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U UIMJI A B Qromyko tell the Ru.
11 Haii-Amerlcan Institute in New
York last nliiht that Ari'ER atomlo
weapon art OUTl.AWKD Uie
ftnviel Union will agree to InUir
national control and Inspection.
THAT l. Interesting,
llnw long afterward? A day?
A week? A monuir
Or t some Indefinite dl In the
future to be set by Russia II, aa end
when ahe loci mat weyr
And what kind of Inspection?
Will It have teeth? Or cull Ilia In
spoclors b kldilrd along by Ilia
country that I being Inspected
ahown Jtlsl what the Inspectee want
them to ami nothing eise?
THUMB aren't Just cynical nasty
crack, They are thoughtful
question uil concern every living
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gure suggested with particular force
Tnht now by the fuel that at Yalta
and again at Potsdam Russia niada
agreement and coinmllinenta that
lie nam i uvea up vo.
ii in bM IIimI nil 1 1 W
III'" mm - . .
lug atomic warfare flrat and Iravlm
ACTUAL I'ltKVKNTlON OK IT to
- I . l..Kf liilla rlMlA -V.llllltll't
be another can of an agreement
niaiie but not kept?
We miul remember that Uie
altuallon now atanda WE have (he
atomlo bomb ana noooay mum
ha IU We mustn't lei ourselve be
I mnm llldlif IllllJI tlfnft
fl Ul in w ' ------
n Uie future when aomebody Ue
Vtial could spell national death
lor ua. ir uie www" "
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WE know by our own experience
that outlawing undealrable
thlnga doesn't necessarily prevent
them.
'there la the alol machine, for
riample. Oregon and moat other
tatea hare enacted lawa outlawing
it. But doe the mere patting of a
law outlaw the alot machine?
For an enawer to that question,
THAT suggest another very In
fereatlna uuestiolll
Who geu the revenues and the
benefit from Uie ilot oiachlnea that
operate all over the country without
warrant of law?
Why, Uie LAWBREAKERS, of
rourse. In order to carry on a lol
marhlne btiilneM you have to be a
lawbreaker became 0)ieratlng slot
machine a a biulneu nieaiu
breaking the law that turbid them
Mii-
it follow. Uiat Uie non-enforced
lawa that forbid lot machlnr really
work out a an Invitation to break
the law because It 1 profitable land
not too unsafe i to do so.
...
n would work out In eiactly the
.am way It we outlaw atomic
warfare without providing Inter
national Inspection WITH SHARP
TriTTH IN IT to are to It flaUy that
NOBODY build atomic weapon.
...
WHY does Riuala thu persist In
putting the cart before the
horse?
Thui Russians are peculiar.
Tliere I alway Uie possibility Uiat
they might merely be trying to aave
their face. If they could FORCB
u to outlaw without policing, they
might feel that they had won a
BHOW of victory which would aalve
their pride.
But on the mere face of It
Ornmyko'a propo! that we outlaw
atomlo warfare now and trust to
luck that Russia will agree laUr to
liupectlon Uiat will PREVENT It
look like a move to gain time.
We have the bomb now. Ruula
want it, and In time will probably
get it, whatever gain more time
airenginen Russia and weaken u.
Til fact causes u to view hi pro
posal with a Jaundiced eye.
Ford Foremen
Go On Strike
DETROIT, May 11 (IP) An estl
niated 3800 foremen began a strike
at the Ford Motor company at 10
a.m. today.
Initial report Indicated Uie trlk
affected onlv Detroit rjlanta.
There was no Immediate comment
from the company after the Fore
man's Association of America (Ind.),
ordered lis member off the Job.
' Robert H. Keys, president of the
union, snld the strike received unan
imous approval of the Ford chapter
ol the FAA Tuesday night.
A spokesman for the union pre
dicted that the walkout would halt
auto production at Ford "within 10
days.''
The FAA filed Its trlke notice
April 17 -and the 30-day waiting
period, which expired Saturday, was
extended to permit a conference
with company officials earlier Uils
week.
