essssfe sum ooimvHm
II f FRANK JKNKINH
llulletln from Washington:
General Itldgway, now In the
Fur Knot, succeeds Oeneral Elsen
hower a ti coiniimndor In Europe
Omeral Murk Clink, now coin
ninndrr nl army field forces at
Kin I Munroe, Virginia, succeeds
General Itldgwuy as top com
mander In Asia.
That In lo say:
In lh current re-shuffle, we iirt
mtANU NUW FACES III nil Ilia
bill military Jaba abroad.
igtt
Ilnw'a thin nn n tin for
Ptit Set far Strife Tom
VVi, iMi- , - :
volnra:
Let's follow the mime principle
Mid put UHANU NIGW FAOIOi III
nil the federal alvlllnn Jobs at
home.
Political oddity:
'Ilie federal iiovernmeiit li reach
Iiik nvldlv lor control ol EVERY
THING HUT DAYMOHT-HAVINO
TIME. If It It to work, with even
reasonable satisfaction (or ALL of
us, "davlluhl-aavlng" lima must
be NATIONAL In 111 scope. If we
nie lo monkey with the clock at
II. we should monkey with ALL
the clock.
Hut tho ledernl government
rleurlv wants no pari ol daylight
"saving" lime.
That' modorn iwllllcs lor you.
Speaking of llnio. Lee Wheeler,
of 1310 Shelley street, lolls me that
, without oountliiK Imp years or
jiflluwlng for Interest It would take
Tps 4U4 yean. 133 tiny, one hour
'iind 20 minute to pity olf our
national debt of 300 billion dollar
at the rate ol tl.uuo every minute.
Now. II Homebody will give u
Die odd econd. we'll have Uie
aubjeel squcoscd fairly dry.
A Uiousand riollnri every minute
sounds Ilka a lol ol money. It 18 a
lot of money. It'a nearly a million
and a half dollar every day. In
.1M-daV year, If omewhl more
than hall billion dollar which
I another wav of saving If
better than billion dollar every
two year. Our present federal
administration propone a budnet
ol M billion dollar IN ONE YEAH.
Hit I the point:
Our preitent federal GOVERN
MENT OF BPENDEH8 loose bil
lion around carelessly a our
Inderal government of only few
decade ago would have handled
I'F.NNIEH.
I think lt' high time for u lo
gel a federal government that ha
more reaped lor billion dollars.
w-rnm Ottawa. Canada:
Queen Julian and her husband.
Prince Bernhard. flew home to
The Netherlands Saturday nlKht
alter a four-week lour of Ihe
United States and Csnada.
. . n
wa junn inn a Rooa mrnr
I think so. She aeems a sensible
woman and Bernhard appears to
be a level-headed consort. In her
four weeks over here, she had
lime to see common, ordinary
American (Canadian are North
Americans, too, vou know) In
action. I'll bet she found them
QUITS DIFFERENT Irom the
OFFICIAL Americans that forclitn
erf normally meet. '
I'll bet h goes horn with a
i.ew and better and lileasanler and
'Mmore reassuring Impression of
t vTAmerlca and I'll bet also she noes
vfmne LIKINO AMERICANS BET
TER. It'a too bad more forelnncr
can't vet over here oftener and
stay long; enouah to know the
people that are the REAL America.
For that matter, It'a too bad we
can't get abroad often enouah and
stay long enouah lo gel lo know
the REAL people ol other countries.
If we could. I'll bet we'd quit
thinking of Uiem as "foreigners."
From Washington:
Figured in MINUTES, here Is
ihe time needed In each country
10 earn enough to buy one pound
of each of tho following products.
US Russia
Tea - 49 WW
Beef 31 m
Butler - 30 370
Potatoes .. 3 88
Bread 14
Something to think about:
In Communist Russia, Uie gov
ernment for the past three decades
has been handling ALL LABOR
MATTERS. Including rates ot pay,
which the government sets, and
strikes. WHICH THE GOVERN
MENT OF RUSSIA DOESN'T
PERMIT.
