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TIIK Homo general Mi-Ike, after
holding frightened, needy Itullun
workers away from their Juba lor
two dnyn, In culled olt by tlir. com
munism, who CLAIM VICTORY.
Premier de Gasperl's iiovrriiiiicnl
denounce tho "victory" claim
"wuhnut founilullon."
1'oiluy'i dltputchcs Kiirt the alt
tiallim In lloiiio Ha "buck In noriiml,
with thn cndliiK of tho strike: Jeep
loadu or riot police bio circulating
throughout the city, but are finding
no trouble,"
It aceiiin u (ulr conclusion Unit the
alrlko IiUlrd to accoinpllnh Ita rr.ll
purpose, which was to uii'iri the ex-latin-
iiintl - comiminlo govern
inriii, tlma KlvliiK tho rcda tho op
portunity in seiac by force the lead
ership wlilih they hnvo been iinnblo
to iiniii by iiieiuia of tho ballot.
PHKIlK la oilier poihlbly liilerellni
"'irvldenco Uiat these comtilumiu
liinplreil atrlkea III Prune mid Italy
omy have been acutely dlauppoliitmi
to their Inaplrera.
In London, at the foreign' ntln
ltrr conference. Mololov blows hla
lop. lie charge that the western
powera are "prolltnni on Clermnn
exports . . . buylini up German
firms , , . pihiiK up economic obli
gations on (ieriininy . . . trying 10
perpetuute tho divUlon of Ger
many." All thla, ho dcrlarra. la "purl of
a alraleiitc scheme to convert I lie
weatern lone Into a bal for an
attack on the "DKMOCKATIC
COUNTRIES" ol Europe"
.
(IN the Manual dlctlonury,
"democratic" country It
COMMUNIHT country. H follows.
Iherefore, thut the only democratic
countrlea are those Included wllliln
the coininunlnl Ruulan bloc. All
oihera. In the red Jumon, are
Taaclnl.")
IN trying to fmure out WHY Molo
tov auddenly blew hla top (he haa
been aa mild u dlahwater ao far
throughout the current aeulon of
tho conference of foreign mlnlatcral
let'a apply Uio well-known Mluourl
technique for finding a lout mule
lhat in, let'a try to Imagine what
we'd do If wo were a mule that waa
aklpping out.
What would you do If you were an
tipper-bracket conimunlal, achemlng
for a world revolution that would
put llmlUeaa power within your
hand without eren having to go to
war to got It, and you got a naaty
aotback In two ol the key countrlea
Mua you wort expecting to tall Into
your lap?
You MJOHT blow up. :
FHB "authorities" (thona who have
1 "Inalde" aourcea of Information)
have been telling ua for aome time
that when Mololov and Vtahliukl
become particularly vluieratlve
they are TALKING TO THE RUS
SIANS rather than to ua.
In tho prcMiii sltuuilou, that
aeema to nmko a certain tort of
aeiuo, Tho home folk HuMlam must
have been led to believe that both
Italy and Prance wero duck aoup
for communism. The way It has been
told to them, the opprciued "lib
erala" In both nullum have, been
Ju.it on the point of rlalng In their
democratic might and aelxlug the
relna from the hands of the wicked
"faaclaU." Then come these twin
Jolla In Parla and Rome.
It could be that Molotov la danc
ing the war dunco and bentlug Iho
war drum In order to divert Iho
minds of tho fnllhlul uwny from the
nasty socks on tho button that com
munism has tix ken In France and
Italy within the past few days.
QN our part, of course, we mustn't
Jump to the rosy conclusion th.u
etcrythlng In lovely, with the goose
hanging high, In Italy and France.
Thul Isn't true. What haa hap
pened there can be at best only a
hopeful straw In a high, cold wind.
Frenchmen and Italians are still
hungry and cold. Must of them are
still bitter as they gaze upon the
fat, sleek black ninrketecrs who are
lfrnllnNd an ri t. Calainn at
- AM
Thla picture waa taken al yesterday's report luncheon with the fln.il lilarkbonrd milutlon shoniug the
Klamath Community Chest ovtr lit 168,000 goal. Co-Chairman Ken Klahn of the drive la marking the
board. Board Chairman Arnold (iralapp at left, and Malcolm Kpley. drive co-chairman, ia at right.
