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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1S48
Number 10789
U a.
ly FRANK JENKINS
ho world new from, mis-
demand lodny Una tho
! uflllwlrnwn entirely
he United NtttUmn security
h 't'li uiat nf hpr COI1-
Ilia Unit she and I run Imvo
their troubles Between
mwl Ihvrefnre tlio
iliould be thrown out of
Iranian cabinet member,
ii anonymously In 1 ch
ills morning, iw' ho be-
that "In view or llie iricna-
iillom existing uoiwcen
(old name for Iran) and
" Premier Qnvnin will
to dropping the caic from
attends.
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,N"T permit yourself to be-
ome TOO MULII PUZZlea
hi sudden friendship, lie
r the Indy of Niger wno
for a rldo with s tiger.
rem nds us thnl melt In-
b ore apt to wind up with
Ic on the luce of the tiger.
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If Russia mid Iran (on
brcnenWd by their govern-
come hnnd In hand to
and say: "We're buddies
what Is UNO to do about
t would you do about It?
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pEi, on compared with the
bblem of Turkey and the
incites which Maim l come
surface yet Iron Is a mero
rue.
a a a
Is country, we're dawdling
our own military nrofr
Pacifist talk is even bo
K to be heard here and
t Is a bad mistake. Until
i out whether or not UNO
ng to work, we'd better
SlWJrtU.
thcr course If safe.
a a
fCO Spain bobs Into the
ws again In a rather in-
ng wny.
anu (completely under
s, thumb) announces her
Ion to bring the Spanish
pit before UNO. Rumania,
r nussiun Batoiiue, mur
ipproval. a e e
ICO In BAD, ond wc havo
use for him,
rnnco Is thrown out, WHO
TAKE HIS PLACE? It's
guess at the moment that
unco coos out a ram.
I regime will come In. Any
mist regime will bo a
of Moscow,
would It suit us to have
sitting astride Gibraltar?
ncsc things have to bo con.
bT Snot is nnnclmf In .TnnDH
whose first election under
pupation set-up la to bo
lay after tomorrow.
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onstratlon" In which, this
r aispniches Inform us,
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Arrest Made
Knifing Case
Kl I Indian Officer Willis
that ,,,"'KUC "'vcr said
In enn, ,n.r LSV nM "eon
f p.. : :"V " Wl11' the stnb-
latr. f,lml nt Sprnsuo
Wo Friday, pending Hunt's
Stilfl0l,?JEa.m'?t1' Indian
the Irl,;"' mom-
ng r 7 "ey sma tno
Hunt vun. PrnBo
g MUnJ. "s reported Im
l.o?o h,.nn? Valley hos.
Iswor "0l,Rh the knife
c exceptionally deep.
Malin Honors
Yar Veterans
MALIN, April 8 Hemmed
servicemen and women were
honored at a dinner Sunday at
5 p. m. In the Mullii high m-liool
gymnaalum when the Mulln
cliamber of commerce literally
killed the flitted calf in celebra
tion scheduled since long before
the end of the war.
Guests were entertained at a
coiktnll hour at Uroadwuy hull
before the dinner with W. C.
Uulton ns master of ceremonies.
Later dinner was served to ISO
returned veterans, their ladles
and parents,
The program included the In
vocation by Rev, Glenn Morton
of the M a 1 I n Presbyterian
cnurcii, n moment of silent pray
cr tor the men who will not re
turn, and Ronnie Kujnc, 6, of
Klamath rails, was presented In
two piano numbers and Diane
Mlckn gave two tan routines.
The high school girls chorus also
ang.
A. E. Street was master of
ceremonies at the dinner where
a i-ll beef was served. The beef,
purchased by W. C. Daltoii from
Jerry Mncken at the 4-1 1 live
stock show last full, wus donated
by.'Dalton who kept his promise
lo kill the flitted calf when the
men returned from war. The
baked potatoesjiervcd at the ban
cjuet were donated by M. M.
Stustny. The dinner was served
by Em 1 1 Tofcll, president of the
chamber, and the following di
rector, Merle Loosley, Earl Wil
son, A. E. Street, A. Kallnn, Ed
SUmtny, Joe Halousck. W. C.
Dalton, Louis Knllnii, Clyde Van
Meter and Ted DeMerrllt. Wives
of the group prepared the banquet,
il Wreaks
Huge Damage
ANNISTON, Ala., April 8 (P)
Tom of hailstones remained on
the streets here today as resi
dents struggled to clear away de
bris left In the wake of a storm
which caused damage estimated
at millions of dollars.
