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lo) M JVL o LTQ 0) o) Mil Em uTUe- Day's lews Hr PHASIC JKNKINK THE U, 8, count guard Itnfi Just completed mi Investigation ol Mm Texas (Jlly explosion mid fire dl oaler lanl ni oil 111, 11 rtmorUi IGNORANCE of and VIOLATION of unfitly regulations governing tin handling of "ilntiHToim" cargoes. (The French ship wliri'd Ilia flint explosion occurred ni bctntt loaded with ammonium nllrnle In Irrtlll'r . form. Ammonium nitrate In only hub ahort chemical Jump away from powder.) THE count guard reports Unit "hardly wlUiout exception" tlioao handling lli cargo were Ignorant of llt fety law governing audi loadings Those engaged III the operation had not txrn given Inntructlun re gal illng null dangerous cargu. There wan much smoking aboard tlin vennel, despite a "no smoking'' rule. And o on. ... frr aouiula bad. 1 Hut carelessness of thia sort la (IKNICKAL ALL. OVKR AMF.KICA. People art) careless with automobile - -wliirli. when mtahamllcd, are dangerous, death-dealing liinlru mrnla. 'Filey are carelenn with fire. They are FRIGHTFULLY care Irnn with giilia, During 1 1 m upland bird season lant fall, 1 11 1 a writer aluuKlerlngly watched a hunter who wna lining till alnglc-barrr.1 ahotgun aa a walk ing mirk, gripping It with liln hand OVFH the munrle, no that If It had been discharged Ilia hand would have been blown off, at the very leant, and If liln body had been In line he would have been killed. lie waa accompanied by liln wife and child. Monte guardian angel watched over him, and the gun didn't go off. ... flS long M there la audi careleiu " neaa. Ulere will be dlnaslera. That la aa Inevitable aa Uie rising of Uie aim tomorrow morning. How are you going to make people mure careful? Thai I a tough one. Maybe you can anawer It. Till writer can't. . tUE have been reading all Uiln week " of multiple hanging, of war rrtmlltala In Germany. Mont of thoM hanged had been convicted of inhuman deed at the Infamotu Mnlltlmiu.il coiireutratlon camp. here more than SEVEN HUNDRED TIIOUrlANU persona of varioua imtlonalltlea were done away with. Mont of thone executed pro claimed their Innocence lo the hut. One who had been reprieved even demanded defiantly to know why he waa not being hanged along with hA comrade. Another ahouted from t (caff old: "I regard It aa an ffonor for me to be hanged by the moat Inhuman of all victor. Ood nave Oerniany." ... TIIWiE convicted criminal denerve 1 death, of courae. Tlie world will be better off without audi cattle. Hut will audi hanglnga atop war? W hope no. nut we are troubled by Uie thought that execuUon baven't (topped murder. JJOW can we (top war? " How can we atop murder? Again, these are tough question. War and murder have always been more or leu dlanpproved. For an long aa we have a record In writing or in tradition, human beluga have been trying to atop war and murder. We have probably made aome pro gran In both cue. But It haa been alow. . MORE Intelligent mlndi are the only ultimate cure. Both war and murder are unprofitable enter prise. Neither nettles anything, both atlr hatred that lead to MOKE war and murder. Both work like toppling over the end one of a raw of domlnoc. They atart a chain reaction. Human Intelligence ought lo tell tin that It doesn't aeem to. CO we come to one more question: u How are we going to moke more Intelligent mlndn? Engineer can tell ii with certainty, In advance, how to build a better automobile. Nobody haa ever been able to tell u very definitely how to build bet ter minds. a Jews nun 'Bombs At Oil JERUSALEM, May 38 MO Two Jow drove a truck Into the heavily guarded Haifa port area today and threw explosives near oil barrel of the Iraq Petroleum company, offi cial said. Jjlttlo damage was re ported. A British policeman wan injured slightly when an explosive went off a he was trying to extricate It from a fence. Another bomb tore a hole In Uie fence and out a watorplpe line. The assailants escaped. The attack came shortly before a Jerusalem military court postponed until Friday the trials of five Jews accused of active participation In the May 4 prison delivery at Acre. Dofonno attorneys pleadod for time to prepare their cases for Anion Ben Mlkhallov and Reuben Zltcr-baum. Mormon Crickets Invade 1 Huge War ORDNANCE, Ore.. May 28 Ml Mormon crickets today threatened VHH1. stores oi war duiijiub wuuiuuo, soaps and other material stored at the depot here as they saturated tho Warehouse, nrca. Col, Raymond Ctiitin said the (Hunt Inn : wm serious and ho di rected trucks to spread more poison in their path. Hoi'mlston residents meanwhile worked' foverlnhly to stem the ad vance toward the