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GOP Senators Keep Secret
Own Anii -Inflation Slate
Which Leaders Agree Upon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 il'i
Republican acnatora aureed today oil
10-polnl antl-liiflulloii program
aimed at curbing the cost o( llvtria
through volunury action combined
with mine government control.
Chulrman Mllllkln iR-Colo.i of
tho republican aenate conference
withheld detnlbi of the program until
Senator Tnfl of Ohio cull complete
redrafting a alulemeiit agreed upon
at a four-hour m-vIoii of all the'
GUI' acnatora.
The atutement wan Mild to cull fur
the apeedy ennctmcnl by congress of
County Sets
Zone Group
A nlno-mun county planning and
tuning oommlMion luu been ap
pointed by Uie county court ana a
measure may be Inserted In the
May primary election .ballot asking
the voters to give Uie commission
authority to go ahead with work
setting up lone and building regu
lalloiia 111 the suburban regions of
tho county.
Tho commission was set up in ac
cordance with two lawa passed by
Uie recent suae legislature, but ap
proval of the county voters u neces
sary to allow the commission to
function.
Work of the committee would be
to gone the county lor future build
ing, require building permits as la
dune Inside the city limits and pro
pose, land-use regulations. The par
ticular area which this commission
probably would work la In the
"fringe" districts Just outside the
Klamath Palls city limit.
Fred Pope, member of Uie county
court, sold that the court probably
would call for a voto on the May
ballot "should the county court be
authorized to enact toning and
land-use regulations."
If that la approved, the planning
commission can start to function.
Appointed to the commission were
V r n Moore. Hugcr. temporary !
chairman: Scott Warren, Algoma; j
Henry Wlard, Altamont district:
Jerry Slsemore. Fort Klamath;
Harry Obenchain. Bly; Dick Hen
el. Mnlln: E. C. Lemlcr. Merrill; j
N. H. Hansen. Lenox addition, and ,
Jesse Drew. Hlldebrande. i
Ice Crust Covers
Crater Lake Snow
A thin, Icy crust cavers 43 inches
of packed snow at Crater Lake na
tional park and (he Saturday morn
ing report was favorable toward
week-end skiing prospects.
Roads In Uie park were said to be
very slick and no cars will be per
mitted to travel beyond Annie
Spring without chains, rangers said
this morning. Minimum temperature
this morning was 34, the maximum
Friday, 40. Both the lunch counter
and ski tow will be in operation
Sunday. A big crowd wot expected
In the park Sunday with skiing con
ditions as good as Uicy are today.
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Claim leied
legislation setting up procedure for
agreement by buslncsa and agricul
tural luteresu to parcel out scurce
' cost of living Items,
j It was reported to contain sevcrul
of the propowls laid down In I'renl-
dent Truinun's 10-pomt program
I submitted at the oiicnnig of the
spcclul session ol cungress, such as
export controls.
I Mllllkln said the statement, which
Tuft promised to have ready later in
the day, was approved unanimously,
mi far us 1 could see," by more than
3b republican senulors present.
I Tull explained thul the statement,
'. as revised, will be sent over fur ac
tion by house republican, he vx
I pressed hope the house members
can agree on it unu uius muxc it u
general republlcun program.
Mllllkln said the conicrcnce made
"some change In theory and many
changes in lunguugo" In a previous
statement dialled lor Ita considera
tion by the scnuio i,iubllcun policy
committee, which Tint hcuds.
Tall showed reporters a typewrit
ten copy on which changes had been
Inked In on nearly every line, but
refused to let them read It.
"Musi of Die four hours of this
conference has been spent In draft
ing language expressing the re
publican view and It must be pre
sented in exactly that languugc."
Die Ohio senator said In declining to
summurlie the statement.
Prior to the senate republican
groups action, the house banking
committee took action on a separate
report. It said It haa not closed the
door on Uie president's anU-lnlla-Uon
program but 11 contended some,
of his proposals might lead to "dis
tortions" and "dlversloin."
Yule Lighting,
Deadline Set
Deadline for Judging entries In
tho annual Christmas lighting con
test has been et for the early eve
ning of December 31. Al Longe.