Eighteen persons were Injured
In the half-hour hailstorm which
swept through Calhoun county.
Tno hall, as large as half-dollar
pieces, fell In such volume
that war veterans said the noise
resembled on artillery bombard
ment. Many buildings looked
os though they had been hit by
artillery and machine gun fire.
Some houses were damaged by
falling trees.
Ed Brinklcy, editor of the
Annlaton Star, describing to
day's scene said there wasn't a
street which was not blocked
off. Practically every building
In town, he said, had been dam
aged by the hall and rain which
fell In torrents.
Council Told
To Abandon
Iran Probe
NEW YORK, April 8 (AP)
kuksIii posed a new threat of
boycott before tho United Nn
lions security council today un
less the council abandons its
scrutiny of th0 Iranian case and
accepts the Soviet view that the
Issue has been settled In bi
lateral agreement between Iran
and the Soviet Union.
Moscow took a direct hand
Inst night, broadcasting both a
firmly phrased demand that the
council remove the Iranian case
from Its docket and a telegram
from Iranian Premier Ahmed
Qavam to Prime Minister Stalin
expressing satisfaction with the
new agreement between them.
Must Be Dropped
Moscow suld Soviet Ambassa
dor Andrei A. Gromyko had ad
vised United Nations Secretary
General Trygvo Lie in -New
York that the Iranian case
"must ho dropped" at once
rather than remain on the
agenda for reconsideration May
8, by which time all red army
troops are supposed to be out
of Iran.
In a letter to Lie dated April
6, Gromyko was quoted as say
ing the council's retention of
the Iranian case for rc-chccklng
on May 6 is "not right and is
Illegal and Is contrary to the
charter of the United Nations
. . . there Is no roason to leave
the Iranian question before the
(.eeurlty council for any further
discussion.
Gromvko Walkout
The Instrument of Russian
protests against the council's
hearings of the Iranian issue
thus fur has been the walkout
begun by Gromyko on March
27, when Iran was put on the
agenda over his vigorous oppo
sition; Gromyko has absented
himself from all business ses
sions of the council since then,
although he has rejoined his
council colleagues at social func
tions. Gromyko's letter to Lie prom
ised to stir new aeoaie wnen
the council meets at noon PST
tomorrow after a long weekend
recess, during which Poland an
nounced her intention to Dring
the Spanish question before the
council and Moscow sought to
show Russia ond Iran had
reached complete agreement.
Dorris Voters To
Elect Councilmen
Dorris citizens will vote In a
city council election tomorrow,
Tuesday, with three councilmen
to be elected.
The three Incumbents are
seeking rc-clcctlon. They are
C. E. Baldwin, a tavern owner;
Herman W. Johns, quarantine
station employo; Harry N. Sie-
mann, box factory employe ana
head of tlie uorris American ic
irinn nnst.
Two wrile-in candidates are
In the field. They are Howard
Beeson. an oil company repre
sentative, and Charles Floberg,
lumber company superintendent.
Balloting will take place at the
Dorris city hall from 8 a. m. to
8 p. m.
Two Killed, 58 Injured in Wreck of Western Pacific Exposition Flyer
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Wiie9 Mother, Two Children
Hacked To Death Hjr Fanatic
DES MOINES. April 8 (P)
A mother. Brandmothcr and two
small children were hacked to
death In tho front vard of their
home tndav and after a gun fignt
in which ho was wouncica, ponce
took Into custody a newspaper
nrintor who sold ' God had or
dered mo to kill my family."
A neighbor child was wound
ed In tho gun battle Involving po
lice and William u. irwin, n,
who was nicked In tho leg by a
police bullet.
Irwin, after treatment at a
hospital, was placed In a padded
cell at the city jail. -
No charges were filed Imme
diately, Thono killed ware:
Kill III Irwin, .IS. Irwln'a wilt:
Mary Alice Irwin, S4, lila mother;
John Irwin, S, hla aon, and
Henry Irwin, 8, another aon,
A third son, William Jr., 11
had gone to school before the
slaylngs.
Tho weapon used was a double-edged
grubbing tool with a
flat blade on one side and a
point on the other. Il had a five
foot handle,
Dotectlvo Chief Paul Castcl
llno sold Irwin told him:
"I had an impulse. God hod
ordered mo to kill my fnmily.
Now I've done everything In the
book."
("Vitelline said he asked Irwin
whether he was crazy and the
man replied: "I must bo."
Tho chief said Irwin told him
he had been confined in a Chi
cago mental institution some
years ago.
