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NEW ADDITION TO BE BUILT at Sacred Ik-art school is
Pcrrln office. The structure is to have six classrooms and
are called for 2 p.m. Wednesday; April 2, at Pcrrin's office.
have been used previously in Oregon.
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By FRANK JENKINS
Faintly omlnus note In the ntw.it
Hewn:
Federal twites hll the American
buyer no hard hist week lhe mod
ern IDES OF MARCH i. the United
Blatca chamber ol commerce re
ported today, that retailers In al
most every line ol business arc re
portlnK sharply dropping sales.
In live days last week (March
17 to 31, Inclusive; the United
Stales treasury took In 85.3O0.0OO.
00 (FIVE BILLION, three hundred
million dollars i.
Thai." y Dr. Oeorge Cllne
emllh, director ot the U.B. cham
ber's government economic pro
gram, "was MORE THAN ALL
THK TAXES COLLECTED DUU-
ino mo." .,.-.
He added! . - . .
Never has there been such a
drain on Uie American economy.
Why does thr7lect retail sales?
Shucks I You can answer that
question as accurately aa the smoru
est economist In the country. Al
ter you'v paid your federal taxes
In these modern days you haven t
not much left to buy with.
Another statistic: .
Last vesr (1051) net Income ol
80S leadlnn U.8. corporations
dropped 13.5 per cent. The approx
Imau net prollt of these 808 cor
Donations In 1DM was 8 8 billion
dollsrs. In 1951 It was 7.7 blUlons.
How come?
Here's how come:
Their sales Increased but their
taxes INCREASED MORE,
"But." you will say, If you are
a shallow thinker, '-what do I care
about these bin corporations? The
harder Uncle soaks them the better
ll will suit me."
Walt a minute.
One ot our largest corporations
(AT&T) now has more than a
million stockholders. (Its stockhold
ers outnumber Its employes.) If
you are an avernite American In
modest circumstances, followlnu an
Intelligent program of Investment
and savlnu. you probably own some
of Its shares. If not. you'll almost
certainly own shares of some of
the 808 U.B. corporations whose net
Income dropped last year because
of sharply hlRher taxes.
In that event, YOUR Income will
kuffcr.
This Is the point:
Slock ownership of America's
lr.rger business corporations Is now
so widely spread anions Americans
of ALL Income brackets Uiat what
ever reduces the profits of these
corpratlons reduces Ihe Incomes of
Americans of ALL KINDS not
Just the. filthy rich,
Here's . another one for you to
chew on;
If the United States government
wore to CONFISCATE nil tnxnble
Incomo earned bv Individuals In
excess of 810,000 a yonr. the ad
ditional tax revenue would amount
to only 3.1 billion dollars. Tills
would be cnouph to run the federal
government for ONLY TWO
WEEKS under the proposed Tru
man 86.4 billion dollar budnct.
Bo, you see, II ' absurd for any
body to think that In these days
of fnntustlc spending the Kovem-
ment can be financed by soaking
I the rich.
i If we're to pay our bills, EVERY
t BODY has to.be soaked. In these
i fatal dr 7s ol. late March, 11)52, I
think we'll nil, agree uint every
i body IB being soaked..-
Mnybe I'd better explnln that
cack about the Ides of Miucli.
,, Let's nnotc Plutnrch on It:
j "Furthermore, there wns a cer-
Inln soothsayer Mint hnd given
1 .'aesnr warnlnrt lonr time afore to
i Ipke herd of the dny of the Ides
i of March (which Is thn 15th of
i the month), for on Hint dnv hn
, Miould be In grei-.t dnngrr, Thnl
I dry being c.rnic, Cecsnr going Into
the sennte-house and speaking mer
'i rllv unto the soothsayer told him:
y "The Ides of Klnrch be come."
"So they be." softly answered the
! I soothsnver, "but yet nre they not
passed." . '
Y The soothsayer's warning ' con
' ccrned the stabbing to dentil of
, (Continued on rnire 4.)