A contrnot between the company
and tho Independent union was ter
minated almost simultaneously by
both sides early In April. Ford Inter
ottered a one year' renewal of the
pact.
Stassen Urges
Build World-Wide Peace
JEFFERSON, la., May 21 (VP)
Former Oovoinor Harold E, Stassen
of Minnesota, candidate for the re
! publican nomination for president In
1948, advocnted today that the
United States devote ten per cent
of Its total national production of
goods and food for the next ten
years "to building for world-wide
pence and plenty and freedom."
"It should not be a sharpster
lending program. It should be a
practical, sound, long-vlsioned busi
nesslike approach to the situation
that exists In the world today, and
wlin t we can foresee In the years
uhend," Stassen said,
t' The former Minnesota governor,
'recently returned from a tour of Eu
rope during which ho Interviewed
Kusslnii OcncrnllBslmo Stalin,
Slnlin said he believed America
could find a "strong and wise and
Merger Bill
Showdown
Seen Near
WABIIINOTON, May 11 (rV-The
senate armed service committee
wared a showdown today on the
heart of President Truman's army
navy merger plan whether there
should be a single cabinet officer to
speak for land, aea and air force.
Acroaa the capltol, Uie house ex
penditure committee sidetracked
the unification Issue to uien hear
ings on two other, but far leu con
troversial, presidential plans fur gov
ernment reorganisation.
Chairman Hoffman IR-Mir.h.l of
the house group told a reporter:
"If anyone la blocking army-navy
unification. It I President Truman,
"How does he expect ua to get out
a unification bill when he sends us
a couple of these reorganisations
we have to act on In a hurry? We've
got to get litem out before July 1."
The reorganisation hearings nave
been scheduled to last a week. They
might run longer.
Asked whether he thought Uiat
might mean no unification legisla
tion Una session, Hotlinan replied:
"I think we'll gel It, all right. But
t don t know In what form."
Mercury Hits
82 In Klamath
Klamath people found It hard to
concentrate on work as the basin
ares experienced another day of
summer weather. The temperature
soared to M Monday afternoon,
highest In several days. ,
At 11:30 a.m. today Uie CAA
weather station reported the tem
perature at 77. well above Uie read
ing of 72 at Uie same time Monday.
CAA reported (I degrees at I 30 p.m.
The season high In the Klamiilh
country was recorded on Msy 1
when the mercury skyrocketed to
sn unsessonal 87 In Uie midst of a
Pacific coast heal wave.
The weatherman added an opti
mistic note for lovers of warm
weather with a forecast, of "fair and
warm" Thursday.
Seven Die In
Plane Crash
CHAMPAION, III . May 21 )
Two top flying officers and live
oUier aoldlrra were killed lest night
when a B-'JS crashed In a cornfield
during violent thunderstorm, the
army announced today.
The dead Included Col. Raymond
E. O'Neill, 62. a 30-year army vet
eran of both wars and AAF balloon
expert, and Col. Oeorge A. Whatley.
46. who had served In the army
since 1B2S and headed the mobile
training unit at Chanule field, near
Champaign.
O'Neill, who was a brigadier gen
eral In World War II. commanded
Chanute field from 1940 to 1044 and
later was executive officer. He was
born In Port Townsend. Wash.
Whatley waa a native of Tcxaa.
Their ship was bound for Chanute
field from Cheyenne, Wyo., at Uie
time of Uie crnckup last night.
The army did not make public
Uie names of Uie oUier five victims
pending notification of next of kin.
Chinese City
Surrounded
NANKTNn M.u II I la, ii.. i I
, j - in, WBmq,lu
nnanirrhiin rami! Ar W...-U i-
Is now completely encircled by Chl-
iivm. vuiuiiiuiiiiib lurcen, nationalist
dispatches reported today.
Oovernment troops, however, were
er.HltH wUh Manini-in tr....t...
