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n thru words nie written, there
Is no shooting news on the wires.
Nobody, at (In moment, semis to br
flnuerliiK a trigger. '
That Is always aiimelhlng to be
thankful lor,
Plltt I'rcnrh 1 1 h v 'clrvulurd" the
franc. 'I'lml li to my. a pound or
dollar will now buy MORE francs.
Why did they do ao?
Their reason la liilerrsllug, bill
Isn't nmde fully cleur to us common
ordinary people, who don't keep up
on audi maltera. Primarily, they
want to aril more goods to America,
and are Jigitlluu the value of the
franc aa a anil of shut In the arm
to make thai ikimIIiIc.
11UW dura 11 wink?
n Quite simply.
If you're buying itixxln In Paris,
r you have to puy mr iiirin in Hums,
' nut dollara. bo you flint buy flams,
and with your francs you pay your
bill. That how InleruiiUouul liuilr
la carrlrd on.
j The mure limns you run buy with
your dollar, the rlirHr your French
goods will be. The r'rcncli wuul to
ell to tin, ao they are cliriiix'iiliig
their franca Instead of cutting their
prlcea.
They aro klildlnit tlirmsrlvcs, of
courite. Hut In thcso day, we'd
rather kid oumelvex than to fare
teallllra. The French, you arc, arc
no exception to Una general rule.
PIIK Russians, who, In ninny wny
are nobody's fools, are ihrouuii
the achrmc at mire. A Mom-ow ilu
patch aaya Uils morning thai the
devaluation lot the I rum "seeks
to rant a veil ovrr the true puipusc
of Oie new i Fremiti mil nicy
mrusuirs" which, II says, "aie
favorable only ti American exporu."
Moscow icahTA. you srr. that
anything that makes It easier for
Krauce to aril to America alui
makes It ra.urr for Kraiire to 1IUY
FROM AMKHICA. Thl more
trade there la between France and
America, the doner Frmch-Amcr-Iran
relatlona will be.
Moacow doesn't like that.
fllKilK or two Interesting aide
lights to Una cheuirr franc bus
iness. '
One I thai II touches off wave
of ieciilatloii 111 London and Paris.
ANY Till NO that upset prlcea
MTAKTS 8PKCULATION. Smart
people take advantage of II to make
eay mottry on Uie nc or (nil
Th oilier aldrllghl la that French
export art chiefly luxury goods
ilierfumra, hat, original model
- dresses, etc.) It Is highly significant
tiial in the preaent-duy world free
- enterprise America la about the only
place left where luxurlea call be af
forded by the common run of people.
Th luxury market elsewhere In
the world la pretty welt coulined to
black market operators. eeculalor
and racketeer! of various Ilka.
THAT U something for ua to think
1 about. A long aa our ayatem
provides the common run of our
people with more of the good tilings
of life (everybody knowa that
LUXURIES are among the good
things thai we all strive fori than
any olher aystem generally III use.
we'd certainly be sap to np 11
tor some system Uial would pro
vide ua with LV-HS.
TP the time ever cornea when com-
munlsm or socialism offera ua the
realistic prospect of more of the
good Uilnga of life than we are gel
ling under our aystem, then will be
the time to consider a change.
You have to travel widely, or read
widely and discriminatingly, to be
anre of It, bill If you travel widely
enough or rend discriminatingly
enough you'll come la the con
clusion Unit A8 IB our system pro
duce more for Uie gcnernl run of
people than any other system
presently In use hi the world.
Aa long aa Unit remains true, we'd
better hang onto It,
, Japs Hunt For
Bank Slayer
TOKYO, Jan. 37 (Pi Thousands
of Tokyo police searched tonight for
a monstrous, whitc-hnlrcd, big
nosed Japanese who murdered ill
bank employes wllh poison Monday
In an effort to Unit the Shltiia
branch of the TclkokiL bnnk.
Examiners were unable to tell
daw much, If any, loot hud been
obtained. More than 300.000 yen
($0(1(101 was Irfl on bnnk tables,
leading to belief that the poisoner
had, been frightened off before hav
Iiir a clinnce lo gather up nny funds
The killer, poshiR an a public
henlth doctor, entered nt closing
time and ordered the banks' 16 em
ployes to drink a colorless liquid,
which lie said was prescribed be
causo of .dysentery In the nrcn.
Twelve of (.ho 1(1 died. One woman
employe! ninnngcd to crawl nut the
door nnd cull for nlri.
