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By FRANK JENKIN8
HEADING cast, vlu Ilia utioiim
IIiiit City of Sim Francisco-
which la u lucky break, nit It In
nut only a comfortable train but
cuts (iff n day, dropping you In
Chicago Just about tlio tlmo you
begin to ifot bored.
AT the moment, tho stiea
" liner In paiiKliiK at Ore
renin-
pausing at Green
Hlvur. In Wyoming, with its odd-
shaped signal rock Unit guided
thu ox wagons In (or what muni
havo been n plvimant break In
their lonit Joiirniiy.
Tho river Isn't green, but the
grans wrowlnii beside It In, and
firaen gran muni linvo been u
i.'nvunly N I u It I to the weary
pioneer after their long trek
over the dry, hot IiIkI) country
lying eimtward from hero. Uy
thin time they muni have been
wondering If they'd ever see
green grant again.
t
A NAVY lieutenant (homo Ala
bama) union long at these
wide sago tints with their yel
low rutin in tlio uai'Kgrotinti, men
nk: "How lonu will It bo before
thin country In nettled up?"
If hlntory and geography nro
dependiilile guides, It will Dc a
long. LONG time however long
forever may bo. In termn of
Central Europe, these arc tho
STKITKS, anil when Herodotus,
the world tt firm traveling cor
renpondent nnw and dencrlbed
them nearly 23 centurion uko
the steppe of Central Europe
muni have looked much an this
iiart of Wyoming look now.
The ntcinw country of rantern
Europe and wentern Asia has
chutmcd little nliico Herodotus
aw it,
SteiiDD country, which Is urar
lull country, chuniies 'in only
minor ways as tho centuries
pass.
VOUR a vera no Kantcrner,
crossing this wido grazing
belt, Is puttied and vaguely
troubled. It seems to him that
hero In a country that Isn't FUL
FILLING DESTINY for to his
urbiin mind tho only worth-while
destiny for a country Is to settle
up tightly so that it may nourish
industrial cities wltn smoking
factories and rabbit warren
homes.
That, according to his notion,
constitutes civilization and pro
gross.
WB of tho West, who know
" better, are neither-puzzled
nor troubled by these semi-arid
n a m and plateaus, nicy com
fort us, and give us a pleasant
feeling of security for wo know
that In this kind of country,
where change Is Infinitely slow,
tho spirit that built America
will live on and on and on
W7E of the grcnt open spacos
" arc Inclined to bo puzzled
and a little troubled as wo gazo
upon the phenomenon of modern
mas Industrial production, with
Its monotonous routines that
limit men's mental horizons and
chanae their ways of thinking,
In tho Industrial beginnings
of America, a shoemaker mado
(Continued on Pago Three)
Indian Prohibition No
More Sound Than White,
Asserts Tribe Spokesman
Repeal of the law prohibiting
sale of liquor to Indians will put
Indians on an even footing with'
whito men and end a long-stand
lug discrimination, members of
tho Klamath tribe told tho Klnm
nth Klwanls club nt luncheon
Thursday.
Boyd Jackson and Clnyton
Kirk pointed out that slnco the
Klumuth treaty with tho govern
ment was signed over 80 yenrs
ago, Indians have grndunlly
adopted tho living practices and
habits of whlto men, even to
tno point of Joining witit tnem
In fightini tho nation's wars,
and thai they feel tho tlmo has
como to put Indians on. nn even
basis, as regards liquor restric
tions. Bill Dropped
Jackson said that at one tlmo
former Congressman Walter M
Plerco prepared a bill which
would end Indian prohibition
for tho Klamaths, but that it was
dropped at that tlmo by con
sent of the Indian leaders. The
Into Senator McNnry before his
death told Jackson ho would
sponsor such legislation,
Jackson stated that the tribe,
In Its present effort to obtain
repeal, had boon asked what tho
white community In this arcn
thinks about tho problem, For
thai reason, ha said, thn Indians
nro anxious lo present it to
whlto groups for consideration.
