PACE TWO
"MYSTERT of tnt
13th GUEST
mi ANN nAiumu i
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O ROBIN HOOD!
I KnmwJtm tm mm
B neMaioo-nw,
nirnn nf th rhamltfr of com
' vtH V'-nnirittV tr nut be
: for the membership by-law
change which would limit director
ships to two consecutive terms.
At rjresent. no memoer may aerv
. more than three two-year terms
without dropping out at least one
year.
niaivl mamharA u fl In Ule U.l
cussion they feel that even shorter
lannr .hnnlri h decreed, so that
I new blood will be lorced Into the
j board at regular intervals, new
! members, they said, put more rigor
1 Into the board, ana prevent coin
1 Dlalnts that the "same old gang
is running the chamber of com
Vfrtntllv til fhmhr action
taken through the board ot directors.
, who are elected irom tne memoer
i ship at large. By-law changes take
I Manager Charles Stan reporiea
I tha l.lnnc rlllh ha taken the
lead In the civic organisation s mem
The chamber's highway program
; lor primary ana secunu&ry ivu, w
kj, niwniMl ti the state highway
i Inorim MmmttfM rominir heT6
1 inrii ii &'b aivan final annroval.
i The board voted to pass on io uic
; next board, which takes onice May
i 1, the matter of attempting to bring
.hniit Mnsniiaaiion oi motv ui'
Bourd members pian to nave uicir
ii,n,.hnn nn Anril 14 at Fort Klam-
i ath with members of the Oregon
j Advertising club wno wiu oe on
Plans for the tourist host school
I to be held here in April were ap
proved.
Cats Work
On Lake Road
Tu'n hi- rAtx. one D-7 and the
' other a D-8. were working in the
I t it. ' th wnnrts area this week
j clearing the Klamath county road
i of snow. The cats were sent Into
i ha mnnniam section as roads In
the valley are too soft to work at
j this time of the year ana tne
1 situation is excellent for dealing
in th lake sector.
Ed Morse. Lake o' the woods
I ,,ma,. hnm rnratn k ap drove to
Klamath Falls today and said that
1 the weather had been warm since
last Friday, the snow has seiuea
at least one foot and all cabins In
tta --aa aa nut ftf (1AnkTar.
I Early last week, Morse sought aid
In clearing the roofs of the five
l w nark: which endangers build
ings around the lake. Morse said
it was possible to drive to nis cabin
on the east side but discouraged car
(mhI nu ha rnaii
The county sent the two big eats
' mcaH I a irp n' tMP WnndX lflSL &UI1
! day and drivers were able to make
it to the top of the hill. It is un
derstood that the east side road will
; be cleared to the end of tne Kiam
ath line.
(Continued from Page One)
vlting a guest (especially a question
able one i into soineoouy naco
This morning senate and house
members working on a compromise
foreign aid bill agree to drop Spain
froi.. the list of countries eligible
for aid.
WHAT is all the shooting about?
It seems to this writer, who
tries to be realistic, that a lot oi
messy thinking Is Involved. It is
true enough that Franco Is no shin
ing knight of democracy. But neither
is Stalin. Yet we weicomea mm in
to the fold became we thought he
could help us lick Hitler.
If we swallowed Stalin, because
we wanted his help, why should we
gag at Franco?
ripple Tells
Of Slaying
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Road Group
Fights Thaw
11 It ln b SIIOW UlC Mia" win
eires state highway employes a
j headache, and right now oinciais
i cav th arh u nliantv severe.
Major JOD now is concentrating
n the soring break-up of pave-
i ment on highways leading out of
' thi arpa Fsnprtallv bad Is the sec
tion between mlleposts 238 and 239,
h Dhvao Q7 in tnp vininitv oi Bana
: creek. There Is also a bad stretch
1 nf 11 mllM hatwaan mtlpnnstjt 217
I , and 230. which Is demanding much
attention. Quartz mountain is in
twit ihsTW fmm th Ktllinff
! laui; pwa " - "
break-up, but Willamette pass was
reported in lair conaition.
Highway engineers expiainea mat
watar Kppns un in ine aiLemoon auu
goes down at night and creates a
. damaging condition to tne roaoDea.
Tn anma niflrpH It has been found
neessary to blast, replace with
solid rock and re-oil the sunace.
t7n. rMBlHrto- annvi with frnut Rlill
in the ground Is the reason lor tne
breakup at this time oi tne year.
Air Show
Plan Talked
Suggestion for a Klamath Falls
air show and fair came today from
riiv Aliroii-t Mongfrar W R Whlt-
fnmv ann Mavnr vjn inrpnnnn.
Whether or not the show Is held
depends on public support, tne
mayor said.
If businessmen and tne general
public show interest In the plan,
the city will go ahead with arrange-
mpnlA.
Tentative plans are that the
I auair win oe neiu ui uic iiiuiinijai
farms and business firms would be
displayed in tne hangars as wen as
outdoors.
i whitrnmn sa tnat DicntT oi
I space Is avaiiaoie at tne Dig iieia
a Inena mimhac nf avnin Tl
Mavnr Dstindnrf exnlained that
the plan will be a sort of open
knnaa tn Kot tttV BimiD fit. nAnnlP
with the city airfield, formerly the
naval air station, wnicn tne city re
aantlv tnnlr nvar
All Interested groups should call
Whltcomb at 3272, or tne mayor
5211
orimr Aril 1 rji A 38-vear-
old cripple confessed last night, de
tectives said, that he robbed and
killed his former employer, Ray
Arnold, 3, a service station operator.
Detective Sgt. Foster A. riesiop
and Detective Don Sprinkle said
the oral statement was made by
Ralph Shelton shortly after he talk
wlth a minister tn his cell. Shelton
had been discharged from his job.
the officers reporiea.