Business Failure
Figure Gaining
NUW YORK, .Inn. 27 (Pi There,
were more cnmmrrclnl and business
failures 111 the week ending Janu
ary aa llinn In uny week since cniiv
1 1)43, Dun nnd Urndslrect reported
today.
The business research firm snlrt
failures rose to 100. compared, wllh
(II the preceding week. Thoro were
twice ns many failure ns In the
corresponding week of 1047.
Manufacturing nnd retail Inula
accounted for most of I lie shnrp In
dense. I
WEATHER
tin, .In, 191 II Mln, .. II
rMHpluilun Isil ll aturs w.
airMin vasr Is salt S.ol
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rsrtusili rail.
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Vetera
Cold Wave
Death Toll
Mounting
Ity The Associated Press
The uildwrsl got a new batch of
frigid weather from Central Canada
today, the third cold wave In a week,
a wrrk In which 10 drath were at
tributed lo the cold and snowy
weather.
The freali mass of rold air
erutrrrd 111 the DakuUa and Min
nesota and moved Into other sec
tions uf Die central slates and the
Itorky mountain region. The fed
eral weather bureau in Chicago
sa.i temperatures across the coun
try, except in houllirrn Hur!da,
were below nurmal.
The continued cold weaUicr
throughout Uie eastern half of Uie
country found tunny communities
curbing Industrial activities aa a
mrasuie to conserve fuel for do
mestic purposes.
Itlvrr Closed
The Ice-clogged Ohio river was
closed lo navigation for Uie flrsi
I te since 11)40 and a dozen barges
loaded with 401 new automobiles
were caughl In Uie Ice 10 miles up
stream from Kvaiuvlllc. Ind. The
barges were en route from Cincin
nati to Mayersvllle, Miss.
The death toll from causes at
tributed lo Uie cold and snowy
wenlher of Uie past week was
counted 111 30 slates In Uie East.
Midwest and South. Pennsylvania
and West Virginia each reported
15 fntnlllles; there Were 33 In the
New England stales: 10 111 Texas
and ulna each in Kentucky, Ohio
and Indiana,
Temiieruturcs of near 30 below
were rcoried in Uie Icy regions of
Northern Minnesota near the Ca
nadian border today and they were
near Uiat mark In parts of North
Dakota and Montana. The mercury
also skidded to below neroln Wis
consin, Michigan and Iowa and was
near thai mark In Illinois and
Indiana.
'lite new cold wave was expected
to move Into Uie eastern stales to
night but Uie temperatures todsy In
Northern New England were t to
10 below.
There was a wide bell of snow
from Uie Southern Rockies east
ward Into Uis Ohio river valley and
freezing rain and sleet was reported
In parts of Texas. Arkansas and
Tennessee. Colorado reported snow
for Uie Ullrd straight day with 35
inches on the ground In the moun
tains at Leadville.
Reds Ready On
Treaty Deal
VIENNA. Jan. 37 (Pj Russia was
reported here today to be ready to
deal on a peace treaty for Austria.
An Austrian government ' spokes
man snld hope for a settlement of
his occupied country's future, long
blocked by an enst-west deadlock,
now appeared "brighter."
The Auslrlnn press agency said
five conditions hud been laid down
by the Musslana for discussion at
tho Big Four deputy foreign min
isters' conlerrnce m London next
week ;
1. That Russian denuuiris regard
ing the big Zlstcrdorf oil fields,
northeast of here, remain un
changed. Russia wants two-thtrds
of the field's production and an
equal share of the equipment.
3. That the oil field concessions
remain effective for SO years.
3. That Russia be paid (300.000.
000 within two years for all outer
German assets In Austria now con
trolled by Russia. (One of Uie
toughest questions 111 Austrian ne
gotiations to date has been an exact
definition of what constitutes Oer
mnn assets in Austria.)
4. That Russia be given from 30
to 40 per cent of the Danube Ship
ping company.
6. That all profits 'obtained under
these conditions may be Uiken from
Austria free pf restrictions.
You, Too, Can
Get Drunk, Sir
ATLANTA, Jan, 37 (IV-Temperance
note for 1048: Surgery
patients can get drunk on water.
Dr. Robert ISImnn, professor ol
clinical surgery nt Washington
university, told n sectional meet
ing of tho American College of
Surgeons yesterday that a pa
tient must be prevented from
drinking ton much water after
nil operation.
"Within two or three days,"
snld Dr. Elinnn, "he sometimes
becomes so deficient In snlt that
lie goes Into nil acute stnte of
shock. That's what would be
called getting drunk on water."
