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Newspaper Page TextUL Day's Jews m!ihwi Br HUNK JINKINS ritOM I'orllaiid thu morning come. Uiii Interesting and pregnant dnauh: "Oregon votcra will b asked next year to put both elate and legiala t.va house on a straight population quota. Tina would mean lha and o( tha svstrm In which lightly pupulaled district now gain representation. 'Moth arnalura and representa tives in tha Oregon leaislature would ba rln led KhTlltfcXY according to population." TV) you gel tha lull drill ol that proposal? Her la what It would mean: Tha Or nun legislature wuuld hereafter ba dominated by tha areas In which tha BIUOKH CITIES ara liiyied. Hie more thinly populated ci counlres would lose tile com niandlni poelllon In tha legislature hich they hava alwaya held In tha put. QN lis laca, it souiiua rise juv aii w other scheme to Juinlle somebody out l a pullllcal Job and JuvKle .mcbixly rl In. Huch achemea ara IniotA old as tha Republic. We even hava a word lor It. Wa call It ''gerrymandering." " lha pollllral process I ao old that tha word la artually In tha dlrtlonary. which detlnea It thus: "To gerrymander: To divide a late, county, etc. Into election dis trict or other civil divisions In an unnatural and unlalr way m u to giva a political party an advantage over Ita opponent ." fllE word takes Its name Irorn Oovernor Clbrldge Oerry ol Massa chusetts, whose party, back In ISiJ, divided Essex county. Miu. up Into a DRAOON-BHAHtU dutrtct whose boundaries ere ao drawn aa to take In all tha areas populated by Oerry s ronorta ana to uavi jv i mi areas that were antagonistic to him and his crowd. PIIE loundlng lathers wrestled long and bitterly over this same lue. When tha lederal union that la now tha United State waa No Big Navy I Cut Planned, SaysJohnson T. PAUL. Minn.. Oct. 10 HP) Secretary ol Delense Louis Johnson repealed today there la no plan afoot to reduce tha navy to "a second clasa role" In national de tense. Johnson addressing tha annual convention ol Die American federa tion ol Labor, said tha navy has an "honorable role" to play on the army-navy air force team. Vital rerte' Johnson look notice ol mounting 3n rTCx FC"Z5r -mo1v-v i i a ar r 11 i 0"- ... A. I I - I r fl I l ' "e- ArA I l I rVM I I I I I I I Ti Mil t 17 I mm WIATHIR laaut falls sea" Vlrlellyr fair bw eflar see laalfkl. Tars 4mr MMNHM wiia a-wtri aftaraaaa. NlfS uar S7. Law laaiikl tu a Taaeiar as. Mat. lOrl. .. . 41 Sfla. ta fiMitiMiiam last M kaara . S IS sai aaaa a aaaa i ratlCB FIVE CENTS l.eja KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOIIEft le, IMt TeJewawae lilt Na. tie Truman Said Backing Big Farm Parity WA8HINOTON. Oct. 10 lift-Hen Cecil r. .While ID-Call! i quoted II ... T" .. . - .. . protest, iron, njvy partisan, that It ! ,gi; cTnt pan! boulll blr"l,'h.d .vUyl ,? 1 IV pne supporu lor the basic isrm busmen. He assured the navy he ( cri)TM Intends to keep It and U.a marine Wme u)(J hf ctllrJ w Trum4 corps aa vlUI paru ol tha defense ( urge hm iupport w p,r COTll combination. , orict DroUs as aaainst the llesible 7 to 0 per cent supporu In the larm bill now before the senate. Truman Nupport "The nretldent Informed me he has been sunnortlnv 00 ner rent all ' airing and will continue to do so in accordance with his promises to the people In the last campaign," While told reporters. In view o! the senate's rejection ol the 90 per cent supporu last week. While said the battle lor them will probably have to be carried over into lha next session ol con gress Ix-glnnlng In January. He said Truman told him he "Is not going to attempt to Interlere" with congrns'a aclion on the pend ing larm bill. Not Now, l.aler Tha Calif omlsn added that both he and the president hope to get a Tha delense secretary-declaring that Uia possibility tha Kussiaiu would learn the atomic secret long has llgured In defense planning said he Is "confident" thla country till has the lead In atomic weapons. Boy Misses Playmates, Hangs Self Ten-year-old Larry Bailey, lone some for his California playmates. .imni off into the woods nfsr Mer rill yesterday morning and hanged ! larm be carrying out their Ideaa. himself, according to Sheriff Jack ; "II not at this session, then In the Pranee. I next." The youngster was the son ol Mr. Senator Lucas ol Illinois, the nrf Mrs. Alexander Bailey. Porter- democratic senste leader, has