Jaycee chairman, stated today. No
cm.r,ra w " JuaKra "l" Inu "me
81 ? ". nomc-owners win oe per-
i nmieu 10 bsk ior re-junging alter
December 31 through additional em
bellishments of their display. 1
Earl Redman, George Dlmbat and I
Dick Magtilre will Judge the dis
plays and they will be assisted by
sub-committees from the various
lonf.v A list of prizes will be pub-
llshcd next week. I
The city has been laid out In five I
tones which will be number 1 to 6: I
ones 6 and 7 in the suburban areas !
north and south of tho railroad
tracks: none 8. Llndlcy heights on to
Weyerhaeuser.
A card or phone cull to the chum-
ber of commerce stutlon that the '
home-owner desires to enter the i moo-pound mow animal, wno train
contest, will be appreciated by the : ed on carrots. The man Is Chester
committee. Awards will be presented I Fiupatrlck. 225-pound red - head
at tho community program on Mo-' Irishman, who trained in a pool
doc field December 23. I hH.
- They will get at opposite ends of
IIODY FOl'M) ' 300-foot rone at 2 p. m. and begin
ALBANY, Dec. 13 The body
of Irwin E. Gardner, 58. was found
yesterday in Muddy creek, a stream
which crosses his farm near Halscy.
He had been missing since Uie
previous day.
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KLAMATH FALLH, OREGON, (SATURDAY,
Communist
Victory Is
Held False
HO.MK. Dee. 13 MV-The govern
ment of Premier Alelde de (iaapert
denounced today aa "without foun-
aution communist claims ol vie-
lorr In the 48-hour general strike :
which ended al midnight
The communiala asserted they
had squeezed an additional 7.700.
000,000 lire (S1W47.D74I in unem
ployment relief funds out of tiie
government with the strike, which
ended after a steely show of gov
ernment might-
Thc communique from the office
of the Christian democrat premier
said the communist clulm was un
founded and thut the strike ended
where It began with an offer of
n.000,000,000 lire nwzumoi. Of
tin. 11 billion total, seven was for
new appropriations and lour from -
funds alrcudy set aside lor puDhc
works, Uie communique said.
Not Confirmed
A report that Uie city of Rome
was prepared to add 2.000.000,000
In is317,OOOi has not been con- ,
Ilrincd. Labor hau asked tor a 14 j
bill. on lire program, with 10 billion '
111 new appropriations. j
The situation in Home was back i
to normal this morning with ending I
of the strike. Jeep loads of riot
police circulated through the city i
nut lound no trouble.
The eommunisl-dominated chum- i
ber of labor of Home province,
which ordered the work stoppage
Wednesday night and called It olf
last night, ellective al midnight,
used only one word in its dally news
bulletin this ruornlnt: "Victory. i
. De Guspcrl. on Uie other uund,
declared that lurge scale public
works projects already were lu Uie
mill and told reporters that the
agreement which ended the strike
could have been reached bciore 11
began.
He implied what other members
of his party and his party's news
paper said In plain words: Thai
Uie strike was called for political
purposes only. Leftists have been
galled ever since De Oaspert tossed
them out of his cabinet last May.
Big Pull
Due Today
WATERLOO. Ore., ""ec. 13 (Pi
It's the showdown today for man vs.
horse In a $5000 tug-of-war that Is
drawing fnrmcrs from miles around
In this Western Oregon farrning
community.
The horse Is 12-year-old Baldy. a
i iiiggiuir. i nat is. me norse win.
it win oe nis 'oo to try to pun tne ,
Irhman unrlght.
The sly Flfnatrlck will lie down,
and It's no reflection on Uie Irish.
In that so-restful position, he wMl
place the rope In an angle vari
oti'siv estimated from 1 to 7 degrees.
The horse will heve thre m'niites
to pull FltnBtrlri' erect. tu the
rope from htm. or cause h,m to
ehnnie noslllnn ''"hen an est'mntd
5.000. woeered In small hots bv the
farmers herenbouts will rhnnge
hands probably In less than three
minutes.
TrnHinn DeHieted
PORTLAND. Dec. 13 (flh-Llght
wheat tmd'ni for the rest of this
venr was oredieted bv the U. S.
dennrtment of agriculture today.
The TTSDA's weekly grain review
reported growers inclined to hold
Ihelr remaining storks until lifter
the first of the year. Trading was
light this week, though the Portland
market was strong, with a net gain
of 6 cents a bushel on most types
of wheat.
Columbia river terminals received
7fii cars of wheat during the period.
