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Newspaper Page TextC2 , Telephone Bill. .. '.. at"" WEATHER NEWS - (December 10) Max. (December 9) 38 Min ...28 Precipitation lait 24 hours 04 Stream year to date 4.43 Normal 3.25 Last year 3.88 Forecast: Light rain. .uesday Shooting Hourf, Klamath-Tulelake Opan 7il3 a. to. Clot 4:28 p. m. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, MONDAY. DECEMBER 10, Marshall Backs 1941 Forecasts General Declares Jap Attack On Hawaii Not Invasion By J. W. DAVIS y WASHINGTON, Deo. 10 (A1) Gunorul George C. Marshall to day upheld tlio accuracy of the force-lists tlio nrmy'a Intelligence division miulo regarding Jupun's major military attack plan In tlio critical prewar duys beforo December 7, 1041. Marshall told n senate-house Inquiry thut the Pearl Harbor at tack wa "a slush but not a pro poned IiiviikIoii ut all." Ho added that the main Joiia- neiio offi'iuilvo wait aimed to the south, Just ax tlio IntclllKenco di vision mid estimated. Earl lor the flvc-atar former chlet of stuff had testified that ho had held tlio opinion in No vember, 1041, that a movement uy tlio Japanese into xiiaiiona and tlio Gulf of Slum area would Involve the United States and Great Britain in war. Sent Memorandum Senator Ferguson (H-Mlch.) noted thut Marshall and Admiral Harold F. Stark, then chief of naval operation!, had sont a memorandum to tho lato Preil. dent Roosevelt on November 0, 1041, saying that further Jap anese aggressive moves should bring retaliation If the Japs moved west of 100 degrees east, or south oi 10 degrees norm in Thailand. The Michigan senator brought out that on December fl Ambas sador Jnhn G. Wlnant had mes saged Washington from London thut tlio Japanese were on tho move. "That message thnt they were on the move meant war. didn't U7" rerguson aiKoci. "I was of the opinion at that time that the governments would be forced to accept a con .dltion of hostilities," the witness replied. He said he thought that Ad miral Stark concurred with him In the belief that to permit the Japanese to ontor the Gulf of Slam would put them on the "back door of Singapore." War chronologies show that tho Jap move into Tnnwnna enmo on December 7, 1941, syn chronized with their other ag gressive thrusts. Patrol Planes Seek Hellcat Search for a Hellcat and its pilot, missing over the Seven mho area north or here since December 3, will bo continued tho navy decided this weekend when thrco planes were dis patched to the Klamath naval air station for patrol purposes. Senior pilot of tho three planes is L.t, "Buck" Buchanan who was stationed here with air group 8 last summer. The navy man is familiar with this sec tion. Ho flies a JRB, two-motor seven-passenger plane. Tho oth- cr two planes oro GB's. All three ' arrived hero Saturday night from Pasco, Wash., naval air station. Unnnrta frnm fhrt atnllrm Art. . : ...... 1 1 . . . Li i 7 vut'u miui inu Diunus. wiiicn have a slower cruising range than the Hellcats which, were used all last week, flew over tho Seven Mile, Fort Klamath ana ureter urnc areas Sunday. This morning weather conditions prohibited any of the three from leaving the ground. When flying conditions nermit. the search will be extended east between Klamath Falls and Lakevicw and east of Lakevicw, the navy aavisea. Arriving In United States By Associated Press Lloyd A. Hard, SSgt., PO Box 002, Klamath Falls, ar rived on USS Crockett due in Seattle December 8. Edward L. Rlttgarn, TS, Klamath Falls, arrived on E. B. Alexander due in Now York November 30, Howard F. Truant, TSgl Odell, arrived on Jean La Fltto duo in Tacoma Novem ber 20. Maurice Anglind, T5, Lakevlew, arrived - on Jean La Fitte due in Tacoma No vember 20. Wilbur W. Ferguson, PFC, Chlloquin, arrived on " Levi Woodbury due in New York November 30. Alexander C. Duncan, Mer rill, arrived on Sea Flasher due in Portland December 6, ffiliWKE in aw Number 10890 A Turnkey Hit With Sap But Foils Escape ' Armlna himself with a 12-Inch section of rubber hose made into a wicked-looking sap, Raymond Arthur Crumpacker, 37, ilunaed Jailer L. L. Brownell and triad to break, his way out of the county Jail early last nloht. Crumpacker, who is held for armed robbery, lay in wait for the jailer when he came to lock the prisoners back in their cells after they had been allowed into a second story corridor for gospel services last night. He