ville. Calll. The Baileys annually go I backed the pending bill ol Senator to Merrill during potato harvest and ; Anderson iD-NMi. former secretary I Bailey, a haulage contractor, trucks I ol agriculture, which provides lor I ; .0 ,ae . i .rfT'i.a fi k spuds. Sheriff FTaney said Preaaedllated' Tlie sheriff said that he. District ' flexible price supporu at 76 to 00 per cent of partly. Parity la a price! designed to give ihe tarmer a fair' Deputy Coroner Clarence warn me umiea males waa dtiiik ouv ' .. . t. . .aether, the thickly settled atatea ! .Al"n"r lo" " ' "on to what he buys. llh big cities wanted represent- SZ si investigation i ,B K'"', tlm in congre according to pom.- Veded IS dim Th "lu,e U 10 rwww d'bmW 00 l.tion HO THAT THEY COVU) l""l'?.!a"X ,h dr,m , Uie larm bill tomorrow. lollowing a CONTROL CONGRESS. I w" P . . . ' one-day adjournment In respect to The battle linally ended In ay ThUi U lha aherlll story ol the abator MUler D-ldahoi. who died rnnnron.u with members ol the tragedy: Saturday. house ol representative, elected ao UxUt Larry . mother ana ujwr u wm coiuider an amendment by r,Hi... t rl.nul.tion and member. " "r h"nt'n. "r"r T,wrdjr Senator Magnuson .D-Wa.hi to morning, leaving Larry to play witn krcp our foreign agricultural prod rus orotner ana some nriguourouw cording to population and members of the senate according to sts un reel) slate having two senator. RE- OAnDlJCKS ol population. youngsters. About . 30 in the morning iJirry ucu II their entry would conflict with U S. farm-aid programs. lound Weat ha. been able to hold Ita own against lha heavily-populated r est. 1 think nearly everyone In the Wet will agree that WITHOUT 1 HE SENATE wa' ol the Par West would NEVER hava been able to rake the. gains wa hava made. It's cue Just one Instance: Without the senate i whose mem- Continued on Page 7 Hiss' Trial Adjourned NEW YORK. Oct. 10 iFV-Alger Jtiss' second perjury trial was ad journed today until November 1. rederal Judge Altred C. Coxe re served decision on whether to grant Miss' request to have tha trial trsni lerred to Rutland. Vt. Coxe gave attorneys lor Kiss, for mer high state department official until Thursday to answer the gov ernment's argumenU opposing the change. In his brlel opposing transfer to the trial. AssUUnt VS. Attorney Thomas P. Murphy denied that newspaper publicity had biased the minds ol prospective Jurors, aa Hiss claimed. . not until about II o'clock last night. William WaUon and H. D. Nicholson, both ol Merrill, lound the boy', body hanging from a tree limb about one-hall mile north ol the 1 heron W. Jones ranch near Merrill. Evidence i Evidence showed, the iherlll said. mat uie younasier nao ciimoeo me . CANTON. Oct. 10 iwNaUonallst tree and crawled out some 1J leet Cnln obwrved Mlh .nnlvtmi. along a high limb Irom which hel r-hi.. . ... hanged hlmsell with a short length . ,., .S . ... China Marks Birthday In Red's Path ol rope. At the Bailey home, the officers lound an identical piece ol rope from which the length had obviously been cut. Sheriff Praney said neighbors ol the Baileys told him that lltlie Lar ry frequently voiced a longing lor his hometown playmate, in Califor nia. The boy', body wa. removed to Ward'. Funeral home in Klamath Palls. Funeral arrangements are to be announced later. This provisional capital celebrat ed the "double tenth" amid prrpa- STATIXY NAME TACOMA. Oct. 10 JV-Csll Pornla celebrated her 13lh birthday today. Call la the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Pornla and a student at Tacoma'a Jason Lee Junior high school. Meet the People RED EMBRACE PARIS. Oct. I (41 The entire stall of the Chinese embassy and eonaalate-general here today de serted the nationalist regime and declared their aupport lor Ihe new Chinese communist government at Peking. i V - fc52 f '...'ir."l' 'J asfik. ALL IN THI DAY'S work, oyi Earl McCaughey, Klamath Falls frocery tor clerk, snapped by the Meet the People photographer as he prepared a display f cigarettes in a Main street store. rations lor a last-ditch stand against the Reds. The city was colorfully bedecked with Hag. In commemoration ol the tenth day ol the tenth month in 1911 when the KuomlnUng revolt led to overthrow ol the Imperial Manchu dynasty. - Brave Talk Brave, bristling .Ulemenu came Irom Nationalist leaden. A lew ol tlciala even boasted they would yet deleat the