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0 LA la) ran le TIltJ . iv'sXeUs By FRANK JENKINS 8 these words ere wrltleu (about mid-morning II appears that Australia haa turned thumbs down on ANY MOKK socialism. IT Un't I walk-away. With the count not yet complete, the opposition hu won or "as uod as won," ccordlni to a dispatch from Sydney 4 seata In tin Aus tralian lowr house of 134 votlns representatives, lit ruling Labor party, which hu bwn In powtr (or eight years, hu won (or "as lood as won") 60 wait. Seven seeta (till re main In doubt. But IhoM results, If oonflrmed when all the voles art In, will throw ihu aoclaluta out of powtr, Thui Auitralla follows New Zealand In tha trtnd to tht right that haa ap peared In tha ENOLIBH-SPEAK-IN O countries ol tha Mouth Pacllle. FTER htarlnt tha raiulla ol tha " New Zealand election laat week. Robert Gordon Menxlra, leader of ie Auauallan Liberal party (chief opponent of tha Labor party) com mented : "Tha aoclaluta wera brought to ptv.tr In New Zealand, Australia and Oreat Britain, In that order, Thla dramatic reault (meaning the turn to tha right ahown In New Zealand! aeema a happy omen that they will go out In the aama order," 1 CANT qulle agree with that, all tha way through. AuatralU and New Zealand are till young, ailll rich In natural re aourcea, atlll full of hope tor tha fu ture. Their people can't avoid tha feeling that If their affaire are han dled wlaely great achievement Ilea ahead of them. They have already a very high alandard of living, and at they look around them they are juiufled In believing that hard work arid Inereaaed production will bring them Increasing rewarda In tha way of STILL higher standards of com fort. Britain la OLD. Her reeouroee ara dwindling. Tha colonial way of life, upon which tha bulk of her greatneaa waa founded, la on Ita way out. One of tha clearest trends In tha present-day world la that NO people wants to be bnesed by BOMB OTHER PEOPLE. They may be willing to be led around by dictators en- drmagoguea OP THEIR OWN CHOOSINO, but when It cornea to kow-towing to ANOTHER PEOPLE they balk. You can ara that trend all over Asia, aa well aa elsewhere in tha world. We must agree that In yean, at Vast, Britain la old. It Is hard to ' leach an old dog new tricks. Aa - her colonies and her dependencies fada away from her, Britain will have to learn new tricks If aha la to hold her place in tha tun. - s you orr older, you "THINK MORI OP QUITTING (Continued on Page Two) Bill of Rights Danger Cited LOft ANOILII, Dec. 10 P Oi owing disrespect for the courts la one of the main dangers confronting America'! bill of rlghta today, says Rnecoe Pound, dean emeritus of the Harvard law school. But ha told a group of editors and publishers yesterday "So long aa the constitution U up held by Independent courts as tha aupreme law of tha land, and tha guarantees of tha bill of rights ara not frittered away or donl lose their hold on tha people by spurious Inter pretation, freedom of the press and Ireedom of speech ara secure." Tha cult of force, through which state dictators might try to extend guarantees that they "can do It bet tar" for tha people, la another threat to tha bill of rlghta, Pound remarked. Nationalist China Holds Tiny Areas HONG KONG, Dec. 10 OT) The Chinese Nationalist! lost ill hut three meager finger tip holdi on China proper to day. And they were ready lo give up one of thoie neyvly abandoned Chengtu just aa ioon ai they could complete iti evacuation. The other two are Sichang, in Slkang province virtually surrounded and worthless; and the Lulchow peninsula opposite Hainan Island. Tha Heda ara reported pre paring to stuck on the peninsula lo prevent Nallonallsta from fleeing to Hainan. These were today's fast develop ments: Tha NaUonallst garrison at Kun ming an estimated 40.000 troops deserted and aeised both that city and lu province, Yunnan, for the Reds. It was a coup for former Oov. Lung Yun, onetime friend but now bitter foa of Chiang Kai-shek. Planea Netted Tha deserters seised 11 planes a. Kunming airfield. Later, one of them, flown by Cspt. p, E. Blrkman. Ban Pranclsco, roared away under flra. Only ono bullet hit It. A Sky master of the Pacific Overseas Air Service, It carried 67 passengers to Hong Kong. Another took 30 pas sengers to Hong Kong. U. B. Consul Larue Lutklns of Port Chester. N. Y- just had been given a farewell dinner by Oov. Lu Han. He