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mi li w m 17 n ATiAr?nr " 1 -i PoliceConvicff. . 1 A' PRICE FIVE CENTS ? ::L ? cv; . i r S ., k , ' i - 4 fc- -m A I,' I ' r r 'tTf 1 I ViV i -John Tanning. service station man whose hold-up by the Baa V T ill 4 Quentin escapees started tha fireworks. - ill P ' r I 1 City Police Of Hear Bart Smith, axtrama loft, looki lntlda tha 1937 Ford sedan uaed by the bandits and haltad at tha daadend ol Jeiierion street. Right, Officer Bud Adklni, holding a riot gun. trains a flashlight through tha canal fence. reek CCing By FRANK JENKINS HENtlY WALLACE tells a "cheering audience" In New f York (wliaro a lot of communists Xivrt that "soonvr or later Tru man' program of unconilitlnmil alrt- to antl-Sovlut' uvarnmMit will unite tha world against America and dlvldo America gainst hrrwlf." . THAT l fuy Uko nearly everything Henry says and does. He might be saying that sooner r later the rest of the world will be communing and so will b solidly agulnitt America, whoreui Amcricu will sooner or later be partly communist, and so will bo divided against her self. That would be bad. It Is what w are trying to prevent. f WALLACE went on to say: " "The Presldonl and his Re publican backers are leu con cerned with the need of the C eek peoplo for food than wltli the need of the American mivy for, oil . . . Tho pin n to contain conimunlsm is renlly secondary t, that push for oil." Let's analyze thiit statement in the light of common sense and national self-preservation. Suppose the American navy (and air forcer should get dangerous ly short of oil. Suppose e pos sible (probable Is the more real istic word) enemy navy (and air force) should by shrewd geo graphical and political maneu vering acquire AMPLE supplies ' of oil. Where would that leave us? i ... V'OU know where It would leave us. It would leave us sorely weakened in any war for preservation of our way of lite that might ensue. The present situation in the world Is such that we must fore see and GUARD AGAINST situations like that. If we don't wo shall be plain morons. IflNQ GEORGE or Greece dies unexpectedly of a heart ail ment. Where docs that leave our new Greek-Turk foreign policy? The answer Is simple. It leaves it right whore it was beforo. George was only a symbol. He wasn't even a good Greek. His family was brought In from tho outsido In one of the num erous power politics snarls that have pestered Europe for cent uries. We have llttlo use for him, or any of his kind. . Our only concern with him is that his sudden death might en able the communists to seize and hold Greece before we could got around to doing anything ef fective about it. ' TV7E are justified In sticking " our noses into Groeco's af fairs ONLY if we are convinced that communist Russia Is plan ning the destruction of our way ' of life and must be stopped be fore she gets too big to handle. If that Is true, Greece and Tur key are strategically good places to begin to stop Russia. That is the case, In a nut shell, for our new Greek-Turk foreign (Continues on P.s. 1, Column 4) I KLAMATH FALLEN"1 PHOTOGRAPHIC ATHENS, April 1 (At King George II died unexpectedly to day of a heart ailment at a critical period in his nation's history. His 45-year-old brother Prince Paul was called to the throne. Tho SO-year-ald king had been complaining recently of pain from angina pectoris, an ailment arising from a disease of the coronary arteries, former Premier George Papandreou said, Papandreou said the monarch died at 1:55 p. m. (3:93 a. m., Pacific slumlord time). Prince Paul was to take the royal oath at 7:30 n. m. It was announced that the government messugrs to the people. The dcuth of tho king came six months after his return to his throne from London alter a plebiscite favoring the monarchy. He died at a time when the explosive" Greek question" was being dubalt-d In Wushlngton and 'In the rnnltuls of. the world, and when hi country' bloody guerilla "wnffare "wsn being in- Greek Loan Split Looms WASHINGTON. April 1 (AV A split between the co-champions of bi-partisan foreign pol icy Senators Vandcnberg (R Mich.), and onnully (D-Tex.) over terms of the Greek-Turkish aid bill appears to be in the making today. Vandenberg's proposal to give the United Nations power to halt American action in the Mediter ranean anytime a majority of Uie general assembly or seven of the 11 security council mem bers see fit, apparently got a cold reception from Connlly. The Texan, who yielded his chairmanship of the foreign re lations committee to Vandcn berg when the republicans took over congress, declined to com ment publicly, German Treaty Talks Stalled MOSCOW. April 1 Ml