fo)
I 1 ' ii ir ii ii "n 'w i ' 1 ' "' I' i
By rKANK JKNKINI
HINESB Communist Leader Mao
Tie-Tung announces In Felplng
today (hi establishment o( the
"People's Republlo ol China." In
making the announcement, he aayi:
"Internationally, t mual unite
wllh all countries and peoples lov
Itil peace and freedom, FIRST OF
ALL THE BOVICT UNION and the
new Lwmoc ratio countries, so that
we will not Hand a loin In our
struggle to safeguard Uia fruits of
victory."
IN order to understand wnat ha U
driving at, we mint remember
that In the communlit jargon a
"democratic country" la a commu
nlit ruled country and ONLY
COMMUNISTS love peace and
ficedum-all others (especially the
US I art warmongers.
a
WELL, IhaH that, 1
" At least, we kuow no what
theaa Chlnex eommuuWs ara.Ttiey
are COMMUNISTS in the full
sense of the word. They take their
ryea from Moacow.
Sf7. eve
PltOM London thu morning cornea
thu algnlf leant dispatch:
Britain's Labor government
faced political crista In Ita own
ranks today. Trade unlnni threat
ened to revolt against higher prlcea
resulting from money devaluation."
That la to aay, Die Brliuh unlona
threaten to demand higher wagra.
If they get higher wear. Britain 1
production eoata will rise and ALL
THE ADVANTAGES REflULTINO I
FROM DEVALUATION Or THE
POUND WILL BE LOST.
There la no euch thing, you are.
a something for nothing.
tliHY the higher prlcea resulting
i
from devaluation?
It a thu war:
When wa buy the
new 13 M
pounds to pay for tha thlnga wa !
buy In Britain, wa set mora pounu
for our dollar. When tha British
buy dollara to pay for tha thlnga
they have to buy from ua Hood be
ing tha moat important) they get
FEWER dollara for their depreci
ated 130 pounda. Depreciation of
lha currency U a gmfa that euta
both ways.
Again, you aee. there to no euch
thing aa aomethlng for nothuig.
S of thu morning. JJ countries,
" following Brltaln'a lead, have de
valued their currencies to a greater
or ka extent their purpoae. Ilka
Britain a, being to gel a price ad
vantage In erllint their goode to
tha United Btatea.
a That raise thu question:
Why don't wa depreciate our dol
lar? a a
PHm It tha only answer I can
think of:
What enduring good could come
out of debating tha only Bound
money left In tha world?
fECRKTARY of Commerc-i Sawyer,
talking to Portland bualneaa peo
ple, aaya ha thlnka our national
economy will perk up and Improve
i Continued on Page Twoi
Gaming Ban
Spreads; Lake
Man Charged -
A Lakevlew cafe owner haa been
charged with Illegal possession of a
gambling game, tha flrrt arreat
made In the current drlva to do
up slot machine and other forma of
gambling In Klamath and Lake
counliea.
Biate police arrested Robert
Oliver Bursk, 44. operator of the
Westslde cafe located on tha wait
outskirts of Lakevlew on highway
M, and confiscated four merchandise-paying
punchboarda found on
display In hU place of business.
Bursk U due tor an appearance
before Justice of tha Peace Tom
Parrel! at Lakevlew tomorrow morn
ing. He faoea. If convicted, a max
imum fine of (290 or 90 days In Jail.
4) Prliea Taken
.- In addition to lha Illegal boards,
atata police took charge of tha
merchandise prim. Including two
rifle scopes, two flashlights, two 3.1
rlflea, two 30-30 rifles, g 13-gauge
ahotgun, camp axes, hunting knives
and boxes of candy.
Burak aald the boards and merch
andise had been placed In his estab
lishment by a Klamath Falls distributor.
Klamath Armory Becoming
'Big Top' For Shrine Circus
Some 200 persons of g dosen and a
half different natlonalltlea, ranging
all tha way from Csech to Chinese,
have become a part of Klamath
Falls' population for the rest of the
week.
