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THE BEND BULLETIN
Sfate Forecaii
Oregon Generally fair and
slightly warmer today, to
night and Tuesday. High to
day 80 to 90. Low tonight
48 to 58. High Tuesday 84
to 94.
LEASED WIRE WORLD
NEWS COVERAGE
CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
33rd Year
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1949
.No. 213
Smuggling Involved in Deep
Freeze Case, Senate Prober
States; Mrs. Truman Cleared
Hy Wakkkn Dum:K
(UllllCd I'llHN Slllff Curi'CHpOlldclll I
Washington, Aug. 15 U.i; Sen. Joseph It. McCarthy, .,
Win., charged today that an employe of tin- Chicago Perfume
company which gave seven deep drcczcrs to MaJ. (Jen. Harry
II- VaiiKhun uh gifts was mixed up in an attempted smuggling
plot. '
McCarthy raised the smuggling chaw in a statement de
fending Mrn. Hess Truman's conduct in accepting one of tin;
freezers from Vaughan.
McCarthy said ho wuh hui-u tho president's wife -knew
-
Central Oregon
Sends Caravan
To Dedication
A large delegation of central
Orrgonluns went lo Detroit yes
lerdiiy und watched Queen Jean
ne Uray cut the ribbon which of
flclally 0cncd the new North
Kunlluin highway.
A group of person from llcnil,
Redmond, Madras, Sisters, and
Burn, formed a 20car caravan
at Sisters yesterday and niotured
lo IVlroll for the dedication cere
mony and picnic which, formally
marked the opening of the high
way. Among thoKe making t lip
trip was Joyce Duvl.i. of Red
niond. who wa Mlsn Oregon of
11M8.
Flint to drive over the new
thoroughfare were Governor and
Mm. Douglas McKay, who headed
a caravan of approximately 500
car carryliiK representatives of
weatern, cuslem and central Ore
oti. One of tho main ieakers nl
the dedication program yesterday
was Col. O. K, Walsh. North Pa
cific dlvlalon engineer, who told
those prraenl that the new De
troit dam will be producing pow
er In December of 1052, approxi
mately a year before the ached
uled completion of the dam,
Following the dedication cere
mony, delegates from the varloua
Oregon communities gathered at
tho new lircltcnbush school
ground for a picnic. It had been
planm-d, originally, to hold the
plrnlc at Whitewater forest camp.
Impressions
of
Central Oregon Visitors
Kcvercnd Fred Julius, of First
Baptist church of Hastings, Minn.,
Just out of Minneapolis, Is show
ing n party of five the "magnifi
cent" west, he said today. With
him Is his wife, sons U-lghton,
11. Wyman, 12. and LnBonna, 8,
and Mrs. Fred Wcller of St. Paul.
Glacier park left them breath
less. Then they saw Vancouver,
and the coast. From here It Is
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and
home.
Rev. Julius trained at North
western college In Minneapolis.
HONG KONG MKNACKI)
Hong Kong, Aug. 15 IHTho
government of Hong Kong pre
pared tonight for a state o emer
gency, In the face of the unhin
dered march by Chinese commu
nist troops toward this British
crown colony.
Committee Approves Amount
Sought for Military Aid
Washington. Aug. 15 Uli The
house foreign affairs committee
today approved the full $1,160,
090,000 asked by the administra
tion for military aid to western
Europe, 'but limited first-year
cash spending tb only about half
of the total.
Chairman John Kec, D., W.Va.,
told reporters the committee had
agreed on $055,840,000 In cash to
run the program through next
June and $505,150,000 in contract
authority,
The bill would require an
appropriation by congress to put
up the cash, but congress would
not have to appropriate money
Immediately for the contract au
thority. Contract authority Is a binding
commitment, however, and the ad
ministration would have a free
hand to proceed with plans for
spending the full amount
Ono Restriction
Tho only restriction the com
mittee wrote Into the legislation
as It applies to western Europe
wos to require that the president
certify to congress that a unified
allied command has been estab
lished under provisions of the
North Atlantic pact before any
contract authority is exercised,
Kec said tho proposal to split
western Europe's military aid In
to cash and contract authority
nothing of "the attempted
smuggling activities of an cm
ploye nf the perfume com
pany." Tiie freezers were given to
Vauifhan by I lie Verley I'cr
futn company of Chicago in
19-Ui. Vaughan distributed five of
them to highly-placed Washing
Ion friends, Including Mrs. 'tin
man. Oilef Justice Kred M. Vin
son and Treasury secretary John
W. Snyder.
No Kxoiicratloti
McCarthy made his charge at
the resumption of a senate sub
committee Investigation of Wash.
