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WITNESS SAYS
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ON SHOOTING
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worked. He told of his first mar
riage, and the death of his first
wife. He said he started to work
here for the Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company and in 1929 went
to Bly, where he obtained a job
with the Ewauna Box company
Met at Dance
It was In 1932, he said, he met
Erma White at a dance at Bly
He met her again at Bly when
he was working for the Yamsay
Land and Cattle company. Later,
he said, he met her again on a
hunting trip, when he gave her a
deer. From then on, he said.
their acquaintance grew.
Titus said Erma visited him
frequently when he was in the
hospital after losing his arm in
a woodsaw accident. He testified
he received $2400 in cash and
monthly payments as compensa
tion for the accident, and -that
he gave Mrs. White, by that time
Mrs. Carstenson, $800 to go Into
business at Bly. .
Marriage Told
. The defendant said Mrs. Cars
tenson approached him with re
gard to marriage, and they were
wed on February 27, 1937. Titus
at that time was working as cook
at the county jail.
Titus said they prospered,
bought more property, and ev
erything was "fine" until she
started drinking. The first real
trouble they had, he said, oc
curred after a man named Des
mond took a room in the Titus
building. He claimed he saw
Mrs. Titus come out of Des
mond's room in an intoxicated
condition.
. Desmond Difficulties
Titus asserted that Desmond
then moved to another place. His
wife, he said, would stay away
from home all night on various
occasions. Later, he said, he
found Mrs. Titus had gone with
Desmond on several occasions.
The defendant said he discov
ered that Mrs. Titus was making
frequent telephone calls from
Bly, where Titus was telephone
agent, to various hotels in Klam
ath Falls.
Titus testified his wife's drink
ing led to trouble in the opera
tion of the liquor agency which
he held at Bly.
, State Rests '
The state rested its case Fri
day afternoon about two o'clock
and defense proceedings were
opened with the testimony of
two state police officers, Hugo
Leyva and then Mark Sullivan,
who had known both Mr. and
Mrs. Titus for several years.
Defense Attorney J. C. O'Neill,
attempting to bring- out that
Titus was temporarily deranged
at the time of the alleged shoot
ing, questioned the two men as to
whether they had noticed any
change in the defendant's de
meanor or behavior previous to
the shootings. Both Leyva and
Sullivan said they thought that
he was less cheerful and rather
despondent.
It was also brought out under
questioning that Mrs. Etta Meek,
Erma's aunt, had asked both men
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at one time to talk to Erma
about her drinking.
Distinguish Right
L. Orth Sisemore in cross ex
amination asked the two wit
nesses whether they thought
Titus during his period of de
spondency was able to distin
guish right from wrong. Both
men said they thought he could
: John O'Neill, who lived across
the street from the Titus resi
dence, testified that he had last
seen Titus in his wife s confec
tionary about a quarter to
twelve on the night of the shout
ing fray. He said that Titus talk
ed to several persons in the store
and seemed to be a little ex
cited.
Knew of Trouble
- The witness further testified
that he knew that there had
been trouble between the Titus
couple and that the defendant
had acted sadder and that he did
not talk and joke as he used to,
He said that Mrs. Titus had been
gone from Bly for a few days
before the fourteenth. .
Charles E. Seavey was brought
to the stand to testify as to long
distance telephone calls made be
tween Bly and Redding and Bly
and Klamath Falls. The name,
Desmond, appeared on many of
the long distance call slips read
by Seavey.
''A'- . Tells of Visit;;;:".,
A friend of the Titus family
and resident of Bly, L. L. Grif
fin, said that Erma and Desmond
came to visit at his home one
evening, and that they had been
drinking.
Griffin said that Titus had
once wanted to borrow a pis
tol from him. When asked if he
had loaned the gun to the defen
dant, the witness said no.
Mrs. George Stevens, operator
of the Kern hotel, was next
called to the stand by the de
fense. From a registration card
which she had with her, Mrs.
Stevens read that a T. E. Des
mond had stayed at her hotel
from December 2 to December
IS. She said that he occupied a
room, on the. second floor. She
continued that Mrs. Erma Titus
and Mrs. Etta Meek had stayed
in room 15 on the other side of
the hotel on December eighth
and ninth.
