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rKICK KIVR CKNTH CB KlTAMATirrAuir7)IUaToN, WKDNKHDAiTMAKCll S, MM P No. 1278 'joo'-0 ' Steel Boost Blasted ;!'; -r i ' " w mm w w - - w 4 1 - i-; "ii I I fly HUNK JKN'KINH IN Finland, the bn laaue la wlml lo 1 do about Ituaala'a demand lor a treaty "of peace mid Irlculhlp." According lu this morilliiK' dis patches, i'lnillnh parliamentary lead era wunt to atall. 'Miry in itiulcd as hulilliiK the hope tlml iimybe Htnllll will lorgcl nil about It II enough delay can b contrived. I'aaalklvl. Finland's 78-year-old president, la and t fear lliul undue delay will rile the Russians, ill you'ro going lo bet inimey, you'd better bet on I'eualklvl.i TJICNRY WALLACE, speaking 111 New York, explulna what hap pened In Cxrchoalovukla. lie aayi: Wo dun'l knuw tlic lull atory yet. but Uie United Slutra apparently waa bucking very vliioroualy the riKht wing 111 Czechoslovakia. Tim wing soiled the Initiative lo pre cipitate a crUia. They Uiought Uiry could awing- thlniia Uleir way." lie Uicn adds: "It didn't work out that way." VOU'VE heard Uic ancient tale of 1 Die amateur veterinarian who waa trraung a horae (or cpitootlc. (He waa going to blow antlarptlc powder down the aulmal'a throat.! Ilia treatment didn't work. Tell ing why. ha explained.: "The hoaa blowed first," According to Wallace, the com munlata In Caechoalovakla "blowed UraL" THIS writer doesn't think Wallace wanu Huaala to run Uia world. I.Ike (uaxy-minded people generally, he wanu to go on appcaalng the Kuaalaiu. hoping that 111 time they'll get led ao lull they won't want any more to eat and will go away aomewhert to alcep It oil. The catch m thla rosy dream U Uuu It aeldom seem to work that way. ... QTHKR than a tnncy big wild. w what la "appeasement?" Thla la Uie Idea: You're out In a lonely cabin In ttit big wooda without a gun. You're aurrounded by hungry wolves. You tlgure that It you throw Uiem your bacon their hunger will be apiieaaed and they'll go away and leave you In peace. TT aounda logical. 1 The TROUBLE with It la that Uie mora baron you feed Uiem Die more they want. When your bncon la all none, you're out of lurk. THIS U a better Idea: It you're going out In the big wooda, where hungry wolvea room, you'd better keep a gun hnndy. along with plenty ol ammunition. You don't have to UHK the gun until the pinch cornea. Nothing la gained by brandishing It around. You don't need to beat yourself on I he cheat and rour: "Look at me; I'VE UOT A OUN. I'm hot alulf." Jiut keep It behind the door, where you can get at It quickly In an emergency. B NEW YORK dlapatch thla morn lug Bays the campaign button O'.ikrra are expecting their blggeat boom thla election year. They ales it in. thla way: There are ao many would-be Presidents that the button market proinlacs to be Inbulous. They think anlea of 40 million lire In the bog and tho total might run aa high as 1 60 million. (They add, huwuvcr, that the only big order so lur la (rum Uie burkcra ol Wallace, who have laid the rush on Uie barrelhead (or 300.000 badges. They any a lew Dewey buttons ars appearing, but they're ledovors from 1044.) VKKP your f limns crowed. Those are new days. Presidential campaigns used to be our biggest show. Every lour years we cut looso and had ourselves a whalo of a time, and took what we got In the way of lenders. Tills writer senses that In 1D4B a lot of Americans want leaders who will (orgct power, pnp and pntronngc and go all out (or WHATEVER IS BEST Toll OUR COUNTRY, Candidates Can't Overlook Sheriff's Bond Of $45,000 A sidelight of tho job of being sheriff of Kliunnlh county not often considered In tho mutter of bonding. And In tho long run a bonding com pruy can havo the final say on whether tho man the voters elect sherKt can actually lake office. Lloyd Low la not only sheriff of this county, which curries a $10,000 bond requirement, but he Is tax col lector and hna to bo bonded In the amount of $36,000 for that. A total of 146,000. The bond goes with tho innn, not fho offlco. Tho next person chosen Wflio Job might havo a lot ol !,, 'getting together a $46,000 i. Free bus aervlce haa been arranged (or the convenience o( people wiah Ing lo vlnlt