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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1948)
rr : & ,.,. I I m3,WY 71 Rofn Erases row MifflMillfig B HAINJKH national park assist " mil chief ranger l Wl Ilium J. liullcr by name) refuses $6004 re ward for finding marine transport plane Hint hiul crushed on the IlliillllUln. The reward ImU been olfcrcd by parents i)l iiiiirliirs who lint lliolr llvr. lie iicu 14 liny tutor u( II2U a ytnr from II 10 lutarlur department (which runs llio national parks) and Idler from Hcirclury King that amounts lu a cttutlutt lor courageously hon orable I'liniliul above and beyond llio call ol duly. - B WEEK and hull ana a U-ill crashed In the IriMrn Howard Peninsula iirru ol Altiku. Ili-iun-nulMiim o 1 1 out Hid air Indicated survivors. Wltliuut hnMlailou, un army doctor und three paratroopers jumped lu tlirir aid. Presumably At.l. KUUK DIED In the rrcuo ultciul. II ic body ol one paratrooper hu been luund and la bring brought buck lo Fair banks today. JMIEHK wem uivivota. Among thrill woio the ll-ills iillol und navigator, who not oil Inlo the lioiru wilderness In the lace ul piurilcully err urn drath In un attempt ui brine buik help to llirlr Injured 1'iiiui udm. Ho l.ir a U now knuwii. both wore lout UJK hoar u much about Ihr I1AIJ In huiiiiui nature these du. It'a mil in-null murlvr to fin get the CKXJIJ AND THE IIUAVK. wllu are an numerous now a rver brlore In history. WITH THK C'ONHKNT OK TUB " UNITED BTAT1SH. the alreuglll of the Urrrk reitulur army l to be increased Irom K'O.ooo to IXi.ooO men. and Ihr muii)ourr of the Clrerk national guaid i lu be upped from 20.000 tu a total of 50.000. The tncrrujie, according lu Orccce premier, comuiuin a reply tu llio help itlven tu communist rebels In Orrece by Orcece'a commuuui neighbors In Uie north i Albania. Yugoslavia and Uultiarla chlrtlO MOTE that lint boosting of Oreck 1 mllllary strength U achieved Willi the CONHKNT ol the United States. That will dramullu) fur you the significant fact that our rrspouslbil lllra are no longer limited by our national boundaries. Whelhrr we like It or not, the world n our bail iwick now. MORAL) 41 Bine 'va acquired world m sponalblllty, we'd belter acquire lite breadth and Ilia tolerance and the undismayed firmness that must go with auch responsibility If we are to flnlah what, we have atartrd. DIBPATCH from London this morning aay: "Responsible quurlera here nay that lirltaln Is planning a NEW, FIRM, FORMAL WARNING to Ureece'a northern neighbor! aguln.il recognising Murko Vafladea' communist-supported guerrilla 'govern ment'" (III northern Greece.) A British foreign office spokesman decline to cunllrm or deny Uie re port, but says an aunuuncemeiil can be cxccted within a few days. UfATCH the British. They are be ginning to pull out of their hole. Britain's pioductlun U UP ap proximately 20 per cent above pre war. In p!lo of scanty loud, cloth ing, homing and furl, her people urc working longrr hours. The gup be tween her exports unci her Import la being sharply nnrruwrd. Records arc being broken In nearly every branch of her Industry. nONT write the British people off your Hal of hopeful possibilities. Alwuya thry huve been workera. They atlll arc m tu be. ACillKKMKNT MANILA, Jnn. 8 An air agreement Uelwern (he I'hlllpplnes and Cli cut llrltuln will bo formally algurd tomorrow by Vice Prcnldrnt Elpldla gulrlno for the Philippines and Minister II. P'oulda for UrlUiln. The agreement, for nn Indefinite period with n onc-yrnr notice of eiinccllntlnn clutiao. will provide for fllghla between Manila mid London by plnnes of the two countrlrs. Greek Army Strength To Be Increased By 12,000 Men ATHKNH, Jan. 6 lVi U'lth the consent of the Hulled States, the strength of the (.reek army la to be increased by 12,000 men and the manpower of the national guard Is to be boosted to (10,000 tyen, Premier Thrmlsloklrs Huphoulis announced last night. Tho decision, he saltl, constitutes a reply to tho help given communist rebels by Greece's neighbors nnd Is Intended to encourage Iho.io who do fended and llbernted Koiiltna In the lust week of tho old yoar. The an nouncement was Issued after 80 phoulls conferred for two hours with Uwlght P. Cli'lswold, hend of the American aid mission to Ulcere. The aim of the nrmy thus will he swelled from 120,000 men to i:i,000. The present strength of the national iimrd la 20,000 men, making a total increase for the two brunches of 42,000 men. Al tho sumo time, Uio