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MORE (buncombe?) from Wuh
1 Ington:
"Capitol Hill (Washlngtonese tor
congress! fired back today at Presl
dtnt Truman'a talk of a tax Increase,
and madt counter prnpoult to tlaih
government tiiendlng Instead."
1IOUBE Rrpubllcan Under Martin
Issues i statement to til reporter
laying:
"Tli President want mor Uses
to put hU aoclalUt schemes over on
the American people." lie added:
"The American economy la to
ahaky now that an Incrraae In the
tax burden might easily lead to a
depression with mllllona out of Job."
CHAIRMAN GEORGE. Democrat,
j chairman of the aenat finance
committee, gives out with:
"I think the way to meet our
deficit la: 1. To reduce apendlm.
I. Readjutt our taxes ao aa to en
courage greater production and In
spire greater activity In all llnea."
"CENATOR BYKD, Virginia Dcmo
crat and usually a anund thinker
on the aubject of economy, com
ment: "The President hai the cart before
(he norm, lie ahould call for a
draatlc reduction of expenditure
and avoid any Increase of laxca If
there I any way to do It."
F1EI nl Gentlemen!
CONGRESS HOLDS THE PURBE
STRINGS.
Congrena make lh law.
If enough member of congress,
In both house. WILL IT, Uie con
grea can top reckless deficit (pend
ing dead In It track. All It nerd
to do I to paaa the nrceuary law,
with a margin big enough to over
come the Presidents veto, U he
hould be so foollah aa to uw It,
That would turn the trick.
TT la true that the little man from
Mlatourt ha gone hog-wild with
the Idea of tpendlng. He evidently
Interpreted hi overwhelming elec
tion last fall aa a revelation from
on high to the effect that the way
to lay In power perpetually 1 to
apend and spend and pend and
tax and tax and Ux.
But AT ANY MOMENT WHEN IT
IS WILLINO TO. congreu can plke
that gun. All It need to do la UHK
THE POWERS GIVEN TO IT BY
THE CONSTITUTION.
French New
Government
Try Stymied
PARIS. Oct. 21 l) Premier
Reno Mayer today waa almost
hopelessly Hailed, Informed politi
cal obaervera aald. In hi effort to
form a new French, coalition cabi
net llealtancy ot Uie socialism to en
ter hi government wa reported
the stumbling block for the radical
aoclalUt whom the national assem
bly hut night approved for the pre
miership by a vote of 341 to 183.
Ths poMlbtllty loomed, that Uie
only way out of France' political
crlali, now 16 day old, might be
the dissolving of parliament fol
lowed by a general election.
State Jobless
Total 36,000
SALEM, Oct. 21 P Oregon's to
tal employment la aUll at near-record
level, but unemployment 1
serloua, too, Uie a tat unemploy
m n t eompentatlon commission
aid today.
On October 1, the commlulon
eld today, there were 38.000 lob-
lea perton In the state, compared
with 21,000 a year ago. And the
commtMlon aald the number of un
employed probably la considerably
greater now than It waa on Oc
tober 1.
It blames the decline on shut
drawn In Uie lumber Industry and
the end of the harvest season.
Deer Hunter
Missing
On Parker
A search party waa formed this
morning at Plnehurst Inn on Jennv
creek this morning In attempt to
wraie a n-year-oid Medlord hunt
er, missing since mld-afternnnn
Thursday.
The Medfnrd sheriff's office noti
fied Klamath County Sheriff Jack
Praney this morning that BUI Han
scorn left Medfnrd Thursday bound
for Parker mountain.
Failed Ta Appear
Hanscom was to be picked up,
presumably bv other members m
his hunting party, at 1 o'clock on
weyernaeuser roaa, either 41 or 61.
He failed to show up at the
designated time.
Praney Uila morning contacted
the Klamath Forest ProterLiv
aoclaUon and Weyerhaeuser offici
als, twin oi wnom win aid In Uie
search.
Search Plan.
Praney aald that Medford I send
In out a search plane.
