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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
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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 ......
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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
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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 :
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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!
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Randolph Scott. Gene Tierney
Dana Andrews John Shtppard
Donald Duck Cartoon
port 'Inow Fun1
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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
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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.
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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.
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Unionist Drowned
As CIO Picket
Boots Collide
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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.
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