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fiijb Statesman.- Salem. Oregon Karnes Execution Concludes Once-Baffling Murder Case : j (Story also cm Page . , j Execution of Albert (Bert) Karnes early today concludes what bet an a one of the most baffling murder cases to have occurred in Salem. Discovery of the bloody beaten body of elderly Mrs. Susan Litch field in .the woodshed of her home at 1333 Waller St last June 7 touched off one of the most intensive Salem police investigations in Patrol Action Marks Korea Battle Front i By ROBERT TUCKMAN SEOUL, tn Patrol skirmishes sputtered fitfully Friday night in aero cold across the 155-mile Ko rean battle front. . An Allied patrol dashed with 30 Chinese northwest of Korangpo in a 90-minute fight after midnight 5nd estimated it killed half of the leds. - Allied defenders on Little Nori Hill northwest of Yonchon, also in the West, drove off a raiding Chi nese platoon in 20 minutes. An Eighth Army staff officer re ported actions also southwest of Kumsong on the Central Front and in the East. In 'the Air War. 12 Japan-based B-29 Superforts bombed Kum and Suryo aear the east coast port of Wonsan Thursday night and left raging fires burning in the two Red supply centers. Both were. first- time targets. B-26 light bombers struck in the Thursday night darkness at Red supply lines across the peninsula. Pilots reported they destroyed 35 trucks, six locomotives and Z9 box cars and damaged four locomo tives and 31 boxcars. Eighth Army tanks firing from fixed positions pounded Red fort ifications Thursday. Tank gunners reported they shot up 25 bunkers, three gun positions and 62 yards of trenches. Allied troops, wielding flame throwers and supported by tanks Thursday wiped out most of a Red platoon in a hit-run raid on a Chi nese position southwest of the truce town of Panmunjom. -Water Supply Problem Eyed At Monmouth Statetaaaa News Srrle MONMOUTH A mass -meet ing of over 100 local citizenry was held Thursday night at the City Hall in Monmouth and current problems of future water supply aired. Residents said that last summer tiie supply obtained from Teal city in that area above Falls City, had failed to provide the desired volume of water necessary for summer use. A new reservoir in stalled in recent years was believ ed to have been responsible for snaking the water sufficient in the last summers. Pumping water from Teal Creek last summer kept the city from shortage, but the creek s flow was limited in driest weather until the pump could not function constant ly. Mayor H. W. Morlan, after hear . Ing views of citizens, entertained motion by George Cooker to ap point a three-member committee to act as an advisory to the may or's office in study of this prob lem. They will study the possibili ties of increasing the local water supply and present their findings at a future town meeting.; Divorce Law Study Asked Of Legislature The Community Council of Salem at its annual membership meeting Thursday night asked the State Legislature to study and improve Oregon's divorce laws. The council asks that the abuse of the six months waiting period after divorce, custody of children and hasty divorce proceedings be studied. Dr. John A. Rademaker was re elected president and Herbert Bar ker, renamed vice-president. Mrs. Marvin Helland was elected secretary-treasurer. Other committee members el ected include budget committee, John Kolb, Henry Kropp, Mrs. George LaBorde, Mrs. John Wood and Loyal Warner; program and ganaing. Mrs. Helen Bailey. Miss teanor Stephens and Judge Rex Hartley; public , relations, Mrs. Harold Rosebraugb, Carl Greider, Elton Thompson and Miss Ruth Jaynes; nominating; Ridgley Mil ler, Fred Schramm, Gus Moore, C A. Kells. Mrs. Margaret CaUah gan. and R. B. Strmgham. , . . , j The group also passed resolu tions calling for creation of a fam ily and . child welfare council in Salem and establishment in the future of a aeparte home for Juveniles. ",: Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the chief reservoir of the Nile. vn viii qose SUANM And Reopen March 2 To Serve You . . . - I1 , v;znn'srcrjvM:i UZt S. COITL. Txidcrf. January S3.' 