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PAGE FOUR KLAMATH FALLS. OREGOn October 21. 1041 Stye tffoentog $eraU MUHir. JEVKINS MALCOLM EPLIV Publlrbed trery afUnwoa eicept fnndey b " J rx -. m.uti REHALO ri'BLlSUINQ gillred 11 lecono! elm muter it lh IWO moot ui Member of The The AMOdeUd Prut ! ncluilvelt entitles to the gu of rebablMtloa of ill fwt dlerttcbu credited U It or oo othenrtei credited to tWe piper, ud ileo the loeil ai.,.u . . .,, Hn.iKllMtlrtn a! anAflel d .nitthei Ira Ilea Mlirrvd. BeWl puoilineo wirrem. " MEMHER AUDIT BIIRKAU OP CIRCULATION Itf preeeniea weit-rioiiimr vo.. inr. .... run TriBrt.cn, New Tort, Detroit, Brittle, Cblor. rwtlilid. foe Alleles. M. hnW. nan 'ri' 1, , w. v.. n.peli. taaelhrr with ewmr.leta Information .touTlh. Kli'miib till, outlet. n,. be Oellered by Curler Id Cltx One Month yM Three Moauia Doe Vnr MAIL KATKS PAVABLK IN ADVANCE Kliraitb. Like, Modoo Three Murine Sit Mont hi Daylight on Defense Roads THERE has been considerable confusion in the defense highway situation since President Roosevelt vetoed a OOllA AAA AAH Vi irrVi mot' Kill OT1 rl his veto was sustained by the house. Urgently needed awaiting a ciamicarion 01 me ever, there appears to De aayngnt aneu. The roads committee of the house has approved a bill that goes to the senate and is designed to meet de- Aellot? tieeus, aiic wicjvh lww . - - "outlined this measure, whose details will be of interest to road leaders here vitally concerned wun aeiense mgn way developments: 1. Official approval of the so regional roads and provision ior ine extension 01 uie jcuhuhu and secondary road systems to embrace roads vital to the strate- 2. Emergency authority for authorized for the federal-aid ana secondary roaa systems 10 matched on a one-fourth state, three-fourths federal basis when expended on the strategic system. Allowance is made for the usual exception in the case of western states having large public domain and Indian 'lands. No additional funds are authorized for the strategic system. 3. $150,000,000 for building of access roads connecting train ing centers and defense industries with existing highways. . 4. $10,000,000 for building of access roads connecting train ing centers and defense industries with existing highways. 5. $10,000,000 for advance highway engineering studies to be apportioned to and matched by the states. ' 6. Use of available federal funds In the development of off street parking facilities on sections of the strategic network form- 1 ing bypasses around and connections into and through munici palities and metropolitan areas, provided: . (a) . That the state-prohibit parking on such sections. (b) . That funds be withheld where states fall to enforce the parking ban. (c) . That authority for off-street parking facilities not be ex ' ercised unless the federal share of the cost of such facilities will be materially lower than the federal share of the cost of widen ing, or relocating such sections of the strategic system which off atreet parking facilities are designed to serve. This outline indicates that emphasis is going to be i nlaced on road construction, in centers where there are large defense activities, but ways are not overlooked. They should not De, ior rapid movement of armed forces over large- areas is unques tionably essential to effective defense. V' l 1 ' Sign This Hazard FURTHER reports from the Sheepy lake district, where a hunter was drowned before the duck season was half a day old, indicate that the deep barrow pit adjoin ing the new dike on the state line continues as a most dangerous hazard that should in some way be marked for the safety of hunters. Three men were in the water there at the time a Mon tague man was drowned. Two barely escaped with their lives. This week, another man walked off the shelf at the end of the pit and had he not been a remarkably good swimmer there would most certainly have been another tragedy. . . It is here suggested to the wildlife service, which has been constructing the dike, that warning signs be posted at either end of this pit and elsewhere, if necessary. Such signs would be a service to the cause of safety in that area. To the Salem Statesman, a Deschutes potato for this one : "What if the Russian government did have to desert its capital? The Reds don't believe in capitalism, anyhow." vvmiiivvie ivstorus MONDAY Complaints Filed Minnie Skipworth versus Wil lis T. Skipworth. Suit for di vorce. Couple married at Pres cott, Ariz., May 15, 1924. Plain tiff charges cruel and inhuman treatment and asks custody of two minors. Maynard Wilson, at torney tor plaintiff. Minnie Elv vprcne r. vi Suit for divorce. Couple married at Coquille, Ore., October 25, 1934. Plaintiff charges cruel and innuman treatment, asks restor ation of