rich Irrigated lands there. The Insects were mov- S- g Northottut townrd Hermlston id were only some five miles dls nt, along a six-mile front. Whether Uie Hermlatan-threalon-Ing group now In tho depot area Is nn offshoot of the main body Is un . WEATHER Mas. (May 1)1 .. U Ml 44 I'ranlpllnlUia Innl 4 k.uin .,.. nirnnm rnnr I (ni. 7. HI l.a.l rnar .. ! N.rin.l ...ll.M Cr.ii.ili lnrlly el.HSr, rilICK HVK 4JKNTM Prosecutor Flays Story Of Slaying I.APKKR, Mich., May 28 ' Proaeculor Kenneth II. Smith aald today that he will seek to prove that four young Imlay City children were alaln because they Interfered with ls-yer-old Oliver Terpriilng's attempt to rape one of them. Ho said he will attempt to shake the stolid farm youth'e story that he shot hi four playmate Monday afternoon "because I wondered what it would feel like to put a bullet through a human being." Murder 4'harge Smith aald Terpenlng will be asked to repeat Inn statement to slate police In which he waa quoted as admitting Uie seemingly motive less killings. Terpenlng I charged with murder. "If he sticks to that story he will be taken to Uie eceito to reenact the crime." Uie prosecutor added. Hmlth advanced the theory that the children were killed after they surprised Terpenlng In an attempt lo aenault 16-year-old Barbara Hmlth on the flower-plrklng foray near their farm homes. State Police Commissioner Don 8 Uonard said Uie boy also admitted killing Stanley Smith, her 14-year-old brother and hla best chum, and her alatera Oiadya, 12, and Janet, 2. Budget Public Hearing Set Public hrtirliiK on th proposed 1M7-4 county budct, which calU W MV VWM I -J (.VIMMWHI IM lilt J courthouse June 20. At that time the members of the budget committee and county court win oe on nana to listen to any and all complaints about the bud-, get and Individual allotment. The budget till year la held a few dollars Inside Uie i per cent statutory limitation on increases so will not be subnUtted for popular vole. The publlo hearing will be Uie taxpayer's dav to express him self on the matter. The entire budget document will be printed In The Herald and News twice before Uie hearing date. By dipping Into reserve funds built up during Uie war years, the budget committee managed to meet or compromise with moat of the excessive allotment demands made upon It for the next fiscal year without asking the Uxpayers for more money. The actual amount to be raised by taxation for 1D47-48 Is about 141.000 more than was call ed for In the 1640-47 budget. Music Festival Program The all-school Instrumental festi val, one of the largest and most am bitious undertakings by Uie music department of Uie city schools, will be held In Pelican court of Klamath Union liloh nehnnl at 7:30 o'clock sharp tonight, Wednesday. The original plans called for the massed nerfnrmnnce on Modoo field but weather conditions foreed the change In location, It was announced Ihln mornlnir bv Andrew Loney Jr., director of music education In the schools. Time on the program Is given at 8 p. in., but Loney will pre sent the festival at 7:30, The publlo Is Invited and there will be no admission charge. A full program will be found on page 7 of thla Issue. Education Board Slates MB Meet SALEM, May 28 (D The state board of education will meet here at 9:30 a. m, tomorrow to moke plans for operation of the Klamath Ma rine Barracks as a state vocational school. , , The board hopes to name a su perintendent of the scliool at the meotlng. The school, acquired from tho government for $1, Is expected to open early In July. Surplus Depot certain. It was believed possible this group crossed ine nignway about six or soven miles wost of Ordnance, leaving the main body still hopping about along a line from Boardman to Ordnance and south ward. Itmichei's fen red Ihe crickets al ready were laying eggs, threatening another infestation next year. Tho Invaders still were dying In the areas dusted with chlordane and Stanley Tucker's 1000-acre wheat field was given a poison treatment yestorday. It was not certain whether another new poison tr')d yesterday was successful, but It ap peared It was not. Some 400 gulls were In the depot area, but ranchers continued to pin their hopes on poison. KLAMATH ' A 4hJpm ) 'A ". (I 1 f :, or ii i i If?igi i i i ni in i i tiiii'ii UN in ii aasfcn I i rir--,' .T-tfti LAPKfllt, Mleh, May t Oliver Terpenlng Jr., 1. accused In the slaying of four children, found shot through the hrada at Imlay City, Mich., relaxes In hla cell at the Lapeer county jail 12 miles from the aeene of the alleged crime. This picture waa sent to The Herald and News by wlrephoto this morning. Attempt For J rial tor: Overell