The table shows rather startling
lv what happens to labor when
GOVERNMENT RUNS EVERY
THING. Peace Treaty
Goes to Japs
WASHINGTON W The United
(Hates put the Japnnose peace
treaty Into effect Monday, and So
viet Russia Immediately denounced
LAnd the accomnunylng American-
i Vpsncse security pact as "treaties
lor me preparation 01 a new wnr in
the Far East."
The Russian government assailed
the two pacts In a slntcmenl made
public by Ambassador Alexander
Panyushkln 30 minutes after tho
two treaties went Into effect,
The peace treaty, retiming In
dependence of Japan after nearly
seven years of Allied occupation,
was brought Into forco when the
U. B. deposited Its ratification at
the State Deparmen.
This was nn 11-mlnue ceremony
which Included reading of a stnto-
menl from President Tnunnn hail
ing the reborn nation as a valiant
ally In the struggle against "com
munist Imperialism and aggression
in me rncinc.
Japan's Prlmo Minister Shlgcru
Yoahldn declared the Japnneso
people cnii meet me cnanongo 01
our times."
Then Ihe Russians fired their
stiiicmeni irom ine Bovlel embassy,
Panyushkln called the peace pact
nn "Illegal separate peace treaty
with Japan" concluded In violation
nf the Big Four Moscow conferonco
of 1045.
Ite added:
"The conclusion o( this treaty
shows how far the United Slates
government has gone In Its policy
of converting Jnpnn Into the United
States military bridgehead In the
Far East."
Panyushkln' denunciation Was
In the form of n 1,000-word letter
to Maxwell Hamilton, American
chalrmanmf the 13-nntlon Far East
ern Commission.
PJiiyuhkln is Russia's repre-
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"li)"' . " : "! v""1''" ' sfP. -rlce Five Cet-18 Pfe KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 28. IKZ Telephone 8IU No. 2806
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FRED RUECK
IKiM'iiilhraiiN
OKLAHOMA CITY W There
was no doubt the murrlagc between
II L. lluddleaton, 18. and Mrs
Will Rodman. 73, will be tre
mendous success.
"I've been making; biscuits tor
1)1 ycurs" said tho new Mrs. Ilud
dleMiin. "And he's an old biscuit
enter.
Blast Shakes
Neighborhood
Residents nf the IwelKfiUVIvnn
!n(.Hrlborhood thought they felt an
earUquake at 7:17 3 m. Sunday,
n,0 erih tremor. Uiev said, was
enouuh lo shake the house and
Irnllle Ihe people Inside. But It did
(tunnmr.
In recent vears number of
small sulitrrrsiieiin cnrlh move
ments have sUirllrd neighbor
hoods here in Klamath Falls, and
that added to the speculation Uint
maybe Mother Nature was up lo
something sjnln.
But she wasn't yesterday.
The quake was caused bv blast
ing si Ihe Khimnlh Falls Brick
and Tile Company couple of
blocks away.
Klamath Man
Cited as Hero
F. E. Strunk of Klamath
Falls was one of two Oregon men
praised for his rescue efforts In
connection with the gun turret
expiation aboard the uaa Cruiser
St. Paul last week, according to
the Associated Press,
The other man cited was Harold
O. Yocom Lebanon.
Both men are gunner's mates
First Class. 'Iliey were praised
for their actions during the accident
which saw 31 Navy men dle.-
Strunk Is the husband of Mrs.
Edna Strunk, sivl the son of Mr.
and Mr. Ernem V. Strunk.
New Industry
Starts Here
A new small Industry, the Klam
ath Canning Company, Is In busi
ness now.
The cannery, owned bv Al Towne
and located In the Commercial Arts
building, started production last
week, making potato chowder. It
has five employes nl present, and
Its first order was for 10,000 cans.
Tho chowder features Klamath
potatoes, nnd the other Ingredients
listed on the label nre dehydrated
vegetables (carrots, celery, cab
bage, tomatoes, onions, snlnnch.
sweet peppers nnd parsley), whoat
Hour, vegetable oil, bacon flavor
ing, salt and mono-sodium gluto-mute.
