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Melaaa and Wyatt lived at the cabin near the Great Northern railway traeki aouth of town. $500 Per Capiia Payment To Klamaths Gets Tribe OK KLAMATH AGENCY, Jan. 24 A WOO per capita payment for en rolled member! of the Klnirmth In dian trlbca, now In tlio lrglalntlve mill at WnHhlimton, D. 0., woa ap proved yOHtcrdny nftornoon by mem bers of the tribe In a meeting here. OrlRlnnlly the tribe had asked for a payment of $ I0()0. but a Iioiihc of reprenentntlves committee cut the Draft Eisenhower Clubs To Disband NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (P Lendera of tho National Draft Eluenhower league announced almtiltnneounly today that nil atate unit hnve been a.skod to dlftbimd nnd that the alx nmanlKora or the leaRue had pledged In auppnrl the cnndldnc.y of Hnrold E. Blnnsnl. A alatemenl. Issued at the lengie' headquarter here by Slownrl Schcf tel, chairman, an Id: "We have rend and digested Ihe full text of Clcn. Dwlght D. Elsen hower letter to Leonard V. Finder of New Hnmpshlre. As a result the Natlonnl Drnft Elsenhower League, Ino. reluctantly bowa to tho wishes of the general and hna today asked ill of lla alats chairmen to disband thtlr organlaatlonir." Party Fatal Jungle Shanty tl i if E - 14, :lil Sr Ji I ,3.. t. proposal to 1500. Seldon Kirk, chairman, said yesterday It was the opinion of tribal delegates In Wash Inglon that the gsoo would go through, while n repeated demand for $1000 would not. The bill has passed the house and Is now In the hands of the senate. The tribes voted to let the amount ride at $500. rather than Jeopardize 1 the payment by Insisting on a ' larger figure. The house has em-marked 1800, Q00 to be paid the Indians In this allotment, although that money does not come directly from tribal timber profits, as la usual with per cnplla payments. In November of last year the tribe got a per capita payment of $200, and Inst June a payment of $150. Sheriff's Posse To Meet Monday The Klamath Sheriff's Posse will hold Us first big meeting of the year on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Wlllard hotel. Among matters to be brought up at this meeting will be activities for the coining year and whether or not the Invitation should be accepted to participate In the St. Patrick's parade, March 17, In San Tranclsco. I! - KLAMATH KAIXN. OltKfiON. HATMIHAY, JANUARY Zl, Ends Shooting IUrl""i Plane Search Party Ready DENVKH. Jan. 34 i'i Sixly men.! some of them former army skI troopers, assembled at HolllnsvUle on the western s!oie of the conn- j nentnl divide today to organize a two-day ground search of the rrelon In which a C-47 plane was lost Wed nesday night. The missing plane, a iivil aero nautics administration patrol emit, carried a pilot and two passengers. Lowry field officers said they were "hopeful," but that faint radio sig nals heard from the snow-packed wilds in the Rocky mountains some 35 miles northwest of Denver "were possibly freak squeaks from receiv ing equipment." dipt. William Cole man of Lowry field said that fre quently the ore-laden slopes cause radio sounds similar to genuine sig nals. Aboard the missing cralt were Pilot I'red Suavely, Kansas City, Kan.; Co-Pllot Warren L. Lung strum. Leavenworth, Kas., and Ross C. Brown, Denver, u CAA aeronau tical Inspector. Death Penalty Ban Sought SALEM, Ore., Jan. 24 IPi A move to abolish capital punishment In Oregon was under way today as the aftermath of the gas-chamber exe cution of Warden H. Henderson, 27, Fortlnnd negro. Mrs. John R. Catlln, president ot Uie Oregon Prison association, said a bill to abolish capital punishment would be Introduced In the next legislature. The execution yesterday of Hen derson, convicted of slaying Wnltcr Poole, Vancouver, Wash, butcher, In a robbery two years ago, followed a series of protests that his death pen alty waa Imposed as the result of racial prejudice among Jurors at hla trial. The Oregon Prison association was among groups attempting to obtain a stay of execution. Henderson left behind a note say ing, "You got to be white before you can consider yourself American , . , They didn't look at the case after they saw that I wns a negro. They Just convicted me because of my race." France To Cut Value Of Franc PARIS, Jan. 24 (IV) France had decided to devalue the franc even without the permission of the In ternational monetary fund, a spokesman for the foreign minis try