This One Is A
Tough Decision
PABADENA, Calif. tM Tie de
fense Hint Mrs, George Martin Jr.,
mnde In Edward 8. Underwood's
suit for $135 dumuge to his auto
mobile. Is out. of the ordinary, to
say the least., The court took the
case under advisement after hear
U)g this story:
Bhn said she wss driving on a
grudn and saw "unusual activity"
ahead, but when she stopped a po
liceman waved her on. She wound
up right In the thick of a gunllitht.
A policeman In a squad car fired
across her path and there were
bursts of answering fire from the
oUicr side ot the street.
Mrs. Martin decided to leave the
vicinity, pronto. She backed up
and Into Underwood's car.
It turned out that all the shooting
was by actors In a movie scene.
Square Dance
Meet" Tonight
The weekly square dancing ses
sions are planned for tonight at
Fremont school as previously
scheduled with beginners and ad
vanced dnncers participating In
separale floors.
Earlier announcements of Ihe
discontinuance of another square
dnnco class had been confused with
this one, according to Recreation
Director Bob Bonney.
Dancing stnrks al 8, with B.M.
Antic and Otto Ellis calling.
White Sidewalk
Get Green Light
WASHINGTON Ifl The govern
ment Wednesday ilfled its ban on
whlto aldcwall tires and Increased
Iho amount of natural rubber that
may be used In passenger car
tires.
The National Production Author
ity also announced that tire and
rubber companies may use 110,
000 long tons of natural rubber
In each qunrter after April 1, In
stead of 105.000 tons.
The announcement was coupled
with a promise of further casing
of rubber controls "In the near
future."
CAROL LARSON (center above) has been named .Klamath Falls' outstanding Camp
Fire Girl for 1951., Carol, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claymon Larson, 1615 Oregon, is
an Eighth Grader at Fremont school. On Carol's, right is Twila Greene, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Greene, 840 Rose; right, is Susan Derby, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Derby, 1906 Huron.
shown In this architect's drawing prepared by ihe Howard R.
joins the south end of the present school. Construction bids
The walls are to be of cavity construction which may not
French Crack Down On
Tunisia; Premier Arresi
Leads To Martial Ruling
TUNIS. Tunisia. H)
France
cracked down with a heavy fist
on Tunisia's independence-seeking
Nationalists WevlncMlny. arrest
ing Premier Mohammed Chenlk
and three of his cabinet.
Martini law and press censorship
also were ordered.
The drnitlc steps were taken
after the Tunisian government and
the French Protectorate's nominal
ruler, the 70-ycar-old Bey of Tunis.
had balked at what was described
a French ultimatum that
Chenlk must be fired.
The. French action climaxed
three months of Nationalist rioting
and sabotage In this North African
trouble spot and World War II
battleground. In the violence near
ly 100 lives have been lost. Hun
dreds have been arrested and put
behind barbed wire. .
Moslems In Tunis went on strike
In protest against the French ac
tion, which included a curfew from
McCarthy To
Sue Benton
WASHINGTON I.H Sen. Mc
Carthy (R.-Wls..) Wednesday filed
a two million dollar suit against
Sen. Benton (D.-Conn.,), accusing
him of "libel, slander and con
spiracy" to seek the ouster ol
McCarthy from the 8cnate.
The suit Is based on Benton's
assertions last September that Mc
Carthy committed ncrlOrv. fraud
and calculated deceit of the Am
erican people In pressing his
charges that Communists have ln-
llltratcd the government.
Benton made the charges before
a Senate Elections subcommittee
which has been looking Into Ben
ton's contention that McCarthy Is
unfit to serve In Congress.
Benton last week offered to
waive tlie Congressional Immunity
irom sun.
A section of the constitution pro
vides that members of Congress
nre Immune from suit for remarks
they make In Congress.
McCarthy said he was accepting
Benton's offer to waive Immunity.
'0 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. and transfer
of all police powers to the military.
Tunisia wants more self-rule
and has asked the United Nations
for help.
Asian. Arab and some AJrlcan
members of the U. N. are planning
to push the Nationalist appeal be
fore thn Security Council, much
to the annoyance of France.