hid behind long ,m1 door lever box in the narrow corridor after the other prisoners returned to their cells, an'd when Brownell came upstairs to lock the doors Crumpacker stepped out and slugged the 84-year-old Jailer over the bead. They fought In the small pen and out into the corridor leading to the stairs, Crumpacker hitting Brownell on the head again twice and on the shoulder and back. Brownell in turn got in a blow to Crumpacker s head Hoover Yarns Of Return To Roaring 20's MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec. 10 UP) J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the nation's G-men, predicted to day that unless strict precau tions are taken "the racketeers, the overlords, the desperadoes and the criminal scum who char acterized the roaring twenties will come back to the American scono." , To a larfla extent. Hoover blamed youth and tho laxity of parents for what he termed the rising tide of serious criminality sweeping the country, no iirins nas sion battlcfront, but it is being -'Th ing has stopped on the ;. but It is belnir ro- sumcd on the homofront,'" he soia, in an address at the 52nd annual meotlng of the Interna tional Association of Chiefs of Police. Understatement "Lawlessness has taken on such proportions as to startle the Imagination. The crime waves proclaimed in the daily press are not imaginary. They are rool, they are bloody. If any thing, tho press. is guilty of un derstatement rathor than over statement." Hoover cited figures showing that "serious" orime had in creased 19 per cent in October this year over the same month last year, and the "more serious" crimes showed an Increase of 32 per cent more murders, 38 per cent more auto thefts, 38 per cent more robberies, 11 per cent more larcenies and 26 per cent more burglaries. Independent Air Force Proposed WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Jf) Creation of an independent air force was proposed today in leg islation introduced in the house by tho chairman of the military and naval .committees. In an explanation of their measure, Introduced jointly, Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of the naval and May (D-Ky.) of the military committees said: "This is our answer to the unification proposals." "We believe that unification of tho army and tho navy is not tho answer to the problem of national defense under modern methods of warfare,.' they added. with a heavy brass key ring, During tho scuffle the cell door was open but none of the other twenty-odd prisoners came out. Crumpacker yelled to the others for help and Brownell heard them shuffling around in the bull pen, so he broke off the fight and dashed downstairs after his gun, beating Crum- f lacker to the bottom and lock rig the steel grating leading to the office. Loose In Building Crumpacker was stopped then, but was still loose in the Jail building. The jailer called Sheriff Lloyd Low and Deputy Jack Franey to tho jail and they locked Crumpacker in a soli tary cell. Asked- why he tried the break, Crumpacker said that he hod nothing personal against Brownell but knew that he was alono and decided to try to get away. He remarked that he had "20 year to do and had made up my mind to make a break for It." The improvised sap was cut from a piece of heavy steam hose and had a cord wrist loop tied on it. None of the blows hurt Brownell much but his glasses were broken and he had red streaks and bruises on his head today. ' Crumpacker was in an up stairs pen when the sheriff ar rived. He had tossed the sap out a window and it was re covered from the jail yard. He is awaiting trial for rob bing Frazer's market on S. 6th last November S. Crumpacker, who has a previous prison record, has admitted the stickup which netted about $85. Probe Slated In Beatings SALEM, Dec. 10 UP) The re- Eortcd beating by guards of two oys who escaped from the state training school at Woodburn will bo investigated by the Marlon county grand jury, Dis trict Attorney Miller B. Hoyden said today. Hayden said he knew little about tho case,' other than that a guard said he quit because the beating was excessive. The guard reported the boys escaped and then were beaten after they were recaptured. Governor Earl Snell said he also is making an investigation, and will report his findings to the state board of control, of which he is chairman. Unarmed U. S. Marine Shot In Face By