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Lucille Caldwell, clerk In Ricky Jewelry store, ihowa a diamond
ring to a strange customer. This duck wandered into the store without
coercion at 3:30 p. m. Friday, taking; his place among: the crowds of
Christmas shoppers.
House Banking Committee
Snipes At Price Program
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 olv-The
house banking committee said today
it has not slammed the door on
Piestdent Truman's anti-inflation
piogram but contended some of his
proposals might lead to "distortions"
and '"division."
-The committee said the president
himself feared year ago that se
lective price controls might lead to
these tilings.
The group filed with the house a
formal report approving a GOP
substitute for Mr. Truman's plan,
centering around permission for
business to make agreements to cut
prices without violating the anti
trust laws.
The republican measure Is slated
foi house consideration Monday.
As the report was filed, republican
senators prepared to review a cost
o! living statement submitted bv
: Senator Taft R-Ohio. Senators
I who saw Uie preliminary draft said
Jet Bomber
Test Halted
SEATTLE,
new six-Jet
Dec. 13 iPy Boeing's
experimental heavy
bomber, the XB-47, will not make
Its Initial flight to the Moses lake
ail forces field until Sunday or
Inter, depending on weather condi
tions, it was announced today by
N. D. Showalter. chief of flight tests.
Bad weather forced cancellation
of today's scheduled takeoff. Sho-
woher said.
The XB-47 made four successful
"fit speed taxiing tests yesterday.
j reaching maximum soeeds of ap-
pioximately 100 miles per hour.
Company officials said the big plane
functioned perfectly when it
was tested under "unsymmetrlcal
pewcr." achieved through shutting
off some of the Jets during the fast
toxi runs.
Crews will double check the radically-designed
craft and Its equip
ment today to make certain It Is in
top shape.
BASKETBALL
Pelican Court Saturday, 7:30 P. M.
Probable Starting Lineups
(First Game)
Astoria Poi. Oregon City
14 1 Korpela .'. F Hoffman 11
15. Morse F Sanetel 12
8 Logue C W. Van Pelt 14
1 2 Kittilson G Spiess ' 7
17 Syvonen C Schniable 3
Astoria reserves: 10 Hansen; 16 Franciscovich; 1 1
Erickson; 19 Simonson; 13 Fransen. Oregon City re
serves: 4 Cook; 6 Snook; 9 Ruby; 10 Ruminski; 13
C. Van Pelt.
(Second Game)
Klamath Pot.
Kennctt '. F ..
Barnes F
Dawes C.
Lust C
Zarosinski C
3
5
15
10
8
Klamath reserves: 4 Stringham; 7
Elliott; 13 Whitney; 20 Torgerson; 6
Dorman. Grant reserves: 5 Patterson; 9
Hays; 8 Keller; 3 Dickey.
Ring, Duck?'
that it too left a loophole through
which Uie GOP could fall back on
seme form of compulsory action if
its proposed voluntary methods fail
to halt rising prices.
These senators said the advance
statement was significantly lacking
in any attack oh Mr. Truman's re
quest for standby wage-price and
rationing authority. Taft's state
ment proposes to set out GOP aims.
In Its report to the house, the
banking committee said it "has
endeavored to comply with that part
of the president's program which
it believes can safely be put into
effect immediately."
"The committee expects." it said,
"to continue to study the whole
program and to explore Its potential
consequences in Uie next regular
session of the congress."
The committee said no adminis
tration witnesses have been able
to tell how the stand-by controls j
asked by Mr. Truman would operate I
until voluntary efforts had been
tried, so it "became clear" that no
action Is necessary on them at the I
special session.
Nimitz To
Quit Monday
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 liPh-Fleet
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. who is far as Uie east coast states are con
retiring Monday as chief of naval ceroed was taken i-M yesterday by
operations, said farewell to Presi- Socony-Vacuum when it advanced
dent Truman today.
He shook hands with everyone in
the White House lobby Including re
porters and guards. He said he will
leave Monday for the Pacific coast
where he will visit a married daugh
ter at San Diego. Calif.
"I will have an office In the 12th
naval district at San Francisco
where I can be reached." Nimitz
said.
