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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1943)
January '14,' 1048 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGK FIVE HANSEN RETT TESTIFIES IN FLYNN TRIAL LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 W Guiclntf Kinuruly unci severely t Movlu Star Errol Flynn, 17 year-old Uotly Hansen told a Jury tuduy ho disrobed and was InUniiito with hur In nn upstulrs bedroom followliiK a dinner party at a lli'l Air homo lust September 27, The blonde Lincoln, Nub., schooltllrl, tliu statu' Hint miijor witness In Flynn's trltil on three counts of statutory rnpo Involv liitf hur and anothor girl, gave hur testimony unhesitatingly and distinctly. Flynn, portruyor of romantic movlu roles, wntclv ed her closely, chin In hnnd. Batty sulci the act occurred ' ut the homo of Fred McEvoy, former British sportsman, after a dinner purty tor six, Uufore dinner, she stild, Flynn Kuve her a drink of liquor she duln t rec otfnlze. She sold she sat on his ' lap a whllo In a sunroom out side the living room. "At dinner, 1 ate a little soup and went buck to the sunroom," the girl told the superior court Jury of nine women und Mirue niun, "Then 1 went buck, had some, dessert and returned to the sunroom. "The defendant" us she re furred to Klynn throuuhout her testimony "camo out und told mo I wasn't feeling well. J to said he'd take me upstulrs whore J could lie down. "Wo went to un upstairs bed room where there was a pair of twin beds. The defendunt sat ) mo on one of the beds. 1 told him I didn't want to stay up there I said 1 was feeling all right. "The defendant said, 'You don't really think I will let you go downstairs?' Ha closed the door and began undressing me without saying anything. 1 thought ho was going to put me to bed like ho said." The witness said the actor re moved her sporta slacks and other clothing except her shoes and socks, then took off all his own apparel excopt his shoes. She said ho woro no socks. She said they were In the room about a hull hour and lay on the bed approximately 20 minutes. Afterward, she con 'rnied, she went to the bath ' room and dressed whllo Flynn dressed In the bedroom. ., "The defendant asked me a where I lived and wrote my ad dress on a piece of paper, which he put In his pocket," Betty went on. "1 asked him if he was ever married. Ho said ho wns get ting a divorce. I asked why. Ho said he didn't want to bo tied down." On the witness aland the girl woro the light gray sweater and print dress In which she wns at tired on previous days of the trial. Botty began her testimony by saying she turned 17 last Sep tember 21 and that sha hud never been married. Arrests Smash ' . Opium Rings in Portland Wednesday PORTLAND, Jan. 14 VP) Fifteen arrests were made In rulds hero yesterday which fed eral nurcotlcs agents described as breaking up two . smoking opium rings. Arrested were n unincse ana four whlta women, said A. M. Dungs, Seattle, bureau of nar cotics district supervisor, who led the raids. L E SALEM, Jnn. 14 W Churlos A. Sprague took over tho edl torlul column of his newspaper, Tho Oregon Stutcsman, toduy ufter four years absenco while he was governor. In his first edltorlol today, Spruguo suld: . "A governor's life Is a mix ture of grief and glory; and the man Is wise whose head Is neither bowed by the one nor turned by the other ... In the mingled feelings which natural ly attend one's stepping out of tho political limelight, there is highlighted the writer's oppre elation of the Innumerable courtesies shown him and to his wifo by the good pcoplo of Oregon. "As we walked out the bronzo doors of the state capltol and down the granite steps we felt by no means so forlorn as tho retiring governor In tho Ore gon story who Is attended only by his faithful dog, For we were a u r e of many abiding friendships, personal and pollll cnl." Black Market in Meat Charged l SEATTLE, Jnn. 14 (IP) Ten ficr cent of- the meat consumed n Washington ' Is being sold through a "black market,", J. S. Hofmann, president of tho Wash ington Federation of Butchers, said yesterday. I CHUNGKING. Jan. 14 WV- A Chinese army spokesman amended today th announce ment of last night s high conv mond communique that Sin- yang, Important Japaneso base In southern llonan province, naa been recaptured by the Chinese, In reply to a question he said the Chinese are not In com plete possession of the city" but fighting continues within the walla after a Chinese penetra tlon of the west gate. Tho spokesman declared that the Japanese campaign in the Tanlch mountain area along the Anhwel-Hupeh border in easi- ccntral China "may be sam to have failed." Tho Chinese, ha