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SLAYING VICTIMS .Shown above are the
bodies of the two men who 'were found, gagged
and shot in cold blood, in Crater Lake National
park yesterday. At left is C. P. Culhane, De
troit, Mich., and at right is A. M. Jones, Concord,
Calif. The men's shoes had been removed, and
those belonging to Jones are outlined in the
BARKLEY QUITS
PRESIDENT RAG!
Chicago (U.R) Vice Presi
dent Alben W. Barkley, 74-year-old
Democratic wheelhorse who
could not put over his claim
that some men are still young
at 80, bowed out of the race
for president Tuesday with a
heavy heart and a trace of bit
terness. His friends said he was pack
ing his bags to go home to Pa-
ducah, Ky. They reported he
was "very unhappy." They said,
sadly, the story would have end
ed differently if only the Veep
had been 10 years younger.
Dream Collapses
Barkley's dream of moving in
to the White House with his
pretty wife Jane collapsed be
cause labor leaders refused to
string along and expected con
vention votes began slipping
away. Barkley bowed to the in
evitable and shortly before mid
night announced his withdrawal
from the scramble for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
It was another in a series of
bitter political pills Barkley had
to choke down in his almost 40
years of loyal service within the
Democratic Party. His chance at
the presidency which looked
good for a while had come too
late.
Barkley's announcement dis
played none of his legendary
amiability and wit. Anger show-'
ed through instead. The party's
grand old man issued his state
ment through a spokesman, and
Strange Objects Reported
In Skies Over
Washington (U.R) ' The
Air Force contributed to the
rash of "flying saucer" specula
tion Tuesday by disclosing that
strange aerial "objects" had been
picked up on radar near the
capital area.
Eight Objects Seen
The Air Force said radar op
erators at National airport re
ported tracing eight unidentified
"objects" on their screen about
midnight last Saturday.
The Air Force, which offic
ially has maintained - a skepti
cal attitude toward "flying sau
cers" refused to make any at
tempt to identify the strange
"objects." A spokesman said he
FORD
sent word from his hotel suite
that he had nothing to tell the
reporters.
He said in his statement that
certain "self - anointed'' labor
leaders had turned him down,
and that politicians who had
encouraged his candidacy now
had found it "expedient" to with
draw their proffered support.
Mossadegh Returns
As Premier of Iran
Tehran, Iran (U.R) Moham
med Mossadegh was named pre
mier again Tuesday and inform
ed sources said Shah Moham
med Reza Pahlevi granted him
control of the Army.
Mossadegh demanded and re
ceived the War Ministry's port
folio which controls the Army.
Control of the Army is the key
to control of the nation.
Mossadegh, 75-year-old lead
er of the National front, today
had his first audience with the
Shah since he resigned last Wed
nesday when the Shah refused
to give him dictatorial powers.
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment filed an anti-trust suit
against 12 major movie produc
ers and distributors Tuesday to
break up a "conspiracy" to deny
feature films to television sta
tions for several -ears after pro
duction.
Washington
had no comment when asked
whether the "objects" were "fly
ing saucers."
The Air Force said only that
the "objects" had been picked
up on the radar screen, moving
at speeds ranging from 100 to
130 miles an hour. It said it is
"investigating" the report.
Pilots Add to Mystery
Two pilots one civilian and
one military- added to the mys
tery of the strange flights by
reporting separtely that they had
seen strange objects resembling
"shooting stars without tails"
streaking across the sky in the
Wahington area during the past
10 days.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
foregrounds The other -pair are not shown. The
men were gagged with their own neckties. Rob
bery as a motive is being investigated by police
and FBI authorities. Their wallets were empty,
and their wrist watches were gone. (Klamath
Falls Herald and News photos and engravings.)
Grand Jury Asks
Witnesses To Tell
Of Bridge Fault
Jackson county s grand jury
requested this morning that any
one having any definite informa
tion "concerning the safety of
the county bridge at Rogue
River" notify the district attor
ney so that they may appear be
fore the Jury, according to Dis
trict Attorney Paul Haviland.
"The grand jury, in accord
ance with the request of the city
council at Rogue River, is in
vestigating the cause of the re
cent break in the floor of 'the
bridge at Rogue River to deter
mine if the cause was the result
of any failure on the part of any
county officials or employees, or
employees of the contractor
buildjng the bridge," Haviland
continued.
He had requested the city
council .at Rogue River to fur
nish names of any witnesses, he
said.
Asks Information
The grand jury also requested
that anyone desiring to present
any evidence relating to any
other criminal activities in Jack-
soun county indicate their de
sire to appear at a hearing by
communicating with the district
attorney's office, Haviland
stated.
