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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1948)
n W E (s TT (n) (P M W II (PES M ml s 15 M V t T!o Day's fews Mr HIANR JKNKINN HASIIINUTON dlnpiitollc morning lell ill "a down tup bual niwiiiirn believe Dm peak uf btialncM activity hiui been f i-m hctl. If mil patted." 11 seems Unit these representative ( the upiht bracketa bniu niiiili! their prediction to "government cx litrlii" a week bclore tlir nun kct bleak alnrtrd. Thul It InirrcatliiK. It tine, for ll wuultl mean thry hud Um miURtlon printed. Kliihlly or wroimly. we value fine- lllil mure Uiun lilmlnliilil. TIIKHK iiiKeo lulu 1 tie ciyntnl bull of biulhfM icuk uf "dinuii IDK bunlneiui psycliolouy." Wlml do Uiry inrun by tliul? It ouii(l like wordii iliuncn 1'uie f ill ly to cu.hl.iii Jolt lliul mlulil nut oc too pleuAiint. I'eople III liltll pluio oltrn lo Hint. i PHKUUMAIILY Uiry inrun tlml up tH .t.iu. iIia (krnvH I II itu iirtfi Iiuh been U) buy. Aa conilitluna huve been. Uie wuy to mnke money hua bern to buy and wait lor the mure or Iraa Inevitable rlae In ajjilim. II "bu.ilneu pjiycholovy la cliuim ln," a mul auuine that people are nellliii aliuky abuul the proa peel of ever-rlahm prlcca. lio, when the market beitin lo ahuw aluna of Jlltera. amurl people acek lo avoid turtiier luaaea. Thai areola to be what happened In tils ahake-up laal week TIIKy (1'itril lupix-ra olfrr auotlirr InurrUlim atalrmrnt: They aay: "In an ever-Krowluu number of raara. pritra are rellccllim Htl' i'l.IKrt eiuul to or grrairr than de mand." Thai IM tlmiitlcuhl It true. Whenever aupply begin lo rau.ii up with drmund. cundllluna will oriiin lo return lo normal, i What "normal" will be in view of the decline In value of the dollar In relation to Ultima Uiat people rat. wear and ahrlter ihrmaclvea with la aoinethlun that can I yel be lated with conlldenre.l B T any rate. II will be UK with " moal ol ua If aomelhlnc haeua to hall the iteady climb up Uie aplraJ aualrcaae of InflaUon. Every body llkea to be able to plan ahead Willi aomt aaaurance. No mailer how well off we may be al Uia moment, wa ll be irary aa loiui m w know that a rue In prlcea can wlpa out the value of our paycheck If w work for wagra or a rlae in oat of producUon can pill Uie kl kxuh on ua If wt make lAlngi lo .II. Whan people art In a arary mood. I wroapMity at always prrcanout. T TP you have a Jumpy heart and con 1 tult th dtxrlor about It. he II try to (IV you EXACTLY BNOUOH of what you need, but not too much. If our bualneaa doctor! can con trive to give ua Jiul enouult price drop but not too much, everyUilng will be hoity-toity. That takea aklll. and courage. Anyway. Una live In hoe. Old Yen Proves Strong Motive BALT1MOHE, Feb. 9 uV) Police tpeculnlcd today whether a retired motorman'a itch to get behind Uw conlrolt again accounted for a trackleat trolley theft. The legitimate operator. Andrew Pugh. had loft the car only tor a moment, to make a report In Uie barn, when an Informant ran In and ahouled : "Your trolley' been tlolcnl lt' going up Eiialrrn avenue," liofore the untcheduled run waa oier Die car hud defied a police man' whlslle to go ihrouKh a red lidht. picked up a piuwciiKcr. and damaged an automobile. The bor rower umtlnucd hit flight on foot, and wlUieaaes aald he wore a trnn ait compariy uniform. Company offlclalt could only tug gett he wr aomebody "who no lunger Is In our employ." r,AVAIUl)INi y LA GRANDE, Keb. (A") The realdenta of La Oraudo nre growing ao luw-abldlng that Uie city Ju.it Itn'l making any money at all. Police tinea, which brought In tho neat turn, of $1400 latt November, netted only R19 In Jnnunry. They were law In December, too, 2000 Moslem In Big Kashmir Campaign NEW DELHI, Feb. 0 (1'i-The 111 dinn army sulci today 2000 Moslem rtldors were killed Friday In the greatest battle of the Kashmir cum pnlgn. Another 2000 wore declared wounded In the engagement near Naoshern, 50 miles Northwest of Jiimmu, capital of the Southern Kashmir province of Jnmmii. The predominantly Hindu and 8:kli forces of the Indian army were led by a Moslem, Brig, Muhammad Unman. An official spokcxiuim snld 11.000 attackers struck In waves, using heavy automntlt! weapons. They were repulsed In daylight but cnino hark at