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Mo)c?o) E ITU In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Something to think about: The West German government has been finding out all it can about communist uranium produc tion in East Germany since the end of World War n. The survey, which has just been completed, says the Russians have produced enough uranium in this (East Germany) area to make 44 atom ic bombs. It adds: THAT NUMBER OP BOMBS, GERMAN SCIENTISTS ESTI MATE, COULD DESTROY OR CRIPPLE EVERY MAJOR U.S. OR WEST EUROPEAN CITY. The survey concludes with these sad words: "According to the findings by the West German ministry for all German affairs, all this uranium comes from territory that was held by the U.S. army at the end of World War II and was then turned over to the Russians for occupation," More food for thought: Brazilian police crack down on Brazil's communist party (which had been outlawed but still man aged to function). More than 100 communists have been arrested as a result of growing evidence 'that the reds played a big part In the Brazilian riots touched off by Var gas' suicide early this week. Well, that's the way the com munists work. They get tilings or gmmzed to the best of their ability. Then when comes an upheaval of any sort that upsets or weakens the existing order and throws eve rything into confusion they STRIKE. Fortunately, In this case, the Bra zilian polic; struck first. More on communist preparation for war: , . The 'British admiralty makes public today an estimate of an other aspect of , Russian military strength the Soviet navy. It estimates that since World War II the Russians have spent the equivalent of more than 33 BIL LION DOLLARS on their navy. It thinks Russian naval craft are probably able to use atomic tacti cal weapons and guided missiles. It predicts soviet naval strength within the next two to three years at 30 cruisers, 150 destroyers and 500 submarines not to mention other categories of naval strength. More thought food: The Assembly of the World Council of Churches (now meeting in Evanston, 111.) has before it a report which says that such doc trines as communism threaten the whole of human existence. But The report adds. Inequality, discrimination, injus tice, aggression and other abuses are not absent from democracies. Here's an instance: Senator Prescott Bush of .Con necticut is holding a hearing in new York which is probing into alleged irregularities in FHA loans. Yesterday a senate Inves tigator, Myron Hodges, said a big apartment project (Farragut Gar dens in Brooklyn) is already be ginning to crumble despite the fact that it is only three years old. This project is said to have brought its promoters four million dollars in "windfall" profits. We hear a lot in these days about DEDICATED communists. A dedicated communist is a per son who has dedicated his life to the advancement of communism throughout the world. That suggests n thought: We need more dedicated Ameri cans. You may say: "what do 'you mean by more dedicated Ameri cans?" This. I think, is the answer: We need more Americans who are ready to say WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY COUNTRY and few er Americans who go on saying WHAT CAN MY COUNTRY DO FOR ME? BULLETIN LAKEVIEW Fire caused by a defective flue destroyed the $100,000 Lakeview Meat Company plant here Wednesday night. According to Gus Allen, owner and manager of the plant, night workers left a small fire burning in a stove on the ground floor of the two story structure when they left for dinner. On their return, the workers found the building enveloped in flames. Lakeview city firemen were powerless to check the blaze due to lack of water mains in the area which Is just outside the city limits. The fire raged for two hours be fore it could be extinguished. All that remained was charred ruins of the building. No livestock was at the plant. Portland Awards Elevator Bids' PORTLAND Wl Portland awarded contracts Wednesday for work to make its municipal grain elevator the largest west of the Mississippi. The cost will run $1,800,000 to expand the capacity from i million to nearly 7 million bushels. Part of the new facility Is expected to be ready in October. The Portland Commission of Docks let the contracts for the work at Terminal 4. Brazilian Police Hit Communists RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil W Brazil's President Joao Cafe Filho cast about today for romeone to fill the ticklish job of finance min ister in the Inflation-plagued av ernment he inherited from Getullo Vargas. After 71-year-old Vargas ended his life with a bullet Tuesday, his old friend Oswaldo Aranha, for mer U.N. Assembly present, re signed as finance minister along with the rest of the Cabinet. Aranha, who has often been men tioned as a candidate in the 1955 presidential elections, had been seeking in the