Three Chinese By OLEN CLEMENTS TIENTSIN, Dec. 0 (Delayed) (P) An unarmed U. S. marine sergeant was. shot from a horse on the outskirts of Tientsin late yesterday and wounded pain fully in the face, marine head quarters said today. The announcement said the marine encountered three Chl neso civilians at a narrow bridge spanning an irrigation ditch, : The marine smiled and greet ed the Chinese, who also smiled and at tho same time drew pis tols and began firing, head quarters said. One bullet struck the marine in the face and he jumped into the icy waters of the canal. He reported that two of the Chinese followed him alone the bank. firing at point blank range, while the third held his horse. The marine said the two Chi nese emptied their pistols, re loaded, and began firing again until at last he made his way out of the canal to a village of mud huts. Here, the marine continued, villagers told him they were afraid to help him, but he ob tained a bicycle from one of them and started back to Tient sin. Finally he met a Russian woman who took him to her home, where her husband re moved his Wet and frozen cloth ing and called tho marines. .The marines brought a truck and took him to a hospital. The sergeant, whose name was not announced, had spent 32 months overseas and joined the first marine division in north China last November 12. The incident followed by four days the slaying of one marine and the. wounding of a second by Chinese gunmen near a vil lage northeast of here. After the previous shooting the ma rines fired 24 mortar shells into a village where the gunmen took refuge. , , Jailer Shows Knot On Head After Struggle With Prisoner I styww r ii i ' I " " si -s 1 1 ' . - i ' m r,r i i. f i A. 4T a -K3 O. first iUack. X ' , . - : ' Q Struggle -bar tain I . shows a knot on his head loft by a sap wielded by Prisoner Leokuig at the - jailer s injury Jailer L. L. Brownell, center, Ravmond Crumnacker in an attemnt to escaoe lost nlflht. Sheriff Lloyd Low, right, and, Deputy-Sheriff Jack Franey. Sheriff Low holds the improvised sap, made from a piece of heavy rubber steam hose.. Below, quick sketch of portion of second floor oi county jail shows where struggle took, place. Reefer Cars For Spud Shipments Due To Arrive Here Within Next 10 Days V A promlse -of relief for the shippers of this area whose ship ments of seed potatoes have been endangered by the- refrigerator car shortage, came at noon to day in the form of a telegram to the chamber of commerce stating that seed shipments in this area will be given prefer ence with the result' that there should be an increase in the Tice Trial To Begin Tuesday Ralnh Tice. 34-year-old Klam ath Indian, goes on trial tomor row . morntne before a federal court in Medford for the fatal shooting of Eugene Mecume, 40, Cnns Bav Indian, at West Chllo quin last "August 13. Tice is charged with involuntary man slaughter. " He is to be represented by J. C. O'Neill of Klamath Falls, who said today that he would try to prove that Tice was defending himself , when the shooting .oc curred. , ' Mecume was shot below ; the heart by a bullet: fired from a 30-40 Craig rifle by Tice. He died on the way to a hospital. ' The two men had gone! to West Chlloquin together, wit nesses said at the time of the shooting. They got out of the car and Tice picked up the rifle and went over to another car 100 feet away.- Mecume followed him. curs ing and making threatening re marks. Tice warned him to stop but Mecume came on and Tice shot him. ... - . . Tice is now in the Jackson county jail at Medford. He was indicted for involuntary man slaughter by a federal , grand jury .last week. ,. supply of reefer cars here within the next 10 days. The telegram was a reply to Charles Stark, manager of the Klamath -: County chamber of commerce, and Paul Taylor,' traffic, manager of the Klamath basin rates bureau, who have been working on the situation for the past week. The decision was the result of a special conference of railroad officials in Washington, D. C, called for the purpose of dis cussing ways , to alleviate the shortage. In answer- to a letter sent to the national industrial traffic league,' E. F. Lacey, executive secretary, " wrote that although it. is difficult to determine the cause of the slow-down in the movement of refrigerator cars, the five-day week program, the industrial and carrier strikes, and the