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' ......... V - mi fo) M1 tr Jl I MAI 1 YANKS SLASH ami A 11 :;. ftfe.i ..ivK JENKINS livmen, Iho newi from today Is P' t Mem The military f IK0'. ... nnA ! inn vast. mS Icatcd unci too tochnlcul IP1 c":r.i nlnnr v bv us. "ST, . this distance; Km bettor full buck on the ffl MiSUder in Italy) that 'lfol opcn.tloii U going 2M& I"' DESTROY tho "ml below Bomo. rt'BB trylriH to surround and intwp tltcne Gorman arm cs, Mo units of them, as tho S have done no of ton on front. That was tho j our Anilo bench forces , went Into uclion yesterday. Inched and CUT ono o ftm-K.mjy J back v Lnj ire some striking J icntenco from tho latest dls hha that help us to undor EJbow the lighting Is aping; jTht Hitler defenses (Hitler M ils CRUMBLED and passed. firiM) tanks are only 21 miles ttn. the seven hills of the trrui my .... . ' frh 17 German divisions be- Homo " n , .w..w..w...- ,1 DEADLY peril with every jr that passes. HE number of Gcrmnn prison en li UP 100 slnco the lust port, two days ago. Vhe total .,n.,A. nt 7IS0O Mill not Epirablo with tho lost dnys Airlcs. unnicuuuK. jjiuuulmjt, it Uw bnttlo below Rome tsn t l In IU Inst days.) Today's dispatches odd Mint undrcds moro Gcrmnn prison t ire ftreumliiK bock to tho Id" When (and If) they bo il to stream bnck by tho thou :4l It will be slKiilficont. AR to the north In Euroe, a PREDOMINANTLY AMER '1M fnrM nt ftnnn nlnnmt homhfl fcrlln, Paris and Vienna. (Half lUitm were from BrltBln, half turn the Mediterranean.) looting up trains. Ill northern rmct. FlIURCMLL snenks for ' 85 minutes to the house of com' m. Whnl he has to soy Is siji Interesting. need the iportof his speech In this nows iper today. . i -.-. . He talks of the after-the-war iture (largely for effect on the trmins, their satellites and the futrals who nro still standing il.) He takes a crack at Tur 17, Idling her she won't havo uch to say (ns to tho Darda dies, for example) nt the peace tie. He speaks KINDLY of pain, whom we're courting. He snys wo'ro not Interested i lorms of iiovornmcnt (except wlsm In enemy countries) and ill work with ALL of them iylly, democracy or commun m. (It's Rood senso to work ilh ANYBODY who con . help raj , PURCHILL'S speech is cai f fled at great longth on to py i crowded cables. .When 'he m, the world always listens. - . 'HIS thrilling dispatch comes Jrom China: . . 'A Chinese counter-offensive, "oily gathering momentum to?, ft has forced Into FULL RE "EAT a CRACK Japanese "J aiming at tho heart of (especially tho wheat r2mg provlnco of Honnn.)" line dispatch adds that It lramj today that tho threat to lUMKWAn nnrl ,W Mn..ni;in t- ...Ill 1IIUUIIWIII controlling the invasion ised" v'nullBKln 18 .Doing flghtlna; Chlnesel.'; ,: . Nthe soaking monsoon rain, SUlwcll's men are still battling wicido Japs hanging on In dugouts of Myltkyina. , m5hlngton- Ap' John M. nightowor (a capable reporter) ; today: "Japan's Pacific do m have proved SO WEAK er American and ' allied T thnt military authorl " here are frai.S-ly puzzled 2?' What tho enemy can. do 7' to, protect himsolf." e .1 blt PUMling, but we'd ini ,p.0llr fngors crossed, 'P-n. Isn't licked yet. . "'' .-'.' "our own Oregon and Wash oni i?nc,tor of the home i, 18,000 lumber workers are i II. From 80 75 saw- tl &mon who ave walked nffir Job", with lumber qrtt 'needed by the army and ive vl i00d citizens.- They Jryrydj,c'e- This Isthfelr 1 iv ,cyve and want ns d0. ' jU8t as other. Amer. What.iswronP?, '"H ,-;' ' '' ' rt".?y.i as thIs writer can 'm thilt.u,th,oy,re MAD "e-j-riminM hlnk they've' been ;(inmln9ted against. They- see "WthJn -n?rkers getting paid teLhoy W (notably irt WUmm!i wWfW'ecm to be v .unued on Pago Two) ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1944 NUMBER 10115 n . tffcA "n ffi nl 1 1 trwk n i vx. arfln ii m iFm jpm vv rm hji m. mt rm. i im''w Nov x ii if q na Iff III I r i r nnnrniHiirii uiv I m m M K 1 1 1 IIIIIIIIIL. ill HUH ,."- . - - uuuiiiiin.il 111)11 Im, na- . ' tM IDLE (VllLLMEN May 24. 1944 - - Max. (May 23) M Mln. 31 Precipitation lost 24 hours .. .00 Stream ysar to data .... . 