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THE NEWS ANT) THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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nd ha started slapping her, the
mother told the jury. He slap
ped her again when the fought
back and knocked her against
the wall.
"I made him stop and sent her
on back to bed," Mrs. Harpham
said, her voice low and choked
with emotion.
"When Pat went back in her
bedroom the argument started
again and Ray went back and
was bawling her out as he en
tered the doorway, I was coming
Just behind him, I saw a ball of
flame and heard the shot, in an
instant he fell. There weren't
any lights on. I ran and lit a
coal oil lamp and brought it in
and saw he was shot," continued
the mother.
Girl Screams '
I'ai came running auu
screaming from the bedroom,
'I've killed him, I've killed him.'
"Together we put him on the
bed and I ran to Oranls' house,
the section foreman, and we
called the doctor and told him
Ray was shot. Then we got him
In the car and took him to Altur-
ai."
Three Guns
see the gun, but that there were
three guns in the house, a shot
gun, a .45 calibre revolver, and
a .22. The house was dark at
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
Bette never had studied short
hand but she enrolled at the
KLAMATH BUSINESS COL
LEGE on April 7, 1941, and
on June 6, she was taking dic
tation at 120 to 13S words per
minute. Besides THOMAS
NATURAL SHORTHAND she
Is taking the usual General
Business Course, and she has
sent in her application for
Civil Service Examination for
a Junior Stenographer's posi-
tion with our Government. All
. of this since April 7, 1941. It
. certainly saves time and
. money for a student to enroll
with the KLAMATH BUSI-
; MESS COLLEGE, 423 Pine
Street, phone 4760. Irene
Kroenert. Instructor, gives
dent and, believe it or not,
she understands thoroughly
the teaching of shorthand
Pitman, Gregg, and Thomas
Natural. This is the only -private
school that has the sole
. right to teach Thomas Na
tural Shorthand in this dis-
trict. Give us a call. Phone
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the time and only a ray of light
filtered in from the outside.
A member of tho jury asked
Mrs. Harpham if the father and
daughter had had trouble before,
and the stepmother answered in
the affirmative but said the girl
had "never fought back" before
that night.
"He always favored tho boy,
and Pa knew that," the mother
offered.)
Boy Ttttiiitt
The dead man's son, Hay Jr..
11-year-old red-headed boy, clad
in striped overalls and wearing
a blazer, was called to tho stand
and took the oath.
Under questioning of District
Attorney Siscmore, Ray repeat
ed his mother's story in detail,
and added a few additional bits
of information. Here is Ray's
story:
"My sister and I went to bed,
and I didn't want her to sleep
with me because some times she
laid on me and we were argu
ing. My daddy said if we didn't
quit arguing he'd come in and
whip us. She sassed him back
and he whipped her and she
sassed him again and he whipped
her real hard.
"My stepmother said she
thought that was enough and
sent Pat to bed, but instead of
going to bed she got a gun and
when he came in the door she
shot him. I didn't see her get
the gun it was dark 1 just
heard it click. But I knew
which gun she had. There was a
.45 laying on the table, on a
dish, and in the dish were some
of my bee-bees and I heard
them roll around.
Warned Father
"I knew Pat had the gun and
when I 'heard daddy coming I
called to him to "watch out."
But then he was in the doorway
and I saw just a ball of fire. He
stood there and weaved for a
minute and fell.
"Then Pat started yelling aw
fully, 'I've killed him, Oh, I've
killed him."
Young Ray said his sister had
never played with guns nor had
used them much.
"My daddy was target practic
ing that day, and had left two
shells in the .45. When he was
outside he said he thought he'd
better go back and take the
shells out but he saw a train
come in and had to go back to
work."
Severed Spinal Cord
Ray's testimony completed
the hearing. Previously Dr. E. D.
Johnson had testified that a bul
let had penetrated the man's
neck, entering on the right side
and emerging through the back,
severing the spinal cord.
Ramona will go before the
justice of the peace in Alturas
as soon as papers are receive
from Klamath county authori
ties, according to Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Roger Burum of
Alturas when called by phone
late Friday morning. If the girl's
age is determined as 13 years,
she will then be certified to the
juvenile court and action will
be entirely at the discretion of
the judge of the juvenile court.
