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CONFESSION IN
QUESTIONING
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through several can after the
fugitive but found nobody.
Wilson along with a dining
ear waiter, Robert Funches,
were held as material witnesses
when the train reached Klam
ath Falls' In southern Oregon
lata Saturday night. They were
returned here and have been
Incommunicado In the Linn
county lail. Both were ques
tioned exhaustively during last
atght'i conference. ,
Mr. James, husband . had
been separated from her during
the trip south and . he was rid
ing in preceding section of
the train far .ahead at the time
of the killing. He was inform'
ed of the tragedy at Klamath
Falls, returned to Eugene
where his wife's body had been
taken from the train and
claimed it. He left last Sun
day with it for Norfolk. . .
TO FEB. B
.'. Irving Z. Kesterson, general
manager of. Kesterson Lumber
corporation, announced today
that the company will resume
operations at its plant on Cum
berland road, weather conditions
permitting, on February 8 in
stead of February IS as pre
viously scheduled. -
. The decision of the company
. to' move forward the starting
date one week, Kesterson said,
resulted from a desire to co
operate with' war" production
board officials, to meet lumber
needs In the war program.
Operations will begin on
one-shift basis at 7:30 a. m. Feb
! ruary 8, Kesterson stated,-with
another shift to be added in the
near future.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: 8 Idaho,
1 Oregon arrived; 18 broken, 88
unbroken cars on track; Klam
ath Russets No. 1, $2.75-85, No.
2, $1.70-75, eggsiie $1.75; Idaho
Russets No. 1, $2.65-75.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 (AP-
USDA) Potatoes: 13 Idaho, 1
Oregon arrived, by truck, six
cars diverted; 16 broken, 42 un
broken cars on track; market
steady, Idaho Russets No. 1,
mostly $2.65-70, one car $2.75.
OVER WAIL TEST
(Continued From Page One)
Martha James was killed which
he had not made on question
ing here last Saturday.
A closer check of the state
ment made here by M. H
Hushes, porter on death car D,
immediately showed a discrep
ancy between his and rolkes
statements, officers said.
This discrepancy, according
to Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey,
was in particular mat t ouces
failed to mention a pertinent
fact that he had passed
through the death car, smoked
a cigarette, and returned to the
diner which Immediately xoiiow-
ed the death car and on whicn.
he was second cook.
In so doing, he twice passed
lower berth 13 some time prev-
ious to the slaying ol Mrs,
James.
Franey pointed out that
Folkes also neglected to men
tion that he had been up drink-
ins a statement he made to
Los Anaeles officers. His state
ment given here said ne nad
gotten up early and gone to
work in the galley, of his diner.
Huahti Statement
In his statement, Folkes said
that while working in the diner,
Private Harold Wilson came
through the car and asked him,
Folkes, if he had seen a man
pass. Folkes answered that he
had not, and when the marine
told him that a murder had
been committed, Folkes asked
the marine if he had been
drinking.
The porter, Hughes, In a state
ment hererelated that Folkes
had come . Into the smoking
room at the front end of the
deatbi ear: 'and had a -smoke,
leaving 1nt the direction of the
diner .prior to the slaying of
Mrs. James.,"
Close to Scene
A navy petty officer said also
that a man with a cook's cap
had " stopped by the smoking
room, his statement coinciding
with that of the porter.
Folkes, by his own statement,
was up and close to the scene
of the murder.
Deputy Sheriff Franey said
that by the time the marine ran
to the rear car and returned,
Folkes, had he been the mur
derer, would have had ample
time to dispose of a weapon.
A point which may be in
Folkes favor, however, was that
the description of the murderer,
given by Private Wilson who
was in upper berth 13, did not
seem to fit the description of
Folkes. t
A development 'which oc
curred here, and which attract
ed attention to' the dining car
crew, was 'a report by a local
woman' that on January 11 she
was accosted by a "dining car
cook while riding car D of the
West Coast from' Portland to
Klamath Falls.
This woman told her story to
the office of District Attorney
L. Orth Sisemore after hearing
of the train killing. .
She said the cook stopped her
as she was returning to her
berth from the rest room late
at night on January 11.
She . said that he invited her
into the diner to eat, and when
she refused, forced her into the
car. She asserted he brandished
a knife and made improper ad
vances toward her, after forcing
food and drink on her.