past few .months to steer Brazil through a dire foreign exchange shortage caused mainly by declining coffee exports. The economic straits Brazil has been going through had much to do with the explosive political-military crisis that shook ihe country for the past 20 days and culminat ed in Vargas' suicide following his military - dictated agreement to take a permanent leave of ab sence. ' . RIOTS The rioting crowds that took to the streets to hoot against Vargas, then began demonstrating for the old man when they found he had snot Himself, cooled down today after two bloody days that left four dead and scores of wounded throughout Brazil. There was increasing evidence the Communists played a strong band in setting off the riots. One man arrested for burning a police car said he was a communist par ty member. Troops still patrolled the streets of Rio and other Brazilian cities, however, and guards ringed the airports, the Air Ministry ana other strategic buildings. Vargas' body lay in state in the town hall of his native Sao Borja in southern Brazil prior to burial today. The Roman Catholic Church banned religious funeral rites be cause he took his own life but thousands of devoted Brazilians said prayers for the veteran lead' er's soul. DECREE Despite an official decree for eight days' mourning. Cafe worked feverishly on the task of forming his new Cabinet. He is expected to select at least one member of his own Social Progress (PSP) party, plus a representative of the large Social Democrat party in fill ing the four Cabinet posts still va cant finance, health, education and transport. The President said he plans to form an allparty cabinet. He also is expected to name a new presi dent for the Bank of , Brazil, a powerful factor in carrying out the government's financial policies. In the middle of the recent crisis, Aranha took the bold step of re viving the outflow of coffee exports through an edict which in effect granted extra exchange bonuses to exporters. 1 DOVE SEASON Despite a somewhat spotty concentration of birds Oregon's dove season Is shaping up to wards a better than average one. The season, opening Septem ber 1 and continuing through October 10, will allow gunncr3 to blast away from a half hour before sunrise until sun set, same as the shooting hours for ducks and geese. The limit is 10 a day and 10 In possession. It is pointed out that no duck stamp is necessary in the hunt ing of doves. Duck stamps are required only in the hunting of migratory waterfowl. Chet Langslett, postmaster, points out that these stamps are available now, however, and urges hunters to come down to the post office and pick up there stamps early to avoid the last minute rush. GRISLY RELICS of a forgotten era were uncovered on the receding banks of the Williamson River near Klamath Indian Agency. As erosion ate away the river banks, what was believed to have been an eld Indian graveyard was brought to light. Sheriff Murray Britton (center) and deputies Dal Reed (left) and Buddy Crim are shown examining skulls and other skeleton remnants which were found. Britton notified the Klamath Tribal Council which arranged for re burial of the bones, Price Firs CntXS Fsgt FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1954 Telephone 8111 No. 2929 Navy Beefs Up Atlantic Fleet Units WASHINGTON W The Navy has started to restore the pre K ore an War strength of lt&. 'At lantic fleet while keeping pressure on the Communists in the western Pacific? where one of Us big jobs Is shielding Formosa from Red in vasion. A dm. Robert B. Carney, chief of naval operations, disclosed thljs Wednesday in a letter to Vice Adm. A. S- Merrill (ret), now an official of the Navy League. Car ney also mentioned in that letter, made public at the Pentagon, a number of operational - changes aimed in part at boosting morale. During the three years of the Korean conflict the Atlantic fleet sent 16 destroyers, one battleship and one large carrier to beef up the fighting power of the Navy in Far Eastern waters. Other ships were withdrawn from the moth balled reserve and sent to the Pa cific. Carney said four destroyers and one battleship now have been re turned to the Atlantic from the Western Pacific. Other ships have been withdrawn from that theater In the 13 months since the shoot ing ended in Korea, but most of them have remained in Pacific rear areas, ready for battle or short notice. During the Korean War, battle ships were needed for bombard ment. Today, U. S. Naval power in the western Pacific is organized around four aircraft carriers. The Navy has at least live other carriers in the Pacifictbut close to the United States. Thus, about nine of the 15 Navy carriers on active duty "are in the Pacmc. One or the nine was bor rowed from the Atlantic force. Also based in - the Pacific are about 125 destroyers, 10 cruisers and some 60 submarines. USAFToMove