Judge A. K. Wylie of Alturas,
Burum stated.
The girl is being cared for by
a matron in the Modoc county
jail, officers there stated. She
seems "calm" and has herself
well in control.
The stepmother of the two
children said their mother, Mrs.
Ethel Woods, lived In West
Plains, Missouri. The Harphams
were married two and one-half
years ago in Rawlins, Wyo.,
where Harpham was employed
in a lumber yard there. From
Rawlins the family went to
Blytheville, Arkansas where the
father was employed as tel
egrapher on the Frisco line.
From Arkansas, the family
moved to Klamath Falls and for
several weeks after March 1,
lived at 2335 Biehn street and
Harpham was employed by the
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serted, is that both Germany
and the United States are par
ties to an international agree
ment entered into in 1930 under
which submarines are bound to
take proper precautions to in
sure the safety of crews and pas.
scngcrs of any merchant ship be
fore it is sunk.
In the case of the Robin Moor, I
Welles declared that the facts
speak for themselves. I
Welles was referrinc to a pro-1
vision of the 1930 London naval
treaty which requires that sub -
marines insure the safety of
crews and passengers and states
that lifeboats shall not be consid
ered a sufficient measure of
safety except when they are in
proximity to land. Thirty-five
persons from the Robin Moor are
still missing in three lifeboats.
Survivors were quoted as say.
ing that the submarine left the
46 passengers and crewmen in
open lifeboats hundreds of miles
from land.
Welles was askea how the
Robin Moor incident might af
fect President Roosevelt's recent
reassertion of the doctrine of
the seas. The president's state
ment spoke for itself, was the re
ply.
Welles emphasized that every
detail on the sinking which the
state department had received
had been made available to the
public and this practice would
be continued. .
He said there was nothing
more important than that the
people of the United States have
all the facts in the case.
Poolhall Sued for
Recovery of Alleged
Gombling Losses
The Klamath Billiard com
pany was named defendant Fri
day in the first complaint filed
in the county courthouse by ex
Circuit Court Judge Edward B
Ashurst since his return to ac
tive law practice in Klamath
Falls.
Representing James C. Bowcn,
believed to be a millworkcr at
pany, Ashurst in the complaint!
charges that his client was
duced and permitted" to play
alleged gambling games in the
Billiards on 11 occasions between
February 25 and June 11, 1941,
and lost the sum of $334.
The complaint seeks restitu
tion in the amount of $334. plus
an additional $334 penalty, quot
ing Section 64-102 of the Oregon
Compiled laws, annotated.
Southern Pacific as telegrapher.
Later he was transferred to Mac
doel, and from there to Canby
where his family joined him.
Mrs. Harpham said Ramona
was a Well developed girl for
her age, weighing around 122
pounds and 5 feet 2 inches tall.
She admitted the two, father
and daughter, had not been con
genial, but that Ramona had
never before attempted to fight
back.
The woman and her stepson
left the inquest room at the Earl
Whitlock Funeral home and said
they were going to stay in town
for a short time before going
back to Canby.
Members of the jury Included
A. H. Bussman, foreman; B. E.
Wright, D. D. Reeder, C. A. Bro
die, E. C. Jerrue and Andy
Meek.
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Feature at 11:20 A. M.
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The Lair Thrilling Chapter of
BUCK JONES in "WHITE EAGLE"
Color Cartoon
GIGANTIC STAGE SHOW!
And a
BIG CANDY TREAT!
CITY BRIEFS
New Cleaning Shop Gene
Williams, manager of the Acme
Cleaners for the past year and
a half, has opened his own plant
at 126 South Seventh street, he
announced Friday. Williams'
new shop will bo known as.
Genes Uptown Cleaners, and
will feature both pickup and de
livery, and cash and carry serv
ice at popular prices, ho said.
Grass Fire The summer was
well launched this week Willi
the fire department called on
sovcral grass fires. The truck
answered an alarm which took
them to 437 Grant street at 2:30
p. m. Friday. Little damage
was caused by the burning
grass.
