A young : by the last two Mate Legion con
taxi dancer fled into Honolulu's ; yentions.
crime prevention bureau pursued by The gu delegates adopted a
her husband. I resolution favoring a state bonu
The dancer. Mary Bartholomew, ! jor World War II veterans bv a
It, locked herself In a washroom, j voice vote Oil morning. Ther
Her .husband. Francis Bartholomew, I recommended a bonus of S10 for
33, climbed to the transom, shot her j each month of domestic military
to death and then lulled himself aa i service and S15 for each month of
police rushed in. I overseas service, with a maximum
That aU happened Thursday of S900. That 1 similar to bonuses
night. Police yesterday said they j enacted by several states,
found this irouic note written by Advocates of the proposal argued
Bartholomew to his wife: that -stay-at-homes" received a
"Don't worry about me. I wont kind of bonus during the war years,
harm you. Contact me only when when the state of Oregon forgave
you axe ready for divorce." I part of the Income tax.
Montana Fire
Raging Over
3000 Acres
HELENA, Mont. Aug. t ( A
least four men were burned fatally,
all wen hurt and six ar missing la
s mammoth forest fir near hers,
lh federal forest srrvtc said today,:
Bodies of two forest aervtca pars
chutlat and a third firefighter were
found la a MOO-acr fir which
roared uncontrolled through tim
ber In a primitive area northeast of
Helena.
Joseph Silvia, one of two 'chutista
hospitalised hert, died this after-
The other. Bill Hellman, was re
ported In "fair" condition.
Th forest service Identified one
INFERNO
HELENA. Mont., Aug. I tlT
An aerial observer described lh
Gates of th Mountain forest
fire near her today a an "un
believable Inferno."
Ed Johnson. Associated Press
writer, reported:
"Flames ar leaping from
cliff to cliff nd running swift
ly from th Missouri river can
yon to the mountain peak.
Trees literally explode In the
path of the blaze, aending
flame about 50 feet Into the
air."
Pilot Paul Choquette, aerial
patrol scout for the forest ser
vice, said the fire spread rapid
ly. Ha flew over the area yes
terday morning and there wa
no fire. Lightning started th
fire about noon,
"Within a few hour th fir
was. well started and moving
fast," Choquette reported. "Th
forest I extremely dry." Th
trees explode. Th flamea ar
burning along th canyon and
leaping up cliffs. In th aid of
on steep cliff I saw a Ion
tre explode far from any
other foliage."
of the dead a Jamea O. Harrison,
Missoula, stationed near Canyon
ferry.
Namn , th. oth itti vrr(
wahhtld ndm. notification of rel-
ativea.
,
Six of th IS smokejumper who
I parachuted to the fir yesterday
, burned seriously, th forest
j service aaid.
Regtoa Forester P. D. Haaaon of
! Missoula aald poor commanicalion
ap complete hi forma lion oa
easaalUe.
Forest Supervisor A. D. Moir as id
one of the smokejumper who OS
es ped told him all IS made success
ful parachute leap yesterday.
"Then." said the 'Jumper, "w
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Legion Backs
State Bonus
For Veterans
SALEM. Aug. JPi The Amer
ican Legion In Oregon broke with
Its past tradition today and voted
to support a state bonus for vet
erans in Oregon.
State bonuses were turned djwn