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I CobU Car Float Wins Award J n , - MJhv( a.A4)UAlii rilrn -Vital -C. -a rntrrril by tlir rlly mill county of Han Francisco, this float rrpre scllls a Han rranrlaro cable ear and won tllr sweepatake prlte as Ihe moat beautiful of (hrlll ull In 1'auilrni't tUlh linul Tournament af liiim pnrncln ol Pasadena. Culll. An rstimated million and a half vjferaima viewed llir floral pat-rant. Si Barkley, Two Other Cons Captured After Montesano Jail Break; One Still Out Hllaa Ralph llarktry. 4?-yrar-old I Inn shots ovrr tllr mill building. Klantalli Indian and two oihrr The two men came out. prisoners who escaped Thursday ti la lit from the (irayi Harbor, ttaah., county Jail at Mnnlmanii were bark In rllalmly today al Ihouih a fourth urn pre l atlll at large. 81 Barkley and lliiy A. 0bcrii. 30. were captured Just before noon at a mill near Woodland. Wash., mid tnken to Jail at Kr!o They left n trail of stolen and wrerkrd earn Bcrua Southwest WnjthliiifUm. The capture wan made- without resistance after officers flrrd warn- Reds Call For Radiologist STOCKTON. Jan. S i,ti Prof. Klla Berven, Swedish cancer ie clalUt and radiologist, lrft by plane today for Moscow lor "consultation on Mrlotu cancer cone." "I cannot tell you who my patient la because I don't know myself yet," Dr. Berven told newsmen. He received a cabled request from "the Russian authorities." Mrt. Berven aald her husband had no ldt bow long he might be In Moacow. She added that his asslst fanca had been requested "not for an operation, but only tor consulta tion." Dr. Berven. 62, la chief phynlclan of the Stockholm Radium hospital. Before the war a 8wrdlh brain urgeon. Prof. Herbert Ollvecrona, was called to Moscow fur consulla tion under (miliar circumstances. Ijiter It developed thnt he had pcr formed an oeratlnn on a high Soviet official. Margaret Turns Down Big Offer NEW YORK. Jan. 3 (Pi Mar garet Truman, the president's daughter. has rejected with thanks a $10,000 weekly offer to tlo her singing In a Times failure res taurant. "Oosh, what she would have dune tor business," snld Rnlph Wulklns after announcing Inst night the young concert singer had turned down Ills bid fur an appearance at the "Royal Chicken Roost." Wat klni la one of the owners. Other plans prevented MIm Tru man from accepting, Walklus snld. adding that he had even offered to change the nnme of the eating plnre If the president's daughter wished It. 'California Still Demo 1 But 3rd Party Split Looms Ity fiKtlltOK (iAI.I.l'P Director. American Institute Of Public Opinion PRINCETON. N. J., Jnll. 3 Cnll fornln. which hns been the hnppy hunting ground of tho (leiiiucrnts in niUlonnl elections for more thnn IS yenrs, continues to lean demo cratic for 1048, but by a reduced majority. That's Indi cnled In state wide polling by tho Iuslltuto on the parly pref erence of Cull f o ruin's voters. A total of 83'fr per cent say they prefer tho demo erntlo nartv. which compares with a vole of 6a per cent In 1010 and nearly 67 per cent in 1044. i Vntors were nskrd: "If a presidential elecllun were held today, which parly would you vote for the democratic or the re publican?" The volo rninpnics with recent elections as follows: CALIFORNIA iMnJor Party Vole) Dem. Rep. in;u ; m.0 ,'io.or;. io.i(i via sal 11140 RR.l 41.9 11144 I1B.8 43.3 TODAY IU 4(1.5 Previous winnrtn hv thn InHt.ttutfl hnvo covered five oilier large tnlcs. The aearrh had swum to the (imllti county region after a ear with the (iraya Harbor Jail krya In It wa found abandoned at Crntral li. Another ear waa stolen and later found wrerkrd about IS miles south of fettlralla. HUH at large la Milton II. Lough. 23, an Aberdeen burglar and stale prison parolee. Lough and Ilnrkley were considered rliiKlradrrs of the escaM. Earlier this mornlUK Thomas John Stafford. 