her former name, Min nie Watkins. Edwin E. Driscoll, attorney for plaintiff. Marie Benson versus David R. Benson. Suit for divorce. Couple married at Vancouver, Wash., August 3, 1939. Plaintiff charges cruel and inhuman treatment and asks restoration of her mai den name, Marie Sewell. Ed win E. Driscoll, attorney for plaintiff. Dirore Decrees Elizabeth Coats Cochran ver sus Clyde D. Cochran. Plaintiff granted divorce and restoration of her maiden name, Elizabeth Coats. Edwin E. Driscoll, at torney for plaintiff. A. C. Howell versus Lenora Howell. Plaintiff granted di vorce. A. W. Schaupp, attorney for plaintiff. Chester O. Trotter versus Pal metta Maria Trotter. Plaintiff granted divorce on grounds of desertion. Merryman and Napier, irorneyn ior plaintiff. Julie Mischel versus Ray Mis- cnei. Plaintiff granted divorce I Mltw . M.mHof Editor The HenM PuMlihlnf Ooapuy St leplintde t. - 1 - .n.tt. Villa Arn COMPANY, Publl.hm poetflfflN of Klimltb FiUi, Ore, 01 Aufutl 0 ,iiit... m-iwi .- Aeeoclited Pre. - Keiy 07 obulnad for tb. ...In. it of lb Pillow. and ol.klfoo Counttn .Ills Hi too construction has marked time legislate c - called strategic system of inter funds "heretofore and hereafter" strategic inter-regional higlv on grounds of cruel and inhu man treatment. Plaintiff to have custody of two minor children. Merryman and Napier, attorneys for plaintiff. Ruth Whittaker versus Her bert Lee Wittaker. Plaintiff granted divorce. Edwin E. Dris coll, attorney for plaintiff. Marriage Licenses HAMSTREET-MOORE. C. M Hamstreet, 26, Klamath Falls, sawmill worker, native of Iowa Dorothy A. Moore, 19, Klamath Falls, waitress, native of Ore gon. BICKERS-SAM .To mo. An. drew Bickers, 22, Klamath Falls, soldier, native of Oregon. Re nata Diana Sari, 18, Klamath Falls, waitress, native of Oregon. Justice Court Cecil Bertram f!nrlrprv nn operator's license. Fined $5.50. I win neubert. no tall llrht nn car. Fined $5.50. Eva Mildred Benson, no oper ator's license. Fined $5.50. Edra Irene. Mrfev nn .. ator's license. Fined $5.50. waiter Frank Ball, sodomy Bond set at $2500 cash or $5000 Dronertv. Wnlvai hearme. Committor, n ..,.. Jail. Ivan John Olllnn Jr,.lr . public highway. Fined $10 or five dava. CnmmlH.il ...... - u .v vuuii.jr jail. Orvllln nihhol tji.. ... sessing Intoxicating liquor. Fined 150 or 25 days. Committed. Mary Warren Chapman, un lawful selling of alcoholic liquor Fined $100. $50 mmnonrUM jn. ly aays pronation. OJIva D. Anderson. Unlawful selling of alcoholic liquor. Fined E OF 30 YEARS One of the most revolting cases In local court annals ended with a 30-yer sentence Monday for Walter Frank Ball, 42, who com' mitted an unprintable offense against a 12-year old boy. Ball pleaded guilty to a morals charge that brought a IS-year sentence from Circuit Judge David K. Vandenbcrg. It was the revealed that Ball, a white man. had been sentenced in 1936 from this county for assault with in tent to commit rape. Under the habitual criminal act, Judge Vandenbcrg sentenced Ball to 30 years, or double the sentence of the second offense. Ball, who has been working near Bonanza, made a statement to officers at the county jail and listened to its reading in court It admitted that he picked up young boy in the suburbs and committed the offense before he would let the boy go. State Policeman Walter Wal ker, who arrested Ball, was called to the witness stand by District Attorney L. Orth Sise more. Walker testified that he investigated after a second boy had told him of a man driving off with his "chum." When he encountered Ball at the end of Shasta way. Walker said, the man was alone and denied he had been accompanied. How ever, the boy came up at that moment and accused Ball. Walker testified the boy told him Ball had threatened to "run a knife through my heart" and that the boy had offered Ball 20 cents to let him go. In his state ment. Ball had denied threaten ing the boy with a knife. While we were talking," Walker testified, 'the boy told me to Tvatch out because Bali had a knife in one of his pockets. indicating the pocket. I invest! gated and Ball had the knife in that pocket." Ball got the youngster into his car by asking him the directions to a house and then asking him to go along and show him. Ball was sentenced here by Circuit Judge Edward B. Ash urst in 1936 to a three-year term for assault with intent to com' mit rape on a 12-year-old girl A life sentence was possible under that charge. The sentence imposed on Ball Monday on the latest charge was the maximum allowed by the law. -i -. Gum Flavoring Shipped East . PORTLAND. Oft SI (7PI Enough chewing gum flavoring left here last night to meet the demands of voune America for some time to come. It was a carload of pepper mint oil, valued at $110,000, con- cicrnprl in a