135fr I many years. First glint of hope in the case came when a crime, hav ing "similar earmarks" occurred in' The Dalles two days after the Litchfield slaying. The Dalles police advised they were holding Karnes for entering the home of Mrs. Ben Callaway there and injuring her with re peated hammer blows. She vas hospitalized for several days fol lowing the encounter. Recalling that rent. records found in the -Litchfield home, where Karnes and his wife had roomed for a time, bore Karnes name, local authorities and witnesses went to The Dalles to see if this might be the same man. t On the night of June 17, in the face of overwhelming evidence and testimony by person, who said they had seen him at the Litch field home the night of the killing. Albert Karnes signed a 14-page confession to the crime. He told authorities he had entered the Litchfield home with intent of robbery and had hidden in the woodshed. Karnes had been working on a mink farm near Astoria and said he followed any and all leads he heard to locate his estranged wife. His last hint of her whereabouts had led him ; to Salem and the Litchfield home. Notwithstanding a hard -fought case based onja plea of Innocence by reason of -insanity, a Jury of eight men and four men returned a verdict of guilty with no reser vation for leniency. The verdict carried with it an automatic death sentence. John William Stortz, Salem at torney, had been appointed by the court to defend Karnes. This verdict by the jury marked the first conviction on a charge of murder from Marion County, in over 43 years. The last conviction was a Salem plasterer who killed his wife Oct. 21, 1908. A notice Stortz intended to file an appeal with the State Supreme Court delayed the date of execu tion (from Oct. 17), but when a similar case before the high court was lost (Morris Leland's) despite a plea of insanity, the Karnes execution was re-scheduled for Jan. 30. Better Break For Wheat Supports Seen WASHINGTON UF) American officials said Thursday night they will seek a better break for U. S. taxpayers who have footed the bill for 600 million dollars in export wheat subsidies during the last three and a half years. The issue is a major item on the agenda at a 46-nation conference opening here Friday to discuss re newal of the International Wheat Agreement. Under the agreement, the ceiling on exports is 11.80 a bushel. That's all American exports, can charge for U. S. wheat shipped abroad. On the other hand, the world price Is currently about $2.35 a bushel. That means U. S. taxpayers must make up the difference in the form of subsidies paid to exporters by toe government. Undersecretary of Ajrriculture True D. Morse, who will represent this country at tne conference, said the United States will insist on a considerably higher export price. Other officials said the U. S. will press for a ceiling somewhere be tween $2.20 and $2.50 a bushel. Four More Seek Fireman Berths Four more Salem men put In bids Thursday for fire department jobs as a city civu service application deadline passed. The prospective firemen- and 10 who applied earlier wfll take writ ten tests next Thursday if they are found fit In physical examinations before then. Promotional examinations also are- to be given next week for pres ent officers seeking to get on eli gible lists as fire department bat talion chief or police captain. Three have applied in each group. Man Wanted Here Caught in Roundup A former Hubbard resident was listed Thursday amonr . 34 men picked up in the current Portland potce attempt to atop a series of strong-arm crimes. Most of the arrests were for hitchhiking, drunk enness and curfew violation. One of the men booked was Gut E. Sargent, alias Ektin Walter Mc Farlin, 31. Hubbard. State police in Salem reported a fugitive war rant had been Issued for him In Marion County as a result of a Lewiston, Idaho, warrant out for his arrest in connection - with a charge Of obtaining property by false- pretenses a year ago. . XMl IIGaTFcr SLED - : People have asked "When you can serve such a nice dinner on Sunday for $1.50 why can't you do It each evening?" Well, that's a $54.00 question and . the answer is.. "we can, and we" wltt." You may have your choice" of several entrees, soup, salad, vegetable, ; drink and -dessert A complete dinner-for Just $10. lorisn EZ0I2I Jury Convicts Motorist on Three Counts A verdict of guilty on