movement of returning troops all have bearing on the situation. ' - A weekly conference . of rail road representatives will be held in Chicago in order to review the situation . and take further remedial .action if it is consid ered necessary. ' ' Effective December 15 and to Death Claims : Alturas Man ALTURAS, Dec. 10 Pressley Dorris, 74, beloved member of a pioneer northeastern California family, died here today. ' Dr. Dorris was born in Solano county, and came in early days to this region with his parents, who settled at what was then known as Dorris Bridge and later became Alturas. , Mr. Dorris engaged for a long time in the stock business, and was at one time president of the California Cattle Raisers as sociation. He was a 'candidate for the. legislature six years, ago. Nazis Urged Nipponese To Hit Singapore continue for - a 60-day, period, the demurrage charges on reefer cars will be stepped up, and other measures to' tighten the regulation -covering the move ment of the cars -such as re- Richmond, Ind., had been dead consigning privileges will be is- about two hours before - her sued promptly.. body was discovered. UMW Chief? U-Hifs Try meoirD Lea boo- IFfaini WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (AP) John L. Uwis delivered a triple blast today against the government, the General Motors company and the ClO-United Automobile Workers in connection with the current automobile strike. The United Mine Workers chief told the house labor committee that the government could settle the strike In 10 days if it would allow the manufacturers a price which would permit a fair profit. He termed the company's position In the dispute "dishonest" and characterized the UAW's ex planation of its strike as "stupid." Lewis voiced his criticism while testifying against legis lation proposed by President Truman to set uo fact-findina Doaras to recommena solu tion of major industrial dis putes. He referred to the president's proposal as an "evil, vile-smelling mess full of dozens of loop holes that would make it un workable,"and said it was de signed only to "appease and pro tect a ew millionaires wno find themselves frightened by the growing strength of labor." Turning to the General Motors strike, he declared: , "The world knows and con gress ought to know it would be settled in 10 days if the govern ment would give to General Motors a price for cars where they can make and sell them for a fair profit. "They are making more mon ey now not making cars than if they were producing them full blast, because of the riresent tax laws. - J ; "And the poor blundering leaders of the UAW picked this time of all times to shut down General Motors, when it would make more money not operating man proaucing. . . 'The dishonesty on one side by the company is equal only to the stupidity on the other side for that labor organization. "I hope congress won't equal that stupidity by enacting this proposed legislation 'for fact finding boards. -. ' ;. "I don't think congress wants to bring about the turmoil that this bill-would produce. ; "If you take away my liberty) I fight you, I care not who you are. I say that for myself and I say .that for labor.". .- ., Stenographer Found Stabbed CHICAGO, Dec. 10 WP) -The nude -body of- -a -stenographer, recently discharged from the Waves, -with a 12-inch bread knife "thrust through her neck, was found today in the bath room of her hotel apartment. ' The killer left this note in lipstick on the wall: ... "For heaven's sake catch me before I kill more. I camnot control myself." The - body of Miss - Frances Brown, 33, the breadknife thrust through her neck, its point and handle protruding beneath each ear, was found in the bathtub of her blood-spattered, rifled apartment when her roommate returned ' from spending the night with : a friend. : Police Capt. Frank Reynolds said the apartment, in the Pine Crest hotel on the North Side, showed evidence of a struggle and the killer's message showed peculiarities which included the use of "m" for "n" in the word "cannot," Capt. Reynolds said. Miss Brown, formerly or. Klamath County Goes Over Top In Victory Loan Drive ! .. Klamath county with an over all quota of $1,070,000 in the Victory Loan-drive, went over the .top! i - The E bond quota, which ap peared . lagging right from the start, was - also - raised and the $740,000 set for this county ex ceeded. Final