(Tho Klamath chamber of com
merco is on record favoring re
peal). ' Tragedies Result
The Indian spokesman said
that It Is folt Hint questions of
tompernnco aro no bolter sot
tied for Indians by prohibition
than thoy woro for whlto people
by tho 10th amendment, He
said that a majority of tho Klam
ath Indians do not drink, but
that tcololiilors on tho reserva
tion favor an end to the dis
crimination, Ho mild that many
tragedies have resulted from tho
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Here's activity, such as was viewed in the rodeo arena on Buckaroo Da?s. moved to a ranch
setting in the Klemath range country where It is applied to the practical business of cattle
raising. It's a branding scene photographed the other day by Gib Fleet on the ranch of Frank
Obenchaln Sr., pionetr stockman, a few miles north of Bly. That's the Obenchain ranch In the
background, and the stream is a tributary of the North Fork of the Sprague. For information
about Klamath livestock Industry this year, see Page 8.
Nipponese Journalist Continues Attack
On Suzuki Cabinet For Lack Of Action
CUE
CANBERRA. Australia. July
12 Wi J. B. Chlflcy. treasurer
and minister of post-war recon
struction, todoy was elected
prime minister of Australia, suc
ceeding the into jonn uuriin.
Chiflcy defeated Acting Pre
mier. Francis M. Fordo by win
ning leadership of the labor
party, formerly held by Curtln.
Selection as prime minister fol
lowed automatically.
A former locomotive engineer
(Continued on Pago Two)
conditions under which Indians
obtain liquor illegally.
Kirk described the "long
march" that whites and Indians
have taken together since the
days of tho treaty-signing.
Jcsso Leo Kirk, third mem
bcr of tho trlbo present, ribbed
nis colleagues for taking up all
tho tlmo of tho program,
"These men arc educated and
learned arithmetic," he Jibed
good-naturedly. "They are sup
posed to know sorflcthlng about
division. But they didn't divide
tho time on this program and
I am left without any."
B. G. Courtright, agency su
perintendent, was introduced by
Fred Peterson, chairman of tho
day.
Hungry Japs Eat Goonies
On Wake Island Garrison
By AL DOPKING
GUAM, July 10 (Delayed) (VP)
Members of tho once-arrogant
Japanese garrison on wako Is
land woro apparently driven to
outing goony birds.
That was tho rennrt today
from Comdr, Paul L, Dovos,
commander of tho U. S. destroy
er' Murray, which inspected tlio
Japuncso hospital ship bringing
Oft most of tlio starving garrison
mat seized tho U. s, island pos
session early in the war.
Thousands of tho clumsy
birds used to plague American
uviators at Wnlte. But Devon,
who is from Chovy Chase, Md.,
failed to spot a ono as Ills de
stroyer moved Irl closo to tho
lslnnd and intercepted tho ship,
tho Takuxago Maru,
Ship Stopped
Tho shin was stopped July B,
shortly after it shoved off from
Wako with 1)74 sick and dying
Japanese, soldiers, long cut off
from Japan's source of supply.
It then was allowed to proceed.
Tho smell of death ivom the
Tmt&p'me 8111
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Rodeo Glamour At Work
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 12
(At As the constant blasting of
allied bombs tore at Japan'!
home soil today, a leading Nip
poncsn journalist accused the
Suzuki cabinet of doing noth
ine "while the empire la coa
fronted by its most serious
crisis," radio Tokyo reported.
Eighty two -year -old (Soho)
Tokuloml, dean ot tnc Japanese
press, cxhorfed the cabinet to
do better than bold routine
meetings In I'.ho premier's res!
dencc, said the enemy broad
cast heard by the federal com.
municattons commission.
Earlier Tokuloml severely
criticized the government for
not telling the people the truth
about the seriousness or mili
tary setbacks In the Pacific.
Fears Evident
Tokvo radio's broadcasts to
day brimmed over with fear
for the future. They Included:
Worry that Adm. William F
Halscy's'3rd fleet was still on
tho prowl and soon would
launch another huge cr.nicr
piano attack.
Disclosure thot Japanese civil
Ian "deserters from the defense
front" arc attempting to flee
(Continued on Page Two)
$250,000 Voted
FEPCBy House
WASHINGTON, July 12 W)
The house voted $250,000 today
for continued operation of the
fair employment practico conv
mlttcc.