30. voluntarily sur rendered at the Seattle, sheriff's of fice after hlch-hlklng from Mon tesano. Time Almost l.'p Osbcrg was serving a short sen tence for larceny, while Barkley had almost completed a one-year stretch for a safecracking Job at Elma. Wash. He waa to be held for Oregon City. Ore., authorities In connection with a robbery there. Barkley la very well known here, being a member of the Klamath tribe and having been In Uie local Jail on numerous occasions. Ills criminal record datea bark to 1923 when ha waa sent to McNeil's land for two years for armed as sault He has served two other terms at McNeil's Island. In 1934 Barkley waa sent to the Oregon itaus prison for five years for robbery, and In 1039 he went up for another five for burglarising the Pelican grill, of Oriental rugs and tapestries. Sheriff Lloyd Low believes Bark ley will not come back to Oregon because another conviction here would send him to prison for life as a habitual criminal. He Is sus pected of at least two other major crimes In this vicinity. Mike Kllgore. sheriff of Oay's Harbor rounly. aald that the four men broke from his Jail about 10 p. m. Thursday, when Deputy Frank Henry, the Jailer, was eon fronted with a butrher knife held br Lough and a three-foot section of pipe handled by llarklry. Taking Henry's keys, they shoved the Jnllcr Into a cell and released Osberg and Stafford. The latter, when he surrendered, said that the others had compelled him to tie and gag Deputy Henry. They searched the Jnll for guns but did not find any, Slnfford snld. Apparently a ear was waiting outside the Jail for the escapees, Kherlff Kllgore said, and the pris oners parted company soon after leavlnr Montesano. Stafford aald he hitch-hiked to Seattle. He aald the others planned to head for Ihe East roast. The es- rape. Stafford told officers, had been planned for a week, and Ihe butrher knife was passed Into Hie cell block by a trusty. One hns been found leaning republl can; the other four leaning demo cratic, as follows: Don. . . ti V 61 61 61 Rep. , 47' 40 49 40 New York ."eini'j ivnnla Ohio Illinois Mlchlgnn 47 53 ONE of the threats In the demo cratic party In California is a third pnrly ticket which might split the democratic vote. A third-party movement headed by Robert w. Kenny. Los Angeles lawyer and for mer slato Bttomey gcncrnl, has been cnuslug much smoko and some fire during recent months. Kenny Is co chairman of tho Progressive CltUens of America and ono of the sponsors of Henry A. Wnllnco's third pnrly cnndldncy. In California a new pnrly, to win a place on an election bnllnt, must have a petition signed by 10 per cent of the total vote cast at the Inst alnte-wldc election. This In. volves a very aubstnntlnl number of nnmea. An estimated 376,000 would be required. Cnllfornla, with 36 electoral votes, wns, during the New Dcnl years of President Roosevelt, nlmnst as dem ncrnllo in presidential elections as some of the slates In the solidly denincrnllo Smith. Its conversion to the tlemncrnllo pnrty In 1033 helped even lip the score of democrat lc versus republlcnn victories In the Inst twelve presidential elecllnns. Tho stnte went republlcnn six limes, democratic five, and wns carried by the Independent ticket (Hull Moose) o." Theodore Roosevelt, In 1013. WEATHER Mil. limn. II II Mia. ... I'rvrlnllallaii Ull II half a Slrtain ftar l Salf . . X.M .I .r 111 Narmal Ian rtali rlaudr. ' flarrlM. anaallni llaitM. Klamala-taialaaa 'January II OSaal 1:IS a. in. I'lnaai p. a. IJanuarr SI (Ipanl Ills a. m. I'lnaai liSI a. as. I'llICK FIVE CENTS Tax Cutting Bill Set Up ByGOP's WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 il'i A "quickie" lai cutting bill and a short-term furelgn aid measure were marked for first attention in the house aa republican leaders laid plans today for the new session of cungrrss. Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. or Massachusetts coupled those, two Items with rent control extension and federal builiel reduction aa part of the early "must" program for the legislators convening Tuesday. He said he expects the huue to pass a tax reduction bill this month Just to let the White House know what is on the wuy. There sue no plans for such rapid action In the seiiuic. where some republicans and many democrats lavor delaying lax legislation until the federal fiscal picture Is clearer. Illll Ready Martin said lie has no particular measure In mind, but Chulrman Knutsun ill-Mlnu.i of the house ways and means committee has ready a bill to cut $5,000,000,000 off the present tax load and knock an estimated 7,400.000 people off Uie rolls. The extent lo which tuxes can be cut, Martin said at a new conference yesterday, will depend In large measure on "Uie cooperation of the ! administration In helping cut ex-1 pensca." f Hut he declared "It Is absolutely es sential to have tax reduction this year." He said coiiKrc.