Oregon Vocational school at the achool'a big open house and Introduction Day program Friday, Ilimea will leave from 4Ui and Mnln, and service will be In the evening only. The schedule Is aa (ollowa: leaves 4lh-.Mln Leavra OVM 'No return) 0:40 pin. 7: no p in. :oo p in. a 40 p m. 0:30 p.m. 1:00 a.m. 8:40 pm. 0 20 pin. 7:00 p m. 7:40 pin. II 20 p.m. 11:00 p in. 1 J 40 a m. Aa well aa vIMtlng (he OVH plant. everyone la Invited to attend the Introduction Day dnncc Friday eve ning In the srh.Hil gym. 0( Interest to parents la the nur sery which w ill lie In operation until the end o( the dance. The nursery la managed by students and there la a small charge. February Is Cold Month February waa a colder-lhan-usuiil month, and a lot colder than Feb ruary of last year, It la ahown In the monthly weather rciiort from U'e Klamath office of the reclama tion bureau. Mean monthly temperature waa 21 f drgreea. which was OS drgreea below normal. The mean (or Febru ary. 1IM7, waa 40 degrees. Coldeat weather In February o( this year occurred on the 13th, when the temperature dropped to 6. above. February 33. with in. was Uie warm er' day of the month. A total of 1.35 Inches of precipi tation waa recorded. This waa 0 13 Irenes below normal, but waa 0.71 Inches over February of last year. February had seven clear, seven partly cloudy and 1ft cloudy daya. Tho following Uible allows the amount of available storage In the various bureau of reclamation reser voirs on March 1, 1948 and March 1. 1047. . Mar. 1. Reservoir l47 Upper Klam. Lake 305,030 Clear Lake 3IUB0 Orrber 38.840 Mar. 1. 194S 3M.3K0 140.700 2:i .240 Gowen Up For Commissioner Ed Oowen, -well-known Bonanza (.trmer, today filed (or the republi can nomination (or county com missioner, assuring one more con t, si In the May primary election. Oowen will run against John Re her, Incumbent, who declared his bid for renomlnatlon some weeks ago. Gowen Is a native of Klamath county. He was born In Klamath Falls 50 years ago, when his father, F. A. Oowen, was sheriff of the county. The candidate engaged In mer cantile actlvttlra for many years, hire and at Chlloquln, before en uring tho farming business In the Bonanza area 17 years ago, Oowen Is on the county school board. He said he plans a vigorous, clean campaign. "Wets" Looking Forward To "57 WATF.RFORD. Vt., March 3 (A1 The town'a 'wets" looked longingly tnnny lo 1067 when, they feel, the sale of alcoholic beverages would be allowed. Their reasoning: Two years ago the town voted "ciry" 30-0. Last year the vote against alco holic beverages was 36-4. Last nlght'i voto against liquor was 34-6. Said one of Die residents who voted "wot": "If we continue to pick up two convorls a your we're 'in' in '87." bond. A regular surely bonding com puny can bo very particular about siicl matters and before an elected sheriff and tax collector of Klamath county enn be sworn In ho must, be bonded. The 110,000 bond qualification for sheriff Is a statutory provision, but tho county court has the discretion of tipping the amount to $15,000. Tho $36,000 bund for tax collector Is set by the court and could L ) raised. Reason for the high bond Is that tho sheriff la head of offlrea that handle cotisicicriiulc money and the ' ond Is public Insiirnncn that the money Is going to bo handled prop erly. GOP's Fume Over Threat Of Pay Up WASHINGTON, March 3 "T, The alerl price booat In the fare of coming wage lalka brought fresh republican criticism today. Hep. Wolcotl (ll.-Mlrh.l, vice chairman of the rongreaalonal eco nomic eummltlre, termed laal mould's Increase "the worst thing that rould have happened psycho logically." "The companies are seemingly In viting their men to come In and ask for more money," Wolcott told re porters. Ilia comment came as he und other members of the senate house economic group began study ing day-long testimony of three steel company executives. ritudy Made Senator Tuft (R.