U. S. stale department announced In Washing ton that as part of llio program to aid Qreoce In Its fight against com munism nrltiiln had been given blanket authority to transfer lend- UK K FIVK CKNTK Slayer Says Letter Told Of Shooting hv II A IK Kt AKIUKU (ill A Irltrr In whlrli hr ilntrrlltrd In (It ImII Ihfl ilmllt of 43-yrar-olcl .Mart Fmnklln wtm wrlllrn br lluoirr Fmnklln irvrrjit dnyi brfurr hr mnfmitrd thr ftlnyhtf umlly (u liU broth rr Itrrr I mm I Katurday, the ft4ymruld murder mw dpfrndrtnl (old rrpcirlrri lirre ynlrrtUy. Kruukllii nl(l hr tuhlrrwtrd ttxtt Irtirr to hlJi drpuiy hhrrlfl hroth vi', John Krnnkllii, nt Port I und, not know i hb the brnthrr wnx conilnif to KlumMh KuIIh. Thr brnthrr Jrft I'ortluitd In-fore rrrrivlnn thr pur iMirtrd mlwilvr, rnmiiiK hnc on a huittlitu trtp. Juhn Krnnkllii heard hu brothrr'i fttory lnt Baturdny nd turnrd him over to local offi cer. U Fmnklln wrote the revrnllns lt ttrr a he uny&. It Vrumnbly now In Portland awulllnti the re turn of Deputy Hhrrlfl John Frank lin, who left hrrr for home lodav. Unnirr FrnnkUn'a fvtory indlcateA that thr fnrmhoiiHe nlayliiR would have come out. onr way or the other. Iam werkend, atxul al wrcka after the fntnl shooting of November 30. .Mild Appraranre Humrr Fmnklln a mild-npienr lug, very friendly navy veteran of two warn, Ik chnred with flrnt do urer murder. YeJiienlny afternoon he went throiiKh a two-mlnute ar ralKnmrnl fjirnmllty In JuMlre court, thru Ulkrd freely of hit marllnl troublm to newiipnper re IKirtera who vlMled him at the crumy Jail. The body of Mrs. Frunkliu wns recovered from Ita nrnkeMiift gravo l.t the bark yard of the coupte'n renldenc a j id bw now at Wnnl Kunernl homt. i No burtu plana have been mnde. Franktln'a ilatement made to the dUtrlrt attorney and othrr offlrUla aftrr the tlaylitf wu dlaroverrd In dira led a aelf'riefenM motive for the kllllni, and yeaterday'a Inter view amplified that theory. Frank tin described hla married life aa "a hell." Hla wife, he itnld. wax frequently Intoxlrnted or doped, would drink until fthe became virtually liuane She aeemed .to prefer a type of "blnrk medicine" nhe bouitht Ht a driiR atore to whbtkry. medicine which Franklin dr&crlbed as a sort of nedfttlve for nrnxs. Preceding the kllllnR November 30, Fmnklln Mid hla wife had been Intoxicated nli.ee last Armistice Day. November 11, when he came to town In hi chief petty officer's Yeggs Walk Off With Big Haul El.l.ENSHUHO. Wash.. Jun. t,1'i Nervrless thieves who backed a truck within 60 ynrds of a fnrm houric, stole two tractors and a plow, and then hired a wrecker to pull them out of the mud when tl'ey mired down during the rpi nwny. were being sought by the sheriff's nfllco today. Deputy Sheriff Louis Vonhnll said the men backed the truck to a bank 60 yards from the Kuy Sabln farm, loaded on a tractor mid plow and drove off. Mired down near by, they returned far a second tractor to pull them out. Unsuccessful In this, Voshnll said they hailed a passing motorist and were driven to a service station where they hired a wrecker. The wrecker driver, Nat 8awyer, told Voshnll tho men paid him In cash and drove nway when he freed tho truck. lease military equipment lo the Greek government. The equipment, surplus to British needs, already Is In Oreecc, tho de partment said, but no Inventory Is available. The manpower Increase for the (irerk armed forces was the second authorised by the United Htatra ainee the 1:100,000,000 aid program went into effect. Last Heptember a temporary Increase of 20,000 men and an additional permanent in crease of 10,000 men for the army waa authorised. The tlrreks had asked an Increase of 10,000 men. Clrlswolri said at the Umc that It could be Inferred from the Increase that "roconst ruction appropriations will be decreased lo allow (or mil itary requirements." Press dispatches today said the guerrillas who attacked Konllsa hud been driven from heights mound Houiw.anl brldgo, west ot the city, nnd that Greek troops woro moving across Uio Aoos river In an effort to cut off rebels trying to withdraw toward Ihn Or amnios mountains to tho northeast. mi Cost Esomaie Telephone Company Readies Second f J j , y e . snt , v. i i j mil ? IhU plrturr howi members of a Western hlectrfc crew apllclnc Inside cables at the expanded Pacific Telephone aim Icirjrapn company plum, whrrc s second exenanee will soon be In operation. Breck Sturcrll and Fugrne (.ehrnun, the men in the picture, are work hit against the ceiling on a