-J must act soon on rent control legislation since Uie present law expires at Uie end of February. Indications are Uial It will be extended with no major changes. The speaker also advocated a hike lo 61 cents In Uie present 40-ceuts-an-hour minimum wage for non organized Industrial workers. Assembly OK's Schuman Bill PARIS, Jan. 3 iPThe national as sembly upheld Premier Robert Schuman today against a combined communist-De Oaulllst attempt to modify the anU-lnflatlon bill upon which he staked his government. The vote was 333 to 363. The vote came on a proposed amendment to an arUcle In the 125. 000.000,000 franc 000.000,000 save-the-franc tax bill dealing- with taxation of smnll shopkeepers and crnftsmen. Schuman Immediately announced he wns asking a vote of confidence on five other amendments, and de clared he would resign If the article wns not adopted Intact as he sub mitted It, Under assembly rules, this post poned further voting until Monday. Sehumnn had summoned the as sembly Into extraordinary session with the announcement he wanted a vote of confidence on every pro posed major change In the measure. Film Stars Get Fines BAKERSFIT5LD. Calif., Jan. S OF) Four film figures Clark Onble. Frank Morgnn, Johnny Mack Brown and O. O. Dull, producer, were fined $200 ench today by Jus tire of the Pence Frank Norlegn after plenrilng guilty to vlolntlon of the gnme laws. Michael Cohen, MOM attorney who nppenrcd for the arlors and Dull, snld the studio "deeply regret ted" thnt the pnrly had vlolnted the Inw restricting possession of ducks to four to a hounter. Oable. a crack shot, originally wns chnrged with possessing 25 dticks. but after a conference between Cohen and the court It was acknowledged that there had been a mixup and that he had only six and the adriltlonnl ducks belonged to another actor who left before Onmo Warden Lea Arnold mnde the arrests last Sun day at a private club, seven miles south of Bnkersfleld. Brown, former Alnbnma football stnr, plrndcd guilty to possessing 13 ducks: Dull 13 and Morgnn 13. Strange Gadget Puzzles Merchant DALLAS. Jan. i (P There's an electrical gadget on snle at nn army surplus goods store here the price Is $46 but no one knows whnt It Ic. Store Owner Chester Kllngmnn purchnscd It from the army medl enl corps. The corps hnd paid $900 for It hul they didn't know whnt it wns. Neither did the manufacturer whom Kllngmnn wrote. "We don't know whnt It Is," a re ply snld. "The army asked for It and gave us a plnn for making it. Several physiclnns were stumped. One commented" "It might have been Intended for use In cauterizing wounds but you could never cau terize a wound with It" So Kllnirmnn has sot the price at $46. "Tho electric motor and gen erator are worth that," he said. Enola Hawkins Quits City Librarian Post After 34 Years Of Faithful Service By LOIS STEWART Sincere regret vas expressed last night by members of the Klamuth Falls city library board, when they accepted the resignation of Miss Enola Hawkins, city librarian since 1013. The resignation was presented to the board and Miss Hawkins gave 111 health as the reuron for leaving the work which she so ably and faithfully carried out these many yenrs. The board did not announce Miss Hawkins' successor. Miss Hawkins Is credited with building up to its present stan dards the city library of Klamath Falls. She knew books and her fine sense of discernment resulted in the splendid selections which line the shelves of the edifice now standing at. 6th and Klamath, and qulus a far cry from Uie little room which first served as the city's first library. Mrs. K. E. Wattenburg, president of the city library board, said that the board was deeply regretful in Its acceptance of Miss Hawkins' retirement. Enola Adeline Hawkins cume to KlamaUi Falls In 1006. She was born In Ottumwa. In., the daughter of James E. and Martha Adeline Marines To Join Vessels WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 IPi A group of mnrlnes whose number the navy declines to disclose will sail next Tuesday to strengUien U. 8. forces aboard the aircraft carrier Midway, three light cruisers and ten destroyers now stationed In the Mediterranean sea. The cruiser Little Rock and two of the destroyers are based at ports in Greece, which Utls country has been trying to bolster against com munist encroachment. The other craft are In Italian waters. The only clue to the size of Uie marine force given in the navy an nouncement last night was that Uie men. all from Uie.econd .division, will make Uie trip on a "normal size transport of 13.000 to 16.000 tons ful ly loaded." They will leave from Morehead City, N. C. The men are being sent. Uie navy said, for shipboard training and to "restore the total personnel on board