Hanscom. whose addreas In Med
ford 1 404 North Orape, I
described aa a small man, five
feet, five-and-a-half Inches tall and
weighing 130 pounds.
He waa said to be wearing a
leather Jacket and a red shirt.
Tentative Date
Set for Nagel
To Surrender
November 4 has been UntaUvely
set aa date for William Henry
Nagel to surrender himself In cir
cuit court here to start serving hi
long-deferred two-year prison sen
tence. The district attorney' office re
ported the tentative date waa aet
by Circuit Judge Orval J. Millard
of Oranta Pass, who presided over
Negri moral charge trial two
year ago.
I 'barge
Nagel. a Portland minuter, waa
convicted of contrlbuUng to the
delinquency of a minor girl, but
appealed to the state supreme
court and finally to the U. 8. su
preme court, losing all the way.
A portion of Nagel' sentence Is
an assessment against him of the
cost of the trial and cost of the
appeals, and Uie county clerk of
fice I figuring up the charge.
Witness and Juror fee In the or
iginal trial amounted to 1644.70.
Nagel 1 free on 15000 ball, half
put up by Kenneth Elchenberger
of Portland and Uie other half
put up by the lat Oeorge Mowry,
Portland attorney who represented
Nagel and who died several week
ago.
Union Files
Loyalty Oaths
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (yPr-The
left-wing United Electrical worker,
biggest CIO holdout agalnat Taft
Hartley act rules, gave in today
and filed non-communist oath from
It officer.
The affidavit are required by the
labor law before a union can have
acces to national labor relauon
board machinery for uch thing as
collective bargaining elections. They
must state that the union officers
re not communist and are not
sympathetic to communism.
The U. E. ha been described In
hearings of the house un-American
activities a a hotbed of communist
activity.
TaHK HKDl'CTIONS
SEATTLE, Oct. 21 (At Railroad
fare reduction between SeatUe and
Portland were described last night
aa "feasible" by A. E, Stoddard.
Union Pacific railroad president.
The reductions, which would bring
the lares "pretty close" to bus
rate, were proposed by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific.
Klamath vs. Longview
Friday Night 8 p.m. Modoc Field
Pcli
icons
(Probable
No. Wt, Player
80 185 Tom Schubert
96 100 John WltU)
80 146 Dick PeUolclt
80 176 Keith Donahoo ....
7S 185 Roy Lundgren ......
97 180 Tom Abner
88 185 Dorln Van Lue
1 160 Bob McPhcraon
84 166 Oene Carlson ........
88 160 Joe Nichols ....
85 175 Joe Drmetrakos
Lumberjacks
StarUng Lineups)
Pes. Player Wt. No.
.... LE Clarence Walter 160 33
LT Bob Strom 218 41
... LQ O'Denn Joplln 170 34
C ........ Chuck Goodner 175 64
... RG Bob Smith 175 61
.... RT ..Gerald Holt 160 24
RE Bill Bundberg 160 80
Q Chuck Mertschlnc 160 40
LH ....... Mnrlon Orav 153 30
.... RH Delbert McGhee 170 44
F Martin Kellwltx 170 36
Pelican Reserves Gaynor Huck B (3, Rod Davl B 68, Tom
Qulnowskl O 70, Al Herrera B 71, Dick Allen E 72, Ed Zaroslnskl
E 73, Bill Toole Q 74, Mnynard Smith B 75. Ron Dlmmlck 0 76, BUI
Arnold B 77, Don Allen T 81, Jim DeChalneau B 82, Glenn Quyer
T 87, Don Taylor G 00, Bob Bnudon G 92, Dick Doege E S3, Charles
Bennett T 84, John Elliott E 96, Dave Todd O 98, Dale Carr Q 99.
Lumbrrjark Reserves Jerry Luehrs C 13, Jim Lewi M 29, Stuart
Randall H 28, Dnle Hlllman Q 27, Dale EnsUlrk H 28, Kenny
Skuffeeda E 29, Oerald Miller E 31, Joe Proffltt C 32, Jerry Marsh
q 36, Eldon McPadden P 37, Brn Van Deren G 38, Jerry Gilbert
H 39, Ronald Wrist E 43, BUI Sudar G 43, Dick Powell E 46, Jim
Forbes F 47, Maurice Homer H 60, Oeorge Zdllar E 65, Larry Rhode
T 56, Arnold Strand T 67, Bob Ruth T 68, Bob Powell E 59.