The new grand jury,' called
for. the July session of the cir
cuit court, convened for fhe first
time yesterday and is consider
ing, besides the bridge investiga
tion, the shooting of State Police
Officer Phil Lowd and two sep
arate cases for contributing to
the delinquency of a minor. '
Jury members are H. D. Clay
comb, foreman: Aubrey C. Miles,
E. L. Brewold, Vaughn Keyser.
Jack W. Craid, Mildred Fritz
and George H. Luy.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay appointed Charles A.
Sprague of Salem Tuesday as a
member of the State Capitol
Planning Commission.
BULLETIN
Washington (U.R) Army
Secretary Frank Pace Jr. re
vealed Tuesday that the larg-
' est plant manufacturing artil
lery shells, the Cheyrolet
-shell plant at St. Louis, Mo.
' has 'closed down because of
the steel shortage.
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1952
CONFER ON SLAYING Above are three
men who figured in the search for two missing
men who were found shot to death in Crater
Lake National park yesterday. From left they
are Frank Eberlein, Klamath Falls, who was to
go fishing with the men, and who reported them
missing: Chief Park Ranger Lou Hallock, who
was instrumental . in organizing the search, and
Murderer
Object of
A police and FBI search for
the killer or killers of
two- motor parts, company ex-
ecutives broadened today. The
men, defenseless and
gagged,
were shot in cold blood.
Their bodies were found yes
erday afternoon in Crater Lake
National park, where a search
for them had been under way
since Saturday when they were
reported missing.
A .32 caliber automatic pistol
was believed to be the murder
weapon. Special Agent James
Poster, in charge of the Port
land Federal Bureau of Investi
gation office in 'Portland, told
the United Press that two cart
ridge casings found near the
spot where the bodies were
found indicated the weapon was
of that type.
May Be More Than One
He added that there was no
way of knowing whether more
than one person was involved in
the slayings, although others
who saw the bodies felt that
one man could not have com
mitted the double slaying.
The slain men were C. P. Cul
hane, 55, Detroit, Mich., and A.
M. Jones, 56, Concord, Calif.
They were found Monday after
noon by rangers who had been
searching for them. The men
were found lying near each oth
er, une naa been snot oenina
the left ear, the other behind
the right ear. They had been
gagged with their own neckties,
and their shoes had been taken
off. -
Groups of rangers, FBI
agents, and local police officers
today were checking the sever
al "ski cabins" which are scat
tered throughout the park for
the use of patrolling rangers in
the winter. The cabins are stock
ed with food and bedding, and
the check is being made to see
if any have been disturbed.
A robbery motive, at first dis
counted by officers, was also be-
After-Shocks Still
Jolting California
Tehachapi, Calif. (U.R) Aftw.-
shocks from the worst earth
quake to jar California since 1906
still trembled the earth Tuesday
as grim residents pitched in to
help rescue units clean up this
devastated city.
Two such after-shocks were
recorded this morning with resi
dents in Hollywood and Bakers
field reporting one at 1:49 and
the downtown Los Angeles area
recording one at 2:45. Both were
too light to cause damage and
went unnoticed by most resi
dents. '
Astoria U.R) Sheriff Paul
Kearney will start back from
Paris, Tex., this afternoon with
Ward Wenger, 20-year-old As
toria youth accused of the ham
mer slaying of his foster moth
er, the sheriff advised his office
by long distance telephone Tuesday.
RIBUNE
of Two Executives
Police, FBI Search
ing investigated today. Poster
I said both . men's wallets were
j empty , and. .their wrist watches
were missing.
Friends said Culhane was car
rying at least $100, but Poster
said this had not definitely been
established. However, he said
the robbery motive would be in
vestigated thoroughly. Jone's
driver's license was missing,
leading police to conclude the
slayer or slayers had intended
to get away in the car the two
men were driving, . but were
frightened away by tourists. The
carwas parked near a scenic
view about a quarter-mile from
where the bodies were found, in
the southeast section of the park.
The men's clothes were not
Fire Near Prospect
Covers 100 Acres;
Said Under Control
A 100-acre fire, largest of the
1952 fire season, started near
the Red Blanket Lumber com
pany mill near Prospect yester
day afternoon. It was under con
trol this morning, according to
state forestry department
spokesmen.
The fire, which was first re
ported in slash near the Red
Blanket mill burner, began at
about 1:18 p. m. yesterday, the
department said. It was report
ed at about the same time by
mill employees, and by lookouts
on Bessie Rock and White Point.
About 100 men, including log
gers employed by lumber firms
of the area, and employees of
the U. S. Forest Service and the
state forestry department.
fought the blaze last night and
this morning. Seven bulldozers
and seven water tankers were in
use. A 20-man state crew from
Buck Springs also was on the
blaze.