Operation Doris Powell
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Em
mctt Powell, submitted to a ma-
jor operation at Klamath Valloy
hospital Thursday for the re
moval of her appendix. She
was reported doing nicely
Grass Fire The fire depart'
ment was called at 2:30 Friday
afternoon to extinguish a grass
fire at 437 Grant street.
Two Electrocuted
For Long Series
Of New York Crimes
OSSINING, N. Y., June 13 A
New York counted 31 murders
avenged today with the electro
cution . of Harry (Pittsburgh
Phil) Strauss and Martin
(Buggsy) Goldstein, chief execu
tioncrs of the fantastic Brook,
lyn murder' syndicate.
Between 10 and 10:09 p, m.,
last night, the two men died in
the Sing Sing electric chair, both
silent in their final moments,
Goldstein was first, then Strauss
grinning strangely.
It was hard to audit the books
of the murder-for-money firm
but officers estimated Strauss
and Goldstein alone had slain
31 persons. "
They were put to death for
strangling Irving Feinstein
small-time bookmaker and police
informer. Felnstein's body was
soaked in oil and burned in a
vacant lot.
Strauss, who had feigned in
sanity, gave up shortly before
he died and talked for the first
time since he entered prison.
He talked, among other people,
to Evelyn Mittleman, known in
Brooklyn as "The Kiss of Death
Girl," because five previous boy
Mend died with sudden vio
lence. Sfrauss was boy friend
No. 6. '
Officer's Daughter
Gets Big Surprise
CAMP ROBINSON, Ark.,
June 13 (IP) Miss Connie Ras
ter of Palo Alto, Calif., inform
ing dad she would pay him a
visit, tagged on that familiar
line, "Please have a band to meet
me at the station."
Her father, Lt. Col. JohnF.
Kastcr, acting chief of the 35th
division, pulled a surprise. When
she arrived today she was greet
ed by a blast of martiaf music
from nine regimental bands, 275
pieces in all.
Man at Large From
Salem Penitentiary
SALEM, June 13 (IP) Scott
Jim, 19-year-old Indian who es
caped from a work gang at the
state penitentiary annex Thurs
day, was still at large today.
State police and prison guards
were searching for the convict,
committed from Harney county
for being armed with a danger
ous weapon, in the Santlam
river region.
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FIVE CONTESTANTS
Three attractive 16-year-olds
entered the Klamath Buckaroo
Days queen's contest Friday,
bringing the number of contest
ants to five. Tho girls will com
pote in riding at tho fairgrounds
at 2 o'clock Sunday where a
"little horso show" will bo pre
sented as well as the Sheriff's
Posse In full regalia.
Pretty little blonde Esther
Collman, tho only fair haired
girl to enter the contest thus
fur, will represent tho city of
Klamath Falls. Esther will be
remembered by rodeo fans as the
girl who exhibited such fine
form in the best reined cowhorso
class at last year's show. She
is the daughter of Mrs. Clura
Collman of the Old Fort road,
has lived here all her life, and Is
a student at Klnmath Union high
school. Riding and other sports
arc equally easy for Esther.
Marjorio Bo'tcns, 16, represent
ing the Weyerhaeuser district,
signed up for the contest at rodeo
headquarters, 615 South Sixth
strcot, Friday afternoon. She
is five feet two inches tall, has
brown hair and eyes, and was
born and reared on a Klamath
county ranch. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Botens. Next year Marjorie will
be a senior at Klamath Union
high school. Riding, swimming
and dancing, are her favorite
sports.
Fifth entrant Is Mae Lilly. 16-year-old
Bonanza girl. She is
sponsored by the Bonanza busi
nessmen and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lilly of that
community. Next year Mae will
be a junior at Bonanza high
school. In Sunday's contest the
pretty young Klamath girl will
ride her own horse, "Ted."
The public Is invited to the
riding tests and there will be
no charge. Dr. J. Calvin Hunt,
member of the Buckaroo com
mittee, will direct the show.
Judge Hay Named
To Head Masons
PORTLAND, June 13 (U.PJ
Judge Arthur D. Hay of Lake
view yesterday was elected grand
master of the Masonic grand
lodge of Oregon at the second
day of the 91st annual meeting.
