M
in
Jackson Pleads
For Conviction
Of Nazi Chiefs
NUERNBERG. Germany. July
2)1 Junllro Robert II. Jack
mill demanded on behalf of the
United Shite today Hint nil tho
22 iiu1 leuiler on li'liil on wur
crimes churuc before the lutrr
niitliiiuil mllltiiry tribunal he
convicted "conspirator to
wage iiKurcMlvo wur.
Opening tho prosecution s
summation (or the Billed nation"
By rHANK JENKINS
US. Supremo Court Jurtlco
Jackson demands today on
behalf or the United Stutcs the
conviction of the 22 niul wur
I.I.HH .in u ufiui iinve ueen on irim
i NrurnhiMn (Germany) lor
u ir: n r mi iN'l'ltK.
Tho Ncurtibcrg IrliiU were do-
lgncd a Huge. iliuiiiiitic pi opt
giiudu iihow to provo to the world
ii. ,i,.,nrtl character of the nl
wur leader In the hope thut
....i. linwlnu would prevent
ti...i.lf from fulling ugmn (or
uch blood-stained tommyrol
tiiulsm. fuiiclMii, etc.
It tccniN to thin writer th"t
tho scheme hint been B flop. It
would have been lur better to
try them quickly, fnlrly nd de
cisively, and "' "".-k?
convicted. EXECUTE THEM
IMtOMITLY.
-.nil never enn tell when
I niinPAflANIJA will buck
flrr. Thero In B lot of evidence
ii...i Mill finirv DronugniHla
nchem- of onri bun backllrcd In
Germany. , , .
-PA. brought buck yesterday
v from the grave, nnn np.
parrnlly In chastened mood,
nit ihl morning by ral'
ina B consinVrnblo number of
r.rlrc. to allow for Increased
cost and eliminating ceilings en-
.... nrnfltlcts.
a ii. m f.-iilnL'n nhollshcd
Hukp on dome type of
clocks, household television re
ceiving n't, nuto scut-lied units,
imichluciitlnchcrt ii fastener,
rte. Heading till. Ill the dis
patches, vou mav miort scorn,
fully: "Who wants uch thing,
that I exactly the polnl.
-h. ii.inira from which celling
have been eliminated have be
come AVAIL,AHL,r. in mo
ket. You can take them or
i...... iii-m - vnu choose. So
r.. ii.Mu nr enneerncd. do-
mund and supply have returned
to NORMAL..
wi.i.rf.ur iiinolv and demand
are In balance, price control by
law is no longer nccacu.
MEAT prices will be free from
OPA control until nt leant
August 20. Hero Is an Interest'
I.... .I.l-llol.t-
On tho Chicago market this
morning. LUXURY GRADES of
linef oil at high prices (lop
$20.50 per hundredweight.) Utll'
Ity grades go down.
if ii. hi trend continues, no
bwly will bo badly hurt. If thick
corn-fed stcuks are too rich for
your purse, you can DO WIT 11
OUT THEM if you can get
plenty of "eating meat" at pass
ably rcasoniiblepriccs.
ANOTHER si d c I i g h t comes
from the New York stock
...r,rki ufiu.re. the fiiianclnl re'
porters say, "storks continued to
work SELECTIVELY HIGHER
in today's market, ullhough some
l..iifl,.r eoiiLinued to slip'
In other words, buyers of
slocks DON'T think business is
going to bo wrecked oy mo
modified form in which OPA
has been restored.
SPEAKING of sidelights, here's
one on wages:
Up nt Hood River yesterday,
a migrant worker picked 21(18
pounds of cherries IN ONE DAY,
which nt the piecework scale of
31c per pound gave him a pay
rheek FOR THE DAY of $75.80
In six preceding dnys. he earned
an nvcrngc of $30 n day at tho
same piecework scale.
The reason for the BIG day
waa that someone told him iu'
body had ever picked n ton of
cherries In n day. So ho turned
in nnd DID IT, with 108 pounds
ovur tor good measure.