nhewmtf 011m firm in aoum cena, ma., Dy jonn n, Davips. Kpnnpwirk Wash a peppermint oil buyer for 25 years. The oil came from 800 acres in the Willamette valley and on the Washington side of the low er Cnlnmhin rivpr vnllpv Ttii value was up to $3.25 a pound, aouDie ine price in ltfiu. Arguments on Tax Ration Presented SAT.F.M Oct 51 IB Thu state supreme court, in a two- nour session, neara arguments today on whether the variable ratln nr th unlfnrm ratfn mpth. od should be used in assessing Multnomah county property. A decision is expected within turn wpp1r Attorneys for the state tax commission arguea mai me court should compel the change to uni form ratln even thmirh It wmilrl increase taxes on homes. Attor neys for Tom Watson, Mult nomah rmintv anHifnr- arcrueH for continuation of the variable ratio. $100 or 50 davs. Fine paid. Liauor confiitratH. Mark Alton Lee, operating motor vehicle when license re voked. Fined $50 or 10 days. Committed to county jail. Raymond Bowles, shooting game birds during prohibited hours. Fined $32.50, $20 sua Dended. Athol E. Oliver, shooting game birds during prohibited hours. Fined $32.50, $20 suspended. Ira Lester Davis, hunting mi gratory birds by prohibited method. Fine of $32.50 sus pended. Sentence State versus Walter Frank Ball. Defendant pleaded guilty to charge of sodomy. Sentenced to 15 years in penitentiary. De fendant also pleaded guilty to charge of being a habitual crim inal. Sentenced to 30 years. Thn raynrafipll a rlam rif patt ern United States, resembles the blade of a straight-edge razor. Annrnvlmntolv 24 Oflft non an. tomoblles are in use in the sev PRISON united States. , SIDE GLANCES e-re., rr uv. wc. T 1. T or n. "Don't listen lo your fnlhcr loo closely, Tom he sprnl three years warming the btnch nt Slute University 1" News Beh by PaulMaLLON W7ASHINGTON, Oct. 2t Someone has got to take hold of the production half of the defense program and put tome more vigor into It. A re spectable number of planes are going to England, but hardly any tanks (exact figures are still being kept secret.) Aid to Russia, so far has been incon sequential. Nearly everyone around OPM headquarters concedes the Job is not being done right, al though the other half of the program the accumulation of raw materials seems to be moving forward with fair suc cess. Some of the OPM men think William S. Knudsen. the nom inal head, will yet grasp the reins and assert himself. If It does not work out that way. there is a good chance Floyd Odium, the tough financial or ganization genius from New York, will work up to the front where he can exert the neces sary leadership, supplanting Knudsen. UNUSED POWER It is no longer a question of authority, but of power that is not being used. Mr. Roosevelt at any rate, thinks Mr. Knud sen has the power. To an in timate adviser, he recently com plained against the criticism that his reorganization of the defense setup left It headless. saying: 'Knudsen has more Dower in this defense program than Bar ney Baruch ever had." Certainly Mr. Roosevelt lodged the "responsibility" for production with Mr. Knudsen, and that implies power. It is true Mr. Knudsen's toes have been cramped by restrictions. For one thing, the war and navy department still have the legal authority to do the contracting and they are belligerently de fending it against any encroach ment, i. But if Mr. Knudsen really took 'the situation in hand and forced a showdown, there is no question but what his superior authority would be clearly es tablished. Mr. Roosevelt would back him to the limit. Those who have seen and heard what is going on know that if the former General Motors chief threatened to resign, for in stance, he could eliminate all his organizational obstacles. ODLUiV HAS POWER Odium has gained the respect mils : NOW PLAYING txdtmtnt. . . Entertainment . . . Adventure! The thrilling story bcm th West r ME3 and FEATURE STARTSi Matlnte, IfJMILIIfcTTl of the administration by the way he has started into organ izing the new division of con tract distribution. Ho, too, al ready has powers he could use to bludgeon the program through. His authority Is prac tically as strong as Knudsen's. Ho is directed to spread con tracts; use all available manu facturing facilities; convert plants where necessary. Ho Is empowered to seize every idle tool or plant. Under the executive order ho received from Mr. Roosevelt Sept 4, Odium could require auto manufacturers to take munitions if he chose. Ha could demand that the army and navy give contracts to idlo plants. He could revise the whole cum bersome schedule of contracts. Some such evolution of the existing regime cannot be avoid ed if the necessary drive is to be furnished. COURT SPLIT , The most interesting' clash of capital personalities has