Tie Protectorate's real ruling
authority. French Resident Gen
eral Jean De Hauteclocque, In a
broadcast to the Tunisian people
charged that the Premier encour
aged, if he wasn't an accomplice
to," the Nationalist demonstrations,
attacks and sabotage.
Dc Hauteclocque said France
wns ready to Institute reformshat
would satisfy the "legitimate as
pirations of Tunisians" and "would
lead Tunisia to Internal autonomy"
but that before these could be
mnde, the present Tunisian cabinet
would have to go.
Barbers Vote On
Five Day Week
Members of Barbers Union Lo
cal 841 are to vote Thursday night
on wneiner to institute a nve-aay
week of barber shops In the Klam
ath area for a three-month trial.
If the five-day week proposal Is
approved, shops probably will be
closed on Monday, starting next
momn.
A majority of shop owners and
Journeymen are reported to have
signed a petition favoring the clos
ure and circulated by the union.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
fair through tomorrow. Low to
night 28, hlch tomorrow 58.
Low last nl(ht 25
High yesterday 54
Preclp. March 23 0
Prtcip.' since Oct. 1 14.09
Same period last year J2.58
Normal (or period 8.12
(Additional Weather on Pate 4)
Arrest Of Youth Clears
Up Long Chain Of Thefts;
YHthful Gang Captured
IT rlcs of Juvenile shop
P .d burglary cases dating
i(f -o last September was
r& ed wide onen vesterdav bv
.y Police and Juvenile Officer
riincis Mathews.
Two wci-ks of investigation cul
minated early Tuesday afternoon
In arrest of Jerry Oscar Madden,
2152 Gettltt St., 19-year-old Junior
ut Klamnth Union high school.
mc District Attorney's office
this morning filed a charge of re
ceiving and concealing stolen prop
erty cnarge against Madden.
Police and Juvenile authorities
say statements mnde to them by
tvo 14-year-old boys Implicate Mad
den with selling foods they have
stolen from at least four stores In
tne downtown area.
According to one 14-year-old boy
who h:iH been In and out of tuvenile
difficulties since 1048. Madden last
bepumoer first offered to sell
goods he could steal.
Since that time this one bov.
nlong with six others ranging in
age from 10 to 14 years, have ac
tively participated In about 30
known cates of shoplifting and
burglary.
The case was broken open March
18 when four bovs werp r.aupht
after a .22 calibre rifle was stolen
from OV River Exchange. 2835 8.
6th St.
A statement given bv one nf the
14-year-fild's Involved gave this
summary of misdeeds:
PENS STOLEN
In September he stnl fmtr
from Shaw's Stationery, four pen
pencu sets irom Fayless Drug
Store and a ca.se of candy bars
from Pelican theatre.
In November he and another boy
stole a woman's Durse at Mnnt.
gomery Ward's and got 820.
men lonowed entry of "the Mor
mon church" four times, with noth
ing being taken.
In January a pellet gun was lift
ed from the Gun store. The boy
took it to hlch school, put it In
a locker, and it was later stolen
Irom there by another youth. An
other pellet gun was taken from
"the Army Store" three days later.
Other Jobs In January, the boy
stated, Included theft of pens from
Lee Hendrick s drugstore, .22 shells
from Montgomery Ward, a plastic
slot machine from the Corner store
and a wrist watch from Castle
berry's Drugs.
BREAK-INS
On Feb. 16. the bov said, he and
another youth broke into Economy
Wrecking Yard. 1846 6. 6th they
got nothing) and The Laundrette,
1415 Owens St. ithev tot 68 cents).
On Feb. 21 they broke Into Fre
mont school and on March 17 en
tered Western Wholesale Distrib
utors, -mere they stole a case of
beer and 3 kerosene lamps. .
Also during March there were
minor thefts, of food from four gro
ceries. During some of this time, the
boy said, he and others had stolen
batteries from Sears Roebuck and
sold them elsewhere lor $2 each.
One of the boys now In the Ju
venile home said he had been
stealing money regularly from
Grlgg's Grocery and another time
tooK i)o irom the till at Carters.
The boy who confessed all these
burglaries and shopliftings said he
had never gotten any money in
return from Madden for the stolen
goods he hnd given him to sell.