Officials Ernest Bishop, referee; Lyle Krllstrom, umpire; Dal
Throckmorton, head linesman; Dr. O. I. Wright, Joe LtClalr, timekeeper.
MX! Mr loll (MlnK
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MIKE1 ELLIOTT
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PBICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER tl, 149
Telephone 1111 No. 2119
'1m''.. hi it. iii .lis Mm i is-as.s llMiiinir 'nil ..nni .. JrT - jimm
"WITHIN THIRTY DAYS" it the optimistic r
onticipoted completion of traffic signal insta
are shown building one of three islands wh
city are sharing me cost of the task which I
wos awarded to the City Electric company o
sion. State Engineer O. Roy Kennen said tha
today and should be completed by the midd
at the ends of the islands will probably be i
nals "within 30 doys."
eport from the state highway commission on
Notion at Main and esplanade. Workers here
ich will be included in the job. The state ond
s in the neighborhood of $3180. The contract
f Salem, Ore., by the state highway commis-
t pouring concrete for the islands would stort
le of next week. Installation of hooded lights
n by November 10, ond the sfop-ond-go sig-
McKay Arrives
For Dinner.
Spud Festival
Governor Douglas McKay of Sa
lem, who arrived at mld-aiutraoon.
today, waa facing a busy week-end
ached uie.
The governor will be met by Di
rector Winston Purvlne of Oregon
Technical Institute jind a tour of
the school on the hill will follow.
Classes are being streamlined so
that Oovernor McKay can observe
aa much operation of OTI In the
limited time available.
Rotary Dinner
Tonight Governor and Mrs. Mc
Kay will be guests at Uie Klamath
Palls Rotary club's annual "ladlea
night at the Wlllsrd hotel and Uie
governor will be Uie speaker of the
evening.
On Saturday, the governor will
ride In the big parade at the 13th
annual Klamath Basin Potato fes
tival al Merrill and he will also
Inspect the various exhibit on dla
play. Mrs. McKay, who waa hon
ored with a tea this afternoon spon
sored by the Klamath county re
publican central committee, will be
the guest of Klamath women at
Uie fesUval tomorrow. Both wlU be
honor guests at the big noon bar
becue Saturday and then will leave
for Uie north.
Hunt Stamps
Indicate
Record Year
If the sale of migratory bird
stamps Is any Indication, the Klam
ath basin will see the largest num
ber of duck hunters and dead ducks
than In any previous year.
The Klamath Palls post offlre and
two stations, Schneider' Variety
and Lee Hendricks Dnig, reported
In the neighborhood ot 3028 federal
tamps had been sold by noon to
day. Spurt
Up to October 16 only 392 duck
stamps had been sold but sales took
a sudden rise on October 17, hltUng
the 728 mark e n October 20. It
was expected about 1000 duck
tamps would be sold today, the
first day of the wildfowl season.
Post office officials said that the
bird stamps could be bought until
June 30, 1950, for those wishing to
purchase them for souvenirs.
It wa reported the bird stamp
ale this year topped any previous
ale on record.
Hunters 18 year and over must
have duck stamps, the post office
advised.
BULLETIN
Forty minutes after the open
ing of duck season today, the first
hunter waa nabbed for Illegal
possession of game blrda and
parts. ,
He la Frank Mllner. He wa
arrested by itate police and left
125 ball at the eounly Jail.
Congressmen Rap
Taxes Hike Talk;
Say Cut Spending
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 MPv-Capitol Rill tired back at.PreVdent
Truman's talk of tax Increaae today with counter proposals to alasb
government spending Instead. .