The house turned down, by a
teller vote of 188 to 116, a southern-backed
move to prevent the
FEPC from using any of its new
funds for normal operations ana
then moved toward a final vote
on a compromise designed to
break a deadlock holding up
funds for sixteen war agencies
converted 9000-ton luxury liner
camo across the waters while the
destroyer still lay 1000 yards
away.
Lt. (jg) Robert O. Westlnkc,
Oakland. Calif., . medical offi
cer, said all tho mllitory pa
tients woro suffering from mal
nutrition diseases, pcllcgra, bcrl
borl and scurvy,
"Mild cases were able to move
about," he said, "Their checks
were hollow, their eyeballs
sunken," '
Some Unconscious
But tlio worst were comatose
and those conscious appeared
frightened when the Americans
appeared,
Tho Japanese plied the Ameri
can boarding party with ques
tions about America the Yan
kees, was Babe Ruth still alive,
and whatovcr bocamo ot Charlie
Chaplin.
Lt. (jg) William r. Duddlcson
ot Los Angeles, Calif., who mado
tlio Inspection said tho decks
and compartments wcro clean
(uoniinucu on rage Four) .
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WASHINGTON, July 12 (P)
Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) today de
nounced as profligate lending
the international bank proposed
under the Brctton Woods agree
ments and asked that senate con'
sldcration of the measure be
postponed.
Majority Leader Barkley (Ky.)
has insisted that the house-approved
monetary- pact be taken
up Monday and pushed through
ahead of the United . Nations
charter. Barkley said he thought
me Brctton woods deDatc would
require about three days and
that the charter, still before the
foreign relations committee,,
should wait even if it is ready
for senate discussion before
then. . .
In a speech prepared for floor
delivery, Taft concentrated his
tiro on the ' international bank
half of the Bretton Woods pro
posals. They coll for an $8,-
800,000,000 international fund
to stabilize world currencies
and the $9,100,000,000 bank to
support loans for reconstruction
and Industrial development.
Taft, among the most vocal op
ponents of the monetary plan,
described the bank as a "device
tor draining our savings out of
the United States for the benefit
ot the rest of the world. ' .
Japs Dig In
Along Sittang
CALCUTTA. July 12 fP) De
spite a heavy rain the Japanese
arc digging in at several points
in tho Sittang river bend area
in Burma between Nyaung
kashe, 25 miles northeast .of
Pegu, and Yltkyo, terminus of
the Pegu-Sittang canal, a south
west Asia communique announc
ed today.
The Japanese have occupied
Nyaungkashc, which was aban
doned by the British two days
ago.
Enemy positions in the river
bena area were oomoeci ana
strafed yesterday by Spitfires,
killing enemy troops and de
stroying and damaging jungle
nuts, the communique said. ,
Wac Director
Resigns Post
WASHINGTON, July 12 (P)
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby re
signed today as director of the
women s army corps (Wacs).
The surprise announcement
of Col. Hobby's resignation was
made at a news conference by
Undersecretary ot war Patter
son. Col. Hobby is going on
leave Immediately and will go
on an inactive status Septem
ber 3. '
Col. Wcstray Battle Boyco. 43.
of Rocky Mount, N. C, succeeds
Col. Hobby hi director
THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1945
CI
PLANES HIT
By LEIF ERICKSON
GUAM, July 12 P) Jap
anese attempts to run two troop
laden convoys of soldiers from
Shanghai to bolster homeland
defenses against an American
invasion were apparently
broken up by blockading U. S.
naval aircraft, Read Adm. John
Dale Price reported today.
One of tho ships in the second
convoy looked like the former
Italian liner Contessa de Sa
vaoia, 28,000-ton pre-war luxury
ship.
None Sunk
- Price said none of the trans
ports was sunk in the combined
attack by fleet air wing one
Mariners and Privateers and
strafing Thunderbolt fighters,
but none of the transports got
across the Yellow sea "to Korea
or through the Korean straits
to the Sea of Jaaan-
The convoys were presum
ably driven into the former
German port of Tsingtao, churn
ing yellow mud in the shallow
river.