to approximately Uie normal over all complement" of the carriers and three cruisers. Carriers in the Midway class nor mally carry 3200 men. Including 100 marines, and cruisers 1000 men, of whom 60 are marines. However, the navy said American navy ships have been undermanned tor some time, apparently a hint Uint It would take more than the ordinary number of marines to bring Uie four ships up to their "normal over-all complement." The navy turned aside questions whether It hns plans to send addi tional marines or ships to Uie Medi terranean later. Portions Of Plane Found ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Jnll. 3 Pj Discovery of two wheels, a wing tank and a nose strut of a B-39 bomber on the beach of Knlk arm strength ened the belief of 10th rescue squad ron authorities today Uint a California-bound Superfortress which disappeared early Wednesday ex ploded over Cook Inlet. The scattered wreckage, found lnte yesterday, wns the first definite clue lo the fate of the big bomber and Its crew of nine since a "blinding flash" was seen shortly after Uie tnkcoff tor Its home base at Fnlr- flcld-Sulsnn, Cnllf. A helicopter pilot and his ob server spotted the tank only two air miles from Elmendorf field, big air force base near Anchorage. The struts were sighted half a mile along Uie beach. Meanwhile, intensive efforts are being mnde to find the pilot mid navlgntor of a B-39 which crashed December 33 near the northern rim of the Sewnrd peninsula 96 miles north of Nome, and to locate the bodies of three paratroopers who are believed to have perished in at tempting to reach the crash scene. Arms Shipment Leaves For China VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 3 P) Sailing of the S. S. Lake Okanngan Inst night for China with a $1,300. 000 arms cargo for Chinese na tionalist forces indicated today that an agreement had been reach ed In nn 11-dny labor contract dis pute Unit Idled seven deep-sea ships In British Columbia porta. Word thnt issues had been set tled In the dispute between ship owners and deck, radio and en gineering officers came from wa terfront sources, but there wns no official confirmation. The arms enrgo wns orlglnnlly consigned to the Pakistan freighter Colima. Shipment of the small arms munitions and airplane ground equipment wns protested vigorously by various labor groups and resulted In several days of picketing. KLAMATH FALLS, OUKtiON, SATURDAY, Hawkins. Following her education In the Ottumwa schools, Miss Hawkins attended Giinnel college In Grlnncll, la. She has a fund of Interesting stories to tell of her early days In both Roseburg and Klamath Falls. Shortly after her arrival In this city with her moth er, and her two brothers, Burt E. Hawkins, now Klamath Falls post master, and the late J. Arthur Hawkins of Ashland, the family became Interested In community work and Miss Hawkins was soon active In the Woman's Library club, pioneer civic group of this city. The club had charge of what small library work was being done In the county in 1013, and asked Miss Hawkins to take over this de partment. She succeeded a Mrs. Talbot and the library was estab lished In the old Methodist church building at Uie corner of 3rd and Main on the Klamath county courthouse property. In February of 1027. Miss Hawk Ins was appointed first city librari an at the time the (ity of Klam ath Falls took over the small in sUtutlon from Uie women's group. Miss Hawkins should receive more than the usual accolade for her work in building up the library which Is now acknowledged as one of the finest in the state of Ore gon. She has watched the library grow from a small reading room In a cold, draf ty room, to the build ing which answers the needs of a dtv. If she has any special Interest. Miss Hawkins particularly enjoyed , oMitrilnir the reading habits of the young and whenever there was a donation of fine children's books. It was not long before the tele phone rang and she reported with delight Uie gift of Juvenile vol umes. The library board may be los ing a fine librarian, but. it Is the cltv of Klamath Fall that will feel the loss even more keenly. Miss Hawkins is now at the home of her brother. Burt E. Hawkins, on Vine street, and a speedy re eoverv and a return to the com munity life of the city Is the wish of her counties trtenos ana a mlrersr ' - Phoners Work On Down Lines All available crewmen of The Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph com pany were working today to restore service