The foreign ministers debated Ger man reparations 'and the level of Industry for more than three hours today without reaching a decision. n A report from the meeting sold the discussions were "often blunt and bitter," and U. S. Sec retary of State Marshall, it was reportod, may now seek a direct meeting with Prime Minister Stalin. This was to have been a show down meeting expected to Indi cate possibilities of a German settlement of current problems at Moscow. The fnct that no de cision was reached was consid ered by some diplomats as pos sibly indicating little or no prog ress towards breaking the dead lock. A n' agreed-upon statement said: "The discussion today was limited to tho subject of level of Industry and reparations and no decision was reached. It was agreed to return to formal ses sions tomorrow." April Fool's Day Pranks Reign It you are one of the innocents who couldn't resist the pocket dook pjnceci invitingly on ine sidewalk or walked through a door only to be doused with water, don't fret . , . "It's a joke, son" , . , and you've welcomed April Fool's Day in traditional style. - Whether thinking up diabolical plans to trap unsuspecting friends or on the receiving end of the hilarity, no one is safe from the day's activities. It doesn't even take anything new and clever. The old, time-worn tricks are as good as the long-forgotten day that some practical joker devised them. Midnight will bring salvation. Friends and families will once more settle down to hum drum existence , . working out plans for next April II in 1 no .usOAY, APRIL 1. 1947 REVIEW OF CHASE Dies and Paul later would lasueJ vcstlgated by United Nations commission. George took over the reins of Greece In 1922. When his father, Constantino, abdicated in 1917, George was barred from the tnrone because the al lies feared he had pro-German leanings. His brother, Alexan der, became king. Alexander died from the bite of a pet mon key in ihzu, and uonstanline BULLETIN ATHENS, April 1 (fl Prince Paul took ih oath as Greece's king at t p. m. tonight. Gov ernment members and officials stood in a semi-circle about a table on which were the crucifix and candles as the ceremony was performed. returned to the throne. But Greece again was beset by hard times and Constantino, in 1922, had to abdicate again. George succeeded him. Soon afterward he faced his first plebiscite, was defeated, and went into exile as Greece became a republic. His exile lasted 13 years. He was recalled by a plebis cite in 1935 after the royalists staged a coup d'etat, and reigned but did not rule. The dictatorship of John Metaxes was in power. The king went into exile again when Germany invaded his country in 1941, and he was last recalled by a plebiscite last September. Reports of the king's death spread quickly but the people were suspicious at first because they thought it might be an April fool s joke. Loan Unaffected By King's Death WASHINGTON, April 1 (A) The death of King George of oreece provoked today congres sional admonitions that the Greek people must guard against a communist attempt to seize control of that country's shaky government. The Immediate reaction to the Greek monarch's death found few legislators of the opinion that It would materially affect action on President Truman's $400,000,000 aid proposal to bul wark Greece and Turkey against communism. (Telephone AND CAPTURE I Lt ..: . I City Officer John Paxton. pointing to bullet boles In the back of the bandit car after an exchange of gunfire in the dead end oi j.utrion street. Officers examine bullet holes left, Sam Malsbery, and right, tne bandit car. Norman Jacklin, one of the wrist manacled to a steel rod officers search for his partner. Qui) d : 7 (f I 1 V - fl Al Mo. 10897 0 '- it 4 in side winai of oolice cox. At Bart Smith, the two who cornered desperadoes, sits dejectedly, his in the police paddy wagon, as Alfred Paine, 61 11) A foooff Iltf ufr Here- By LOIS STEWART ' An Intensive manhunt with a convicted murderer at tha object of the search cen. tared In northern Klamath county and in th sparsely fettled Seven Mil section lata this morning following a hold-up, chate and gun battl last night. . One of two men who exchanged shot th city police officert at the dead-end of Jefferson street near the government canal, i in cuitody of police. He it Norman Alexan., der Jacklin, 39, three-time loser from Lot Angeles on robbery conviction. His companion, still at large, is identified at Alfred A. Paine, 38-year-old killer of a Sacramento police chief. Both escaped from California's San Quentin penitentiary last Saturday. City officers, joined by the sheriff's office and state police, spread