Bombing Prevented
Heavy antiaircraft fire from
the convoy prevented effective
bombing ' attacks, but rockets
from Thunderbolt fighters start
ed tires 'lasting about 20 min
utes on ' one' shiD. ' "
The plain-spoken, Arkansas-
born admiral is relinquishing
command of fleet air wing one
to become commander of the
Okinawa operating base. In this
assignment the 53-year-old Price
will direct the development of
Okinawa as an advance naval
operating base. The best po
tential harbor on Okinawa is
Buckner bay, which the Jap
anese used as a fleet anchorage
when it was known as Naka
gusuku Wan. v ,
. Price is being succeeded as
fleet air wing one commander
by Rear Adm. John Perry ot
Greenville, S. C. . . .
Scattered Fires
In Timber Area
Lightning flashed across the
southeastern sky Wednesday
afternoon starting a few scatter
ed brush and forest tires', but
none of them has proved ser
ious. '
Klamath Forest Protective as
sociation crews were kept the
busiest with 16 fires reported
started by the lightning Wednesday-
and one reported so tar tor
Thursday.,
Fires covered by these crews
were in the Aspen Lake dis
trict, the Kings Cabin area,
Bear flat, and one this morning
was started on Syqan Butte,
west of Summer lake. All of
these, small blazes have been
put out or are under control.
In the Modoc national forest
area, only three fires were dis
covered after Wednesday's
storm,- but all were under con
trol. On the Klamath Indian res
ervation two small fires were
sparked by lightning but were
under control Wednesday.
Forest rangers and tire crews
are still on the alert, as weather
reports have predicted new elec
trical storms for Thursday after
noon and evening. -
Chinese Battle
Toward Yungfu
CHUNGKING. July 12 -()
Chinese forces advancing north
ward along tho Hunan-Kwangsl
railway were reported today to
bo battling their way toward
Yungfu, 60 miles northeast of
Lluchow and 32 miles south
west of the former U. S. air
base at Kwcllin.
The Chinese high command
said this column had recaptured
Luchai, 28 miles northeast of
Liuchow. and had driven on be
yond. The exact extent of the
advance was not disclosed, how
ever. . Offsetting the Chinese gains
In Kwangsi province, the high
Command disclosed that the
Japanese had captured Tlnpnk
on the south Qhlna coast 107
miles 'southwest of Canton. Tin
pak.fell to enemy troops which
struck eastward along the high
way from Muiluk in tho north
cast corner of the Lulchow peninsula.
Tifl CONVOY
Max. (July 11)
; precipitation last Z4 hours Traca
I Stream year to data 13.28
1 Normal 11.90 Last ytar 9.89
; Forecast: Scattered thunder showers.
President
Closer Allied
At Bi
'9
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Asioclated Press Diplomatic Newt Editor
WASHINGTON, July 12 (?) Pridnt Truman is expected
to seek closer and more continuous diplomatic ties with Britain
and Russia when he meets Prime Minister Churchill and Premier
Stalin at Berlin.
The objective Will be to assure day-to-day handling of current
European political problems which grew out of the war and for
which quick solutions are considered vital to a workable peace.
At the heart of whatever proposal Mr. Truman makes along
this line probably to create an international commission it the
need to promote Big Three cooperation at c time when tome
forcet are working to weaken it.
In tome retpectt the ttretiet on thin conference will be greater
than those under which the late President Roosevelt, Churchill
and Stalin worked at Tehran and at Yalta. The biggest differ
ence, of courne, it that the three allien no longer are bound by
REDSGIf
BERLIN AFTEAS
TD TWO ALLIES
BERLIN, July 12 (f) The
inter-allied kommandatur of
Berlin announced today that
all ' existing soviet regulations
and orders would be continued
in force "until special notice."
The announcement came a
tew hours after red army au
thorities formally relinquished
control of 12 of Berlin's 20
boroughs to American and Brit
ish officials. ,
There w a,s no. observable
(Continued '6 Page Two)'- :
Search Still On
At Lake O' Woods
The body of Richard "Bob"
Hollingsworth, 25, who apparent
ly drowned Tuesday night at
Lake o' the Woods, was still un
discovered this morning, accord
ing to a report from bneriii
Lloyd Low.
-Three dragging outfits were
sent to the lake yesterday from
here. Low said, and the sheriff's
office at Medford sent up a long
drag to assist in the search.
Three or four boats have gone
out on the lake, including the
large launch belonging to the
Lake o' the Woods lodge, in an
effort to find Hollingsworth.