Another popular suggestion on how to make the government end
meet wa:
By tax adjustment and other Incentives, encourage a biUowuig
industrial and business economy
Hope Hinted
For Steel;
Coal Mired
By The Associated Presa
Coal operator walked odt on con
tract talk with the United Mine
Workers Friday. But there wa a
flicker of nope that a break may
come In the steel strike.
Northern and Western mine oper
ators left White Sulphur Srplngs,
W. Va. where negotiations designed
to end the five weeks old coal
strike, were being held.
'Mad Race
They accused John L. Lewis of
being willing "to destroy" Uie coal
industry "in his mad race for pow
er." They said they would meet
with union leader again when Uie
union leader show they are ready
"to consider our employe and Uie
industry."
The situation In the costly 21-day
steel trike, ays Cyrus 8. Cblng,
federal mediauon chief, "la not
hopeless."
Ching's hint of hope, coupled with
a warning against optimism, fol
lowed earlier comment by Presi
dent Truman that he has no pres
ent plans for Intervening in either
the steel or coal strikes or for
seizing either Industry.
Cheking
Ching's statement came as the
continuing steel-coal Ueupa choked
of much of the nation's Industrial
activity and made Idle more than
a million worker.
Further curtailment of Industry
were reported because of the twin
strikes. In New York City, Uie New
York Central railroad announced
that at midnight Saturday It waa
eliminating 89 (team-operated pas
senger trains because of dwindling
coal supplies. Local, branch line
and suburban service wlU be af
fected in 11 states.
Steel shortages, which have hit
many Industries, threaten to force
the layoff of thousands of workers
In Uie auto Industry if the steel
strike la not settled.
Wife Charged
With Killing
Flier Husband
FRANKFURT, Oermany. Oct. 21
iP A pretty American brunette,
pale and dazed with shock, waa ar
raigned In a U. S. court today on
a warrant charging her with the
murder of her young air force lieu
tenant husband after a quarrel with
one of their female friends.
Mr. Yvette Madsen. 22, mother
of two small children, is accused
of shooting her 32-year-old husband,
Lt. Andrew W. Msdsen. of Oakland,
Calif, through the heart early yes
terday In the living room of their
home near Uie Rhine-Main alrbaxe.
The air force said the shooting fol
lowed a gay party at the home of
friends.
Flnt Degree
Judge T. T. Marye adjourned the
preliminary hearing until Monday
to give Mrs. Madsen time to select
counsel. Frankfurt District Attor
ney Fred Johuson said he would
place a first degree murder charge
against her.
The courtroom was filled with air
force officers and their wives from
the little American community near
Frankfurt where the flier live.
The arrest warrant charged Mrs.
Madsen under Uie German penal
code.
Madsen was killed by a bullet
from a 45-caliber army pistol as he
returned from Uie party.
COLLEGE LEADERS
SALEM, Oct. 21 (IP The nth
annual convention of the Oregon
Federation ot College Leader will
be held on the Willamette univers
ity campus here November 10-12.
Bang-
Shooting Hours
October 22
(Pacific Standard Time)
Opem B:M a.m.
Closet 4:1J p.m.
with sight aet on 8300.000.000.000
national Income. That, it Is figured,
would yield adequate revenue
without hikes In tax rate to sup
port federal, state and local gov
ernment. National Income now I
a Uie rate of about $217,000,000,000.
Socialist
House Republican Leader Martin,
ot Massachusetts, Issued a state
ment saying Uie president wants
more taxes to put "hi socialist
schemes over on the American
people."
"The Amvtcan economy," he de
clared, "is so shaky now that an
Increase In Uie tax burden might
easily lead to a depression with mil
lions out of Jobs."
Truman disclosed his 1950 tax
objective at his news conference
yesterday, despite (Al that congress
has Ignored his call last January for
a $4,000,000,000 tax Increase, and
(Bl 1950 1 election year. AU house
members and one-third of the sen
ate will be out asking votes then
from taxpayers.
TeU Me Bow
Truman told the newsmen that if
anybody could tell him any way,
without tax increases, to meet an
estimated $5,000,000,000 federal
deficit in the current fiscal year,
then he'd like to be told.