asserted, have reoccupled nearly all tho main centers taken by the enemy In the early stages of the campaign, which opened December 10. He estimated that the Jap ancso had used altogether 80,000 to 60.000 troops in the Tapich campaign and' suffered about 3000 casualties. And Was the OPA Ever Surprised! PORTLAND, Jon. 14 OP) And was the OPA surprlsedl In the moll, tho Oregon office of war Information reported, wero B gasoline coupons and this note from a former Califor nia resident: . "Am returning tho special gas coupons you so kindly gave me to go on to Seattle. My husband found suitable work here, so wo decided to stoy. Thank you so much." . ' NEW OFFICERS NAMED HEREIN OICThlSFEB Appointments of new officers ond non-commlssloncd officers of tho Klamath Foils platoon of tho Ortgon Women s Ambulance corps wero announced Thursday by Knthlcen Livingston, com pany cuptaln, who relinquished command of the local unit to Bordena Rccdcr, new first lieutenant. The appointment were neces sitated, sho snld, by the transfer of compuny headquarters hero from Prlnevlllc, and tho In crease In membership of tho Klomoth Falls group. They fol low: Company sergeant, Doris Payne. First Lieutenant, Berdcna Rccdcr. Second lieutenant, Mayme Johnson. Staff sergeant, Inez McCoy. First sergeant, Noomi Kurtz (hold-over appointment.) Lino scrgeonta, Vera Chase, Jano Epley, Eva Hooper, Esther Lawlcr. Alll Blssonctto and Gladys Lofdahl, hold-overs.) Corporal, Dena Bockca, Lou- r . , , . At...- nl.t.lH.H MO Durum, UlUIVllinuil, J Mono Dixon, Ella Mullln. (One more to bo appointed.) Privates first class, Johnnie Bell, Myrtle Dnnclson, Rita Mul lln, Martha McCollum, Mary O'Loughlln and Margaret Pns- chol. Increase in Truck Limits Asked in Measure Today SALEM, Jan. 14 JP) A bill to Increase the maximum over-all truck and trailer limits In Ore gon highways to 60 feet and about 70,000 pound was pre pared today or introduction in the house by Sen. W. E. Burke, Sherwood, and Rep. Kenneth S. Martin, Grants Puss. Tho bill, backed by the Oregon Motor Transport association, Is similar to a measure overwhelm ingly defeated In the 1041 sen ate. The limits now provided by low are SO feet and 54,000 pounds. However, tho state highway commission, In nn emergency or. dcr lost June 25, provided for tho increased weights to speed shipment of war materials. Wash ington and California have limits similar to thoso In both the emergency order and the bill, Dr. R. A. Vonderlehr, assistant surgeon-general of the United Slates public health service, will visit Oregon for an inspection of tho state's venereal disease control program, it was an nounced by Dr. Adolph Welnzlrl of tho University of Oregon Med ical school, Portland. Dr. Vonderlehr Is chief of the public health service's venereal disease division and a recognized authority on the subject. His visit to Oregon has been timed to coincide with the state-wide social hygiene conference, sched ulcd for Portland, February S, when he will make two public appearances. Dr. Peter H. Rozendal, Klam ath county health officer, and perhaps two members of his staff plan to attend the conference. Frances Farmer Sentenced For Probation Violation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. , 14 UP) France! Farmer, once glamorous screen actress, was sentenced to 180 days in Jail today for violation of drunk , driving probation, and in a wild moloo as she was taken from court knocked down one officer but was finally subdued by others. . . . k "Have you ever had a broken heart?" she screamed at- a ma tron as sho was carried to a cell. ' ' ; It was tho only hint to the reason behind a wild 24 hours, marked by a fight in a hotel; which preceded her arrest in a fashionable Hollywood hotel. ' ' "Since you appeared in this court last October 24," Police Judge Marshall Hlcksori asked her as she was brought before him this morning, "Have you had anything to, drink?";, , Her answer was a. shout: , "Yes', . I drank everything I could get, Including benzedrine." Of the hotel incident, the judge queried: , "Were you fighting at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Tues day night?" "Yes," she replied, "I was. I was fighting for my country and mvself." . "You wore advised," the judge declared, "that If you took one drink of liquor or tailed to rje a law-onming citi zen ... !s"What do you expect me to do?" tho actress interrupted. "I get liquor In my orange Juice In my coffee. Must I starve to death to obey your laws?" Tho judge silenced her to pronounce sentence. The scene In the matron's of fice took place after she. was refused permission to use a tele phone. 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