Fails 6,.,.rA ANA. Calif., May 28 ( A lluny of releases to prospective jurors on uie grouna uiat tney would not vote for the death penalty in the overell yacht deaths cose led today to another unsuccessful attempt to gel a separate trial for Louise Overell, 18-year-old heiress defendant. Miss Overall's attorney. Otto A. Jacobs, halted a colleague's ques tioning of prospective Jurors to re new an earlier motion. "This court Is excusing prospec tive Jurors for service because Uiey Ford Offers Wage Boosts DETROIT, Moy 28 P The Ford Motor company today offered 130, 000 CIO production workers the equivalent of a lS-cent-an-hour wage Increase and simultaneously boosted 20,000 salaried employes 10 per cent. The boast In salaries was limited to those making less than $1000 monthly and becomes etfecUve June 1, the company said. The offer was worded In such a way as to exclude 3800 striking foremen as long as they were not covered by a contract. The proposal to the CIO United Auto workers, which has threat ened strike action after Uiree weeks of negotiations, was conditioned on their acceptance of their old con tract virtually Intact except for wage Issues. It provided an ll'i cent hourly wage boost plus six paid annual holidays, Identical with the pattern established In settlements with Gen eral Motors corporation and Chrys ler corporation. Divers May Join Search A navnl officer from Portland, representing the 13th naval district, Is ot Odcll lake today to determine whether there is anv chance of bringing in navy divers and equlD ment to help In Uie search for the two men who were lost on Odell last Saturday. One of the men was Chief Pettv Officer Leonard Oallller. 39. navy re cruiter here, and the other, Harold Hadley, 36, deputy collector of in ternal revenue. With clearing "weather today re sort operators and fishing parties on Odell are continuing the hunt for the bodies although the exact loca tion In Uie cold waters of tho lake where tho men went down Is not known. Oregon Actors License Vetoed PORTLAND. May 28 JP) The club license of tho Oregon Actors club lins been refused renewal bv the state llounr control eommlnnlon afler an investigation of the group's financial background. , t , The club wos ordered to cense operating immediately. The order cannot be appealed to the courts. Witnesses testified only 15 to 18 of the group's 1300 members wore eligible to vote and that owners of the building held mortgages on the furnishings, recouping their invest ment from slot machine revtnue. FALLS, OREGON, WV-- H8DAY, mm. Accused Slayer Relaxes In Jail Separate admit they have conscientious scruple to the death penalty," Ja cobs argued. . "They might be quite competent to act In Uie case ot my client, une inereiore is peing acmea ner rights. - Miss Overell was only 17 at the time her parents, Financier and Mrs. waiter E. overell, a lea aboard uietr dynamite-blasted yacht and under California law could not be put to aentn u convictea. ner co-ae-fendant, boy friend George Oollum, nowevcr, is 21. ana suoiect to cam tal punishment If found guilty of first degree murder, unless Uie Jury recommends leniency. Jacobs' demand brought Uie retort irom Eugene u. Williams, neadini the state attorney general's stafl that "his client 1;. not entlUed to any particular Juror. All she Is en. titled to Is a fair and Impartial per son, not any particular persons.' Superior Judge Kenneth E. Morrison sustained him. Three men, one of Uiem a one armed negro, Norman Buchanan, had been excused In quick succes sion before Jacobs made his motion. They had been called to replace Mrs. Nora Mae Brashler, who was tentaUvely accepted for service yes terday but today told Uie court she did not believe her health would stand a long trial.' Tax Proposal Voted Down Washington; May 28 yp The senate today rejected a proposal to recognise family partnerships for federal tax purposes. By a 54 lo 29 vote, the senate turned down the plan, offered by Senator McClellan ID-Ark.) as an amendement to Uie Income tax re duction bill. McClellan declared that the In ternal revenue bureau refuses to allow husband-wife partnerships In non-community property states the advantage of splitting their paruier- snip income lor income tax pi poses, even In cases where Uie h band has paid a gift tax on the partnership interest given the wife. Gulls Disappear From Waterfront SEATTLE. May 28 MV-Thousands of seagulls have disappeared from Pugct Sound shores in recent davs, waterfront people report, but have they gone to Eastern Oregon to feast on Mormon crickets? No, said Dr. Arthur Sslhla of the University of Washington soology department today. That's an easy