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V T ill 4 Quentin escapees started tha fireworks. -
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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
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.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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.