declnred today. The spokesman snld there was no question of France withdrawing from the fundi Ho added, however, I hat the French government be lieves a member of Ihe fund has every right, to cany out a money reform without the approval of the international organization. France, he said. Is obliged by her present financial position to create a devalued external franc and a free money market even In the fare of an adverse vote by, the fund's board of governors. Earlier, Secretary of Slate Pierre Abelln snld the fund In Washington would announce a final decision In the mailer today. t.vtb8 1 tx, I j II I III I,, TV Trlrphonr Rlli fata y Logger Dies From Vourd In Stomach A Mlnr parly In a rallroj.il Junjlf Hlmiitv lair ycntrrday Mflrrnuon whi rllmmrd by the junnhol death of Itobrrt Thrmtorr .Mrlaua, 45- yrur-oltl lojTitrr, and Jamrs i;i.a Wyatt, 3fl, who buitkrd with Mrlaai In the cabin U bnnkrd fur murder at ttir rounty jail. So formal rhitijtv had brrn placed akaiiittt yalt today. AicIuuh wa.s hit once tn the elom ttch with a .22 calibre rl.Ur bullet, Died ml clue runice. The bhoot )i ik occurred urounu 4:16 p. m. and iui jKillce kuiu when arrested Wyutl adtnllled (inntf the hto. Loiter he retracted the bluu-ment. Two material wltneVefs to the Hay, George Hirha, 54, and Joe Bul let, ih, arc held In the county jail on Intoxication charf.es. They al legedly had been drinking with Mr-Inn and Wyatt prior to the 1 loot) MR. OuUide Uuor Blale police bald the bhoottDR look place juht ouUidc the door ol Melaas' nhmity, located across the Great Northern tracks from the John D O'Connor feed lot bouth ot town. They quoted witnesses as MtyliiK tltal Wyatt bhot Melaas with the rifle, but divulged no reason for the act other than "a drinking ar gument." ; A half-filled Kallun jut uf red j wine wm found Imide the cabin j and ronflKrated by pollre. Melaaa fell to the dirt in front of ; the shanty, the witnesses related. Joe Huller was standing near an other cabin and he said he beard Wyatt say, "You son of ii I I'll kill you. . . ." before the shot : i"'1, ,., , " I Butler said he started toward Me- .Has' shanty but W yatt pointed the ' 2? ' l im Z"? w 30 yards away coming across the shot, came up and was also forced buck. Nelson said Wyatt threw the rifle over to another shack. Nelson . picked It up to turn over to police. Ifr drove to the state police head quarters and tnld the story. Drageed Inside When two officers arrived at the shanty, Wyatt apparently had dragged Melaas bark Into the rabln and rolled him under a bunk. The It'orlt itrd m t'ux ?. Column 4) Judge Studies Runaway Case SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24 P Juvenile authorities will determine what, if anything, to do with 15-year-old Jacqueline ijackiei Horn er and the young sailor who be friended the runaway Hollywood piano prodigy during- her eight dav fling In San Francisco night life. Superior Judge I. L. Hams re fused yesterday to hold the sea man, 19-year-old Wallace Wells of Hood River, Ore., on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Instead, he referred both his case nnd that of the vivacious starlet to juvenile court. Jackie spoke up at the hearing In defense of the sailor off the navy tanker Cimarron. He was gentlemnnly and nice" at all times during their five days together, she said. Police found the two In a hotel room last Wednesday morn ing. Jackie reiterated in court that "nothing wrong" had occurred. "He never touched me," she told Judge Harris. Whether the young plnnist will become a ward of the Juvenile court will be determined next week. Her rose is scheduled to be heard Thursday. She has maintained she was motivated In leaving home on January 13 by rebellion against long hours or study and practice. Paul Hill, Los Angele.i attorney representing Jackie's mother. Mrs. Clara Horner, announced he would oppose any effort to make the girl a ward of Juvenile court. She Is a "very good kid," he said, and "the state has nothing to offer her." New Insecticide Gets Indorsement PORTLAND, Or'., Jan. 24 &) A new Insecticide called parathlon to day had the endorsement ot the annual western spray conference. ' Sclcutlsl.s of Ihe western slates and British Columbia said 11 was particularly effective In controlling orchard mites. They predicted It would supplement orchardists' use of DDT, which has tin disadvantage of destroying enemies of miles and aphkls. The scientists reported parathlon