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By FRANK JKNKINH
IN Churn, ' tin communist ere
" chuliig tin nationalist (rum on
cipiul city to another. Chunskliis
hu been abandoned. Chengtu U
tti temporary el of nationalist
authority. .The red are eppruach
liil Cliviitftu.
Till murnlng't dlspBttiic relte
thl "Inhabitant ot town end vil
lage In the pih of the red drive
le In ft lerinrut ol excitement end
frar" . . . reldrnu ere moving In
very direction lor Mlety , . . tome
re fleeing Into Uie countryside
from towru . . . other are rushing
Into lowne Irom Uie countryside . . .
In Chengtu achools are closed be.
4iM student have tied to their
home.
L1
IS Chungking, thl ttory U loo
I . . (.ua.rttlaut t '
A number ol students, carrying
banner welcoming the communists
end denouncing the nationalist,
vent out In hall the approaching
irrta lal Wrdnraday. Throuih a
mistake, they entered the naUunal
tt line. Troop, angered by the
banner, oiened lire.
Rumors of the number killed
range from 30 to 200.
CUCH U the picture of the death
of a nation.
Why ta nationalist China dying?
1 don't know. I'm too tar away. I've
never lived there. You have to live
among people to know them.
But Uila mutt be true:
CHINA FAILED TO STAY
STKONO AND UNITED.
NATIONS that fall to atay ilrong
and united come eventually to
the pau thai natlonalut China hss
reached. No lesson of history Is
clearer than that.
It took more than a thousand
year for It to come about, but Rome
reached that point and then fell
apart, a natlonalut China la fall
ing apart.
And for the tame re ton: It failed
to stay strong and united.
WHAT la the rule for staying
strong and united
This. I think, la It:
DO YE UNTO OTHERS AS Y
WOULD THAT OTHERS SHALL
IK) UNTO YOU.
QN'E of the tragedies of our mt
terlallttle ase I the widely,
spread belief thai the Gulden Rule
is an luraiisuc pfruuiui wing, out
ut wouldn't work In practice, . .
That Isn't true.
Hi principle of the Oaldrn Rule
Is st practical si bread and butter.
If we ALL lived br It, we would all
be better off MATERIALLY. Em
plover would have more profit.
Workers would have more wases.
The time we now waste In CON
FLICT would be Used PRODUC
TIVELY and In raising standards
ol living production la what count.
END
IF EVERYBODY. ALL OVER
THE WORLD. FOLLOWED THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE OOLDKN
RULE, THERE WOULD BE NO
WAR.
War wreck everything.
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MIIT THl CHIEF Roy Rowe, former city fire morshol ond
long time member of the deportment, Mondoy night wos
named Klamoth Foils' new fire chief. Hit duties began this
morning. Rowe is pictured as he walked up the steps of the
city holl. Appointment wos mode by Mayor Robert A. Thomp
son ond the city council on recommendation of the civil serv
ice commission. Rowe now goes through the required six
months' probationary period. He is Klamoth Falls' third fire
chief since establishment of the department, preceded only
by Keith K. Ambrose and E. A. "Chuck" Taylor. Others
served in the copacity of acting chiefs.
City Recreation Chief,
Auditor to Study Funds
Woman Faces
Federal
Stab
Charge
Imogen Puher, 43, held In con
ejection with a knifing at Bealty
Sunday monrlng, facea a federal
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon nd 1 Uo be taken to Port
land, She Is accused of stabbing Bobby
Oeorge, 40, Beatty rsiicher. Oeorge
wa brought to Klamath Valley hos
pital for treatment of knlfa wounds
on his head and le't arm.
Mrs. Fisher waa brought from the
Beatty lockup yesterday afternoon
to the county. Jail here and was
arraigned before U. B. Commission
er Bert C. Thomas, Ball ta set at
13000.
Recrestlon Director Sam Smith,
city dad and Auditor J. Paul Mat
thews locked horns last night on the
recreation department's portion of
the city budget audit report. .
However, after some two hours ot
frequently warm discussion. It waa
evident the titusllon waa not so
"serious" at appeared in the sur
face. Th council decided that Smith
and Auditor Matthewa should get
together todsy and Iron out what
small difficult! remained. Mat
thew wtt also asked to report back
ta the council at Its neat meeting,
and the matter was held open until
that time.