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The Irmprriture dropptd lo trason mini mum hrre this momfni which adds (o the news Talue or
the picture abort, made Jutt Saturday afternoon In the bark yard of a home at 329 McKInley ftreet The
photographer caught little Patty UUaon. left. In twin;, and her niece. Diane Wanner, aa they played In
the warm mid-day aunlitht after stripping off their uppers and ahoea and stocklnfs. Patty is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jamra 11. Wllnon and it a second grader in Conger school. Diane is a visitor from Seattle,
where they don't have as much nice winter sunshine as she finds In Klamath Falls, The temperature
read 59 whrn this picture was taken.
Slayer Gets
Second Trial
' SALEM. Jan. 37 (! Forrest
Wilson, sentenced to life Imprison
ment for first degree murder, won
a new trial today because Circuit
Judge H. K. Hniina of Jackson
county failed to Instruct the Jury
about Uie different degrees of
homicide.
Wilson was accused of the fatal
shooting of John B. Camden In
Mcdford November 1046. The slay
ing tollowrd a poker giime held In
a garage, Uie slate contending Wil
son hnd lost money In the game and
shot Camden to get his money back.
Wilson submitted an alibi In or
der to show he whs not present at
the time of Uie crime.
The stnte contended the murder
was a first degree crime because II
wss committed during a robbery.
Wilson's attorneys said that even If
Wilson did commit the crime. It
could not be first degree murder
because It was not a robbery. They
claimed It Is not robbery for the
loser In a gambling game to try to
get back the monoy he lost.
The supreme court decision, by
Justice, J. O. Bailey, said enough
evidence was submitted to sustain
a first degree murder verdict, but
Hint the lower court erred In not
Instructing, the Jury on second de
gree murder nnd other degrees of
homicide.
No Rain For
California
SAN FRANCISCO. Jim. 37 lP
No Inimcdlntc relief Is In sight for
California, sufforini, from Its worst
drought conditions In 70 years.
A disturbance In the North Pn
clflc hnd rnlsed hopes of rnin, but
tho U. 8. wenthcr burenu snld todny
Uie storm hnd moved north and
would miss Cnllfornln.
Forecnstcrs enmo up w 1 1 h the
monotonous prediction "clenr"
which for weeks hns meant, n suc
cession of blue skies nnd nil ever
deepening worry lo ngiicnllinlsls.
Mealing hot winds In Northern
Cnllfornln further dried mil Innd
pnrched by lack of rnln. , Under
ground wnter supplies dropped.
Some ranchers dependent on wells
begnn to hnul water.
Southern California felt ft touch
of rnln yesterday, but not enough.
Other cities studied municipal water
rationing measures already taken by
Santa Hnrbnrn nnd Ventura. 8nn
Francisco nnd Los Angeles both re
ported temperature highs nf ng de
grees; t
Summer In January
Business District Of Tiny
Town Of Moclips In Ashes
HOQUIAM. Jan. 37 (Pi Two-
thirds of Uie business district of Uie
small coastal community of Mo
clips, 37 miles north of here, lay in
ashes today and at least fire fami
lies are homeless after sparks from
welding torch touched off a tire
In Uie basement of commercial
garage, the state patrol reported.
The blaze slarled In Uie Percy
Mail Route
Recommended
PORTLAND, Jan. 37 (Pi Recom
mendation for a star mail .route
between Klamath Falls and Lake
view Is being sent to Uie postmaster
gcnernl, Fred H. Twohy. district
railway mail superintendent, said
todny.
The bid cull closed yesterday and
Twohy said he was confident his
recommendation an alternate to a
suggestion that the mall be taken
to Lakevlew from Portland by truck
via Bend would be accepted. He
said the carrier would leave Klam
ath Falls for Lakevlew at 3 :30 a. m...
and arrive there In time for city
carriers to mnke delivery. The re
turn will connect with the 9:50 p. m.
northbound Southern Pacific train
for Portland as 'well as southbound
trains.
The Lake county chamber cf com
merce had proposed the truck route
from Portland, but Twohy said
weather and other fnctors made the
Klamath Falls route preferable.
Time of starting service depends
on the speed with which the post
master general nets. It might be
In about 30 days, Twohy said.
Ducks Pose Big
Problem For Man
LONDON, Jan. 37 iPl George
Edward Jncnknmnn hns a problem:
How do you make 16 ducks read
unci obey n magistrate's order to
quit disturbing the neighbors by
qiinrklng by night?
Unless you use an ae?