Korean Jets SEOUL Ml The U. S. 5th Air Force announced Friday plans to pull many of its deadly Sabre Jets and other planes out of Korea and shift its headquarters to Nagoya, Japan. . When the Korean armistice was signed 13 months ago the Wh Air Force was flying more than 1,000 planes. Announcement of plans to base many of these planes elsewhere follows by only a few days dis closure that four of six U. S. In. fantry divisions now In Kore are to be withdrawn. Experts said the Army-Air Force withdrawal will pull at least 100,000 Americans out of Korea. The Air Force did not identify units which will be pulled out. It said some will be based elsewhere in the Far East, while others will return to the United States in a major reshuffle expected to start soon and continue for several months. Lt. Gen. Roger M., Ramey will remain in command' of the 5th, but his headquarters will be con solidated with headquarters of the U.S. Japan Air Defense Force at Nagoya next month. , Ramey will command both groups, which will operate as the 5th Air Force, the announcement said. f ft 'V ''"'w' ' imTn 1 1 ii in iniim ! n i fci'li'nn nimuiiu mini i ir unriiMirTiin YREKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE visitors were welcomed at luncheon Wednesday in the Winema Hotel by Klamath County Chamber of Commerce directors ancj members. From left: Ellen Sanders, Yreka; George P. Davis, president of the Klamath chamber; Ruth Burton, Eva Turner and President Jack Mitchell, of the Yreka group. A doien guests made the trip from the California city. More than 50 persons attended the local luncheon. (Story on Page 51. U.S. Eases Red Trade Ban WASHINGTON W! Secretary of Commerce Weeks Thursday eased restrictions on U. S. trade with the Soviet Union and other Communist countries of Europe, but he said he doubts there will be an early increase In the flow of goods across the Iron Curtain. Commerce Department sources said Weeks' order would reduce by one third to one half the list of goods now banned from commerce, between the United States and the Red bloc in Europe. , The announcement dealt only with policy the Commerce De. partment is to make public later lists of specific items to be freed lrom embargo., ' Weeks' move came a day after Foreign Aid Chief Harold E. StaS' sen announced a similar relaxa. tlon of curbs on Red trade of friendly nations getting aid from the United States. Both officials said existing re. strictions still stand on trade with Communist China, North Korea, or the Communist area of Viet Nam. And both said the new policy to ward trade with Communist coun tries in Europe would not let slip into the East-West trade stream anything of significant military value. Voicing some skepticism that his new order would result In quick stimulation of East - West trade. Weeks' statement said 1 an early increase in the volume of trade with the Soviet bloc result ing from this action Is. . .unlikely In view of the bloc's aim of sell sufficiency and Its inability to pro vide desired goods in exchange for imports." RED NAVY LONDON 11 The British Ad miralty says Russia has spent more than 33 billion dollars on her navy since World War II and may have equipped lt to use atom ic tRCtical weapons and guided missiles. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers Friday. High Friday 58; low Thursday night 40. High yesterday . - 4B Low last night 39 Freclp, Jast 24 hours Snce Oct. 1 45 .15.13 Same period last year..... 14.87 Normal for period 12.60 U.S. Cool To China Request WASHINGTON American olflclals reacted coolly Thursdny to Chiang Kat Shek s appeal to Nationalist China's "foreign friends" to help flood victims on the Comniunlst-held China main land. Chiang made his suggestion Wednesday from Tapelh, capital of the Nationalist Island stronghold of Formosa. The emergency aid program, as he outlined it, would be conducted by the Chinese Mainland Assn., an outfit which claims contacts within China and has its headquarters on Formosa. But unless Chiang can demon strate some way of using his idea to undermine the Communist hold on the Chinese people, American officials were Inclined to reject it for these basic reasons: 1. The Pelplng Tegime has enough food to feed its people, despite the worst China flood In a century. Two offers of help by the International Red Cross have been turned down by Red leaders at Pelping. 2. If the United States sent help- Chinese peasant would never know where It came from. Humanitarian food, medicine and clothing the aspects aside, no ground would ue gained in the propaganda battle. 