., , I.VUHII lMUlf til
ling, 36 miles to the southwest.
i-isu.niH was reported in uie streets.
In Changchun Itself, Generalis
simo Chiang Kal-shck's forces be-
ffan rilETnlnir lmnihM mil nHt,a
up machlncgun nests. They made
uuicr jrt-imrnuoiis lor a possioie
fight Inside Uie city.
fnfnrmallnn r.ltA. unlllni,lnn
Tong placed the total communist
strength against Changchun as 90,
000 troops, Including 20,000 Korean
oommunlsts.
'Ducks" Ordered
To Stay A; hore
SEASIDE, May 21 (Ft AmplllbJ
ions craft, operating here as an
ocean resort attraction, were ordered
today to stay ashore until tho city
council takes action.
The police order came after one
"duck" was stranded offshore Sat
urday and another "duck" failed In
an attempt to reach It. Passengers
una to do removed oy a incline.
The crafts' operators snld some.
one had put water In Uie drums
holding fuel.
Move To
humanltarlon world policy" between
what he called two "eicines" ad
vocated by former Vice Prosidcnt
Henry Wallace and Robert McCor
mlck, publisher of the Chicago Tri
bune. "As I see It the Wallace doctrine
would make of America a nation of
follow travelers down the wrong
rond," Stassen said.
It would . . . centrallce our eco
nomlo authority In America and
bring about lower and lower pro
duction at home ...
"The McCormlok doctrine would
make of America a nation of cold
hearted misers passing by on the
other side. It too would lead to
trnglo results for our country. It
would make us hated around the
globe. It would lend us to boom and
to bust and finally to a defensive
war."
mice rive cents
Mrs. Truman
Has Chance
Of Recovery
URANDVIEW. Mo., May tl MV
President Truman' personal physi
cian today gave hi 4-year-old
mother a chance for recovery. If she
maintains her present gradual Im
provement. Brig. Oen. Wallace H. Oraham
said everything deiend on Mrs.
Martha E. Truman a will to live.
The presence of the president at
her bedside, he said, lias been an
Important factor In the slight Im-
firovemeul noted In the past 48
our.
Oraham In a news conference In
nearby Kansas City, eiuphaslred
over and over again Uial he was
"an optimist."
He said Uie elderly patient had a
very tired heart and a generally
weak body and Uiat she wa fight
ing a terrific uphill struggle against
overwhelming odd.
He said that If the present rate
of progresa ran be maintained for
another two days the posribllllr of
the president' return to Washing
ton might even be considered.
President Truman told reporters
today Uiat hi mother, gravely 111 at
her home here, waa "holding her
own" tin morning.
Later. Press Secretary Charle O.
Ross disclosed Uiat Mrs. Truman
asked for wheat cake this morn
ing. She explained that William D.
Hassett, another secretary, whose
home Is in Vermont, had sent her
some Vermont maple syrup.
- "Mr. Hassett has sent her some
syrup before and she enjoyed It."
Koss said, "so she had wheat cakes
la order to enjoy it again."
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Archaeological
Survey Slated
CHILOCIUIN, May 2I-An archae
oloiilcai survey of the tinner Klim.
atli lake region will be conducted
this summer under the direction of
Dr. L. 8. Crewman, director of Uie
anthropology department of the
University of Oregon. University
student will make up the members
of Uie field crew.
The group Is expected to arrive
June ft. wonting until July 25. In an
effort to correlate and interpret
artifacts In relation to the story of
human life of an earlier period.
Crrasman led a similar group In the
Lower Klamath basin seven years
ago.
Permission of the Klamath Indian
tribe waa sought by Uie field crew
early this spring, first in February
and again In April, according to Su
perintendent B. O. Courtrlght. Per
mission falls under an act of con
gress and was granted, however Uie
tribe later learned that sections in
which the crew wished to dig In
volved bureau of reclamation land,
ranches owned Individually by both
whites and Indians, and by timber
outfits. Dr. Cressman was advised
of this fnct and permission ap
parently granted by the Individuals
as Uie field trip Is definitely slated.