Three of Jncaknman's neighbors
In suburban Wcnldstoue complained
In court todny that the ducks kept
them awnke. Jncnknmnn snld the
ducks quack only when disturbed,
and usunlly "they merely chuckle
quietly among themselves."
The mnglstrate ngrecd with the
neighbors, fined Jncnknmnn one
pound 4i and ordered him to keep
the ducks quiet.
Houghton garage about 8:30 p. m.,
Uie patrol reported, and was
brought under control around mid
night. There were no casualties. Damage
was estimated by property owners at
$150,000.
Whipped by a strong east wind,
the fire swept through the business
district to destroy the post office,
garage, a grocery, cafe and gift
shop. Five homes were burned.
Tho razed post office housed Uie
community's telephone exchange
and the region still was shut off
fiom outside communication early
todny. State patrol and coast guard
radio equipment was pressed Into
service.
Const guardsmen from the West
port, Wash., station patrolled the
nrea to prevent looting, and mem
bers of the Hoqulnm nnd Aberdeen
Red Cross disaster relief units pre
pared to estnollsh headquarters tor
the homeless In the unused navy
training station at Pacific Beach,
two miles south of Moclips.
Mrs. C. W. Alley of Pacific Beach
offered 10 empty cabins as tempo
rary housing for families whose
hemes were ourned.
Pumper trucks from the coast
guard station and volunteer tire de
partment at Westport, and the Ho
quiam and Aberdeen fire depart
ments fought Uie blaze for nearly
four hours after speeding to the
ocean community under state pa
trol escort.
River Wreck
Sinks Tug
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 37 wPi A
river collision sunk the tug Mel
ville and damaged a hog fuel barge
in the Columbln near Longvlcw last
night. ;
The tug, owned by the Knnppton
Towboat company, Portland, sunk
13 minutes after colliding with the
barge. The crew of sevrn escaped.
The fuel bnrge, being pushed Trom
Longvlcw to Portland by the tug
James Tnlt, wns damaged. It be
came waterlogged and broke loose
but wns caught again by the James
Tait and the tug Kllckltnt.
There wns no damage to the Mel
ville's tow, a barge carrying 5000
barrels of oil.
The Melville's superstructure re
mained above water and salvage
operations were expected to start
today, ,
(Students UW-
Denied
Quarters
By HALE SCARBROL'GH
Bitter complaints about the ad
ministration of Klamath Falls' fed
eral housing units are breaking out
Into the open today aa a result of a
meeting of the Allied Veterans
council last night and a report that
Oregon Vocational school students
all veterans are being refused ad
mission to the housing units.
The students are classified as
"transients" by Austin Hayden.
housing superintendent here. Win
ston Purvine. OVS director said,
and "transients" are denied Uie
privilege of living in the federal
apartments.
Students enroll at u S for classes
lasting from 18 months to three
years and are desperately in need
of housing. Many are married but
have been unable to bring their
families to Klamath Falls because
of the housing shortage. Others,
Purrine said, would enroll Ib courses
here If they could be guaranteed
housing.
. Purvine and others interested In
the situation said they believed
Hayden's Interpretation of the
"transient" regulation to Include
students was his own and not that
o' the homing authority.
Hayden was reported out of town
and unavailable for comment today.
The veterans council meeting last
night aired not only that gripe but
a long-continuing one over the "bu
reaucratic" administration of the
federal units. The council claims
t" know of 14 instances where "ape
cial privileges" were granted to per
sons who became tenants of the
apartments without working up on
the waiting lists or taking lesa-de-h-ab4e
anrartan flriC '
Instance Cited
An Instance la also cited of a
veteran here in town who ia par
ing J24 a week for an auto court
lodging, and is refused admission to
the housing units because "he has
adequate housing."
The veterans council reports that
Havden says there are now 15 va
cancies in the "boxcar" apartments
of the Mountain View units least
desirable of the federal houses
and that he has contacted all per
sons on his waiting lists and none
want the Mountain View apart
ments. They are two-bedroom fur
nished affairs, renting for 839 i
month.
Hayden Is reported considering
recommending that 15 ot the "box
car" units be tom down.
This afternoon some 13 or 14 stu
dents of OVS who want housing Im
mediately are going to the Moun
tain View location to look over
those apartments, and the wheels
may be set in motion to have the
"transient" ruling as applied to
OVS students reversed.
The Klamath County chamber ot
commerce has written a letter to
Jesse Epstein, regional housing di
rector in San Francisco, urging that
the units not be torn down and that
OVS students be allowed to live in
them.