two counts of driving while Intoxicated and one of driving while his license was revoked was reached by a jury In the case of Richard Tal madge Voight of Portland, t The Marion County district court jury took about an hour to reach its decision after trial before Jud ge Val D. Sloper on the combined charges. Date for sentencing was not set. Voight had withdrawn a guilty plea to the latest intoxication charge and pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity or mental defectiveness at the time of the alleged crime. Arrested last Nov. 30 near. Au rora by state police for driving while intoxicated, Voight pleaded innocent and was released on $300 bail. When his records were check ed. It was found that his opera tor's license had been revoked last June 28 when he was convict ed of drunken driving in Wood burn municipal court. So the driving-while-license-revoked charge was filed. Trial on the first count was set for March 17. Then on Jan. 10 near IiSblsh, state police again apprehended Voight and charged drunken driv ing. He pleaded guilty but sen tencing was delayed, and the plea changed. He has been held In jail in lieu of $1,000 bail. Dope Traffic In California Probe Target LOS ANGELES (A The state' attorney general and other alarmed ' officials moved swiftly Thursday to root out the tendrils of dope which have crept into such levels of society as prize fighting, teaching and even babysitting. Fourteen persons were arrested in three raids as state, county and city, authorities combined in all-out warfare against narcotics traffic. Edmund G. (Path Brown, the state attorney general here from aacramento for conferences, said he will appeal to U. S. Attorney General Herbert BrowneU for tight er restrictions at the Mexican bor der and for the assistance of Mexi can officialdom. Among those arrested was the 14 year old daughter of a musician who admitted working as a baby sitter for tvo years to feed the heroin habit. Officers said she told them she smoked marijuana cigar ettes to pass the time while baby- IT A one-time champion motorcycle racer, Donald Robert Bechtold. and his wife were arrested on check charges. Officers said they used the money to buy heroin. Both said they wanted to stop "but don't know now. Lee Diamond, a fifth - grade teacher in jail on a charge of pos sessing narcotics, told officers he gave himself a jolt of heroin each morning before leaving for class. Most of the 14 arrested admitted they 'were dope addicts, said offi cers. Four were women, two of whom had little black books con taining the names of movie per sonalities. Arrested last week were Danny Duran, bantamweight boxer, and Mrs. Valerie Moreno, in whose apartment officers said they found two ounces of neroin and some marijuana. Authorities said Duran told them he had, five persons peddling her oin lor nun. His customers, the officers added, probably Included another boxer, Keeny Teran, who recently made a ring comeback after shaking off the habit. Third Plane Disappears In Northwest SEATTLE (J) The Royal Ca nadian Air Force said Thursday night that a Mitchell Bomber with five men aboard has disappeared in western British Columbia near Vancouver. Two other planes which vanished in the Pacific Northwest Wednesday Were still missing. The RCAT said it lost contact with the Mitchell after it radioed it was only 14 minutes away, from Vancouver. The craft! was on a training flight to Vancouver from Saskatoon, approximately 725 miles east of Vancouver. Meanwhile, murky weather and mountain wilderness held secret the fate of two other planes which disappeared Wednesday. Including the five aboard the Mitchell, there were i 28 persons missing. ' . . The other two planes being sought were a U. S. Navy Priva teer patrol plane with 10 persons aboard and an RCAF Dakota with over Maple Ridge, B. C, 23 miles seven persona aboard. The other five persona missing were aboard a Central British Columbia Airways 1 plane which sank Tuesday while attempting an emergency, landing in the water 400 miles north of . Vancouver. B. C - " .. , Eininj Ucon A Trio Groins 'i 1 BROOKLYN Pete, right, and Wendy Llama, residents of Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo, proudly present then new daughter, Bonlte. The 12-day-old blende, snaking' her