He displayed a silver cigarette
case given him by his associates on
which names of several were en
graved. Including that of President
Truman. '
Admiral Louis M. Denfeld will
take over Nimitz' post as chief of
naval operations. .,
Grant
Rivenburgh
Ferrell
" Hall
Marineau
Croley
-Edwards; 1 2
Brightman; 9
Bonawitz; 6
Christmas Spirit
Sends Duck On
Shopping Spree
Over the river and through the
wood came a duck. It put down on
Main street at 7th, early yesterday
afternoon, threaded Its way pur
posefully through traffic, hopped up
onto the curb and went Into Rlckys
Jewelers.
He was assisted up onto a counter
by a courteous clerk and shown a
diamond ring.
The duck Identified as a canvas
back did not act wild or frightened,
but only slightly dazed by the glit
ter around him. Some of the
amazed customers in the shop sup
posed the bird may have hit a wire
In flying too low over the city.
Rlckys' service extended to giv
ing the bird a lift down to the river
where he took off happily to Join
his comrades, his Christmas window
shopping over.
Lamm Estate
Tops Million
Final appraisal of the estate of
the late W. E. Lamm, pioneer lum
berman of this area, set the value
of Mr. Lamm's holdings at
Jl .662,722.23, making It prooably the
largest estate ever probated in
Klamath county.
Mr. Lamm died September 23 at
the age of 61 and the bulk of his
estate was left by will to his wife,
Mrs. Alice McCourt L-nm.
Appraisers were O. C. Lorenz,
Mitchell Tillotson and Sam Rife.
The Inventory of the estate In
cludes $158,000 In a checking ac
count in a San Francisco bank:
$206523 in interest-hearing U. S.
treasury bonds: 1500 shares of caoi
tal stock In the Deschutes Lumber
company with a market value of
$829545: 2870 shares in the Lamm
Lumber company worth $200900.
and 173 shares of stock In the Och
oco Lumber company worth $86500.
The appraisal did not Include Insur
ance. Las Vegas
Business Off
LAS VEGAS. Nev.. Dec. 13 (At
Marriages and divorces, important
commerce in this busy town, are
falling off from the high levels of
the war-time years. County Clerk
Gertrude Moore reported todav.
The all-time high for marriages
was reached in January. 1942, when
2110 licenses were granted during
the month. This receded to 1612 in
Jrnuary of this year, and so far in
1947 the monthly average has been
onlv about 1750.
Divorces reached their high water
mark in January. 1946. when 642
were granted. Miss Moore said. They
steadilv taoered off and in October
onlv 275 divorces were issued.
It's still big business here, though.
The clerk estimated that the aver
age person establishing residence
for a divorce spends about $1000
during the six weeks, and the aver
age newivwed couple leaves about
$150 in town, she said.
Gas Price To
Be Boosted
NEW YORK. Dec. 13 VP) A new
round of price increase: for gasoline
and other petroleum products is ex
pected in oil circles to get under
way next week.
Initial move In that direction so
motor gasoline, aviation gasoline.
home heating oils, light dlesel oil
and kerosene by nine-tenths of a
cent a gallon. Heavy fuel oil was
upped 38 cents a barrel.
In other marketing areas. Stand
ard Oil of Ohio and Standard Oil
of Indiana, serving mid-western and
other interior states, advanced their
products last week by larger
amounts. Other firms operating in
other sections are expected to follow
suit by Uie middle of next week but
whether the increase will be uni
form or not was unknown in eastern
oil circles.
Three Killed In Flare-Up
Of Chicaao Ganq Violence
CHICAGO. Dec. 13 VP) Three
gunmen, described by police as
"mad dog killers," killed three men
and wounded two others before one
of the gunmen was slain by police
machine-gun bullets today.
Police seized one of the gunmen
and hunted for a third after the
wild shooting spree by the trio last
night and early today.
Two of the victims were slain in
a "gang ride." Two others, also ab
ducted and shot, escaped, although
they were wounded, one seriously.
One man was slain In a south side
garage, from where the trio had
forced the tour other men into their
car and had drivei into western
suburbs.
Bodies of two of the . kidnaped
men were found today about 10
hours after the trio had slain John
Kuesis, 33, owner of a used furni
ture store, at the garage of his
brother, Nick. 40.
Kuesis' slayer was identified by
police as Tom Daley, 42, an ex-con-vlct,
who was slain by a squad of
detectives early today as he at
tempted to flee from a west aide
apartment, his slaying following the
seizure of one of his companions.