job that re quire! extreme rare. When the second exchange Is completed In March, the new exchange numbers will be dmlKnated by the prrfix Z turn as Z-1001. Expanding demand for telephone service here resulted In the citublikl.n.rnt of the new exchange. Fifty Western Electric technicians are now on the Job installing this equipment. U.S. Navy Controls Seas WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (iPt Fleet Adm. Chester W. N1111K7. says the United States navy holds "undls pitted control of the sea" and could establish floating air fields off any shore to attack Island areas. The former chief of naval oeni- j Hons. In n report prepared before he relinquished that post last month nnd made public today, also pre dicts the navy of the future will nrm Its carrier-based planes with atom bombs. The Untied Stales Is "relatively deficient" In manpower compared to Central Asia, Kn.st Asia or Western Europe, but could win a war never theless with superior weapons and naval nlr-sea .strength, he said. If war comes suddenly within the next several years, he ndils. air-sen power would be the only way of quickly hitting back nt nil enemy. While Invasion In some form would be necessary to win the war, It might not be necessary to occupy nil of nn enemy's territory or cap ital, Nlmltz said. Meat Shortage Threatens NYC NEW YORK. Jnn. 0 oVi Threat of a ment slmrtnge hung over parts of New York City and Long Island suburbs today ns 3000 meal cullers were under orders of union leaders not to report for work Friday nt plnnts of five of the largest whole salers nnd processors In the metro politan nren. The action was announced Inst night by Mux lllock, president ot locnl 342, Amiilgamnled Ment Cut ters nnd Butchers Workmen ot America (AFLI, who said It was caused by n breakdown In wage-hour negotiations with the plnnts. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. 6 (AP USUAi Potatoes: 8 broken, 8 un broken cars on track: arrivals, Ore gon 1: market firm: Klamath Rus sets No. 1-A, J4.76; Deschutes $4.50. LOS ANGKLKS, Jnn. 0 lAP U8DA) Potatoes: 17 broken. 28 un broken ears nn track: arrivals, Idaho 6 by truck 10: market slightly stronger; Idnho Russets No. 1-A, $4.(15-4.70: Deschutes No. 1 bnkers $6.00; Klamath No. 2, JH.60; com mcrclnl $3.06; No. 1 bnkers $5.50. KLAMATH FALLH, OIIKCiON, TI1KHMAV, f?'. llW tr', 'At r s: Solons Gird For Battle As Congress Convenes WASHINGTON. Jan. iP Con gress convened at noon today In a lull-before-the-storm atmosphere. There was no fanfare and only routine formalities in the arn'ate and house, llul off the floor the talk was of battles ahead In an election year over weighty domestic and foreign issues. Traditionally, congress undertakes no business until it receives the president's annual stale - of - the unlon message. Mr. Truman will de liver Hint In person at 1:30 p. m. 1EST1 tomorrow. It Is expected to draw clenrly the lines between the White House and the republican-controlled national legislature on many matters. Mr. Truman may give his views sny whnt he wants on tax reduction. Taylor May Run For VP WASHINGTON. Jan. 6 tA't Sen. ator Taylor iD-Idahol said todny he may decide to run for vice presi dent on a third party ticket headed by Henry Wnllnce If President Tru nin: 1 names a banker to succeed James M. Lnndis as chairman of the civil neronautlcs board. "If nil of these appointments are going to go to Wnll street men. then It's time to do something some thing despernte." Taylor SHld. "But I am going to wnlt and sec what the trend of things is going to be." Taylor snld a week ago he had been sounded out by Wallace sup porters ns to whether he was will ing to become Wallaces running male. He snld then he wns giving the matter "careful consideration." Train Settles Big Argument ABERDEEN. Md Jnn. 8 tV A southbound express Jellied at least the Initial phase of an argument Hint arose when a locnl motorist found his ivny across the Pennsyl vania, rnllroad tracks blocked by another car. Corporal John Lnnbcck of the stntc polico snld l'rniik Slrnimclo, 36, left his vehicle Inst night to nrgtio with the other driver, heard a crash, nnd turned around to see that a train had carried Ills car a mile down the tracks. JAM AHV I, 1941 Telephone II II Exchange' Here I foreign aid, military training, pow ers to use against high prices. Congress' answer will come bit by bit in the debates and the votes of the months ahead while the No ! vember elections draw closer. While almost all congress nun- bers