Reds. Nobody mentioned the vast territory lost since a year ago all the way Irom Mukden to South China. Nobody reckoned how long the Nationalists can hold onto what they have left. Canton apparently was not In Im. mlnent danger, but the government packed IU bag again. It awaited a signal to transfer to Chungking, the wartime capiul. Supreme Court Begins Term WASHINOTON, Oct. 10 iPlThe supreme court hrld It. first business session ol the new term today. In 275 order. It tabbed the cases on which It will, or will not, hear arguments. Among IU action., the court: Refused to throw out two sulU by which the lederal government aeek. to establish IU paramount right to oll-rlch marginal land, oil the Tex aa and Loulsana' coasu. It gave Texaa and Louisiana one more month In which to answer the fed eral action. (.arsons. May Lose Refused to consider appeal, tiled by Former Representative Andrew J. May ot Kentucky and Henry and Murray Oarson. wartime munition, maker.. May wa. wartime chair man ol the house military affair, committee. He and the Oarsson brothers were convicted on conspiracy-bribery charges. Each waa sen tenced to 8 to 34 month. In prison. Each ha. been at liberty under $3000 bond pending the supreme court', action on the appeals. Tulelake Rape Charged To 3 'John Does' TULELAKE Three John Doe warrants have been issued against j a trio ol Tulelake men charged with rape ol a 23-year-old woman. Mary Jo Polk, whom she charges with ab ducting her Thursday night ol last ! week Irom a Tulelake service aia- uon aa she atlemoted lenter - a rest room. .- i Mrs. Polk, wile ot Carl Polk who! has lived here lor several months and working on ranches In this area, told this story to Assistant District Ellis FUene ot Yreka who was here thu past week-end to uke her sutement. Abd acted She said she nad gone to a ser vice station but found the rest room door locked. As she walked toward the office to obtain a key. three men stepped Irom a "dark car" and clamping a hand over her mouth, carried her into the car. The machine was driven Into the homestead area, several miles Irom Tulelake. and there Mrs. Polk charges the three men with rape. They stripped her ol clothing, and later pushed her from the car and tossed her clothes out on the ground before leaving the scene. Hysterical Mrs. Polk aald she dressed and then started walking to her home, arriving in an hysterical condition early Friday morning. The men were young, between 25 and 30 year, ol age. but that waa the only description which could be giv en officers here by the young woman. Train Wrecks; 3 Known Dead, Child Missing MEADE, Kas., Oct. 10 (i Four car. and a dlesel unit ot a Chicago bound Rock Island train were de railed by a washout today, killing at least three person, and Injuring approximately SO to 70 more. A fourth person, a two-year-old girl, waa missing, and rescue work er, feared she waa trapped in a submerged passenger coach. She wa. Crystal Lee Dutton. daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dutton of Port Huron. Mich. The known dead were: Mrs. Clar ence Moon. t7. Liberal. Kas.; Joe Robinson, 62, negro chef. Los An geles, and one unidentified woman. All were brought to Meade, Heavy rains occurred in the area yesterday. Ambulances from Liber al. Dodge City and Fowler, Ka... went to the scene. Meade. In South western Kansas, U the county seat of Meade county. The overturned cars landed in a waterlllled ditch. The train. "The Imperial." wa. east bound Irom California to Chi cago. At Fowler a .mall hospital and the high school were being used to care for the Injured. William R .Owen., editor of the Meade Clove-New., aald lour coachea and a dlesel unit lett the track.. One ot the cars wa. report ed to have made a complete flip- flop. Another turned over on IU side, he added. Two other cars and the dlesel unit remained upright, and lour other cara remained on the track.. t m i Rain Slows Spud Harvest; Mild Tonight ' Harvest of the big spud crop throughout the Klamath basin r e ceived a temporary set-back this week-end when Sunday', rain total ing .15 of an inch, sent equipment and. pickers out ot the field. f By mid-afternoon, aided by clear- i mi AT SEARCH SCENE Waiting at the foot of the ridge this morning while a search was being made for Jack Hargrove, deer hunter lost in the Denny creek area, were three members of the youth's family, Mrs. Max