-olilo), the com mittee chairman, said this study will determine lai whether further hear ings are lo be held and Ibi whether ll.. committee will have anything lo say formally about the price Jump. Tuft first brought up the matter of prices and wages during question ing of Uie steel men at yesterday's session. Told that the price of rml. fin ished ateel waa booaled about (S a Inn because of rising coata. the Ohio arnator commented that thla argu ment "la the aame one that could be made (or labor and for all aides." Taft said Uie "Inevitable result" .11 be to apur wage demands. Wolcott said he Is not yet con vinced that the Increase was Justl (led. Bookie Nabbed In Test Case PORTLAND, March 3 (! Plain clothes police arrested a "bookie" suspect at a -ettlng exchange here In what Pollre Chief James Fleming suld may be a legality test of the c.ly's ban on bookmakiiig. Fleming said Patrolman C. B. Howard purchased a $3 ticket on an out-of-state horse race yesterday and later aided In Uie arrest of Ralph M. Scott. 52. at the Santa Anita Turf Exchange. Scott was released under $250 bend on a charge of violating the clly'a ordinance outlawing book mnklug. Fleming said Scoit would proba bl go before municipal court In a (iw days. If convicted. It was ex pected Scott would appeal to a cl'cult court. The courts here have Indicated I the city ordinance may not be valid. Clicult Court Judge Walter L. Tooze recently ruled that he could find no state law forbidding "bookie" operations. Golden Rule Is Still Working PARIS, III., March 3 t)"i Put Paris down as a community where thp golden rule works. Mrs. Albert Brown of Clnlsman fi.und a wallet containing money. She left It at a newspaper office ana advertised for the owner. Asked her name and address, she said: "Never mind that. I don't want reward for I might lose my own pocket book some day." Within a week Deputy Sheriff Clem Edwards found a purse and money In the courthouse yard. He led It at the newspaper office and waived any reward. Ths purse was Mis. Brown's. Folsom Blames Politics For Suit WASHINGTON, March 3 VPt Gov. James E. Folsom of Alabama today blamed politics for the filing of court suits naming him as the father of a 30-ycar-old divorcee's baby son. Tho governor, here for a con gressional hearing, told reporters: "I am In a political campaign In Alabama. I have had to face this type of tactics In other campaigns. That Is all I have to say on that subject." Late Spud Bulletin SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 (AP IltrDAi Potatoes: 6 broken, 10 tin broken cars on track: arrivals, Ida ho 1. Oregon 1: new stock; one rar n.i track: market about steady; Klamath Russets No. 1 Bakers, 6.00. LOS ANGELES, MBrch 3 (AP TJHDA) Potatoes: 42 broken, 36 un broken cars on track; arrivals. Call ferula 3, Idaho 11, Oregon 1, Florida 1, by truck 4; Idaho; Idaho Russets No. 1-A, S.3r-n.3f. I .ii .VI,,. V V a" Ttre, clrctric motors, oil. headlichts, brtr and even a cae of break fuHt food. U Jiut a part of hujje pile of loot garnered by city and state police and aald to have been stolen during the pant two weeks by three young Klamath men who fare felony charges. The loot piled at the sUte police patrol office on AlUmont drive as the staff turned up at various points of cache. Left, State Police Officer "Swede" Harroun, and city police plainrlothesman., "Bud" Ad kins, check articles which have appeared on police records as Teen-Age Building Plans Stalled By Local Fire Code Tcru-agc club building plans got an uncxccled slap In the face late Monday afternoon when adult coun cil members were told that the building they had In mind would not come up to lire code standards In the city. Tcen-agc club council mem bers said that they will start all over again In an effort to jret a, head quarters ioc moixara . Matt Finnlgan. chairman of the adult council, and Bill Procter, teen. age director, attended a city recrea tion committee meeting yesterday to plead their cause. Finnlgan told Uie committee that the Teen-age club wanted to move a former messhall from the munici pal airport to the city-owned site, known as the Humphrey property, in the 19O0 block on Main street. The Teen-age council had previ ously requested permission to move the building from the city council. ic my wmiiu, but the matter was referred to the recreation committee. The abrupt squelching came from Meat Packers Slate Strike CHICAGO. March 3 ttP A nation wide strike of 100.000 meat packing plant workers was