was tested extensively last year under the names of formulation 3422 and A ATP, No. 1346 Crater Lake Sets Sunny Day Record All January records at Crater lake national park were shattered this week when park official re ported the "clearest" January In the history of the service. There have been 18 clear cu.' 14 In a row, during the month. The former record was lor 11 clear January daya In lirtu. The maximum temperature the past five days has been in the Sua. Kuircrs tld there has been a skim ol Ice on the lake most all this ptil wee. As lor skiing, runners advit.ed devotees of the sport to remain off the trails, which they termed "In very bad snapc." The trulls arc deeply rulteu and no new snow his fallen in more than iv.o vvcci:. ttlojK' ure only in lair condition ana suing Is pos sible only dur.ng miU-ailcr,ioon hours when the sun thaws the icy covering. The sla tow will run Bunau,. ueispllc the pour sluing pnisptcts and the lunui counter will oe open all uay. 'mere was one accident during the week wnich occurred snortly aitcr noon rYid.iy when Dick Camucj). in - year old Aieuiord youth. bUUcrcd a po&iblc fracture to the kit ankle at the top ol nov nc trf.il. The ankle was spnnt eu by r,ticr anu Uick sent home ' with members ol ins party. Hangers advlaed The Herald and News this morning that sisnl seclng was excellent and picture possibilities good at the park tins week-end. Reds Denied DP Camp Visit FRANKFURT. Germany, Jan. S4 ( Eleven Russian correspondents i touring the U. 8. rone of Germany v. 111 not be permitted to visit dls- placed persons camps. "Their visit might cause trouble, a U. S. army K,nl..-r,ta,i aatH Ivlu Most of the 300.000 displaced pcr- , U)e American are m hm Russllin ' ccmmunlsm." explained Col. George S Estere. rhey have refused re pea ted chances to return to their i nlst dominated countries, he said. "If these Russian Journalists were permitted to enter their camps, the likely result would be trouble." Ey ster said. "We would have to have armed military police standing by to protect them. We want to avoid any trouble. "There are Russia repatriation i missions here who have access to these camps, and whose job It Is to handle such matters." The Russian newsmen began yes terday a 12-day conducted tour of the American zone. American cor respondents recently returned from a similar tour of the Russian zone. Soldier Runs Wild In Tank LAWTON. OKLA.. Jan. 24 (if) An Intoxicated Fort Sill soldier ran berserk In a tank-like 21-ton self propelled 155 mm. howitzer here shortly before midnight leading frantic MP's on a dizzy 12-mlle chase through the heart of town be fore they trapped him with a road block. The one man armored force crashed three cars on his stormy passage and started a near-panic in Law ton. a town of 20.000. where startled citizens Jammed the police telephone board with queries and play-by-play reports. MaJ. Gen. Clift Andrus, com mander of the fort, identified the soldier as T 4 Donald S. Williams, 24. Decatur, Tex. He Is a radio operator attached to a rocket bat talion and Williams told Investigat ing officers he had never operated howitzer before. Andrus said the soldier said he did not know what he was doing until after he was tak-c- into custody. Son Kills Father Through Mistake MT. CLEMENS. Mich., Jan. 24 (P) A 41-yenr-old Clinton township father was shot to death today and police said his 17-year-old son had fired the fatal shot In the mistaken belief that his father was beating the boy's mother. Authorities said Ihe victim, Stephen Kallls Sr., 41, actually was trying to apply first aid measures to his wllci Henrietta, 37, whom he mistakenly believed had swallowed some poison. Assistant Prosecutor Frank G. Olamblone said the fatal shot was tired by Stephen Kallls Jr., but add ed that no charge had been placed against him pending further ques tioning. Olamblone and Deputy Sheriff John Verbccke said the youth freely admitted the shooting, which he termed "a tragic mistake." Officials Study Food Strike Oik MI'VICII, Germany. Jan. 24 (Pt The German economic council of Ihe British and American zones spurred by a 24-hour hunter strike by 1,000. MM) Bavarians took steps today to wipe out blark marketing and food hoarding and thus Increase rations. The Bavarian state government in the L'. 