THIS Is the point:
Ho did It because lio WANT
ED TO not because somebody
tnlrl him ho HAD TO.
There is practically no limit
to what wo can do if wo really
In Th-
Day's lews
WANT to.
HERE is something clso for In
dustry to think about:
If this cherry picker had
suspected thut it ho earned TOO
MUCH his employer would CUT
THE PIECEWORK HATE, ho
wouldn't have picked 21UU
pounds In n day,
In the past, too many employ
ers havo done Just that, thus giv
ing piecework pay a bad iiamo.
'TWERE has been quite a stow
A over n $2500 check alleged
to have been given to Representa
tive Coffee of Washington slato
by n war contractor.
Hero Is apparently about what
happened: Coffee helped a
II'iiiiUiiudS on I'M t, Col, 07
ngnjnst Hermann Goerlng and
his 21 co-defendants after eight
month of testimony and debate.
Jackson declared:
"Adolph Hitler's acts are
their acts. Hi guilt Is the
guilt of the whole dock and
overv man in it."
Jackson was followed by the
chief Uritlsh prosecutor. Sir
llurtley W. Shuwcri), who lc
clured the prisoners were guilty
of "12.000.000 murder."
lie dcclured they participated
In und directed "the cold, cal
culated, deliberate attempt to
destroy nation and race, to
disintegrate tho traditions, the
Institutions nnd the very ex
istence of free and, ancient
state through murder conduct
ed like some mass production
Industry in the gu chamber
and the oven" of death camp.
Kor the first time in ovcral
month, there hardly wa an
empty scat in the courtroom.
Han Milling
Rudolf He, the third rank
ing German before he para
chuted into Scotland and start
ed hi Incredible Insanity hoax,
was the only defendant missing
besldo Martin IJormann, tried
in absentin but often termed
dead.
Once when Jackson was re
lating how the German army,
navy and air force grew,
pnunchy 'Hermann Goerlng and
Grand Adm. Erich Raeder start
ed a heated argument that mlll
tiiry police had to break up.
All the defendants except
Ernst Kaltenbruimer. once head
of tho secret polire, seemed to
enjoy Jackson s biting remarks.
Even ho grinned widely when
Jackson described his defense
as that of a "security chief
who was of the Imnression that
the policing functions of his
gestapn SS were somewhat on
the order of directing traffic."
rranzvon l'aen, the wily old
diplomat schemer, shook his
head sadlv when Jackson said
he was one of the men who
made Hitler believe In the "In
decision and timidity of demo
cratic people." Papen had been
chnneellor before Hitler took
power. He listened Intently
without earphones.
Julius Stretcher, the anti
semltlc publisher, naid little at
tention. Arthur Sevee-In-uart.
Hitler's ruler in Holland and
earlier In Austria, appeared to
doie several times.
Most defendants appeared to
enjoy Jackson's remarks about
the fortunes In art treasures
which Gnering looted. The
former rclchmarshall just shook
his head as if he were a man
amazed.
Beardless Men
To Face Court
Beardless males will have to
take to the hills to escape a
drubbing Saturday when the
first kangaroo court will be in
session. The court, which has
been established for tho purpose
of rounding up the males who
lack that "certain touch," will be
held Saturday afternoon on the
courthouse lawn.
The "whlskerlno." started July
22, is one of the means by which
the pioneer flavor is being In
jected Into Klamath county In
preparation for tho 100th anni
versary celebration of the open
ing of tho southern route into
Oregon In 1840.
A 20-man vigilante group, com
plete with bloodhounds, will herd
the beard violators before the
Hon. Judge Colt (U.S. Balentlnc).
Court procedure nnd the meting
out of the punishment will be
under the direction of the Eagles,
while the vigilantes will be mem
bers of the Elks lodge.
The kangaroo court will be
held every Saturday until the
Centennial, August 22, 23 and
24, Tho businessmen and by
standers of Main street will bo
checked Saturday and no excuses
will be accepted from non-wear-crs
of whiskers.