Friendly
In opening the hearing Mayor
Thompson staled that It was to be
held "on a friendly basis.'1
Councilman Alfred Condrey fol
lowed the mayor's remark slating
that according to hu knowledge of
tha charter tha recreation director
waa directly responsible to the
mayor and council.
Refuting Condrey'a statement
Smith quoted a city ordinance
adopted on January 1. 1047. The or
dinance stated that the recreation
committee composed of tha mayor,
the city engineer and six private
cltlsen might hire a recreation di
rector and employee aa seemed
necessary.
It also showed that Uie director
waa under Immediate upervltlon of
the committee.
Fond Jumble
After that was settled tha council
turned to consideration of apparent
discrepancies between the depart
ment's estimated budget revenue
and the actual revenue for the fis
cal year. The estimated figure
amounted to over 128.000 and the
"serious" aa appeared on the sur
borhood of M0O0.
. Smith told tha council that such a
large estimation was necessary un
der tha present budget system
Smith said that no money the de
partment received In the way of do
nations or In token as labor, ma
terials or equipment could be spent
unless estimated In the budget.
Such a high estimation he remark
ed was necessary to carry out proj
ect of the department for the year.
Actually the donations of labor,
equipment and material to the de
partment during the year under
question amounted to $18,013.40, said
Smith. According to hi figures the
budget w a over estimated only
MUM.
Source
It wa further stated by Smith
that never under any circumstances
had the recreation committee spent
any money until It waa seen from
what source the money would come.
Th other major point of conten
tion waa alleged overage and short
aea In handling of swimming pool
nd softball league funds. Th audit
report estimated there waa a dif
ference of f.VW between receipts In
the police Judge's office and of
Smith's office.
Smith presented for tha council's
Inspection a 1 1 records of money
taken In and tlckela handled for a
two-year period. After comparison
of various receipts and totals by
Smith and the auditor, Matthewa
remarked that the figurea were close
enough for his satisfaction. He add
ed that further examination of the
receipt would probably Iron out the
apparent difficulties.
. Joint Study
Smith then suggested that he and
the auditor meet to go over the
books further, and the council con
curred In this suggestion. However
Councilman Condrey asked that
Matthews mske a report back to Uie
council and that the matter be held
open for discussion next Monday.
Condrey also requested that Po
lice Chief Hamilton be present at
Uie next council session to discuss
the police department's portion of
the audit with counctlmen and audi
tor Matthews.
PALSY WALSY This kitten and the niaeon hnv hernme
buddies ot the Clifton. N. J., doa pound. The kitten it a
newcomer to the pound. I he piaeon. brouaht in bv Doa War
den Tommy Stefano several weeks aao with a broken wina.
has made ifself friendly with oil variety of cats bv a slmDle
method: me pigeon Dicks fleos out of the cats' fur.
Weight Race,
Dead Heat
KEY WEST. Fla. Dec. S iPt
President Truman weighed In today
at 177 pounds as Uie White House
disclosed officially that his pre
Thanksgiving weight-reducing con
teat with two husky aides ended In
a "dead heat."
Both Brig. Oeneral Wallace H.
Oraham. the president's physician,
and Major Oeneral Harry H.
Vaughan "lost three or four
pounds," which was "Just about
what the president lost."
Beta Off
"All beta are off." explained
Charles O. Ross In elaborating on
this report, "and no money- will
chr-"n-hsnris "
It U a visit- to Charlottes-
vlll: '.. 'ly In November that the
president, complaining he couldn't
see around ina big aides, suggested
a contest to see how much each
of the three could lose by Thanks
giving. Both Vaughan and Oraham
reportedly weighed about 330 at Uie
time.
Their goal was 300 pounds, Tru.
man's 17S. Each was to pay . $1 for
earn pound short of the goal.
I Some reports said It was 01$. a
pound).
It's Hot South
Of the Border
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. ( Mi Suf
fering from chilblains . Pity Uie
poor Argentina!!. Forty of them
were treated here for sunstroke yes
terday. It waa hot for December In the
Argentine capital, even UMUKh sum
mertime has started. Temperatures
(ot up to 100 78 decree fahrenheiL
Price Flva C'enU 14 Page
KLAMATH FALLS, OSKUON, TLKfcDAY, DECEMBER , 14 Telephone Sill Ne. X14S
Advisors
Flock To
HST'sSide
KEY WEST, Fla., Dec. 6
(AP) Presidential advinors
came thick and fast today to
swim with Prp.iident Truman
and help him draft all-im
portant messages to con
gress.