was being flown to Hainan. There was no Indication how many Americans were at Kunming. A communist dispatch reported the Reds' spearhead waa only all milee from Cheng Lu. Denial (But In Chengtu. radioed Associ ated Press Correspondent Spencer Mooaa, tha Nationalists stubbornly maintained the Communists wera no nearer than 50 miles at Tie yang. to tha southeast. (However, Mooaa aald. uncon firmed rumors placed tha Reda only U miles away on tha eastern side of tha Wstar Draaon hills. That greatly Increased the guspensa In Chengtu. (Virtually all traffic In Chengtu was military troops withdrawing from tha northwest flowing into the already Jammed city. Moat ware afoot but some squeezed aardlne tlght Into trucks.) Tha Imminent fall of Chengtu will mark the end of organised Nationalist resistance on tha China mainland and began an ara l guerrilla warfare for them. Stab Fatal To Governor Of Sarawak BINOAPORE, Dec 10 -A slab wound Inflicted by a rebellious na tive brought death today to tha Brit lan governor of Sarawak, 45-year old Duncan O. Stewart. Stewart died In a Blngapora hos pital after a seven-day fight for life. Ha had been stabbed December I while making his first visit to Slbu, an Inland enter of the North Borneo crown colony o which ha came only a month ago. He had been flown to Sngapore for treatment and his condition took a turn for the worse three daya ago. Stewart's wife, flown from Eng land, was at hu bedside when he died. Tha couple's three children stlU ara In England. Masonic Funeral bfor Johnson ALTURAS Pinal rites for Sher iff Olyna Melvln Johnson of Modoc county, killed by tha accidental blast of a 13-geuge shotgun here early Friday morning, will be held Monday at 3 p. m. from the Adln church. Burial will be In the family plot. The Masonic lodge will have charge of funeral services and Veterans of Foreign Wars will serve at the graveside. Tragedy Sheriff Johnson was killed In stantly aa ha pulled the gun from his car parked In the driveway cf tha Modoc county courthouse. His death waa mourned by scores of friends who had known the of ficer since his youth. Pall bearers at tha service were not named early today hut will coma from members of tha Modoc county official family. Kerr Mortu ary la In charge. Sheriff Johnson waa born De cember 27, 1804 In Lassen county and would have been 65 yean of age on his next birthday. His par ents wera John and Delia Palmer Johnson, p I o n a a r residents of Northern California where tha of ficer spent tha greater portion of his life. For many years ha was with tha United States forest serv ice aa ranger and elected Modoc county sheriff In 1949. Veteran A veteran of both World Wars, Sheriff Johnson waa with tha army In the flrat war, and enlisted In the Seabees In World War II, member of Company A, 14th bat talion, UBN. The wife Lola, and one son Eu gene, both of Alturas. survive.. One aowr-ejojar- ii i mm. i m'm "'' s TMV-' V- i;-l iV V7..: a - 1 IXA.rtV-' VII V A W I Prlea I . tnla 14 Psgra KLAMATH FALLS, ORfiON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. IMS Telephone till Ne. list te Cirarn 'IBDadk P ot as I. CI Sheriff Glyna Johnson son, Melvln, was killed In combat In tha South Paclflo with tha United Slates Air Force. Game Director Reappointed PORTLAND, Dec. 10 (At Charles A. Lockwood waa unanimously re appointed state game director by tha state game commission today. Lockwood a new term will be In definite. His old term would have expired December SI, BRISK BUILDING EUGENE. Dec. 10 lP) Construc tion In Lane county, outside of tha cities, was brisk last month. Ninety- three building permits, for a valua tion of $371,000, were Issued. I. MO r stMs?. a v iv . v. w - P L V ,'0 . , , . . . m v; 3V 5 1 MtA L i V 5 jr.. It, Cf A- A BIRD'S CHRISTMAS TREE is being decked by seventh graders at Fairhaven school as part of the county school's bird study and conservation program. Left to right, Lynn Ar nold, Patsy Ison, George Bradford. Jerry Thompson and Barbara Martin. Tying a bit of bird food to the top branch is Wesley Ridgley. Bird food on the tree includes suet, bread, popcorn and other feathered friend delicacies. (See story," Page 2.) Close Call ' For Xhuting Santa Claus FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.. Dec. 10 Santa Claus parachuted Into town today, got hung up In high tension wires and waa rescued as hundreds of kids wept and oheere There were Oohs and Ahs