explanation, but here's a simpler one. he-believes: It's the nesting season now, So the gulls are nesting. There's also amnle food along the waterfront. So why fly to Oregon for a good meal? Loaqina Bids To B Cnlled PORTLAND. Ore. May 38 iP Bids for logging somo 39,000.000 board fect of timber on the Fort Lewis and McChord field military reservations near Tacoma will be called June 3. the corns of ena-1- ncers renorted today. uoi. u. ii. waisn, district engi neer, said the work would cover approximately one year starting about next December 1. Bids will be ODoned June 16. ' They are to Include both logging and manufacturing Into lumber. MAY 28, 1941 W Urn Police Hold VANCOUVER, B. C, May 28 dR Clifford Ervine Laplerre. 35, arrest ed last night In a surprise raid on a downtown hotel, was charged to day with bank robbery In connection with Monday's daylight holdup of a suburban branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Det- James Berry said 81832 found In the room had been IdenUfied as part of the $5129 taken from the bank. A pistol, also found in Uie room, was identified as that taken from Uie teller's window during the holdup, Berry said. Two men, a woman and a 18-year-old girl also were taken Into custody for investigation. They were In Laplerre' room when po lice broke In, Berry disclosed. A second man also is being sought In connecUon with the holdup. YFW Slates . Observance In conjunction with the nation wide observance of Memorial Day by Uie Veterans of Foreign Wars, members of Pelican post 1383 will honor their comrades who died In World War I and World War II. Commander Ralph Jones announced today. Leading the VFW national tribute will be Commander-in-chief Louis E. Starr, who will place a wreath of Buddy Popples at Uie Tomb of the Unknown Soldier In Arlington, Va., Jones said. , "This wreath symbolizes our re membrance of our comrades who died in defense of their country, Uie manner we chose Ho honor the dead by helping Uie living.' " Commander Jones urges members of his post to give their complete support to Uie 79th Memorial Day services. Jones stated that all mem bers of VFW would meet Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. at the KC hall where they would assemble and pro ceed to Link river bridge where the services will get under way at 9:15 Friday morning. . Likelihood Of Showers Dims After a brief rainy respite Tuesday from hot, dry weaUier, the sun shone again today with little likelihood of more much-needed rain In Uie im mediate future, according to the state, weather forecast. The predic tion for Wednesday Is parUy cloudy, with no mention ot showers. Recent high afternoon tempera tures In the 80's were replaced by Tuesday's maximum of only 51 de grees. The weather today was con siderably warmer, with the mercury a( 11:30 a.m. reaching 60. FALL FATAL PORTLAND, May 28 (P) A fall through the deck hole of a ship at Swan Island was fatal yesterday to William Benson, 57, who died in Good Samaritan hospital. . Shortest Speech WASHINGTON, May 28 (Ph Here Is the complete text of one day's shortest speeches In the house, aa delivered by Rep. Mat thews, (K-N. J.)i "What this country needs is a foreign policy that Is less foreign and more policy." (Telephone 1111) No. 10945 Districts Split Over Proposal YREKA. calif. May 18 Siskiyou county voter empbaUeally rejected the proposed county charter In yes terday's election. Latest return showed: Yes 2814, No 4351. That was the count with all but calterrd small precinct accounted for, and the margin waa so great there appeared no possibility It could be overcome. , Communities of the county split down Uie middle on the charter proposition. Eastern and Southern Siskiyou communities went strongly for it, while Yreka and Scott val'ey points hit It bard with a heavy op posltion vote. Big Turnout In Yreka, especially Uie opposition assumed vigorous proportions and one of Uie largest voter turn-out in years cracked the charter with this vote: xe lu, no Observers pointed out that It was In opposition communities where Uie vote was unusually heavy, while in those places where there was sentiment for change, Uie voters failed to 'show up in anticipated volume. The charter would have given Siskiyou county a manager and pro vided a number of other Important changes In county government. It grew out of a demand for re districting the supervisor district to give recognition to population and economic growth which has occurred since Uie present district were set up In early days. Here are the votes In a number of communities of Uie county: Yea No Dunsmuir '.; '. - 69 1 L Tolelae- .&: 205 ; 71 Winema j. YreJU Weed Dorria 57 . 118 . 