They left the chief execu
tive with s personal housing
problem. And no navy man
under Uie rank of captain
felt secure In his berth aa .bunks
were provided lor the Incoming
guests.
The overflow torrid to Uie nretl-
denlial yacht VSS Williamtburg. an
chored near the temporary "White
House" at thu naval submarine
bate, and to "Quarter L." another
residence of this naval mbamrine
station.
(bow Crowd
All thought of feeding all of them
at the president's quarters wa
abandoned and each had a different
place for chow.
The gulf, where the president
take hi daily, awim, teemed big
enough to accomodate everybody.
and Uie beach afforded plenty of
room for Uie vlley ballera and sun
bathers.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charlea O. Rss Identified five of
man. Administrative Assistant
Charle 8. Murphy, Donald Dawson
thwe who arrived yesterday aa
and Oeorge FUry and Brig. Oen
eral Wallace H. Oraham.
President! alAsslstant John R. Steel
But White House associates said
others got off the Incoming plsnea
at Boca Chlca airport, eight and a
half miles away.
Merriment
They drove 'ver to the submarine
base to Join in Uie vacation merri
ment They ar here to help Uie pres
ident with his "statu of Uie union" J
message which he will deliver t
Mnnrm In Jimiarv well s with !
the budget and economic mesaagea
which will follow It.
Clark M. Clifford the president's
special counsel has started the first !
rough drafts of the "Kate of Uie !
union" message which will among
other things call for:
1. Repeal of the Taft-Hartley act
3. Completion of legislative action
on expanded social security.
1. Enactment ol the Brannan farm
plan.
4. Enactment of the president's na
Uonal health program.
S. Passage of all the civil rights
proposals Uie president advocates.
More Taxes
Truman haa Indicated also that he
ill seek addiUonal taxes to wipe
out Uie anticipated deficit of more
than t&MOOOOOO.
Mrs. Truman and Margaret are
moving out tomorrow from the bulg
ing White House. Margaret la going
to New Yrk t cntinue her vice
studies. Mrs. Trumsn Is returning
to Waiiilngton.
Political Efom$
z&dfcs 'Qiao As
Meds Posh Meod
Rail Chief Young
Seeks to Settle
Soft Coal Strike
NEW YORK. Dec. t Robert R. Young, head of Uie Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, today entered Uie soft coal dispute In Uie role of an
Intermediary.
Young, a C St O spokesman said, met at his offices with two lead
ing operators' representative and then left for a reported meeting
elsewhere with United Mine Worker officials.
The rsilroad spokesman said he did not know where the expected
conference would take place.
Present at Youngs office were
Yugos Claim
Russ Tito
Purge Flop
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec. 6
munlst newspaper, Borba, declared
tcdaj the comlnform by Inference
has admitted failure of Its 18-months-old
attempt to promote an
Internal revolt against the rule of
Premier-Marshal Tito.
' This, said Borba, wa implicit In
the new blast against Tito's govern
ment in the form of a resolution
adopted by Uie comlnform (commu
nist international Information bu
reau) In Hungary.
Soviet Tools'
In a long front-page analysis of
the resolution, the first in the of
ficial press here, Borba denounced
the new resolution as part of a
plot to mnke workers of the world
"tools of Uie non-peace-lovinft policy
of the Soviet government." The res
olution had called upon all commu
nists to work toward the overthrow
ot Tito as a heretic from marxism.
This new acUon of the comln
form, Borba said, will "only deepen
and Increase" the masses' disap
proval of Soviet tactics.
16 SH0PP'NSaVS IM
Mrs. Chambers j
Takes Stand
Against Hiss
NEW YORK. Dee. I MV-While
Alger Hiss and his wife watched
Impassively, the wife of the gov
ernment's chief witness In Hiss'
second perjury trial took Uie sUnd
todsy and backed up her husband's
story. i r
Short. slUM Mrs! Whlttaker
Chamber was the wltuesa. Wear
ing- a plain green dress and plaid
Jacket, she appeared slightly pale.
Frequently she closed her dark
eves, behind spectacles, as though
trying to recall details.
Warning
But she testified so fluently that
Federal Judge Henry W. Ooddard
cautioned her "not to give Uie con
tent of conversations" that occurred
13 or more years ago.
As in Hiss' first trial, which end
ed in a Jury disagreement. Mrs.
Chambers testified that the and her
husband were close friends over a
long period with Hiss and his wife.
Piiscilla. when Hiss was a high state
department official.