Purvine said Hayden told him the
OVS students could move Into the
Mountain View units If OVS would
take over operation and mainte
nance of the units completely. But
the 839 a month rental would have
ti be paid.
Epstein is asked to come to Klam
ath Falls to get personal view ot
the federal housing situation here.
A person who attended the coun
cil meeting Inst night remarked 'that
if Klamath Falls can afford to tear
down 15 livable apartments, it Is the
first town on the Pacific coast
which can.
Lumber Price
Droo Seen Soon
NEW YORK, Jan. 37 UP) Pre
dictions that lumber prices will de
cline by as much as 30 to 30 per
cent came today from the annual
convention here ot Uie Northeastern
Retail Lumbermen's association.
Experts attending Uie meeting
agreed there would be little reduc
tion as long as retailers are bidding
up prices tor short supplies of better,
grade lumber.
Roy Wenzllck. St. Louis. Mo.,
housing and building analyst, told
the lumbermen he based predictions
of a 30 to 30 per cent drop "In the
not-too-dlstant future" on expecta
tions of greater productivity of labor
and on belief the present boom is at
its peak.
Late Spud Bulletin
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 37 (P)
(USDAl Potatoes: 10 broken, 11
unbroken cars on track; arrivals:
California 3, Oregon 3, Nevada 1,
Idaho 2: market firm; Klamath
Russets No. 1-A, 83.85.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 37 (At
(USDA) Potatoes: 14 broken. 33
unbroken cars on track; arrivals:
California 7, Oregon 4, Idaho 3.
Utah 3. by truck 8; market firm;
Deschutes Russeti No. 1-A 8535.
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French Actress Annabel. ap
pears In court in Los Angeles to
divorce Tyrone Power of the films.
8he testified the actor often re
fused to talk to her and went to
his room to sulk, tthe won alimony
totalling at least $50,000 annually,
less her earnings.
Strike Halts
Kaiser Plant
DETROIT. Jan. 37 UP) Kaiser
Frazer corporation sent approxi
mately 7000 first shift workers home
today when a dispute among power
truck operators halted Uie two final
assembly lines In the big Willow
Run plant.
A company spokesman said the
operators left their jobs when one
of their number was transferred to
another department. There was no
comment from the CIO United
Auto Workers local 43, ot which Uie
operators are members.
The power truck operators move
supplies ot various types to assem
bly lines throughout Uie plant
Pravda Raps
Soviet Firms
LONDON. Jan. S7 MV-Pravda to
day accused many Industrial plant
managers In Russia of disrupting
consumer goods production. It
singled out production failures In
spades, locks, hammers, ironware
and spoons.
The official communist party
paper said in an editorial broadcast
by Moscow radio:
"The abolition of rationing and
the rise in the real level of the stan
dard of life In our country demands
from industry a considerable In
crease in Uie output ot consumer
goods production." .
It pointed out in terms of almost
unprecedented sharpness for a Rus
sian newspaper dealing with In
ternal affairs, that many plant
managers were not carrying out
their assignments.
Oregon Has 17th
Rainless Day
PORTLAND. Jan. 37 WV-Oregon
was in its 17th consecutive day
without rain today, and shivered in
temperatures which in many areas
set new lows for Uie month.
Baker's 6 degrees was Eastern
Oregon's low this morning, Uie
weather bureau reported. Lakevlew
had 14 and Klamath Falls 15.
Only Portland In Uie Willamette
valley escaped sub-freezing temper
atures. The 4 :30 a. m. reading gave
Salem and Eugene 33 and Roseburg
24. while Portland s low was 36. The
weather bureau said a strong east
wind In the Columbia gorge favored
PorUancr with less wind the temp
erature would have dropped to that
ot other valley cities.
The long dry period was nearlng
the record for the month set in
1943 at 20 consecutive rainless days.
Overeem Files For Clerk
As Democratic Candidate
ANNOUNCED
State Senator Hitchcock (R),
Peterson (D).
State Representative Semon
(D. Stclnseifer (R).
District Attorney None.
Shcrift Low (R).
County Clerk DoLap (R),
Overeem (D).
County Assessor None.
County Treasurer Langslet
(D).
County Commissioner None.
County Coroner None.
There's a difference between an
nouncing oneself ns a candidate
for political office and actually fil
ing for the otfice, cither by ictl
tlon or by paying a filing fee.
At noon todny only one local can
didate had officially filed tor nomi
nation, although several have an
nounced intentions to run tor one
post or another.
