Man Shot In
Attempted
Get-Away
WALLACE, Idaho, Feb. 1 (P)
A 21-vear-old man who confessed
that ha stabbed to death John
C. Farris, 64, Wallace night
policeman, when the officer
found him breaking into a gro
cery store, was shot four times
a$ he tried to drive through a
police road block in a stolen
truck last night.
Police Chief Frank Hunt of
', Kellog said the man was shot
through the thighs four times
- when he laneci to stop tor a
just an hour and ten minutes
rftcr the body of Farris was
found in nearby Wallace. The
man is in good condition, Hunt
said.-
The chief said the man told
officers he was attempting to rob
' a grocery store when Farris stop-
ried there to inspect tne place.
' The man said he grabbed Farris'
, gun, struck him over the head
with it and then stabbed him,
Hunt said. He added that the
policeman's gun was found on
we suspect.
Eleven Wounds
Eleven knife wounds were
found on the dead policeman's
body, one through the heart,
Shoshone County Coroner Dr. H.
Mowery reported.
Chief Hunt said the appre
hended man told him he had left
' Montana 10 days ago while on
parole from the state peni
tentiary, at Deer Lodge Avhere
he had served two years of a
ten-year sentence on larceny
charges.
Wallace Chief of Police Char
les Foust said Farris probably
was slain between 7 and 7:15
p. m., about one and one-half
hours before the suspect was
captured. A coroner's report
said the dead of ficer - probably
. had been stabbed with a long
knife, possibly a hunting knife.
POTATOES
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 P)
(USDA) Potatoes: 9 broken, 39
unbroken cars on track; Idaho
14, Utah 7, California 1 arrived;
2 cars arrived by truck.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 fP)
(USDA) Potatoes: 6 broken, 12
unbroken cars on track; Oregon
8, California 3, Idaho 1 arrived;
new stock,, one car on track,
Florida 1 arrived; Klamath Rus
sets No. 1-A, a few sales-at $3.15.
Four-H News
Two More 4-H
Clubs Formed
Francis Skinner, 4-H club
agent, visited two communities
this week and organized two
additional clubs. A new club
in cooking 2, was started in
Keno January 28, with Mrs.
Bessie Cryderman as leader.
Officers elected at this first
meeting were Katherine John
son, president; Beverly Slick,
vice president; June House, sec
retary. A new cooking club includ
ing divisions one, two and three
was started in Malin with 19
members at the first meeting.
Mary Eisner was chosen as
junior leader; Rudy Schmidt,
president; Kenneth. Green, vice
president; Gloria McDonald,
secretary. This is Rudy's third
year in cooking activity.
Board Of Realtors
To Meet Wednesday
The Klamath Falls board of
realtors will meet Wednesday,
February 6, to discuss federal
housing at luncheon at the Wil
lard. All retail lumbermen, con
tractors and builders are invited
to attend the meeting at which
Folger . Johnson, state director
of the federal housing admin
istration in Portland and L. C.
Sims of Portland, will speak.
A large attendance is expected
and reservations should be made
with Orva E. Beard, secretary,
by calling 6523.
Man Admits Robbing
Mercantile Store '
OLYMPIA, Feb. 1 W) Po
lice Chief Roy L. Kelly said to
day that Sgt. Rex B. Schneider,
whose car overturned on the
highway near Vancouver while
being chased by the state patrol,
confessed to robbing Mottman's
mercantile store here and has
been charged with second degree
burglary.
Passing motorists helped
themselves to silver scattered
along the road as the machine
overturned. Store officials earl
ier reported about $2000 in sil
ver had been stolen.
Morals Trial
Jurors Drawn
In case the contributing to
the delinquency of a minor
charge against Earl Heuvel
goes on trial, additional jurors
have been drawn. The jurors
reported to the circuit court at
1 p ,m. today but were dis
missed until 9:30 a. m. Saturday.-
The special panel is in addi
tion to approximately 40 venire
men who were held over from
the special panel called in the
previous Heuvel case.
Called to report for possible
jury duty:
Ivan Petraske, Ivan Brown,
Robert S. Olson, William A.
Van Buskirk, Russell P. Akers,
Dwight Kircher, Preston Fid
ler, Ed T. Crawford. Noah Ny
hart, John Carstensen, Alfred
Keller, Merle J. Loosley, Fred
G. Markwardt. Walter M.
Pohcl, Joe Micka.
Homer Fields, O. E. Andrews,
Mark Evans, Kenneth Smith,
David Bliss. Edis Olson, James
Ottoman, Robert B. Elliott,
Waldo Jones, Ona Bagley, Peter
N. Gray, John S. Horn, John
W. Sarginson, Frank Sullivan,
Ira W. Foster, Cecil Haley,
Rollo F. England.
James E. Brothanek, Fred C.
Naser, Hans Frei, Morgan John
son, Byron Johnson, Joseph
Drazil, George A. Tufts, Ru
dolph Jelinek, Ivan Icenbice,
R. V. Morgan, Earl M. Irvine,
Louis, Kalina, James C. Free
man. Carl D. Matthews and A.
Ronfeld.
Homma Weeps At
War Crimes Trial
MANILA. Feb.-l (tP) Lt.
Gen. Masaharu Homma cried to
day at his war crimes trial as
character witnesses testified that
he was kindhearted and that
Filipinos "were very sorry when
he left."
Tears welled to the eyes of
the immaculately-dressed former
Philippines commander when Hi
demi Kon told the U. S. military
tribunal of Homma's "kindheart
edness toward the Filipino peo
ple." Kon. civilian formerly attach
ed to the Japanese army infor
mation section, said Homma was
removed because of opposition ;
by militarists to his administra
tion of the Philippines "along ;
cultural lines." I
Group Struggles
Throughout Night
Without Success
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bent on the jury to decide the
truth of those contentions:
1. That the alleged net oc
curred in Klamath county.