been hidden bv the austnrp Rtirfnro of the supreme court. The court now nas seven justices appoint ed by FDR, only two holdovers from the good old days. As Is usually the case where opposi tion is negligible, the majority begins to scrap with itself. RisinC in this npw rmirt km. slon as a "conservative" doubt It at your own risk Is the crusader with the liberal rep utation, Justice Felix Frank furter. Political dmtiirnatlnn being what they are nowadays, mis means only mat Mr. f rank furter has dissented with run i. of his new deal colleagues. His independent position is estab lishing him as a balance of power. The liberals who think hp I. not as liberal as they, include Justices Black and Douglas, ag gressive crusaders in their own more leftlsh wav. Vlalhlp pul. dence of their violent disagree ment with Frankfurter in the closed court session has de veloped in dissenting opinions. aney nave a new nana lead er, Justice Jackson coming in with them now, while Justices Murphy and Reed are playing muted trumpets. Roberts re mains mildly conservative. The mellowed Chief Justice Stone, who waves the baton over this aggregation, Is work ing hard to prevent any broken bones or. fractured skulls, but his friends are sincerely con cerned oyer his health. While ' the court obviously isn't what it used to be, it also is not yet what It is going to be. A battalion In the United States army consists of between 300 and 800 men, with a lieutenant-colonel or a major , in command. One-third of the 6,000,000 farms In the United States pro duce some cotton. of a Southern Bell who first "Two-Gun" Woman! 4 with Randolph Scott. Gene Tierney Dana Andrews John Shtppard Donald Duck Cartoon port 'Inow Fun1 PifltUT. PMfrlt Pof New 2:42 Evening, 7:42-9i52 GOUNGI HEARS OF A lengthy discussion of the Bonnevillo power program donii innlod Monday night's city coun cil meeting, with C. Brazil. Bon neville district manager at Eu gene, outlining the program and answering questions, At the close of the discussion, it was decided the city utility commltteo will meet with the sponsors of the proposed Klam ath PUD Inter In the week for an exchange of Information and general discussion. Brazil advised against a dlvis ion between city and rural dis tricts if a public power program Is undurtukan hero. Ho said town and country hnvo Interwoven In tcrcsts and thut two units would mean duplicated administrations and overheads. Not "Agltatina" The Eugeno man said that ttio Bonnavlllo administration leaves It to tho Initiative of the people as to whether they want a public power program "and whon. He said he wasn't "agitating" for anything, but was merely pre' senting factual information. Ho was Invited by the council to appear beforo it. Brazil pointed to the posslbll ity of power being brought hero from the Columbia valley (Bon nevlllo), from Shasta dam or be ing produced In the hydroelec tric plants now operating In this area. He stated that the Bonnavlllo administration had found in its operations that It Is not a ques' turn of selling power but of get ting enough power to sell to meet tho demand. Bonneville, he stat ed, is a public power program, not to bo monopolized by limit ed groups, and public bodies havo preference for power. He told of traasactions of the Bonneville agency has with the California Oregon Power com pany at Drain and rural districts In that area.' This company, he .said, had shown very great cooperation, and negotiations are underway for purchase of a part of Its system by the North Douglas power cooperative. He reminded the council that Dr. Paul Raver, Bonneville ad ministrator, stated while here some months ago there Is a pos sibility that Copco may be taken over. ' t Brazil outlined the steps taken in the formation of a people's utility district. These Include: Outline the boundaries and send a map to the stato hydro-electric commission; circulate petitions which must be signed by 5 per cent of the voters who voted for supreme court Justice in the last election; hydro-electric com mission checks it and holds a hearing: It it is decided an In vestigation is in order the hydro commission has a study mado and engineering report prepared: it is then decided the proposed PUD is a good thing. It is placed on the ballot for an election. Single Unit Eytd A. M. Thomas, secretary of the Klamath Bonneville committee, stated his group has taken these steps up to the place of the hy dro hearing. He added that his grotrp does not favor two units In the county. The latter matter has been discussed before the council, on the theory that possibly if pub lic ownership of electric utilities Is undertaken here, the city should operate Its own utility as a municipality rather than go into a larger district. Discussing taxes, Brazil said state law