3. Red China uses food as a weapon In the cold war, trading it for arms and machines even when its own people go hungry. In this sense, sending food would equal sending amis. Missing USAF Plane Hunted SACRAMENTO, Calif. W A B25 bomber with eight men aboard was reported missing near Mo desto, Calif., since shortly after midnight by Mather Air Force Base Thursday and by mid-morning air and ground searchers had reported no sign of the craft. The two-engine plane, based at nearby Mather, took of at 9:04 p.m. Wednesday night with 8 ' j hours of fuel and was on a sched uled 5 Vi hour navigation training flight over California's Central Valley. The last radio report was re ceived shortly alter midnight when the pilot said he was 10 miles south of Modc:;U heading north and It was raining slightly. The altitude given at that time, the Mather public information of fice said, was 2,500 feet the cor rect altitude according to the flight plan. Sheriff's offices in Modesto and Fresno dispatched ground parties. The air-sea rescue unit lrom Ham ilton Air Force Base, Caiii., and the Civil Air Patrol sent up search Planes, Pearson faces Murder Charge Leon Pearson, 30-year-old Klam. nth Reservation Indian, was or- dered held for the county grand Jury on a charge of first degree murder by District Judge D. E. Van Vactor shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday. Pearson is accused of the gun slaying of Gene Erlcks, 29-year- old Klamath Fnlls moulding plant employe. The slaying ocourred Au gust 7 at the Pat Jackson ranch near Chiloquln Junction. Judge Van Vactor held Pearson for the grand jury after a day-long preliminary neanng. District Attorney Frank Alder- son called only two prosecution witnesses Dr. George H. Adlcr, county coroner, and Glenn Erlcks. brother of the homicide victim. Defense Attorney George O, Rcinmlller of Portland called Nop man Lyle Karr, a friend of the gun victim. Karr was will), the Erlcks brothers on a fishing trip to the Williamson River and wit nessed the shooting. Both Karr and Glenn Erlcks testified that' the dead man had a toy pistol In his possession at the time of the shooting. Glenn Erlcks said when he rushed to the aid of his brother after he vas shot In the abdomen, the toy gun was ly ing beside him on the porch of the Jackson ranch house. No trnce of the toy pistol has since been found. Attorney Rcinmlller, through cross examination of the state's witnesses, Indicated he may base his defense on the contention that Erlcks pointed the toy gun at Pearson and that Pearson shot Erlcks, believing he was acting in self defense. District Attorney Frank Alder son contends that Erlcks, was shot without provocation. Funds Bills Signed By Ike DENVER Iff) President Elsen hower Thursday signed legislation authorizing $3,262,8118,000 In forclmi aid to help, bolster the free world against any Communist aggres sion. The President also signed a sup plemental appropriation bill pro viding $1,050,120,429 for such things as grants to states for unemploy ment compensation, grunts lor hospital construction, and for mil itary works and housing. Both measures, signed at the President's vacation headquarters, deal with funds for the fiscal year which started July 1. The mutual security foreign aid bill authorizes $2,794,040,000 in military aid. The balance Is ear marked for economic aid ' and technical assistance. The mutunl , security authoriza tion total of (3,252,868,000 com pares with $3,670,000,000 requested by the administration and with $3.024, 5G8.000 actually appropriat ed by Congress. The President has yet to sign the appropriation meas ure. The fourth supplemental appro priation bill approved by the Pres ident Thursday Includes 100 mil lion dollars for military works and family housing, 33 million in grants to states for unemployment compensation, 88 million in unem ployment compensation for vet erans, 21 million in giants to states for hospital construction and 16 million in public facility loans by the housing and home finance agency. ' McCarthy To Organize Own Defense WASHINGTON I.TI Sen. Mc Carthy's lawyer, Edward Bennett Williams, snld Thursday the Wis- here Sunday to take active part in preparing his defense against I censure charges. Williams said he had been in touch with McCarthy, now vaca tioning in California, and the sen ator does not Intend to ask for any postponement In the sched uled start of hearings by a special Senate committee on Aug. 31. Sen. Watkins (R-Utah), chairman of the special six-meinber commit tee, said Wednesday the group wants to finish its investigation of the censure charges as quickly as possible. "We are going to do our level best to get lt done before the elec tions," he told newsmen. The Sen- ato is expected to come back Into special session to consider the committee report when lt Is ready. Watkins said he had "some hopes" that the committee could finish its inquiry before the Nov. 2 congressional elections partly be cause much of the evidence to be considered is a matter of record already. "I am assuming, and I think I have a right to assume," he added, "that everyone taking part In the hearings will cooperate." He said both McCarthy and Wil liams have been fully