Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1947)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON PAGI THRU Bright Arroy Of Lights Heralds Christmas In Klamath Falls Youth Held Perkins was recently paroled from the state reformatory at Monroe, where ha had served three-year term for burglary, He was arrested last Friday afternoon as he arrived here by bus from Chehalts to keep a dnte with a girl friend. He had been questioned repeat edly since that time, and Hlnkle said he made the oral admission last night and told the officers: Death Penalty "I would sooner go by the noose than by life sentence." Hlnkle said he would ask (or the death penalty In the case. The oodles of the Jessups were found In their blood-spattered three room cottage late Tuesday of last week by neighbors who became alarmed when the elderly couple had not appeared around their home throughout the day. Hlnkle accused Perkins In the Information of stabbing the Jessups with a butcher knife and beating them with a rock. i y win ifim if y urn ' m fW'.J For Murder Of Couple OLYMPIA. Dec. 24 M-A. Bruce . 'i - '.L ' Mi,'1. , ."-r.,v-i.::.K-- - ' ' ;", .' ,'...,' 'r- -r.' ' fi x"f ,. , ,.v..-J 'i,r-- H. :: "yy:yy f. " -ay-. .. . Perkins, 22 - year - old Ormlaska youth, tixinyHS chnrRed with first deftree murder in connection with the fitnbblng and bludxeonlni; of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Jessup In their small home near the state capltol late the night of December IS. Prosecutor Van R. Hlnkle. who filed the Information, said law en forcement officials of Thurston county and Olympta obtained an y oral admission from Perkins that he had committed the double slay- Inn. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, 1947 IB'- ' n i. ttfk fee a ' i tJab The iiiiuisi-r scrnr drplrlril III the picture above 1 the lumllHiitk of Mrs. C. I), (irovrs of 1431 Lakcvlew. sweepstakes winner in the Junior rhambrr of riunmrrre aiintml outdiHir lleMlnr rmitrst. Mrs. (inivrs' entry as the wlnnrr in dlstrlrt 5 as well as the over-all winner. Winner In ilUlrlrl B was Jim II. Hunter of SK5I Wlard. At rlchl Is the brilliantly heliled tree which revolves above the traditional Christmas wish, "I'eare on Kartli." Sl other first place awards were eiven Willi the names of the winners in the story below. Pictures of their entries will appear In The Herald and News later this week. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 9 BELL MACHINERY CO. 4615 South 6th Phone 8076 Lighted Nativity Scene TakesTop Lighting Honor 8 A lighted setting of the nativity ! and the infant Jesus set In a box scene won for Mrs. C. D. Groves of 1434 Lakevicw the sweepstakes prize in the Junior chamber of commerce annual outdoor Christ mas lighting contest. Mrs. Groves, residing In district 5, received as her prize $25 donated by the' Cali fornia Oregon Power company. Other winners received $10 gift certificates from Klamath mer chants. The figures of Mary and Joseph JC's Wind Up Program stage of straw were made by Mrs. ' g Groves, with the whole scene illu- : 3 mlnated by soft lights. ! A Prize winners were announced at it the Jayeees' big community Christ' mas celebration at Modoc field last night. Residential areas were divided Into districts with one prize in each. District 1 winner was Elmer Bramlett of 111 N. Rogers, who j J( used a Santa Claus scene in red and green with lights outlining his home. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year TO ALL MY CUSTOMERS FROM "BUTCH" OF THE SMOKE HOUSE French Plan Strict Tax For Building 24 il-iPollie Chief Jink Thomp son said a 4-'-y'iir-olcl V.'c;.l Pulm Ilciu'h mull, using a Uoy Scout knife, bliuilicd Hie throats of his wife, who died, his young son and two attorneys here today utter milking out his will, then Jumped to his death from the sixth lloor of an office wUmU::::. Tlioinpviii Identified the man us David Ralph liuriiMde. He said the cuttliiKs look place In the olllces inf Attorneys K. M. llaynes and H. In tiinnilitm. both of whom were The deputies puw.cd Hie bill laM 1 j,!,!,,. iiiltht, :iou to -'(, with the far left ' The two lawyers mid Hie son, tlio communlM.s Joining the far I Juiiirn lliunslde, 14. were taken to right the followers of lien. Charles hospital and Thompson said he do Gaulle In opposition to the had not been able to question any governiiient ineaMiie. which was en- of them. titled an "exceptional levy In thc A secretary In the law office of atruggle iiKiunst Inflation." rBayncs and Hamilton