nlRhl for hand In hiind ronibiil featuring sword play. The spokesman did not report Indian losses. Newspaper dispatches said two of the slain appeared to bo for eign officers. The army said It captured quan tities of munitions and was heavily shelling Moslem positions. Ma ehlnegun and mortar tiro wore re turned. Indian and Kaslimli'-slale forces have been fighting Moslem tribes I'KK.K HVK I'KNTM .jiP.JN' fc. KLAMATH FAl7l.il. (IRKOON. MONIIAV. KKHRL'AKV f. J94R Telephone Hill No. 1259 1 f , . , 1 ,, j M Cut Extension HeM Sure &M . . . lV, 4 Men, Planes Search Area For Slayer IIK At MONT, ('itl)f., Frb. 9 'V Aruunrd ciltirim' voluntrrr pouri Jolnwl iiiuuiilrij khrriri'i (lriulln tu dny In n rtlnrt to tmrk iliitrn the Uyrr ol 17-yrar-old Mttrjorlr If Winn. The ItrdUmU high rhiKil flrl m ttoundrtl faUlly by roatUltlt maraudrr rarly ywttrrUay aa hfi tat In an autumotillr wllh Jaimr h Ira ii Jr., IK-yrar-old T'nlvrmlty of houlhrrn CuUfornU fmhtnan, with whom the wai rrturnlnc home from a rtMlro at I'alm Hprtnga. Hloan told aiiUiiiriiU'it a mn Jrrkrd oirii the right front door of thr auto mid Umiandrd: "Givu me all your inont-y." Cilrl Ktrurk With that, he mid. MIm Winn Atiruriird: so Jim." and hr Aturtrd the mr, Hut the man fired a Kun, utrlkljiit the girl. Hhc dlrd within a nhori time al a (urm hointe uhrrr Hloan okrd aid. Itraumont pollr aald thr aMallant flrd In an automobile that found abandonrd two tnllra from the ftrrne of the ihootlng. aomr HO mil rail of l.oa Anirlra. MlM Winn, an altracttvr brunette. I waa Uie dniufhttr of Harold Winn, Hcdlnnd driiKUUl, und Mra, Koy Laniiford. Hho wan one of alx cun dldatea for humccoinlDg queen ar Kedlanda hhth school. round ararrhrri rrr Joined by three alrplanea tliat twrpl Uie whole of KlvrraJde rounty, which embrarea eonaldrrable rugged ter rain. Lack Power Sawmills throughout the Klam ath batln and NorUirrn California, which depend on The California Oregon Power comnniiy aa Uielr source of power aupply, continued I lo oprrale on off-peak schedules today and no change waa anllcl- , paled tomorrow, according to Sam Rltchey, district mannger of Copco. Rltchey aald that by tomorrow, Tuesday. It might be possible to ad vise mill oprratora whether or not tney could return to a normal arhediile. but nothing was definite on this store. The nulla have been operating alnre last Wednesday on oll-penk schedules when The Pa- Hlfl- fl.- ... B.K..,..- n.,,nn,,i, .n l.l.i; VJ,n nun v.'.,.,in,.j forced to cut off their supply to Copco through transmission lines weather In Northern California !s the thing that will mnke It possible for POE to resume Its supply to Copco, whlrh. In turn, will be able to return the sawmills to normal operating basis. Nighthawks Get Portland Okay PORTLAND. Feb. S W It's okay to be on the street of Portlnnd alter 1 a. m, now. Circuit Judge Waller L. Toor.8 Biiturday declared uiiconslltutlon-il tho city ordinance allowing police to arrest persons who refuse to ex plain their presence on the streets bf t ween 1 and 5 a. m. The Judge nald the ordinance vio lated the principle thnt a man Is In nocent until nrnven guilty. The decision was made In I he case of Calvin W. Goodwin, who appealed from a municipal court fine of last September. Raiders Die men In Kashmir since last October. India, In which the slate now la In cluded, has accused neighboring Pakistan of supporting the trlbon nien. Tho dispute Is before the United Nations security council. In India, '.wo rival Moslem or ganisations woie under government ban today In tho latest atlermnth to I ho assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi. Tho Khaksar and the Moslem lenguo national guard were out lawed throughout India yesterday. The home ministry Mtld the reason Is that they have contributed lo coinmuniil sliife. It accused the guard also of aiming at "dlslulc- giatlng the country." They nre the first Moslem groups declared tile- gnl In Hindu-led India. The Hindu Rashliiyn Swnvnin Sevak Sangh iRSSS-Nattonnl Vol unteer corps) was outlnwcd last Wednesday. The government ex plained lis "cult of violence hns claimed many victims," Including Gnndlil. That waa two clay after announcement of n general ban on private armies and groups preach ing hate. Getting Reody for Valentine's Day f DauI 'st I fw t On Proposals ,v'$' QiiSHii8.'fiv-4 One of the biggest days at school Is observance of St Valentine's Day and the opening of the Val entine's box which holds aweet miatilea strewn with hearts and euplds. At Mrs. Don Fisher's first grade room at Fremont school, three young students were caught slipping Valentines Into the gaily bedecked box whlrh will be opened with much flurry next Friday afternoon. Lett, Sharon and Patrick O'Brien, twins, watch Junior Daniel put a Valentine into the box. Cugat Stars In Scuffle , . a,,,,.