were in town for the session. not all attended the opening meet ing. There were many vacant seats in both chambers, but the galleries I drew their normal crowd of visitors. I Since congress adjourned Decem- bcr 19. Rep. Patrick Drewry, Vir- gtnia democrat, has dled.i Drewry s death and the resigna tion of Enrle Clements, democrat elected governor of Kentucky, left the political lineup In Uio house at 245 republicans, IBtf democrats, one Amcrlcnn-laborlte and three vacan cies. The other vacancy was caused by the resignation of Rep. Evan Howell, Illinois republican. The senate started off with no vacancies and a lineup ot 51 repub licans nnd 45 democrats. White House aides reported Presi dent Truman has his message "al most completed." He called an un usual session of his cabinet for this afternoon to go over the message with the members. The gulf which divides the presi dent and the republican-controlled legislative branch was pointed up perfectly by a new report that Mr. Truman might propose higher taxes on corporation profits in order to leave a margin for low bracket per sonal income tax relief without cut ting total government revenues. Paratrooper's Body Found FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 6 iP) Tho body of one of three pnrntroop ers who jumped to the aid of six B-29 crash survivors on the Icy Scwnrd peninsula December 27 was being brought here by plane todny for memorial services In the Lndd Held chapel. The vlcilin. First Sgt. Snnthell Loudon ot Kintn, okln.. wns found Sunday frozen to death nenr the wreckngo of tho big bomber. SI ill missing arc the other para troopers nnd a Lndd field doctor who made the midnight jump In 30-below eero weather, , and the B-20's pilot and navigator. Lts. Vern H. Amctt and Frederick 8heetz. All are feared dend, but nn Intensive senrch by planes and dog tennis is being continued. W j A No. 1231 lied Proposal Offered By Vandenberg WASHINGTON. Jan. ( PV The administration took aome but not all of the opposition heat off the Marshall plan today by Junklnr the 817,000.000.000 cost estimate for long ranee economic aid to Europe. Suggested by Chairman Vanden berg (K-Mlch.) of the senate for eign relations committee, the action was generally balled In congress aa removing one major stumbling block toward approval of ft four-year re covery program. However. Senator Mtllttin of Colorado, who heads the conference of all republican senators, made It plain that many In his party want still other changes made. Sane Project Speaking on a radio program sponsored by the republican na tional committee last night, Milll kln predicted eventual approval of a "sane" foreign assistance project. But. he told his listeners: "A decent regard tor what ia in the hearts of the American people requires that the aid shall not im peril our own economy and shall be of a nature that will help our frienda abroad help themselves." In announcing tht administra tion's decision to drop the request for authority to spend up to $17,- 000.000.000 toward the recovery of 16 Western European nations out side the communist orbit, Vanden berg said there is no change In the. tG.noo.000.000 estimate for the first 15 months- of the Marshall plan's operation. And he told a news conference this figure may lead to "a hell of a lot of trouble" In cou . gross. .v- " ' - Declaring that help must depend on European nations' helping them selves, the Michigan senator said the action "recognises the reality that it is impossible to anticipate what the condition of the world will be in the succeeding four years." Nevertheless, he said, he favors a four-year commitment of aid, with out any fixed amount. LamarreSays He's Guilty WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 W) Bler lot H. Lamarre, 35, indicted, recently with MaJ. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, pleaded guilty in U. S. district court here today to three charges ot per jury. At the request of his attorney, Robert C. Knee ot Dayton, O., sen tencing of Lamarre was deterred pending a report from the probation officer. The maximum penalty for each count is 10 years in prison. Meyers, retired air force procure ment officer. Is scheduled to be ar raigned tomorrow on three charges oi perjury and three charges of in ducing Lamarre to commit perjury Lamarre, who had been scheduled to appear with Meyers tomorrow, show ed up a day early and arranged to enter his plea today. His appear ance before Federal Judge David A. Pine