Low said the lake was about
35 feet deep where Hollings
worth was last seen and that the
lake had been dragged within
a radius of 400' yards from, the
spot where the accident ' oc
curred. -
The lake Is being dragged to
day in a further effort to locate
the body, low stated.
Organizations Urge Quick
Ratification Of Charter
WASHINGTON, July 12 ()
Representatives of a score of
organizations urged senate rati
fication of the United Nations
charter without change today
as the foreign relations com
mittee brought its hearing to
ward a close.
Dr. Helen Dwight Reid spoke
for a dozen major groups in be
half of the charter but she de
clared that its usefulness "de
pends on the quality of our
participation."
Dr. Reid was listed as spokes
man for the American Associa
tion of University Women, the
Association for Childhood Edu
cation, the General Federation
of Women's clubs, the National
Board of the YWCA. National
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, and numerous other groups.
Backs Ouick Okay
Ulric Bell, of Washington,
submitted for Americans United
tor World Organization a state
ment pleading for "quick ratifi
cation," asserting t n a t "this
country has been unable to
escape Involvement In wars
it should try involvement in
peace."
The National Education as
sociation's views were presented
by William G. Carr,- secretary,
in a statement which noted that
the group is "proud" of its en
dorsement of the League of Na
tions covenant in 1919 and ex
tends the same support to the
new treaty.
i Qualified Support
The committee tor world
peace through a people's parlia
ment contributed a qualified
endorsement, Nora Stanton
Barney, of Greenwich, Conn.,
urged the inclusion of reserva
tions requiring popular election
(July 12)
... 80 Min. 53
Number 10564
May Seek
Ties
Meet
Three
tne compelling teed to .defeat
a common enemy.
They are confronted with the
necessity tor writing a common
peace, but in this political and
economic differences of approach
pose problems which the purely
military considerations of the
past never brougnt up.
This time too the real blue
chips of international politics
are bound to come into play
more than ever before. Issues no
longer can be resolved in broad
statements of principle. They
are concerned with specific
questions of boundaries, politi
cal alignments and territorial
controls hot heretofore- tackled
on a grand scale.
. TRUMAN EN ROUTE
ABOARD THE CRUISER
AUGUSTA WITH - PRESI
DENT TRUMAN. July 12 0P)
President Truman, - prepared
for . the possibility of a pro
longed Big Thxee conference.
I todays kept.. Iif , . Joouzfy touch,, ,
, wiia uuia iirei tuccesnet-rOls.
: Japan. .,.;fS' ;,i--''ii- .vj-.:
At this veteran warship
edged closer to the British
Islet and itx ultimate dettina
tion in North Europe, it ran
into low-hanging cloudt and
scattered thowert for the first
time since leaving Newport
Newt Saturday morning.
' Remaining in the admiral's
cabin, the pretident went over
with . Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes and Fleet
Admiral William D. Leahy
agenda covering a world-wide
range tuggetted for discussion
by the United Statet. Britain
and Russia at the Potsdam
meeting opening next Mon
day or Tuesday.
Generally, as diplomats here
see it, the task of the Big Three
at Potsdam' will parallel but
does not tie in directly with the
work of the San Francisco con
ference. At San Francisco the
United Nations were concerned
with designing machinery to
preserve peace. At Berlin the
job will be mainly one of ar
ranging the transitions from war
to peace. .
of the delegates to the security
council and establishment of an
international policing force'. She
proposed that the strategic
waterways such as the Dardan
elles be "internationalized" to
prevent friction between na
tions. : The hearings opened with
what .the corrjmittee expected to
be the last opponent on the
list, Thomas J. Reardon of Hart
fard, Conn., asserting that the
charter compels "a fundamental
change in the constitution of
the United States" and there
tore is "improperly before this
committee."
Law Officers Cooperate
To Break Up Petty Thefts
Through the close cooperation
ot the siieriff's office, city- po
lice, state police, and juvenile
officers, numerous cases of petty
thefts from automobiles here
were cracked yesterday.
Clarence Rogers, 18, ono 17-year-old
boy, and two 16-year-old
boys arc held in the county
jail and one 14-year-old girl and
ono girl' ot 15 are held in cus
tody ot juvenile authorities here.
