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TMJE
lly KltANK JICNKINR
I suppose you're familiar with
Dr. Hewlett Jultiisoii, England's
"led uean" ol Canterbury, w ll 0
him Juki returned from trip U
Korea mid la asserting Hint Ameri
cana DID uo germ warfare llioro.
His charge allrred m a hornet'
neat, mid Ills demand was made
In Uin house ol uimiinoiui veater
ilnv Hint ho bo fired Irom his loll
U brouiiht Irom Wlualon Churchill
lllli chsraclerlalla statement:
"Dr. Hewlett Jiillllliun III u t be
tolerated A8 PART OP THE
I'llICt; OF FKEB SPEECH."
Thai bring to mlnr Voltalro's
rlomlc phrase In Ilia letter to
Helvollus:
"I dlanpprove of what vou aay.
but I will defend to tha doath
your right to sav It."
Both Churchill's wurda and Vol
lalrr'a. I think, contain the KB
HENCE nl what wlo and tolerant
and enllKlilenrd neonle term
LIHF.RAI.IHM a word that hn
been badly niUuaed by politicians
In recent decadea.
I wna reading Churchill's state
nient Ui the commons nn the tele
type Uila niornliiK and one ol II w
bnva In our radio room waa looking
over inv nhouldrr.
"Wlial Churchill meana," he re
marked, "la that II you let tho
iTauka talk enouuh they'll defeat
theinaelvmt."
1 Uiought he put It preltv woll.
I'd like to add that In our
nolltlca today we have loo much
of the aplrll of YOU'llE A MAR
and loo llllle of Ihe lolernnl anlrll
of Wlnalon Churchill and Voltnlro
(whose real name, by the way.
waa Krancloa Marie Arouet; Vol
taire waa merely hl pen name.)
That bring u back to pollllce
which, wllh the two but parly
convenllnnt held In Dili month, la,
I suppose, Inevitable.
We've been hearing and reeding
a lot in the Iiaal few dava about
he allck 'alraleiiy that won for
Jke at Chicago, ll leaven me cold.
Ilere'a what won tor Ike:
Million of people ' FAITH
In him aa tha kind ol man they
want for their leader. Tho Republi
can delegates at Chicago were In
the main JUST PEOPLE. A de
elslve malorlty of lliem shared
Ihla FAITH In Ike.
80. when Ihe time came, thev
voled their convlclioiu and their
faith and Ike won the nomination.
Thal'i the loin mid tho ahort
of it.
The professional polMeans like
to make u think politics la a
complicated. Intricate, highly
akllled trade that only they under
aland. If thev ever let ua net the
Idea that pollllca. In Ha truest
aeruw. la almplv the INSTINCT of
Ihe people lor betu-r leaderahlp
and sounder government, they'll bo
aunk.
Thev know It. and ao thev give
ua all Ihla double talk about the
"alraleay" lliey provide for us.
I'd like to make radical state
ment here:
In theao dan or radios television,
ably edited and well-written magn
sines and Increnalng numbers
ol OBJECTIVE. UNPREJUDICED
newspapers that are more Intent
on bringing their readers an ac
curate picture of what la going on
ar.1 why than In winning elections,
the profeaalonal politician who
makes a living by "handling" the
people Is becoming about as out
of date as a dinosaur.
I hope Ike doein't gel Impressed
liv all this profeaalonal palter
about political "strategy." I hope
he parries the losded trick auca
lions thsl will be addressed to
him aa sklllullv aa he parried
enemy offensives In the ETO and
gives simple, honest answers to
all the almple, honest questions
put to him by almple. honest
people who want to know.
If he'll Just BE HIMSELF from
hero on out, he'll find on the
fourth day of next November that
he has done pretty well.
If vou want an example of how
that works, take a look at Winston
Churchill. All his lite, he hss
BEEN HIMSELF. Never has he
been anvthlng but Just Winston
Churchill.
As a result, he Is probably the
most TRUSTED leader on earth
today.
fire Sears
Huge Orchard
WHITE SALMON, Wash, lift
A pear orchard, reported to be one
of the world's lament, apparently
was out of danger Tuosday from
a fire that continued to spread un
controlled through ncai by (ureal
slash.
The fire which started on the
Roy Burlcy logging operation Mon
day raced through dry weeds Into
the Mount Adams orchard and
burned 30 to 40 acres of young
trees before being halted by Wash
ington slate forestry crews, log
gers and orchard workers. They
were aided by a diminishing wind.