Congressmen
Pay Increase And Pension
WASHINGTON, July 26 (T)
Congress members, who long
have grumbled that they can't
live (in tho style expected of
them) on $10,000 a year, wrap
ped up a $5000 raise today in a
measure overhauling legislative
machinery.
Action Isn't final yet, but
leaders say it Is certain. Still
in disputo is tho form of the pay
rise. The senate voted a straight
salary boost to $15,000. Tho
house decided on $12,500 salary,
plus $250(1 expense money.
The measure also would let
tho members qualify for a gov
ernment pension.
Tho general policy Involved
got a stump of approval from
ihc housn lust night when It
adopted by a 229 to 01 standing
(non-record) vote tho so-called
congressional reorganization bill.
Carrying precedent-breaking
chnnges in tho lawmaking pro
cedure, a similar measure passed
the senate by a 49 to 10 voto
Juno 11.
Since there are only a lew dif
USt'
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Revived OPA
lips Prices,
Lifts Curbs
Tha Klamath Fall offices of
OPA and rant control board,
opan for businas today, war
dtlugad with call from private
Individual and builnai con
cern aaklng Information on
prlcai and tha itatu of certain
article alter panage of tha
OPA rerlral bill. No bulletin
had been received at the office
this morning and details of tha
price aet-up are expected Mon
day when today' inquiries will
be answered. Regular staff
member were on hand with
the office functioning a well a
pouible under uncertain condi
tions and Instruction, according
to Pauline Offield of the local
office.
WASHINGTON, July 28 (T)
Less than 24 hours after getting
a new start In life, OPA today
hiked June 30 prices on numer
ous items and lifted controls
from many others.
All of the agency's actions
had been planned weeks ago
but had been held up by the 25
day price control coma which
began with the lapse of OPA
authority on July 1.
On tap were a long list of
other orders governing prices
on hundreds of items.
But none were In the works
yet for the restoration of price
ceilings on several major items
in the family budget including
meat, dairy products, eggs,
poultry, grains, tobacco and pe
troleum. Aug. 20th Deadline
' These were exempted from
price ceilings, at least until Au
gust 20, by the OPA revival
law which President Truman
"reluctantly" signed late yester
day. .The price boosts authorized
today are tcmiKirary and may
jcanllnaa on rao(S, Col. I)
Mercury Drops
To 58 Degrees
Overcoats and umbrellas came
out of the moth balls Friday
morning as tho temperature
dropped to 58 degrees today, and
Old Man Winter paid a July visit
to Klamath Falls. Clouds blank
eted the entire area and cold
rains fell throughout the county,
while tho remainder of Oregon
was still gripped in a heat wave.
The Klamath County Forest
Protective association reported
that enough rain had fallen on
Parker mountain to thoroughly
soak the ground to the depth of
a half Inch. Hain was also re
ported at Chase mountain and
early morning skies at Yhinax
and Sycnn lookouts were threat
ening. The temperature remained at
02 during Friday morning hours
but dropped to 58 as it started
lo rain shortly after noon. Al
though residents shivered after
having experienced tempera
tures in the HO s several days ago,
the rain was welcomed through
out the. forests as a check on
fires.
Meanwhile other Oregonians
faced their ninth day of the sum
mer's first general heat wave.
Temperatures wore slightly cool
er but not enough to give people
relief from the heat spell. Eu
gene reported weather similar
to Klamath's, as they registered
Ob degrees at 12:30 with light
showers.
Ontario was the hottest spot
in Oregon yesterday as the ther
mometer shot up to 104. Arling
ton recorded 102, Mcdford 99,
Eugene 95, and Salem 92. Port
land's maximum yesterday was
(Contlnaod on Paio t, I'ol. 31
Vote Selves
ferences In tho two versions,
leaders said final adoption by
tins congress is certain.