alter numerous Interruptions on the line following the New Year's Day storm. Manager Charles Seavey of the telephone company said that crews were out on Lakeshore drive and had approximately two miles of lines to repair from a point one-half mile beyond the city limit around the lake. Weight of snow, which had a high water content, was given as cause of Uie wire breakage. Slavey reported one case of cable trouble on the Lincoln street hill and a crew worked all night on this Job which should be cleaned up around noon today. Much of the trouble on telephone lines showed up after the storm. Seavey said. Everything to the south was under control. Douks Hit Trail Again GRAND FORKS. B. C Jan. J (OP) A revival of Doukhobor flre- ralds was feared today by alarmed citizens of Grand Forks following a 30,000 New Year's Eve blaze in the Burns block. City council posted a reward of $2000 for Uie arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible when Investigators reported the fire was the work of an Incendlarist. Police reported the fire was start c '. by dynamite and gasoline-soaked bran which created an inflammable spray. The blast blew Uie roof off Uie building, flaming debris shoot ing 100 feet Into Uie air. Three business places were housed in the Burns block, one a Doukho boro cooperative grocery and feed store. Council members called the fire "a definite Uireat to the commun ity" and appealed to provincial gov ernment authorities at Victoria for "practical action." A few months ago Doukhobor fire raiders In the Kootenay valley de stroyed community buildings, schools and homes, causing thousands of dollars property loss, and endanger ing many lives. Ornament Theft Leads To Arrest SALEM. Jan. S (P Two 30-year-old youths were arrested here Friday night charged with stealing "bomb sight" Buick radiator ornaments. Dannie E. Flodstrom, Philomath, and David McCombs, Corvallls, were arrested on a charge of possession of stolen property after the city police had been called to a local tavern to disperse a brawl In which the two youths were allegedly Involved. Three of the radiator ornaments were found In McCombs' car, police .said .... JANUARY 3, 11147 Telephone 8111 City Librarian aisaaBwssaaajiai wmmw a )i i Br Misa Enola Hawkins, for many years Klamath Falls city librarian, presented her resignation to members of the library beard last night KenneU-EOis. Spud Market Shows Gain ' Stronger potato j markets- both hoe arid at market pointS'were in dicated today. At Portland, some jobbers ad vanced potato prices to J4 per cwt, representing a 20 to 40 per cent boost, while others held to $4.60. These prices were for quality No. 1 potatoes. Here the price for this quality of pctatoes has advanced to about I $3.75 or $4 loaded. j Bakers are ranging somewnai higher. Potato shipments from this area have been low for two weeks. The state department of agriculture of fice has not yet completed its De cember totals, but Uie average of shipments for the past two weeks has been somewhere between 10 and 16 cars daily. Portland Man Buys Rancho TULELAKE. Jan. '3 Jack Lucas of Portland has purchased the El Rancho Tulelake restaurant and bar on Uie Alturas-Klamath Palls high way at Hatfield. The sale was made known this week by Clarence Shela to and James Brownfield. who have operated the establishment for four years. It was built several years ago by Roy Drake of Tulelake, who operated it as the Roosevelt. ' Lucas plans an extensive remodel ing and lighting program nnd im provement of the parking space. The El Rancho will, wnen com pleted, feature chicken nnd steak dinners and varied entertainment. Lucns is a former race dog owner and will be assisted here by a son, Kenneth. Rescuers J . " ,H . 'I .1 .. an, II 111 ,ij mam I I - i n i i ma f fell rfe' Rescuers work In cold and snowy weather to remove bodies from Mlsaouri-Paclfle passenger train ear near Ottervllle, Mo. At least 13 persons and possibly 16 holiday travelers were killed In the rear-end crash of two Mlssourl-Paclfio trains plowing their way behind schedule through a rating anew sterm. No. 122 Resigns Post - ar 4 No Pay Checks For Italians ROME. Jan. 3 OP) Millions of Italian workmen, usually paid on a weekly basis, were -without their Saturday .pay., envelopes today as aJ nationwide strike of Dank employes entered Its third day. Efforts to open pay windows for the distribution of payrolls only failed when bank operators and Uie communist-dominated Italian General Confederation