said the The miner rlmmocr the council ( three uumsmcs came 10 ine mi ice I'AltlS. Dee. 21 0V1 Tile national ansenilll.v sent to the upper lesUla tlve chamber today a tlraxtle new "aieilerlty" nirasure ileKisnrd to help pay fur a luo billion dollar reconstruction program by dralniiiK off funds of frenchmen who make more than &17K0 a year. Man Kills Wife, Slashes Son, Two More, Takes Life WKST PALM UKACH. Ma.. Dec. his death. Tile body was Jound In of the republic, was expected to begin dclmtu on the bill within 4H hours. The lower chamber was scheduled to go to work on the I'lcnrli biKlKi'l for 111 III. calling for expenditures of H:ili.oou.uoO.0J0 francs iS1.1u:t.OOll,oooi. Itonds or Taxes The tax measure requires French men to hiiv 1:10.000.000.(100 francs (Sil,0!l2.000.tiooi worth of govern ment hands or pay that amount hi taxes. The taxation will he a Million scale levy on those with tin Inromc of aliove 4.'i0,0llll frillies (SH7H0I a year. Funils ruined will be used In help pay tor 11 2.ltl.lltlO.()IMI.(IIIO franc ICl.lWll.raiO.IIIIUi recount rucil Ion pro gram. Tho iTinitliKlcf of the budget, under Milan Minister Kenc May er's plans, will come from 11 Hi fur nished by the Dinted Kliilcs. One major piiipii.su ot the ineiisurc Willi to drain off excess purchasing pow er. The assembly hacked up the new measure hy authorizing the govern ment to Issue special 3 per cent bontla redeemable in 10 years. They would be Issued hi three Install ments, beginning January 1A Tax payers liable to the provisions of the "exceptional levy" will have the option of Inlying bonds or paying tuxes In a like iiiniiunl. The vote on tho bond Issue was . 351 to mi), with the opposition coin ing chiefly from the communists, and a will was made out for the elder lUiinslde naming his wife. Uernlcc Hell. 3D. as sole beneficiary. Bhc was In an outer office and paid .scant attention to the pro ceedings until the boy ran through her ofllce yelling and with blood dripping from his tin nut. The father followed a minute later, she said. She culled help then found Mrs. nurnslde on tiie floor bleeding profusely and both lliiynes and Hamilton bleeding from cuts nuotit the throat. Mrs. Uiiruslde died be fore she could bo removed. After leaving the offices, Thomp son sulci Iliirusldc run In 11 ftrc escape and Jumped six stories to Car Theft Charge Off The cuttings look place in the dro))ed yesterday aft- Comeau building on Clematis street I Prnoon against Nelson Woodrow In tho heart of downtown West j Hurd and the 26-year-old ex-sol-Palm Bench, which was crowded dler and ex-convlct was sentenced with Inst -minute Christmas shop-j to 18 months in Uie Oregon state pcrs at the time. penitentiary as a parole violator. The law offices were spluttered! Dropping the cur theft charge with blood. The knife, also covered : Prevented Hurd from coming un with blood, was found on the floor u" he state's habitual criminal of the olflces. Thompson said. ncl """ would have meant life , ! imprisonment, a Christmas present Harry Goodnmrk. an attorney who rom thc local clrcuit court told police he had handled some Hurd. affairs lor Burnslde in the past Tn" ,.., ,. i comnanv Junior chamber 01 commerce members were resting on their lau rels today after an ambitious Christ- m n.V.,t. MilmlnoloH loci u -" " , to his rooftop, night at Modoc field where the big community Christmas tree twinkled with scores of colored lights. Some 400 children were given sacks of candy by a red clad Santa Claus, and several hundred sacks left over from the treat were turned over immediately to the Christmas bureau for distribution. A crowd es timated between BOO and 900 persons gathered at the field for the cele bration. A total of 250 calls came in over the "Hello Santa" phones manned by Jayeees the past three nights, In district 2. Malcolm Epley of ! j( 604 N. 7th won the award with a ! nuge canaie outlined in ugnts j a anainst the chlmnev of his house, i 427 Market rercy tvans 01 23? i uaraen. dis trict 3, used an elaborately lighted ' setting with Santa Claus, lighted ! trees and a lighted ladder leading ' A. G. Zweigart said as far us he knew the man was pcrlectly normal und he did not know of any "domestic diffi culties" or family troubles which might have led to the cutting. The will was brief and merely directed that all dcbls be paid and that the estate to go to his "be loved wife." who was named execu trix, to serve without bond. The condition of tho three men was listed as critical. The hlppogrlff. a creature