But the orews still wore fighting
the flumes which had covered
some 100 acres of slash In the
area 10 miles north of here.
State Forester Bernard Orcll
said 60 men and nine Caterpillars
had been sent to the fire lines and
more were on the way. He suld a
fairly strong wind was forecast In
the area Tuesday.
The o r e h a r d, managed by
John Blaxom, Portland.
Twelve homes occupied by or
chsrd workers were ordered evac
uated Monday afternoon when the
flames continued to sprend before
a brisk wind. The wind died down,
however, and no buildings were
lost.
The fire was the only major one
In Washington, Orcll said. He said
Washington had 13 other fires Mon
day but they burned only five
acres,
Flro conditions are orltlcnl east
of the Cascado Mountains but arc
not critical oil the west side, ho
suld.
NOT GUILTY
BALJTM Wl Albert William
Karnes, charged with tho axe mur
der of Mrs. Susan Litchfield, 81,
pleaded innocent Monday by ron
ton of menial defectiveness.
Councilmen Study
Park Road Repair
By HALF. BCARItKOUUII
Something should ba done this
summer to fix up Moore Park
ruada, member ol the City Council
seemed agreed last night, but
whether It can be done legally Is
another matter.
In the current budget, no money
Is specifically earmarked lor road
Irnpiuvemeiil or repair In city
parka. 'Hie Park Hoard some weeks
ago exked that money for the re
pairs he budgeted, but ll wasn't,
ami last nlghl Allred Collier, mem
ber of the Park Board, came be
fore the Clly Council to ask for
aume help.
Ho pointed out that largely
through his efforts the clly Is going
to gel about $33,000 more money
In upend on alreela and roads this
year than last Ihe money coming
Irom the county treasury and aald
he leela the city should do some
work on tho about lour miles of
roads In the park.
COUNTY SHARK
Last year the city got $28,700
from the county as Its share of
road money, and this year about
SM.OOO will be forthcoming from
that source. Collier also la a mem
ber cl the county Hudget Com
inllteo which budgeted Ihe extra
funds. Hie money comes, he ssld,
primarily from Increased revenues
received from sale of O it C tim
ber. However, members of Ihe Coun
cil are doubtful whether they can
spend any money on the park
roads, since none waa budgeted
specifically for that purpoae. Most
of the money spent on clly streets
Malin Pioneer
Found Dead
One of the Malln area's eldest
residents, Joseph Kotcra. 82. was
found dead In a garage at the
Frank Vlclorln home yesterday
afternoon, apparently a suicide.
He had hanged himself from a
rafter In the garage.
Deputy-Sheriff Dick Flnnell said
Kolera had last been seen alive
about 10 a m., and his body was
discovered by hu son-in-law. Prank
Vlclorln. and grandson. Bob, In
nild-atternoon.
The aged man had been In poor
heullh for wine time and also
reportedly had grieved over the
death of an old friend and fellow
Malln area pioneer, Mrs. Elisabeth
Vlctotln, some months ago.
Kolera was a native of Ctech
eslavakla and earns to Klamath
County in 1910, settling near the
town of Malln on a ranch.
The body was taken to Ward's
Funeral Home and funeral ar
rangements are to ba announced
later.
US. Destroyer
Hit By Reds
WASHINGTON (PI The Navy
reported Tuesday the deatrover
Southerland was hit four times In
a duel Willi enemy shore batteries
off Korea's East Coast Sunday.
Eight enlisted crewmen received
"minor Injuries."
The announcement ssld thst most
of the Injured "presumably re
turned to duty."
During Uie 24 minute battle,
more than 300 rounds of five-inch
shells were poured onto Commu
nist gun emnlscements, silencing
live of the seven shore batteries.
The desirover returned to the
firing line three hours after re
ceiving the hits.
This was the second time the
Souiherland had duelled with
enemy shore bslterles. The first
enHsgenient was during the Inchon
landings In 1950.
Four Klamath
Men Drafted
Four Klnmalh Falls men left
yeslerduy lor Portland and In
duction Into Uie armed forces.
They were: Raymond LcRoy
Coleman, 33: Clclus Oene Hover,
33: Lawronre Lee Wilkinson, 33
and Alvln Clinton Daniel, 34.