In addition to the pay rise, key
sections of the legislation in
clude: Pensions both versions pro
vide that members 02 or older
may retire on a pension after six
years service. The amount of
the pension would be deter
mined by the amount of contri
butions made by tho legislator
to tho civil service retirement
fund. He would have to pay to
tho fund at least five per cent
of his salnry for five years.
Help for members the sen
ate measure provides an $8000-a-ycar
administrative assistant
for each member nnd also sets
up a stenographic pool upon
which tho legislators can draw.
The house eliminated both these
sections.
Lobbyists Congressional lob
byists would bo required to reg
ister their names, employer and
expenses, so the legislators could
keep a belter check on them.
KLAMATH
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Atomic bomb blasts waterspout high amidst target fleet a it
center) ha been censored out.
Lake Search
Still In Vain
Continuing search from boat,
plane and horseback has failed
to locate the body of Keith Gor
don, 58, missing in the Upper
Klamath lake since Sunday
when he and John A. Henry dis
appeared while on a boat trip
from Geary canal to Crystal
creek and Malone springs.
Henry's body was found near
the Coon point cinder, pit late
Tuesday afternoon.
Yesterday George Barlhman
and Tom Lawrence took boat
from tho point where Henry's
body was found " around the
shoreline-of Howard bay. ui
Shoalwater bay to where Gor
don's boat was located Monday,
then spent several hours cover
ing the water of the bays without
finding a trace of the missing
man.
By computing the drift of the
boat and kapok life cushion
found in Shoalwater bay, known
locations and times of the two
men before they dropped from
sight Sunday, searchers have
reasoned that they went into the
water about four miles from
Rocky point lodge and a mile or
less off Coon point about 1 p.
m. Sunday. The boat and one
cushion were found 23 hours la
ter in Shoalwater bay, three and
a half miles from where it is as
sumed tho boat overturned.
Henry's body and the other
life cushion were found In the
shallow water at Coon point, and
the assumption is that he had
used the cushion in coming to
ward the shore.
So the area under scrutiny is
roughly a triangle from Coon
point, Shoalwater bay and the
place where the boat probably
turned over, and is an area of
water of variable depth, mud
flats and tulc patches.
Fires Blamed
On Lightning
Lightning was blamed today
for the destruction by fire of a
house at Bly, and damage that
put the main pump of the Horse
fly irrigation district at Bonanza
out of commission.
The dwelling on the old Jesse
Parker ranch two miles west of
Bly, occupied by the Bill
Tucker family, burned to the
ground at about midnight. Mr.
and Mrs. Tucker and their two
children, 4 and 11 years of flge,
barely escaped with their lives,
according to James Drlscoll of
Klamath Falls, who received
word of tho fire this morning.
Drlscoll said the Tuckers were
asleep at the time the blaze broke
out, presumably after a lightning
strike. The milk house and other
outbuildings burned. The house
was reduced to ashes, and tha
Tuckers lost their household fur
nishings as well as personal
effects.
Fire broke out In a large motor
In the pumphousc of the Horsefly
district in Bonanza Wednesday
night, in the midst of an electric
storm. The coils burned out and
the pumping capacity of tho
plant has been cut to one-fourth
of normal, district officials arc
badly worried about supplying
water to crops, and some 371
acres of potatoes, especially, are
in jeopardy. It may take seven
days to get the pumps In opera
tion again, and there Is talk of
Installing an auxiliary pump
temporarily on Buck crock., ,
The Bonanza plant pumps
water out of Lost river.
tys m $ rv.
FALLS. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 21. 194S
Underwater Bomb Explodes Midst Target Fleet
nomiin.i
Bulletin
FRANKFURT. Germany.
July 26 (fP) American troops
wounded ix Jew lait night
In a new outbreak of rioting
in a Jewish displaced per
on camp at Wolfrathausen.
U. S. third army headquarters
said tonight.