Soldier Out
Of Prison
KANSAS CITY, May 21 tHV
Frederick W. Wade. Tacoma,
pick, shovel and dxe are packed
Wash., farmer, released from a 20
yenr court martini sentence. "Just
want to get home as fast as pos
sible." his attorney said today.
Wade, who was released yester
day from Uie federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kas., accompanied
his attorney, Richard T. Brewster,
to Fort Leavenworth today, seeking
reinstatement in the armv so he
can receive an honorable discharge
and back pay.
Brewster, former army major, de
fended the 30 -year -old private
through two courts martial In Oer
mnny, where wade was charged
with rape.
Wade has a wife and three-year-old
daughter In Tacoma.
His release was ordered by Fed
eral District Judge Arthur Hellot,
who held that tho soldier had been
placed In double leopardy In that
rt had faced trial before two courts
martial on Uie same charge. -
United Air Lines
Eyes New Route
WA8HIINOTON, May 21 (.?)
United Airlines hopes to begin oper
ating DC-6 planes between Denver
and Los Angeles by September If
permitted to purchase the route
from Western Airlines. W. A. Pat
terson, president of the company,
said today.
Testifying before a civil aeronau
tics board examiner, Patterson said
the service will be contingent upon
delivery of planes from tho fnctory.
Planes now operated over the
route by Western Airlines are Uie
smaller DO-4, Which do not have
firessttrlzcd cabins such as are being
n.stallcd on the larger models.
Patterson testified at a hearing on
the application by United and West
ern for apnroval of sale of the route
for3,75C"i.
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KLAMATH
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A
Sourdough Fred Teat and hit
Into the lens of Wes Guderlan at
Grand Jury
Indicts Nagel
'five and one-half hour grand Jury
session was a lone uiaicuneni, re
turned against Uie Portland
preacher, William Henry Nagel. for
contributing to Uie delinquency of
a minor.
Nagel's bail remains at (2500. and
he Is still In Portland awaiting
further appearance In court here.
Thenext step will be the assign
ment of another Judge to take the
bench for this case, as Circuit Judge
David R. vanurnberg has signed an
order disqualifying himself.
It was Judge Vandenbcrg who
took Nagel Into custody 10 days ago,
a short Ume after Uie 40-year-old
man admittedly performed an act
of lewd conduct In Uie presence
of a 10-year-old girl on High street.
The chief Justice of Uie Oregon
supreme court has been requested
to assign another Judge to Uie case.
Nagel has employed John Mowry,
PorUand attorney, to defend him.
The grand Jury returned two not
true bills after Its short session, and
thereby released two men from the
county Jail.
Thomas Arthur Blanchard and
Hubert Lewis Vawter were cleared
of charges of armed robbery, and
Virgil Burnett was cleared of a
car theft charge. Vawter. a San
Quentln escapee, has already been
returned to California authorities,
but Blanchard and Burnett had
been held in Jail until yesterday
afternoon.
Tills morning Judge Vandenberg
signed an order holding the grond
Jurv. which was empaneled last De
cember, over for the June term of
court, another six months. The
Jurymen are Howard Barnhlsel,
foreman, A. W. Macken, Fred Hell
bronner, Robert Adams, Jack Mc
Cartle, Ed Oowen and William
Clark.
Starting today In circuit court
was Uie criminal trial of Richard
Carl 8huter. Indicted several
months, ago for malicious destruc
tion of personal property, but at
noon today ft trial Jury had not
been chosen. A. C. Yaden is repre
senting 8huter. who has been free
on $1500 ball.
Yesterday afternoon Raymond
Heavtlln, 17, was sentenced to 30
days in the county Jail for larceny
from an auto. Ho was one of four
young men arrested for stripping a
car several days ago, and the other
Uiree were released on suspended
sentences after one day in Jail.