Thoy are not some sort of a
United Nattnna delegation, aa g roll
call would Indicate. They are the
personnel of Polack Brothers cir
rus, which the Klamath Palls
Rhrliis club will present In tha
Klamath armory Thursday, Friday
and Saturday,
Following Its arrival from Seattle,
Ihe circus took over the armory to
day and aet about transforming Its
Interior Into g modern, streamlined
"big top" for the sis performances
to be given here.
Hlirlnrrs Busy
Meanwhile, Clarence Humble,
general chairman, was busy coorrll
. nstlng final preparations of ths
UtMU" ' - -, o t ti 1 1
fKICIC FIVK CENTS lm KLAMATH FALLS, OHKGON, tYKDNEHIMr, HKPTF.MBKK II, 1MI ' Telephone till No. MM
HIST AsEts Steel T&me hitmmm
OC&E Strike
Peace Move
Scheduled
By IIAI.E HrAffllHOt'OH
Ttie first open move to aettle the
Oregon, California and Eastern
railway atrlke now 24 day old
haa bean made In the aetllng of a
dale for resumption of negotiations
between railroad offlcera and tha
trtking order of railway con
ductor. t. K. Manlon, Great Northern gen
eral chairman for thu area who
alo aervea a president of OC&K.
haa announced he will come to
Klamath KIU Friday for meet
ing with O. W. Lange, vice presl
dent of Ihe conductors union.
Meeting time waa aet fur I in.
and Lame aald the aeuion prob-
ably would be held at the Wlllard
hotel.
;, Oprralar
Manlon will come from hU office
In Beatlle. Tha OCA I U owned
Jointly by lha Soutliern Pacific and
Oreat Northern but u bring oper
ated by ON. Southern Pacific offici
ally haa kept hsnda off the atrlke
which haa Idled tha &-mtle road
since August 2. and the Friday
meeting will be the first undertaken
by the Oreat Northern.
Lange haa been In Klamath Palls
since the strike started.
Conductors of the Klamath Fsllt-
to-Bly freight Una went on strike'
after negotiations with the company
era deadlocked, bringing out all 13
operating employe of the short
road. No train has run on the OCA: E 1
nice the strike data with the ex
ception of one manned by non-union
ON officials and employes which
worked one day.
The dispute concerna six claims
of the union aaallut the carrier,
concerning mostly Interpretation ol
phases of Uia exuung contract with
the company. Lange aald the mone
tary aire of the points of friction
waa only -(O0 or 17000'
National Intereet
The national railway mediations ;
board haa also token notice of the i
I vl k aa aiiirf haa Mftawa-ens taa aa mm t a e at I
atrlke and haa offered to assign
mediator to the task of bringing tha
company and union together.
Lange aald, however, no media
tor would coma here unlesa the re
opened discussions with the compa
ny got nowhere and mediation waa
Invoked.
The atnke. although of little con
sequence when compared to ue-upa
on larger roads, haa caused con
siderable Inconvenience to persona
employed by OCAB as well at to
shippers along the line. Weyer
haeuser Timber company la the
blggeat patron of the line and the
strike halted Ita flow of logs from
Weyerhaeuser camp ( to Uie mill
here. Lumber firms on the track
have been Inconvenienced In ship
ping as have grain growers with
loading points on the line.
Forest Fires
Show Increase
8AI.ICM, Sept. 21 (PI The num
ber of forest Urea on slate and pri
vate lands In Oregon this year waa
about three times the number laat
year.
Deputy Stale Forester Oeorge
Spaur aald today there were 91
flrea up to September 1. There were
3M In tha same period last year.
Spaur aald Ihe Increase was
caused by tinder-dry lorests during
most of the summer. '
He said there still Is some danger
of flrea in high mountain areas, but
aald he Isn't very much worried
bout It.