cooperative so far. . ' Watkins also disclosed he had sent letters to Sen. Flanders (R- Vt), Fulbrlght (D-Ark) and Morse (Ind-Ore) asking for any help they could give In suggesting witnesses or material that would be helpful. McCarthy is the only announced witness so far. Flanders introduced the censure resolution, asking that McCarthy's conduct be condemned as unbe coming a senator and as tending to bring the Senate into disrepute. Copper Strike Talks Shifted By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Negotiators seeking a break in the strike of 25.000 copper and brass workers turn to a new front at Douglas, Ariz., Thursday after suspension of talks at Butte, Mont. The strike has shut down opera tions in five states of Kennecott Copper Co. and Anaconda Cpoper Mi.ilng Co. Also affected are plants In Connecticut and New York of the American Brass Co., an Ana conda subsidiary. Headquarters of the Internation al Union of Mine, Mill ii Smelter Workers (Ind) In Denver said ne gotiations would resume Thursday at Douglas with Phelps-Dodge Cop per Co. Phelps-Dodge and the American Smelting li Refining Co., with vhom union officials are negotiat ing at Salt Lake City, have not been struck. The union has demanded a 25 cent hourly wage boost. Present wage scales are 114.71 to flf.55 a 'day for miners and (12.76 to $13.85 for laborers. A , I '......, I . ' ' ? - ,j ' 9, O'clock Spual f i - jf ' is VA ; Vv I " ' . 1 h VV''- ' fir CHECKING THE INVOICES this morning, as the 9 o'clock photographer came by, are Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Davis, opera tori of the Basin Plumbing and Heating Company, 162 East) Main Street, CIO Leader Delays Start Of Meeting By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Labor and management held fast to their previous positions Thursday as they met in Olympla at a conference mimed at settling the 67-day old Faciflo Northwest lumber strike. The surprise appearance of rep resentatives of the CIO Wood workers complicated and delayed the start of the meeting called by Gov. Langlie of Washington and Patterson of Oregon. The CIO had' not been Invited to the meeting. It was scheduled be tween representatives of manage ment and AFL Lumber and Saw mill Workers to send the strikers back to work while committee studies tl fact-finding the Issues. A. F. Hartung, president of the CIO's International Woodworkers of America, and Gov. Langlie con ferred for 20 minutes prior to the opening of the meeting originally scheduled for 10 a.m. The governors had had no prev lous notice that the CIO would at. tend. Govs. Langlie and Patterson i told reporters. Hartung, asked if Gov. Lang He had attempted to discourage his attending the meeting, replied: 'Well, he wasn't very encourag ing." He said the TWA wasnt Invited to the meeting after having turned down the idea of a fact-finding commltee, but "the well-being of the 25,000 IWA members and their families is far too important for us to stand on ceremony. There fore we shall attend, . ." In a prepared statement handed to reporters, Hartung termed the meeting a "bald strike-breaking; weapon." He said that he would stand by his previous statement and at tempt to gee commumenis mai any fact-finding committee's find ings would be binding on both management and labor, Kenneth Davis, executive sec retary of the Northwest District Council of the N AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers, said his group likewise would hold fast for a pro vision that the fact finding com mittee to "bring out the facts" concerning management's ability to pay a pay raise. Management has maintained they were not able to do so. With Hartung were Joseph Kneclnnd of Bhelton, representing the Western Washington -Districe Council, jind Gordon Johnson of 01ympln,representlng the plywood division, , Hartung's statement listed a ser ies of things he said were wrong with 'the proposal, chiefly revolving around restriction of facts to be studied, the fact that any decision was not binding, that the strike would have to be ended and the men go back to work despite pos sibility of delays and a panel "rigged against labor." But. he said, he was making a counter proposal calling for arbi tration with an impartial chair man., the decision to be binding on both sides. The meeting came in the wake of these developments: 1. A Longview, Wash., AFL Ply wood Workers Union local voted 183-27 to accept the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.'s offer of a 2'4-cents-an-hour increase. The same offer was rejected approximately 2-1, however, by 660 Weyerhaeuser employes at Snoqualmie Falls, Wash., voting In a secret ballot. A full crew returned to work at the Longview plant Thursday morning despite a continuing CIO picket lit e. There was no attempt by pickets to stop the returning workers and no evidence' of any animosity. (Continued on page 4)