Hargrove, Mrs. Roy Har grove, and Mrs. Robert Hargrove, with hot coffee and food prepared. In the lower photo ine neraia ana itews reporter Hole Scarbrough glances at a note for the missing boy nailed to a tree yesterda afternoon by his brother, Mox. The note read: "Jack, wait here. Have gone after a deer. Mox." Denny Creek Area Scene Of Manhunt By RALE gCARBROI'r.H A 20 -year-old Klamath Falls deer hunter. Jack Har grove, failed to return to hie car last night at Denny; creek and searching; parties are out today in an effort to locate him. Hope of finding him un harmed dwindled as tha hours passed. The boy was on his first hunting trip and Nhis party had gone up on a ridge be tween the Lake o' the Woods road and Upper Klamath lake. Just south ol the Rock Creek ranch. The terrain la rough and wooded but not considered dllllcult. Last Been Hargrove was last seen by a member of hi. party, his brother Max Hargrove, about 10 o'clock yesterday morning and at that lime he wa. headed down the .lope ot the ridge toward where the car waa parked at a cattle guard on the road entering the Rock Creek ranch. Hla brother bagged a deer and returned to the car about three hours later but the youth waa not in light. Max Hargrove .aid he moved the car away to bring in hia buck but left a note nailed to a tree, telling Jack to wait there un til he returned. Search titarted Max aaid he came back to the cattle gap about S o'clock and his brother still had not showed up. He and the other member, of the party. Including Mrs. Max Hargrove and son Jimmy, and Paul Hamilton waited until late last night, tiring shots and searching through the timber for the missing youth. Other relatives came out to Join the search. They broke off the search about 10:30 and went back to the ridge at daybreak today, scouring the ridge from where Jack Hargrove waa last seen. 8bet Heard Later this morning B. T. 8tott Moore park caretaker, reported he had been hunting In the area yes terday and last night Just at dusk he heard several shot, fired la quick succession which may have been a distress signal. The shots seemed to come Irom a 400-acre burn area south of Eagle Ridge and west qf Squaw Flat. . . -Sttrtt 'guided "a party Into tha tag skies and higher temperatures. I bu thi lnornln' rbt aherill . crews were expected to be going full blast today in order to over come the loss of exceedingly valu able time at this period in the harvest. Utile Harm County Agent Charles Henderson said he did not think the brief layoff would materially affect the outcome of the harvest. Spud growers were hoping for a spell of warmer, dry weather but: Tuesday', official forecast of In creasing cloudiness and was not encouraging. A minimum temperature of 21 degrees, equalling the seasonal low, was reported early Monday morn ing. Low for the next 24 hours Is forecast at a mild 41 degrees. , Mad Victims Summer home owners of moun tain cabin, weathered the storm Sunday and at least one party was office and the Klamath Air Search and Rescue unit also took a hand in the search, a plane piloted by Chet Stinson with Joe Steele aboard waa flying over the area in an effort to spot the lost hunter. Pilot Al Moeabee returned at noon after a 3-hour flight over the area. Max Menti accompanied him. Vic Douglas, Forester Clarence JVilllams and Deputy Sheriff Mur ray Britton went in on foot, equip ped with a walkie-talkie radio. Several other persons volunteered lowers t0 nelp m toe search. Anxiety Heightens Young Hargrove was wearing a red felt hat but bad on a dark green jacket and levis. He was carrying a 30-30 calibre rifle and had an almost lull box of shells. Last night's cold rain heightened the anxiety of his hunting com panions for his safety. The youth is an employe of Kai- tuck in the mud crossing the flat ; pine Plywood company and resides at Lake o the Woods and forced to with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. r. abandon the machine. Hargrove, at S335 Independence. Alt-oras sources advised a "goodi - snow storm ' Saturday followed by rain and clearing Monday. Navy Claims B-36 'Setting Duck' For New Air Defenses ..,.,nnivu rv.t in tjp A hsw electronics expert told house investigators today that radar can track rockets and reach the moon, lo i?cert.Sy n spot a big high-flying bomber Uke the air force B-36. Lt Cmdr E W. Harrison continued before the house armed