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B DISPATCH (rum Wiiahlnglon Ilili
morning tells us:
' "yuoatlona bearing vltully on the
future of (ho United Slatea mill
null of ilia world confront the itotli
emigre, which moett tomorrow (or
In (Innl tension."
True enough. The headline muke
tint plum. .
THE dlapatrh gooa on:
"A complicating (actor U that
Uili la it general election yeur.
Democrat wiinl to rutultt tile con
trol of cungrca they lout to the UUP
In 11141). Tho Republican Iiom to
put their proaldcullal nominee III
the While llouao for tho tint lime
mure Franklin 1). Ilooacvrlt tlarted
bit flral term In loa;t."
THAT It alto true enough.
What It mnounu to la lhl: From
jiow until the (Irat Tuesday alter
In Oral Moniluy III November
CTATKHMANrllllP (wlml It beat for
our rounlry) inuat piny aecond fiddle
to POLITICS iwhnl It brat fur the
politician!.)
THE odd purl of II It tlmt In Uili
hour the bulk of the pluln people
WANT STATESMANSHIP, whereat
the politician! I who want the pro
ple't voteai are preparing to give
I hem the uaual three-ring xillllcil
clrcui.
rONUKEMIMAN MAI. ONE Y of
Peiuuylvania, Jual bark from a
aevrn-wrrki tour of Europe, tella a
I'hlladelphla reporter Una morning
that the Huaaiana are ualng Oer
man and Austrian furred labor III
a maaalva war production program
behind the Ural niounlaliu.
lit tayt Una Boviel war produc
tion campaign It a "tremendoua un
dertaking" and adda that reliable
i European) InlormaiiU told him the
Ruaalaiu art making projectile! and
Unkt in their Ural faclorlet.
tS that surprising?
With what they have In mind,
which It a communist cace baaed
upon world that It all communlai.
It would be alrango If they weren't
doing Uieae Uilnga.
AN our aide of the fence, thla terae
announcement cornea this morn
ing from Morehead City. North
Carolina:
"An undisclosed number of U. 8.
marine will ehove off from thla
port tomorrow FOR SERVICE IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA.
The leatherneck!, according lo a
brief navy announcement, will be
Hatlonrd on thlpa operating In
Julian and Ureek watera."
N The dlapatch adda: "The Unllcd i
Vila let la plelged to realat com
munltm In both thcaa countries."
1 ITS put It Una way:
Greece It meat. Bo far. It la a
OUEIIRILLA meat. Back of the
guerrilla!, over the Orerk border 111
Albania. Yougoalavla and Bulgaria,
are RUSSIAN TROOI'S. In the
watera of the Mediterranean aea, be
yond Uie International limit of
Oreek toverelgnly. are ah I pa of the
American navy manned by Amer
icana in uniform, commanded by
American offlcert.
You can tee what might happen.
It RE wt doing right, or are we do
Ing wrong?
Well, generally speaking. If a big.
tough-looking dog threatens to bite
you, you'd bettor Hand whatever
ground you have taken. If you turn
and run, the dog will be PRETTY
SURE to bile you.
We'va taken a aland In Greece.
Customers Get
Bear By Tail
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan o W Six
customer!, Irritated when A masked
robber ttole f IDS from a tavern, gave
chase In an automobile and caught
him or to they said. When Patrol
men O, J. Bosque and N. F. Bishop
dashed up they found the alx un
armed customers lined up against
t.elr car facing the bandit and hit
'weapon.
Addie May Nixon Named
New City Librarian Today
Addle May Nixon, for the past sev
en year affiliated with tho Klam
ath Fall city library as children'
librarian, today was named city li
brarian replacing Mis Enola Haw
kins whose registration after 34
years of service was announced Sat
urday. Mr. Nixon has had 21 years ex
perience In library work. She at
tended Lorotto Heights college In
Denver, Colo., and was graduated
from the Denver University school
of llbrarlnnshlp. Mr, Nixon's first
library experience wa a first as
sistant In the Elyrla branch of the
Denver public, library, and also
served there a assistant In the
brunch department for the blind,
was librarian of the Valverdo
branch library, first becamo In
terested In children' work at Vul
vrrdc where she wa assistant
In the children's department, later
Including five year' radio work ov
er station KOA, Denver, conducting
her own tlory lolling hour.