called today (or March 18. Announcement o( the strike date was made by Ralph Helstein, presi dent o( the CIO United Packing house Workers. The strike will start at 13:01 a. m. March 16. The union is the one which struck In 1946 and tied up the meat In dustry until the federal government intervened. The strike for a wage increase of 30 cents an hour was called against Armour and company, Cuduhy Packing company. Swift and com pany, Wilson and company, John Morrell and company and Hy-Grado Food Products corporation and other Independent companies throughout the nation. Helstein said the big packers last- year earned more than $144,000,000 in net profits before tax deductions. He contended the companies are able, lo pay the demanded increase. More than two-thirds o( t:ie workers, he said, earn less than $1.10 an hour. The minimum male rale Is $1.03 with lower rates paid In the south and smaller com munities, he said. Court Asked To Decore Governor Of Alabama Husband Of Red Head And Father Of 22-M onf h-Od Child CULLMAN, Ala., March 3 W) An Alabama court was asked today to declare Gov. James E. Folsom Uie lawful husband of a red-haired, 30-year-old divorcee and the faUier of her baby boy. a'wo suits filed In circuit court here made these pleas. Both charged Folsom was the common law husband of Christine Putman Folsom, and tho father of her son, 23-nionth-old James Douglas. Ono petition was filed by Uie mother, who said she also Is known as Mrs. Christine Johnston. Friends said she divorced Johnston several years ago. i The oilier suit was by the child, acting through a "next friend," Carter E. Putman. Ho la Mrs. Johnston's brother. Folsom. a 6-foot 8-Inch widower with two children, was en route to Washington when the suits wore filed. He is 39. A colorful and vigorous campaigner, Folsom Is a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. He was a Cullman Insurance man before his election aa governor in 1946. Mrs. Johnston forniorly was employed in a Birmingham hotel. Friends described her aa an attractive red-head, Mrs. Johlislon In her suit alleged that she and Folsom had lived as man mid wife In Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida. She charged further that Folsom Introduced her to his mother and others as the "next first lady of Alabama." . 4 1 :'m m J x It M stolen. City Building Inspector Walt Sals bcry. when he was called on by Mayor Ed Ostendorf to explain fire i ... code standards. Sakbcry said that snouid the Building be moved Into town, several thousand dollars In re modeling would have to be done. He added that urder the 111 code, the building would have to be stuccoed I on the outside and sealed with p las- tcr or tonguc-ln-groove lathe on the interior. The fire code angle seemed to comes as a complete surprise to com mittee and council members, and Finnlgan said he felt that someone should have warned the Teen-age council about the fire code before all the work of arranging for Uie building had been done. Finnlgan told committee members, who said they were sympathetic but , . . , . . , . .. .,n i.r. iic crji-usc uuu win iinc w awn out all over again to get another building. "I can't see spending that much money on something that will be torn down or that Uie mayor seems to think is an eyesore." Finnlgan said. City Councilman A. F. Condrcy, who was Invited to sit in on Uie session, announced Uie plan which he has kept secret for several weeks. His plan, which he said the armory committee is considering, is to make the armory Into a youUi center for use by ail young people's organiza tions. He added, however, that it will be some time before a satisfac tory plan can be worked out. Gotham Storm Proves Expensive NEW YORK. March 3 oPr Any New Yorker would vow the snow storms that buffeted the city this winter were white, except local bud get officials who see red $8,654, 348.95 worth. That was the cost o( removing 57.4 Inches o( snow between last December 36 and February 31, sani tation officials said today. In other words. It cost $150,773 to remove each Inch of snow Uiat fell on the city In that time. Nostalgically budget officials leafed back through the records to the winter of 1931-32 when It cost only $13,992.02 to remove 1.3 inches of snow. Californians Appeal For Lower Rates BAN FRANC'IHCO, March 2 (IP) California llveatoek Intereata today appealed to Western railroads for an Immediate drought reduction In freight rates on feed and llveatoek ahipmenU. With pastures parched by the worst drought In the state's recorded rcather bureau history, livestock men studied the situation In sur rounding states. They already have begun a movement of stock Into other states. The freight cut appeal was made by the California Cattlemen's asso ciation. California Farm Bureau (cderatlon and California Wool Growers association. Information poured in by mail, telephone and telegraph from varl- ols statea on available feed and pas ture. Yi. r. Wint, secretary of the won! growers, said response to last week's appeal had been received from Montana, Wyoming, Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Utah and Texas. An encouraging factor was Infor matlon from the federal-state mar. ket news service today that the sup ply of lambs on the New York mar ket Is far short of demand. Prices were up $1 to $2 on the heavier lambs. There are more than 100,000 heavy lambs in the Imperial valley and ' .000 In Colorado, Wing said, which have caused a bearish Influ ence on the market. Road Meet Set March 10 A conference for working out pre liminary details of the Klamath showing before the state leglslaUve Interim committee on roads and highways will be held at the court house at 11 a. m. March 10. County Judge U. E. Reeder announced to day. The Judge said that any organi zation or individual with Ideas to be presented to Uie interim com mittee is Invited to attend the pre liminary conference. A day or two alter that meeting. Klamath and Ldke county groups will get togeth- in w ueveiop ineir 101m prcsema- U,on to u,e comn,ittee hearing here i April 13. Klamath County chamber of commerce roads and highway com mittee will give cpeetal attention tn federal and state roads in connec tion with Uie presentation. Grange, farm bureau, cities, and other groups interested were invited to participate and te contribute to the presentation. Newsmen Out Of Jail Today WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., March 1 iPs-After five days in Jail, two Newburgh newspapermen were free today pending a court decision on a fight against penalties Imposed on them for refusing to reveal to a grand Jury their ' confidential sources of information. ' The newsmen, Douglas V. Clarke. 3?, news editor of the Newburgh (y Y.) News, and Charles L. Leonard. 23. a reporter on the paper, were released today in cus tody of their lawyer. The release without bail was odered by State Supreme Court Justice Frank H. Coyne. He reserved decision on habeas corpus proceed ings attacking their conviction for contempt of court, which brought 10-day Jail sentences and $100 fines. Defense Attorney John H. Flana gan told Justice Coyne that al though no state law yet gives a newsman the right to protect Uie sources of his information from a court or inquisitorial body. Uie courts have Uie power to recognize the confidential relationship. Clarke and Leonard refused to reveal to an Orange county grand Jury, investigating charges of gam bling in Newburgh. the source of a lottery ticket reproduced In their newspaper. Ranchers Protest Duck Damage MADRAS. March 3 (Pi Ranchers here are none too happy about the arrival of spring. Police have been called to help legalize an anti-duck and geese campaign started by grain ranchers when great flocks, north bound, set tled to feed on new grain. Metolltis district ranchers have reported heavy damage. School District Rulinq Made SALEM, March 3 lPyK school district is not liable for deaths or Injuries suffered by members of schoolboy traffic patrol systems, Attorney General George Neuner ruled today. The opinion was sought by Secre tory of State Earl T. Newbry, who an Id the question was raised by the Klamath Falls school district. KILLED HEPPNER. March 3 Wr-A mys terious electrical charge killed an Irish setter whose leash was fas tened to a clothes line and subse quently shocked Mrs. Norman Washburn. Mrs. Washburn sulci the dog suf fered the shock during a rain