Spaur explained that the smoke
which la over much tof Oregon Is
caused by fires aet In slashings, aa
well as In areas where they are
purposely set to reduce fire
hazard.
Shrine cjub for the circus, receiving
close cooperation from his co
chairman, Charles Yorkeland, and
heada of hla various committees.
Members of the Bhrlne club, who
for the past week have been con
ducting an Intensive advance ticket
campaign, were being urged to re
double their efforts on the "home
stretch" by Sanford Brlby, advance
aale chairman, who la also tha
club's secretary-treasurer, and by
Ernest Marllelh, chairman for out-of-town
aalrs.
O. E, iTommy) Thompson's com
mittee completed the distribution
of donated tickets to children whose
families' budgets, according to the
committee's findings, would not per
mit them to see the circus. These
youngsters, coming from all over
the county, will be entertained at
tha matinees. Meanwhile, coupons
(Continued on Page 1)
ii mitiii.suauawt n a mumm mini n mi I s e wi at nisi isim tasa.a.aaataasat.sasat
' VV t'tO : ! ;i -
p
v
PROUD AS PUNCH is Roger
2036 LeRoy, who is receiving
ot the Presbyterian church. Or.
observes the ceremony os Roger hos the bodge pinned on
'
of Scout troop 16, sponsored by Socred Heart parish, accumulated a record of two years
perfect attendance at troop meetings. His brother, Nicholas Jr., 16, won the Eagle award
two years ago. The Eogle oward now joins 24 other merit bodges on Roger's uniform. He
is a student at Fremont junior high.
Hollywood Shakedown
Racket Charged; Girl
Victim Lures Employed
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 21 i Pi !
Charges of a former Hollywood ac-
tors agent that "hundreds ot thou-1
sanda ot dollara" have been wrung
from lu victims by "a ring ot pros-j
mute extortionists' were on file to-1
day in superior court,
A transcript of the testimony of
Psul R. Bchrmann, 41, was filed;
yesterday by District Attorney Wil
llam t. Simpson In support ot a I
motion that the witness be declared .
In contempt of court lor refusal to I
answer questions before the
grsnd
I
Jury.
HI. allegation, that the extortion i
"innocent victims' were made In a
memorandum which Bchrmann
Identified as his own and which!
Simpson read to the grand Jury. j
"There exists now and has for
some two or three years past a ring
of prostitute extortionists who work
under the direction of Mickey Co
hen and who derive their Immunity
from arrests and prosecution from
the police and the district attorney's
office." It said.
Oambler Mickey Cohen, now on
trial In municipal court on a' charge
of disturbing the peace by cursing
police, officers who called at his
home recently, commented on the
testimony:
"Utterly ridiculous, stupid and not
worth a n s w a r I n g. Anyone who
knows me knows that I never mix
In anything of that kind.'
No Names
Asked by Blmpson tor the nsmes
of the prostitutes who operated the
shakedown racket, Brhrmann refus
ed to answer. He declined also to
name the "Innocent victims" of
their oprrat Ions, , declaring ha had
turned the Information over to "the
federal government and the t gover
nor's! crime commission."
Blmpson named several women,
Including Lila Leeds and Vlrkl Ev
ans, whom he did not Identity, and
asked the witness their reputations.
"Their reputations are that or
prostitute extortionists," Brhrmann
replied.
He refused an answer to the dis
trict attorney's request tor Instanc
es of the extortion ring's activities,
saying he would not produce his
notes "because the district attorn-
Alan Long, 14-year-old son of
the coveted Eagle Scout award
F. Cecil Adams, (left) president of Modoc area council.
ey'a office .light steal them."
Simpson then read from Behr-I
manna memorandum:
Booty t at j
"Mickey Cohen received 60 peri
cent of shakedown money received
by his prostitute extortionists. They
retain 40 per cent and divide It
iV10?! ?L ltt " prt1u,!ri
en down lor S7S.0OO and therealter
for S500 a week.'