services ..,.r on the aiant. aix-englne bomber that Is committee iiw j -- - the pride of the air lorce. Admiral Arthur W. Radford led off for the navy last week with a contenUon thae the B-36 construc tion program must be labeled a "billion dollar blunder" unless the plane can, aa the air force con tends, carry out bombing mission, without detection and heavy losses. Radford Mid the claim, are not true. Fund. Feud Vow other navv men are giving supporting testimony on the general theme that too mucn 01 limited De fense funds are going into the B-36 and too little into naval aviation. Harrison, who la attached to the electronics divisions of the bureau of aeronautic, told the committee: "We have, and can expect any potential enemy to have, radar equipment and interceptor aircraft capable of detecting, intercepting and bringing about the destruction of large, very heavy bombers gardless of how high thoy fly." Johnson's Plan Member, ot the committee have indicated deep concern over reports that Secretary ol Delense jonnson plana further cuts in spending for the navy and Its air arm. Rep. Bates (R-Masst urged that Johnson be called before the com mittee and asked to give his de tailed reasons for the cuts which Secretary of the Navy Matthews ha. said would damage national security. Chairman Vinson said that "of course we are going to get Johnson up here." Secret Equipment Harrison told the committee that this country even has secret equip ment that determines whether air craft la friendly or enemy. Radar, (Continued on Page 3) 2 Strike Idle, Possibility By The Associated Press The steel and coal strikes con tinued today and the prospect was for more widespread .idleness this week The nation's strike idle may gr, .U.Red coalition Austrians Reject Reds In Election VIENNA. Oct. 10 ()-Austrian voter, kept their nation lined up with the anti-communist countrlea ot Europe in a weekend parliamen tary election marked by a decided upsurge in rightist sentiment. Final unofficial returns today re- veaiea mat Chancellor Leopold Fir reach two million this week. John L. Lewis planned to go back to the bargaining table with opera tors Wednesday on behalf of his 380.000 striking soft coal diggers. Steel Stymied But there was no move toward settling the strike, of 454 000 CIO .teelworkers. The two strikes have actually cut off pay checks for more than 1. 000.000 workers Includ ing those laid off thus far in busi nesses dependent on coal and steeL Leaders of the brotherhood of lo comotive firemen end erurinemen who have threatened a nation-wide strike which would tie up all rail traffic, plan to meet tomorrow with carriers to talk It over. . The firemen want the railroads to hire extra firemen In multiple unit dlesel locomotives. The rallraod. say it isn't necessary and such practice would be rank "feather- bedding.- , in we auto capital at uetroii most firms are operating on a nor mal basis but uncertainty prevails regarding future operations. PAPAL PUTT-PUTT CASTEL OONDOLFO. Italy, Oct. 10 OPr Pope Plus XII haa a brand new motor scooter, a bright blue one. It was presented to the pope yesterday by 700 horn-blowing Ital ian scooter tans who drove up In a procession to the prelate's summer residence. Pope Plus blessed the scooter drivers. government had remained firmly in the saddle despite some loss of strength. Thst coalition, composed of the conserva tive people's party and the social ists, will continue to run the near government. Big Majority Figl's people's party held Its rank as Austria's biggest party, winning 77 seats In the 165-member lower house of parliament. The socialists won 67 seats, to give the govern ment coalition an overwhelming 144 vote bloc in the chamber. Communists, who won only four seat, in the 1945 election, added one more In Sunday's voting. But their failure to make any appreciable gain led Chancellor Flgl to proclaim that the voting gave "clear and un mistakable proof that Austria Is aa outpost of the western democratle world. 'Joe Palooka, Actress Wed LAS VEOA3, Nev Oct. 10 iT) Joe Klrkwood Jr., the "Joe Pa looka" of the movies and pro golt star, is honeymooning today with Actress Cathy Downs, much to the surprise of the couple's Hollywood friends. quietly, and without a word ta friends, the couple were wed here Saturday night by a Congregatlon allst minister la a hotel chapel. He Is 31 and Miss Downs 33.