tha alarm through the city and county but Faine eluded the net and apparently made hit way north along Oregon avenue where he it thought to have picked up 1933 Chevrolet tedan parked at 2211 Oregon avenue. Tha machine it registered to Ward Herron, 1004 Eldorado. Herron wot in the Oregon avenue house, recently purchased, and taid that he had left keyt in the! machine and not mora than five gallons of gas in the tank. GARAGE ENTERED ' Herron taid tha twitch wot "tricky" and if anyone turned it off after once starting the motor they might have hard time turning it an again. This car, according to Sheriff. Lloyd L Low, was found abandoned about ona mile from Fort Klamath. Paina is then thought to have walked into Fort Klamath, crawled through a broken window in tha Harold Wimer garage and there found Wimer't own 1934 Pontiac tedan, gray-green, in color, parked near wrecker. Officer! believe Paine crawled back through the window, jimmied the double doors of tha garage, rifled the till of some tmall change and then moved tha wrecker to run the sedan through the doors. Sheriff Low advised The Herald and Newt lata thit morning that a tmall amount of blood wat found on tha back of the front seat of the Herron car. It was tha sheriff's opin ion that the stain might have been left by Paine't hand which could hove been cut when he pulled himself over tha canal fence. The Winters said they found their car gone when they started to open up at 7:30 o'clock this morning and saw both garage door wide. open. Herron's car wat stolen Truman Asks Extension Of Rent Control WASHINGTON. April 1 Oft President Truman today asked congress to extend rent controls a year beyond the present June 30 expiration date. In a message to the two houses, Mr. Truman said the nation "is still faced with a critical hous ing shortage,", and that rental, units particularly "are still radi cally out of balance with de mand." The' president's message went tA f nntf r, a. the house bank ing committee votd. tentatively lor a lu per cent mcroue m rent: ceilings and to repeal all government controls over build ing materials and construction. Mr.- Truman told congress he now has no objection to pend ing legislation transferring rent control functions to the housing expediter, since recent legisla tion requires the liquidation of the office of temporary controls which he originally recommend ed to administer rent controls. The president said a survey in 88 cities by the . bureaus of labor statistics and of the cen sus during 1946 found vacancies in rental units "virtually non existent." Members reported that the house banking group, meeting behind closed doors, voted 9 to 4 to allow a 10 per cent increase in rentals. Several members were reported not. voting. Spectators Hamper Police Klamath Falls police were "definitely hampered" in their efforts last, night during the search for Alfred A. Paine, one of two bandits who shot-it-out with officers in a gun battle near 10th and Jefferson, when scores of citizens crowded into the area in the midst of their investigation. Chief of Police Orville Ham ilton this morning expressed strong disapproval of the attitude of men, women and even young sters, who pursued officers irom one area to another, in some cases causing a traffic block. -"If someone, an innocent by stander, had been killed in an exchange of shots, the police department would have been in for a lot of criticism," the chief said this morning. "If we had found Paine and had to shoot, someone might have been hurt. It is a pretty good idea if people stay home when we have work to do." . Approval Seen For Spanish Plan MADRID, April 1 (Jft Over whelming parliamentary ap proval was forecast today for Generalissimo Francisco's pro posal to declare that Spain, al though her throne has been va cant for 16 years. Is still a mon archy and to outline procedure for selecting the country's next ruler whether king or regent. The measure was Introduced in the cortes (parliament) last night on the eve of Spain's "Vic tory day," the eighth anniver sary celebration of Franco's vic tory in the civil war. Approval was assured by the fact that an overwhelming majority of the cortes members were selected by me rranco government. somewhere around 10:15 p. m. Sought! This is Alfred Paine, who es caped from Klamath police aft er a bold-up and chase last night. Paine, a San Quentin es capee and convicted murderer, is 38 years of age. 5 feet 9M inches talL weighs 154 sounds. baa brown, oravina hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a tan leather jacaet, pin-nrip blue trousers, blue shirt. Sugar Ration Gets Extension WASHINGTON, April 1 ) Sugar rationing