figures will be an nounced by Elton. Thompson, chairman of the Victory Loan. '- While Klamath county trailed in 36th place, the bottom rung on the state ladder, . investors finally came through and bought stock in Uncle Sam's business. Overall purchases were $2,802, 777.50. Much of the success of the drive is attributed to the impe tus given' the loan -in the last few weeks by the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs whose members dipped deep to meet quotas set for their own organizations. The Victory Loan in Klam ath county was sponsored by the six .service clubs, Kiwanis, ttotary, : Soroptomist, . .Lions, Business and Professional Wom en's club, and the Junior cham ber' of commerce. Queen candidates also aided materially in the sale of E bonds. The winner will be announced tonight at the Pelican theatre. Contestants included' Agness ..Winters, . Marie . Dorlaque, . Vir-j Over The Top! ELTON THOMPSON, Victory Loan Chairman ginia Lee Benolst and Betty Steinman. Although active participation in- the drive closed Saturday night, all purchases of Victory bonds from now until ana in cluding December 31. will go toward the county's quota, Thompson advised, By WES GALLAGHER NUERNBERG. Dec. 10 UP). German military leaders were urging japan to get into tne war. in the SDrina of 1941 but had no idea the Japanese might strike) an opening blow at Pearl Har bor, according to a hitherto se cret German command order dis- closed today at the Nuernberg war crimes trial. American prosecutors laid be fore the four-power tribunal a directive signed March 5, 1941. by Field Marshal Wilhelm Kei- tel. chief of the high command. proposing a Japanese attack on Singapore as a means of "forcing England to the ground quickly . and thereby keeping the United States out of the war." That Keitel was reluctant at that time to fight America was seen in his warning that Japa nese attacks be extended to bases "of American naval power only if entry of the United States into the war cannot be prevent ed." ..: - ' Pleads Innocent In a court session marked by the plea of innocence by Ernst Kaltenbrunner, once - dreaded No. 2 man in the gestapo, Amerl. can prosecutors turned - to- evi dence of collaboration between Japan and Germany in spreading aggression throughout the world. Records of a conference be tween German Foreign Minister Joachim . von Ribbentrop and Japanese Foreign Minister Yo suke Matsuoka in Berlin on March 29, 1941, and April 8, 1941, showed that Ribbentrop disparaged the Japanese fear that American submarines based in the Philippines would endan ger any Japanese move against Singapore. . . . : :' : 2 Men Known In KF Die In Crash Victims of Saturday's plane crash at Billings, Mont., includ ed two men known here Major Ray K. Craft, and T5 Ned Neasham of Lakeview. ; Major Craft was a twin brother of Major Roy D. Craft, former head of public relation for this district of the CCC and noted in World War II for his work on GI publications, includ ing the Kodiak Bear. Major Roy Craft, who has just joined the staff of Life magazine, hunt-, ed here two weeks ago. Some radio announcements Saturday night listed the victim as Major Roy Craft, but tnis was. later corrected. ' T5 Neasham was born in Lakeview on October 15. 1910. . and was inducted December 9, 1942. His father, George Neasham, no longer lives there. He worked for a while for an uncle, H. R. Neasham, who lives on the west side. Tiller Mill Resumes Work Employes of the Tiller Mill and Lumber company at Med ford went back to wdrk today through an AFL, picket line on the basis of a 121 cents an hour raise with the understanding they would receive any addition al raise if one is negotiated gen-, erally in the district.' ' -: This report was received from both employer and union sources today. Union men branded as er roneous a report that the Klnzua Pine mill at Klnzua, Ore., had resumed work with a 124 cents raise. - They said the offer was made by the company, , but it was turned down and the union asked for a 15 cent raise. , Otherwise, the AFL strike situation in this area appeared unchanged. Bulletin DETROIT, Dec. 10 (VP) Gen. eral Motors corporation today terminated its contract with the CIO United Automobile Work ers whose 20-day-old strike has idled 213.000 GM workers and stopped the corporation's pro duction.1 The contract was not due te expire until next April 19. , .