Ington "five per ucnlcis." the so
called Influence merchants who
rolled commissions for helping
their clients obtain government
contracts. And In defending Mrs.
Truman, he said he did not seek
to "exonerate" Vaughan, the
president's military aide.
McCarthy did not elaborate on
Ills smuggling allegation, nor did
he name the perfume company
employe Involved.
Hut ptwloiei hearings had
brought out that John Maragon,
a friend of Vaughun's was acting
as Furocim agent for the Verley
company at the time of the deep
freezer gifts In 19-1(1.
'Hie New York Herald-Tribune,
whose stories brought the five
per center investigation, said that
Maragon paid a customs fine for
trying to smuggle scarce perfume
oils into the United States In a
bottle labelled as "champagne"
for the White House.
"Nothing Improper"
Vaughan himself said there
was nothing lmproer in the
gifts. He said he solicited the gifts
from the president of the Verley
company and Us advertising rep
resentative "old friends of
mine." Vaughan said the freez
ers were factory rejects or experi
mental models which had no com
mercial value, although wit
nesses had testified that they cost
the perfume company about S3.
000. Earlier, McCarthy and Sen.
Karl E. Mundt. R S. D.. had
said they would demand to know
whether Vaughan paid off "old
friends" who supplied the freez
ers. 'To a country boy from South
Dakota," Mundt said, "It doesn't
seem reasonable that you Just
give away ice boxes to strangers
without some reason."
Matthews Favors
Vote on CVA Plan
Portland, Aug. 15 till Navy
secretary Francis P. Matthews op
poses a Missouri valley authority
but believes residents of the Pa
cific northwest should decide a
proposed Columbia valley admin
istration for themselves.
Matthews arrived here by plane
yesterday to sieak at the annual
democrats' state picnic.
was -offered by Rep. John Pa vis
Lodge, R Conn. A similar plan
was proposed earlier by the sen
ate's lending republican, spokes
man on foreign affairs. Sen. Ar
thur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan.
He and Sen. John Foster Dulles,
R., N.Y., proposed that the Imme
diate cash outlay for the arms
program be limited to $:(K,
000,000.
The house committee rejected
another proposal by Lodge to au
Ihorize an additional $200,000,000
for military aid lo China.
The committee divided the cash
authorization into two. parts, au
thorizing the administration to
spend $498,130,000 between now
and March 31. 1950. and $157,
710,000 between March 31 and
June 30, 1950,
The contract authority would
permit the letting of $428,000,000
In contracts until March HI. 1U50,
and $7,050,000 between March 31
and Juno 30 of next year.
The committee hopes to decide
later today on arms nld figures
for Greece, Turkey, Iran, Korea
ana uto Philippines. The admin
istration has askod for $1,450,
000,000 for tho whole program.
Vandenberg and Dulles. how
ever, proposed a $500,000,000
limit on the Immediate cash out
lay and asked that congress re
tain a voto on the spending.
Main Structure at Wickiup Dam Completed
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. - U. S. Forest Service Photo.
Tiie Wickiup dam. one of the longest structures of Its kind in the world, was completed this past
week when work of bringing the earth-fill dam lo Its maximunf height was finished. This picture
shows debris washed agulnsl the structure this season when storage surpassed the 180,000-acre foot
mark. The tower Is In the foreground.
Poisoning Will
Kill Scrap Fish
In 3 More Lakes
Plans for complete poisoning
of three mountain lakes to rid
their waters of super abundant
trash fish before replanllng with
trout were revealed this noon by
KolM-rt Borovlrka. geologist for
the slate game commission, in
an address before the Kiwanis
club at the Pine Tavern, lilg and
Little Uiva lakes and Lttlle Cul
tus will be Heated this full, ac
cording to the schedule now
worked out. llorovicka said.
Introduced by Don Prltchett,
program chairman. Borovickn
outlined the program of stream
and lake investigation that Is be
ing conducted in central Oregon
under commission dlrwtlonr-and
the water use survey that Is be
ing curried on to disclose the
effects of power and Irrigation
and Industrial development on
fish life.
The speaker told of the plant
ing of millions of trout both
raliilw and eastern brook this
year, noting that 818.000 fry had
been taken by airplane alone to
71 mountain lakes, the figure
comparing with 2-"W.OO0 planted
by this method in 35 lakes last
year.