Clarenco D. Philips, Portland,
was . named deputy grand mas
ter; Kenneth M. Robb, Baker,
senior grand warden; Hardy D.
Proudfoot, Wa'ico, junidr grand
warden; R. Edward Pinney,
Portland, grand treasurer, and
D. Rufus Cheney, Portland,
grand secretary.
Frank Sloan, Stanfield, dis
trict deputy grand master, was
awarded a diploma and 50-ycar
button for distinguished service
for the grand lodge.
The new officers will be In
stalled Friday.
Among the grand officers ap
pointed by Judge Hay was Les
ter A. "Jack" Murphy of Klam
ath Falls, who will serve as
grand pursuivant.
Rummage Sale The Metho
dist young people will hold a
rummago salo Saturday at 1021
Main street, the old Hirvl build
ing. SATURDAY
MIDIIITE
Doors Open at Ili48
Show Starts at Mldnite
SHOW!
A Double Blast
of Blood-Freezing
'MAN WITH
NINE LIVES'
2nd Terror Hit!
"THE BAT
WHISPERS"
Jiff 5rf
Death Toll in
Auto Collision
Rises to Three
(Continued from Page One)
Longakcr, former Olympln may
or. Mrs. LongHkor'a condition
remains critical. Burlow was In
the car operated by Cnnnalonga
and en route north from Sun
Francisco. Robert Dombroff, al
so a passenger in the north
bound car, was slightly Im
proved and the fifth passenger,
Mrs. Marie MeFarlund was said
to bo definitely better. Sho was
tho least Injured. All aro nt
Klamath Valley hospital.
THIRD AT FESTIVAL
(Continued from Page One)
flower cannons which fired roses
at the crowd and soldiers of the
1776 with a Spanish girl.
Pasadena, Calif., tournament
ofrose float was third, feature
Ing a big blue vase filled with
red roses.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 13 (
Policemen on horseback more or
less stole the show at last night's
rose festival pageant at the Mult
nomah stadium.
Formation riding by the Port
land mounted police, Marlon
county Sheriff's Posse, Salem;
Wasco county Sheriff's Posse,
The Dalles; Klamath county
posse, Klamath Falls, highlight
ed the evening.
Two long-time favorites of
rose festival crowds also drew
gales of applause, the Victoria,
B. C, girls' drill team with it
marching, and the Bothell,
Wash., high school band with Its
music, majorette demonstrations
and marching,
BASEBALL
COOPERSTOWN. N. Y June
13 (P) The Cleveland Indians
whipped the world champion
Cincinnati Reds 2 to 1 today In
a rain-drenched slx-innlng ex
hibition game at Doubleday
field, birthplace of baseball.
Carl Doraett held the Reds to
five hits and Monte Pearson and
Jim Turner allowed the Indians
the same number before the
game was called by agreement
because of the muddy field.
FUNERAL
Funeral services for the late
Ray Floyd Harpham who passed
away in this city Thursday, June
12, 1941. following a brief III-'
ness, will be held in Rawlins,
Wyoming, on Monday, June 18,
1941. Tho remains will be for
warded via Southern Pacific
company on Friday evening,
Juno 13, 1941, Arrangements
are under the direction of the
Earl Whitlock Funeral Home of I
this city.
Klamath Kiddie
KvLuhh
Hello Boys and Girls. This
Saturday morning will be a
big day for the Klub mem
bers. The screen program
will consist of first of all the
feature which is "I WANTED
WINGS." This is the finest
feature yet that the ES
QUIRE THEATRE has pre
sented for our Klub meet
ings. It's the kind of story
that is BIG . . . DARING
. . . and THRILLING! You
will be thrilled to see 2500
of Uncle Sam's bravest air
men in action ... to see
squadron upon squadron of
the newest fighters and bomb
ers in actlonl
The second big screen
treat is the final chapter of.
Buck Jones In "WHITE EA
GLE" also the introduction
of our new serial "THE
GREEN HORNET STRIKES
AGAIN."
There will also be a color
cartoon "THE THREE LAZY
MICE."
Mr. Payne, our Klub Mas
ter of Ceremonies, and Emlle
Buzald, the Klub accompan
ist have been working all
week on a huge stage show
that will last one hour itself.