Thev said Shelton had been tn
custody since the day after the
lAvintT March 22.
in his statement Shelton was
Km Daclnn O Stl VI he dUD
ed Arnold Into driving him to a hill
above Boeing plant No. 1 by saying
his car was there.
I was riding in the bacR seat.
,v. atatamant saIH. "and after t
told him to stop. I struck him on
the head with a hammer.
"I didn"t want to hit him hard
enough to kill him. After I struck
km, h .hm-art orjen the driver's
door and started to get out.
"He told me. 'Watt till I get my
kevs and I'll kill youl"
"Then I pulled open the tipper
on mv coat pocket and drew out
my gun ana snot mm.
Plane Crash
Kills Pilot
ROCKAWAY. Ore., April 1 MV-
A navy HeUdiver plummeted to
earth on a coast mountain east of
here yesterday, killing the pilot soon
after tne plane leu me iuiuu
naval air base.
Loggers witnessed the planes
troubled flight, saw It fall and were
at, fi-cr tn ranch th Scene. ThCV
said it appeared to have struck In a
dive. i
Navy officials af 13th district
headquarters in Seattle withheld the
name of the pilot pending notifica
tion oi next oi Kin.
Thav rannrtMi the nlane was one
nf two that left the Tillamook base
at 1:30 p. m. (PSTi yesterday. The
second plane, puoiea oy i. o. hu
nger, San Diego. Calif., had turned
back because of bad weather.
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Soviets Free1
US Marines !
In China j
SHANdllVI. April I (TV Four
V. S. marines raptured by the Chi- ,
nene communists while on a Christ
mas day hunting trip In North
China were released today.
V. 8. navy authorities reported
the leathernecks were released at
Ilalyang. a coastal city 60 miles
northeast of l 8. Western Pacific
Fleet headquarters at Talngtaa.
Officials said they presumed the
four are In good condition.
Efforts are being made to recover
the body ot a fifth. Pfc. Charles J
Bravton Jr.. Fort Jay. Governor's
Island. N. Y., who died of wounds
received in the Incident.
The four were Cpl. William L.
Pollard. Fort Worth. Tex., Pfc. Car
rol W. Dlckerson. Olathe, Kas.; Pvt
Robert Hart, Pittsburgh, Pa.: and
Pfc. Thomas Kapodlstrla, uuuaio.
N. Y.
Account Muddled
Thata has han nn ClCST aCCOUht
of what happened Christmas morn
ing near the village of Wangtan
Yuen, where the five were captured.
Marine authorities reporiea mru.c
entered communist territory over
the protest of Chinese national
guards at Llngohan.
The communists reporiea reorii
ary 13 In one of their dally propa-
ga'nda broadcasts that the marines ;
were participating In China's elvll
war on the national side. They said
Rravtnn waa wounded fatally In a
skirmish.
The communists later were re
ported demanding $120,000 ransom
for the four, but the U. S. embas
sy In Nanking said It had no in
formation on that.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, W
Trailer Death
Said Suicide
PORTLAND, April I iPt The
f.,l Knrnlna nf A S3-Vear-Old
woman in her trailer home was list
ed by officials as a suicide today.
after a newspaper receivea a kiwi
from the victim.
The Oregonlan published the let
ter, written to a staff feature writer
ami mailed nver the week-end. In
which Mrs. Mae Barton wrote she
was "on a merry-go-round getting
nowhere."
She explained that she no longer
was attractive 'hunger can no
strange things to a person" and
was lonely and feared. Illness. "I
can not find a way out." she added.
The letter Indicated sne piannea
to oour gasoline over her house and
set it afire.
Fire gutted her dingy trailer nouse
early Sunday. Neighbors awakened
by her screams, took her from the
flaming ' trailer. She., died seven
hours later.
SAIGON
Claim To Moon
Brought- Too Soon :
WAKHTNOTON. Anrll 1 liPl The
government today turned down two j
Pennsylvanlans wno lain claim to
the moon.
Baaratam nf th Interior Krug.
saying the moon belongs to every- I
one. deniea tneir request uiav uic
government approve the claim.
In a formal reply to Robert D.
Eaton and Charles W. Honhold of
Sewickley, Pa., Krug explained with
tongue - in - cheek seriousness that
federal homestead laws require ap
plicants to Inspect In person the
areas sought.
Further, he said the sovereignty
of the United States has never been
established over the moon.
Bids Called On
Four Big Turbines
PORTLAND, April 1 (IP) Bids
fot designing, manufacture and de
livery of four 110,000 horsepower
electric turbines for McNary aam
on the Columbia river were called
today by the army engineers.
The units are to be the first of
14 to be Installed In the dam, third
laraest on the river. Bids will be
opened May 14.
Design and manuiacture oi tne
generators will require four and
five years. The engineers said ths
next four units will be ordered In
the fall of 1052.
$50 Fine Given
For Disorderly
Rufus Jenkins, negro porter em
ployed by the Southern Pacific, was
fined $50 and given a five-month
suspended sentence after he en
tered a plea of guilty in justice j. n.
Uahnnpv'i pnitrt Wprinpsrlnv nn a
charge of disorderly conduct.
Jenkins, now on probation under
court orders, Is said to have threat
ened the SP station master at Cres
cent Lake.
Also
James Stewart In
THUNDKKBOLT
District Ranger
Due Here Monday
T3nhaf PnMia, BlataH tn talra nver
duties as district ranger for Klamath
district of tne Rogue Kiver national
forest Is expected to arrive Monday.
Cooper comes to this district from
Skykomlsh, Wash., and replaces
Ranger John Sarglnson Who left
Monday for Skykomlsh.
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