Later, she said, he came to
her berth and persisted in an
noying her, asking her if she
was going to tell on him.
Whether the cook in that in
cident resembled Folkes has not
been determined. District Attor
ney Sisemore said Wednesday,
A SWELL
1 ALL-AMEHiGAN
ATTACK HITS
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two-night lull in offensives
over the continent.
The RAF has been over Ger
many 13 times this month. The
Industrial Ruhr valley has Deen
bombed nine times and Berlin
twice, on the nights of January
16 and 17.-
The United States army air
force in this theater started the
new year with a heavy raid on
St. Nazalre on January 3. The
most recent Flying Fortress raid
was a one-two battering of
Lorient in cooperation with the
RAF January 23.
SGI DEBQY
The name of Tech. Sgt. Lloyd
E. Deboy, son of Mrs. Glenna
May Deboy of Summer Lake,
Lake county, was listed among
11 Oregonians held prisoners of
war by the Japanese in the Phil
ippine Islands and Formosa. The
war department Wednesday an
nounced 459 American soldier's
were held by the enemy includ
ing 327 officers and 129 enlisted
men. '
Next of kin have been noti
fied in each instance, it was said,
The name of Staff Sgt. Herbert
F. Dort, husband of Mrs. Iva
Dort of Ashland, also appeared
in the list.
Stalingrad Nazis
Given "Few Days"
Before Annihilation
(Continued From Page. One)
tirely according to plan" a
phrase used by the Germans re
cently in acknowledging with
drawals. The Germans reported
fierce fighting in the North Cau
casus and along the lower Don,
and said "an attempt made by
the enemy to prevent construc
tion of a new defense position
west of Voronezh and to break
Kinto -German lines . . was re
pulsed with high casualties. )
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Japs Attack US
Recon Mission
Over Wake Island
(Continued From Page One)
have been destroyed. All U. S.
planes returned.
"South Pacific: (All dates are
east longitude).
"2. On January 26th:
"At dusk a formation of Fly
ing Fortresses heavy bombers
(Boeing B-17), heavily . bombed
the Japanese airfield at Ballalo
island In the Shortland Islands
and started fires in the revet
ments. Weak anti-aircraft fire
was encountered." .
,55,
PASSES TUESDAY
Mrs. Charles Blehn, 83, for
the past BO years a resident of
Klamath Falls, died lata Tues
day afternoon following a
lengthy illness. Mrs. Blehn was
born In Long Creek, near Baker,
Ore., daughter ot Mr. and Mrst
Marcus Anderson who settled 80
years ago in the Spencer Creek
section of Klamath county.
Zora Ella Anderson and Char
les Biehn were married in 1907.
They have made their home In
this city for many yearst Blehn
is a long-time employe of Martin
Brothers mill. '
Mrs. Biehn is survived by her
husband, Charles, 2708 Kane
street, six sons, Roland Everett
and Marlon Elliott, both of this
city, and four in the service,
Harold Glenn, US naval air sta
tion, Upham, Canal Zone; Sgt.
Robert Eugene, Hill field, Ogden,
U.; Aviation Cadet Martin Wes
ley, Rankin field, California, and
Pvt. Howard Leon Biehn, Camp
Tanforan, San Bruno, Calif.
Father of the boys expressed the
hope that at least one of the four
would be able to get leave to at
tend final rites for their mother.
Funeral announcements will be
made by Whltlock's.
DIRECTOR NAMED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 VP)
Appointment of Dr. Clark Kerr
of Seattle, former University of
Washington professor of labor
economics, as regional director
of the wage stabilization for the
war labor board has been, an
nounced. His headquarters will
be in San Francisco and Wash
ington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada
and California are included In
his territory.
At 1 r-i -:;:' ;
Hans Norland Insurance. -
PAUL
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PICK ACTION
SEEN ON FDR,
CHURCHILL TALK
(Continued From Page One)
out from the deliberations to
award decorations to US troops,
ride a jeep to review troops In
the field, and eat army rations
of ham and beans.
Highlights
The timing of tho meeting was
particularly fortunate from an
allied standpoint, with German
troops reeling in soviet Russia
and Africa, with Italy having
just been stripped of it last
symbol of African empire, and
with Japan being smashed in
New Guinea.
