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OuUldfi Ihr mll. miiknlilft junile hanly pictured above, it where
Robert Tlieoilore Melaai, 45, fell when he lu hit In the abdomen by a
mall-eahber rifle bullet allefedly fired by S6-year-old Jamee Klta
Wyatt, below. The picture of Wyatt waa taken thli mornlnf at the
bounty Jail where he la booked for murder. 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,
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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.
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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.
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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 :
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I Butler said he started toward Me-
.Has' shanty but W yatt pointed the
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.