Mr. and Mrs. Nixon wore mar
ried In Klamath Falls on her arri
val here from Denver. Mr. Nixon is
with Bell Machinery compnny In
Klamath Fall. After moving to this
city, Mr. Nlxun served lor one year
at the county library under the Into
Mary McComb. She transferred to
f.he city library seven year ago and
took over the post of children'! de
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rillCK KIVI! CF.NTH
European Aid, Higtlost
Of Living, Tax Slashing,
Housing Face Congress
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 1l'j tjuri
Hunt bearing vitally on the future
of the Lulled H la lea and moat of
the world confront the ftOlh cun
grrat meeting tomorrow for Hi final
traalon.
Help for Europe and Aala, tax
culling, the Illicit coal of living, rent
control and the houalng shortage,
military prrparrdnraa and health
Inauranrc are a few of the top la
auea. And the Hal probably will
grow.
A complicating factor It that this
French Vote
Reds Down
PARIS, Jan. S lA"i The French
notional assembly gave Premier
Rrbert Schuinan vote of confl
dinre today by defeating two com-muntst-pcaaaiil-De
Oaulllst amend
ment to the government antl-ln-flatlon
bill.
The assembly voted down efforts
to exclude 1. 100.000 farmers from
the tax bill and to exempt tmall
artisans from the choice of paying
a tieclal Income tax or Investing
the same amount In government
bonds. The votes were 3O0-S13 and
308-212. respectively.
Other amendments atlll to re
voted on would redure tax levte in
war, drought and flood victim and
on small family - oeralrd busi
nesses. Assembly circle predicted that
the government's maniln might l
close In the voting on a MX relief !
for war vlrllmi, but It was generally i
believed that It would win out. I
The tax bill, a presented by the
government, I designed to produce
approximately 135 000.000.000 franc
about g. ooo ooo .000 1 in revenue.
Saturday when communist and
rightist dcputle sought lo amend
the measure with proposals for ex
emption for those In small Inrom"
biackrt they were defeated by 321
lo 383.
Burma Adopts
Socialism
v RANGOON. Burma. Jan. t i.Vi
President Sao Shwe Thalk said to
day the policy of the new Union
of Burma would be the establish
ment of state socialism and the
elimination of capitalism.
In the first statement of policy
since the state cut loose from the
United Kingdom, the president said
Burma would nourish Uie friend
ship of all other nations but would
"tolerate no Infringement on the
territorial Integrity of the Union of
Burma."
Shwe Thalk said Burma Intended
swiftly to establish highly trained
army, navy and air forco to defend
the country from external foe and
create auxiliary force In which all
able-bodied Burmese citizens would
be required to serve Uie country.
Parliament beat down communist
opposition yesterday and ratified
a new treaty with Great Britain as
It first sovereign act. Crowds cele
brated Independence In the street.
The treaty cancel $60,000,000 In
Burmese debt to Britain, give
Britain permission to maintain
mllllary base In Burma and pro
vides for transfer of 27 small ves
sel to the Burmese navy.
partment and hua conducted slory
telling In the city schools a well a
over Radio Station KFJI. She plan
to continue her story telling pro
gram. Selection of Mrs. Nixon to the
post was made by the city library
board. No other chango In personnel
ha been announced.
AIIMK MAY NIXON
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It a gcncrul election year. Democrat!
want to reguln the control ol con
gress they lunt to the OOP hi Ki4U.
The republicans hope to put their
prealilentlul nominee In the White
House lor Die flrat time aline Frank
lin L. Hooacvclt Hurled his first
term III IUX1.