Castcllinc said an early exam
ination indicated this sequence
of events:
Edith Irwin ran screaming
from their home, with Irwin In
pursuit, carrying the garden in
strument, He downed her and
repeatedly struck her with the
sharp blade as sho lay in the
yard.
John and Henry Irwin then
emerged through the front door,
also screaming. Irwin turned on
them and slashed them with the
tool. At about that time Irwin's
mother came to the yard from an
adjoining garden patch and ho
attacked her. The fumtly dog
also was dispatched in the same
manner,
Irwin then returned to tho
house, obtained a shotgun and a
box of shells, and sat at the front
porch. Within a few minutes po
lice cars arrived and ho started
firing. In the exchange, Irwin
and Gcrnldino Nelson, 5, a neigh
bor child passing the scene, were
wounded slightly.'
Wracking crime (right), bogins removing twisted and battered wreckage of the Western Pacific's Exposition Flyer that left
the tracks near Pilot, Nav and plowed into buildings along the right of way. -Two persons were killed and 58 seriously injured
in the passenger train wreck. Ten of the 14 cars left the rails.
Death Claims
Doctor Harris
Dr. Charles Francis Harris, 58,
for tho past eight years eye, ear,
nose and throat specialist on the
Klamath Medical clinic staff,
died suddenly at his home Sat
urday at 3:15 p. m. Dr. Harris"
death was unexpected and al
though he had not been well the
post week was in his offices
Saturday. Death was attributed
to a ncart attack. :
Dr. Harris resided at 457 La
guna. He was a native of Han
cock, Ia and came here directly
from Manitowoc, Wis. He was
a graduate of Northwestern uni
versity, Chicago. Dr. Harris was
a member of the Oregon State
Medical society, Klamath Falls
lodge, BPOE, AF&AM lodge, No.
253, Bloomington, Wis., the
Klamath Falls Lions club and
American Legion Post No. 8.
this city. He was a veteran of
world War I.
In addition to his wife, Sylvia,
and two young sons, Charles M.
and Robert G., Dr. Harris is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs.
Pauline Harris of Corvallis, who
was visiting in Klamath Falls
at her son's home at the time of
his death. A sister, Mrs. E. R.
Jackman of Corvallis. and a
brother, George L. Harris of
.Portland, will attend fmnl rites
which will be announced by
Ward's.
Cline Forgery
Trial Underway
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8
(AP) The strange case of white
haired Alfred Leonard Cline.
and of the several elderly
women who wed him and then
died mysteriously, was brought
into court today as tho 56-year-
old ex-convict went to trial on
charges of forgery and. grand
theft.
He is SDecificallv chareod
with forging deeds and bonds of
two former wives Mrs. Delora
Krcbs Cline of Chicago, who
left an estate of $323,000, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt Lewis Cline
of Oakland, who also left con
siderable property.
As he spoke to prospective
jurors today, Clinc's attorney,
Ji W, Ehrlich, said "an attempt
will bo made to introduce evi
dence of mass murder, regard
less of whether this testimony
means anything or not."
100 German POW's
Try Strange Diet
LIVERPOOL. Eng.. April 8
(P) Nearly 100 German prison
ers of war became violently ill
today after eating soap and
drinking dciscl oil. Authorities
said the men had heard rumors
that they would bo turned over
to tho Russians or be assigned, to
work in tho coal mines.
All recovered. They ' wore
aboard the U. S. steamer Frost
berg Victory, carrying them
from tho United Stales to work
on English farms.
Not Much Of Value Found
in Itoniive At Jap Center
washlubs piled about the dump
were also used and rusty.
Like any other city refuse
grounds, the WRA dump con
tains hundreds of thousands of
tin cans, bottles, crates, cartons,
cast-off clothing, broken furni
ture and wrecked army truck
bodies, but nothing that would
be evidence of wholesale de
struction of government goods.
The rumors, which brought
about the inspection of the WRA
ICentinned en Page S, Column t) :
Scores Hurt
In Explosions
SAIGON, April 8' UP) A
giant French ammunition dump
on the northern outskirts of
Saigon exploded this morning
and two hours later a shat
tering series 'of explosions con
tinued to rock the city.
The French army threw barri
cades around the danger zone
and began the evacuation of
all civilians:
Truckloads of wounded, in
cluding women, children and
French servicemen were still
streaming into the hospitals . at
noon.
More than 60 wounded per
sons officially were reported
admitted to hospitals in the
half hour following the first
blast at 10:30 a. m. Hospital
officials said they lost count
after that.