The fire Is largely in logging
slash, although there is some
residual standing timber in the
area. It was trailed this morn
ing, except for one spot where
boulders prevent trailing. That
spot is being covered by pump
trucks. State foresters said there
may be some further difficulty
this afternoon when the hu
midity drops.
Fire fighters from Medco,
Red Blanket, Ben Nork, Elk and
Gene Burrell logging compan
ies fought the blaze, as did state
crews from Prospect, McLead
and Medford.
Weather
FORECAST: Increasing cloudi
ness tonight with widely scat
tered showers Wednesday.
Low tonight SO, high. Wednes
day 65-75. '
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ... 3S -
Lowest This Morning 51
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Ira J. Kennedy, Detroit, Mich., an official of
United Motors Service, the firm which the two
dead men were affiliated. He flew west when
the men were reported missing, and arrived at
the park just as their bodies were found.
(Klamath Falls and News photos and engravings.)
mussed or rumpled, and there
was no sign of a struggle. They
apparently . had been seated
against two small trees, when
tneyWere shot."
Failed to Keep Date
Culhane, general sales man
ager of United Motors Service,
a General Motors subsidiary,
and Jones, west coast sales man
ager for the same firm, were
reported missing Saturday when
they failed to keep a fishing date
with two Klamath Falls men.
The two had been Medford vis
itors and were acquainted with
several Medford dealers in GM
automobiles.
An autopsy was performed to
day in Klamath Falls. The FBI
has assumed jurisdiction in the
case, because the murder occur
red on federal land, in the park.
Speculation was rife in Med
ford today as to whether 67-year-old
George Baker Dunkin,
a mountain recluse suspected in
another murder, had any con
nection with the crime. Dunkin
is still thought to be hiding out,
and the area where the search
for him was concentrated is
about 30 airline miles west of
where the men were found.
May Have Pistol
Poster said it is not know
whether Dunkin had a .32 cal
iber automatic. The prospector
and trapper, believed to be ob
sessed with a hatred for police,
is accused of the fatal shootine
of State Policeman Phil Lowd
a month ago, when Lowd ap
proached his cabin to question
him.
Park officials today were
checking all tourists who regis
tered at the park during the past
two weeks.
The car which the two men
were driving was found, appar
ently with nothing missing, and
with the key in the ignition, by
the Klamath Falls businessmen
who had the fishing date with
Culhane and Jones, They are
Frank Eberlein and John
Vaughn. -
Official Hope Held
For Steel Settlement
Washington (U.R) The
White House clung Tuesday to
nopes tor a negotiated settlement
of the 51-day steel strike, but
moved ahead "reluctantly" with
plans for partial seizure of the
industry.
Informed sources said Acting
ueiense Mobilizer John R. Steel
man probably would call for new
bargaining efforts by leaders of
the steel industry and the CIO
Steelworkers if he found the
parties could possibly be budged
from their adamant stands.
RIM ROAD OPEN
The rim road around Crater
lake is now open and ready for
traffic, according to Darrell D.
Crumley,' chief clerk of Crater
Lake National park. Traffic will
be delayed slightly by construc
tion work at Anderson Point, he
added.
Enraged Dixiecrats
Dare Northern Foes
To Throw Them Out
Chicago (UP) Gov. Henry F. Schricker of Indi
ana said today that Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois
told him he could not turn down the Democratic
presidential nomination if it is offered to him.
Convention Hall, Chicago U.R) A fired-up draft-Stevenson
boom blazed high Tuesday but the Democratic National Conven
tion plunged toward a knock-down fight on another front 'as en
raged Dixie delegates dared their Northern foes to "throw us out."
The Southern rebellion, set off by a "loyalty" rule which the
North rammed through the convention early today, had in it the
seeds of possible physical violence. There was talk among the angry
Southerners of sticking to their seats "until bodily thrown out."
The battle will be joined Tues
day night when the credentials
committee reports on its efforts
to get loyalty pledges from the
various delegations as it was in
structed to do by a convention
majority in the small hours of
Tuesday.
Chicago (U.R) President
Truman now believes that
Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi
nois is a sure bet for the
Democratic presidential nom
ination and is prepared to
fight for him in the election
campaign, the United Press
learned Tuesday. While House
advisers at the Democratic
convention said that while
the president may have dis
liked Stevenson's reluctance
to run, the chief executive is
confident that the Illinois gov
ernor can defeat Dwight D.
Eisenhower, the GOP nom
inee, in November.
The boom for Gov. Adlai E.
Stevenson of Illinois mushroom
ed when Gov. Henry F. Schrick
er of -Indiana announced that a
speech is being drafted to put
his reluctant neighbor in nomin
ation Wednesday. He said the
speech is being drafted without
Stevenson s consent.
. But the belief grew that Stev
enson will not say the word
a flat and unambiguous "no"
that appears to be the only thing
that could block the draft.