MAN OF THE YEAR Dr. Isaac Spomer, right, receives
the Tulclako "Man of the Year" plaque award and con
gratulallons from Floyd A. Boyd during ceremonies held
in Tulelake Saturday night. Dr. Spomer was recognized
during tho celebration of tho town's "15 Years of Prog
ress." .. - (Story on Pag 6)
RICHARD L. BOKE
I A picture of the flflh member
of tonight's panel, Hsm Anderson,
was mil avsllsble.)
Forum Turns
To Irrigation
Another phase of the Klamath
area s water problem Is to be under
discussion lonleht on the
Hnllrl
the Basin" radio forum over Kf'LW
starling at 8:JU.
The discussion will concern
chiefly future needs and plans for
Irrlgnllun. around Kiamslh Falls
and In other Paris ol the countv.
In the Tulelake area and the Butte
valley count rj.
Richard L. Boke, regional di
rector of the Bur"nu of Reclama
tion, stationed at Bncramento. ha
been etked lo disclose ht aaency's
plans for Ihe estentlon of Irrigation
in this fanning end ranching
region, making moie use of Uie
water resource.
With him on the program will
be E. L. Stephens, manager of Uie
Klamath - Reclamation Project:
f-em A nderson, -representing tho
ncwly-iormed Tulelake Water Dis
trict: Fred Rueck, Farm Bureau
official nnd a Bonnnsa area
rr.ncher; and Percy Dixon of Hen
ley, who has been farming In this
valley since Uie days when It was
largely covered wan sagebrush.
Bud Chandler, KFLW manager.
will be moderator nnd Uie session
Is expecied 10 be highly Informs
live, dealing with a basic economic
question of Ihe Klamath Basin,
Radio listeners will be asked to
participate by telephoning ques
tions to panel members while Ute
program In progcrs. The phone
number Is 8111.
Inasmuch as possible, questions
fhould deal with the Uie of water
for Irrigation and the extension of
Irrigation, rather than branching
off into other phases of water use
such as for power development and
wildlife.
Those phases of the subject are
to be taken up on subsequent pro
grams.
KUHS Runoff
Election Held
Runoff elections for two KUH8
student body offices were being
held at the high school today, with
Clayton Hnnnon and George Han
son vying for president nnd Don
Dexter and George Knight running
for first vice president.
Four other offices were decided
In election last Thursday, but a
clause In the student body consti
tution requires Uiat a candidate
Isn't In until he hus polled a ma
jority of tho votes.
Some 1200 KUHS students and
teachers are eligible to vote
Eiin J
Registered
Vote Total
Drops Here
Despite predictions bv some of s
record registration lor nrlmurv
elections May 16. Klamath County's
poll books show n drop of some
I 259 voters In comparison with the
lino primary figures.
County Clerk Charles DcLap
this morning stated registration of
voters closed April IS with 20.822
voter on the books. That compares
unfavorably with 23,181 registrants
In May of 1050.
DoLap said some 6.000 persons
w,1re d,nPl 'r0" the voters' list
ia,,5r ,Hi'ue ,,ov0l .ta,P,,r''m!;y
"" P.,.D,, i,.vuva U MHV. Villi
UU..M W VJ . MM, IJUI.IU1.
bothered to renew registraUon after
warning by Uie County Clerk's
office they would have Uiclr regis
trations canceled. DcLap added.
The break down of registration
figures show Democrats leading In
the county with a margin 2.3A9.
The overall county picture Is 8155
Republicans and 11.524 Democrats.
The total Is swelled by 243 miscel
laneous registrants of which, only
two acclaimed themselves as So
cialists. In Klamath Falls the poll books
carry 4.071 Republicans. 4.769
Democrats and 66 miscellaneous.
Outside the city ore 5.084 Repub
licans. 6.755 Democrats and 175
miscellaneous, In which Are. In
cluded Ihe two Socialists.
For the 1S60 primary elections
therr were 9.348 Republicans reg
Irtored, 12.527 Democrats, and 308
listed as miscellaneous.
DcLap said new registrations
made ud. to a certain amount, for
the 4.000 persons who did not renew
their registrations.
Ring Recovered
After Injury
VANCOUVER. Wash. CPl Mrs.
Ann Back. 69. suffered a broken
leg and other Injuries when she
was hit by a car while crossing
street here Saturday night.