Henri Cedille, commissioner
for Cochin China, issued a com
munique saying that the ex
plosion was accidental and. re
quested the public to remain
calm. .
Normal press communications
from the city were disrupted,
since the Saigon radio station
was in the explosion zone. The
British army signal corps was
furnishing an emergency press
service.
By HALE SCARBROUGH "
An on-the-spot check by a
photographer and reporter of
The Herald and News Saturday
failed to uncover much solid
ground for rumors which flew
thick last week that large
amounts of usable government
Eropcrty were being dumped and
urned at the now-closed Tule
lake WRA center.
The approximately 140 per
sons now employed in cleaning
up the tar-paper city are hauling
out and burning huge truck
loads of abandoned equipment
but very little of the refuse in
the extensive dump back of the
compound could possibly be
tabbed as strictly government
property.
Most of it is what is to be
found in any city dump any
where. '
The 30,000 or so Japs who at
one time or another during the
war were located at Tulelake
have left behind an incredible
amount of personal and family
junk and that comprises the
bulk of the material thrown into
the dump.
The charred condition of the
dump makes it hard to tell how
much of the stuff might have
been new and usable when
tossed out. Several oil heaters
found may have been usable or
may have been worn out beyond
repair.
Several piles of white enamel
pitchers, gallon size, might have
been usable but they were
chipped and broken as to pre
clude any re-sale value. These
pitchers were the only articles
noticeably stamped "U. S."
Also in the dump were a num
ber of iron bedsteads and
springs, all charred, which might
have been in good condition but
didn't appear to be either gov
ernment issue or new. Scores of
Boy Goes AWOL
From Detention
Home Sans Shoes
A 13-year-old boy, detained
by juvenile authorities for fail
ure to obey parental discipline,
became fed uy with the routine
at the juvenile detention cot
tage Saturday afternoon, broke
out and headed for home, attir
ed only in his night shirt and
bathrobe.
His home was on Main but
he evidently became confused
in the directions and did con
siderable walking, ' barefooted,
in the Altamont district, before
arriving home. City police
picked him up again.
Residents . in Altamont saw
the strangely - dressed youth
walking along the streets and
city and state police received
numerous calls about him.
He was also questioned by
various passersby, juvenile of
ficials said, and made no bones
about admitting that ho was
on French leave from the de
tention home, saying that he
was just out for a little exercise.
Court Tiffs
Trial Issue
Prospective jurymen in the
Manson James Young negligent
homicide trial, starting today
in circuit court, are being thor
oughly probed by Defense At
torney J. C. O'Neill as to their
feelings about recent courtroom
and political differences be
tween Judge David R. Vanden
berg and District Attorney Clar
ence Humble.
Fifteen veniremen answered
docket call this morning and
the court ordered that 20 spe
cial veniremen be brought in
this afternoon.
O'Neill asked each person
questioned whether they had
any political leanings toward
either the judge or the district
attorney which might effect
their deliberation of the case,
whether they were interested in
building up or breaking down
the record of any officer of the
court and whether adverse
newspaper criticism would
cause them to be reluctant to
return a not guilty verdict.
The questioning by the dis
trict attorney was more routine.
This case has been hanging
fire for 18 months and resulted
in a hung jury last October
22. The case concerns the death
of W. H. McPherren, Klamath
Falls second-hand dealer, after
he was struck by a car driven
by Young in September, 1944.
Senate Approves
Housing Measure
WASHINGTON, April 8 (AP)
The senate passed and sent to
the White House today legisla
tion appropriating $252,730,000
for veterans temporary housing.
The fund is to finance 102,350
dwelling units in a program of
renovating and altering tempo
rary wartime housing and bar
racks. In some cases, the hous
ing will be moved to new sites.
Fourth Escapee Captured;
One Convict wet At Large
SALEM,. April 8 (JP) Four
of the five convicts who made
a daring escape from the state
prison last Tuesday night were
back in their cells today as
prison officials questioned them
to find out just how it was
done.
Glenn Wilson, 21, who was
captured in a Eugene railroad
yard by Eugene police early
yesterday, admitted the break
was his idea, Warden George
Alexander said.
Alexander said Wilson told
how he had secretly planned
to jimmy the bars and jump
over the 12-foot picket fence.
Wilson said he planned to go
alone, but that the other four
convicts decided to go along
when they saw Wilson leave.
Wilson said he spent two
days .in a barn nursing a leg
that was cut when he jumped
the fence. He said he took a
train to Eugene, and denied
taking the car of Wallace Bone
steele, Salem, which was re
covered in Eugene Friday night
after a Eugene officer tried to
chase the occupant. Alexander
said the car might have been
stolen by Neal Dyson, 21, a
life termer who is the only
escapee still at large.