2. That the alleged act oc
curred during a three-year pe
riod previous to the return of
the indictment,
3. That- the defendant com
mitted the not in the manner
stated in the indictment.
Judge Walker also mentioned
that under Oregon law evi
dence of force or compulsion
was not necessary In determin
ing guilt and nlso instructed
the jury as to accepting evi
dence given by an accomplice.
Jury Rstirts
The jury retired at 3:10 p.
m. yesterday.
Earl Bernard, defense ni
sei, took exceptions to le
judge's instructions that .he
date of commission of the uct
was not material, that the ques
tion of whether Virginia Rose
Gibson was an accomplice in
committing the act was submit
ted to the jury to decide, fail
ure to instruct the jury that
Miss Gibson was an accomplice,
and the instruction of the jury
to decide whether Virginia Gib
son and the dcefndant were of
"common intent" in participat
ing in the alleged act of sod
omy. About 10 p. m. the jury
asked for a dictionary to look
up the meaning of the word
"accomplice." Walker denied
the request.
At 9:30 this morning the Jury
filed back into the box and
four members asked the judge
questions concerning his in
structions about the testimony
of an accomplice, the evidence
of flight, and corroboration.
He repeated these portions of
the instructions and the jury
men returned to their delibera
tions. A battleship contains about
76 tons of tin.
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Abandoned Baby
Tentatively Named
SEATTLE, Feb. 1 W A be
lief thnt a baby boy ubaiulonod
here In a hotel restroom n week
ago was ono she cared for two
months last summer was ex
pressed last night by Mrs. Enrl
Johnson, of Everett,
She and her mother, Mrs.
Henry C. Bennett, Scuttle, went
to a hospital to see the 18-months-old
child and she mild
later, "he tried to come to mo
when I culled 'Bonnie.' " Tho
baby now Is suffering from u
mild c.ise of tho mumps.
The child sho cared for, Mrs.
Johnson said, was the son of a
woman In an apartment where
sho and her husband lived.
Keno
Hnrold LcFcver Is at home fol
lowing his recent discharge from
army service. Ho is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe I.eFever who
live on the Spencer place near
Parker mountain.
The score of the recent basket
ball gnme between Keno Junior
high and Dorris high "B" team
was Keno 17, Dorris 18.
C. A. Wnterhouse attended the
funeral service of his son-in-law.
Jack Cridlcr, at Medford last
week. Mr. Cridler passed away
at the military hospital nt Camp
White.
PFC Richnrd Kelley has ar
rived at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kelley,
after receiving his honornble dls
chnrge at Fort Lewis a fow dnys
ago. PFC Kelley went into the
service at the age of 18, throe
years ago.
Mrs. W. F.- Monroe who lives
on the Ashland highway nenr
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" camp, has
been visiting for several days at
the Ray Hinshaw home.
WATER PRESERVES BUTTER
Much relished by the Chinese,
soybean butter is now marketed
in the United States. It is
packed in tins filled with water.
The butter docs not keep long
after opening, but is preserved
by keeping it in water.
Gf Brides From
Britain Seasick
ABOARD THE S, S. ARGEN
TINA. Feb. 1 UV) Tho S. S
Argentina, bearing GI brides
from .tirituin, run into another
storm of almost gale proportions
toiiny ana mo cnptnin expressed
tho belief sho would not rcuch
Now York before Sunday night
or Monday morning.
Tho ship was approximately
1000 miles out In the Atlantic
from New York.
Tho rough weather brought n
rocurrauce of scnslckncss nnd
somo mental discomfort among
tho brides, but tho ship's doctor
said the great majority of them,
including those pregnant, were
"remarkably well,"
Pastor Awaits
Trial For Murder
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb.
1 (V The Rev. Frnnk W. Slple.
pastor of a suburban church, to
day awaited circuit court trial
on a murder charge In seven-year-old
slaying tho poisoning
of his 18-ycur-old daughter Dor
othy Ann.
The 53-year-old pastor was ar
raigned yesterday In both Justice
and circuit courts, and pleaded i
guilty to the slaying on both ap
pearances. Circuit Judge Leon
ard D. Vordlcr directed a sanity
commission examination for the
defendunt before remanding him
to Jail.
Friday, Feb. 1, 1948
HERALD AND NEWS TWQ
A-Bomb Destruction
Of Ships Opposed
WASHINGTON, Feb. t (!)
Sonutor Lucus (D-III.) told the
senate yestorduy t h e nnvy
should keep for possible future
use tho 0(1 wurshlpH It plans to
expose to Ihu atomic bomb.
But Senator Johnson (D Colo.)
commented to a reporter thnt ha
favors tho experiment in order
to "find out liow obsolete our
navy is."
"If wo are io" outlaw tho uso
of atomic energy for wur pur
poses," Lucas askod, "why
should wo have such a display of
destruction now?"
Lucas said he wondered what
would happen If the atomic bomb
proved "n fizzle" in tho tests.
The first sanctioned air mall
was flown in tho United States
from a temporary field post of
fice In Long Island in 1011.
VALUABLE ANTLERS i
In China, millers of thospolUoT
deer uro worth several hiimlitij
dollars oneli. They are cut oil
und boiled for medicinal pur
puses,
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Profit On Smelt
Said Too Small
ASTORIA, Feb. 1 (P) With
the smelt run at its peak In the
Cowlitz river, the Columbia
River Packers association here
announced It would not buy
the fish at present.
Tho association claimed a re
duttlon of tho ceiling at which
processors can sell frozen smelt
from 21 to 20 cents a
pound made the profit too
small.
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