It happened that a sound record
maoe oi an incioeni in
which the asserted victim parUcipa-
' TZ 7 h, "Z
S75.000 snd the additional 1500 a
week was exacted when It developed
that the women had retained the
master recording.
Bchrmann testified he had'gath
ered his Information in his efforts
"to fight crime and to fight official
corruption in the various law en
forcement agencies.".
Superior Judge Robert H. Scott
said he will rule next Tuesday on
whether Brhrmann should be held
in contempt. If he is, Simpson said.
It "means Bchrmann can be locked
up until he performs."
Ingrid Makes
Divorce Move
NEW YORK. 8ept 21 (P The
.Iniirnnl-Amerlean said todsv that
Inorlii nersman'a lawver haa flown !
to Los Angeles to discuss divorce
plans with the screen star's htts
btnd. Dr. Peter Ltndstroin.
The newspsper Identified the law
yer as Monroe E. McDonald and
said he had come here trom Rome
representing both Miss Bergman
and her Italian director. Roberto
Rossrllnl. who have been linked ro-
mantlrally.
McDonald was quoted as telling
The Journal-American that h e
hoped Dr. Llndstrom would not op
pose the ulvorce action.
"Ingrid Is absolutely firm on that
point." McDonald was quoted as
saying, "and her decision Is Irre
vocable. But her first and last
words before I left were, 'Don't do
anything to hurt Peter.'
Mr', and Mrs. Nicholas Long, j
of ceremonies held last night
by his mother. Roger, member
' .
Chamber Plans
Better Mail j
Express Move
Members of a special committee i
met at the chamber of commerce
ot fleet yesterday to look into the
effect of expected train and plane
schedule changes upon mall and ex
press services m tbe Klamath area.
Alter some deliberation the com
mittee decided to contact the Port
land and San Francisco chambers
to determine if they would support
the local chamber in its drive lor
better mail and express services.
A report ot the committee t meet
ing will be read at the chamber
executive's luncheon today.
Tralna Discontinued
According to Charles Stark,
chairman of the committee, the
north and southbound West Coast
train will be discontinued, and a
slower northbound will be substitut
ed. It will pass through Klamath
Falls early In the morning. No det
inue' time is yet determined.
However the Daylight, Cascade,
and Klamath trains will continue to
run as scheduled.
United Air Lines will go on win
ter schedule next weeg, running one
northbound and one southbound
plane through Klamath Falls each
day. The northern flight Is sched
uled st 13:50 pm. and the other
at 4:3i pjn.
Members of the committee be
sides Stark are E. H. Thompson.
A M. Hattan. Frank Eberleln and
Russell Griffith.
Rich Uranium
Ore Reported
In Northwest
By The Associated Prea
A uranium content well above
government-set mlnimums for de
velopment has been reported found
in ore concentrste taken from de
posits above 8almon lake In North-
em Kittitas county, Wa-h.
' Tli- announcement Wat made
yesterday by Homer A. King, an
executive ot the Big Dome Mining
company, alter receipt of report
from the metallurgical division of
the U. S. bureau of mines office at
Bait Lake City.
The report Indicted the ores con
tain two pounds of U-30S a ton.
Ocvernment mlnimums are a qusr-
I ter pound a ton.
New 6-Day
Strike Wait
Requested
BIXLETIV
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -,
I'nitrd MUlea Kteel ecrporaliea
today accepted President Tru
aaan'a reajoest far a new six day
atrlke trace and agreed to bar
gain with the tTU eteelwerkere
onie.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 uP j
President Truman today aaked a '
new six-day strike truce In the steel
dispute j
The president also asked that the
steel concerna and the CIO steel
workers union resume collective bar- I
gaining on their own. j
He said federal mediators wouid
be available to assist them. j
Cyrus Chlng, mediation chief, an-
nounced Truman's new truce re-!
quest !
Walkout Scheduled
The present truce runs out Satur
day midnight and the union U pois
ed for a walkout by Ita 1.000.000
members at that time.