-,.,. n n ... I ".,' ...,zr": " ' . . J ",' .,,,,,, . ", p" J,. 'f,.'q..' turner In a two-mmch scuttle with Dress Ueslitner Olea- Casshil former government experts a week before 1 nciierui price arop alter me mm husTatfd a S?u AcIreM G?n"i"' rcak Infla-""je" " Others in the group Tierncy ! "ory dangers are fading and (b) j "Presented railroads. Insurance. witir Arerrate 5S? ttSStibg i lTtLTV slnl shortly after midnight Saturday. 'n;L,ti.,Cn,',,, '? rP bm he scuffling started In the lobby. "The whole thing Is silly." Mrs. Cugat, 29, told a newsmnn. "I'll do anything Cugle says If he'll only tell me beforehand." Asked whether he and Mrs. Cugat hnd separated, the bandleader re plied: "Not yet." They were married In Philadelphia last October 15. Alcohol Plant May Reopen WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 Id'i A prediction that the Springfield, Ore., olcohal-froin-wood-waxte plant will be reopened came today from Rep. Harris Ellsworth tR-Ore.) Ellsworth said he felt sure the plant would resume operation event ually. The war assets administra tion expects to complete an In ventory of the plant some time next month, and then advertise It for sale. Ellsworth suld he had been told nn eastern group of financiers was considering bidding tor the plant. Some western lumbermen are also reported Interested. The congressman predicted one of these groups would take over Uie war-built factory. House Committee OK's Grain Curb WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 iT-. A sennle-houso economic .nibcommlt- I Ire voted unanimously today for restoration of controls on the liquor Industry's use of grain through October 31. ' President Truman hns asked con gress to rclmposc these controls. They expired Jnnunry 31. Mr, Truman snld In a special messami thnt. the slmrtiige of grain "Jeopardizes the national security." The subcommittee's rrroinnienclii llon goes now to tho lull economic committee. J. s :rii- ?i t Top Brass Says Peak Of US Business WASHINGTON. Feb. 9 UP) A dozen top businessmen believe the peak of business activity has been1 leached, if not already passed. ' Hul m iwo-iora prediction to ""J1"" ..S 1U'T heS "nt arranged by Prentiss Coonley Body Found Under Plane SALUDA. N. C, Feb. 9 (Pi The ! business psychology." They attrlb mouiitiiin search tor a missing air uted last weeks break in stock, bond force sergeant was abandoned near ' and commodity prices to a "growing here today after the finding ot part public awareness" of this change, of a body and a ring underneath I The business group generally the wrecked fuselage of a C-47 ; agreed that a decline in business transport plane which crashed and i activity, "if and when It comes. burned late Snturdny. .. Col. Pnul H. Prentiss, commander of the Greenville, 8. C. airforce bnsc, cnllcd off the search In a blinding snowstorm on the presumption, he said, that a fifth victim of the crash had perished. Prentiss said the Wife of T Sgt. E. M. Shaw of Hnrtsvllle. S. C, the missing man, hnd Identified the melted ling as similar to one worn by her husband. Mrs. Shaw had come here to assist in the senrch. Four men previously were known to hnvc died and five were hurt in the crash. Big Crew Saves Dog From Ice NEW YORK, Feb. 9 IIP) A mon grel dog wns rescued from nn Ice floe 200 feet out In Grnvesend bny ott Brooklyn yesterdny after six hours' combined oHrntluns by this amphibious force: tl) Police ashore, (2) police In launch, (3i a roast guard Ice break er 4i n fire truck with extension ladder, (5) society for prevention of cruelty to animals agents with vnrlotts life-saving gadgets, nnd finally Just a little snllbont with out ennvns, which wns poled through the Ire pnek by two men who lured the