Publisher Dictates
Own Obituary
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. May 21
(an William Greenwood Naylor, 73,
retired business representative of
Newspaper Enterprise association
and former editor and publisher,
called his wife to his bedside Sun
day and dictated:
"Retired by death. William
Greenwood Naylor. known as the
bard of Skaneatdcs. for the last
20 years a devotee of floriculture,
died at his home today." He died
yesterday.
He was a former managing editor
of the magazine Puck.
8CHEDVLK REVISED
WASHINGTON, May 21 (IP) The
Interstate commerce commission to
day revised Its schedule for hearings
in its investigation oi rates ana
practices of the motor bus lines.
The new schedule includes Sep
tember IS at Seattle.
BABY OKAY
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 21 (IP)
Patricia Sullivan, the two-months-old
baby critically injured when two
girls thought she was ft doll and
dropped her In their play. Is home
again.
Hosnltal attendants said sne was
expected to recover fully.
FALLS, OREGON, WEDNEHDAY, MAY 11, 1MT
mu Ta;T fold
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trusty companion of many prospecting
I o'clock this mornings Just In time for
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Sourdough Prospector In
Klamcth On Way To Idaho
Bv JOY BIGGS I selves and their animal in Kls-
I Prospecting lor gold, I an old
yr.ioxy year i on . eouraougu
(Fred Test. Who wlUi his ton Wlf-
i ham. their burro Casey, horse Rusty
! and dog Trlxle, is camped out back
oi uie skating rink between we
j railroad track and S. 6th.
Groceries, pot and pans, bedding.
tent, pick, shovel and axe are packed
upon the horse and burro Casey
will carry about 150 pounds the
man. boy and dog walk, usually
following mountain roads.
The gold seekers have Just come
up from Uie Feather river country,
a trip Uiat took them about three
months, and after resting them-
Official Plane
Said Missing
MANILA, May 21 (IP) President
Roxas tonight announced Uie loss of
Uie presidential plane Lily Marlene
in Uie wilds of northern Cotabato
In Mindanao. . The greatest local
air search got under way today.
The plane was carrying 12 to IS
government officials.
The four-engine C-54, formerly
the personal plane of Lord Louis
Mountbatten, was last heard from
at 9 a. m. Sunday when It took off
from Buayas airfield at Cotabato
bound for Bacolod. Negro Island.
The list of passengers given out
by Roxas Included Judge Francisco
Zulueta, Rafael Alunan, Col. Edwin
Andrews, chief of Uie Philippine
army airforce, and Dr. Alfredo Par
ades. .
The Lily Marlene carried crew
of eight, with top army pilots Lts.
Petronllo Buenlda and E. Ramayo.
Blast Rocks
Jim Crow Car
FORT WORTH. Tex., May 21 (IP)
A mysterious explosion blasted win
dows from a Santa Fe "Jim Crow"
passenger coach a few miles north
of Ardmore. Okla.. early today. Two
persons were injured.
Flying glass cut Oscar Lett. 59.
of Fort Worth, ft news agent with
the Fred Harvey system, on the
chin and right leg. W. C. Brown,
about 35, of Ardmore, suffered
shock,
Lem Thomas, special agent here
for Uie railroad, said Uie blast ap
parently originated from the top of
ft water cooler built Into ft toilet
compartment.
The coach had been picked up
at Newton, Kas., and was enroute
to Dallas. It was brought Into Fort
Worth, where O. D. Crill, division
superintendent, called in FBI ex
plosive experts. - ' ; '
Bonanza Man Out
On Bail Today
Kelsey Arthur Ruland, 20-year-old
Bonanza resident charged with as
sault and battery ln connectlon with
a severe beating' allegedly admin
istered hie- father-in-law, Ernest
Wolfe, on Saturday night at Bo
nanza, was free on $250 cosh ball
posted late Tuesday with Justice of
the Peace J. A. Mahoney.