In addition, two others trans
ferred to California Selective Serv
ice boards, were scheduled for in
duction in the samo call, They
were Gilbert Klnkle, 35, trans
ferred to Willows, and Homer
Holls Wyles, 34, transferred to Oro
vlllc. One man, Billy Pickett, 33, of
4857 Clinton, is scheduled for In
duction Aug. 14.
Three men were sent to Port
land today for physical examina
tions by tho local Selective Serv
ice board. -
'No Comment'
On Ike Visit
Whether or not Dwlghl D. Elsen
hower, Republican presidential
nominee, will visit Klamalh Falls
during tho stato American Legion
convention late this month was still
a question at press tlmo today.
Elsenhower had said neither aye
nor nay In response to Invitations
from local Legionnaires and Re
publican lenders.
In Snlcm, Gov. Douglas McKay
said ho had Invited Elsenhower to
visit Oregon and there was a
chance 110 might ncccpl.
Legionnaires hero havo been ad
vised by Elsenhower's headquar
ters that tho general Is "very much
interested" In the Klamath Falls
lnvltntlon.
Tho stntn Legion convention
opens here July 35,
is derived from gasoline taxes and
it haa been the policy of the city
not to apend gas tax money on
park roadways.
City Engineer Taxi Thomas was
uiatructed to make an estimate of
how much the needed repalra
would cost, and the matter was
held over for further study.
Mostly minor matters occupied
the attention of the Council last
nlghl. They Included:
BUILDING PERMITS
Approval of 116.550 worth of
building permits, among them per
mits for new residencea at 653
Conger and 3801 California.
Approval of replacing a stop algr
at the foot of Hillside Stiect, .
Die Alameda corner. "
Request to the Public Em' Jb.
Retirement Commission lo4r
mission to retain Dr. Jar
Hunt, meat and dairy Inspect.
and Anna Rlcharda, library em-
Sloye, on the Job for another year,
oth are of retirement age.
Approval of the 1053-53 city budg
et without change.
Authorization for Building In
spector Vern Schortgen to make
needed repairs on the City Hall
roof.
Authorisation to Cemetery Su
perintendent John Lee to buy about
750 worth of reinforcement steel.
SWIMMING POOL
Decision to meet next Monday
wllh Wesley Blnls, Lansing, Mich.,
swimming pool engineer, to hear
his views on local swimming pool
construction.
Announcement of a meeting at
I o'clock tonight at the Fire Hall
for clly employes Interested In
possibly switching from the now
used public employes retirement
plsn to federal social security.
Introduction of a rezonlng ordi
nance to change the classification
of an area across Uie Southern
Pacific yard aivt tracks I r o m
Cla n residential to Industrial.
The area to be rezoned Ilea from
the tracks to Richmond, between
Darrow and the present business
district on East Main.
NATATORIUM
Recreation Director Bob Bonney
announced that business at the
KUHS nalalorlum is picking up
thst in recent days pool employes
have had to limit soma swimmers
to just an hour In the water during
the afternoons to make room for
the crowds. Most of the swimmers
are youngsters, he said.
Bonney also said he would ask
the Klamalh Falls Softball Associ
ation to ask lis members to make
a little less noise at Conger field,
particularly around 10 o'clock at
night when the games are break
ing up. 8 o m a residents of the
Conger area have complained, he
aald, of excessive noise and horn
honking. Government
Frees Steel
WASHINGTON l.fl In a move
aimed at checking the spreud of
Industrial Idleness, the government
freed for civilian use Mondny all
steel not needed by the mllltarv.
Production Chief Henry H. Fow
ler ssld the action clears the way
for smsll and medium-sited manu
facturers to keep producing such
goods as washing machines, va
cuum cleaners, metal furniture and
household appliances.
Steel stocks needed for the de
fease effort, however, remain sub
ject to the embargo on Uie eve
of the steel strike that began June
Fowler said in announcing the
action that It will "help avert somo
shutdowns In the nation's manu
facturing plants and minimize
further unemployment."
Langlie Proud
Of GOP Action
OLYMPIA W Gov. Langlie re
turned from Uie Chicago political
wars Tuesday, proclaiming the re
birth of the Republican party.
Langlie, one of Uie leaders In
the fight to nominate Gen. Dwight
D. Elsenhower as U10 Republican
candidate for president, beamed as
he told reporters his reactions to
the OOP convention.
"It was tremendous," he said.
"I felt as though I sat in on the
rebirth of the Republican party."