At Uie hospital she discovered
the diamond from her ring was
missing. Police Patrolmen Elvln
Morris, Joe Swain and Harold
Clark founir the diamond In a 10-
minute search with flashlights.
Parents Seek Return 6 f Baby
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moore.
Hawthorne. Ncv.. were to go to
Circuit Court Monday to ask the
return ol Mrs. Moore's 4-monin-
old daughter, Tamara Mlchele
Powell, who Is held at Uie Juvenile
Home.
The child was brought from the
Nevada town to Klamath County
bv Mr. and Mrs. Francis. F.
Sharkey, and as a result a kid
naping charge was filed In Haw
Uiorne agalns them.
Mrs. Moore slfrncd tho complaint.
nnd after the Sharkcys hnd been
located working on a ort Knmaui
ranch, the baby with them, Inst
Thursdoy Uie complaint was dis
missed. Mrs. Moore brought an
order of dismissal with her.
The Sharkcys were held in the
County Jail a few hours Thursday,
and released because of Insuf
ficiency of evidence.
Mrs. Moore said she and her
husband had hnd a quarrel some
weeks ago and that he left Haw
thorne lo go to Indian Springs,
Nov., to work near the atomic
bomb rnnge.
Mrs. Moore, a waitress, decided
to let the Sharkcys keep the baby-
while she went back to work, and
signed a paper giving them tem
porary custody of the baby, That
was In case her husband went to
the Sharkcys and tried to get tho
child, Mis. Moore snld.
The Shnikeys left Hawthorne
April 12, taking tho bnby with
them. They said here they told
Mis. Moore they were going to
leave the state to look for work.
After arrlvliur at Fort Klnmath
they wrote Mrs. Moore, telling her
Ihe baby was In good health. Tho
kidnaping charge was brought
when Mrs, Moore learned where
Mr. and. Mrs. Shnrkcv were stnv-
lug.
Moore snld lie was work tic at
Indian Springs aivl did not learn
of the baby's dlsnppenrnace until
uis vages ponce told mm about it.
The baby Is Mrs. Moore s by
previous marriage.
Mr. and Mrs-. Moore started for
Klamath Falls Friday night, ar
riving Saturday afternoon.
MClinwh le. Uttlc Tnninra Mlchele
had been Dlaced In the Juvenile
Home on n dependency petition.
and whether Uie bnhy Is to-be
oiiirnen 10 Mr. and Mrs, Moore
la un to Circuit Judire David. R.
Vandenberg.v ,- .
Search Stopped
or 176
Lost
Stores May
Go 'Daylight'
Member of Klamath Merchants
Association will probably go on
voluntary daylight time this week,
if legal action Is not taken by City
Council tonight to proclaim last
time lor Klamath Falls.
After a conference with city of
ficials this momlng, Merchants
Association President Frank Drew
said the merchants expressed them
selves in favor of establishing the
false fast time by opening and
closing Uieir stores an hour earlier.
Mavor Robert A. Thompson said
he and Uie City Council would
probably not take any legal action
on the situation at tonight s councu
session.
Mayor Thompson said' It would
take more Uian a week to set up
machinery for proclamation of day
liRht lima tn, me city and legality
of the procedure might not be too
urm.
The Mavor said a phone call
with Med'ford city olficlals re
vealed Medford would stay on
standard time with merchants
there adopting Uie voluntary lost
time status.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California
day; high onday 61. low Monday
Mostly sunny Monday and rues
day; high Monday 62, lew Monday
night 32. high Tuesday 68.
High Sunday 70
Low last night 31
Precip last 24 hrs 0
Since Oct. 1 14.31
Normal for period 10.15
Same period last year 12.95
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TAMARA MICHELE POWELL, aged four months, was
the central figure in" an abortive kidnaping case after
she was brought from Hawthorne, Nev,, to Klamath Coiin-"
ty. The kidnap charge against Mr. and Mrs. Francis F.
Sharkey has been dismissed. The baby is shown with Mrs.
Marian Houghtallng, matron at the Juvenile Home.
