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lly FRANK JF.NKINK
JliEitB ire qurrr tiling In the
nrwa. Fur example:
Representatives ul llrltaln's Labor
parly government ri already ei
riving III Washington Ui talk ovrr
with our government tilt Idea ut
pulling up ft LOl mom American
dollars In order to keep Britain from
going bankrupt.
Yet, only few days ago dual
about the Ulna Ilia Urlllsh negotia
tors wrro leaving lr Washington),
Labor parly member ol parlla
mrlit Irt go a alatrinrnl for publlie
lion In allien li accused American
"big business" ol compiling to over
throw HriUln's labor government.
lie adilrd:
"Mriuin might ba templed to
pielcr coininunlMu to bring kiikrl
ammid by the unlettered, pot
bellied money magnates ot Uia
United Stales."
MOW that Isn't nlca.
The aid e Amerliaii have
given to the llrltlnh eoplc snur
the war niiu Into I lie inultl-bll-Iioim.
All ol thu aid has come out
il the taxrs we pay lor will pay
In ihe luiurei and our taxes arc
brimming to bile, and bite haul. '
And din't foiurt thu:
It hain't been luiiiiy munry
wave breu sharing with the llrlti.li. j
It ha brrn CHKIDH. The dollar .
wa talk ao much about are just !
rmintrrs. We ve brrn giving.
T HINUH to the Brltiah loud and
law material and such. !
Were not morona. We are fully
aw are thai the more of our re
source we give away the lra wa
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Only Billion
For Foreign
'Arms-George
WASMINOTON. Aug. 71 iPi Sen
lnr Ornrue iD-Oa.) aald today that
1 1. 000.000 .000 b the moat the admlnl
atratlon fan hope for from the neurit
In anna aid for Allnnllc pact nnllnni.
He aald (ha autn would be ipllt
between eaih and eontrart author
llr. "And they won't gel that," ha
preillrted, unlll after ft long de
drbale. If al all."
Prr.aident Truman lias a.skrd
tl.4MinoO.oiiO for Ihe arm program,
Including 1 1. 1 no 090.000 for the At
rantii pact nation-.
The house alahrd the l. 160 390.
000 In half, but Irft unchanged the
propoard 1211.370 000 for continued
military .sllanre to Greece and
Turkey, and $27.540000 for Iran,
Korea and the Philippine.
The combined aennte foreign rela
tion find armed aervlcea committer
alart Ihelr arconri week ot grma-alil
dlacuMlon Mondny.
Next Council
Meet Sept. 6
City councilman will not meet In
ragular aeulon until Tueailay, Sep
tember 6.
Mondny la the fifth In the month
of Augtint and tluia the city dada
will havo free week, Labor Day is
the following Monday, necraMtallng
I -witching the meeting ta the day
alter Labor Day,
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I'HICF. FIVF. I'KNTH
Senate OK's
Air Force
Expansion
WAHHINOTON. Auk. 37 A; -Au-thurify
(or a big rxiiuiwim nf thf
air forre won wnate approval by
uttunlmoui nmtent tmlay alter oi lef
Il paaaed the 1i-gruup air forre
bill previously approved by the
hoiiM after mtvlng out a section
thai aprlled out the It combat
group and other unit.
Retained Hi the bill. h.mever. a
(ha hntiw-approvrd authority fur
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MOORE FARK HAS BIG SUMMER Klamath's Moore park
is finishing the vacation season this year with new records
marked up In visitors . . . 9000 picnickers were bn scheduled
events from July 1 to August 21 . . . and indications ore
that twice that number used the park's facilities without be-
ing on the scheduled lists.
Pictured here are a few scenes pulled right out of daily
activity at the park,
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(Top, right) Russell Fronklin and Noncy Long try to get the
attention of a Japanese deer. (Center, right) The kids look
over one of the bird cages. (Left) A view of the big five-acre
plot of gross below the -caretaker's cabin. In the background
are the city tennis courts, where the city-wide tournaments
were held this summer, as well as out-of-city competition.
(Bottom) Kids sneak a few handfuls of straw and leaves into
few-months-ctd fawn.
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Bulletins
DOIX.IRS WIN
BROOKLYN. Aug. J7 .4" Home
runa by t'arl Furillo and Billy Cox
featured ft aix run sixth inning
rally today that gave the Brook
lyn Dodgera a -1 triumph over
Ihe Chicago Cuba.