The chief executive, who plans
to file for reelection some tlmo
this week, said he will campaign
for Eisenhower as he conducts his
own bid for another term as gov
ernor. Commenting on possible damage
caused by the Taft-Elsenhower
split, Langlie predicted that the
number of Taft men who will leave
the Republican party because of
Elsenhower'a nomination will be
more than offset by the number of
Independents and Democrats who
will vote for Uie general.
"There would have been certoln
people who would have left the
party If we had nominated Abra
ham Lincoln," the chief executive
quipped. "They would have said he
was socialistic or something simi
lar." Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Fair through tomorrow exoept for
possible thunder ahowera In the
mountains. Low tonight 52, high
tomorrow 82.
High yesterday 88
Low last night - 6.1
Preclp yesterday 0
Preelp alnce Oct. 1 17.11
Same period last year 14.84
Normal for period . , 12.21
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CHANGING THE POLITICAL SCENE Democrats are beginning to move into Chicago now;
that the Republican National convention is history. Workman James Albright (left) and his
son, Jere, are hanging a sign "Russell for President" on tha former Taft booth on tha ninth
floor of tha Conrad Hilton hotel. Booth will be used by Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia in his
campaign seeking tha Democratic presidential nomination.
United States
Returns Home
NEW YORK W The super
liner United Slates, new queen of
the seas; cams" home Tuesday-to
a roaring reception with another
Jewel In her crown.
Droning planes loomed overhead
and vessels In the harbor sent up
a thunderous chorus of welcoming
whistles as Uie big ship docked
at the end of her double speed
conquest of Ihe Atlantic.
In marine annals, it was a his
toric homecoming. Twice., on her
Maiden voyage, the sleek. 63.000
ton liner had far outstripped past
oceun-croslng records, both east-
bound and westbound.
As the new record-holder tied up
at her Hudson River pier at 4:13
a.m. (PSTI. she was grven a noisy
demonstration of homage that
echoed up and down the water
front and across Uie big harbor.
Fircboots spewed sunlit arches
ol water. Bands blared on deck
and ashore. Pnssengers Jammed
Uie decks, waving and shouting.
in setting the new east-west re
cord, the trim, black-hulled United
Slates had covered Uie 3.000 miles
in Uiree days, 13 hours and 13
minutes nine hours and 36 min
utes quicker than ever before.
A pressing throng of more than
1.000 people, eager for a glimpse
of the new ship's triumphant re
turn. Jammed the vicinity of the
46th SI. pier.
After laying at anchor overnight
in the outer harbor. Ihe new ship
begnn her leisurely glide Into port
about dawn.
A herd of tugboats scooted about
her, and harbor ferry boats tooted
lustry greetings as me snip passea
the Statue of Liberty and rounded
tho Buttery. Manhattan's southern
tip.
Commodore Harry Manning,
skipper of the ship, said he was
"very proud and happy that I ac
complished what I did."
The fast voyago brought the
mythical blue ribbon for Atlantic
crossings to this country for the
first time in a century. Britain's
Queen Mary had held It since 1938.
The United States beat both the
cast and west records of the Bri
tish Cunard liner Queen Mary, bet
tering tho Queen Mary's eastward
rccotd by 10 hours and two min
utes. Man Skids
Down Shasta
DUNSMU1R. Calif. HI An
amateur mountain climber lost his
fooling and plunged down almost
a milo of 14.165 foot, snow-blnnkct-
ed ML Shasta Monday.
Don O'Neill. 34. said he used
swimming tactics to save his
life:
"I kept mv head, used mv toes
as brakes and steered between
rocks wllh my arms."
His companion and fellow rail
way postal clerk at Oakland, Calif.,
Carl Miller said Dan's foot
slipped on a slick rock and: .
"He was gone. All there was
was a cloud of snow. I never
Uiought I'd see him nllve again."
Miller scrambled down O'Neill's
lrnll--nn arduous hour's descent
that Wnn estimated he covered In
90 seconds (at 40 MPH.)
He found Dan sitting on a took
nt a point where the slope levelled
off.
O'Neill got off with snow burns
and hutre bnilr.es.
Ho still plans to climb snasui
before his vacntlon ends.
'eiens
TAFT!Sffii
-TJL"n ' Uv
Candidates 'Ganging-Up'
Says Kef auver Manager
; . By BtLMAN.MORIN , ., .