Ruland has not entered a plea to
the charge, nor has the distriot
attorney's office rushed the matter
pending the outcome of Wolfe who
Is at Hillside hospital with a frac
tured leg, facial lacerations and
multiple bruises. Hospital authori
ties today said Wolte was making
a satisfactory recovery.
(Telephone 1111)
trips. Caaey the bvrro. walked right
the daily special shot.
j math Palls will continue on to the
Snake river country la Idaho.
William 1 a veteran of Uie U. S.
army. Sometimes when they are
camped near a town he takes
regular Job. When the snow file
they live In a house somewhere
for a few months and work at var
ious Jobs. Come spring again they
pack their duffel and with far
away look In their eyes, follow Uie
elusive trail of gold.
Test, a tall lean man with sun
washed blue eyes, wind-tanned
cheeks and a grey stubble on his
chin, has grubbed for gold In Cali
fornia, Oregon and Idaho, some
times taking from $15 to $50 from a
location In a day and sometimes
only averaging about 80 cents.
Redding and Grants Pass are fa
vorite spots with the prospector.
Sometimes he builds sluices and
washes out Uie golden grains, at
other times he goes "crevassing,"
digging In crevasses, where often a
nice little pocket of fine "wire" gold
Is found where Uie rain has washed
It
The largest nugget Test found in
Trinity county, a quartz rock about
an inch long, which brougnt nun
$14.
He was through this country In
1882 and again when he was about
16 and his brother drove the stage
coach out of Red Bluff. His wife
died several years ago and he has a
married daughter and his son. who
since his discharge from the service
travels wltn Test, following uie
glitter of gold, living out of doors.
sleeping beneath the stars, with al
ways the nope or ft bonanza oeiore
them.
Jury Gets
Lynch Case
GREENVILLE. S. C. May 21 (IP)
A South Carolina Jury was sum
moned today by Circuit Judge J.
Robert Martin Jr., to give an ulti
mate verdict in the unprecedented
mass-trial of 28 southern white men
who are accused of lynching a negro.
Final arguments in the lengthy
case were concluded yesterday on a
note of sectional prejudice.
Public Prosecutors Samuel Watt
and Robert Ashmore demanded con
victionbut not the death penalty
for 21 who are charged with murder,
and for seven others who are ac
cused of conspiracy and of being
accessories before the fact. Al
though Uie state did not ask for Uie
death penalty, a verdict by the Jury
of murder without recommendation
of mercy would make a death sen
tence mandatory.
The state reminded Uie Jury of
eight textile workers, two salesmen,
a mechanic and ft tanner Uiat they
represented the public conscience of
South Carolina In dealing with "
most damnable and hellish" case.
Increased Autc
Fee Approved
SACRAMENTO. Calif., May 21 (IP)
Increased automobile registration
fees, truck taxes and driver's license
tee were approved last night by a
special compromise committee en
deavoring to mao out financing pro
visions for a long range hlKhwav
ucveiorjmeni program.
The 10-member committee voted
to recommend to both houses of the
57th legislature a boost In the license
plate from S3 to 6. a driver s license
fee of $2.50 a vear and to raise
f ie.uuu.uuu an
ng. Industry
18.000.000 annually frnmi.hft truck.
a vea
luallv
hv a
lormuia to oe
decided upon later.
ft. U'Aft till pnmmltiM'i flrat norrMi-
ment on the controversial Issue of
how to nav for a highway moderni
zation urogram.
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Telephone
Industry
Urges Move
WASHINGTON, May 21 W)
With the senate ready to open
debate on the boose - approved
f4.0o0.00e.e00 Income tax eat, the
telephone industry asked congress
today to repeal the excise levies on
communication.
This would ave taxpayer an
other MOe.0Oe.0oe. The excise is
levied on telephone, telegraph and
other communications service.
The recommendation waa placed
before the house ways and means
committee In statement submitted
by Uie American Telephone and
Telegraph company, A. T. Ts as
sociated companies, and Uie United
States Independent Telephone as
sociation. First Recommendation
It waa the first recommendation
for a new tax cut In Uie committee's
move toward general revisions of
Uie tax structure, which Chairman
Knutson (R-Mlnn.) said should
mean "substantial" tax reductions
beyond Uie current $4,000,000,000
bill. The committee plans to write
Uie general revisions into law next
year.