Htratrgy lluddlrt
The flral week of the new session
will bo devoted primarily to siwecn
maklng and strategy huddles by con
greaaional leaders, with few com
mittees tuning to lay the ground
work tor future legislative actions.
The senate republican policy com
mittee and the houae republican
steering committee will meet during
the week for declalont which will
go far toward thaplng the majority
party'a leglalatlve program to coun
ter the propoaalt President Truman
will outline Wednesday in hit an
nual tUle-of-Uie-unlon mraaagr.
The chief executive will go to the
cupllol In person to deliver that
mcsauge lo a Joint session of the
senate and house. Hit economic re
port on Friday and hit budget mes
sage next Monday will be delivered
by messenger.
Hie flral actual battle of the ses
alon probably will take place In the
house, over the OOP-backed tax re
duction bill. Home leaders want to
paA! the measure this month to at
Miwaker Martin put It, Uie president
will know what to expect.
The tax bill under consideration
would rut VOO.0OO,Ooa and about
7,100.000 low Income and elderly per
sons from Hie lax rolls. It goes fur
ther than the two bills Mr. Trumaa
vetoed last year.
While the president has said noth
ing about hit plan If he receive
another tax cutting measure, highly
placed vthlle House aides expect
' to oppose any general slash
""lie Uie national income la at a
record hlih.
Llilnese Aid
In addition to tho Marshall plnn
for European recovery, congress also
I due to gel a separate atate depart
ment program for helping China.
The final decision on foreign aid
will go far toward deciding the
amount the republicans will try to
cut Uie president's budget.
Mr. Truman Is expected to submit
a record peacetime budget of about
40.0O0.O00.O0O In hi message next
Monday. Shortly thereafter. Joint
committee under OOP control will
meet to work out a legislative budget
a a pattern for future appropria
tions. ,
Bui lit advance of actual knowl
edge, congressional leader are spec
ulating that Uie president will ask
the lawmakers to:
Approve the Marshall plan
quickly.
Extend rent control beyond It
February 29 expiration date.
Pas a universal military train
ing bill.
Approve a national health In
surance program.
Broaden social security cover
age. Extend the reciprocal trade
agreement act expiring in June.
Olve legal atatua to and expand
the tate department's foreign in
formation program.
Do something about the housing
situation, and give him standby
price-wage control and rationing;
power.
Traffic Death
Rate Drops
SALEM, Jan. 6 I.Vi Oregon's
traffic death rate In 1M7 might
have been the lowest since records
have been kept, Secretary of State
Earl T. Newbry said today.
The rate for the first 11 monUis
of last year wa at an all-time low
of 82 person killed for each 100,
000,000 mile traveled. The Novem
ber rate was 8.4. a continuation of
the downward trend.
Newbry said the heavy Increases
In traffic volumes have offset the
high number of fatiilltlcs to estab
lish the low death rates.
Petrillo To Be
Called On Ban
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 uP
Chairman Hartley 1R.-N.J.1 of the
house labor committee announced
today he will call James C. Petrillo
next week to explain the American
Federation of Musician' ban on
making new record.
The AFM president will be asked
to appear at public hearings ex
pected to start next Monday, Hart
ley told reporters.
Hartley said he I considering an
amendment to the Taft-Hartley
Labor act making stoppages such
as that ordered by Petrillo on re
cording a violation of tho anti
trust laws.
Petrillo stopped recordings by his
musicians January 1 when AFM
contract with the principal record
ing firms expired, claiming the re
cordings wcro endangering Uie live
lihood of the musicians who made
them.
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.rfATII FAM.K, OKKOON, MONDAY,
Murder Charge
VrM ..SttXal
Ktate Officer Robert. Milton Is ihown looking Into the opened back-yard grave Just after the body
of Mrs. .Marie Franklin wa! removed Saturday night. Police began digging after Homer Franklin told au
thorities he thot hit wife November 3 and buried her 14 feel from the house.