Conflict
Hiss hu testified that the rela
tionship was a comparatively brief
and casual one.
Mrs. Chambers said that when
she was married In 1931 she knew
her husband was s communist par
ty member.
"I was In rympathy with the com
munist party but I never have been
a member of the party." she said,
adding that she had worked for The
New Masses. -a left-wing magazine,
and for the Soviet trading organisa
tion amtorg.
Her husband's story la that he was
a courier for a pre-war Soviet spy
ring and got state department se
crets from Hiss.
7 Jp
HOLIDAY GARB President
Trumon, vacationing at the
Key West, Fla., naval base,
wears a jaunty cap, a sporty
shirt and carries a cane os he
strolls in the brilliant sun
shine on the station's grounds.
Oeorge Love, president of Pitta-
burgh Consolidated Coal company
of Pittsburgh, and Joseph P. Routh,
chairman of the board of Uie Pitts
ton Company of New York, a hold
ing company.
' Lewis?
Whether John L Lewis, the TJMW
chieftain, would Join Uie conferees
later waa a question mark, the
spokesman said. He added:
"We're hopeful something may
come out of It, but frankly we don't
know." ,
He described Young's Interest in
getting the disputant to att down
and talk over their problems aa
stemming trom the railroad's posi
tion aa Uie nation's "largest coal
originating line." The spokesman
explained that 10 per cent of the
C & O buslnefa related to coal and
that It serve directly more coal
mines than any other railroad In
Uie United Stae.
"We're anxious to let Uie railroad
back working," he explained.
Meanwhile, a 10-man union group
headed by Thomas Kennedy, TJMW
vice president, went into session
with 10 anthracite operators at the
hotel Waldorf-Astoria to talk over a
new hard-coal contract.
Ralph E. Taggart, president of the
Philadelphia Coal and Iron compa
ny, headed Uie employer (roup.
Jacobs Thanks
Everyone For
Parade 7ork
"Now that we've had Ume to
catch our breath after the Christ
mas parade Friday night we want
to express our eincere appreciation
to everyone who participated In any
way," stated President Rudy Ja
cobs of the Klamath Merchants as
sociation today.
Jacobs paid tribute to the schools
for Uie beautiful floats which were
the backbone of the parade, as well
as to Uie musical groups which fur
nished instrumental and vocal en
tertainment along the line of march
and at Uie Christmas tree.
Hard Work
Jacobs caUed attention to the
weeks of planning and hard work on
Uie part of Uie decorations and pro
gram committees ot Uie Merchants
association, the 20-30 club and all
Uie other groups who helped put on
Uie celebraUon. He thanked the
mayor, city council and other city
personnel for cooperation In making
the event porslble, and reported
that the merchants are donating Uie
decorations to the city,
Jacobs thanked Uie schools and
others who made the costumes, and
the Elks club for help In clearing
Main street for the parade. He also
thanked Weyerhaeuser, Copco and
the 20-30 club for providing, erect
ing and decorating the tree, and
Kyle Morgan for playing the part
of Santa.
Window display Judges came In
for their tha re of appreciation. So
did those who donated cash and ma
terials, or wno provided trucks,
wagons and all other types ot equip
ment. "Let's wind up the list by ex
pressing our appreciation to any
one else who had any part In Uie
event, and especially to those who
attended the parade. It was the
sire ot the crowd that really Indi
cated how successful this celebra
Uon was," Jacobs concluded.
Communists
Wearing
Chenqtu
CHEXGTU. Dec. 6 (AP)
Clamor for Chiang; Kai-shek
to resume presidency of Na
tionalist China became nois
ier today as the Reds pushed
within 90 miles of Chengtu.
(From Hong Kong, As
sociated Press correspondent
Wayne Richardson radioed
that President Li Tsung-jen
ordered NaUonalist officials In
Chengtu to carry on under his or
ders. Li. flying to the United
States for treatment of a stomach
ailment, said he would "telegraph"
Instructions and would return with
in a month.)
Red Sash .
Meantime, the war situaUon was
worsening. One Red force, striking
along Uie main highway from re
cently deserted Chungking, ap
proached Neichlang. a ferry cross
ing SO miles southeast at Chengtu.
Another thrust along a more
northerly highway towards Sinning.
90 miles east of Chengtu.
(A broadcast from the Commu
nists' Peiptng radio aaid Uie Reds
captured- Yunwninw. stronghold in
8outrern Xwansxt province. Ynng
ning 1 only SO miles from Uie Indo
china border. It waa tha provi
sional capital and headquarters of
Nationalist Gen. Pal Chong-shi.