of Labor agreed Uie technical difficulties would be too great. Crater Skiing Said Poor Crater Lake National park has experienced "a real storm" since New Year's Eve, with 33 inches of fresh snow falling on an already deep pack.. Telephone lines are down between Fort Klamath and the park, but Information was carried to The Herald and News late this morning from the Fort advising that skiing in the park is poor and will not be fast until slopes and trails are packed. The minimum this morning was 19 degrees, and at 11 ajn. it was 31. Plows worked constantly during the heavy storms of the past few days and roads were in excellent condi tion, a heavy pack covering the icy base which existed for several weeks. Chains are mandatory from Annie Spring to the rim. ... Despite the New Year's Day storm, the park reported 89 cars, carrying 360 persons into the park on the first day of the year. With skiing not up to par, rangers still said they expected a big crowd this week-end and advised that Uie ski tow would be in operaUon and the lunch counter open. . f Cut Into Wrecked Passenger Car Yandenberg Proposal Applauded WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 IIP) A non-partisan survey of Uie Mar shall plan's probable Impact on the American economy waa urged today by Senator Wiley (K-Wls.1 Wiley, a member of the senate for eign relations committee, aald hi believes Chairman Vandenberg mad a good move In asking the Brookings Institution for a report on the best way to administer the aid to H Western Europen nations. But he said he thinks Uie find ings of the privately financed re search organization should b broadened to Include "an estimate on how these proposed exports to foreign countries are going to affect us at home." Move Applauded Vandenberg's action also was ap plauded by Senators Brooks (R-Ill.) and Taft (R-Ohlo), both critics of President Truman's proposal for a four-year, $17,000,000,000 outlay, and Speaker of the House Martin (R Mass.). Brooks, who has called for a "busi ness" administration of the aid pro gram divorced from the state de partment, said he also would wel come a study by "any authorltaUva group which can tell as how best w can use oar resources to give in centive to production abroad." Taft told a news conference yes terday that he doesn't like President Truman's proposal for a program administration and a roving ambas sador abroad "because it makes the administration practically a bureau in the state department and I think it should be a separate agency." "I would like an administrator who Is looking just as much to the econ omic welfare of Uie United States as he Is to the economic welfare of Europe," Taft declared. While this debate on Uie form of the Marshall plan went on among returning legislators. Senator Bark ley of Kentucky, the democratic leader, urged that congress "sink our teeth into it however unpleasant Uie taste." Speaking from Paris on a demo cratic party radio program last night, Barkley declared: "If we are to undertake it. let us do It welL Our own welfare and the peace of Uie world require It. It will be an investment in world security which . . . will be definitely cheaper in dollars to Uie American people than another war which might sea the destruction of civilization Itself." Lose 2000 Men ; ATHENS. Jan. 3 iff) The Greek war ministry said today guerrilla forces suffered more than 2000 cas ualties during their siege of the government garrison at Konitsa, as opposed to 349 for national forces. War Minister George Stratos said some 500 communist rebels were killed. 1600 wounded and 100 cap tured in the fighting which began on Christmas Day. Greek army losses, he said, were eight officers and 61 men killed, 37 officers and 193 men wounded and 70 missing. The army lifted Uie, siege New Year's Eve. A reliable source said Queen Frederika went to Uie Konitsa area today, where press dispatches said sporadic firing by guerrillas continued In the heights around the city, which the rebels wanted as the capital for a Greek communist state. Burglars Call On Cops For Aid PLYMOUTH. Eng., Jan. S (Pr Police answered an emergency call to a suburban office In the small hours. Inside were two men. One of them. David O'Neill, 32, explained: "We're a couple of burglars but my pal has broken his leg so I rang you chaps up to come and help us." Matthew. Byrne, the colleague, fell from a ladder during the bur glarizing process. Yesterday he got a year in prison, and his helpful pal got 21 months.