first pabUe appearance with- her parents. Is the seeend llama baby born to the happy couple since their arrival at the see in 1150. (AP Wlrephote te The Statesman.) UAL Flight Resumes After Engine Trouble United Air Lines flight 175, which stops at Salem enroute from San Francisco to Portland and Se attle, Wash., was expected to be underway today after a two-day delay caused by engine trouble. The plane was grounded here late Wednesday by low oil pres sure which was indicated during preparation for takeoff. Passen gers were transferred to Portland via charter bus and the plane kept here. United Air Lines officials reported Thursday night that a effew was here from Seattle and a new engine was being shipped from there for a replacement. New Traffic Lights Put Into Action Salem's newest downtown traf fic light went into operation at Chemeketa and High Streets, without a hitch. City police said drivers were taking the new light in stride and the flow of traffic was noticeably speedier and smoother at the 5 o'clock peak. Also in operation how Is the new traffic light on the Pacific High way at Vista Avenue near south city limits. To warn traffic enter ing Salem, a flashing amber light and sign were installed at Ratcliff Drive, Just south of Vista Avenue. The Oxford Street light on South Commercial, where one wty streets merge, has been re moved. It will be replaced soon by a light at Rural Avenue, one block south on Commercial. Also to go into operation soon are new lights at the Commercial and Lib erty Street intersections with Fer ry Street. Courthouse Steel Arrives Full scale workon construction of the new Marion County Court house was resumed Thursday fol lowing arrival of delayed steel. For the past month work lagged at the building site in downtown Salem because of a shortage of steeL Seven truckloads of a nine truck 240-ton shipment arrived Thursday from Seattle, Wash. Part of the shipment had been delayed Wednesday night at Hub bard for load violations. "This steel will enable us to complete the first two floors of the building, said Claude Post of Viesko and Post, general contrac tors for the building. The sched ule call for completion of the third and fourth floors sometime in May. Post said he thought the steel situation would be taken care of from now on and that sufficient steel would be on hand when needed. He said he was going to Seattle, Wash., to Insure a steady delivery of steel from the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredge Co., suppliers of the courthouse steeL VET TOTAL KETEALED WASHINGTON (AVThe number of veterans of the Korean War has passed the one and one-half million mark, the Veterans Ad ministration reported Thursday. IN PERSON I SHOW OJSjCp . Coliseum,' CorvaEls ; Monday, Feb. t, f . F. L L5 reserve seats and general admission tickets at $Uf still available at Win Masie store in a .11 WITH AIX 1K3 ' 1 psnNSYiVANirArisl ; I; & ; J ' aWsif t tone Mtrf MirrrL Salem. in Brooklyn 1 ? Addled Time Sought to Finish Probe UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. VP) The staff council representing all U. N. employes decided Thursday at a special meeting to urge a slow - down in the minion-dollar loyalty investigation of American U. N. employes. The 40 - member international council adopted two resolutions. persons who were present said. They: Asked more time for Ameri cans to fill out the lengthy ques tionnaire covering the answerers lives since 1930. 2 Expressed regret that Secre tary-General Trygve Lie had not consulted with the council before agreeing to cooperate with the U, S. Inquiry. This was the first rumble of pro test from the U. N.'s international staff of 3.000 about the investiga tion of Americans. Meanwhile, the program went into high gear with hundreds being finger-printed and others busily filling out the forms Lie. highly disturbed by the staff action at this tense time. Issued the following statement Thursday night. "I have acted in what I believe to be the best interests of the U. N. staff. ' If they had questions, I re gret they did not first ask them before passing hasty resolutions which indicate a misunderstand ing of the situation." Convict Gives Up After 15 Days Outside John L. Kincey, 27, who walked away from the Oregon State Pris on Jan. 13, returned voluntarily to the prison early Thursday. Kincey gave himself up at the prison gate at about 1 ajn. and told officials he had spent his free dom in Portland. He said he was tired of being hunted. He was serving a nine-month term for burglary when he escaped. Kincey was the second missing inmate to be returned to his cell within a few hours. Alvis O. Da vis, missing from his cell for the past ! 