JeWS Bomb
ku
Miau iiuici
JERUSALEM. Jan. t MV-Rescuer
dug today into Uie debris of the
Semlramlt hotel for 18 persons mist
ing after the three -story
structure was leveled by a bomb
which police said Uie Jewish under
ground had planted. Three persons
were Known aeaa.
One Informant said Uie hotel was
one of five district headquarters for
an Arab military group. The known
aeuu inciuaca Manuel eauuar ira-
vesedo. acting Spanish consul. Some
17 were Injured.
A similar act of violence occurred
buiKity in jniiu. wnere Aran neaa-
quarter wa bombed arid lS-pcrsun
were killed and about 100 Injured.
Police blamed the Stern gang, Uie
most extreme element of the Jewish :
underground.
Hugana, the Jewish underground i
defense force, aald through a spokes-!
man at Tel Aviv Uiat Uie Jerusalem
hotel attack was executed because
"the building wa an Important
meeting place of Arab gangs, where:
arms were distributed to villages in
the Jerusalem area."
At least four persons were brought .
alive from the hotel wreckage, one a ,
woman who had screamed In pain
for four hours before she was saved.
Construction
Worker Killed
A Rogers Construction company
employe. Raymond Clifford Kah
konen, 30. of Longvicw. Wash., was
fi; tally Injured this morning on ths
highway above Chiloquin in an In
dustrial accident.
The man was believed to have
been hit on the head by an article
of construction equipment. Death
was due to a fractured skull.
The man was brought to Klam
ath Agency for treatment and was
dead when the Professional Am
bulance service vehicle arrived. The
body Is at Ward's Funeral home.
Marines To Shove
Off Tomorrow
MOREHEAD CITY, N. C Jan. R
(IP An undisclosed number of U.
marines will shove off from this
port tomorrow for service In Uie
Mediterranean area.
The leaUierneck. according to a
terse navy announcement, will be
stationed on ships operating in
Italian and Greek waters. The
United States Is pledged to resist
communism in both these countries.
The navy didn't say how manv
marines wcro going, but It brief
clght-llne statement did contain
one hint: the men will board a
transport of 12.000 to 15.000 tons
fully loaded.
The men, of the second marln;
division of Camii Lejeunc, N. O.
aaw World War II action In Guad
alcanal, Tarawa and the Marianas.
"Too Ltte Too Late" Huntinn
Season Derided By Anqrv Nimrods
As Second Half of Split Period Ends
The last half of the split migratory waterfowl season closed today
at 3:36 p.m. after a run which Was not particularly satisfactory.
Although some hunter consistently got their limit of four ducks,
others were whitewashed time after time. Hunters and wildflro officers
alike predict that the U. S. fish and wildlife service will not call for
a split season again.
The general feeling here It that tho last half of the season here
wa too lale for good or comfortable hunting, and failed to accomplish
the government's conservation plan because Uie ducks merely went
south to be shot rather than falling to gunners In this area. ,
Tulclake sportsmen are reported ready to draft a protest of the
split season. Local groups may do the same thing.
In Oregon the situation was further complicated by Uie fact that
1948 hunting licenses had to be purchased to take part In the last five
days of the season, and dealers reported a fair sale of tho permits.
California license and federal duck stamps remained good for the
overlapping season.
JANUARY I, IMS
Telephone gill
Follows Exhumation of
tx-f '..-: if
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len Children Killed When
Train Plows Into Bobsled
ARCHBOLD, O., Jan 5 Pi "I I
thought the track was clear." Jesse I
Wye said today In explaining how
the New York Central's "Chlcagoan" -,
pa&senger train smashed hi farm
bobsled, killing 10 children of three
neighbor and seriously injuring
two others, one of them his dauglv
UI
Wyse and hi 13-year-old son,
John, whom Uie father believed "too
young and Inexperienced" to take
, the tractor-drawn sled out himself
were not hurt. The boy leaped to
Irom the of , ... j
, ..x jml s,jf(ened n my eat on
; Ulc ,ractor," the father said. "The
Alturas Bus
Service Set
ALTURAS. Jan. 5 That the Pad- "l started up the tractor again
fic Greyhound stage lines will be : and Just as It was clearing Uie
operating a two-trip bus service to tracks. I saw the train bearing down
Klamath Falls and Reno before the ; on. the sled," he continued. "It was
end of Uie month, was told today by horrible."