CARDS WIN
NEW YORK, Aug. J7 Stan
Muaial poled two home runa.
Chuck Dieting and llnoa Slaugh
ter one each and Ihe St. Louie
Cardinale came up with ft triple
play to aqoash the New York
(llanta. 5-5, In Ihe lint game of
a doublchcader today.
YANKS WIN
CLEVELAND, Aug. VI W Lefty
Tommy Byrne pitched the New
York Vankcra to ft 4-0, two-hit
triumph over the Cleveland In
diana today before ft paid gather
ing of e.tu7 fans.
RED SOX WIN
CHICAliO, Aug. it in The
arrond place Boston Red Sox re
mained game and a half be
hind Ihe league leading Neve
York Yankeea by handing the
Chicago White Max 7-t licking
before lt.lSl pereoru today.
t AND 40'
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27 )
Mrs. Herman Edwards, Portland,
Ore., la to become the vice presi
dent of the S and 40 for 12 west
ern state. Ala.aka and Hawaii here
today. Mrs. Edward, wife of a
Portland newspaperman, was un
opposed In nominations last night.
Damage Totals
Millions; 2nd
Blow Expected
MIAMI, PU., Auk- 37 VPyA re tirade tropical hurricane whirled
out over the Gulf of Mexico for a trcond punch at Florida today leav
ing one dead, hundreds home lew and property damage In the millions
In the state ' rlcn report and citrus areas.
Borne hat tamed a It crossed land, the freak uh storm was ex
pected to resume hurricane strength in a six to eight1 -hour croulni of
the culf probably to tKe Apalachicola-Tallahajuieo area.
"Winds will continue to increase In northwest Florida." said W. R.
Labor Wage
Hike Battle
Starts Again
AKROV. O.. Aug. 27 iA Union
labor's ftritl msior strike for ft
fourth round of postwar wage In-
nrwn uiuncnra loaay. ine
CIO struck B. P. Goodrich, one of
the rubber Industry's big four.
Ordering some 17,000 Goodrich
workers In seven slates to strike.
President H. R. Lloyd of the CIO
Cnlied Rubber Workers said:
TnforiurutrlT, (he company
showed not the slightest Interest
Is reaching aa amicable aettle-sa.-ni.
We were eomprlled to take
Hits action U protect the Interest
of our soembershiD.'
Uoyd made this statement In '
Dayton, O.. where negotiations on
ft new contract broke down but
night just before the old one ex
pired. As authorized by the union
membership, the strike started at
12:01 a. m. lEOTl today.
Right on time. URVV's biggest
Goodrich local here set up picket
lines, halting work by 11.000 em
ployes. The other plants at Los An
geles, Csdillsc. Mich, Tuscaloosa.
Ala, Miami. Okla, CUrksville.
Tenn.. Oaks. Pa., also were ordered
to strike.
Far Its part. Goodrich com
pulsed ra letter sent oat before
the strike was called that the
TRWA has choaea Goodrich
tea sad woaacai aad oar eoaipaar
to be gaiaea pira la the fourth
round wage try."
And after the strike started.
Goodrich Vice President J. W
Keener contended the union had
served no notice on the company.
However, both he and Uoyd
agreed to resume .negotiations in
Dayton again, today iu another et
fort to aettle dilferencea.
First Stage
British Aid
Parley Opens
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 1 The
United States. Britain and Canada
opened preliminary talks on Brit
ain's economic crisis today.
The conferences at the state de-
prtment will continue about 10 i
days. Then full scale negotiations i
among the three governments will
be opened. I
Officials and technical expert of I
the three countries met In fifth J
floor conference room at the state !
department with Undersecretary of I
State Webb presiding.
8ir Henry Wilson Smith, second
secretary of the British treasury,
headed the British group, and
Norman Robertson, secretary of the
Canadian cabinet, the Canadian
mission.
The task of the negotiators will
bi- to determine the basic facts of
Britain's economic plight In prep
aration for the cabinet-level talks
which start September 7.
Klamath Ice
Loses $600
In Bag Theft
A canvas sack containing over
$600 waa reported stolen from a
truck parked at the Klamath Ice
and Storage company loading dock
yesterday fternoon.
State police learned that the
money belonged to the Zero Froz
en Food company and was taken
from a truck operated by Irft Zir
kle. salesman tor the company.
The sack contained about 1400
in currency and silver and the re
mainder in checks.