Chairman George (D-Ga) of the
senate finance committee came up
Immediately with his counter pro
posal: "I think the way to meet our
deficit is: (1 to reduce spending,
and (21 readjust our taxes ao as
to encourage greater production
and inspire greater activity In aU
lines.
Question
"I do not see how the national
income can be Increased by adding
to the burden of taxes at this time.
Same taxes should be repealed and
adjustment made wherever a care
ful study may Indicate a readjust
ment of the tax burden Is needed.
In auch a readjustment some taxes
may be increased.
"I have a strong conviction that
we should encourage Increased pro
duction until we achieve an annual
national income of somewhere In
the neighborhood of $3,000,000,000."
The New York stock market
dipped on the new ot Truman' tax
comment. '
Revision
Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of
the tax-framing house committee
on ways and means already had
announced his group expects to
tackle a tax revision bill next year.
Senator Byrd (D-Va) commented
that "the president has the cart
before the horse he should call for
a drastic reduction of expenditures
and avoid any Increase of taxes If
there's any way to do It."
OFF FOR RUSSIA
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21 P)
The Chinese communist radio re
ported today that Wang Chla
httang, newly-appointed ambassa
dor to the Soviet union, left Pel
ping for Moscow by train last night.
Duck Hunters
Jam Tulelake;
Rooms Sought
TULELAKE Sleeping accomoda-
Uons were not at a premium here
this week-end. There was no such
thing a a premium. There weren't
any accomodations available.
Duck season ha brought In thou
sands of hunters and Howard Sar
gent, game refuge manager, said
he thought the Influx of nimrods
this year waa greater than at any
other time In the history of the big
flyway.
Bousing
In Tulelake an effort was being
made to find private housing for Uie
hunters who continued to stream in.
to town from points south in Calif'
ornla a well as over the line In
Oregon.
Paradise camp on the west side
ot Uie lake near the wild life ref
uge and along the Medicine lake
road, was seething with hunters
who have established trailer camp
homes at this point.
W,ke' Elliott
Under Fire
Today
PORTLAND. Oct 21 0P Port
land and the rest of Multnomah
county voted today in a special elec
tion on whether to recall Sheriff
Marion LeRoy (Mike) Elliott,
James W. Gleason, elections regis
trar, predicted 50 per cent of the
registered voters would cast ballots,
a heavier number than normal in
special elections.
Girls Gone
But Parents
Hear Voices
FREEPORT. N. Y Oct. 21 lPi
The fathers and mothers still can
hear their daughters' voices. But
where are the girls now?
"Don't look for us , . we know
how to take care of ourselves .
there are too many places we can
go for you to find us . ." the
voices say.
The voices come from a little
phonograph record that arrived In
the mall yesterday. It apparently
was made In some penny-arcade in
nearby New York City.
Vanished
But Uie girls themselves have
vanished. They left supposedly for
Freeport high school Wednesday
morning and never arrived.
Police said the three are Mabel
and Barbara Batcher, 18 and 14,
and their 14-year-old playmate,
Marylou Gross.
Big Potato
Festival
Under Way
MERRILL The stage 1 set and
the crowd was pouring into Merrill
today In observance of the 13th an
nual Klamath Basin Potato FesU
val Booths were set up and hundred
milled through the exhibit sectors.
One batch of Klamath Netted Gems
was gilded with gold, others were in
their pristine beauty, queen of the
festival which was attracting basin
wide attention.
BifhllghC
Visiting the exhibits wa ot prime
Interest this morning and Judging
was completed by mid-afternoon.
Tonight at 7 o'clock. Queen LUa
Winebarger will be crowned queen
of Uie festival at tha big banquet
In the grade school gym. Queen Lila
will wear Uie traditional white satin
queen's gown and robe and will be
attended by her four princesses.
Eva Mae Alexander of Henley, Pat
Eagar of Bonanza. Sally Smalley
of Malin. Mary Reed of Tulelake.
Senator P. S. Hitchcock will be
the master of ceremonies and
speaker of Uie evening will be Di
rector Winston Purvtne of Oregon
Technical Institute.