provides a PUD shall pay the same taxcj now paid by private utilities. J. W. Weuchope, city electrical inspector, asked if this would apply to the Copco franchise tax which brings the city about $13, 000 annually. Brazil replied he iUL'IiKSIT Dial 8562 Last Timet Todayl Anna Neagl in "SUNNY" and Alfalfa Swltier In "Reg'lar Fellers' Play Wednesday and Thursday Joan Blondell Dick Powell "Model Wife" Hit No. 2 Conrad Nagla in Don't Mill Charlie White's Movie Exhibit. DISCUSSION PUBLIC POWER No. 1 1 h. Rich Cloth Is Within Your Budget J Ct UOUHMM PATTERN Think how lovely your best china will look on this luxurious dlimos, clothl The graceful but terfly border (border and cor ners are In one piece) Is flint crochet and made In a strip andJ sewn to a linen ciotli. pattern 7126 contains Instructions and chart for border In various sizes; Illustrations of it nud stitches; mnterinls needed. To obtain this pattern send 10 would nut answer that question definitely, but that ha believed It would. Questioned by Councilman Harvey Martin, Drazil said he believed Bonneville would have an Industrial survey made of this area If asked to do so. Brazil discussed comparative rates and experiences in other cities. Couiicllmen indicated In later discussions that they are "bon ing up" on Bonneville so they will know what II Is all about If the matter comes to an issue here. The council received a letter from the Klamath Bus company stuting It would not be possible at this time to start service to Hot Springs because of lack of sufficient potential patronage, inadequacy of streets and the possibility of inability of getting equipment at this time. Mayor Houston said an effort will still be made to get the bin company to start service to see If it will pay. On recommendation of Build ing Inspector Harold Franey, the old bottle house on Klamath avenue which portly burned last week was ordered torn down. Plumbing Inspector O. D. Matthows was authorized to talk with the Klamath Heading com pany about steam which rises in the streets from tho company's mains. Couiicllmen described this as a traffic hazard. FUNERAL FRANK C. CRESS Funeral service for tho lule Frank C. Cress, who passed away in this city on Sunday, October 19, will take place from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Fu neral Home, B2.1 High street, on Wednesday, October 22, at 2 p. m., the Rev, Harold Perslng of the Assembly of Cod officiating, assisted by tl e Rev. A. Theodore Smith o ftho First Presbyterian church. Commitment servlco and Interment In the Linkville ceme tery. Friends arc respectfully in vited to attend. Read the Classified page. LAST TIMES TODAY -Hit No. 1 Hit No. 2 -WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY- OUT OF TODAY'S HEADLINES Comes This Thrilling Story of Exploits of America's Secret Service Men! ' ADDED Gllmpisi of Kentucky a fx y Matro News of the : ... S Household Arta 'y v Alice Droolu, Ml M& 7126 cents In coin to Th Herald and News, Household Art Dopl , Klamath Falls, Do not sand this picture, but keep It and the num ber for reference. Do sure to wrap coin securely, as a loom coin often slips out of the en velope. Requests for pnltrrn should read, "Send pattern No to followed by your name and ad dress. Bo sure to write plainly. Unionist Drowned As CIO Picket Boots Collide 0 SEATTLE, Oct. 21 W Wll Ham II. Murray, business agent for a United Construction Work ers union local, was drownrd early today when two boats of the Congress of Industrial Organ liutlnns aquatic picket line col lided In Lake Union In a heavy fog. James C. Winter saved him self by climbing Into another boat. Nathan Blouln, a picket, dived Into the chilly lake fully clothed but could not rescue Murray. Murray, who was president of the Unemployed Citizens leavua hero during the early days ol tin depression, und Winter were In skiir when It collided with larger bunt, the Rosalia, which, they had Intended to board. The boats were picketing Hit Pioneer Sand tc Gravel Co. plant protesting the company J refusal to sell materials to a housing Job on which CIO labor Is employed. The plant employs AF'I. labor. The Ar'L has bocii plckctiug tho housing project Chiloquin Indian Gets Prison Term MEDFORD, Oct. 21 Clifford Wilson. 10, Klamath Indian of Chllnquln was sentenced Mon day to 15 years in a federal prison, by Federal Judgo James A. Fee. He wos convicted by a Jury of raping a five-year-old girl Attorney Edward B. Ashurst, former Klamath county circuit Judge, represented Wilson, 'and made a plea for leniency. The. rnltnoA In whleh Erlffnr A 1 1 nM ....... i - iiTk. n ....... " In Philadelphia has been rcsfored as a llte-ary shrine. W Th fnrmnr-'a In ih riall w and Wltland's In the well (cool- Inoll uQUHWH ,, , it... ' .W f wuviiA mmm A, mi I i pia sit 1