Hulldlng of the landing strip
(Continued on Page 3)
Deep Sea Record
Attempt Fails
Aboard Velero IV. Off Santa
Cruz Island, Calif., Aug. 15 'Hi
Pr. Otis larton today abandoned
his attempt to set a new deep
sea diving record when a faulty
power cable caused the lights of
his bcntluwcope to fall and left
him In Inky blackness 2,300 feet
below the surface.
The -ISyear-old Boston scien
tist, a veteran undersea explorer,
started his dive to the bottom
of the G.OOn-foot Santa Cruz basin
at 10:30 a. m., tint was forced to
give up and return to the surface
when salt water shorted out hi
power cable through u break In
the Insulation.
The big white-painted steel
sphere was halted just 728 feet
short of the existing depth record
set by He.rton and Dr. William
Heche off Bermuda In 193-1.
Reluctantly ordering his assis
tants to haul him back up from
the 2,300 foot level. Barton said
It was no use continuing. "It
would tie a farce to go on down
without lights."
The solent ist first ran Into
trouble at the 850 foot mark at
which point he reported that his
lights had faded out.
One Break Repaired
The sphere was hauled back up
to the ti50 foot mark where
workers on the surface found a
break In the power cable Insula
tion. Emergency repairs were
made and the di'sccpf. 'Was. ' be
gun again. '
At 1,250 feet the explorer re
ported that Ills voltage was down
to between five and 10 volls
Instead of the .normal 110. In an
effort to check the trouble he
ordered Ihe ball lowered to 2,000
feet. At 11:45 a. m. he was nt
2,300 feel with the power failing
fast.
"It's no use," he sold. "It would
be a farce to go down without
lights. Bring me up.'
He said he believed he would
make another attempt as soon as
the trouble could be fixed, hut
added he could make no estimate
as to now long that would take.
Barton began his descent at
10:30 a. m. PST.
Nation's Public Enemy No. 1
Captured by Husky Ex-Marine
After Police Officer Slain
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 15 (U.P) Escape artist Earl D. Birch-
am, -15, the nation's "public
match here last night in a husky ex-marine after killing one
policeman and critically wounding another.
The dangerous criminal was held in jail here along with
his comely wife, June, 26, after Luther Williams, 37, grabbed
him by the throat. Twice Bircham aimed his two guns at the
marine and pulled the trigger
Rim Rock Riders
Join Posses in
Week-End Jaunt
Twenty-five Rim Rock Riders
were among representatives of
riding clubs who participated in
an over night tide to the Davis
lake country this past week end.
posses, anil cluos Horn all par
of the state took part.
Horses were trucked in part
way to the lake, and riders finish
eel "the trip on horseback over
trails. Camp was sot up at the
lake, and the group divided for
scenic rides to various points
In the area. One group circled
the lake, a distance of about 14
miles, and another party rode to
the top of Haner butte. for an
elght-mllc round trip.
Members of the local club tak
ing part Included the following:
Minnie Livingston, Kay Arm
strong, Les Dodson. Mr. and Mrs.
Uurv Gassner. Mr. and Mi's.
Dean Holllnshead. Mr. and Mrs.
Avery Grimslev and son. Bill, Ma
rlon Grover, Shorty Gustavson.
Ray Thompson, Roland Thomp
son. Dr. Lowell Aplln, Miss Lor
raine Bowns, Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. James Van
Huffel. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Filey
and Mrs. K. C. Gulick. Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Jenkins, former
Bend residents, were guests.
Record Set by
Prinevilie Show
Prineville. Aug. 15 (Special)
Prinovllle was getting back to
normal today, following a round
up that attracted some 5,000 peo
ple for a western show Sunday,
declared to tie one of the out
standing events of its kind ever
held in central Oregon. A swift
moving program marked the
frontier shew, held on the Crook
ed river roundup grounds. Ideal
weather conditions prevailed.
Over the week end Prineville
was host to Portland's mayor,
Dorothy McCullough Lee, who
was accompanied here by her
husband, Scott Lee. Mrs. Lee, In
10-gallon hat. overalls and boots,
was a guest nt the Saturday
rodeo. While In Prineville. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee were guests of hon
or at a number of functions.
The crowd present for the Sat
urday show is believed to have
been n record for a Crooked river
roundup.
HUM, RECOVIiREll
Stil.Mii, Aug. 15 dli Salem po
lice really rang the bell in their
search for the bell on wheels
which went AWOL from the Clat
sop American Legion post of As
toria, they disclosed today.