7,70 Normal 10.84 Laat year .:;.,...16.26 Forecast: Fair and warmer. By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE LONDON. May 24 (l1) A con fident Winston Churchill looked today toward the Balkans as theater of coming victory and told commons: The allies will dccldo whether Germany must undergo territor ial changes and the Atlantic charter "In no way binds us about tho future" of that coun try. "We Intend to set up a world order equipped with all neces sary attributes of power in order to prevent the breaking out of wars or long planning of them By i. B. KHUGER Associated Press War Editor A Chlncso counter-offensive steadily gathering momentum today forced Into- full retreat a crack Japanese army aiming at the heart of China. Tho weeks-long fighting in whcnUrlch Honan province has "reached a new phase,'.' the Chinese high command declar ed, and tho now full-scale coun ter blows are forcing back the Japanese in all sectors, - ' , ! Luihlh Becapturad. ' Lushih, 'roughly 1 400 miles northeast of Chungking, was re captured from tha invaders. Other Chinese forces - besieged in strategic Loyang. furiously fought off attackers, and await ed reinforcements - pushing ' in from the southwest, ', The main Chineso . counter attack appeared developing along tho Lunghai railroad, heading toward Shanhsicn and Loyang. Thus it seemed the threat to Tungkwan, west . of those cities and controlling an invasion route to Chungking, was being cased. Stllwell Prise Myltkyina far - to the south in northern Burma continued a bitterly-sought prize for Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stlllwcll's Chinese and American troops. His head continued on Page Two) Lamm Loggers Off Job Today -iMcn at Lamm Lumber 'com pany's logging operation at Chin chollo were reportedly off the job today, but lt was understood pore tho work stoppage occurred over a question involving the dis charge of on employe and had nothing to do with the wage is suo affecting lumber production In Portland and Washington dis tricts. ' .. . The loggers at Lamm's- did not go to work yesterday, it was reported, and vore still off the Job this morning. Nolther the Pine Industrial Relations office here, nor the office of the CIO, which is the bargaining agent at the operation, could give speci fic information on the stoppage. It. was reported,' however, that some question had arisen over an employe who hod. .been re moved last: week, and that the wago issuo was definitely -not-involved. . , .. i . . i About 80 men are employed at tho camp. - .; . : ambitious by restless and Hons. Hops for Rome - "We havo great hopes that Rome may be preserved." In his speech of 83 minutes, opening a foreign policy debate, the prime minister said the al lies had "suspended" efforts to bring Turkey in with them but "It looks probable .... the allies will bo able to win tho war in tho Balkans and throughout southeast Europe without Tur key being Involved in it at all, al though the course of aid of Tur key would be of great help and acceleration in that process." Churchill spoke kindly of Spain, criticizing those who "In sult and abuse" the Franco gov ernment. Spain's internal poli cies, he asserted, were a matter for Spaniards alone. Advocates Council Proclaiming the British com monwealth and empire in com plete unity to go on with the al lies to beat tho enemy as soon as possible," Churchill advocated "a wholO' council of great states" to keep up enough arms to pre serve peace after tho war, and "a world assembly of all the powers.'" His suggested "world organi zation," he said, would embody much of -tho structure ' of the league of nations, but this time It must bristle with "overwhelm ing military power." r 7'I hope' and pray - that ' this may be established and that we may bo led to exert ourselves to secure 'these permanent glories and achievements which alone can make amends- to mankind for all the heroism and sacrifice Which is their glory." i ' Quist on Front ' ' He mentioned the '.'western front", only once as it : is com monly defined and then to ob serve ' jocularly that "all this talk" of invasion forces acrossa talk" ' of invasion across the channel was keeping Hitler fran tic. - . -Using the Yugoslav situation at ono point to illustrate the al lied policy, he said: . "All questions of monarchy, or republic,, or leftism are strict ly subordinated." Only to Beat Enemy ' : At another point he said: "In one place we support a king, in another a communist. There is no attcmnt by us to enforce par ticular ideologies. We only want to beat the enemy and then, in happy and serene peace, let the best expression be given to the will of the oconle." In touching on British and, Russian relations, tne prime minister said it seemed to be the great desire of the peoples of. (Continued on .rage iwo . , SKF Workmen Held as Spies ' ' STOCKHOLM, May 24 (P Three employes of the SKF ball bearing works at Goeborg have been arrested on charges of sup plying -information to a foreign power about the size of orders and destinations, Aftonbladet said today. - Two of the employes were Swedes and the other was de scribed as a foreigner. All work ed In the company's order de partment, and Aftonbladet quot ed one as saying he furnished information to the unnamed for eign power for "Ideological rea- "Wildcat" Paralyze Walkouts Pacific Lumber Plants . SEATTLE, May 24 (P) Sev eral thousand more lumber and logging workers were scheduled to join an estimated 18,000 al ready idle today in the billion dollar Pacific northwest lumber Industry which has become par alyzed by swiftly-spreading wild cat walkouts. i Between 60 and 75 plywood mills, door plants, woodworking mills, sawmills and kindred com- SEATTLE. May 24 (P) Men involved in the widespread Pa cific northwest lumber industry tiaiip, which has closed upwards of 75 mills and plants in 20 Ore gon and Washington cities and towns, may not accept other em ployment under a ruling of the regional war manpower com mission. ". psnles in 20 cities- and towns of Oregon and- Washington! were oloBBd. In addition; workers quit on at least eight log booms, and nine logging camps already were dowri. '; i ' : . .. Boom Workers Join' "Boom workers those ' who handle water shipments totaling millions, of feet of logs every day were expected to join in the general walkout during the day. Boommen, members of the CIO-Boommen and Rafters' un ion, are a small group who vir tually hold the key to operations at mills located on lakes or salt water. Some lumber workers have al ready turned to other jobs pay ing higher wages, Don Gallaher, secretary of Seattle local 2519 of the AFL-Lumber and Sawmill Workers, reported. Look for Work -' "Some of the boys have' come in to. look for something else and I've sent them to longshor ing or building-labor work," he said.- "There have been maybe 80 or 60 of these, so far. Part of them are getting $1.15 an hour. ' (Continued on Page Two) ' VT -.' . Standard Stock Seizure Ordered WASHINGTON, May 24 (JP) The alien property custodian to day, ordored the Standard Oil company of New Jersey to. sur render to the government cer tain blocks of securities in three American corporations which be fore the war were jointly spon sored by Standard Oil and I. G. Farbenlndustrie, A. G., the Ger man chemical and dye trust. S? Custodian James E. Markham said the surrender. order applied to 20 per cent of the outstand ing stock of the Standard Cata lytic company, 50 per cent of the outstanding stock of Jasco, Inc., and 25' per cent of the. out standing stock of the Hydro carbon Synthesis corporation and that these securities : were formerly .the property of -1. G. Farben. . i Super -Coyotes at Large A vicious band of super-coyotes, given exceptional size and intelligence by cross-breeding with police dogs, is preying on livestock and wildlife in a large section of the northern Califor nia rnunfrv. nrrnrrllnff to Fred Starr, veteran game warden;of Uorrls. v . , Cross-breeding,: first noted by efit.i a riMAn vMrn ntfn. - has now contlhucd for several -gen erations, ana .tne Dig woii-uko animals now range over the i4mm HantnmfirP. " on the east, to the east side of Ball mountain. Sighted on number of occasions have been a. nurn- ' nnlloA do If a whioh apparently have revert ed to tne W)iu nu wnicu yyhi coyotes. ' . j ; , ''.. . :H4avy 'Toll. i,".1' ''. 1 V BIh.b ' nikn nnffl 4li .nHMItGI of the animals in- a report this week to the California, fish -and fcame division,- said .they are taking a heavy toll of 1843 fawns as well as livestock. "If tncy ever, get into the Klamath-Lake counties deer herd, your state game commis sion won't have to worry about a doe season, to reduce the size of the herd," said Starr. Looks Like Coyote ! f Starr said tho progeny of the dogs and coyotes have a rec tangular shape, rather; than oblong like a coyote. They much resemble the timber wolf, he added. At the shoulders they are about as high as a pointer dog. .They lack the: red on the legs, typical of coyotes -in that area, - "v ' i In the winter of 1981-32, Starr said, he first saw dogs ranging the coyote' country. That time, he noted three dogs in the Dry- lake area east, of Hackamore. Later, another po lice dog waa se4n on the east side of Mt. Dome, near the Mitchell ranch, . and