CHICAGO m Gael Sullivan,
campaign manager for Sen. Estes
Kefauver, asserted Monday that
backers of other Democratic can
didates are "ganging up" to stop
Kefauver from winning the parly's
nomination for president.
Sullivan told a news conference
his accusation was based on "re
ports."
He read a long statement which
said:
"In Chicago next week we want
to be free of those fixers and
masters of Uie double cross. To
them, a sellout of Uie people Is
never Important. If there are . any
deals to be made, it Uie price is
right, they want to make them
behind closed doors. They cannot
do it out In the open before the
eyes 01 Uie nation. "
REPORTERS
Reporters questioned Sullivan
closely for details of Uie alleged
deals, and for names.
He said, "the statement speaks
for itself." He said, however, he
does not Include either President
One Killed In
Fairbanks Fire
FAIRBANKS. Alaska Wl Punc
tured by explosive bursts of llame,
a fire raced through the old Pio
neer Hotel here early Monday,
leveling the three-story structure
111 two hours and leaving at least
one person dead.
Police Chief Floyd Clower listed
five persons as missing and said
eight were hospitalized with burns.
Clower said the toll may go higher,
as firmcn start probing the ashes
of the wooden building Tuesday.
He pointed out that only 180 of
the 2o0 persons registered at the
hotel had reported In to police
headquarters 30 hours after the
lire had died down, despite urgent
radio and newspaper pleas.
He expressed Uie possibility, how
ever, that many of the more than
50 yet unaccounted for would show
up Tuesday. He said some who1 es-
capcj we names may aireaay
have left the city.
Tho one listed victim was identi
fied as Bill Vanderpool, an Alaska
Freight Lines employe who died In
a hospital of burns.
Clower said Uie fire apparently
started on the second floor stair
landing of this city's second larg
estand oldest hotel and mush
roomed rapidly, roaring up the
Under-dry wooden stairs and block
ing the third floor exit.
. A llcht rain, tlnced wllh an eerie
half-light in this land of the mid
night sun, kept the flames from
spreading to three nearby build
ings, although the hotel Itself, was
burned to the ground.
. 1 FIRE BEATEN
PRINEVILLE Wt State forest'
crews brought under control Tues
day a night-long fire that started
at a logging operation nine miles
east of Sisters.
The fire burned 320 aorcs of
logged off lond before being
stopped. The crews battled the
names Uirougn ine nignt. jne lire
was blamed on an . overheated
power saw..
To -Shaver
ppt
Truman or Prank McKinney,
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, among those he
suspects of participating In a stop-
neiauver coalmen.
In fact, he said, the other Demo
cratic candidates themselves may
not be parties to Uie alleged plot.
A reporter asked who Is arranging
it, and Sullivan replied, "their
backers."
Asked If he considered it pos
sible that Uie candidates could be
unaware of what their supporters
are doing, he replied, "it could be."
A great many Democrats have
arrived in Chicago early to confer,
tack up signs, make predictions
and generally build up a full head
of steam for Uie National Con
vention thst opens Monday.
This Is a multi-candidate con
vention, wide as the great open
spaces.
QUESTION MARKS
Consequently, It Is full of question-marks,
hot and cold running
rumors, speculation and ballyhoo.
The backers of Uie various as
pirants and one of Uie candi
dates, himself have been dis
cussing Uie situation, fore and aft
only points of agreement are that:
1 Nobody Is going to be named
on the first ballot, or even on an
"early" ballot; Some guesses on
roll calls ranges up to 10.
2. Kefauver will hop out In
front at Uie start, (but his lieuten
ants and supporters of Uie other
men disagree about . what will
happen after that.)
3. Somebody Is going to get a
powerful lift from President Tru
man and all Uie candidates are
looking hopefully toward Uie White
House for a sign In Uie. sky.
C of C Starts
Recruit Drive
"Build Uie Basin." The Klamath
Chamber of Commerce's industrial
expansion program, got off to a
strong start last night with an en
thusiastic and surprisingly big
meeting at the Willard Hotel.
This morning, nine teams began
a membership drive that is the
first and most important phase of
"Build Uie Basin, a campaign so
broad and complex that It should
be backed by a Chamber of Com
merce at least twice as strong as
Uie present body.
The membership teams repre
sent nine divisions ot cnamoer
membership: agriculture; automo
tive and transportation: construc
tion, finance, utilities, manufactur
ing and wholesale: hotels, motels
and restaurants: professional; real
estate and Insurance; retail; serv
ice and diversified.