required only a few minutes. "I plead guilty," Lamarre said, af ter the charge had been read. The clerk then pointed out that there were three counts In the in dictment, and Judge Pine asked him it he pleaded guilty to each. "I do," the blonde, slim defendant replied. Road Closures To Be Talked The matter of closing off several streets In Chelsea and Opportunity additions north of the city limits If the highway entrance north Is Improved will come up at a meet ing ot highway officials and prop erty owners called for Wednesday at 7 p. m. in the courthouse. Wally Hector, county engineer, said that he had been discussing the proposition of closing off some streets for the highway project, and had met with considerable opposi tion from property owners. The highway department, if the north entrance to town on the high way Is Improved and widened to four lanes, would like to eliminate as niahy cross-streets as possible for better traffic control. NEW RECORD MANILA, Jnn. 8 W Newspaper headlines fentured a new postwar record cold of 61 degrees (Fnrenhelt) In Manila today. The all-time low for Manila was 58.1 January 11, 1914. The mercury dropped to 45.3 in Bngulo Sunday. Basin Snow; More Slated The Klamath basli, whipped by a 12-hour snowstorm Sunday, was virtually clear of snow today as rain washed away the fall and left slush and puddles of water instead. Unseasonable weather, with a tem perature reading of 60 degrees at noon today, coupled with warm nights, gave more than a hint of spring today. It was 42 degrees last night, at the minimum reading. Grass along the government canal on Alameda showed quite a bit of green this morning as the snow melted and the moisture soaked into the ground. Early shrubs were showing buds. Precipitation the past 24 hours totaled .08 of an inch, double that ot the previous 24 hours when the moisture was measured at .04. The state of Oregon was drenched today but this meant that highways were In good condition with rain clearing the snow from the Cascade mountain passes. The commission warned of flood danger, however, with heavy rains expected west of the Cascades. At Odell lake on the Willamette pass, the temperature was 35 de grees at t a.m., raining hard fol lowing a night of rain, and spots of packed snow east of the tunnel were turning to slush. There is 52 inches of roadside snow. Sun mountain pass on The Dalles CalUornla highway, the temperature was also 35 degrees, raining, pave ment bare, with 32 Inches of road side snow. It was 34 degrees this morning on the Greensprings high way, raining and pavement bare. More rain throughout the state, including the Klamath basin, was the Wednesday forecast from the weather man. The California Oregon Power company reported no outages due to the rain, and the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company ad vised no additional cable worries but moisture had caused Isolated cases of trouble. Crews continued to work today. The Lakeshore line was repaired late yesterday after a second interruption of service over the week-end. Weather Cause Of Temblors NEW YORK. Jan. 8 UP The whole North American continent has had a bad case of titters tor the past two weeks and It has nothing to do with holiday cele brating. The shaking of the earth is weather palsy "mlscroseUms" in scientific language says Father Joseph J. Lynch, Fordham univer sity's earthquake expert. "It's probably the worst it's been in history." the seismologist said last night. "There's been a sus tained vibration of the whole con tinent for two weeks." Father Lynch, whose earthquake recording instruments have been on a binge, explained that the con tinual rocklngs of the earth are caused by heavy storm conditions and weather changes. "We don't know just what causes these reactions on the earth." he said. "Somehow, the air disturb ances produce a rythmic movement of the ground." Mystery Deepens Around Disappearance Of Kleppen The mystery of the disappearance of 30-year-old Milton Kleppen from Merrill 10 months ago Is becoming one of the most puzzling enigmas of this area, and a youthful kid naper now in jail at Crescent City. Calif., is being looked at with some suspicion. He may know some thing that he hasn't told. Kleppen, an ex-soldier from Blair Wis., had married a Merrill girl and purchased a small ranch near Merrill from his wife's family, getting a GI loan on the place. He lived on the ranch for a year and paid off part of the loan, ap parently prospering, but In March of Inst