as Santa hit the silk over the edge of8trana han field In mld-clty but tha happy outcries became yells of concern as the red-suited visitor, caught In a brisk wind, was blown Into power lines. The field waa Jammed with aev eral thousand" kids and their parents, horrified chllcren saw Santa swing hard against a utility pole as the chute tangled, then dangled help lesrly 45 feet above the ground. Jack Nlles, 32. the chutist, was shaken up but unhurt. His descent knocked radio tit Ion WFTL-WOOR (FM) off the air for a time, but miraculously none of the electricity struck Santa. "Mommy, Ssnta Claus Is trapped," was renamed by hun dreds of young throats. Fire department ladder trucks were called, but before they ar rived John W. Bell, a utility line man watching the event, quickly shinned u p a pole In borrowed climbers. Bell fashioned a line over cross bars, swung It over to santa Claus who unharnessed his parachute. A ladder meantime waa placed un der him and the not-so-Jolly St Nick lowered himself and scrambled down to the arma of a mob of anxious youngsters. Santa Claus climbed aboard a truck, told the kids over a loud speaker that "All's well now," be gan to pass out candy. POl'LTRY ARBITER PORTLAND. Dec. 10 1 Dr. Philip Overmeyer, history professor at Lewis and Clark college, will be arbiter in the state AFL poultry workers' dispute. Ho was named In handle the dispute which led to an October strike, ended inly by promise of arbitration. The AL egg and poultry workers ask 7V cent hourly wage Increase from tha Oregon Egg and Poultry Dealers association. y. Famine Threatens Maryland Village SHALLMAR, Md . Dec. 10 MV-The shadow of famine hung over this small coal mining town today. Its major Industry, the Wolf Den mine, haa been shut down since last March and now the food shelvea are all but bare. The plight of the community, home of some 50 families, was brought to light yesterday by Its school principal, J. Paul Andrlck. "Without a great amount of help from tha outside," he said, Car Wreck Drowns Six BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 10 (4) Six Negroes drowned today as their car skidded In a drlnlng rain and plunged off a bridge Into Bay view lake. A seventh Negro told officers he smashed the glasa of a back door and fought hla way to the bank despite a dislocated shoulder. Emanuel Orlmes of Adanuvllle said he fought his wsy clear from the car. Office to Close For 4 Days The Midland Empire Traffic as sociation office will be closed from Monday through Thursday of next week. Margaret Santo, association rep resentative here, announced she will be In San Francisco attending transportation hearing. Readjustment of freight r..tes be tween Klamath Falls and Northern California points will be discussed at the hearing. SHOPP'NAVf lift 12 - MAII, I 1 I only; BuyQiiisTusSlusf these people cannot hope to sur vive the winter." Andrlck said he learned about the situation when he looked in on the family of a girl student whom he sent home because she waa faint from hunger. He found that the family "had literally lived on apples for two weeks." Change At another home a mother of seven told of feeding her family on bread, potatoes and beans for a similar period, then added, "to day for a change we had cabbage for supper." During the hunting season miners took up their guns and brought back four deer, sharing tha game with destitute neighbors. One of the neighbors said, "I never cared much for venison, but It was the first fresh meat In this house In three months." The owner of the mine; H. A. Marshall, said from a hospital bed In nearby Cumberland, Md., he plans to resume operations but doesn't know when. He Is recover ing from a minor ailment. Lack of Orders He explained the mine was dosed because orders fell off. Western Maryland coal la generally regard ed as Inferior to that produced In neighboring West Virginia fields, and often It la so difficult to mine that small Maryland operators cannon compete with prices offered by large scale companies. About 90 Shsllmar miners wera thrown on relief when the mine closed down, but unemployment compensation payments ran out after six months for most of them. War veterans and fraternal or ganisations from nearby communi ties have been collecting relief sup plies and the county commissioner! have raised funds to provide lunches for the school children. But, Andrlck said, "conditions may get worse