Automotive and transportation
had the biggest member turnout
last night and put together a team
of 16 members. Service and diver
sified was second with 15.
Oscar Oabbert, member of a
firm of national advisors for such
chamber programs, said last
night's meeting was the best show
of strength proportionately he had
ever encountered.
The chamber now has 426 mem
bers and the membership drive
goal Is set for at least doubling
of that number.
Two report luncheons are sched
uled tins ween, Wednesday ana
Friday noon in the Willard Hotel
Blue Room. ...
Candidate
Plans Long
Vacation
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
DENVER UTI Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower looked forward eager
ly Tuesday to a vacation of trnut
fishing and perhaps some golf be
fore turning full attention to "a
long, hard campaign" as the Re-
puoncan presidential nominee.
The General and Mrs. Eisen
hower arrived here Monday night
after a four-hour flight Irom Chi
cago where he won the OOP
nomination last Friday and got
a big ovation from several thous
and persons on hand to welcome
them.
Eisenhower' gave the cheering
crowd a broad smile, waved his
hat, then stepped to a microphone
and said:
"When we left here a week ago
Thursday I made a prophesy:
that good, common honest Ameri
cans would be In charge of Uie
Republican convention and they
were.
CAMPAIGN
"There's a long, hard campaign
ahead of us. Every one of us has
got to work and scrap. I can't
think of a better place (than
Denver) for a long breath for
what is ahead of us.
"We're, glad to be back."
Then he got Into an open car
and rode seven miles to the Brown
Palace hotel with Mayor Quigg
Newton of Denver and Got. Can
Thornton of Colorado.
Aides to Uie general believe he
soon may name what one Eisen
hower leader called "a sort of
chief of staff for campaign opera
tions.
JOB DESCRIBED
Walter Williams of Seattle, chair
man ot the National Citizens for
Eisenhower Committee, described
the Job that way after conferring
with Eisenhower Monday.
Williams said Uie general talked
aooui creating sucn a post, ana
that he had made it plain the Job
would be different from that of
campaign manager an assign
ment now open.-
The chief of staff, Williams said,
would be Eisenhower's personal
representative who would take
charge of Eisenhower's own head
quarters. Williams speculated that a man
ager -may not be named to re
place Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massacnusetts. wno nas resigned
to devote more time to his own
campaign for re-election to the
senate.
Multi-Charged
Man Arrested
Bespectacles. 28-year-old Rudy
Ritterbusch was not feeding State
Police a line when he told them
he was wanted all over Uie coun
try for various crimes.
Ritterbusch was arrested Sunday
for a traffic law Infraction, and
after some discussion with officers
related that he was "hot" wanted
in Boston. Phoenix, Ariz., Kelso,
Wash., Los Angeles and Bakers
field. A check made with officers In
the other states has confirmed Uie
young man's reports of his own
activities, with the exception of
about $1,000 worth of bad checks
he said he passed around Baiters
field last week.
Ritterbusch is wanted in Boston
for grand theft, and admits taking
$1,141 from a cafe where he worked
there: is wanted in Phoenix, Ariz.,
for car theft, and admits taking
a car there; is wanted in Wash
ington, and admits stealing money
from a restaurant at Kelso; and
is wanted in Los Angeles, and ad
mits running stolen cars east from
there.
He also says he may be sought
by Uie Federal Bureau of InvesU
gatlon for draft evasion.
In addition, he is wanted as a
parole violator from San Quentin
Prison, having been sentenced from
Los Angeles for car theft.
Ritterbusch was arrested for
having no operator's license and
so he could be held In the County
Jail while his story was checked,
he was sentenced to 10 days.
He was picked up driving a 1938
Pontlac sedan owned by William
Shelvy Milbourn, 35, who gave his
address as Woodland, Calif., and
his occupation as shoe salesman,
Milbourn was charged with hav
ing only one vehicle license on his
car, and also is in the County Jail.
He was given until July 30 to plead
to the charge, and his bail was
set at $500.
Truman Said
Improving
WASHINGTON Wl A mild
virus Infection kept President Tru
man from his desk again Tuesday,
but the White House said he is
Improving.
Presidential Secretary Joseph
Short told reporters the President's
physician wants him to "take ' It
easy for a couple more days."'
Companies,
Labor Still
Far Apart
PITTSBURGH H! New ateel
strike peace talks ended Tuesday
with industry and the CIO United
Steelworkers In disagreement but
standing by for further word from
uie white House.