The telephone Industry asked
that the communications excise re
pealer be made a part of the 1948
revision. The industry described
this excise as s tax upon a neces
sary bosineaa and social service and
not a "luxury" tax.
In the senate. Finance Chairman
Mllllkin R-Colo.) predicted that
opponents of a 1947 Income tax
cut will reach their "high water"
mark on a postponement vote but
that the mark won't be high
enough to block the tax slash.
Powell Death
Rumor Ki
Lt CoL Oeorge Dewey Powell, now
on terminal leave from the United
States army, lata Tuesday afternoon
called friends here right In Uie
midst of multiple rumors of Uie offi
cer' death. Col. Powell, former sec
retary of Uie Klamath Falls Elks
lodge and active in community af
fairs prior to leaving here with Uie
national guard more than a year
before the outbreak of Uie war, said
he was In PorUand and planned to
go to Astoria for a visit. He plans
to be In Klamath Falls within 10
days.
Col. Powell was discharged from
Madlgan General hospital at Ta
coma. Wash.. May 13. Rumors per
sisted Uiat he had died and reached
a high Tuesday Just before Col.
Powell called here to have mail sent
to Astoria. At least a dozen tele
phone calls came Into The Herald
and News from friends checking on
Uie rumor.
Murder Trial
Gains Heat
HOOD RIVER. Ore., May 21 (IP)
The prosecution was expected to call
Its lost witness today In the trial
slaying State Policeman Delmond E.
Rondeau nere Apru .
District Attorney Teunis J. wyers
n-.i to ttrftnoMM tn tMtifv vester-
day and said three state officers
would taxe me suuiu mjumj ,u j
a, confession Uie state contends was
31UUCU UJ wo u.'
The defendant also may take the
stand toaay.
Seven state officers told on Uie
stand yesterday how Uie defendant
BM.a-.wi anH nf pinnin's state
ments alter his capture aboard ft
freight train at uranance pru -o.
Patrolman L. H. D. Sheridan said
mn . l Kim an nffif.li- afWVit.ed
him as he returned from looting two
Hood Kiver nomes oi tour mies aim
two shotguns and suggested he come
along to police headquarters to have
Uie guns checked.
Sheridan said Pinson reported he
handed Rondeau a gun, hoping to
load his arms with Uie weapons and
then run awav. but instead opened
fire and fled.
Solon Sees Danger Of
Alaskan "Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON, May 3 IIP) Rep.
Lawrence H. Smith (R-Wis.) told
the house today that Russia "has
its eyes on Alaska" and "if we are
not careful a Pearl Harbor la a pos
sibility" there.
He called on military experts to
"map out ft plan of defense for
Alaska."
Moreover, the Wisconsin member
said the communists are preparing
to take over Uie canal zone "at Uie
proper time."
There Is ample evidence, he said,
"of increased Russian air activity
over Alaska, and that's not "Just for
fun" he added:
"We can stop communuim In the
western hemisphere by acting cour
ageously now. Time Is truly of the
essence. Let lt not be said of this
congress that lt has been derelict In
Its duty."
Apartment,
Tavern And
Stores Burn
ALTl'RAS, May II An earl
morning blase which gutted a two
story frame and stucco building
drove 11 tenants of upstair apart
ment Into Alt lira' Mala street at
3 a. m. today. The fire caused an
estimated $150,00 damage and
burned up all the possession of the
tenant except the clothing they
wore coming oat of the biasing
building. None wa injured.
The fire broke out In an apart
ment on Uie second Jloor of Uia
structure which house Slim' Tav
ern, Uie Red and White store and
Uie Western Auto Supply company
store and gutted Uie interior of Uie
building although the wall still
stand.