341 161 . 632 . 19 18 363 S 897 415 68 US 351 328 128 ML Shasta, Fort Jones Etna, McCloud .... Summer Term Slated Here Summer school will be conducted In Klamath Falls by both Uie ele mentary and high school branches. It was announced today by Super intendent Arnold L. Oralapp . and Principal Stanley Woodruff, of KUHS. . Both schools will start Monday, June 0 at 9 a. m. The KUHS sum mer school is designed primarily for students who wish to make up crea its and not to expedite graduaUon, Woodruff stressed. RegistraUon will be held In room 210 prior to 9 a. m. There will be two periods, both in Uie morning, from 9 to 10:30 a. m. and 10:30 to 12 noon. This is a six weeks' session terminating July 18. The fee is $6.50 for each subject, the student limited to two subjects. The teaching staff will depend on the demand. Woodruff advised, but at the present will probably Include Mrs. Aaron Hoffman, social studies and English; Donald Ross, mathe matics and science, and Harold Palmer, commercial subjects. Elementary students will gather at Fremont school and fee for the six weeks' course is $20. All en trants are subject to conference with Mrs. Lena Hackett, summer school director. Gralapp stated. The course is open to all grades. Prospec tive students may contact Mrs. Hackett during Uie coming week and she will also be available for conference the first dav of summer school. June 9. Others assisting Mrs. Hackett will be Mrs. JT"bert Kirid, Roosevelt, and Julia GIgler, Mills. Nebraska Gets Heavy Snowfall OMAHA, May 28 ( Spring snows ranging up to 12 Inches at Alli ance coverea much of Western Ne braska today. The snow began falling last night and continued today. At Alliance trees were broken down by the heavy wet snow which contained 1.86 of an inch of moisture, roads were blocked, traffic snarled and all snow removal equipment called Into play. The snowfall there was heavier than any experienced during the winter. Temperatures dropped to freezing in some places. Bevin Wins Vote Of Confidence MARGATE. England. May 28 M Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin won a vote of confidence from Brit ain's ruling labor party by more than two' to one In a preliminary skirmish on foreign affairs at the party's annual conference today. The delegates voted 2.357.000 to 1,109,000 for rejection of a com posite resolution calling for a "re view of our military commitments and the distribution and organiza tion of the armed forces, in order that they may be reduced consider ably below the government's target for March, 1848." . - 1 ' . ' 1 Seven Men Face Kidnap Charges In Lynch Case JACKSON, N. C., May 28 OPHITie state ol North Carolina, following up fast breaking development In attempted mob action against a young negro here last Friday, today prepared to bring seven white men to trial on charge of kidnapping In Uie affair. Names of the seven, arrested late last night, were withheld by authori ties who hinted that there might be additional arrest and that dis closure of the names would Inter fere with the continuing investiga tion. The men, however, were re leased on bonds of 82500 each. A warrant for Uie seven, naming each of them on three counts, was issued at the office of Magistrate J. H. Boone, only a short distance from the Northampton county Jail where an armed and masked band seized 24-year-old Godwin (Buddy) Bush shortly after he was-arrested as a suspect In the alleged attempted rape of a young white stenographer In nearby Rich Square. Texas City Probe Shows Negligence WASHINGTON, May 28 m The coast guard reported today an In vestigation of Uie Texas City dla aster April 16 showed Ignorance and vlolaUons of safety regulation gov erning Uie handling of "dangerous" cargoes. A death-dealing chain of explo sions which killed and Injured hun dreds was set off when a shipment of ammonium nitrate blew up while It was being loaded on the French vessel Grand champ. The coast guard said its Inquiry did not disclose a specific cause of uie oiast out: L "Hardly without exception, those involved in handling the cargo "displayed lack of knowl edge1 of safety laws. Z hTere was smoking aboard the vessel during loading operations, despite a "no smoking" rule. a. Although ammonium nitrate 1 officially classed aa "dangerous,1' longshoremen were not given In struction on leading it. 4. The Teasel did not receive, as required by regulations, an ad vance written noUce that a dan gerous cargo would be hipped. The coast guard said samples of nitrate similar to the shipment had not blown up when tested with bullets, fire, oil and contact with study to determine "hazards" of the suostancc - During Uie loading operations on