Police said Madden under ques
tioning yesterday admitted taking
stolen property from the bov. but
denied telling him of places that
he could burglarize.
The district attorney's office this
morning said additional charges
might be brought against Madden.
The police officer who arrested
Differential
Set For Spuds
BOISE, Idaho A minimum
differential of 75 cents per hundred
pounds has been set by the Office
of Price Stabilization between the
Idaho Potato Ceilings of shippers
and growers.
With the shippers' March celling
for U. S. No. Is set at $4.25. the
ruling makes the cellins for crow-
ers S3.50 per hundred rjounds this
month.
The 75 cent figure was rench'-d
by the Seattle regional office on
Uie basis of costs submitted by
district offices.
The, OPS figured costs tn nntntn
snippers inciuaeo: grading and
sizing. 30 cents: hauling, 8 cents;
loading and Inspection, 4 cents;
packing, 23' cents, and selling
charges, 10 cents. .
Army Defends
Dam Project
PORTLAND, l The Army
engineers have taken another look
and still say Hells Canyon is the
place to put a dam on the Snake
River.
But, noting opposition. It reports
that If tor some reason Hells
Canyon dam is blocked, there
should be a new Investigation be
fore naming another site.
The engineers made the current
report in complying with a Senate
resolution adopted last Oct. 5
Col. William H. Mills, acting
division engineer, said the earlier
report recommending Hells Canvon
from an engineering standpoint,
would stand.
He said that the matter had been
reviewed "with particular relcr
ence to a dam at Mountain Sheep
site . . . and no major revisions
are recommended."
That stand-pat report has been
sent to Washington to the Board
of Engineers for Rivers and Har
bors. Col. Millsf pointed out that any
one interested could present thoir
views to that board.
him, said he admitted yesterday
to three burglary Jobs at Klamath
uouniy Library since last Decem
ber, Juvenile authorities naid all seven
of the boys' Implicated In the thefts
will be taken Into Juvenile Court.
Madden Is held In the County Jail
and is to be arraigned this after
noon. Floods Hit
Oregon As
Snow Melts
By The Associated Press
Floodwaters roared down scores
of Eastern and Central Oregon
creeks Wednesday, closing high
ways and forcing residents from
their homes.
A warm wind Monday, followed
by daytime temperatures in the
high 60s and above, brought on
heavy snow melt to bring up the
streams.
OVER ROADS
At the same time the Willamette
lapped over some lowland roads
north of Eugene, as that river
came up In response to heavy
week-end rains.
In all cases the prospective dam
age was not great and crests ap
peared near or past.
The Malheur River at Vale
forced half a dozen families from
that Eastern Oregon town as Wil
low and Bully Creeks rose swiftly
Irom the snow-melt. School was
dismissed early Wednesday lor
fear buses might be held up by
water over roads and bridges. At
least two bridges in that area
were known to be out, the Union
Pacific tracks from Ontario to
Burns were covered five feet deep
by a slide 70 feet long, and all
Vale flood depth records were
broken. In two days the river rose
more than 11 feet and only levees
built since a 1925 flood saved the
town from serious damage.
PRIN'EVILLE HIT
PrineviUe, too, felt the surge of
runoff water. Highways in the
Burns area were closed In several
Dlaces. Portland's harbor was dot
ted with scores of logs, chased by
eight tugs, following break-up of
two rafts In the swollen out not
dangerously - flooding Willamette
river, i .
One deth.;.waa itU-ibntod Indirectly-
to the" flood.. GoWie StirrX-
mers, about 60, rancher north, ii
Burns, fell Into an overflowing res
ervoir "as be attempted to put
some boards In place Tuesday. His
body was sought.
Justice Boss
Defends Unit
WASHINGTON 11 Attorney
General McGrath told House in
vestigators Wednesday that except
for the case of T. Lamar Caudle,
he knows of no allegations of Im
propriety against any Justice De
partment official.
McGrath was upholding the cust
om of permitting Justice Depart
ment attorneys to take on outsme,
after-hours work.
He said that if they were barred
from outside activities that sup
plement their income, the depart
ment would lose overnight "a ma
jority of Its best attorneys."