year he disappeared. Bus to Portland On March 23, 1947. the blond haired young man left Merrill to go to Klamath, Calif., where he had mentioned going into the sporting goods business. At Klamath he rented a building and three days liiter went to Crescent City to board a bus to Portland. The object of the Portland trip was to purchase supplies for his Klnmath store. A Crescent City man, William LnFay. took him to the bus station. Kleppen has not been seen since. N" one knows whether he got on the bus or whether he Just went off Into nowhere from Crescent City. At the time of his disappearance the young man was believed to have been carrying over $200 In his pock et, plus an expensive wrist watch. Life Insurance The disappearance went un noticed for a time, then was re ported to law officers In California nnd Oregon. The tile on Kleppen continued to grow when It was re vealed that the Occidental Life In surance company has a . $10,000 double Indemnity policy on him. An Investigator for the insurance com pany recently renewed Interest In the search, coming here from San Francisco on the Investigation. Not long ago a young man named James Kirby'was Jailed at Crescent City for kidnaping and In a car which he had purportedly stolen was found a notebook containing the name and address of Kleppen 1 wife In Merrill. Mrs. Kleppen told Poultryless Days Called Off For Good WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (VP Pro posals to act up meat rationing machinery on a stand-by basis won the endorsement today of Senators Ives IK-N.Y.) and Murray (U-Mont l While the meat Issue simmered. President Truman's cabinet food committee decided to eliminate egg leu Thursdays after this week but to continue Its appeal for meatiest. Tuesdays. James A. Htlllwell, food conserva tion director, announced that this atep la being taken because ol seasonal Increase In the supply of eggs. Supply Down Stlllwcll noted on behalf of the cabinet food committee that the supply of livestock, on the other hand. Is diminishing. The commit tee took the stand that for this rea son It Is Imperative that meatless Tuesdays bj continued even though meat "may be offered In non-cooperating restaurants and hotels." The meatless and eggless days, along with poultryless days, were Inaugurated last October to save grain for relief shipments abroad. Poultryless Thursdays were aban doned in November. The agriculture department has predicted a meat shortage will de velop in the spring. With this In mind Senator Flanders (K-Vt.) plana to introduce legislation which would authorise the department to make plana for meat rationing. Under Flanders proposal, still an' other act of congress would be re quired to put rationing into effect. The bill being drafted by Flanders contemplates no price controls on meat. Ives said he was glad of that because price celling "would curtail production" of meat. . Distillers Look For Out WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 m Tht Schenley Distillers corporation is "discussing with lawyers" legal ac tion to test the law limiting the amount of grain that distillers may use in making liquor. Vice Presi dent Thomas Casey said today. "We are discussing a lot at things," Casey added to a reporter. Asked it one or more suits are be ing considered, he said that they are. Casey said both the constitu tionality of the ftvv and Secretary of Agriculture Anderson's order al locating grain, were under discus sion. Flirtation Gets Highest Praise LONDON, Jan. 6 OP) Flirts got a kind word today from Dr. Marjorle Tait, organizing secretary of the London Union of Mixed Clubs and girls clubs. Speaking at a conference on fam ily relations, she said: "There is no more civilizing in fluence in the life of the boy and girl growing up through adolescence than adequate opportunities for flirtation because flirtation, prop erly done, is part of the art of liv ing. officers here she was acquainted with Klrby, but Kirby has not re vealed any connection with Klep pen's disappearance. Officers are reluctant to believe that Kleppen Is dead.. There Is no evidence to point that way, but likewise no evidence to Indicate he Is still alive. Kleppen is described as five feet, eight inches tall, weight 140 pounds, blue eyes, ash-blond hair, having one tooth missing from his upper Jaw and an appendicitis scar on his right side. He wns discharged from Camp Benl in November, 1945, as a technical sergeant. MILTON KLEPPEN fcWW mi 1 iiii Win iiHnrni a 1 2