8. zone announced It would wage a similar drive and called on trade unions and farmers' associa tions to help divert food from illegal channels Into a common rationing pool. The bizonal council, m the sever est law In Its six month' existence, decreed that all farmers and food handlers must report their complete stocks. Pood not reported can be coniiscated under the new law and fines up to $3000 can be levied for false reports. The lone communist delegate was tl.e only council member to oppose the measure. Ktep Cp Ration i Gen. Lucius D. Clay, American military governor, said In Washing- ton the U. S. army Intends to step I up the German basic ration from j 1510 calories a day to 1800 by July ! 1. He said food collections from Ger man farmers would comprise about 80 per cent of the target.) The strike, which gripped Z6 ma jor cities and many towns in the American zone yesterday, paralyzed communications, industry and most trade. It ended at midnight. Marked by mass demonstrations and scattered Incidents, Including angry shouts against "well - fed Americans," the walkout was never theless orderly In general. Communists who supported the strike played a prominent part In the demonstrations with their red banners. Union leaders said 800.000 of their members walked out hi Bavaria and 200.000 non-union workers joined hem. ft, ,L i , QfST IflTuI j PENDLETON. Ore., Jan. 24 W , One man was killed and two others ' Injured today when a power shovel i detonated a hidden charge of pow I. law at ,) ITmattlU Mtinm rev cier.aL the Umatilla county rock quarry about 20 miles north of Pendleton. - Dead was Ronald Simmons, about 36, of Kannah, Ida., the shovel operator. Harley Ssradley or Spokane, a truck driver, was injured seriously by a flying rock. Orlando Haney of Pendleton was injured slightly. Wlllard Brown, county roadmaster, sa.d tne powder apparently was an unexploded portion of a charge that had been set off more than a month ago by crews of the Curtis Sand and Gravel company, Spokane, con tracting firm. The shovel was wrecked. About a dozen other men working in the quarry's vicinity at the time of the blast escaped injury. Bradley Hints At Red War DALLAS, Jan. 24 VP) Gen. Omar Bradley, the next army chief of staff, said here that "If Russia had the atomic bomb I don't believe they would hesitate to use it on us." In an interview last night he also said. "I don't think she could or would fight now if she could help it. . "I don't think there will be war 'now' unless some country blunders into It." But he said he would not apply ms remarKs about Russia not want. ing war with us now "to the long run.- There is danger of a blunder caus ing war because "Russia has taken such an aggressive stand in pushing around other nations." ha declared. The There was a new look, even In grandma's day, according to this collection of charming old costume modeled by a (roup of Fremont Junior high school students at an aaaembly held Friday afternoon. The gowns were loaned by Mrs, Louis Gerber and Mrs, Stella Bowne. Two of Mrs, Gerber's granddaughters, the Gerber twins, were among the models. Left to right, wearing "The New Look In Grandma's Day," thema of the program, Beverley Eels, Margaret Gerber, Frances Stearns, Janice Larson, Marilyn Wheeler, Marilyn Gerber, Nancy Klntgea and Nancy Hagglund, who also demonstrates the pointed she look which today's faahlon-wtee woman reesfnlse aa a "new look" for 14. Hospitalized f . :' 1 I'M S to ; A . ' a.-l .. '-. -V. Kay Francis. 43-year-old stage and screen actress, shown in one ol her most recent portraits (above) has been admitted to a Columbus, O., hospital, seriously ill under mysterious circumstances. Her stage manager, Howard Graham, 37, was held by police for questioning. The actress was appearing in Columbus In the stage play "State of the Union." Pauley Raps Stassen Story WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 WV-Ed. win W. Pauley charged today that Harold E. Stassen combined "ignor ante and falsehood to Indict me solely in pursuit of his own selfish ambitions." Pauley made the assertion in a statement read to a senate appro priations subcommittee Investigating to learn whether public officials op erated in the commodity markets with inside knowledge. Stassen, candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, has charged that Pauley, a special assistant to the secretary of the army, used In side information in profiting on the commodity markets. Pauley accused Stassen of uttering "poppycock" and has denied he had such information. He said hla $932,703 profits in three