tne uranacnamp, uie report said, longshoremen were given no "specific instructions" aoout smoking. Quiet Today NANAGUA. Nicaraeua. Mav 28 JP Stores and business houses here were functioning normally and air transportation was again on regular schedule today after a brief inter ruption resulting from Uie bloodless coup which forced President Leonard ArgueUo out of office Monday. Only a few armed soldiers were seen on the streets. They were sta tioned at Uie principal corners, per forming the usual duties of traffic policemen. Deposed President Anmello. his wife and several army officers who remained loyal to film were stui In refuge at Uie Mexican embassy. The ambassador refused to let newsmen interview ArgueUo. Gen. Anastasio Somoza. head nf the army and former president who ica uie coup, nas promised the nicaraguan people that a new pres. idenUal election will be held soon. DIVERS CALLED IN'. ; LONDON, May 28 yP The Brit ish government has called In a crew of Italians to dive for "buried treasure" 3000 tons of copper In the steamer Alaska, 250 feet below Uie surface of Uie English channel off Uie Sussex coast. The ship was a wor-iime casualty. LltUe Betty Scoveli, whose head Nicaragua 1 1aT'lMiirai aISV ' J "'-v ii , , . j , was busy weighing a head of cabbage at the Bafaway store on Mala street when the 8 o'clock Specialist wandered in. Betty oMlgedt Two Issues Block Final rassage WASHINGTON. Ma 18 SH.m. alor Tart (R-phlo) said today that eanrreaa member wrltlnv h lnl draft of labor leglilatlon are tag -nai disagreement" on two issue, but are In accord oa nearly all other prorlilons. The Ohio senator told reporter thai lamina, nml tuhlnl, conferees ore deadlocked are: 1. Whether food processor and plant guard ahould be excluded from coverage by the Wagner col lective bargaining act, oa provid ed in the home bill, .What rule or evidence should apply In consideration by the court and the national labor relations board of unfair labor charge. Taft said the conference commit tee members will check with their finllDQITIIM In , V. t,n,,M J on these matters before trying again to iron them out. He said the committee expect to - -". i. uti virtually all other provisions of the bill later HIIIIJ, . The two matters ui dispute prob ably will not be setUed until tomor row morning, Taft added. The Ohloan lifted a gag rule tho committee Imposed yesterday In . - bh i ii una mucn in formation. Ranchhand Yins Damages DORRIS. May 28 Russell Beal. Don-is ranchhand who lost his right leg as Uie result of gunshot wounds received last October when hi employer, J. I. "Shorty" Brewer, shot hi mat his ranch near here, was awarded $37,500 In superior court at Yreka late Monday. , Brewer, now serving time In San Quentin following hi conviction this spring on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, did not ap pear In court nor .was he repre sented. , Beat's suit asked for 862.500 puni tive and actual damages. He testi fied briefly before Superior Judge James C. Allen and at that tlmo gave his occupation as a painter. George I. Varnum, who was with Beal the night of the shooting, also gave brief testimony. The three men had been in Dorrls earlier tho evening of Uie quarrel and Brewer left -Bal and Varnutn an entered his home. The two men drove Into a field and Brewer said he feared they were going to harm him aa he had recently sold his ranch and was - In possession of. considerable money. He fired the shot which left Beal lying in a stubblcf leld for six hours. - The wounded man was moved to Hillside hospital in Klamath fall where his condition remained Criti cal for days. Amputation of the leg at the hip was found necessary to save his life: Brewer admitted fixing Uie 12-gauge shotgun. J. Everett Barr. Yreka attorney, represented Beal. The decision gave BBeal $22,500 actual damages and $15,000 punitive damages. Truman Eyes ORANDVTEW. Mo May 38 (A) President Truman is planning an early return to Washington In view of the amazing Improvement of hi mother In Uie. past few days. - Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said Mrs. Martha E. Truman's Improvement has reached such a point that U there Is no setback today, "the president may safely consider an early re turn" to the White House. Ross made his observation at a news conference a few hours after Uie president said his mother had "Uie best night" last night .since ho flew here May 17. Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, Uie president's physician, said that Uie 94-year-old patient' tempera ture "is now normal," that her respiration "is excellent" and her pulse "Is good." Just slightly tops the cash register, Capital Trip