Tomorrow
Saturday's program gets under
way with the big parade, featuring
Uie queen's float, other float, and
marching entries, bands and indus
trial exhibit following by Uie noon
barbecue of beef, Klamath potatoes
and coffee.
Afternoon interest Saturday Is
centered on the Merrill Huskies
playing the Gilchrist Grizzlies on
Uie Merrill field.
Dance
The big dance will complete the
program of the festival which is en
joying some of the finest weather
Klamath has had to offer this fall.
Governor Douglas McKay will
ride In the Saturday morning
parade and he and Mrs. McKay will
attend the barbecue. Inspect Uie ex
hibits and then leave for Uie north
around 3 pm
11 Reds Get
Jail Terms;
Stiff Fines
NEW YORK. Oct. 21
(AP) Ten top-rnkirjf
American communist lead
erg today were gentenced to
prison for five yeara each fop
criminal conspiracy to teach
overthrow of the U. S. gov
ernment by force. An
eleventh was sentenced to
three years. -
Federal Judge Harold R.
Medina imposed the sen
tences and fined each
defendant $10,000 the maximum
in addition.
Those sentenced to five year
were:
Eugene Dennis, 44, general secre
tary of the communist party;
John B. WUUamson, 44, labor
secretary;
Jacob 8tachel, 49, educational di
rector; Ous HaU, 39, Ohio stste chair
man: John Gates, 3, editor of The
Daily Worker;
Henry Winston, 35, organlzaUaataf
secretary; -
Carl Winter, 43, Michigan state
chairman;
Benjamin J. Davis Jr 4, New
York City councilman:
Gilbert Green, 43, Illinois chair
man; Irving Potash. 48, member of the
national committee.
Winston and Davis are Negroes.
Robert Thompson, 34, New York
state chairman, was sentenced to
three year and $20,000 tine. Judge
Medina took into consideration
Thompson's war record. The New
Yorker won the distinguished ser
vice cross for service in Uie Pacific.
19 Yeara Demanded
U. S. Attorney John F. X. Me
Gohey demanded 10-year sentence
for each defendant Uie maximum
provided under the 1940 8mlth act.
But Medina refused on the
ground that congress reduced the
maximum to five years last Sep
tember, before Uie trial began but
after Uie 11 communist leaders were
Indicted.
"If It weren't for this change In
the statute," the judge said, "I
would be thinking in terms of mor
than five years."
Smiles '
Most of the men in the dock took
the sentence which lops off the
leadership ot American comma
nirm with smUes although two tT
their number," Denntr and Davis,
had blasted their trial as a mon
strous injustice only a few minutes
earlier.
"Come what may, we will exercise
our inalienable rights and we will
flourish and grow," the bulky,
gray-haired Dennis declared.
McGohey told the court lt was
this sort of "threat" that prompted
him to demand the severest pos
sible sentence.
Declaring the II red Ieadera
were an "incalculable" potential
danger to Uie country, the prose
cutor told Medina:
"I don't say they could probably
overthrow Uie government but the
will attempt to do it."
Czechs Arrest
U.S. Clerk
PRAGUE, Oct. 21 (P) Czecho
slovakia arrested an American em
bassy clerk tonight and demanded
Uie recall of an assistant attach
on charges the two were spies.
A note delivered to the U. 8.
embassy named, the arrested clerk
as Samuel Meryn, who la attached
to Uie mUltary attache's office,
and the embassy attache as Isaae
Patch Jr., who also 1 vice consul
in Prague. ,
Warmer Here
Again Tonight
The weatherman took pity on
shivering Klamath folks last night
and the mercury stayed several de
grees higher than It's been an week.
Low for the night was 24 degrees.
The forecast for Uie week-end is
for fair weather and "cool" night
temperatures.
Tonight the temperature will go
to between 2S and 30, the weather
forecast states.
Meet the People
I
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THIS IS A GOOD PICTURE of concentrotion. Lester Blicktrv
staff seems oblivious to Meet the People cameraman ot ho
becomes engrossed in a surveying job at Main and Esplanade.