years was made on facts available to anybody who reads the news papers. - Pauley declared In his statement that "I have been seriously and per haps irreparably harmed by Mr. Stassen's falsehoods and unfounded charges." He added: "It Is only fair that the full meas ure of this man and his charges be made public. I have accused him of utterly deliberate untruths. In addi tion. I charge that he is utterly lack ing In comprehension and under standing of the dealings and func tioning of the commodity markets, the very subject matter of his charge, x x x Denham Defends Anti-Red Ruling WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 (IP) Robert N. Denham, general cc-nuel of the national labor relations board, today defended the non communist affidavits required of union leaders under the Taft-Hartley law as a proper exercise of con gressional power to prevent reds from mis-using unions to "provoke strikes." In a brief filed with a three-Judge federal court. Denham asked for dismissal of a case attacking con stitutionality of the pledge require ment. The action was brought by the CIO national maritime union, whose president. Joseph Curran, contended that while not a commu nist himself he was opposed to sign ing the pledge. The NMU suit mainly contended that it is an infringement on per sonal rights to be required to state political views. New Look In Grandma's Day NYC Braces For Second Heavy Fall By The Associated Press A heavy snowstorm swirled up tho Atlantic coast today, threatening tv give New York city a blizzard, whlla subzero cold, leaving the Midwest. gripped New England, and Icy high ways slowed motor traffic In tha freezing Mouth. A blizzard struck Central and Southern Ohio, piling up six Inches of snow in some areas before noun Airplanes were grounded In tha affected area. The U. 8. weather bureau an nounced that a storm "attended by widespread and drifting snow la moving Into the New York area from West Virginia and Georgia" and Is expected to hit the North eastern and Middle Atlantic states by tonight. 10-Inch Fall Seen Ten to 15 inches of snow wera forecast for the New York metro politan area, already shivering la the coldest weather of the winter. A minimum for the season of flva degrees above zero waa recorded in New York early this morning. Three deaths during the night were at tributed partly to exposure. New England, where the early morning temperatures dropped aa low as 22 below at Burlington, VU, 21 below at Portland, Me., and 20 below at Concord, N. H., also waa In for heavy snows. - Winds accompanying the storm were expected to be strong enough to bring blizzard conditions to Uu New York area, the weather bureau said. Dixie Hit "Moderate to heavy snow" waa forecast through Virginia, Mary land, West Virginia and the West ern CaroUnas and "sleet mixed with. snow" for the Eastern Carolina! and Southwest Virginia. Snow already had blanketed much of Dixie. Nashville, Tenn., had a fall of more than five inches; Meridian, Miss., five inches; Jack son, Miss., four inches, and Laka Charles, La., two Inches. Snow fell In Alabama as far south as Cuilom burg, 86 miles from the Gull ot Mexico, and in Georgia It reached Atlanta. Temperatures In some Southern states plunged to near record lows Chamber Gets Sand Appeal Strange mail received at tha chamber of commerce this week in cluded a small bottle of sand. Each week the mail brings re quests for all types of Information on this city, community and state plus appeals for the city's support of various projects. This little bottle contains "smelt" sand the kind a certain type ot smelt likes for spawning, and it came from Yachats on the Oregon coast. With the bottle was an appeal for assistance in keeping tha sand from being removed from the beach by the highway commission. Removing the sand will ruin the smelt fishing, Yachats residents contend. Fishermen Protest Bonneville Count ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 24 (ffV-The CIO International Fishermen's and Allied Workers' union today voiced the opinion there Is something fishy about the fish statistics from Bon- ' neville dam. A resolution accused the army engineers of placing their own "in terpretation and coloring" upon fish counts, and asked that the Job be transferred to the federal fish and wildlife service. The union In company with most ot the fish Industry long has dis agreed with army engineers over effect of the dams on salmon runs.