The president asked that the truce
be maintained until 12:01 ajn. Sat-!
urdav October I In the "national In- I
terest." j
President Philip Murray of the
steelworkers adtHsed Chlng that the
union will decide on lu reply to Tru
man's request at a union wage-pou- i
cy committee meeting at Pittsburgh
tomorrow.
Bureau Water
In Klamath .
Off Oct. 1
Water win be shut off In canals i ,h' the recall mesxagea merely
and ditches controlled by the KUam- ww Intended to assure the prea
ath project, bureau of reclamation. ! """ of a quorum. 2IT members,
on October 1. i . Republicans followed through
L. Stephens, project manager.
announced today that It will be nec
essary to shut off the Irrigation wa
ter In all laterals of the project
Including the entire Tulelake divi
sion, on the date set.
Construction work on the Lost Ri
ver diversion channel necessitates
the rebuilding of one section of the
-C" flume. This work will require
par oi tne iiume to be removed in I esiaousnmem. tne in-
order to bridge the enlarged diver- tnor department, the foreign ero
sion channel near the Henry Semon ' non,le recovery program and some
ranch at Henley. i miscellaneous federal agencies.
r., , . . I There Is a chance that new labor
Construction Deadline ! legislation may b. pushed In view
Oeorge Stacy, contractor on this i o: current developments In the coal
jua. must ouua a considerable con
crete structure to hold the canal
Hum- T, I. . i i . , . ,
1 - coeiikuu turn i iic aev on
the Job October 1. Stephens pointed
out. to assure completion during the
fall so that possible winter floods
j cm-imri wic auuciurc or
the land adjacent.
In Langell valley it will be nec
essary to shut off the wster from
Clear lake and Oerber dams In or
der that the channel construction be
ing done by Charles Hover may pro
ceed rapidly enough to finish this
Job ahead of winter floods.
It la hoped that with this advance
warning. Stephens advised, any Ir
rigators who plan to require water
before October 1. may have their
wants satisfied and still allow con
struction work to go on without In
terference by the Irrigation wster.
. v ,.:m ; -'4'. f . -y
t" iiltim . i ,a.iti tiiriiwiaii t-tioat ia.aawaiMiaaaitaitiaaaiai.Mi waata i ii r JJ,"A"
RACER TAKES TO THE. AIR Shorty Londis, midget roce driver from Telford, Pa., toke
the aerial route as his car tore into the guardrail during the running of the feature event
at the Hatfield, Pa., speedway. Londis' cor flew into the air, plunged over an embankment
and turned over twice. Londis was unhurt except for bruises. Driving by at right is Joe Adler,
Philadelphia, who hod to swerve to ovoid eollision.
Worlcers Demand
Hikes In Wake
Of Devaluation
LONDON, Spf, 21 (AP) Worktrg threatened crippling
stnket in Britain and France, key Marshall Plan nations, to
day in the wake of a world wove of cheapened money.
The British labor jovernmant faced political crisis
in its own ranks, with trade unions threatening to revolt
against higher prices brought on by the devaluation of
the pound.
France got a grim warning that it may face "insurrec
tional strikes" within a month unless it approves pay in
creases. The warning came from Albert Bouzanquet, secre-
ftory of the Force Ouvrier
Sports
Bulletins
CARDS BEAT BL'MS
ST. I.OITS. Sept. 41 (Pi Joe
Garagiola singled with the bates
loaded and none eat us the ninth
Inning to give the St. Loots Car
dinals a I I victory over the
Brooklyn Dodgera today.
The victory In the opener of the
vital three -game series aaaved
tbe league-leading Cardinaki 2S
games in front of Brooklyn, The
two teams will aaeet again to
night and tomorrow nlghL
Lefty Max Lanier held the j
uatigera to live hits aa be bested
Don Neweombe in a thrilling
pitching battle that went down to
tbe very wire. Neweomke waa
reached (or eight, including three
in the ninth.