Frank Word, manager of the O. C. I The dead were identified by Cor
and N. stage lines, who are selling j oner h. m. Warner of Fulton county
to the Greyhound people. The permit Bs four children of Mr. and Mrs.
Is being granted by the ICC in : Lawrence Oneser Gayle, 13; her
Washington. I twin. Charlene; Patricia. 8. and
Officials of Uie Pacific Greyhound Sharon, 6 four children of Mr. and
company will be In Alturas this week Mrs. Raymond Grieser Donald. 13:
to complete details of the transfer, Marlin, 11; Arlene. 10, and Janet, 4
according to Word. The sale price, and two daughters of Mr. and
made public by Uie ICC. Is $100,000. Mrs. Lyle Osborne Jean. 12, and
of which in the neighborhood of I Marjorte, 16.
$13,000 will go to the government I Wyse- daughter. Janice. 7. and
in income tax. I another daughter of the Lawrence
The two-trip sen-Ice a day will
mean much to this isloated city
which has to depend on bus service
for Uie traveling public.
Grand Jury In
January 19th
The Klamath county grand Jury
Is summoned to go Into session Jan
uary 19. Circuit Judge David R.
Vandenberg announced during
docket call at court this morning,
and Deputy District Attorney J. H.
Napier said that Uie session might
lust four or five day.
The county grand Jury has not
met since last spring, and at least
15 felony InvestigaUons will be
brought to the Jury's attention this
time.
Members of Uie Jury Include
Hugh Falvcy, Merrill; Ben F. Per
nlgottl, 2419 Reclamation: Ivan
Knndra. Merrill; J. B. Horsley, Bo
nonra: Glen B. Inman. 517 N. 4th;
George Baldwin, Merrill, and Ken
neth A. Moore, 3045 LcRoy.
Numerous equity and law cases
were set for. trial at today's docket
call, and February 9 was set as the
dntc for trial of Lewis H. Ankeny,
charged with larceny by bailee. Last
summer Ankeny was acquitted of
embezzlement.
Woman's Body
train hit the sled, tore it loose from
the tractor and hurled It down the
tracks."
The bobsled was scattered for a
mie alosoj Uie right-of-way east of
this northwestern Ohio town. Two
of the victims were ground beneath
wheels of Uie train. No train pas-
: sengers were Injured and it contin-
: ued to Chicago after a 57 minute
: delay.
j By tme witnesses said, snow
1 npnrlv had hlnttpri nut all evidpnre
, of lhe tragedy which occurred at
1:30 p. m. (EST) yesterday.
Wyse planned originally to take
the youngsters out Saturday, but
was- unable-to di-so -until .yesterday.
Hit son, John, told state highway
patrol men he begged to take Uie
sled out himself "but Dad said I was
too young and inexperienced."
Wyse said he stopped at the cross
ing and thought the tracks were
clear.
! Orleser s. Shirley. 9. were hospital
ized at nearby Wauseon.
D. O. Scherer, of Toledo, engineer
of Uie train, said he saw the sleigh
ride party, whistled frantically but
was unable to stop In time. He es
timated his speed at 80 miles an
hour. Conductor R. L. Snook of Elk
hart, Ind., said two of the children
leaped before the train struck.
Weird Gadget
Identified
SEATTLE, Jan., 6 (PI A SeatUe
man has identified an electrical gad
get on sale in a Dallas, Texas, army
surplus goods store as a "low-voltage
machine which has been used
for years to exercise muscles where
nerve function has been Impaired.