The LOST RIVER DAIRY
will present every boy and
girl attending this big show
a speclrl BIG CANDY
TREATI
The doors will open Satur
day morning v at fl:30 a. m,
The show will start at 10
o'clock. The stage, show will
be first and then the cartoon
and serials. The feature pic
ture, "I WANTED WINGS"
will start at 11:20 a. m, and
as this feature is two hours
long you will get out at 1:20
Saturday afternoon. Be sure
to tell your parents this be
cause they would otherwise
expect you to get out at noon.
THIS 18 THE BIGGEST
SHOW YET BOYS AND
GIRLS SO PLAN NOW TO
SEE IT THIS SATURDAY
MORNING AT THE ES
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good six font two and wearing
a "tinllonn" which is typical
sailor's garb the soft slipover
shirt, a reefer, and cii bivaiiio
head of tlin Sailor's union in
Jimuiiry, IIIUII. Ho was born In
Oslo, Norway, "In a bout unci
on a boat over since." Ho tins
sailed un English, Norwegian,
Australian and American ships
all his llfo. In discussing thu
Bridge healing l.uiidcbcig
didn't pull his punches:
''Straw Man"
"If ho (UrulgesJt isn't convict
ed with all the ovldctii'u they
have on hand uud gels de
portedit'll bo a Jokv. llrUlgi'H
Is only the "straw-mini" of the
communist party and he huMi't
any guts. He's an eguniiiiiiiic if
I ever saw one. Up until lll.U
ho was an obscure loug.shorc
man, but ho cuiue out In front
during the 1U3-I suiko uud bus
a glib talker the genuine kind
of a communist," said Lunde
berg. "if wo go to wur and Hie
United States government huxu t
guts enough to clean up these
communists what s the uao to
fight? Why don't they scud the
wliole outfit to Joe Stalin's coun
try and let them won ihe mlt
mines of Siberia.' 'Hint's the
kind of government they're
preaching urn! Units the kind
they should bo sent to, I've
sailed for ill) "years under nine
different nutionalltles and under
their duns and 1 picked this
place unci you don't go knock
ing around tho old globe with
out knowing what the score is.
This system Is OK for me and
I'm glud to fight for It any day
I can," ended l.tindelierg.
On the seaman's left juw Is a
souvenir left after a recent alter
cation on the San Francisco
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COOLED BY REFRIGERATION
waterfront, w h e n Lundoherg
cuiiio In contact, with a loud
pipe.
Ltiudehoi'g Is duo hack In
Francisco at 10 o'clock SuluF
day morning to attend a Cali
fornia slut" federation of labor
exenillvci meeting ut which ha
is a member. Whether ho will
ho able to attend ho couldn't
say. . ''
Tho choice of Puclflo const
seumen to liend their organiza
tion tho pust six years finished
lunch, went down to the garage
to sue what progress hail boon
iiiudo on the damaged motor, but
ended tho Interview with litis
remark:
"I'm a great believer In the
offensive myself. If we go to
war 1 lliluk we'd better got Into
the enemy territory before the
enemy guts Into ours. That's the
way wu work It on tho water-frontl"
OBITUARY q
ARTHUR MURRY MORGAN
Arthur Murry Morgan, for
years a resident of Illy, Ore,
pussod uwuy In this city Sunday,
Juno 7, 1041, at :30 p. m. Ho
whs a nutivo of St. John, Now
liruiiswlck, Canada, and at Ilia
time of his death was aged 43
yeurs 5 months and 13 days.
uud Mrs. liuorgc W, Morgan, and
four brothers. Frank, Ernest,
Jack ami Waller Morgan, alt of
lily. Ore; Ihruo sisters, Mrs.
Edith l.ou-den and Mrs. Mue
Lewis of .Seattle, Wash., and Mrs.
Uons Dolphin of Ketchikan,
Alaska. Tho remains rest In the
Karl Whitlock Kunural Home,
I'lnu street at Sixth. Notice of
(iiuerul to be announced Satur.
day.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many
friends for their sets of kl'S
ness mid tho beautiful floral "
(erings tendered us In our re
cent bereuvemrnt.
MILS. CLARA L. CLIFTON
AND FAMILY.
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