After a two-hour bargaining aes
slon. President phllio Murrav of
Uie striking union and industry
spokesmen Issued a Joint statement
which aald John R. Steelman, pres
idential assistant, asked both sides
to stand by.
The statement by Murray and
Vice President Joseph M. Larkln
of Bethlehem Steel said:
"We have continued our discus
sions this morning and ar still
In dlssgreement. We have re
ported thst by telephone to Dr.
Steelman. He has requested that
we stand by for further word from
him."
Murray told newsmen he e.
pec ted to hear from Steelman with-
in a tew nours.
ARRANGED
Steelman arrantyiul thm talk xjm
acted after a round of weekend
discussions raised hope then failed
In settling the 44-day-old dispute.
steelman telephoned both union
and industry representatives from
Washington and Insisted on a new
trv fnr nar In tha ...ik.
had idled about a million and a
half of the nation's breadwinners.
(coincidental with setting uo tha
Peace talks thm rwi,.- T,, V..
Stabliziatlon tossed a minor bomb
13 rejecting appeals of three steel
companies for price boosts ranging
from $5.50 to $6 a ton. .
OPS RULE .
But thA APS ruling iB.ln.1 -
peals from Weirton, Armco and
Pittsburgh ltl all nu
under new contracts was quick'
j wuubbcu oh - uy u Indus try.
Steelman rnntmt flalnnl. , n iwi
prices with officials of United
States 8teel Corp., Bellwhether of
the Industry, and reportedly gave .
assurance of an Increase In steel
prices.
Thj. InHlKtrv ninnx tim W. M
, ' . J l .. M UUVV'4Wt
price relief on a promise of an
imwmbo averaging to.eo a ton.
The figure centered on S5.20
ton for carbon steel, the ordinary
type used..
This is made up of $4.50 a ton
to offset increased costs, plus 70
cents In freight which the steel
Industry now absorbs.
ADJUSTMENT
The price adjustment would
range higher for costly types of
' . oy Mlc mwr
Justment would average $6.65 a ton.
As the strike drifts Into Its sev
enth week, layoffs continue to
mount.
At Clevplan1 mn..
000 unemployment compensation
claims have been filed in the past
wo occia.
The auto industry alone counts
300.000 idle wnrkera orA n.w.,.
tions Is slowly coming to a stand
School Board
Heads Named
Scott Warren and E. R. Vnhin.
son last night were elected chair
men of the Klamath Union Hloh
School and Elementary School
rus respectively as the two
boards had their first joint meet
ing since Uie recent . sehoni it--
lions.
In those elections, former KUHS.
Board chairman Nelson Reed was
deieated by Krnest Taylor and
T. J. O'Harra was named to suc
ceed Mrs. Victor O'Neill, who did
not seek reelecUon to the Elemen
tary Boara.
O'Harra was sworn In last night
but Taylor was out of Uie city.
HOWARD NAMED
Most important scholastic action
last night was Uie KUHS Board's
naming of Mrs. Alice Howard to
a newly created post, head of the
mathematics department. At her
request, Mrs. Howard was released
from her former duties as dean
of girls to devote full time to this
new assignment.
Upard members and school of
ficials said they were elated with
Mrs. Howard's acceptance of the
matnematics directorship. She is
widely known in math circles.
Mrs. Howard will, in addition to
directing all math Instruction, her
self Instruct five regular courses
and two refresher courses.
In other action, the Elementary
Board appointed one new Instruc
tor and the KUHS Board appointed
four new ones and changed one
instructor's assignment.
The new elementary instructor Is
Mrs. Charlotte Hannon, assigned
to Mills School.
The new KUHS appointees are:
Mrs. Zelma Cromer, nomemaking:
Ruth Allowav. English; Helen
Loneuevllle, math: and Howard
Bailey, math.
Mrs. Gladys Herron. former
match Instructor, was reassigned
to instruct In chemistry and
science. She will also have a class
in remedial math.
Black Bear
Attacks Man
CORVALLIS Wl Homer Meed,
21, was under treatment In a hos
pital here Tuesday, the victim of
a mauling by a black bear.
Meed, a logging company work
er, and his brother, Norman,
wounded the bear while hunting
In Lobster valley. They followed
It Into brush where the bear
turned and attacked, slashing
Homer's right leg severely,
Norman killed the 600 pound
bear with three shots from a high
powered rifle.