Salem's finest found not only
the huge bell which the Astoria
post reported missing after the
recent state convention of the
American Legion here, , but an
other as well.
And the puzzled police haven't
the slightest Idea for whom the
extra bell is supposed to toll.
Anyone around Oregon missing
a .good-sized gong is urged to
give the Salem police headquar
ters a ring. ,
ii ' ir ni m ..dnn
enemy number one," met his
but they failed to fire.
A traffic patrol car set the
killer on the run after two
years of freedom. Bircham
wrecked his car in the chase,
and fled on foot exchanging
shots with the officers through
the back yards of Louisville.
Patrolman John H. Tennyson.
32. was killed by two bullets that
struck him In the heart and chest
der the heart.
Car Wrecked
Bircham was armed with two
.38 caliber pistols. He refused to
comment on the killing or the
movie-like auto chase In which he
wrecked the late-model Packard
he was driving.
Williams, a 215-pound ex-ma
rine, heard a disturbance as he
and his wife were preparing for
bed. Williams said "my wife and
I heard something that sounded
like firecrackers several blocks
away . . . then the neighbor's dog
started barking."
Williams said he walked out in
the back yard to see what the dog
was barking about.
I opened the back ooor ana
walked down the steps to the
yard. Then a man Jumped over
a fence, pointing at me wrai a
gun in each hand, he told me to
eive him the keys to my car or he
would kill me," Williams said.
Guns MLsfire
"Then he pulled the triggers on
both guns . . . They clicked, but
didn't go off." Williams said.
Williams said his wife then
slammed the back door and Birch
am told him "tell vour wife to
open the door or I'll kill you."
Again he pulled triggers on oom
guns, but again they failed to go
off. '
Williams said Bircham pushed
both guns "in my back and told
me to go inside and get the keys
to the car. He followed me up the
steps. When' I got to the top one,
I placed one foot inside the door,
which Mrs. Williams had open-
p1"
The husky dairy' emplove said
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Four Accident
Deaths Reported
(H Unitd Prewl
At least four persons were
killed in accidents in Oregon dur
ing the week end and a fifth was
reported missing.
Fred C. Faarquar, 72, Junction
City, was killed Saturday when
he fell from a roof which he was
shingling.
Flovd Poole. 25, Springfield.
drowned at Martin rapids on the
McKenzle river when the boat
from which he was fishing cap
sized. Another drowning victim
was Mrs. Juanita Simpkins of
Newport whose body was recov
ered from Slltcoos lake Sunday.
Deputy coroner James A. Caddell.
Florence, said Mrs. Simpkins ap
parently drowned when a boat in
which she was riding overturned.
Caddell said her husband was
missing and the lake was being
dragged to determine if he also
had drowned.
Elsie Anders, Eugene, was
killed Saturday night when struck
by a Eugene police car on a
downtown street.
Ralph Cake
Asked to Quit
GOP Position
Gearhart, Ore.. Aug. 15 npi-
The executive board of the young
republicans of Oregon today ac
cused GOP national committee
man Ralph H. Cake of ineffici
ency and -inaction and demanded
his resignation.
A unanimous resolution adopt
ed by the board was drawn up
here after vice-chairman James
Thay?i, in a speech, referred to
Cake as "deadwood." Sig Unan
dei, chairman of the state cen
tral committee, said' he could
"not disagree" with what Thayer
had said.
The resolution asked Cake to
vacate his place on the national
committee "because he does not
reflect the temper cf the repub
lican party in Oregon."
Visiting On Metollus
Cake was reported by his of
fice today to be at his home on
the Metollus river and unavail
able for comment.
The resolution read:
"Be It resolved that the execu
tive noard of the young republi
can federation of Oregon believes
that the formation of a sound re
publican policy is the most im
portant function of the republi
can party at the present time.
"We therefore strongly con
demn the inaction of Ralph H.
Cake, republican national com
mitteeman from Oregon, while
serving as chairman of the com
mittee of the national committee.
The board feels that Mr. Cake
has failed to keep the republican
organization of the state advised
of his activities, to discharge
properly the duties of his office,
and that he does not reflect the
temper of the republican party
in Oregon. We therefore call for
his resignation as national com
mitteeman." Vivian McMurtrey, president of
the young republicans, compared
Cake's actions with those of Mrs.
Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath
Falls, national cojnmitteewoman.
"Mrs. Cornett is terrilic,"-said
Miss McMurtrey. "She tells us
everything she knows. Cake tells
us nothing."
Unander was sked if he had
seen Cake in the state republican
headquarters this year and Un
ander said: "I haven't seen him."
