HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH -FALLS, OREGON
April 23, 1043
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Today's Roundup : . News Behind the News
By MALCOLM EPLEY
THE protracted deliberations in the Jury room
in the Robert E. Lee Folkes murder trial at
Albany concerned a decision between the death
vercuci ana me impuawuiuciH,
Acquittal was never an issue.
That is the well-substantiated
word irom Albany In the
p? f case which attracted a .great
V 5 " oeai OI interest nerc, nui uiuy
V JL outstanding in criminal an-.
nals of the state, but because
Ua t- IS1 nao several definite local
IMk ct our understanding is that
EPLEY the jury stood 10 to 2 at the
outset for the death verdict, with all of the
eight women voting from the start for the
supreme penalty. It took some 18 hours to
obtain the unanimity necessary for a capital
punishment decree.
Such decision, of course, was the logical
one if the Jurors were convinced that Folkes
was the man who slew the girl In lower 13.
Certainly the crime that was committed was of "
such a nature as to require the supreme penalty
as provided by law. Here was a slaying of
an Innocent person, completely without Justi
fication, and whoever did the Job deserved
the ultimate in punishment. ; ;
1 The Jurors, from, the start, evidently agreed
that it was Folkes who did it ..'.The final de
cision was therefore in order.
Unquestionably, Folkes' failure to take the
stand was a major weakness in his defense.
Categorical denial, even though every word of .
it may be false, often affects an impressionable
juror sufficiently at least to deadlock a case.
Oregon Justice - -;
THE conviction at Albany rates as a triumph
for Justice in Oregon. That such a crime
could have occurred in this state, with the of
fender going uncaught or unpunished, would-be
indeed a blot on the state's reputation.' '--
. There remains now the procedure., that . cus
tomarily follows such a conviction request for .
a new trial, and' failing that, an appeal to the'
supreme court. These involve. questions; to be
decided on points of law, rather, than ti)e facta
that are placed before a tria-'jiiiT.bwVtfw
provides elaborate safeguards against injustice.
Throughout the trial, we are told, the ques
tion of race prejudice was not raised, and there
Js .no reason to believe that Folkes' color had.-,
anything to do with the outcome of the case.
That this question may be brought up 'in Folkes' -'
behalf is, of course, a possibility.. In Oregon,,
we-believe, there would be an inclination to
lean over backwards against prejudice based on
color. In one' case, at leasts . we . knoW ;of ' a .
situation where a colored man received a better
break at the hands of the law than would have
a white man in his shoes. .". "
Highway Plans
THIS week R. H. Baldock, Oregon state high
way engineer, was quite definite in his
statements here quieting apprehension lest de
serving road projects in this, area might not get
full consideration in the post-war construction
program. rJ . '
His answer to inquiries on' that -point, was
that the highway appropriations1 for postwar
work are almost certain to be so large that no
deserving project will suffer. . ; ' " , ;
Soma comment has appeared in the state
press because in recent story concerning the
post-war work, only the Columbia river apd
pacific highways were mentioned. He stated
that in the interview which started- that story,
there was no intention of mentioning these
roads to the exclusion of others.
Mr. Baldock's words were reassuring to the
people here, and to those all along The Dalles
California, Willamette and other highways - in
the system in which we are particularly : in;
terested. But even so, we still are. not quite
Sure that some of those highway planners, par
ticularly those with federal affiliation, are
giving full consideration to the vital importance
of the north and south route through hereas a
connection between Portland and California
point. . .. ..
Our Job is to keep hammering on that point.
What Mr. Baldock said is reassuring' but it
Should not lull our highway promoters into
inactivity and indifference.
Beneficial Work
AE are strongly In favor of making highway
VV work a main feature of the construction
program in the transition period to follow the
war. If there must be huge public expend
itures to prevent unemployment in. that period,
there will be no better place to put the money
than In highways.
In the leaf-raking spree staged by the govern
ment bureaus in the depression of the 'thirties, '
a lot of money was wasted that could have gone .
far in giving us improved roads. Apparently
highway work looked too substantial and bene
fldal to the crackpot spenders who staged that
ffs!r. Hera's hoping sounder heads are .In
charge next time. ' '
MALLON
Br PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, April 23 A friend of mine
says Mr. Wlllkie is like Maupertuis, the
French scientist, who, in the time of Voltaire,
made a trip to Lapland.
No one from France had
ever been there before. It
was more or less a flat land,
so Maupertuis concluded with
out hesitation that all the
Polar regions were similarly
flat, and that the world Itself
was flat. He came back to
Paris, wrote books, made
speeches, and became the Idol
of the hour with his new
proof.
In fact, Voltaire concluded, after listening to
a few of the speeches and reading the books
that M. Maupertuis came to the conviction that
not only the world was flat but, he was the
Buy who had made it flat.
My friends says Mr. Wlllkie has discovered
only the fact that airplanes fly fast these days,
and he has erroneously jumped to the con-
elusion that China, Mesopotamia, Russia and
India are not only next door by airplane, but
are practically living in our backyard.