14 days, was discovered by guards Wednesday night hiding within the prison walls in the machine shop. Cordon Wins Spots On Subcommittees WASHINGTON (AV-Sen. Guy Cordon (B-Ore. held spots on three of five subcommittees or ganized by the Senate committee of Interior Affairs Thursday. They were irrigation and . reclamation, territories and insular affairs and public lands. He was named chair man; of the territories and insular affairs subcommittee. WORKMAN RESCUED PORTLAND IB A workman was rescued Thursday after being trapped for 20 minutes in a mud cavein in the bottom of a 28-foot deep cesspool. j Dwane Arthur Fitzgerald, ; 22, the workman, - escaped injury. He was freed by firemen. j SjtopMony r yt . ; . k r ;tte MARIE ROGHDAIIU soprano ' SOLOIST 1 Tuesday, Feb. 30:15 P. f.l !ata.fcEu'AEferiiaiiSi Tkkets at ladd ft Eush -Jan. 30, Throush Fab. ' . Oil Sal at th Door -7 P.M. Feb. 3 All Seats Reserved -$3.C0-$2.C3 -$1. CO Reds Accused Of Fostering UNITED NATIONS. H. Y. J1 Britain has not been able to get Red China to cooperate in stamp ing out a clandestine, slave -trade which ships young girls from the Chinese mainland through Hong Kong to serve as prostitutes in Singapore and Malaya, British sources said Tnursoa. Both Hong Kong and Singapore- Malaya are under British control. The British delegation com plained to the U. N. two years ago that "effective liaison with the authorities in China has not been achieved" for combatting the slave trade. An official said Thursday the lack of cooperation has become worse since then. Despite refusal of the Chinese Reds to stop the traffic at its source, the British delegation said. "the results of the campaign against the Mul Tsai (slave prosti tute) system have had on tne wnole a reasonable measure of success." Less than a month ago a U. N. report accused the Chinese Com munists of raising money through sale of 500 tons of opium in illegiti mate markets. The- British said their colonial police have set in motion rigorous inspections, identification checks. protection homes and severe prose cution of girl-traders in Hong Kong and Singapore. These procedures are aimed at wiping out the ancient Chinese cus tom of selling girl children into slavery as child prostitutes. Rem nants of this custom remain among the Chinese populations of those areas. Britain is in the middle of an other set of charges concerning slavery. She is looking into charges that Arab traders are rounding up and shipping about 5,000 Negroes a month from British African pro tectorates to the slave markets of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The British have told the U. N. that police action and naval patrols in the Red Sea have, so far as they know, wiped it out. Edwin Young Rites Slated For Saturday Services for Edwin A. Young, who died in Salem Thursday fol lowing an illness of several years, will be held Saturday at S p.m. in the Howell-Edward Chapel. The Rev. Lloyd Anderson, as sisted by the Rev. A. G. Jamieson, will officiate and interment will be at Belcrest Memorial Park. Young was born in KnoxviHe, la., Feb. 4, 1865, the son of As bury and Elizabeth Young. A farm er both in Iowa and Oregon, he had been a resident of the Wil lamette Valley for the past 37 years. His failing health had re quired retirement in recent years. He was interested in Christian work and had been a member of the United Presbyterian Church, serving as elder and superinten dent of the Bible school for that faith. Besides the widow, Nora W. Young of Salem, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Emerson (Merlyn) Teague and Mrs. How ard (Doris) Mix, both of Salem; five grandchildren, Mrs. 