before they get better." Assembly's Work Wins High Praise NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (IP) The United Nations assembly adjourned its 1949 session at 1:21 p.m. today after hearing Russia accuse the Western powers of a "black plot" against peace. Soviet Deputy Foreign Min ister Jakob A. Malik sounded the "war'' note In the midst of the customary round of congratulatory speeches at edioumment time. They termed the assembly's work "un satisfactory." The 59-natlon asembly had-been In session since September 20. Malik said the United States and Britain used the assembly meeting to cover -up what the Russians call plans for a new war. He aald Rus sia stand for peace and will con tinue to stand for peace. FrMe Assembly president Carlos P. Ro mulo told the delegates he felt they could take Justifiable pride In their achievmenta. He expressed the be lli som programs In being made to ward world peace despite the fact that "no startling results" are evi dent. "Tha assembly has neither yield ed to despair nor acknowledged fail ure, Romulo said. U. N. Secretary - General Trygve Lie also .contended the big powers have taken tome positive steps to ward settling their basic differences. Forward "We have moved forward," Lie said, "to a point where the world haa reason to hope for a step-by-step resumption of real negotiations between both sides. This, in Itself, would be substantial improvement over the situation that haa pre vailed over the past three years." U. 8. Delegate John Sherman Coper told the assembly a remark able degree of unity had been achieved on such measures aa the remarkable degree of unity had been achievd on such masures aa the "essentials of peace" resolution which waa supported by 53 out of the assembly's 6S members. The Russian bloc was against It. The last major decision of the as sembly waa the adoption of the UN'a 1950 budget of 649.641,733, including 66.000.000 to finance the setting up of the proposed International regime for Jerusalem approved last night. More Firms Turn In Chest Funds The Klamath County Community Chest la continuing to add Goal Busters and Hard Hitters to lu list, and Chet Hamaker, this year's campaign chairman Is better oft by one hat as a result of a challenge put out by George Flanagan, cam paign chairman of the Jackson County chest The closing date of Jackson Coun ty Chest was moved ahead one week, from November 30 to Decem ber 7, because of a slow start. A check with Chest officials In Med ford showed them with 73 per cent of their goal and Klamath had 86 per cent of their goal. More money Is expected for both Chests. New Busters Ooal Busters added In the past week are, California Pacific Utili ties, F, L. Somen, Hauger Motor Co, Klamath Lumber and Box Co.. Kastside Electric, LaPolntes, and Town Club. Hard Hitters are many and In clude Leach Service Co, Klamath Machinery Co, The Oun Store, Anita Frocks, Ashley Chevrolet, Castleberry's, Chllcote and Smith, Dlmbat Motors, The Diner, Leon's. Loreni Co, Lucas Furniture. Motor Ir vestment Co.. O. C. Motley. How ard R. Perrln. Plggly Wlgely, Puck ett and Scherer lumber Co, Reli able Cleaners, Sari's Restaurant, Shell Oil Co, 8mlth Bates Printing Co, Waggoner Drug, and The Wl nema hotel. Tuleloke Youth Seriously III TULXLAKX Michael Pedersen, 15-year-old son of Chief of Police O. 7c. Pedersen and Mrs. Pederson waa rushed to Oood Samaritan hos. pltal In Portland Saturday for med ical treatment, Hla condition Is con sidered! serious. Ballots Land Resounding CO To Socialism SYDNEY, Sunday, Dec. 11 Py The Australian propl turned out their labor government in a general election yesterday. The liberal-country party coalition, standing for a return to the free enterprise system as opposed to continued social ism, has won or as good as won 64 seats in a lower hoiwe of 121 voting representatives. The ruling labor party, which has been in power sight years, has won or as good as won 50 seats. There is no reasonable doubt about these results, although the final count In some of them la not yet Ira. 1 Seven seats remain In doubt. w I ' (In London, the Australian News Bad Drubbing In Washer ST. ANTHONY. Idahe, Dee. Dunn look a beating. Bat has expected ta reeever. Wayne tumbled Inte the fam ily washing machine while bat aaother waa etaewbere. The atftater knocked Wayne nesoseteoa. Bat finally the machine stepped. Mrs. Jaaaee Dann returned lo find her