Movements Blossom
Stevenson movements were
-blossoming all - over. town. A
group of young Democratic con
gressmen, headed by Rep. John
F. Kennedy of Massachusetts,
set up a Stevenson headquarters.
They were joined by four Dem
ocratic candidates for the Sen
ate, among them former price
controller Michael V. DiSalle
and National Committeeman
Archibald Alexander of New
Jersey.
The rule that so infuriated
the Southerners particularly
those of Louisiana, Mississippi,
Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia was aimed at block
ing repetition of 1948 when Dix
ie rebels deserted the Trumart
Barkley slate and ran one of
their own.
Pledge Said Illegal
It requires that delegations
promise to do their best to see
that the convention's nominees
get on the ballot in their states
as the candidates of the National
Democratic party.
The Dixie Democrats prompt
ly labeled the loyalty pledge a
humiliating insult. They said it
also was illegal.
Georgia, Louisiana, and South
Carolina were the first of the
five rebel delegations to an
nounce their decision, reached in
caucuses, as to what they will
do about the loyalty pledge.
They said they would never
take it. They said also that they
will not bolt the convention.
They said they will stick to their
seats until they are kicked out.
Their decisions were unanimous.
Virginia and Mississippi were
strongly inclined to like action.
Sizable Rainstorm
Moving Into Northwest
By UNITED PRESS
The first sizable rainstorm in
almost a month began moving in
over the Pacific Northwest Tues
day. Weather forecasters said the
storm front was developing out
of the Gulf of Alaska and light
rain and cloudiness were expect
ed to cover much of western Ore
gon late Tuesday night.
Crater Lake Slayings
In Chicago Headlines
By R. W. RUHL
Chicago Oregon and California shared the front page of the
morning papers with Vice President Barkley today Oregon with
the murder near Crater Lake of two Motor company executives,
possibly committed by the crazed fugitive George Dunkin; Cali
fornia with the severest quake since 1906: and the VP for his un
expected decision to retire from the presidential race because of
the opposition of organized labor.
There seems to be increasing agreement in the press section
lhat Barkley's action will so increase the pressure on Stevenson
that the latter won't long be able
In support of this conclusion
the somewhat melodramatic protestations" of the reluctant Illinois
Governor, that he does not want the job he has never said, and he
refuses to say now, that if drafted for the nomination by over
whelming convention action, he will refuse it
Democrats Hear
Opponents Damned
In Keynote Speech
Convention Hall, Chicago
(U.R) Paul A. Dever poured it
on. He sweat. He shouted him
self hoarse. He promised Amer
ica a golden age "if we are faith
ful to the New Deal and the
Fair Deal."
The 49-year-old Dever is gov
ernor of Massachusetts. Monday
night he delivered an hour-long
keynote address which dele
gates to the Democratic Na
tional Convention interrupted
60 times with cheers, applause,
bell-ringing, and whistling.
Republican Damned
He damned the Republicans
as "shoestring political adven
turers," "spoilsmen," "cruel,
ruthless, and shortsighted men,"
whose theory of taxation is "to
spare the rich and soak the
poor."
The Democrats, on the other
hand, have given the country
20 years of unparalleled pros
perity which, Dever said, the
GOP calls "creeping socialism"
but he cals "democracy in ac
tion." Rip-Snorting Answer
It was the sort of speech the
Democrats wanted to hear a
rip-snorting answer to all the
things the Republicans said
about the Democrats in the same
Convention Hall a couple of
weeks ago.
In his speech, he paid his re
spects to what he described as
"the fossils of antediluvian Re
publicanism." He referred to
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the GOP
presidential candidate, as a
"good general" who won his
spurs under Democratic Presi
dents Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry S. Truman.
But he said Eisenhower is a
complete novice" who knows
nothing of "civil affairs" and is
not qualified to assume the
presidency."
UN Pours Barrage
On Commie Soldiers
Seoul, Korea (U.R) U.N. war.
planes and artillery, setting the
stage for an allied counter-attack,
poured a withering barrage
Tuesday at Chinese Communist
soldiers who drove the allies off
a part of "Old Baldy" hill.
The bombs, rockets, machine
gun fire and napalm hurled at
the Reds were designed to
"soften up" the enemy in prep
aration for another assault on
the hill, west of Chorwon on the
West-Central front.
In a thundering artillery duel
this afternoon, the UN knocked
out one of four Red tanks mov
ing up to support the Reds.
LOGGER INJURED '
R. D. Lowry, Twelfth Street
Auto Court, was in Sacred Heart
hospital today after a log rolled
on him when he was working
for the E. R. Cox lumber com
pany in mountains outside of
Talent. A Conger-Morris ambu
lance took him to the hospital,
where attendants reported that
his legs had been injured, but
extent of his injuries were not
yet known.
to resist it.
it can be stated that in spite of