Persia Scene
Of Revolution
Damascus. Syria, Aug. 15 iu
Syrian army officers sought a
new government today after a
lightning week-end coup In which
they arrested, tried apd executed
President Hossnl Zaim and Pre
mier Moushin El Barabi. -
Unofficial reports said Faris El
Khoury, chief Syrian delegate to
the United Nations, might become
the new president of Syria when
constitutional government replac
ed the 10-man military council
which seized power in the coup.
resident Zatm, who hlmseli
took office in a military coup
four and a half months ago, was
seized at the presidential palace
shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday by
some of the same officers who
helped place him In power last
March 30.
Clash Brief
Unconfirmed reports said 22
men of the presidential body
guard were killed in a brief clash
before Zaim was arrested.
Zaim was taken to Mezze pris
on 10 miles outside Damascus
Premier El-Barazi was lured
from a week-end retreat at the
Lebanese village of Falougha with
a message saying that Zaim
wished to see him immediately.
The premier was taken directly
to Mezze prison, where he was
tried with Zaim. After the trial
the two men were shot within an
hour.
Col. Saml ElHlnnaoui, leader
of the 10-man military council.
tnen proclaimed himself presi
dent. In a series of communiques, El
Hlnnaoui described Zaim as a
"cheap dictator" and El-Barazi as
a "traitor."
Another communique by the
military council said the revolt
was completely internal and "has
noming to no wttn lorelgn pol
icy." Observers Interpreted this to
mean that American oil conces
sions In Syria, especially transit
rights for the oil pipeline to the
sea wouia not be affected.
7 DIE IN CRASH
Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 15 HP)
tour British and three Turkish
air force men were killed yester
day when their two-engined C-47
plane crashed shortly after leav
ing Ankara.
Among the dead was the Brit
ish air attache, Air commodore
Gilbert Bartholomew.
Airliner Forced
Down in Ocean;
3 Believed Dead
By Donald O'Hkkiins
(United Press Slaff Correspondent!
Galway, Ireland, Aug. 15 (U.R) Ruth Nichols, famed
American aviatrix, and 54 other survivors were snatched
from the Atlantic today after an American four-engined air
liner crashed five miles off the coast of west Ireland with
58 persons aboard.
The British trawler Stalberg landed Miss Nichols and 48
others at Galway. Also aboard were the bodies of two victims
of the crash, an American be--
lieved one of eight American
members of the crew of nine.
and an Italian girl, believed a
passenger.
Six other survivors were
picked up by the steamer
Lanahrone, leaving one per
son unaccounted for.
The names of the dead and
missing were not disclosed Imme
diately. Overshot Field
The four-engined DC4, owned
by Transocean Airlines of Oak
land, Calif., largest of the non
schedule operators, crash-landed
in the Atlantic early this morning
on a flight from Rome to Cara
cas, Venezuela, by way of Shan
non. It overshot Shannon airfield
in the darkness and did not have
enough gasoline to get back.
Passengers and crew took to
rubber life rafts or leaped into
the ocean with life preservers.
Fishing trawlers and scores of
other small craft put out from
Galway to search for them.
Miss Nichols had signed on for
the flight as assistant steward
ess. An airlines official said she
had gone to Rome lor Youth Ar
gosy, a bargain-price student tour
of Europe, and had decided to re
turn to the United States in ad
vance of the main group.
One of the first ashore at Gal
way, Miss Nichols immediately
cabled her mother, Mrs. E. W.
Nichols, in the United States:
"I am feeling fine. Back home
soon. Ruth. .
2 Others Arhericans
Two other Americans were
among the 49 passengers. One,
Mrs. Grace Derr, 33. of Oakland,
Calif., was undestood to have
been rescued. Her husband, R. H.
Derr, 38, Transocean Airlines
representative in Venezuela, still
has not been found.
The remaining 47 passengers
were Italian emigrants, bound tor
South America.
Survivors, some of them believ
ed injured, took to life rafts or
jumped into the sea with lifebelts.
A mercy flotilla of trawlers and
fishing boats plucked them from
the sea by the light of flares
from planes circling overhead.
The crew comprised:
Capt. Edward Bessey, 37, pilot,
Wethersfield, Conn.
Richard Hall, 28, first officer,
Long Beach, Calif. .
1 Miss Nichols. -
John Moore. 41, Santa Rosa,
Calif.
James Bauman, 30, navigator,
Great Farrington, Mass.