A Jew was killed and six
German cl-ilians ware
wounded In riot Wednesday
night ln-olring Jews of the
camp. German police and
German civilians. American
troops restored order at the
time. .
The third army gave this
account of the, new outbreak:
Screaming 'American gel
tapo' and 'American SS.' Jew
ish displaced- persons again -broke
out of the Wolfrathau
sen camp Thursday night and
spit on and clapped United
States military police who
were preparing to leave after
quelling a riot there earlier."
Jewish-Arabic
Pact Reported
PARIS, July 26 fJP) An
authority said today that Jew
ish and Arab representatives,
in direct negotiation, have
formulated a provisional pro
gram for settlement of the Pal
estine problem calling for crea
tion of two independent states,
Jewish and Arabic.
The authority, who said he
had read a draft of the plan,
said it called for both states
to be declared permanently neu
tral under the United Nations.
The plan, the informant add
ed . has been submitted to Lon
don and Washington for study.
The plan contains the follow
ing stipulations, the informant
said:
1. Mandated territory, both
cast and west of the River Jor
dan, (present boundary between
Palestine and Trans-Jordan)
shall be declared permanently
neutral territory under the
United Nations.
2 Two Independent states,
Judca (Jewish) and Abdullah
(Arabic) shall be established in
that territory, with the bound
aries to be determined by agree
ment between the Jews and
Arabs;
3. Christian holy places shall
be jointly administered, on an
equal basis, by representatives
of the Roman Catholic, Protes
tant, and Greek Orthodox
churches.
4. In event of failure to reach
agreement on any boundary
point, the issue will be arbi
trated by a United Nations com
mittor rnmnosed of three or
five nations, none of which
shall have political, economic
or strategic interests In the ter
ritory. .
Wheeler May Run
On Third Ticket
WASHINGTON, July 26 (if)
Senator Wheeler (U-tvioni.i saio
today he is being urged to run
as an Independent in the Novem
ber Montana senatorial election
a course that might put Presi
dent Truman on a political spot.
While Wheeler told a reporter
he has made no decision, ne said
Influential rcoublicans as well
as democrats have asked him to
make a three-man race of the
contest.
Any decision by the Montanan
to reenter the fight for the sen
ate seat he has held 24 years
would force Truman either to
extend again or withdraw tho
helping hand he gave Wheeler
lnhe July 16 primary.
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explodes In Bikini lagoon In
Nip Battleship
In Last Throes
ABOARD THE USS APPA
LACHIAN OFF BIKINI, July
26 (P) The 32.720-ton Japanese
battleship Nagato developed an
increasing list today, pointing
her toward a probable watery
grave in Bikini lagoon to which
yesterday's submarine atomic
blast already has consigned the
battleship Arkansas and aircraft
carrier Saratoga.
Late this afternoon, hours
after Vice Adm. W. H. P. Blan-
dy ; had pronounced the aged
but heavy-hulled battlewagon in
bad shape, her pagoaa-ime su
perstructure showed an even
more precarious slant.
Admiral Blandy's report on
the Nagato was made at a dress
conference in which he said the
underwater blast probably
would have killed all men on
the decks of the target vessels
had crews risked their lives in
the man-made catastrophe.
"It is probable that personnel
on deck would have been gon
ers, if not immediately, at least
later on," he said in assessment
of the explosion which thus far
has shown these results: .
Immediately sank the 26,100
ton Arkansas; caused the 33,-000-ton
"Sara" to go down near
ly eight hours later; so grievous
ly wounded the Nagato that she
hfoan a steadv list; caused the
destroyer Hughes to start set
tling in the water, so uiv "
was beached today by a tug;
sank lighter craft including
some submarines and spread so
much radioactivity that 24
hours later 36 square miles are
contaminated.
Don Whitehead, of the Asso
ciated Press, after a flight over
the lagoon today, said the bomb
had proved it has tremendous
destructive force possibly fatal
to ships within a half-mile
radius and considerable power
beyond that deadly circle.