this same dog was later reported at Van Brimmer. A state : policeman;: sighting the dog and mistaking it for a coyote, shot and killed it. : Police Dog Ancestors I In : 1940-41 and in 1941-42 winters, Starr saw a Belgian type of police dog running in the area between Macdoel and Dorris. In 1941-42, he saw a police dog of a distinctive red color running with coyotes in the .Lower Klamath lake coun try, along the west side. Only last ' Saturday,' Starr saw two of the "super-coyotes.". , . Savage Animal - Starr said that the dog in the ahimsls give-them a tendency to gang up in packs, like timber-wolves. -As for their savag ery and strength, the veteran game i warden recalled an in stance whore a cow .and a calf (Continued on Page Two) Survey Committee Gets to Work ' 4 ..rt. ys I V I A survey committee appointod to investigate damaqe done by the May 15 break in the gov ernment canal near the Shasta way bridge, knuckles down to work: in the Federal building. Left to right, F. Schlopkohl, Boise, Ida. Thor Torkelson, Coulee Dam, Wash.: H. A. ' Parker, Ephrata, Wash., and Naomi Heath of Klamath Falls, stenographer. Committee heads said that 90 par cent of the residants in the area affected by the flood, reported seme damage. Com plaints involved basements,, gardens, sidewalks, and a few lost chickens. The survey will not be completed before the fore part of' next week. Findings will then be sent by tha committee to the commissioner in Washington, D. C, through the office of B. E. Harden,, superintendent of the Klamath project, U. S. bureau of reclamation. ' ' . WASHINGTON, May 24 () Attorney General Biddle testi fied today that he believed President Roosevelt ' was aur thorlzed' by the war labor dis putes., act to isewe Montgomery WaTd and com'pahy's' strike bound 'Chicago properties', but that even "without regard" to that statute, the chief executive has requisitioning authority .in wartime.- - . : ; Appearing before a special house committee ' investigating the seizure last month, Biddle cited specifically section 3 of the war labor disputes act,-giving the chief executive power to take over property equipped for "manufacture, production, or mining." - Disagreement Acknowledging in a prepared statement that "there is room for disagreement on the legal aspects" of the case, Biddle sug gested that if congress itseif believes Mr. Roosevelt exceed ed his authority it should clari fy the .laws so the chief execu (Continued on Page Two), Youngsters Stage Spending Spree ATLANTA, May 24 (ff) Even the monkeys . in the zoo ' had stomach aches in the wake- of a spending spree staged by three boys, aged 7, 8 and 13, who told police they found $766- in a grocery store. : After the "find" 'the trio started peeling the roll at Grant Park zoo. They stoKea tne ele phants with" peanuts, the - mon keys .with sweets, and . them selves with hamburgers, hot dogs, pop and ice cream. The mixture floored .the boys. After a stay in the ; juvenile detention home,' the . spenders, still pale, 'led police on a fruit less search in the woods where they said they hid $700. v Kurile Islands Bombed Again WASHINGTON, May 24 ') Striking across the North" Paci fic, American planes flew through moderate anti-aircraft fire to bomb enemy positions in the Kurile islands just be fore dawn Sunday. . ! All of the planes, the navy said today, returned to their base from the attacks on Para mushiro and Shimushu at the northern end of the island, chain which stretches from the Jap anese, mainland to , the Kama chatka peninsula. . . ' Negro Demos Name Delegates ' COLUMBIA, S. C, May 24 () The progressive (negro) demo cratic party today chose 18 dele gates to the national democratie convention to contest the seats of South Carolina's democratic par ty, which excludes negroes. The keynote speaker, Osceola E. MacKaine, called the' party's first state convention "the third revolution" and .added: "We must here and now decide if all the Americans living in this state shall be 'free men or - if some shall continue to be serfs. Found $1000 ' In War Bonds v : One thousand dollars worth of war bonds, found -in -the-gutter at 6th 'and Main, -are safe again in the back pocket of James Rainbolt's trousers. : Rainbolt was carry ing . 30 bonds, . totaling- $1000,. and Monday reported them- miss ing to ':5ity police.