- Daley's companion, Capt. Andrew
Barry said, told him that after
Middle East
Death Toll
Set At 331
JERUSALEM, Dee. 13 lFl
Bombs and guns killed 14 Arab
and three Jews and wounded at
least 81 other persons In Palestine,
batllea today, official reports laid.
Six Arabs were slain In Jerusalem
and six in Jaffa by bombs. Two
Arabs and three Jews died In a
gun battle at Bcersheeba In the
south.
The Palestine death toll after 14
consecutive days of fighting rose to
215. The toll for the Middle East
since the United Nations voted par
tition was 331.
Two anti-personnel bombs were
tossed Into the teeming Arab mar
ket place before Jerusalem's ancient
Damascus g:te, killing six Arabs
and injuring 41 others.
A bomb tossed from a speeding
truck at a coffee house in all-Arab
Jaffa killed six more Arabs and
injured 40 others.
The Holy Land death toll in
Jewish-Arab fighting since the
United Nations decision to partition
I Palestine rose to 210.
Bomb Tossed
Eye-witnesses at Jaffa said the
bomb was thrown from an army
truck driven by Jews who entered
from Uie direction of all-Jewish
Tel Aviv.
In Jerusalem's Old City police
fired machine-guns over the heads
of the milling Arab crowd after Uie
explosions. Witnesses said the
bombs came from two Jewish taxis.
The blast damaged two buses. Two
of the Jerusalem dead were women.
Outside Uie Old City's gate an
Arab mob assaulted a British con
stable, who was slightly Injured, and
fired on a uniformed Jewish police
man. British armored cars prowled
Uie area.
With the Holy Land's communal
fighting In Its 14th consecutive day.
the Arab communities counted 97
dead; the Jews, 104. In addition,
six Britons, two Armenians and one
Mauritian soldier have been slain.
Deaths in all Uie Middle East bar
totaled 326.
Lumber Price
May Be Cut
NEW YORK. Dec. 1J UP Rep.
Gamble (R-N. Y.) says lumber pro
ducers are prepared to slash prices
as much as 25 per cent and that
congress will act. If necessary, to
Iepalize an industry wide agreement
to Implement such a reduction.
Gamble, speaking yesterday be
fore Uie Metropolitan Association
of Real Estate Boards, said that
congress, by granting lumber pro
ducers partial immunity from the
anti-trust laws, would be acting to
alleviate the present housing short
age and help curb Inflation.
The chairman of the Joint con
gressional committee on housing
said that materials are the chief
cause of high housing costs, adding
that the greatest increase had oc
curred In lumber with prices now
averaging 221 per cent more than
th" 1939 level.
Gamble said he had been In
formed by big timber Interests that
thev are ready to work out a price
cutting plan "If it can be executed
with the aoproval of the department
of Justice."
Bandit Picks On
Broke Victim
DETROIT. Dec. 13 (Pi A bandit
who tried to rob Wayne Rugglea
ended no 50 cents in the red, the
infnded victim told police today.
Ruggles. 30. reported a man was
lving on the floor of his car when
he got In last night, and ordered
him to "get going." He said ha
drove until his gasoline tank was
nearly empty, and told the bandit
he had no money to refill It.
The bandit furnished half a dol
lar for gasoline and let Rugglea
drive a lew more miles before de
manding his wallet. Ruggles pro
duced it empty. The disgusted
hcldup man gave up.
shooting John Kuesis and abducting
four men In the garage, they drove
to Brookfield where they shot John
Kuesis' brother, Nick, and Frank
Baker. 17, and pushed their bodies
from the car.
Nick, not seriously wounded, tele
phoned police.
Later. Barry said the gunmen
told him, they shot and killed Emll
Schmlkal, 18, and a youth Identified
as James Alex and dumped their
bodies into a ditch In suburban Mc
Cook and Hodgklns. . Baker, Schml
kol and Alex were reported by po
lice to have been employes In Nick
Kuesis' garage.
Police Lt. John McNamara said
that the shootings started after
three gunmen appeared at the Kue
sU garage last nlRht and argued
with John Kuesis over an automo
bile repair bill.
McNamara said John Kuesis, who
woe the father of five children, had
beaten Daley recently and that they
had been on unfriendly terma for
the last several weeks after Kuesis
had appeared as a witness against
Daley during his trial on a robbery
charge. '
Police said John Kuesis, well
as Daley, had police record dating
back several years.