C. C. Overeem, 714 Uerlings, this
morning paid tils 820 filing fee and
became a democratic candidate for
nomination to the Job of county
clerk. .
Overeem will be seeking his first
local public lob. He has lived In
Klamath Falls some four yean and
Dust Storm
Cause Of
8-Car Smash
AI.TIIRAS. Jan. 17 An elght-ca
aceldent In a New Mexico dust
storm yesterday took the Uvea of
two prominent residents of Mode
county Mr. and Mrs. Vie 4.
inrisiensen of Likely.
The Chrlstensens and Mnt J, ft.
Bert of Upland, Calif., were burned
to death in the gasoline tank
plosions and fires which followed
the multiple collision on V. 8. high
way 80, near Denting, New Mexico.
Reports from Demlng were that
the cars encountered a complete
black-out In the dust. One car
stopped, the others plied up and
fire, of undetermined origin, awrpt
the wreckage. Gasoline tanks of the
smashed cars exploded.
Badly Burned
The Chrlstensens, who operated
one of Modoc county's largest
ranches, were burned beyond
recognition. They were identified
by army dog tags.
Five of Uie automobiles and a,
house trailer were destroyed. Four
persons were seriously injured but
survived, and four others were less
seriously hurt.
The Christensens were en route
alone to New Orleans where the
planned to attend the Mardl Graa.
Tbey had scheduled a atop with
their married daughter, Adele Marie,
in Texas. They are survived br
two other children: Bornel, who
was a University of California
varsity football player a
two ago, and George.
Grange Maps
Timber Tax
PORTLAND, Jan. 37 UP) As
lnitiaUve measure to tax timber fee
conservation and research programs
is planned by the state grange.
Grange Master Morton Tompkins
said a tax of 25 cents a thousand
board feet would be asked and estU
mated the measure would raise
$1,500,000 annually for reforestation,
seeding, disease and tire controL
The tax would cover timber cut
on federal forest lands aa well aa
state and private tracts.
The measure would enlarge the
program adopted at the last legis
lative session which, provided lor a
S-cent severance tax on timber cut.
That measure originally called for
25 cents but was scaled down la
legislative discussions. .
Tompkins said the measure would
allot three-fourths of the money for
reforestation, disease and insect con
trol, tire protecUon and manage
ment of state and county forest
lands. A fourth would go for re
search and for technical assistance
to small lot owners, comparable, te
extension service aid to farmers.
Tompkins said petitions would be
circulated by the 350 granges ot the
state to get Uie 18,600 signers needed
to place the measure of the ballot.
This Guy Wants
To Be A Cop!
DETROIT, Jan. 27 UP) Tony Res,
who has been trying unsuccessfully
for five of his 33 years to qualify
tor the Detroit police force, wag
accused today of hiring a brawny
friend to take a physical examlna
Uon for him and a brainy one to
pass the mental test.
Rea appeared in traffic court yes
terday with 300-pound Robert GIUU
gan and Student Joseph Bokolowsld,
Identified by police as the brawn
and Uie brain. Both, officers said,
passed their tests with flying colors.
Judge John D. Watts placed eacn
of Uie three on six months' proba
tion after they pleaded guilty.
Police, who said they discovered
Uie ruse when they became sus
picious of the sudden Jump in Rea't
written exam rating, charged G1U1
gan was paid 815 for his part in
the plan and Sokolowski did his
share tor free accordion lessons.
operated a plumbing and heaUng
concern until November, 1946. Mt
present he Is employed as ware
house superintendent at Oregoh
Vocational school.
As for his qualifications for the
office, Overeem is trained as an ac
countant and still follows that work
as a sideline. He has held public
office before, having been mayor of
Latham, Kas., in 1938-37, and city
clerk of Selden, Kas., prior to that.
Overeem's filing Is expected to
break the Ice and others who have
announced themselves as candidates
may get their Intentions down on
paper in the next few days. Dead
line for filing Is March 13. ' .
Charlie DeLap, republic-. r".
sent county clerk and - bft' ,
candidate for rc-nomlr. ; uv
morning offered to take .reem
Into his office if Overeem is nomi
nated In the May 31 primary and
acquaint him with the work so he
would not have to go Into the Job
cold if elected in November.
The only other political stir noted
today wns a statement by K. P.
(Pat) Ivory, local democratic leader,
that he would not run for state
party committeeman but would run
for party delegate-nt-large to the
democrat Ic convention to be held lo
Philadelphia.