hnlf horse and hull griffin, was de scribed by sonic early scientists as an actual living animal. Turn those no-longer-used ar ticles Inio cash now I Herald and News Want Ads arc Inexpensive and bring quick results. who blasted Iho whole progruiii as "a plan of ruin for the working class und the middle classes." ROLLER CHAIN FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS IN STOCK PORTLAND IRON WORKS x l:W5 NW Norlhrup Portland, Oregon with Floyd Wagner, a paroled Ne- vnda prison lifer, stole a car here early in December. Wagner is still In the county Jail awaiting release to Nevada authorities. Previously Hurd had burglarized a tavern here, for which he was on probation. In Justice court yesterday after noon. Archie DeWltt, 30. and Rol lic Fred Petty, 27. hod a prelimin ary hearing on charges of con tributing to thc delinquency of a minor and after a tearful session of testimony from the 15-year-old high school girl Involved, Judge J. A. Mnhoney took the case under advisement. DeWltt and Petty arc held in the county Jail In lieu of $2500 bail each. Arizona Is thc only pest-free citrus area In the United States. A manger scene In the window. j with lighted balls and trees in his ' yard won for H. I. McKim of 1530 ' Crescent, the prize in his district, I No. 4. The district 6 award went to I Jim H. Hunter of 2S51 Wiard for a lighted... revolving tree. ' R. W. Mundlin of 3125 Boardman was the district 7 winner with a big lighted tree In hfs yard. In the Weyerhaeuser - Stewart -Lennox addition. Anna Ziemienczuk of route 3 received the prize with and the caroling program was also i "B"lil " ""'" wound up last night. Appreciation was expressed by the Junior chamber of commerce to all those who made the program a suc cess. Weyerhaeuser Timber com- yard Honorable mention was awarded to Bob McGheyhey. route 1 box 1078: Mrs. L. E. Geist, Lakeshore drive: William Howe, 1804 Lan- pany for the big tree. OK Transler I 5l"; Jla,mra OIT,son' ?B ""I which set up the tree, and Leach 'prnla:t Cnes Ba''n- 342 Electric for the lights. Evans Elec- f"1enft: G ldln,',??3' r,r" trie, for Ihe .-trim, nrf Sn I nlce tipn: Mrs- F1-1 BVa- 1315 MnuMinr for h.ulin. the hi ... Terrace; Carl Long. 2468 Oregon: Kaler's Auto Service employes for their time, George Conner Service for sound equipment. Radio Station ITPT.W fnr 111. hrnaHntl nf lha nm- m nrf if ims f. .... f x.w I box 2MB: George L. Brett, route field. Many others received applause 1 j Charles Stark. Lakeshore drive: S. 1 R Balsiger. 2265 Patterson: L. Dirk. I 4534 Boardman: Dale Alter, route 3 1 box 230D: Ronnie Tarr. route 3 from the Junior group for their help. Full Table For Dinner At Jails A goodly crowd will be there when Christmas dinner is served at both the county and city Jails tomorrow. The county hostelry has on hand 24 patrons who will be fed high priced roast pork, and the city Jail now has a dozen residents and probably will have as many more by dinner time tomorrow. Christmas dinner fot city prison ers probably will not be as elabor ate as that at the county, but since most of the city prisoners will be entertaining Yuletldc hangovers it won't make much difference. 3 box 230E; Lou Serruvs. 636 Wash ington: Lloyd Low, 1975 Del Moro: Dr. F. Cecil Adams. 1968 Del Moro: J H. Martin, 1111 Pacific Terrace; Marvin K. Lucas. 237 Pacific Ter race, and A. J. Dorlaque. Lakeshore drive. Judges were Earl Redman. George Dimbat. Dick Maguire and O. E. Thompson. J. L. DEAN Public Accountant and Auditor New Office Location 306 North 7th St. Phone 9346 m 1 m 1 1 hup wmm it I 11 w a m m m& db J M 1TaWM 1 For all far and near we extend cheeriest greetings for a joyful Christmas and a prosperous New Year. GARRISON Equipment Co. 1948 South 6th SPIRAL BRISTLEC0MB MrlCUl NfW 1 , S t.UIH -0, f .N,'i- mil mini rU1 im..r .ni 4 CLEM IHIII Alurtln JOYER Phone 5077 New Year's Eve FOR RESERVATIONS Call Klamath Falls 7128 or Dorris 151 Pick up your tickets at RICKYS JEWELERS nonaay Greetings Greetings . . along with our sincere thanks for your patronage this past year. j Mountain Dairy Mr. and Mrs. Walter Collman Professional Ambulance Service wishes to extend a most hearty MERRY CHRISTMAS We wish to thank the people of this area for their most complete cooperation this past year. We hope that our services have been satisfactory, and that you will always feel at liberty to call on us in the future if the necessity arises. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph . Rust I! 1 I i 1 i ! j! pl... Tnn t Phone 7312