Prison officials doubted that
Wilson would be tried on an
habitual criminal charge, which
can be brought after a man has
been convicted of four felonies.
Wilson has been convicted of
two felonies, rape in Multno
mah county and another for
escape from the prison.
Last Tuesday's escape would
bo the third one, but officers
are investigating to learn if he
committed a fourth crime while
he was at large.
The. other three escapees
were captured In Salem within
24 hours of their escape.
REDS Vmm M BOYCOTT
Army Dearth
InManpover
Seen Ahead
WASHINGTON, April 8 (JP)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
agreed today with questioning
senators that 18-year-old youths
do not make the best occupa
tion troops but insisted the
army will be short in man
power unless the draft is ex
tended beyond May 15.
The army chief of staff ran
into a barrage of critical ques
tions from the senate military
committee as he urged a one
year draft extension, with in
ducted men serving 18 months.
Senator Edwin C. Johnson
(D-Colo.), brought the atomic
bomb and Russia into the ex
change after Eisenhower said
that Marshal Gregory Zhukov,
Soviet army leader, has asked
how long American troops
would stay in Europe to help
police Germany.
Fear Weakness
General Eisenhower was this
country's representative on the
four power Berlin council and
he said that Russia, England
and France "fear that the
United States may become so
weak that they will get out of
Europe."
The army chief of staff said
he was opposed to "sabre rat
tling and jingoism" and did not
believe we are soon to be in
volved in war, adding that Mar- "
shal Zhukov once told him:
"It is fine to be peace-loving
but the United States is so
peace-loving it is not realistic."
Senator Johnson broke in to
ask if Marshal Zhukov said
"anything about the atomic
bomb."
The general, usually trigger
quick with replies, halted and
then said the first information
on the atomic bombing of Japan
was meager and that Zhukov
"discounted it more than I did
possibly because they did not
have it."
Eisenhower said there had
been no discussion with the
Russians about the atomic
bomb.
Johnson and other senators
raised the question about use
of 18-year-old draftees for oc
cupation duty.
The Colorado senator said
the army was seeking "boy
power" rather than manpower.
The general said it was the
army's job to tell congress the
minimum number of men need-ed-and
advise - on -the basis of
experience what various plans
would obtain.
"I'm glad to hear you say
that," Johnson said. "War de
partment responsibility ends
when it tells congress what it
needs in men and dollars."
General Eisenhower said that
if congress could "find some
other way without the 18-year-olds
I'm for it."
Nurses Accept
Salary Truce
An amicable settlement of
wage questions was reached over
the . weekend by nurses at the
Hillside hospital and representa
tives of the Klamath Medical
Service bureau, operator of the
hospital.
Under the settlement, the
minimum wage for nurses em
ployed at the present time is
$185.
This is the amount which,
under the service bureau's origi
nal wage adjustment plan, would
have been paid after a year of
service. Under the new arrange
ment, there will be no boost at
the end of six months or a year,
but the increase schedules will
be picked up at the 18-months
period.
The first proposal of the serv
ice bureau was to make the min
imum wage $175, with $5 boosts
at six months and one year in
service. The bureau may still
hire new employes at $175, but
all nurses now working will re
ceive $185 or more.
Army Engineers
To Hunt Ingots V
TOKYO, April 8 (AP) Occu
pation army engineers will start
dredging tomorrow in a slip
between two piers in Tokyo bay
for what informants have told
them is two billion dollars
worth of precious metal cached
by Japanese militarists.
Lt.: E. V. Nielsen, Stamford,
Conn., of the 32nd military gov
ernment company, obtained the
tip on the cache from a geisha
girl and a laborer who had
helped "plant" the precious in
gots in the muddy ooze bottom
beneath six feet of water be
tween the piers.
Nielsen and aides Saturday
located two 20-foot square areas
paved with ingots beneath the
mud. At the expense of his
fingernails, Nielsen brought up
one ingot, which tentatively was
identified as platinum.
Arriving In
United States
' By- Tbs Associated Press
Uummr O. Nnahlund, Cpl.. Klarhath
Falls, arrived on Mahoney Clly Vic
tory due in New York April 7.
Joe W. Kennedy, 111,1., Klamnth
Fatla, arrived on General Stewart
due in Seattle April S.
Charles H. Bfll Jr., 881., Weed,
arrived on Marina Devil due In San
Francisco April 7. under quarantine.