Registers at Hotel
Operator of the Lake hotel.
Mrs. Hazel Roney,; stated that
Erma Titus, registered under the
name of Mrs. H. A. Holmes, had
stayed at that hotel from Janu
ary 10 to the 16th in room 28.
She said that Desmond had stay
ed in her hotel some time in De
cember, but was not staying
there at the time when Mrs
Titus was a tenant there.
BAM ATTACK
(Continued From Page One) :
assault on the Velizh sector be
tween Smolensk and Velikie Lu-
ki. The Germans admitted a
break-through, but said the red
soldiers were later thrown back.
The midday communique said
the German attack on the Donets
front, south, of Balakleya, was
thrown back after a short en
gagement. The Germans left 60
dead and a great quantity of
abandoned arms, it said.
OcctorOu
PUCKER UP JOIN
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UNE 20 SET
AS DEADLINE
(Continued From Page One)
Monday, June 7, up to and In
cluding June 20. This action was
taken to protect your union and
its membership. Let each mem
ber cooperate with this policy,
"By order of the national pol
icy committee."
The telegram was signed by
President John L. Lewis, vice
president John O Leary and
Thomas Kennedy, secretary
treasurer. , ,
Truce Seen ;'
Although the message did not
use the word truce, the effect
of the June 20 limitation ap
peared to be the equivalent of
a truce.
Operators as well as miners
pointedly criticized the war la
bor board today after being ad
vised that the board is insisting
on a strict interpretation of its
order' that contract negotiations
shall not go forward until the
men return to work. ;
Ready for Talks
Both sides declared their readi
ness to proceed with bargaining
but Ezra Van Horn, conference
chairman, said he had been ad
vised that the board would , not
recognize the negotiation!) until
coal production is resumed; Van
Horn, said the conference, there
fore, recessed and that mean
while efforts would be made to
get the board to relent
Charles O'Neill, who Is spokes
man for the . Northern Appala
chian operators, said the WLB
was "a wholly unwarranted and
unnecessary obstruction of this
conference."
Lewis commented that "we
regard the action of the board,
as reported by chairman Van
Horn, as being mischievious and
malicious and complete notifi
cation of our . previous appraisal
of the board s actions.
ALGIERS, June 5 CP) The
Stars and Stripes, American sol
dier newspaper, in its North Af
rican edition published today a
survey of comments of U. S
troops on the strikes back home,
especially the coal mine walk
out. (The survey obviously- was
conducted before it was known
that the mine union had ordered
the strikers back to work on
Monday.) ; ;
"Almost 90 per cent of the
men urged drastic government
action against the strike leaders
as well, as against the strikers
themselves," , the army news
paper said.
PITTSBURGH. June 5 MP)
The Carnegie-Illinois Steel corporation,-
biggest, subsidiary of
the U. S. Steel corporation, re
ported today eleven of its blast
furnaces have been closed be
cause of a lack of beehive coke,
production of which stopped dur
ing the coal strike. .
If it's a "frozen" article you
need,' advertise for a used . one
in the classified.
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THE FOX IS BACK AGAIN!
THE FUN REP P00D IT IN DIXIE!
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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Japs Bury Ashes
Of Instigator of ,
Pearl Harbor Blow
By The Associated Frm . ,
The ashes of Fleet Admiral
Isoroku Yamamoto were buried
in the cemetery of Tama village
near yTokyo, today after a cost
ly and impressive state ccro
mony intended to perpetuate
the hero legend of the man who
designed the attack on Pearl
Harbor. '
SMOTHERED BY
(Continued From Page One)
ed by a formation of enemy
fighters, four of which were shot
down.
In Cairo, Col. Keltlf K, Comh
ton of St.' Joseph, Mo., who led
the Grottalgie attack, said he
rarely had seen more accurate
bombing.
"There were scores of fires
which sent great pillars of black
smoke Into the sky," he recalled,
"we completely smothered the
area with bursts."
.Crewmen said a number of
grounded ' aircraft were de
stroyed. ir
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honor of naming the June fight
er planes added an interesting
feature to the program..