Solons Oppose
Tax Increases
WASHINGTON, July 26 W
Congressional leaders ruled out
any tax increases today with a
firmness that indicated President
Truman may have to look else
where for the anti-inflaUon
weapons he said must be fash
ioned if revived price controls
fail. ,
Chairman George (D-Ga.) of
the senate finance committee
told a reporter there will be no
increase in taxes, despite Mr.
Truman's assertion that if the
OPA revival bill proves inef
fective he will have to call con
gress back to strengthen price
control laws and act on liscal
measures.
"I do not think the suggestion
that taxes can be raised in this
period is a realistic evaluation
of our present position and I
think the president and the
treasury must know that," the
Georgia senator declared bluntly.
As for the further tightening
of price controls, Senator Wherry
of Nebraska, the republican
whip, said he thinks that if Mr.
Truman calls the lawmakers
back after they have been home
to talk to their constituents "they
will come back and wipe the
OPA off the map."
Even Senator Pepper (D-Fla.),
who advocated revival of the pre
July 1 OPA with all Its powers,
said there is "not the slightest
chance of getting increased
taxes."
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Closed Area
Visit Costly
CHILOQUIN, July 26 Five
persons, including the district at
torney of Washington county.
were called before the Wood Riv-
er district justice court today for
entering a closed area on the
Klamath reservation and were
fined $6.95 each on pleas of guil
ty. The five were: George Rus
sell Morgan, Washington county
district attorney, Flora B. Mor
gan, Richard S. Waggoner and
Mrs. Jack Crim, all of Hillsboro,
and Tim Soo Wong of Chiloquin.
Penalty for the offense ranges
from a fine of $10 to $250 or 10
to 50 days in jail, but in this case
'leniency was.'grantecV because
the persons had been invited to
camp and fish at Wickiup springs
oy JacK crim, wno as an enroll
ed Indian is allowed in the area.
Arresting officers were Virgil
Wilson of the Indian service.
and Mark Sullivan, state patrol
man. Ail tne reservation except
the Spraeue river road and Kirk
road is now closed. Legitimate
Business permits may De obtain
ed at Klamath Agency.
Civilian Atom
Control Voted
WASHINGTON, July 26 (IP)
Congress today completed action
on legislation putting control of
atomic energy in a five-man civil
ian commission.
The house, then the senate,
adopted a conference report
dovetailing senate and house
measures on the subject.
The bill now goes to President
Truman.
It provides for the civilian
commission to control develop
ment of atomic energy and gives
the government, through the
commission, a virtual monopoly
on inventions in the field.
The compromise contains most
of the major provisions of the
original McMahon bill passed by
the senate.
The compromise was vj-orked
out by a senate-house conference
committee. ' -
Rep. Thomas Martin (R-Iowa)
assailed the compromise as an
"appeasement," and told the
house it was setting the stage
for "the first Munich of World
War HI."
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'Pickin'est' Worker Picks
Ton Of Cherries In 1 Day
HOOD RIVER, Ore., July 26
(P) The pickin'est migrant
worker in the west maybe in
the world drew his paycheck
today and headed for California
and another harvest.-
Henry Wooten, one-time Ken
tuckian, heard the other day
that nobody ever picked a ton
of cherries in a day. So he
picked a ton of cherries.
It took him 12 hours to strip
2168 pounds off the trees in
the Webster orchards. It gave
him the record. It also gave
him $75.84.
"He's about the best man
we've ever had," said Roy Web
ster with magnificent under
statement. "In six consecutive
days last week he earned an
average of $59 a day at 3!i
cents a pound."
Pickers generally average $8
to $14 a day.
Last year Wooten averaged
1000 pounds of cherries a day
for 13 consecutive days, Web
ster said.
'"When he starts up the lad
der, -he's picking with both
hands. When he comes down
he's picking with both hands.