- In the meantime, Mrs. A. ";J. Mc "Manus.f 2300 Radcliffe,' ran4 Mrs.' I. H. Howell, 2442 Shas ta way, noticed the packet of bonds- :iiear the- street curb. They -took them to the First National bank, -and -when city police checked the bank a few minutes later- to advise officials of - the serial - num bers, they learned that, the bonds were. safe. - ; , r : , Rainbolt lives at -a; Main and is an employe -of Lamm Lumber company.-. ' ; Pqtton's Rank f : Jump Held Up WASHINGTON, May 24 0p The senate military affairs com mittee today, held, up approval of a permanent rank promotion for Lt. Gen.-George S.; Patton Jr., in recommending favorame action in the cases- of 13 other eeneral officers. ' i . : , ,; , Patton's slapping of a soldier in a. Sicilian hospital had been subjected to. a-committee inves tigation. The committee - flave no for mal explanation of its refusal to sanction a proposed perma nent advancement from the rank of colonel of calvary . to . major general, but Chairman Chandler (D.-Ky.V of the; nominations sub committee said he personally op posed .approval, because oi tne slapping incident. ...... i Aiito Workers Back On Job . . . DETROIT. May . 24 (fl3) Mem bers of local . 490, United Auto mobile Workers (CIO), returned to their jobs at seven Chrysler corporation plants today as offi cials oi tne local appeared at a hearing to which they had been summoned by the International union's executive board to,"show cause" for an' unauthorized strike. .. -" . ' The executive board, which condemned the strike as a viola tion of the union s constitution and its no-strike pledge, insisted that .today's hearing be held de spite ine return 10 woi-k. ine board has indicated that it may take over administration of local 490 until a new election of offi cers can be held. , Reds Threaten Bulgaria Break ANKARA,. May -23 (Delayed) (ff) Russia will break off rela tions with Bulgaria unless "the Bulgars change their policy by midnight May 25," advices re ceived here by telegraph said today. . . These reDorts ' said . the . Bul gars received ' the soviet ; ulti matum in a stern note Monday. Bulgaria, not formally at war with Russia,- -has -been under heavy two-way pressure from Germany seeking to force more military support from the Bal kan nation, and from Russia which i attempting .to . budge her from her axis alignment, LONDON. May 24 W Ur wards of 5500 , planes, : mostly American, bombed Berlin, Vien na: Paris airdromes and military targets, on. tne rrencn .coast to day in perhaps. the greatest al lied aerial assault of the war. . The-sky fleets augmented, as the day went on by medium, and ngnt planes tiymg out in tne eve ning hours . dumped perhaps 5000 tons of explosives -on mili tary targets Irom the Atlantic wall to the three capitals; 1 Berlin Battered 1 1 A" force of around 2000 U. S. heavy , bombers and fighters atrucK .tsernn ana uerman neids fringing Paris. The nazis .said intense air battles were- fought over Berlin and the '. Baltic- Pilots returning. ' from ' France said that- no Interceptors' were encountered near Paris and that flak was moderate to heavy. Four airfields were pummeled in northern France.. ' . American heavy bombers from Italy soared across the Alos to Vienna and bombed' the Atnib- ersdorf aircraft factory and oth er targets nearby.. -. , i - . -Italian Raids . i The Italy-based bombers- also attacked the Avisio viaduct north of Trento on the- Brenner Pass (Continued on Page Two) . Timber Trade Gets Okay. 1 BEND, May 24 (fPj The sec retary of agriculture .has ap proved a timber .exchange with the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber com pany of Bend whereby the De schutes national forest acquires 89,560 acres-of . cufrover . .land and the company cutting rights in. other parts .of .the forest. - The approval was announced by Ralph W. Crawford. De schutes supervisor.- who said the acreage ' extends from south of Bend to the - luamatn county line and borders- part- of high way No. 7.. .uiearing oi tne land for new pine growth al ready is underway, ne aoaea. APPIAN NAB TE RRAGINA Canadian Tanks Back Nazis to Melfa :l River By lfOLAND NOROAARD ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Naples, May 24 OP) American troops occupied Terracina today and: Canadian' armor , smashed through the Hitler line in tha Liri valley, to the Melfa rivert On the Anilo beachhead U. S troons seized a mile-Ions chunk, . of the Applan way below--Cls lema, . . ..; The Canadians reached the Melfa by smashing . five miles through the-heaviest Hitler llne fortifications in the Liri valley sending forward a pincers of fensive .upon- the beachhead and Rome from the east. . - - Above Terracina American trooos - alsa-'batten ed.