V. W. Worden, owner of an elec
trical equipment company, made the
Identification yesterday from an As
sociated Press wlrephoto and said
he was amazed that no one seemed
to know Uie purpose of the machine.
A dispatch from Dallas said the
owner of the store, the army medi
cal corps from which the machine
was purchased and several physi
cians said they didn't Know what It
was used for.
State Of Union
Talk Wednesday
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 (A The
White House reported today Presi
dent Truman decided to deliver
his state of the union message to
congress In person because of "Its
extreme Importance."
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
told reporter Mr. Truman will ap
pear before a Joint session of Uie
senate and house in the house
chamber at 1:30 p.m. (EST) Wed
nesday. Ross added that as nearly a he
could Judge In advance of the com
pletion of the message It will re
quire about 40 minutes to deliver.
The president usually speaks at
rate of 120 words a minute.
The Gallup Poll, which has
been carried on page one for
the past week, will be found on
page four of today's Herald and
Newt,
No. 1221 Ef . . II
HOMER FRANKLIN
si 11 11
1
MARIE FRANKLIN
'Slave Labor'
Story Told
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5
Rep. Franklin J. Maloney (R-Pa.)
asserted today that the Russians
art using" German and Austrian
forced labor "in the thousands" In
a massive war production under
taking behind the Ural mountains.
The legislator who recently re
turned from a seven-week tour of
Europe said he received his infor
mation from a high German
churchman.
"The Soviets," Maloney said in an
interview, "are calling In men and
some women too from Uie Russian-occupied
zones of Germany
and Russia. Their families never
hear from them again."
Maloney said the Soviet war pro
duction campaign Is "a tremendous
undertaking" and that reliable in
formants told him Uie Soviets are
making projectiles and tanks "al
though I don't know why" In their
Ural factories.
Since the end of the war, Malon
ey added, the Russians have re
moved a great number of their ma
jor factories to the seclusion of the
area behind the Urals. "And they've
built a lot more since then," he de
clared. Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 5 AP
USDA) Potatoes: 9 broken. 12 un
broken cars on track; California 4,
Nevada 2, Oregon 6 arrived, one car
arrived by truck; market slighUy
stronger: Klamath Russets No. 1-A,
4.75, Deschutes 4.65, Idaho 4.50.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (AP
USDA) Potatoes: 19 broken, 25 un
broken cars on track; Oregon 1,
California 4, Idaho 8. Utah 1 ar
rived. 12 cars arrived by truck; mar
ket firm; Idaho Russets No 1-A,
4.60-65.
Snowstorm Blankets Basin
Over Week-End; Travel Slow
A swirling snowstorm blanketed
the Klamath country over the
week-end reaching Its peak Sunday
when .60 of an Inch of moisture was
recorded at the CAA weather sta
tion. Snow was foremost In weather
news throughout the state, with
transportation slowed considerably
over mountain passes. Today most
mountain roads were Improved, the
state highway commission reports,
but strong south winds are expect
ed In the Cascades tonight, Motor
ists are still advised to carry chains.
The morning road report told of
packed snow on sections of the
Willamette pas with 66 Inches of
roadside snow. The pass Is par
tially sanded.
Similar conditions prevail on Sun
mountain, with seven Inches of
new snow and 36 Inches of roadside
snow. There Is slush for 10 miles
across the summit.
Travel Is slushy over Hayden
mountain on the Greensprlngs a
well.
Many college students home for
the holidays were bound for school
with some waiting until today's
clearing weather before tackling
the trip over Icy, stormy roads to
schools In the north.