shower. i Inn Where Washington Slept Burns NORRISTOWN, Pa., March 1 P) Three Tuns Inn, the historic hostelry where George Washington estab lished his headquarters while his army was at Valley Forge, was de stroyed In a $100,000 fire today. Nine persons were asleep on the upper floors, but all got out safely as the blaze roared through the three-story hotel In Upper Dublin township not far from historic Val ley Forge. Albert Welsenauer, proprietor of the Inn since 1948, estimated the total loss at $100,000. Numerous firemen were overcome In the five-hour fire. In Uie critical winter of 1777-78, Washington's men encamped at Valley Forge. He spent the first few nights in Uie log huts which have been Immortalized in history. Shortly thereafter, the owner of Uie most pretentious farmhouse later Three Tuns inn Invited Washington to escape the cold by making his headquarters there. Clark Firm On Tidelands Row WASHINGTON, March 3 W) At torney General Tom Clark said to day he refused to be a "Santa Claus" to Uie states In the tidelands dis pute. "I'd have to put on my beard." Cltrk told Uie house-senate judici ary committee, when Senator Moore (R.-Okla.) suggested that he should consider It his duty to agree to a bill backed by the states to wipe out leoerat claims to off-shore sub merged lands. "Id be a Santa Claus," Clark added. Questioned by Senator McCarran (D.-Nev.), Clark conceded "oil had a lot to do" with Uie federal claim to California's coastal lands. However, be said, it was not Uie principal rea son for Uie federal suit McCarran asserted the federal government claimed the off-shore areas only to get oil. Blast Kills Eleven Arabs HAIFA. Palestine, March 3 (flV A dynamite-laden truck which po lice said was Planted by the Jewish underground Stern gang exploded in an Arab residential district to day, killing ii Arabs and wounding Z7. The police announcement said "many children" were Included tn the casualties. The explosion oc c'jrred near the central police sta tion. The blast wrecked the seven-story Salameh building and shook the whole Haifa port area. Force of the detonation crumpled the front half of a building housing the Arab secUon of the government welfare office, and shattered the front of another house. Eyewitnesses said two army type trucks came up the street. They said the leading one was driven by a man in Arab dress who parked the vehicle by the Salameh building. The driver left the truck and got into Uie second machine. The wit nesses said it carried four men in uniform apparently acting as an escort. The escort truck rolled away and a short time later there was i terrific boom." Army bulldozers and rescue work. ers dug Into a litter of rocks and piaster, fearing other victims might be burled. Eggs Upped, But Butter Goes Down The housewife won't have any trouble balancing the budget today. Ergs went up one cent but butter went down a penny. Butter was wholesaling today at 81 cents, and across-the-counter pi ice varied around 88 to 89 cents. Eggs upped one cent to 60H cents for AA large: 58 , A A medium; 5Ci, A large: 534, A medium. QUITS OTTAWA. March 3 iPI Dr. Frantisck N e m e c Czechoslovak minister to Canada, announced he had resigned along with practically ail his staff. He and most of the others will remain In Canada. Finnish President Chafes Over Pact Decision Delay HELSINKI, March 3 (Pv Presi dent Juho Paaslklvi was described by responsible sources today as growing impatient at parliament's delay In informing him of Its views on a suggested military pact with Russia. Political leaders are said to be In favor of negoUatlng on the pact, but emphasize that acceptance of Prime Minister Stalin's proposal would not necessarily follow. The 78-year-old president, who has had years of experience In deal ing with the Russians, was said to fear that undue delay might Irritate them and destroy a favorable basis tor negotiations. Government circles said they thought Paaslklvi might urge parlia mentary groups today to speed formulation ot their attitude toward the pact, Stalin's letter proposing U.e agreement waa handed to Paaslklvi last Friday. Parliamentary groups from the Marshall, Forrestal Urge Action WASHINGTON, March 1 ( Secretaries Marshall and Forrestal told congress today there la "grava , danger" Greece and Turkey eannnt remain free unless they get mora military aid from the United Bute, The two cabinet members testi fied Jointly to the house foreign affairs committee In support of the administration's request for $278,- Ooo.ooo to be spent on guns, plane, and other weapons for the two na tions. Secretary of State Marshall said that arming the Greeks and Turka would be "discouraging" to further aggreaalon againat their countries. Breakdown Marshall said $200,000,000 would be for Greece and $75,000,000,000 for Turkey. It was the first "break down" congress has been given on the $275,000,000. Both Marshall and Secretary nf Defense Forrestal left little doubt they were thinking of Russia Marshall said there is "clear evidence in Greece and Czechoslo vakia of communist Intention againat all nations that stand In the way of their expansion." And aa long as threats confront Greece and Turkey, Marshall said, there can be no assurance that American assistance can be stopped. .' Forrestal said it I evident that the military position In both coun- - tries must receive our first atten tion." Strategie Location He added: "Greece and Turkey lie on tha fringe of totalitarian countries. whose actions leave little doubt that they hope to extend their conrol over these two strategically located nations." Congress voted $400,000,000 for aid to Greece and Turkey last May. The $245,000,000 additional the lawmak ers are now Being asked to vote would be for spending in the 12 months beginning next July 1. The $400,000,000 was divided $300 000,000 for Greece and $100,008,000 for Turkey. Both the cabinet members said the guerrillas are getting help from neighboring countries In the north. Wife Defiant; Cop Blushes SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 3 ( Traffic officers found Helen ' JackJey driving along Broadway in nothing but high gear. As nude as Lady Godlva, tha woman got first attention by going through a red light. The signal waa paled, however, by the blushes of Patrolmen Benjamin Morse and Carroll B. Maynard, after aha obeyed their order to stop. Here's Uie story she told In muni cipal court: "I wanted to go out. My husband didnt. I said I would anyway, so he undressed me and dared me to go -out like that so I did." Said Judge McDonnell: "This court has heard everything new." Then he sentenced her to 90 daya . -In Jail for drunken driving unless she wanted to pay a $350 fine. She spent several hours In Jail, then paid the fine. British Loan Exhausted WASHINGTON, March S (P) Britain has exhausted Its $3,750, 000,000 loan from the United Statea with a final $100,000,000 draft, tht treasury disclosed today. Originally expected to last three to five years, the loan funds held out only 19 ' months. Britain checked them out at an average rcte of nearly $200,000,000 a month. The last withdrawal was made Monday. Exhaustion of the loan came a short time after a British govern ment white paper declared, in ef fect, that Britain faces bankruptcy and that It has overspent its income t $4,000,000,000 In Uie last two years. New dollar aid, however, la In prospect in the $5300,000.000 Euro pean recovery program now under debate In the senate. Upwards ot o?ie-fourth of ERP funds may go to Britain, expected to be the biggest beneficiary under the program. far right to the extreme left hava spent hours discussing the proposed defense and mutual assistance pact plus Its consequences for Finland. Chairmen of the party bloc told newsmen they had no Intention of employing delaying tactics, but that Uie question was so serious It re quired careful consideration. Conservative party newspapers condemned communist - organized worker meetings In support of th pact as useless and extra-parliamentary tactics. Last night the Finnish "popular front" of communists and extreme left-wing socialists Issued a state ment urging acceptance of the pact. The powerful combine which has 61 of the 200 seats In parliament hailed Russia as "the most powerful power on our continent." It has been estimated that there are between 28,000 and 29,000 com munists among Finland's 3,776,000 cltlaens. 1