He doesn't care whether the
Government
Plans Probe
Of Slayings
WASHINGTON. Jul- 28 im
Attorney General Tom Clark's
office announced today that ha
has ordered a "complete Investi
gation into the (laying of fou
negroe near Monroe, Ga., yet
terday.
The announcement said witho
out further elaboration that tha
inquiry would be carried out by
the civil rights section of tha
department of justice.
MONROE. Ga.. Julv 28 IIP
A band of armed white men
waylaid a white farmer and four
negroes on a secluded northeast
Georgia road late yesterday.
Sheriff E. S. Gordon said today,
and while holding the white man
at gun point shot the negroes to
death.
One of the negroes, Roger
Malcolm, 27, the sheriff said, had
just been released from jail un-
oer ouu oona on charges of
stabbing his employer. Barnev
Hester, a farmer.
une sheriff Identified the other
negroes as Malcolm's wife, and
George Dorsey and his wife.
The negroes, riding in an auto
mobile with Loy Harrison, a
farmer, were en route from Mon.
roe to Harrison's farm In adjoin
ing ijconee county when they
were waylaid at a bridge over
the Apalache river, the sheriff
said.
No Identification
Harrison, at a coroner's in
quest last night, the sheriff said,
testified that he could not Iden
tify any member of the band
which waylaid them. The jury
returned a verdict of death at
the hands of unknown parties.
The slayings, the sheriff said,
occurred about eight miles east
of Monroe, the county seat of
Walton county, which is about
40 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Here is the story of the slay
ings as told by the sheriff after
questioning Harrison:
Dorsey and his wife worked
on Harrison's farm in Oconee
county. Malcolm had worked for
Hester, and Harrison, after Mal
colm's release from jail, had
gone to Monroe to get him and
his wife and take them back to
jobs on the Harrison farm.
Harrison, driving the car with
the negroes in it, approached m
'Wooden bridge over the 100-foot-
- (CAt(aa4 an rage CaL 1) .
Heirens May
Plead Insane
CHICAGO, July 26 (fP) In
dictments were returned today
charging William Heirens with
murder in the kidnap-slaying of
Suzanne Degnan and the "lip
stick killing" of Frances Brown,
but his attorneys indicated the
youth's defense might be based
on a plea of insanity.
The two indictments con
tained a total of nine counts,
charging the 17-year-old univer
sity student with strangling
Suzanne with his hands and
with a length of picture wire
last January 7, and with shoot
ing and stabbing ex-Wave
Frances Brown in her apart
ment on December 10, 1945.
The Indictments were returned
before Chief Justice Harold . G.
Ward In criminal court.
Yesterday, the grand Jury
voted true bills naming Heirens
as the killer in both bizarre
cases. The six-year-old Suzanne
was taken from her home the
night of January 7. her body
butchered and distributed in
sewer catch basins in the neigh
borhood. Miss Brown's nude
body was draped over her bath
tub, and a message reading "For
heaven's sake catch me before
I kill more. I cannot control
myself," was left In lipstick;
on the wall.
Today one of Heirens' attor
neys said the youth would un
dergo a sanity test after he is
arraigned on the two charges
next week.
trees are good or bad and he'll
bet $100 at the drop of a pit
that he can outpick any man,
anywhere, on any row of trees.
Wooten, 32, has been follow
ing the fruit harvests from Cali
fornia to Canada for about 10
years. He says he once studied
for the ministry, and fellow
pickers say he's a college grad
uate. Wooten is no one-crop spe
cialist. He sets records wher
ever he goes. Last year at
Chelan, Wash., he picked 360
boxes of apples in one day,
setting a new mark. The county
agent's office here said it heard
he held the record for picking
peaches in California. -
No one doubts it, least of
all Webster.
"The man's a bundle of nerv
ous energy," he said. "He never
makes a false motion and tha
only time he ever pauses is to
light a four-inch cigarette.
Between seasons he works,
too pounding out - itoriei for
the pulp magazines;
But he's not a record-holder
there. Sometimes, he says,
once in about 60 tries, he makes
a sale.