shivering animal aboard with dog food. r v. U Action Passed Ernest T. Tupper, private business : consultants. Reporting on Uie first session Coonley and Tupper said one big - "h-"? ?" teitae --h accompany her who'ld and a number of affairs ed the meeting with toiWWl;. "L"'! "0'' w Quoted bv name commented t "Much of what these business ; men say is true. We may be closer 1 to Uie catchlng-up period than gen eral price trends have Indicated. But ! the inflationary current still is very I strong." Coonley and Tupper described the session as evidence of a "changing i probably would not be so sharp as in 1920-21,' Coonley and Tupper snld. Reds Broadcast US Market Move LONDON. Feb. 9 tiPi The Moscow radio declared today that losses on American stock and commodity mar kets were gaining new supporters for Uie Marshall plan "as a means of bolstering the shaky economic situation in the USA." "The Soviet Union has time and again noted the artificial character of the postwar economic boom in Uie USA. which on a rotten founda tion Is maintaining high monopoly prlcca and unrestrained stock ex change speculation," the broadcast snld. TOMB FOUND ROME. Feb. 9 oPi A tomb be .lleved to contain the remains of ; Aescnypus, ureea tragic dramatist hns been discovered in Sicily, 11 Olornale d'ltnlla said today. Excavating Uie ruins of an an cient Greek Uieater near Gela, Ital ian nrcheoloRlsts came upon a tomb bearing characteristics of tho fifth century B. C. Aeschylus, who died in Sicily In 456 B, C, is believed by historians to have been burled near Gela. WASHINGTON, Feb. (IP) A prediction that rent controls will be extended just about as they are now" came today from Senator WU 1b Robertson ID-Va.) And an Informal check among members of the senate banking committee studying Uie Issue gave support to UiLi forecast. The check showed that at least eight senators a committee major ity object to some parts of a con troversial bill proposing sharply modified rent curbs until April 30, 1D49. Expire boon Present controls expire February 29. Here is the situation: The senate banking committee v.as unable to agree last week on an extension bill drafted by a sub- committee. The full group will meet again week from today to rewrite this bill. Houie banking committee hear- lugs on it are scheduled to end to morrow, but actual drafting work also must wait until February 16. Political speeches cause Uie de lays. Republicans are busy making Lincoln Day speeches and demo ciats are away for Jefferson-Jackson Day gatherings. Meanwhile senators of both par ties arc finding faults with many provisions if the banking subcom mittee's bill. Under Kire under lire are these proposals: 1. To remove all limits on rent increases when landlord and tenant agree to leases running througb hmh. enren jscraaiiM last year were held to 15 per cent above former ceilings. i. Automatic increases up to 13 per cent if landlords can show higher operating costs. 3. Automatic decontrol for any city or rental area if one per cent of the available dwelling units are fcr sale or rent. 4. Lilting of controls from all rooming and boarding houses as well as individual rooms in homes. 5. Removal of all controls for the estimated 1.600.000 persons who agreed to 15 per cent increases when these leases expire at the end i of this year. Hall Slate Well Filled Governor John H. Hall faces a busy schedule on his arrival here next Thursday morning, his first official visit to Klamath Falls since ha took over the governorship of Oregon last October 30. ! h n. . -..vT tne Pelican Darty room. This gath ering Is sponsored by the Council of Republican Women and all in terested women are invited to at tend. Governor Hall will address Uie Kiwanls club Thursday at noon at the Wlllard and will be the prin cipal speaker at the Lincoln Day banquet that night An exceptional turnout is -xpected at Uie banquet which Is planned by the republican central committee. Governor and Mrs Hall will be at the Willard hotel during their stay. Mexico Bound Plane Missing LONG BEACH. Calif., Feb. 9 P) A coast guard plane left San Diego at dawn today to search for a two engine plane that disappeared en route from Lo Angeles to Mexico City, where It wis to have become the property of Mexican President Miguel Aleman. Two other planes are to Join the search later. The coast guard said the missing plane, a DC-3, was manned by Capt. Mesa and a Lieut. Alvarado. Mex ican government planes have been looking for it since last Thursday. Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 9 (AP USDA Potatoes: 1 broken, 24 un broken ears on track; arrivals Oregon 17. Nevada 1, Colorado 4. Callt.. 3: 1 car arrived by truck; market firm; Klamath Russets No. 1-A. $5.35-75; Long Whites 14.65. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (AP USDA) Potatoes: 22 broken, 50 unbroken car on track; arrivals California 15, Florida 1, Oregon 1, Idaho 15, Utah 4; 8 cars arrived oy truck; market slightly stronger on White Rose, firm on Russets. Idaho Russet No. I-A, $5.35-60; Klam ath No. 2, $4.25. Gen. Tah a Haahlml (above), former Iraq premier, waa reported to have been named chief of the Arab volunteer armlet formed lo fight Palestine Jew. The report followed a meeting: of Arab tribal and military leaders of five coun tries In Damaaens, Syria. More Snow Is Forecast For Klamath The Klamath basin was pelted with mtOTniuent snow Sunday and , , . . , , . U ,Urttd lMa ailn ! ni morning and at noon bad whipped up quite a storm, Greyhound busses were reported on time both from the north and south despite a heavy storm which left from 18 to 3 Inches In the telpher passes this week-end. More snow was predicted for the Klam ath area and the mountain sections tonight. It was snowing hard at Crater Lake national park at 10 o'clock this morning and the road from Annie Spring to Uie rim was tem norarilv closed as Dlows were un- I able to keep up with the lalL The Medxord entrance was reported in I Verv nnor shane and chains are ad. j vised tor anvone coming into the i PErk area. Sixteen Inches of fresh ! ,Dgw feU guaday nd --tresh ntt 0; eight and one-half inches was ; recorded this morning. There were no accident as the result of Sun- day's skiing I The Southern Pacific reported all operaUons on schedule but a heavy snow falling at noon which will make it necessary to take the big winged spreader to Crescent Lake this afternoon. There Is a foot of new snow at Crescent Lake, 8 inches at Chemult and 6 inches of fresh snow at both Lent and Kirk with more coming down. The Willamette highway report ed 26 inches of new snow at Odeil with 72 inches of roadside snow and still snowing. Sun mountain on The Dalles-California highway said 7 inches of new snow brought Uie roadside depth to 42 Inches and it was drifting on the mountain. Snow plows and sanding crews were working throughout Uie district. Traffic was going through on the Greensprings highway but there was a combination of 6 to 8 inches of new snow followed by Monday morning rains. Search Planned For Missing Ship SEATTLE, Feb. 9 WV-The civil aeronautics administration said to day it would continue it check of Western Oregon airports in search of a private airplane reported miss ing on a flight from Kennewick, Wash., to Oregon City, Ore. Herbert Henne, Kennewick, own er of the plane, said it was piloted by O. G. Holllday of Richland, the CAA reported. Henne reported that Holllday took off Friday for Oregon City's ; skvpark airport, but did not call 0HC t0 teU ot his arrival, The CAA said a preliminary check ! of the Oregon City field and others in the area failed to disclose any trace of the craft. "Woman Trouble" Leads To Shooting Over Week' End Three disturbances which sent three persons to Klamath Valley hospital broke the quiet In Klamath Falls over the week-end. but none of them was serious, police reported, Two Negroes, Broad street room ing house residents, were treated at the hospital Saturday night after some gunplay which brought on tho Jailing ot one of the men. Vastie Johnson, 30, for disorderly conduct. Police said that Johnson and Roy Hill had "woman trouble" with the upshot of Johnson Invading Hill's room and striking him over the head with a pistol. During the fracas, Johnson said, his pistol went off and powder burned his own left hip. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment and about 3: JO Sun day morning Johnson was moved to the city jail. This morning he was in court on a charge of disorderly conduct and hi case was continued for further investigation. Howard Brossard, 221 Eldorado, was treated at the hospital Satur Cattle Take $3 Drop On NY Market NEW YORK, Feb. ( (A-r-Llviarimk prlcea note-dlvrd today Just aa grain wa getting on Its feet. Unexpectedly heavy receipt and reaction from loat week' commodity break sent hog down to IW.50, the lowest price In more than a year. tattle dipped at much at M a hundredweight. Lamb were dowa about SUM. The sharp declines in Chicago re acted in the wholesale meat market at New York. No Business Merchants reported very little business In the New York meat mar ketone aald It was the quietest h ever had seen with not enough busi ness to test prices. Market sources attrltbuled It to the lack of Interest on Uie part of butchers, chain stores and restaurant operators In the face of the livestock declines. Cotton, prices fell again In New York and wholesale butter prlcea in New York dropped i'A cent a pound for top grade. Rubber and hides wera op. Retail price of flour, lard, bacon, steaks and bread continued to de cline, but Uie movement was on a relatively small scale and there was no certainty that It was premanent. At Washington, the house com mittee mrestigaung commodity trading ordered an Inquiry Into last week's market break. Committee Chairman August H. Anderson (R Minnft) aald it wished to determine the "-name and extent tat operations of those who profited by advance in side information.' Mine Blast Cause Probed GREENWOOD. Ark., Feb. 9 WV Investigator will go into the Sun shine coal mine near here today seeking Uie cause of an explosion that killed eight miners, three of them brothers. The blast occurred yesterday afternoon a the day and night shifts were preparing to change. Ail the dead were day workers. Three night shift miners, who had entered the mine a few minute befon th accident, escaped injury. It wa believed to have been th worst coal mine dtstaater In Ar kansas, sine 10 miners perished in an explosion at Bates, south of her in 1940. Greenwood it 30 mile aouth eX Fort Smith. Ark, and near th Arkansas-Oklahoma border. Hubert Morelock. well-known Ma lin rancher, was advised late last night by the Klamath county chap ter of th American Red Cross, that his brother Ralph was one of th victims of the Sunshine mine dis aster at Portsmouth, Ark., near Greenwood. Morelock said he would be unable to leave for Arkansas. Market Break Probe Ordered WASHINGTON, Feb. S WV-An investigation of last week's commod ity market break was ordered today by the house committee investigat ing commodity trading. Chairman August H. Andresen (R.-Mtnn.) said the purpose will b to determine "the names and ex tent of operations of those who profited by advance Inside informa tion." Andresen said Secretary of Agri culture Anderson will be requested to provide "complete information in regard to the leak which he state occurred In advance of the public announcement" of government grain purchasing plans. The secretary yesterday denied published reports suggesting then had been an advance leak of offi cial information on the govern ment's grain buying plans. He said: "There was nothing in the nature of a market tlpoff." "The crash in the commodities market of last week," Andresen said in a statement, "demonstrates how completely the Truman administra tion has dominated and fixed th price of grains and other commodi ties since July 1, 1946. day night with stab wound above the knee on his left leg, which n told police was inflicted by hi wife, Grace, at their home. Police said Mrs. Brossard had not been located. Police received first notice of that occurrence when a car wa called to Esplanade and Wall, where a man was said to have been down on the sidewalk and bleeding. When oftl cars arrived the man had walked away and was located later at th Armory tavern. He wa Identified as Brossard and taken to the ho pltal. Another victim of violence, al though not hospitalized, was Homer Brown, Altamont auto court, whs allegedly was beaten and robbed by two mn and hi estranged wit, Junle Brown, early Sunday morn ing. Brown said two men, unidenti fied, took him from the fairgrounds dance hall and forced him Into hi car. He said they beat him and forced him to lgn over the tltl of his car to hi wife, then put him out on East Main.