No United Air Line planes land
Ex-Navy Man
Jailed For
Killing Wife
A Multnomah county deputy sher
iff here on a duck-hunting trip over
the week-end waa Initrutnental In
bringing to light and solving a 33
day old slaying at a suburban farm
house and placing hla brother, 64
year-old Homer V. Franklin, In th
county Jail charged with flral degree
murder. The body of the victim,
Marie Franklin, 43, wa exhnmed
from a small backyard grave by
atate pollee after Franklin had con
fessed the killing.,
John Franklin, who ha been a
deputy sheriff In PorUand for 22
yean, received hi brother's con
fession Saturday afternoon and
turned him over to local authorities.
The statement made by Franklin
Indicated a self-defense shooting,
but the fact that a first degree
murder charge waa algned by State
Police-Sergeant Earl Tlchenor may
mean that Franklin' story is
doubted.
Franklin gave a reason for the
killing an unhappy married life and
torture on the part of his wife. He
said that Marie had given him
medicine to keep him awake for five
night. He also said the repeatedly
left their home for long periods and
often bad threatened to kill him.
The slaying took placa In a nar
row hallway at the Franklin home,
near the airport on the Joe Wright
read, th night of November M,
Franklin statement disclosed. Th
43-year-old Marie Franklin waa thot
once in the head with a .38 calibre
frontier model revolver.
Franklin Is held without ball In
the county Jail and baa talked with
U. S. Balentine, attorney who In
stituted a divorce action for him
over a year ago. Balentine said ha
had not decided whether to take
the defense.
Friday Visit
John Franklin, the Portland
deputy, was here Friday and that
night went to visit hi brother at
Uie farm home. He said he noticed
the absence of Mrs. Franklin, but
was told by Homer Franklin that
Marie had left him, presumably to
go to Sacramento. The deputy said
that he knew Mrs. Franklin had
left her husbanr several time In
the past
But Saturday afternoon Homer
Franklin telephoned his brother to
come back to the house, saying ha
had something he wanted to tell
him.
Deputy Franklin went back and
hi brother told hint the story af IIm -Uayinr,
a tlory which he later re
peated before other officers, the
district attorney and court re
porter. "I advised him to go to the dis
trict attorney," John Franklin (aid,
"and he agreed."
Homer Franklin told District At
torney Clarence Humble he shot and
killed his wife about 10 p. m. No
vember 30. He said he had gone to
bed and Mrs. Franklin came across
the living room of Uie small nous
(CtaUaac raft , Calama 11
UMT Gets Push
From Royall
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 P)ln a
world of unrest and possible future
conflict, the United States' defense
requirement make Imperative es
tablishment of universal military
training, Secretary of the Army
Kenneth C. Royall declared today.
Royall, In an address prepared
for delivery at a civic meeting, said
he had come to this conclusion
"reluctantly." He emphasized that
he had not abandoned hope for
permanent peace, but added:
' "Until world conditions are better
stabilized than they are today, wa
must plan and we must have uni
versal military training In order
to be ready properly to defend our
nation."
The army secretary said victory
In a future war could not be
achieved without the Invasion of
enemy territory, and for this the
United States would require large
numbers of men, in the air, on the
ground and upon the sea.
ed at the municipal airport Sat
urday night and Sunday, but
flight were going normally today,
United reports.
The storm only momentarily at'
fected transmission on The Califor
nia Oregon Power company line,
but automatic switches returned
power without the necessity of call
ing out crews during the Sunday
storm.
Forecast tor tonight and Tues
day Indicated occasional rain mixed
with snow for the Klamath area.
Telephone communications were
disrupted tor the second time with
in the past several days In th
Lakeshore drive area, Manager
Chuck Seavey of The Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company re
ported this morning. Moisture seep
ing into an old break on a cable
In the Oregon avenue area caused
the trouble, Seavey Raid.
Some 250 telephones were report
ei out till rooming. The first
break was repaired Saturday night
but the second disruption occurred
early Sunday morning. Llnea wera
expected to be back In service to
day. Seavey said the break occurred at
a point where It looked like a BH
hot had struck the cable. Seavey
aid the Lakeshore line was the
only trouble on the local set-up.