He CMr. Willkie) assumes that Inasmuch as
youcan get to Timbuktoo quickly, Timbuktoo
is the American way of life and a one world
with us, sharing our Ideals of democracies and
our Christian way of life-rand is practically the
United States.
What Mr. Willkie forgot to remember is that
China is still China and Timbuktoo is still Tim
.buktoo. Their peoples still believe in all ways
as they did before the plane.
They have their religion, their -commercial
ways, and peculiar domestic mannerisms of life.
These are not our way of life.
- The' airplane has not brought them into the
': belief that democracy is. the pure and only in
spiration or that commercialism should work
tout way: They still have their up-from-nothing
.communal Jdes..
, . -
No Change in Beliefs
. "THE .airplane .which brings them closer only
'., I .'carries us to them if you happen to be
going in that-direction much more speedily
than before, providing you have the money or
influence to get a ride. Perhaps this communi
cation facility will eventually bring, them
; around to our beliefs. - Perhaps the Buddhists
of India and China will be converted to Christl
..anity in tlje' end, or perhaps they may convert
us
- .: When you get right down to it, Mr. Willkie
-has developed a mechanical fact into a political
-.argument." We ; have lived next door to Mexico
for generations. - You could hop there ; over
night; even before Mr. Willkie went around the
'.world-in an army plane under Mr. Roosevelt's
auspices.
But that did not bring Mexico any nearer to
- out' way of thinking, our- constitution or even
our business, method. . Fast transportation may
have helped a little, but everyone still knows
today that Mexico is not the United States.
I know ; these observations' may not be pop
ularly accepted. Mr. Willkie's book Is supposed
to have sojd nearly 400,000 copies, and the
dope in the publishers- trade is that it will sell
1,500,000 before next summer. ' -
People apparently like it and It is in truth a
fair, restrained argument based on his very In
teresting experiences. It is a. valuable book
for these reasons.
Yet Mr.: WHJkJe Jn W new discovery (my
friend says Lindbergh reelly.dlscOvered it when
he flew to Paris)'. Is. obviously reaching far be
yond the facts.of h revelation, and is accept
ing as true something which isn't.
My friend concludes that Mr. Willkie is Just
running for the White House in 1944 with all
his might, literary aeronautic and otherwise,
and that he has concocted a plausible fable out
of his magnificent adventures, which people are
buying in large quantities.
.
Fundamental Truth
AS a fundamental truth, no. matter where
Mr. Willkie, or anyone else tries to lead
us, he cannot change the leopard's spots. Con
trary agitation in this country is not needed.
In the peace conference, Mr. Willkie, et al,
will discover China is still China and Russia is
still Russia, no matter hpw fast you can get
.there. This may be "one world" as it has al.
ways been, but it is still made up of a lot of
different, competitive, eagerly commercial in.
herently nationalistic people. My friend says:
"Mr. Wfllkie is painfully transparent. This
was the case in 1940 when he ran his campaign
on the principle that Roosevelt had done the
right things, but was the wrong person to do
them. He is now trying to hold the American
conservatives while talking the language of the
social-welfare faction. The world cries out (he
says) to American do.gooder for education and
sanitation.
"Mr. Roosevelt's Internationalism ' Is good In
as far as it is Internationalism. It is bad in as
far as it cultivates the wrong companionships.
. "Mr. Willkie would be Just as international
and even more so, for he understands how small
the world is 'and where it is flat and whare t
is round. Only Mr. Wlllkie would cultivate the
right companions. -,- .
"Mr. Roosevelt leans, toward Churchill and
the old school tie. ., Mr, Wlllkie has sat for
live hours with Stalin and understands the
heart which beats beneath the well-known
tunic , . . of finely woven material ... of a soft
green or a delicate pink."
SIDE GLANCES
! . FEWER TOMATOES '
WASHINGTON, April 23 ()
A slightly smaller supply of can-
3e4 tomatoes and tomato pro
ucta was-indicated for civilians
;'..- flf. ' :'.' '
from the prospective 1943 pack
by an agriculture department re
port today on the intended acre
age of tomatoes for commercial
processing. . - y- '
As long as they don't ration
soap folks will be able to re
member the hotel where they
stayed.
Always read the classified ads.
cent wo Y n rver. wc t. m. tta. pl p. e at. err.
"May I interrupt the problems of (lie Jimsons with a few
sordid family matters?" -
Wife of Angel of "Death
Valley Scotty" Killed
LONE PINE, Calif., April 23
(IP) Mrs. Bessie Johnson, 72,
wife of Albert M. Johnson, Chi
cago millionaire and associate
of Death Valley Scotty, was
killed yesterday when an auto
mobile went out of control and
was wrecked on an isolated des
ert highway near Pannmint
Springs, south of here.
Johnson, who reportedly fi
nanced Scotty, the famous des
ert character, in the construc
tion of his $3,000,000 castle in
Death valley's remote wastes,
was only slightly injured.
They had been visiting at
Scotty's castle and were en
route to Los Angeles at the
time of the accident.
Scotty and Johnson, an Insur
ance executive, had been associ
ates for many years since the
desert roamcr had nursed the
business man back to health in
Scotty's miner's shack on the
desert.