sea) drowned. Doctors said the thill woald reeever. He Buffered asaltiete braises. The aeap Injured ads eye. Season's Low Temp Seen For Tonight Clear skies but nippy weather Is forecast for the horde of Christmas tree hunters expected to take off tomorrow morning for the woods to gather up the Yuletide greens. The weatherman promised a high temperature of 3S degrees, but said the mercury would fail to 14 in early Sunday morning hours. The minimum this morning was IS de grees. But while sunny skies smiled down on the Klamath basin today. cold as It was, the rest of the country was not only colder, but kt was blustery and snowing. . Chilly Crater ; At Crater Lake national park rangers suvered m the seasonal low of 13 above sero this mornlnc. A new snowfall left IS Inches on the ground at headquarters. Official re port from the rim aald there was a 14-inch powder en top a S-lnch pack. Roads are snow packed and chains required from Annie Spring to the rim. Despite the new snow, which fell from 6 p. m. on through the night, skiiag Is expected to be only fair. Bend was the coldest place In the state this morning; with a minimum of S above. Lakeview had 15. Another thin cover of snow ap peared over Portland's hills this morning and several roads on the heights were glazed with Ice. Frost touched much of the Willamette valley. Tough Driving Motorists driving north into Klam ati Falls early last night ran Into a storm which sent a number of cars skidding off the Dorris hill. There was no report of injuries but a lot of machines had difficulty be fore the night was over. At Odell lake, 31 to IS inches of snow is reported with more than S inches of new, powdery snow. A light snow was reported falling this morning but skiing was excellent. 1 and Information bureau, an agency i of the labor governemtnt, aouced , that labor had conceded defeat, quoted Radio Australia as saying i the opposition had won at least SI : seats, and perhaps 66.) Another Step ! Thus. Australia followed New Zea land In the British commonwealth, trend to the right. Robert Gordon Meszies, the liber al leader, who will become prim ! minister, commented after hearing: the New Zealand results laat week: "The socialists were brought ta power in New Zealand, Australia and Oreat Britain in that order. Thla dramatic result seems a hppy omen that they will go out In the same order." i Oreat Britain must hold seneral elections belore next July. Labor had been In the saddle 14 years) In New Zealand, eight yara in Aus tralia. It has ben In power in Brit sin since 1946. Fed l a The beat-informed political ob servers expressed belief that Aus tralians are tired of controls and the trend toward more socialization, tired of rising prices which may or may not nave been the fault of the government. ' A record number voted 1.00, 000 men and women. The Sydney Sun summed up tha election result with the heading: "Socialism Oeta a Hidin g "Jsitad: "Labor has been repulsed most wholeheartedly in the metropolitan areas of states ruled by labor gov ernments (Queensland and New South Wales). These figures reflect the rebellion of Mrs. Australia, th housewife, who is fed up with re strictions, shortages and controls. In the defeat of the Chilly gov- w ULTxCllV is as vcruivb auk wn swaw- cratie way of life." r BoysXreate Yule Spirit ST. LOUIS. Dee. 10 m Noses pressed against the display window, . two small Negro boys in patched clothing watched Intently. The drug store employe waa laying track for an electric train. Blmer Bona, the track layer, beck oned to the boys to come Inside. They entered timidly. But they went to work with a win when he said. "I dont know much about trains how about helping?" The kids were very busy for th next hour. They unpacked train cars, built the small station, helped get the automatic log loader work ing. A large crowd of spectators gath ered outside, and the Christmas spirit was much in evidence. NOTED BISHOP DIES NASSAU, Bahamas, Dec 10 (A This British colony today mourned the Most Rev. Bernard Keven hoester. bishop of Nassau, who died last night at the age of SO. Bishop Bernard was the first head of tha Catholic church In the Bahamas to bear the title of Bishop. Funeral services will be here Tuesday. Meet the People 0 K M Ol aaea -.aaa- -oarab.a.fa.aaHseasvijM.SHHBMli. FILING TAKES UP the office hours of Lois Landrum, pic tured at work this morning by Tha Herald and News cameraman. i