He testified at the first open
hearing of a House Judiciary sub
committee that is looking Into the
Justice Department s operations.
Members cited the case of form
er Assistant Attorney General Cau
dle as an argument for maintain
ing a strict check on the outside
activities of departmental em
ployes. Caudle was fired as head of the
department's tax division on orders
of President Truman last fall for
engaging -In outside activities Tru
man said were incompatible with
his official duties.
I McGrath had sanctioned Caudle's
! mission on the sale of an airplane
I whose original owner had business
j connections with two men whose
taxes were being investisated.
1 MRE MORE MORE MORE
Bureau Sells
Oregon Logs
PORTLAND The Bureau
of Land Management this month
sold 30,289.000 board feet of Ore
gon and California timber for $799.
990, Roscoe Bel), regional admin
istrator, said Wednesday.
Successful bidders included Hult
Lumber Company, Junction City,
Teague Bros. Mill Company, Cres
welli Consumers Cooperative, Asso
ciation Swlsshome; E. K. Wood
Lumber Company, Oakland, Cai
If.; Yoncalla Lumber Company,
Yoncalla: Nordin Lumber Com
pany, Myrtle Cree-i: Bob O. Bish
op. Eagle Point; Timber Products
Company, Mcdford: Bate Lumber
Company, Oranta Pass; Spalding
It Son, Inc.. Grants Pass; Brown
Bros. Lumber Company, Grants
Pass. ' '
Bell said five tracls of timber
on public domain lands would be
sold In April. One tract of 7.34S.
000 board feet will be offered at
oral auction at Bend April 15. On
the same date sealed bids -will be
opened In Portland for 52,000 board
feet of Western Washington tim
ber. "
Three tracts totaling 13,421,000
board feet will be offered at Med
ford April 16, Two will be sold
by sealed bids and the other by
oral auction.
Bend Golfers
Facing Fresh
Spring Hazard
BEND OF) . Golfen
who took advantage of
greeni and fairways r
appearing through the
melting snow, reported 28
deer browsing on the Bend
Golf Club course last week.
It isn't uncommon to see
a deer in the underbrush
near the course, but 28 at
one time is thought a
record.
Solon Boosts
Gruenther
WASHINGTON Wl Chairman
Richards (D.-S. C). of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee sud
Wednesday Gen. Alfred M. Graen
ther would be a "good man" to
head the European Command. II
Gen. Eisenhower returns home.
He said he was not ruling out
tne possime appointment of Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. Com
mander in Korea. ' -
But Richards said Gruenther, as
Eisenhower's chief of staff, has a
better, "grasp of the actual me
chanics" of running the European
headquarters "than anyone else."
Richards' comment followed a
secret committee session In whlcn
Gruenther described military de'
talis or the European buildup.
He was testifying on the new
$7,900,000,000 foreign aid program.
The Senate Foreign Relations
committee, meantime, heard Wil
liam L. Batt, American representa
tive on the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Defense Production
Board.
This also was In closed session
but the group released a statement
by Batt which argued strongly for
600 million dollars of economic aid
for Britain. Batt called it "fully
Justified."
Court Eyes
Theater Tax
SALEM Wl The right of cities
to tax theaters and other amuse
ment places was considered Wed
nesday by the State Supreme Court.
The court heard arguments In
the attempt by two Eugene the
atre companies to have Eugene's
four-year-old amusement tax ol
three per cent thrown out.
Circuit Judge G. P. Skipworth of
Eugene ruled the tax Is valid, and
tfe Eugene Theatre Co. and West
ern Amusement Co. appeales.
They contend the tax Is uncon
stitutional on grounds, it takes
property without due process of
law; that the 830,000 in annual
revenue" produced by the tax is
grossly in excess of what is need
ed: that the tax discriminates
against theatres, and that It is
oppressive.
The high court upheld a Mult
nomah County Circuit Court judg
ment granting $8,830 damages to
I. L. Nicholson In his suit against
O. H. Jones for recovery of the
sale price of timber.
The opinion was written by Jus
tice Hall S. Lusk, and upheld Cir
cuit Judge Martin W. Hawkins of
Portland.
