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llv HlANK JKNKIN'H
IN Wlacunaln'i I'rraldimllul primary
election, Hturii wlm mpiiftiriiilyi
20 of the 27 Republican delcgatei,
(li-llrlnl MacArthur nulla along iu
bait accolld. An tllla It written, It
looks as l( Dewey inuy be 111111 owl.
ANK awallow doenh'l muke a aiiin
titer, mid 0110 nl uln primary
docan't make a nomination, but
thcae fact Unit out of tlii Wiscoti
111 voting:
1. Young men urn popular
iiii'llly young men with 11 new
mid mm ci 0 approach tu the prub
Irma tliul litia ua.
2. Military mrn ure dill unpopular
for IIRIII civil office.
3. Uld-llincra arc OU T. I Vouin
lie la In yriira. Urwry la mi ulil-iiiuer
In llir acme llial he hua been con
nected Willi politic In the paal.i
QUIl 011UU111II1111 tired In tllla crll
v leal period ot our hlatory la lead
rahlp III which Die public haa con
fidence. Tim writer acmra LACK
gfj coululriice In exIMInu leadernhlp.
If Hlrii can CIIVK UH CON
FIDENCE, ho la the man ul tin hour,
TN Iheir mutual-aid treaty with
itu"lB, Hie Hlnna apparently re
tain at least the outward form of
political Imleiieiidriii-e. The treaty
waa algnrd luat nlullt III Miiacow,
and to become edectlve nreda only
ratification by the Kllinlnli parha-
Dlrlll,
Wuuli It. The KiiMluna may be
drulinu mildly al leant for Uie Umei
with Kluluutl. They muy lluvc been
linpreaard by the proluundly allocked
reaction In that part ot the world
which allll remain tree, to their
handling of Cechoalovakla.
'Hie bmueal ot all riucaliona la tiow
Kuula will react to opinion in coun
trtea atie doea not control.
JJEVIXOI'MKNTH in Uerlln today
are not encouraging. Alter their
airaimely mild apcll yeaterday. the
Kuuiana gel uuiih attain. Tliey aie
now following Uie well-calabllahtd
pattern of a atrcei-coruer atilomobilc
colllaion. anarllng to ua and lite
Drltlah: "It waa all your fault "
They iwil that the Urltlah
trauaporl plane came booming out
of a cloud and amacked Into the
Hiuuiian Hithlrr pilot. They don't
go ao far aa to claim In woida Uial
Hie Urltlah pilot did It on purpoae,
but they Intimate It.
ity way ot keeping Uie record
clear, the Hi null aay, In an official
atalrnirnt: "Visibility at the lime of
the cqlllalon waa aome five mllca."
pltK.SIDr.NT '1 HUMAN la aoon tu
aubmll to congrcaa a l' billion
idailar program ot ahlp construction
eVijch will include h4 luper-tsnkcri
to tint eight million dollar each.
1 Modern wara are fought largely
with oil. Tankers get Uie oil from
where It la to where It la needed.
There were tlmea In the laal war
when It looked like lack of tankera
might reault In our defeat
Although we hope not. and are
doing our beat to prevent 11. there
might be another war.
( HI'S require aleel In huge quan
utiea. Steel requlrea coal. That
ralara a queallun of the uimoal na
tional Importance:
If we can't get coal enough dug.
how are we to get ateel enough tu
meet our nreda In Uie coming
critical yeara?
PI IE coal atrike ought to be ended.
1 How?
Well, maybe you know, Thla writ
er doesn't.
But Una It the way It ought to be
ended:
John Lewu ihould lay to hit min
er: "Hoyi, our country li In a
tough apot. Lei a forget our peace
time qunrrela and DIG COAL, AS
WE NKVKIl UUO COAI, HEFOKK.
We're all Americana, and In tunea
like these Americana can't afford to
lay bark and let our country oe
weakened."
JKWI8. of course, clalma It l all the
nicked opcratora' fault. But can
you Imagine EMPl.OYKItS Handing
up agalnal the public opinion thill
Would be created by audi a stale-
nient trom the mlnera' leader?
It couldn't be done. Any employer
who Hied It would be crucified.