Seamen
in Crash
WASHINGTON m The skipper
of Uie Aircraft Carrier Wasp which
knifed into a destroyer in mid-Atlantic
seas Saturday night, report
ed Monday that the 178 seamen
listed as missing apparently died
Ip. the disaster, one of Uie worst
in the Navy's peacetime history.
The giant carrier rammed into
the Hobson, a destroyer converted
Into a minesweeper, when Uie Hob
son crossed its bow during night
maneuvers 700 miles from shore.
The Wasp weighed 25 times as
much as Uie Hobson.
A search by Navy ships and
fliers was called off at sundown
Sunday but the Navy refused to
write off the victims of the colli
sion as dead. It listed them as
"tentatively missing."
61 RESCUED
All the missing were aboard
the Hobson. The Wasp, which re
ported no casualties, picked up 61
men from the choppy seas.
The Wasp's skipper. Capt. B. C.
McCaifree, of Canova, S.D., said
these "turned out to be all the
survivors.'.'
The disaster took place In murky
darkness " on calm seas.- Several
hours later, , rising winds had
whipped Up swells as high as 25
, ...
The 1,600-ton Hobson and the
27.100 ton asp, both of which
had distinguished records In World
War n, were part of a task force
enroute to Uie Mediterranean.
Some of the survivors were re
ported to be crlticaUy Injured.
The Wasp, two gaping holes In
her bow, limped home to port at
a speed of eight knots.
McCaffree radioed Atlantic Fleet
Headquarters at Norfolk. Va., that
the Hobson spilt in two and sank
four minutes after Uie collision.
Lawrence E. Dame, staff writer
for the Boston Herald, who was on
one of Uie ships .In the convoy.
gave this descrlpUon of the scene
minutes after Uie collision:
"A tempestuous sea strewn with
(Continued on Page 4.)
Sr.v J I
Clark Gets
Command
In Far East
WASHINGTON Ml Gen. Matthew
B. Rldgway was appointed Monday
to succeed Oen. Eisenhower as
supreme allied commander la
Europe.
President Truman announced at
the same time the appointment of
Cen. Mark W. Clark to succeed
Ridgway as Uie U.N. commander
in Korea and commander in chief
of the U.S. Armed Forces In Uie
Far East.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther will
continue as chief of staff to the
Supreme Allied Commander in Eu
rope. This is Uie post be baa held
under Eisenhower.
CONFIDENCE
Truman said In a statement:
"I have every confidence that
Generals Ridgway and Gruenther
wiu make an outstanding team lor
our common and defense effort."
Ridgway's appointment and El
senhower's release as Supreme Al
lied Commander "vlU become ef
fective aporoximatly June 1.
The President said he 'was con
tinuing Gruenther as chief of staff
"in accordance wiin oen. mog
wsy's desires."
Gen. Clark is now commander of
army field forces at Fort Monroe,
v '
The President said " Clark will
continue in the Far East "the pol
icies which have been so abry-carw
ried out by Oen. Kingway wiui re
gard to the United nations action
in Korea. Including. If possible, the
achievement of an honorable armi
stice." - - - -
Ridgway Sees
'Great Task'
TniCYn Tuesday. Anrtl 29 W
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway said to
day he was accepting appointment
as Supreme Allied Commander in
Europe "with fuU realization of Uie
ereat task ahead of me."
Ridgway issued a statement in
Uie early morning hours saying he
was "honored" by the confidence
shown in him by the appointment
to succeed Gen. Eisenower.
He had a good word for Eisen
hower as weu as for Gen. Mark
W. Clark, who wiU succeed him
here as Commander of United Na
tions and U.S. forces in Japan and
Korea.
"With fuU realization of Uie great
task ahead of me," be said, "I ap
proach this new assignment thank
ful for the great organization work
.lone by my distinguished prede
cessor and confident of Uie con
tinued support not only of my own
country, but of all free countries
represented by Uie North Atlantic
Council. "
Ridgway said he was leaving the
Far East command "with deep re
gret," and praised all members
of his command.
"It is with equaUy deep regret
that I depart from Japan where,
through close association, I have
become an ardent admirer of the
great qualitites of her lenders and
of her people. , .," he added.