House Back
To Work;
Heavy Slate
WA8BINOTON. Sept. il im
House members return today from
: a month a vacation, with enough
j unfinished businesa on hand to
! krep them here tbe rest of the year.
I They probably wont etay that
! long. -Around November 1" la the
j target date of congressional lead-
era for final adjournment,
j Despite mesMwee aent to demo
; cratle members last week by parry
leaders, the bouse doesn't plan to
transact any major businesa this
Week. PtrtV srjokesmen evnlainMt
: wttn messagea to their own mem-
bers reminding them that the re
cess that starter! on August 2 ends
at noon today and that democrats
had been told to be on hand at
that tune.
Fonda First
While a dozen or more major bills
furnishing almost S20 000.000.000
' have top priority. They finance
and ateel industries.
i a a S
LllsTlOCr 5tslKe
,
i TlsTCClt 111 BC
VANCOUVER. B. C, Sept. 21 il
A strike threat hung over the Brit
ish Columbia lumber Industry to
day. The policy committee of the
Lumber Inspector's union recom
mended last night that the union's
280 members reject a conciliation
board report and request a strike
vote in support of demands for a
35-cent-an-nour wage boost.
The union will meet this week
with the International Woodwork
ers of America and the longshore
men's union, seeking their support
of its action.
(workers force), a group of
(some) 1,500,000 non-communist
trade unionists, who he
said may even join forces with
the communist-led group, the gen
eral confederation of labor. In
talks on strike policy.
More countries followed the de
valuation lead aet Sunday by Brit
ain. Luxembourg, her economy tied
to Belgium s. cut her franc by 12J4
per cent, the same aa Belgium.
I Portugal cut the value of the aa
leudo 15 per cent in relation to tha
I dollar. Thu brought to 24 the na
tions in the devaluation parade.
West Wool Hit
"PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 21 11
Tha Western Wool Handlers asso
ciation wool sale collapsed today
as buyers, fearful of the pound de
valuation effect on prices, cut their
offers or withheld them. '
Only two lota In the morning's
two-million-pound offering received
bida and ownera refused to sell at
tha prices quoted.
Bida were sealed and prlcea were
rot made public, but Roy Ward,
general manager of the largo
Pacific Wool Orowers. cooperat
ive, said he understood they were
15 to 20 per cent down from price
paid September 1 at the associa
tions Billings, Mont, auction.
Potato Price
Quoted $150
Hundred, FOB
Market price on No. 1 locally
grown spuds today was reported at
S2 M a hundred pounds, f. o. b. cars
with the buyer furnishing the bags.
Spud digging- ss fust beginning
In this area with the bunt of the
harvest expected to start wltkin the
next 10 days, and a total crop of
around 7000 cars Is anticipated.
Field run potatoes, including
everything but culls, are priced at
12 a hundred, f. o. b. cars and with
the buyer furnishing bags.
Conaamer Coat
Those prices are what the grower
is paid, and today at least one local
retailer was offering new Klamath
grown spuds at $3t a hundred
pounds to the consumer, a disparity
In price to the grower and to the
housewife of 11.19 a hundred pounds.
A study of potato statistics shows
that only once In the last sue years,
starting in 1943, has the total car
load shipment of spuds from the
Klamath basin dropped below .
10.000 cars. That one year was 1947
when Just 7264 cars were shipped.
I The total this year probably will
' be about the same as 1947 or slightly
lower. According to the county
agent's office, income from potatoes
has not dropped below sg ,500.000 In
those six years. In 1946 the total
value of the crop was figured at
18 620.000.
The highest yield ever recorded
here came In 194a when the aver
age was 443 bushels or 265.8 pounds ,
per acre.
FLED, RETURNS
BOSTON. SepL 21 iJP Henry
M. Blackmer, 80. Colorado million
aire who fled this country 27 years
ago to escape testifying In the Tea
pot Dome scandal, arrived here to-
I day by plane from France, Immlgra-
l Hon officials reported.