Log Slips, Kills
Swisshome Man
ROSF.BURO. Ore.. Aug. 27 (.4
Ben Benson. 38. Swisshome, was
fatally Injured this morning by a
log which spilled off truck at the
Rock Island Lumber company pond
at Sutherlin.
Benson, a truck drl.ei. was being
assisted In unloading by Melv:n
Hoff, who told Coroner H. C.
Stearns that as binders were re
leased a 00-foot log rolled oft on
the wrong aide of the truck. A
glancing blow spun Hoff out of
danger without serious Injury but
Benson was crushed and died al
most. Immediately.
Benson and his wife, Alice, were
preparing to return to Bwlsshome
later today that their two sons,
Ronald and Richard, might start to
school.
Davis, Miami storm forecaster.
"The center will crona the coaxtllna
again around nightfall, pocsibly a,
bit earlier or later, according to
the storm's behavior now that it ta
over water again."
Davis reminded residents In the
old south section of Florida;
"You are under hurrfrane
war taint a. These warnings have
been nolsled from Cedar Key to
Carra belle and of course extend
to Inland points behind this
coastal area."
Once again, evacuation of planet
and persons from danger sputa
under way. )u.t as It was yes-
terday on the Florida east coast.
The storm cut wide swath of
destruction on Ita way across the
F.NOl Gil SAID
MIAMI. Flaw Aug. 27 lP The
weather report from Lake Placid,
In central Florida, read this way
en Ihe Miami bareaa'a teletype:
"Wind indicator blew aarar.
Palm trace blown down. Observer
will blaw away if he goes out to
estimate winds."
peninsula after pounding the east
coast and searing the Lake Okee
chobee region.
It swept through Florida's rich
citrus belt and was last reported
by the weather bureau over Pasco
county on the edge ot the Gull of
Mexico above Tampa.
Stuart said Red Cross disaster
officials reported at least 600 home
less In the east coast cltr.
At West Palm Beach the Red
Crosa estimated more than 2000
K0-MILE WINDS
MIAMI. Flau Aug. Zl The
V. S. weather bureaa aaid today
thai hurricane would "compare
with the great hurrleanea of the
aast-
Highest winds recorded by la
Btrumenls In the past la Florida
waa li an lies per hoar at Hilla
boro light la the 1947 storm, he
aaid.
Gssla of wind ap to 1&0 mile
aa hoar were reported la the storm
which sweat ever Florida today.
of the city's 7000 homes had been
damaged. The baseball park grand
stand collapsed.
Two companies nf national '
guardsmen patrolled the streets to
prevent looting of stores whoie
windows had been smashed. West
Palm Beach Sheriif John P. Kirk
said they were needed to curb
vandalism In the city s badly hit
business district.
A number ol bridges were Im
passable because ot washouta and
wind damage.
Senators Pat
Owns Backs
On Economy
WASHINGTON. Aug. 37 tft
Economy-minded senators congrat
ulated themselves today on a L
400.000 000 slash in defense funds
-the bipzest reduction in any one
bill in the history of our govern
ment. The words were those of Senator
Elmer Thomas D-OkJa., who U
guiding a multi-billion dollar mili
tary money bill through the senate.
The huge cutback ordered by the
senate yesterday included two
Items: H
A cut ef SMl&toO.aoe n house
approved funds for army, navr
and air force upending durinf
the 13 months which began- July
1: and a si75.OO.OOt reduction In
money that both chamber-, had
earlier approved for stockpiling,
critical materials.
Oregon Fires
Incendiary,
Forester Says
GRANTS PASS. Aug. 27 W A
forest fire which burned over ap
proximately 200 acres In the Illinois
valley week ago was definitely In
cendiary In origin, John Kincaid,
local state forest patrol supervisor,
announced today.
It has been established that fires
a; three locations, at least, broke out
shortly after an automobile has
been seen in Ihe area. Kincaid said.
Also, other "spot fires" occurred
tip-wind and could not have resulted
from sparks from the main blaxe,
he said.
The state fire marshal is conduct,
ing an Investigation, Kincaid re.
vealcd.
TITO. FROGRF.SHIVES
BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Aug. 27
(i The Yugoslav presa reported
today that Premier Tito granted an
interview to group ot five Ameri
can educators and clergymen
studying conditions In eastern
Europe. The press described them aa
members of the the progressive
party ot Hear A. Wallace.