Volunteer Firemen
Alturaa volunteer firemen brought
the flame under control about day
light, but late today one hose waa
still pouring water Into the smoking
Duuaing. ine itocu oi an three
business houses were said to be
total loss, but at least partially cov
ered by insurance.
The tractive, only recenUy pur
chased by Spencer O. Bef ley, form
erly of Klamath rails and Medford,
la located at 1st and Main in down
town Allaras. A concrete boil ding
next door which include the Al
turaa telephone eff Ice, forestry serv
ice office and ft store, wa damaged
oj smoae pat aid not catch flre.
Plremen said that Uie blaze an-
parenUy started from a gas stove
left burning all night. An unldentl-
iiea resident o: one oi the seven
upstairs apartment discovered the
fire and awakened the tenants. Ail
hastily dressed and went down a
flight of tain to the street.
All Equipment Used
All equipment of the Alturaa
volunteer fire department. Includ
ing three trucks, waa on the scene
by 3:20, and Uie fire was considered,
under control by daylight, although,
the wail and tar-paper covered
root were still burning slowly.
Some of the tire-evacuated ten
ants were given emergency living
quarters at a lumber company camp,
while others began archlng for at
place to live.
Among the tenant were Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Krnpka, who eoc lived
in Malln and Tuielake where he waa
connected with an oil company. Mrs.
Krnpka la a sister of Mrs. John
Reber of Malln and he la a brother-in-law
of Begley, the owner. They
moved to Alturaa several years ago.
Firemen said that there was little
chanoft that -the building could be
repaired and that lt waa considered
total loss.
Car And Truck
In Smashup
A coupe and truck were badly
damaged yesterday afternoon In an
accident at the Reclamation-Division
Intersection, and Mrs. Ruby
UUey, 1. 4717 Freida, driver of Uie
coupe, was later booked at Uie city
Eolice station for having no driver
cense In her possession and re
leased for an appearance In court
late today.
The driver at the truck was Ver
non D. Wallace. 35, employe of
Tufts Furnace company. Police said
that Wallace was going north on
Division and Mrs. UUey' car waa
moving east on Reclamation, and
Uiat neither attempted to stop at
Uie Intersection. '
The truck had the right of wy,
police said. The two vehicles crash
ed and the truck rolled over and
came to rest against ft telephone
pole about 60 feet away. The coupe
stayed on Its wheels. Neither of Uie
drivers waa Injured, but both ma
chines had to be towed away by
wreckers.
Two Loggers
Injured
Two Weyerhaeuser Camp 4 woods
men were in hospital Tuesday from
injuries, both received from falling
limbs. Admitted by ambulance late
In Uie afternoon at Hillside hospital
was A. F. Curry, S9, timber taller,
who suffered head Injuries when
struck while working In Uie woods.
His condition waa reported fair late
today.
Late Tuesday night Albert T. Mc
Daniel, 45, was admitted to Hillside
due to back Injuries also suffered
when struck by a tailing limb. Hfc
condition was said to be good tnla
afternoon. Both men reside at
Camp 4.
A third woods accident was re-
...V,- Tanlr Hovi. 47. AM In.
Calif., employe of Uie Loveness Log
ging company, was siruca us
which caused painful Injury to his
vs. He entered the hospital Wed
nesday afternoon.
For Alaska. Smith proposed thlg
plan of action:
1. Immediate recruitment of mili
tary personnel.
2. A campaign to Induce civilians
to migrate to Alaska to develop lt
natural resources.
3. Improvement of rail and truck
facilities to the area. "Thi mean
Uie construction of two or three
hard-surfaced roads and the main
tenance of a modern railroad."
4. Increased and Improved air and
coast artillery facilities. "Fighter
and bomber plane base are Indis
pensable. We must have Uie best.
5. Development of adequate naval
bases, Implemented by strong air
arm and undersea craft
6. Maintenance of advanced tech
nological station equipped with
powerful radar facilities.
T. Statehood for Alaska. "This If
vitally needed tor defense purpose."