Ralph Fischer, purser,, Sara
toga Springs, N. Y.
Herbert Asbell, 22, radio oper
ator, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Robert Thomas, 25, radio oper
ator, Brookfield. Mass.
Luigina Cerabone, stewardess,
Rome.
K. OF C. TO MEET
Portland, Aug. 15 (U Dele
gates to the national Knights of
Columbus convention filled down
town hotels today awaiting for
mal convention opening tomorrow.
Swing to Right Shoyfar pVTien
West German Votes Counted
By Walter G. Rundle
(United Presa Staff Correttpontlent)
Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 15
(Ui Germany swung sharply to
the right in Sunday's parliament
ary elections and virtually assum
ed a conservative coalition gov
ernment for the new west Ger
man state, unofficial returns
showed today.
Communist prestige plummet
ed to a new postwar low, taking
only 5.7 per cent out of a record
total vote that approached 24,
000,000. The new west German govern
ment to be formed as a result of
the elections probably will be a
coalition of the Christian demo
crat, free democrat and other
rightist parties.
Have Majority
Together they polled about 60
per cent of the total vote in the
election of 402 members of the
lower house (bundestag) of the
new federal parliament. Final un
official returns gave the rightist
parties 14.294,758 votes out of a
total of 23,717,104.
The Christian democrats won a
narrow victory over the socialists
to become western Germany's
major party. The free democrats
ran third and the communists1
o:u i: iio.j i
Slot Machine
Thefts Still
Unsolved Here
A. J. Moore, district attorney,
today reported that he has issued
no warrant as yet In regards to
Ihe nurglary Ihursday night of
five slot machines from the Bend
Golf club.
He said that no warrant will
be issued until some officer of
the club appears to sign a for
mal complaint.
C. L. McCauley, sheriff, said
today that he has no informa
tion on the burglary other than
that the club was entered and
some property taken. He added
that no clues as to the person
who committed the crime have
been obtained.
Club officers reported that the
club was entered in the night
hours, some time after the club's
weekly stag party Thursday
night.
Still in storage at the Des
chutes county courthouse are
three slot machines which were
seized from the club In May nf
1946 by Sheriff McCauley. He
has had possession of the ma
chines since that time and has
refused to return them to tho
club as ordered by Wilson George,
justice of the peace who is pres
ently on a leave of absence.
. . i '
Police Checking
Auto Accident,
Mutilation Story
An automobile accident and a
story of self-inflicted mutilation
by one of the participants pro
vided the county sheriff and state
police with a mystery today.
The accident occurred near
Brothers Saturday about 6:30
p. m., when, according. to reports,
Everett Heiman, 38, of Denver,
Colo., swerved his pickup truck
into a machine operated by Mel
vin M. Freeman, of Nampa, Ida.
In a statement today to A. J.
Moore, district attorney, Freeman
said that no one in his car was
seriously injured, but when Hei
man emerged from his wrecked
truck he was bleeding from a
wound which he later told police
was self inflicted prior to the ac
cident. Police received reports
that the injured man refused
help from persons at the scene
of the accident. Some seven hours
later an ambulance was dispatch
ed from Ee.nd, and Heiman was
taken to St. Charles hospital for
treatment. He was released from
the hospital today.
Sheriff Claude McCauley and
Sgt. L. L. Hirtzel reported that
an investigation will be conducted
to determine whether or not the
injured man's wounds were self
inflicted. Heiman is reported to
have informed state police that
"the Lord" told him to cut him
self with a knife.
fourth. '
Complete unofficial returns:
Christian democrats, ' 7,357,506;
socialists 6,93-1,286; free demo
crats, 2,788.719; communists, 1,
360,469; Bavarian party, 986,606;
German party, 940.088; other par
ties. 2,221.839; independents, 1,.
129.591.
Under the complex voting sys
tem which was tallied 60 per cent
by direct vote and 40 per cent by
proportional representation, seats
in the lower house would be di
vided as follows:
Christian democrats, 141; so
cialists, 131; free democrats, 52;
German party, 17; communists,
15; Bavarian party, 15; center
party, 10; economic reconstruc
tion party, 10; German rights
party, 7; independents, 3; and
south Schleswlg federation 1.
Observers believed the coalition
government would name Konrad
Adenauer, Christian democrat
party leader, as chancellor with
Theodore Heuss, head of the free
democrat party, as president.
This would throw the socialist
narty of one-armed, one-legged
Kurt Schumacher into the oppo
sition, opening the way for the
much-desired two-pcrty govern
rrtent on the American style.
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