gamed a new seven-month lease on life to day, but President Truman fearful of "disastrous economic consequences" from such a short extension announced he might seek longer controls. The sugar act, which also carries sugar price control to October 31, was approved by congress yesterday along with a 90-day extension of the presi dent's power to parcel out a sharply trimmed list of indus trial, drug and food items. Mr. Truman signed both bills in tune to prevent tne emirej sugar ana suucauun prugimu from lapsing along with the second war powers act. The act is the source of the priority, rationing and allocation power. It ran out at midnight, save for the few controls salvaged. MB Fund Plan Bill Introduced SALEM. April 1 (Xt The joint legislative ways and means committee today introduced a bill appropriating $620,000 for the next two years to operate the Klamath Marine Barracks as a state vocational school. The committee, reversing its earlier unanimous action against the proDosal to take over the barracks, voted 9 to 5 yester day to acquire the site. The bill gives title to the 734 acres of property to the state board of education as soon as the governor turns the $6,000, 000 plant over to the state. Train Collision Kills Four Japs TOKYO, April ' 1 (P) The transportation ministry said to day that the collision of two trains in a tunnel near Hakodate last night killed at least four Japanese and sent SO others to hospitals, 13 with serious in luries. " Forty-nine others were lest p - iw e - I i i : - . severely injured. and tha Wimer car around 2:30 a. m., if it believed. , Search Seven Mile Sheriff Low sent Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey and an other deputy to the Seven Mil country on the west side of Up per Klamath lake in the ophv. ion that Paine would take to side roads instead of keeping; on the main highway. Paine was convicted in 1935 of the brutal slaying of Chief oi roitce trsklne U. Fish of Sacramento during a North Sac. ramento grocery store burg, lary. He was sentenced to be hanged but later given life. He had been a tree surgeon orlop ' to his brush with the law and during the past several years bad been permitted to work aa a trustee in the orchards . out. side San Quentin walls. He and Jacklin were working tosether last Saturday morning when guard discovered a jug of raisin wine cached in a toot shed. The guard reported the find to Wars den Duffy but when the war. den ordered the two questioned. . they had escaped. Jacklin told city police that they left the orchard Saturday morning and beat their way through the brush for about IS miles. Somewhere around Peta. luma, Jacklin said, they ' stole the Ford sedan and proceeded north. Jacklin denied he had any part in getting hold of the usea in tne gun battle, and told officers that Pain ant both the gun and clothing they were wearing from "soma camp." He said they had no money and had been in KIam ath Falls but a short time yes terday, driving around looking for a "spot" which thev set. tied as the Time Oil station on S. 6th. Jacklin said they switched plates on the Ford, taking plate from a Ford at either Mt. Shas ta or Dunsmuir. California au. thorities said the plates be longed to Mrs. Rachel Taylor of Mt. Shasta. The sun battle, in which Paine - may have been wound, ed, took place when the flee, ing bandits were cornered at (Cnttm.o .o Fog. T, CiIih.1) Grange Backs Log Tax Bill SALEM, April 1 (IP) . Tho Oregon State grange, incensed at the legislature's failure to adopt Governor Earl Snell's $500,000 annual forestry conservation and research program, will carry the fight to the people by ini. tiating the plan and have it ap. pear on the November, 1948, general election ballot, State Grange Master .Morton Tomp kins said today. The proposal was passed by the house but failed when the senate split evenly on it. Tha timber industry objected to fi. nancing the plan by a tax or iu cents a thousand feet on all timber cut in the state. A new Dlan is being worker! out whereby the reforestation part would be financed by gen. eral bonds, bftt the people first would have to amend the con stitution. The "research part . would be paid by a severance tax on timber. . Maine First To OK Two-Term Bill AUGUSTA. Me.. April 1 UP) Maine's dominantly republican legislature v.-as the first in the country to ratify a oroDosed fed. eral - constitutional amendment limiting the presidential tenure of office to two full four-year terms. - The action came yesterday without discussion in the senate and after brief debate in the house where the vote was 82 to seven, with the minority all democrats. Thirty-six states must ratify the amendment.