Years later Scotty boRan con
struction of the vast residence,
in one of arid Death valley's
most remote regions, and re
ports were that it was largely
financed by Johnson although
neither man ever .admitted it
publicly.
If you warn to sell it phone
The Herald and News "want
ads," ?124
From the Klamath Republican
April 30, 1903 -.
Dr. F. D. Strieker of Portland
Is here looking over the possi
bilities of locating in Klamath
Falls. (Editor's note: Dr. Striek
er is now the state health offi
cer). Ohas. Low and wlfo came In
from Soldier springs Saturday.
From the KUmath News
April 23, 1933
Klamath Pelicans uro the ten
nis champions of central Oregon.
On the team are John Merry
man, Bob Baldwin, Adolf Zums
gy, Bog Sparks and Brud Jones.
Spotted fever has claimed the
second victim of the season at
Bend.
Busy Stork Orders
More Baby Buggies
WASHINGTON, April 23 0T)
The stork Is being kept so busy
that 100,000 more baby carriages
will be manufactured this year
than last.
After hearing that 1042 800,
000 failed to meet the demand,
the war production board decid
ed yesterday to expand second
quarter quotas to 316.620 one
baby and 5827 two-baby Jobs.
And any of the 25 manufac
turers who want to turn out a
snappy number for triplets can
do so if they get special per
mission. Second Air Force
Headquarters Moved
FORT GEORGE WRIGHT,
April 23 OP) Headquarters of
the second air orce will bo
transferred from Fort George
Wright to Colorado Springs,
Colo., Maj. Gen. Davenport John
son,: commanding general, an
nounced today.
An advanced echelon will
transfer to the new hcaaqua.icis
about May 15i he said. .
FUEL OIL USERS
WASHINGTON, April 23 VP)
Fuel oil users in rationed stutes
who nood oil In their tanks to
prevent "shifting" during the
spring und summer wei-o author
lied today to start buying part
of next season's ration.
OPA said it was sending noti
fication to local boards to permit
such purchases whenever evl
denco was shown thut ballast was
necessary to provont damage, to
tank installation. Outdoor tunks
sometimes "float" when empty,
duo to frost, ground water, soli
conditions and other factors.
Next season's rations liavo not
been announced yet, but are ex
pected to bo about the sania as
last winter',
Ration Boards to
End Restrictions
On Truck Recaps
WASHINGTON. April 23 (P)
OPA directed ration boards to
duy to removo on May 1 quota
restrictions on recapping of
truck tires.
The agency said lifter consul
tation with Rubber Director Wil
liam M. Jcffurs, who said recap
ping materials wcro ovnllnblo
for the pruiiram, that it was bet
ter to "provide recapping a
soon as needed rather than risk
ruin of sonio cuslng that might
be driven beyond the recapping
point."
Cascara Bark Gets
Good Price Now
PORTLAND, Ore., April 23
(iV) Cascara bark, medicinal
crop harvest annually from for
ests of OrcKon and Washington,
currently is bringing 20 cents a
pound to peelers, H. G. Russell
of the Pacific Const Cascara
Bark company said today.
It Is a record price, Russell
said, brought about Inrgoly by
heavy demand of army, navy
and marine corps for the prod
ucts of the bark, Last year peel
ers got IS cents a pound on an
average. I
Telling
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DOGS AGAIN
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, (To
The Editor): No, we don't halt
dogs, in fuct I think a lot of us
that don't huvo dogs In town,
love a dug better Hum those that
have thorn, then let them run ail
ovor town, cat any old thing they
find und get kicked about bo
cuusa the poor dog don't know
whore tho property lino Is. Be.
ing it ck'un nnimiil, ho Just nat
urally don't una his own yard for
n toilet but goes to tho neighbors.
Nor does ho know he Is being
on his honor, or does ho know
or cure whether it's a lettuce
patch or u clover patch ha uses
every duy. On tho farm wo al
wuys hud a dog where he had
lots of room, so did we have
chickens und horses and loved
them all. -
It was said ut a certain council
mooting, only one man was thore
that spoke unnln.it tho dogs run
ning loose. Well I know why
somo of us don't go, wo don't
liko to bc culled hitter of man's
best friend, nor do wo enjoy litv
tiinlng to soniu of the nonunion
tl slush uboul their dogs, as ona
person said his boy was fighting
for tho freodom of his dog; but
so aro they fighting for man's
freedom and tho right to protect
his property.
Wo must feed them while thoy
ore fighting, as the laws are now
tho dog has all the right, even
a fighting dog uch us we have
on our street can come Into your
yard, bite you, and go homo and
you can do nothing about it.
Dog owners please be fair.
Give us a chance to raise a gar
den without fighting for it. We
have enough on our hand fight
Ing the Japs and Germans.
A reader who loves his city
and his neighbors, even his dogs
If he will keep them home.
A READER.
This Is our darkest hour In
six-years of war. Wo must
work hard to conquer all ob
stacles to eventual victory.
Conerallsslmo Chiang Kai-shek.
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