While sales at the time were
not heavy, Kiwanis bond lead
ers, Bert S c h u 1 1 x and Don
Drury, said they, felt the show
was well worth while in drama
tizing the bond campaign and
building up- interest in the in-.
ter-town competition that will
produce results later in the
month.
Many of the purchases were
made by Klamath Falls people
and were credited to Henley,
Merrill, Malta, Chiloquin-Fort
Klamath and Gilchrist. Bly
Beqtty, K e n o, Sprague River
and Bonanza purchasers failed
to show up, but Kiwanis sup
porters of those towns promised
they would make, -up for that
deficiency with increased activi
ties in the next few days.
All bond purchasers in the
county were reminded to mark
on their bond applications the
name of the town to .which
they want the purchases credit
ed.' ;
Inadvertently, the names : of
Elmer Balsiger ' and Elbert
Veatch, Henley s Kiwanian team.
were left out of yesterday's story.
They reported they are already
in there pitching.
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GOVERNMENT
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taken to carry on'l the aims of
the military movemont. .
Lives Lost
Argentina's one-day revolution
cost the lives of about SO soldiers,
it was disclosed today as the new
military junta headed by pro
ally Gen. Arturo Rawson ban
ned all celebration of the over
throw of President Ramon Cas
tillo's government and ordered
the country back to work. 1
Leaders of the revolt slept la to
In the pink-tinted government
house after attending a wake for
the soldiers, who were killed
in yesterday's only serious clash
at the naval engineering school.
It previously . had been an
nounced that only one soldier
and 14 civilians were killed as
7000 troops under Rawson
marched into the city and forced
Castillo and his cabinet to floe.
Castillo Flats
The Argentino minesweeper
Drummond, bearing Castillo and
two of his ministers, moored at
11:55 p. m. today at La Plata,
Buenos Aires province, after
more than 24 hours of roaming
the Rio de La Plata.
Admiral Bustamento was re
ported in command of the war
craft, which Castillo-declared
yesterday io bo the scat of his
government.
Buenos Aires was back almost
to normal. Shops were open and
complete order prevailed. On
lookers crowded the plaza de
Mayo, but they wore prevented
by a military guard from pass
ing alongside government house.
No Celebration
The last official, orders given
by General Rawson before the
dawn spiked any plans there
might have been for a celebra
tion. He said today would not
be a holiday and that all public
officials should attend to their
jobs.
A strict censorship had been
Irs of m first
DRAMA TO CAPTURE THE
FLAME AND FURY OF
THE AFRKAM OFFENSIVE!
Here is a story
written out of the
Mood, sweat and tears
of today's war in the
desert! It is the story of .
the love, the courage,
the faith thai keeps
every soldier march
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TARZAN'S TRIUMPH" IP Xf ll S 3QJ
JWKIK ' FRANCES GIFFORD t' 1 SwAlls
clamped on all publications and
communications, Police in tlio
provinco of Sun Juan arreslud
editors of tho novvspuper La Ac
cion bevausu it unnouiired tho
revolt on bill boards. Mows of
the revolt apparently was re
ceived calmly throughout the
country, though troops woro re
stricted tu tliolr burrucka as a
safety measure
Total mobilization of lubor unci
power, which tukos every citizen
without distinction, servos as a
political Instrument for the ex
clusion of opposition. Gorman
propaganda is in tlio difficult po
sition of having to try to arouse
enthusiasm for on economic sys
tem which they had considered
bolsltovtsm and tho essence of
non-culture Woltwocho, Swiss
newspaper.
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Bock's bakery has rcnowed a
contruct with tho Bakery and
Confectionery Workers' local,
No.' 3B'J, ACL, embracing tho
48-hour week basis, roeom
mended by President Roosevelt,
it was disclosed Saturday.
Glenn Jones, Beck's manager,
mild tho bakery had been vlr
tupHy on a 48-hour basis In the
last year. Straight time Is paid
for tho first 40 hours end time,
and-n-hnlf for overtime Ho
said ho was pleased to renew
tho contract with (lie union,
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