-lO miles through the mount tains- above Terracina: -fashion ing a potential trap', for . the) Germans below the beachhead. Allied planes took heavy toll of nazl convoys . attempt to escape! encirclement. . . The Hitler line now has been smashed through deep strikes!' in the. north... the center. ..tiuf the south. .:-.' , Cut Nasi Flank - " On the beachhead, -a U. &Z armored column penetrated tha German, flank on the Rome or northern , aide of Cisterna,- lm minently threatening that forte ress .town.-: The Appian -way ' Uk Rome - above.; still' was openj howerer.' - - . - : -The whole -German rjositlon. hourly worsened. - - ' ''-.; West, of Casslno ' $ The spectacular Canadian-thrust- up- the Liri ;.valley : put the allied ' spearhead 13 milesV west 'of Cassino;. It carried to the lost water obstacle betweeif the jCanadiona and Arce and' Ceprsno, both . five miles, away.: and., both key points guarding" the entrance to the broad Sacco valleys leading , to - Rome. . : " i- The,-Melfa is a .small stream flowing into .the. Liri- from -the) north. . ' , other Canadians were ; closing In upon Pontecorva,- . another Hitler Jine ; atrongpolnt- i ' Capture Hill .. .Terracina. fell after -American fifth, army- troops . : had plunged 10. miles north of that port and captured a . mountain height only 19 miles due east of a junction with- . the . beachhead forces,' thus threatening -to trap . the. nails in -the Pontine)-, marsh ..area between, the beach head and Terracina. A beachhead dispatch from Associated-Press. Correspondent Daniel De Luce said Amerkari .-. (Continued on- Page Two). . ifr ii -1 Early Mum on f ShipTransfer WASHINGTON, May 24 "-! Presidential Secretary. Stephen Early said today that yesterday's senate speech by Senator Bridges (R-N. H.) concerning a reported transfer of TJ. S. naval units to Russia was tantamount to get, ting - information out which would otherwise.be barred by: the censorship code. . .' : Asked at his. press conference whether he uad seen the Bridges speech, Early said:. ; "Yes, Isawttln: the papers: ''Any reaction?" he was askec l,'No,u he replied;' ''but that is one. .way certain people seem tq have of getting information oui that is very probably of military .. value- that: some other nations would like, to have, but can't gel it from the executive branch oi the government.- Mystery Shrouds Bloody I Church Secretary Killing DETROIT, May 24 (JP) Stab bed and beaten, the body of Mrs. Jean Long, 40, secretary of the pastor of the Twelfth- street Evangelical . church,- was found in the have of the church at ' 9 a. m. today. . Police -said half , a dozen stab wounds were found in' the chest and head, her clothing was torn and her wristwatch had stopped at ,8:35, presumably the time of tne atiacK on ner last nigni.r . . Found Bodv The Rev. Newell C. Llesenier, 38, who lives next door to the church, found the body, after re ceiving a report from Mrs. LonoV narents.- Mr. and Mrs, Robert L. Croyle, that she had not returned home last night. ' 1 Detectives said ; Mr. Liesemer told them he last saw; his 'secre tary shortly after 8 p.' m.;.when she obt, ined a' key to the' churth from him, and. went'. into- the church tn nrenare the oreaniza. tion's monthly letter to service men. - '- -,, Shortly before midnight,' the pastor was quoted as saying,. he saw a . light .in tne Dasemeni ci lice of the church when he re turned home from calls to par ishioners, found the church door half open, and went in. He went to the basement and found the office empty, and the key lying on the desk, he said and after calling Mrs. Long's name sever al times without response, con eluded she had gone home. He said he then turned out the lights and left the church.. : . , Mrs.-f Long worked at .-tha church as a part-time secretary She was employed - full time as a secretary at the Bailey Meter company... ' . '. .::',..,,'.;;.'- ; -'.', .,'."' Estranged : '." .- ; ? : " Detectives said: she had beeJi estranged for several months from her. husband. Kenneth Long, but that they had met al most dally since the separation. A . police Inspector said he be lleved tome one 'may have fol , lowed Mrs.-,. Long Into, the church. . There was-no effort at robbery, ' he said, aince Mrs. Long's pursw containing several dollars and a couple of valuable, rings was found in Jhe basement office, ' r