Hera are the highlights of the
conference which Roosevelt and
Churchill, in a Sunday sum
mary, agreed was unprecedented
and will affect the course of the
war: - - ,
One Military and civil lead
ers of both nations agreed on a
1943 plan designed to retain the
initiative In every war theater,
Two Roosevelt and Chur
chill, perhaps in anticipation ot
axis peace feelers, agreed that
peace can come only through un
conditional surrender of the
three major axis partners.
Thre Generals Glraud and
De Gaulle met for the first time
under sponsorship of the prcsl
dent and prime minister to ne
gotiate for an effective union of
their two forces.
Four Stalin was kept in
formed.' Churchill and Roose
velt disclosed they had offered
to meet the Russian leader
whose armies have dealt such
prodigious blows to the Ger
mans at a point "very much
further to the eat." But it was
pointed out that because ot the
bis red army winter offensive
Stalin was unable to leave the
country. The two allied leaders
also communicated with Chiang
Kai-Shek and "have apprised
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are taking to asstat him In CM
na'i magnificent and unreluxing
strugglo for tho common cnuso."
riv Maxilnum material old
to Russia and China will be one
of the prime aims of the US and
Britain.
Churchill flew from Britain In
an Amorican four-motored Lib
erator bomber, tho same aircraft
he used for his August trip to
Cairo and Moscow. Capt. Wil
liam Vanderkloot o( Sarasota,
Fla.i and the same crewmen ot
the previous flight, again were
recruited.
U. S. Clinches
Hold in Valley
(Continued From Page One)
between Mareth, just south of
the Gulf of Gabos. It would
place the axis armies In tho jaws
or a trap being devised Dy tna
pursuers of Rommel and by the
allied forces pointing toward the
coast from at least two points in
tho Interior ot Tunisia.
OBITUARY
ZORA ELLA BIEHN '
Zora Ella Blehn, tor the last
SO years a resident ot Klamath
county, Ore., passed away In this
city Tuesday, Jnnuar; 26, 1943
at 8:48 p. m following an III
ness of four months. Sho was a
native of Long Creek, Ore., and
at the time of her death was
aged 58 years 10 months and 3
days. Surviving are hor hus
band, Charles Blehn of Klam
ath Falls, Ore.; six sons, Roland
Everett and Marlon Elliott
Biehn, both of this city, Harold
Glenn, US naval air station, Up
ham, Canal Zone, Sgt. Robert
Eugene of Hill Field, Ogden,
U., Aviation Cadet Martin Wcs
ley of Rankin field, Calif., and
Private Howard Leon Biehn of
Camp Tanforan, San Bruno,
Calif., one brother, Chester An
derson of Rosemead, Calif., one
sister, Mrs. Bertha McGllvary of
Port Orchard, Wash., and threo
grandchildren. The remains rest
in the Earl Whitlock. Funeral
home. Pine street at Sixth,
where friends may call after 12
noon Thursday. Notico of funer
al to be announced later.
LT.
SHAW GETS
DFCFOLL
DARING FEAT
PORTLAND, Jan. 87 lP) The
parents of Lieut, Robert D.
Shaw, former Whltmnn college
baseball star, expressed surprise
today on learning of tho Distin
guished Flying Cross awarded
him in Engltmd yesterday.
They said tho lieutenant, a co
pilot, recently won the ordor of
the Purplo Heart for taking over
the controls of a damaged Fly
ing Fortress on a raid over Eur
ope and flying It safoly to a
buse In England, although he
was wounded. The cross was an
additional award for the- feat.
Albert Shaw snld a totter
from his son arrlvod Monday
telling of tho exploit,
The lieutenant's ' wife, the
former Patricia Gallagher, lives
at Klamath Falls with hor moth
er, Mrs. Francis R. Olds.
VESSEL SUNK
WASHINGTON, Jon. 27 P)
A small British merchant vessel
was torpedoed and sunk by an
enemy submarine lato in Decern'
ber In tho South Atlantic off
South America and survivors
have been landed at Miami, tho
navy announced today.
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Private Arrested r.
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MEDFORD, Jan. 87 W)
Camp White military authorities
announced loaoy mm rriviie
Frank Carlos had boon arrested
on a chmno of attempted rape
ot a 14-yonr-otd girl. He will be
tried by a military court.
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