Mutiny
(Hong Kong newspapers said pro
vincial army units mutinied at Yukl.
30 miles . south ot Kunming. The
mutineers could threaten Kunming'
rear. Their strength was not given.)
Travelers said inhabitants of
towns and villages In Uie path of
the Red drive were In a ferment
of excitement and fear. They elabo
rated: Residents were moving In every
direcUon tor safety.
Some were fleeing Into the coun
tryside from towns.
Others were rushing into towns
from the countryside.
In Chengtu, nearly an schools
closed because student fled to their
own homes.
Among Institutions shut down was
the famed West China Union uni
versity, operated mainly by Ameri
can missionaries.
Former FD!.
Aide Said
Key Figure
WASHINGTON, Dec.
(AP) The house un-American
activities committee
eyed former Vice President
Henry A. Wallace and many
others today in a suddenly
revived hunt for people who
pushed wartime uranium
shipments to Russia.
Wallace commented that
a statement that he waa
Involved 1 false, and part ot "aa
unremltUng effort to tarnish the
name ot Franklin D. Roosevelt"
All-Owl
Chairman Wood iD-Oa) promised
there "isn't going to be any avenue
left untouched" as the house com
ml tee digs into Uie story that per
sons In high places helped Russia
set uranium and atomic Informa
tion. For Uie sake of Uie American peo
ple. Wood told reporters. "The story
must either be corroborated or disproved.
I Much of it Is old. particularly Uie
part about several shipments of
uranium compounds to Russia back
in 1043. by way of Oreat Fails, Mont.
' and Uie Alaskan air route.
Big Naaaea
But now big names are being
brought into it:
Wallace, who wa fired from the
cabinet by President Truman for
siding too much with Russia on ln
te national policy, and Harry L,
Hopkins, Uie late intimate and ad
viser of President Rooaevelt.
And tomorrow Wood's committee
will question Oen. Leslie Groves, re
tired, who ran Uie wartime atom
bomb project. Committee officials
said there may be 40 or 50 additional
witnesses. But there is no Indication
yet when Wallace might be called.
Broadcaster Fulton Lewis Jr.
said last night that It waa Wallace
who "ordered the atomic materia la
sent to Russia" over Grove' eb
JecUons. Denial
"Sheerest fabrication.' Wallace
retorted from New York.
It was a former air force major.
Oeorge Racey Jordan, who brought
Hopkins' name into the atomic tale.
He did it first in a broadcast with
Lewis Friday night and again ta
testimony to the committee yester
day. While he waa stationed at the
Oreat Falls air base during the war.
Jordan said, Hopkins told him per
sonally by telephone to hurry-nv
atomie shipment to Russia end
keep quiet about It
The son and numerous former as
sociates of Uie wartime lend-lease
administrator scoffed at Jordan's
story. Louis J. Russell, senior in
vestigator for the house committee,
said he knows of no evidence In
volving Hopkins In Uie atomie shipments.
Youth Killed
In Wreck
CORVALLI3, Dec. ( OP Ronald
A. Dixon. IT. Junction City, was
killed and two others were badly
injured when their car crashed into
s mud bank about two miles south
of here Ulan, today.
Injured were Floyd Cotrell. 20,
Monroe, and Phyllis Carson. 15. be
lieved to be a Corvallis resident.
Attendants at Good Samaritan hos
pital here aaid both are expected
to recover.
Police said the car in which Uie
trio was riding, driven by Cotrell,
came west on Richland lane, a
BIRTHDAY I country road leading to highway
HELSINKI. Finland. Dec. ( '4 1 SOW. The lane ends at the highway
Finland's great composer. Jan Si-1 but they faUed to make the turn,
belius. will mark his S4th birthday plunging on across Uie road and
Thursday. . i Into the bank on the West side.
STORM WARNINGS
SEATTLE, Deo. S (FV-Southeast
storm warnings were ordered along
Uie Washington and Oregon coasts
at t s. m. today, southward to Cape
Blanco. Southeast winds of 35 to
to miles an hour were forecast for
Uie Washington coast this after
noon, with 30-to-sO mile winds along
Uie Oregon coast.
Meet the People
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RUDY JACOBS, president of Klamoth Merchants association,
is still fending off bouquets tossed to the merchants group
for the fine Christmas opening which brought out the biggest
crowd in the city's history.