"I am happy, however, that mv
responsibilities here will be relin-,
quisned to Uen. Mark W. Claris. ;
for whose great abilities I have the 1
highest admiration." :
The change in command will be ,
come effective about June 1. Clnrk
now Is commander of Army Field
Forces.
Ridgeway's appointment reached
here at an early hour today and
was received witn enthusiasm.
Ike Praises .
NATO Chiefs
BAD OEYNHAUSEN nmni
ffl Gen. Eisenhower said Mon
day the appointment of Gen. Ridg
way as supreme commander, with
Gen. GrucnUier as chief of staff,
provided the "finest combination
the American services nan nrnrlurn
for the European command."
Elsenhower heard of Uie appoint
ments while he was on a farewell
visit to the British troops under his
command In Germany. He told a
small group of reporters:
"Things win be lu good hands."
Eisenhower said:
' "You have got in Gen. Ridgway
one of our splendid leaders, proved
In several campaigns. He Is a
great friend of Oen. Oruenther and
exactly four years older their
birthdays are on the same day.
-we could not do better.
"Ridgway Is a cultured and very
accomplished man and a linguist.
"He very much believes In the
principle of collective security. He
wlU get along; splendidly with the
Europeans,"
Two Basin
Mills Face
Shutdowns
Members of the CIO Woodworkers
union at Klamath Basin Pins MUM
and Car-Ad-Co here are scheduled
to Join some 50,000 timber workers
In five states in a strike at mid
night tonight.
The Associated Press reported
from Portland late today that con
tract negotiations remained dead
locked.
Tim Sullivan, of the Klamath
Basin District Council 1WA-CIO
said employes affected at the two
Klamath plants totalled about 2&0.
Negotiations with the Lumber
men's Industrial Relations Com
mittee, a major fir Industry em
ployer group, were broken off Fri
day and A. F. Hartung, president 1
of the Woodworkers, said Monday
there were no developments.
No meetings have been held re
cently with pine operators in North
ern California and South Central
Oregon, he reported, earlier.
Major stumbling block la a
health and welfare program for
workers. The union wants employ
ers to finance it at a cost of about
8 hi cents per hour per worker.
Employers insist the workers
should pay for It themselves.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
already has agreed to finance the
program for its 8,000 workers. It
also granted a 7 li cent hourly
pay Increase, three additional holi
days and an Increased night dif
ferential. Other employer groups have
made about the same offer, but
without the company financed
health program.
The union negotiating committee
met Mondav to hear reports, but
Hartung said Uie strike would go
on as scheduled unless some last
minute settlements are made.
Ex-Klamath
Man Killed !
Word was Teeelved here of the
death near New Orleans, La., Frt
day night of Lt. Keith Nebiker,
USN, in a plane crash.
Lt- Neblker 'Was based at Klam
ath Naval Air Station during
World War Two, and was em
ployed for a short while by the
Firestone store. . '
While here he married the daugh
ter of Mrs. Maurice . Crystal. Sur
vivors in this area are Mr. and .
Mrs. O. V. Reeves of Merrill.
Funeral services are to be held
Wednesday at SpringvUle, Utah.
General Faces
Court Martial
WASHINGTON W The Army
Monday brought court martial
charges against Ma). Gen. Robert
W. Grow, former military attache
in Moscow whose diary was copied
by Communist agents in Germany
last year.
The Army announcement by Sec
retary Face said that Grow had
been charged with "improperly re
cording classified military lniorma
tion in private records and failing;
properly to safeguard classified
military information."
The Army announced this step.
Face said, after ir.vestlgaUons here
and abroad. - '
Grow had written In the diary
that he thought war with Russia
was Imminent.
Gen. Grow has been assigned to
the headquarters of the Second
Army at Fort Meade, Md., since
his return from Europe.
His case has been referred to
the commander of Uie Second
Army, who will hold further hear
ings to determine whether Uie
charges shall be referred to a for
mal court martial. -
L
SAVING HER best smile
for the 9 O'clock Camera-,
man this morning was Mrs.'
Don Goldlng, 2105 Recla
mation. She is secretary t6
E. L. Stephens, Bureau of
Reclamation manager here.
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