The girls were picked up for
questioning by juvenile officers
yesterday. They broke down
and admitted knowledge of the
thefts and later made a state
ment implicating the four boys.
Not Present
The girls said they were not
present, however, when the ar
ticles were stolen, which Includ
ed spotlights, tires, rear-view
mirrors, gloves, gasoline, tools,
etc.
3000 TONS HIT
FOUR CITIES;
OILJNTERS
Long Range Raid
Made By Over 500 -Superforts
By AL DOPKING
GUAM, Friday, July 13 (JF)-?
An air fleet of from 500 to 650
Superfortresses poured more
than 3000 tons of flaming and exr
nlnstVf. hnmhs hnnr, riouin ini
day on four Japanese cities and
nil ,nntnn onAnl A O f 11--
of the home islands of Honshu
and Shikoku. . "-'
The giant air raiders struck'
from Uwajima, on the west cen-'
tral coast of Shikoku, to as far
east as Utsunomiya, a city of 80,.
000 lying 60 miles north of"
Tokyo on the Nor4h Tokyo
plain. . --
Othert Hit
Other cities hit along the way'
were the munitions center of
Ichinomiya, nine miles north
west of Nfcgoya on a main
double track rail line between
Nagoya and Gifu, and Tsuruga,
wnicn nes on ine west central
part of the main home island of
Honshu. - , . i
They showered Incendiaries
on the cities and demolition
(Continued on Page Two)
' By The Associated Press
Labor disputes affectins nuh
lication and distribution of news
papers in Birmingham, Ala., and
New York City headlined the
nation's strike news today. ' - '
Publication of three Birming-
ham newspapers was suspended
lnaeunueiy iouowmg a walK-
out by union printers -as New
York City publishers moved to
have 14 major metropolitan pa-
a' -' iuu.vmi. utby- . tar wu
tinued strike 'by .1700- delivery
men.-; - - '' " .' - ' : "
Another newspaper stoppage,
on the Fort Wayne, Ind., Jour-;
nal Gazette and the News-Sen-.
tinel, has prevented these papers
from publishing since Saturday.
Members of International Typo- '
graphical union No. 78 were off -the
job in a month-old contract
dispute. The union termed the
closure a lockout. .
Four of Detroit s seven.
strikes ended during the last 24
hours, including the stoppage
by 1000 dairy workers. But for ,
the fourth straight day some half -.
million Detroit 'residents went
without any milk. Deliveries.
would be normal tomorrow, -dairy
officials said. ,
Elsewhere along the nation's
labor front, a dozen strikes cur-
tailed or halted work in a
varied line of industries. The
country's labor disputes kept ap
proximately 42,000 . men and
women from their jobs.'
Soviet Officers
Nab Kaltenbach
BERLIN, July 12 (P) Mrs.
Frederick W. Kaltenbach said
today her Iowa-born husband, '
indicted in Washington in 1943
on treason charges -which ac
cused him of making broadcasts
over the nazi radio, was arrest
ed by soviet- officers June 14
and had nnt hepn heard from
since. , '
Mrs. Kaltenbach's statement
to Lt. Col. John J. Maginnis of
Worcester, Mass., military gov
ernment officer of the Shoene
berg borough in Berlin, has been
transmitted to American intelli
gence officers for possible ac
tion. Thi thin.' 45-vpnr-ntrt urnrnnn
expressed the hope that Kalten
bach would be able to prove he
actively . befriended the anti
nazi religious elements associ
ated with the Rev. Martin Nie
moeller if the Russians even
tually turned him over to Amer
ican authorities to stand trial. ,.
An outboard motor valued at
$400 was stolen from Ed Isen
see at tho Lake o' the Woods and
the boys admitted the theft. The
motor ; was recovered by the
sheriff's office and most of the
other equipment was also found,
..- Cart Stripped . ,
At least eight or nine cars in
Klamath Falls were stripped by
the youthful gang. The boys
placed some of the stolen articles
on their own automobiles, ju
venile officers said.
The two girls further stated
that they were present when;
some of the loot was hidden and
otherwise disposed of, although
they did not participate in the
actual thefts.
Rogers is charged with petty
larceny and statements were be
ing taken from the Juveniles today.