'Carol Launtzen, Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. June Underwood, Miss Nancy Tea gue and Miss Janet Teague, all of Salem, and Richard Teague, Sa lem; one great-grandson. Christian Launtzen, Oakland, Calif.; brother, Fred Young, Des Moines, la., and a sister, Kathryn Potteroff, Pue blo, Colo. RESTAURANT PLANNED Possibility of a new restaurant establishment in Salem was indi cated Thursday when state articles of incorporation were filed for China City of Salem by George H. Chinn, Timmy Yup and Donald Yee. The incorporators declined comment Thursday on the $15,000 corporation. Dance- to tlx Music ol THE WESTERN TRIO Etwt Friday Night I ML Dallas Read Chleken.uSteaks and Seafood White Slavery Presenting - Orchestra Portland WITH Variety of Events. Will Benefit Annual March (Story-also on Page 1) " Marion County civic forces will stage a variety of public events today and Saturday to bring the annual March of Dimes drive to a climax.- ' Following Mothers March events In communities throughout the county Thursday .night, the fund solicitation program will center the last two days in other activities seeking to raise funds for the Na tional Foundation for Infantile I Paralysis. In eight downtown blocks Sat in-day. Salem Boy Scouts -will raise funds from passersby In the familiar "Block of Dimes" promo tion. Stuart McElhlnney, directing the "block of dimes' this year In effort which already has raised $3,223 compared - to $2,365 last year, said more than 200 Scouts are expected to participate. The blocks will be on both sides of Liberty Street between State and Court, both sides of State be tween Liberty and - High, both sides of- Commercial between State and Court, south side of Court from High to Commercial. They will be on hand to receive contributions from 9:30 sun. to 5:30 p jn. To start the ball rolling, a Sa lam fire truck is to deliver 250 one-dollar bills -from Marlon County Firemen's Association. Mc Elhlnney praised Salem firemen also for working every Saturday Hi-Y's, Dads Hold Banquet Members of Parrish Junior Hi Y clubs and their Dads filled the dining room of the YMCA Thurs day night as another step in the National YMCA Week for pro moting public interest- More than 125 persons heard Jerry Frei, assistant background of football coach at Willamette University, describe some of back- ground of football and discuss current problems in the sport. - The Salem Board of Realtors Is scheduled to meet for a luncheon meeting at the Y this noon. A fur ther step in the week's program will be development of the regular Family Night at the YMCA to night to Include a no host dinner beginning at 6:30 pjn. Salem Knights Host District Meeting Here Central Lodge 18, Knights of Pythias, was host to a district meeting Wednesday night at the Beaver Hall. Over 50 members from Aurora, Hubbard, Dallas, In depence, Sllverton, Astoria and Oregon City were present. Special -guests were E. D. John son, Astoria, grand chancellor; A. F. Frederickson, Hubbard, deputy grand chancellor; Hubert Thomp son, Oregon City, past grand pre late; and Don Judson, Salem, grand vice chancellor. . The rank of page was conferred on four Knights. The Knights are sponsoring a dance S at the Labor Hall on Feb. 14. Serving refresh ments to the visitors were Mes dames Leonard Judson, Donald Judson, Fred Stein, Hubert Gatts and O. C Harris. NOW SHOWING OPEN 6:45 Maria Lansst - "Because You're Iline" Also "0. Henry V Full House1 All Star Cast POISON OAK! 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Other . closing events will In clude basketball games at Jeffer son and Woodburn tonight; on Saturday a ball at Salem Eagles Hall, dances at Mill City and Woodburn. ' Bustles and Beaus Square Dance Club again this year is sponsoring a square dance Jamboree, to bene fit the March of Dimes, at 8:30 pjn. Saturday in Salem Armory. The colorful dancing will be to the accompaniment . of Wagon Wheelers orchestra, according to Kenneth King, jamboree chair man. Ray Beard will be master of ceremonies, with a number of callers on hand. . . Campaign Chairman Earl Bour land said response on mailed en velopes for polio contributions has been fair, with only 3,000 of 20,000 envelopes returned so far. Open t:45 pjn. r Sterllnr Hayden Richard Carlson In Color "FLAT TOP Howard Keel "DESPERATE SEARCH Continuous o Susan Hayward RobU Mitchmm "LUSTY MEN" . O Johnny. Welsmuller "VOODOO TIGER" 1 Open 6:45 pjn. 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