Footprinters
Slate Banquet
Klamath Falls chapter of Inter
national Footprinters will hold a
dinner meeting at 7:30 p. m. at
the Pelican Grill In honor of Grand
Chapter President Roily Morrison
from Tacoma, Wash.
L. G Bergmann. secretary of the
local chapter of Footprinters, said
Morrison is scheduled to address
the group on progress of the organ
ization's Boysville home to be built
tn California.
TO SCHOOL Two Sacred Heart students make today's
special. They are (1 to r): Gerard LaMarche, son of Mr. and
Mrs. August LaMarche, 3226 Homedale; Ebby Lane, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lane, 2869 Wiard. J
Rents To Be l
Controlled
For Year
WASHINGTON Wl The Senate
Banking Committee voted unanU
rnously Wednesday to extend wage,
price and other controls tor one
year.
The authority to Impose controls
Is contained In the Defense Pro
duction Act. This Is due to expire
June 30.
The Banking Committee action
would extend the controls to June
30, 1053.
President Truman has asked a
two-year extension of the act,
which covers wages, prices, rents
and materials.
SOME KINKS 1 ' ' .
A few kinks must be ironed out
Of thp IPO-islntinn at nnntl...
.session Wednesday afternoon be-
uiv tuuiinibwe reporui me
measure to the Senate.
Early action Is expected there.
A House Committee also Is study
ing the controls measure. It has
not yet completed hearings.
Befnrn aHnntlna th r.u
tension proposal, offered by Chair
man mayuuiiK lu.-a. o, i, tne com
mittee beat down 9-4 a move bv
&n. Cnnphail JT -Tn1 . '
tension of only nine months.
MOVE DEFERRED ! -,
Tt riefprrprl . tnn a v.vnHAonl' U.J
Rep. Dlrksen (R.-Ill.), to abolish
en. cuiurois in an out critical de
fense areas. - j i
The nirk.qen nrnnnial Inat K-.
" f Nd lw IUU,
vote, 7- to . i
Rent would be controlled ibr
another year, much as theyarej
now, under the adopted legislation.
The committee compromised onei
administration request to repeal the
present "fats and oils" provision1
IVtaf i.naw .....!, 1 1 ,
...v, uiiuv, I.CI MUU UUtlUillUIUl, guns
imports of most cheese, butter and!
o.iuai iiiuuiku, . ' I
BAN OCT ', '
Tt trnvkJ Aitt tU . ,
- - -vwu wu hill. V 1 caClJk UKV
but substituted a second provision'
wmcn was usea during- me last
war. '.
rrholrman MauVianl. tT B
said this was more llbe.al than thea
present pan ana snouia De accep-
table to President Truman and the
State Department.
Maybank offered the one-yeai(
extension proposal. He said it wa
accepiea Dy a voice vote. ' .
No Clues In i
Huge Robbed
DANVERS. Mass.UI 'Stymie'
In their quest Jor. .clues to the
bold 8681,000 robbery ot an armor
ed truck ' here, police and FBI
agents pushed search Wednesday
for an eyewitness to the huge
theft
Danvers Police Chief Raymond
Kirwln said law officers "can't
find a soul" who saw the money
taken Tuesday from the truck M
it stood unguarded outside a drug
store. Its crew was having coffee.
Three bandits. In a quick and
obviously well-planned .Job, parked
a stolen 1950 Bulck sedan alongside
the truck, entered it without ap
parent difficulty and made off tn
a burst of speed down Danvers'
main street.
"The FBI has combed both
sides of the street," aid Chief
Kirwln, "checking people who were
in stores, but no one was found
who saw It."
The possibility was not ruled
out that some eyewitness hesitated
to come forth with information in
fear of reprisals like the killing
in Brooklyn of Arnold Schuster
after he "fingered" Willie Sutton,
now on trial for bank robbery. '
i
BIBLE BEST SELLER
SINGAPORE im The Bible was
the best-selling book in Malaya last
year.
i Bible societies sold a record II.
j 000 Protestant Bibles In English and
the vernacular languages, the sec
retary of the society said.