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Lewis Stalls StriEte-E
Big Job
Russ Blame
British For
Plane Crash
Htltl.lN, April 1 VP) The Itua
alana threw the blame for Munday'a
riovlet-Hrlllah plane eraah an the
Hrltlah today, llrltlah offlrlala aald
the Huaalan atory waa "palpably un
true." A Huaalan Ihvcallgatlug luiniiils
aligi chaiged the craah. In whli-h 15
died, waa canard by Urlllah viola
tion of allied reguluttona. 'f'he com
mlaalon aald It occurred over a H mi
nimi alrixirl In Merlin and that tr
llrltlah pilot failed to comply with
four-power allied control council
regulation! by flying over the Soviet
traffic tone.
No Comment
Hrltlah offlrlala iwued no direct
comment on the commtbAlon'a re
port. They did deny a Moarow radio
report which aald the air colllaion
waa cauaed by a Hrltlah airliner
coming dow n out of a cloud .and
colliding with a Soviet fighter.
The radio veralon W'aa lubaian
llally the an me at the commlaaton '
report.
The official Brtllan natenienl
aald:
"Moarow radio haa put out the
atory that the Hrltlah Viking air
craft rame out of a low rloud and
collided with the Soviet lighter
about la land. The official llrltlah
view la that the true facta about the
colllaion cannot be eatabllahed un-
Conference Precedes Road Hearing
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FFA Confab
To Open Here
On Thursday
OltKOON VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
April 7 About BOO meinbera of the
Oregon rut 11 re Farmera of America
are exjiected to be on hand for the
group'a atate conference Thuraduy
Ihrutigh Saturday at the Oregon
Vocational achool campua.
Advance regiatratlon ahuwi 585
namri of thiate planning to attend
from polnta around the atate, and
It 11 exjiectrd that aeveral more will
come. Executive board acsslona have
been held thla week, but the major
meeting! will begin Thursday.
Initial leaalon will be at ::I0 a.m.,
Thuraday, In the campua theutre,
where Mayor Ed Oatendorf will give
the official welcoming addrcu. Wln
aton l. Purvltie, OV8 director, will
explain the baatc operation of the
vocational achool.
Attending will be Ralph 8. Mor
gan, at ate FFA advlior and auto
atiiiervlnor of vocational agricultural
training, Maurice C. Buchunnn, act
ing executive aecretary, nnd Elmer
Sullivan. Buchanan and Hulllvnn
are aAalatnt aupervlaora In voca
tional agricultural training. All are
from Salem.
Reporla trom the atate advlaor
and other official! will be heard at
Thuraday morning's meeting.
Crop Judging, farm niaungcnient.
home farm project and state farm
en' degree! will be feattired during
the afternoon. Judging will be both
for Indtvldunli and chapters.
Meeting will continue Friday
and Saturday with ipcclnl event!
planned for euch day.
Next Monday's atate highway Interim committee hearing In Klamath Falls prompted a conference of
I-ake and Klamath county people at Lakevlrw Tuesday. The picture above shows Jack Briscoe, left, T. B.
Walters, renter, and Jim Ogle talking It over, Briscoe will present the Lake brief and Walters will present
the dlacuaaion of the Klamath chamber-county court brief on primary highways. They are talking It over
with Jim Ogle, who Is new president of the Lake county chamber.
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Klamath-Lake Map Plans
For Inierim Group Meet
LAKEVIEW. April 7-Flnal plana
were ihaped hare Tuesday for Lake
and Klamatli Joint representations
before the state legislative Interim
committee which will hold a hearing
In Klamath Falli Monday, April 12.
Hcpreseutatlves of the Kin main
county court and the Klamath
chamber of commerce roudi and
highways committee met with Uie
Lake county court and chamber of
ficials tor a final dlacuaslon ot their
brlrts. which have been prepared In
coordination and In general Will
advocate the same principles.
Jack lhiacoe will dlacuu Uie Lake
brief before the Interim committee,
and T. B. Wallers, chairman of the
Klamath chamber committee on
roads, will outline the Klamath
viewpoint. In addition to these
reprcaeutAtlons, the representative!
of granges, elites, and others In the
two counties will be heard at the
hearing In the courthouse at Klam
ath Kalis.
Jack Mayne, manager of the Lake
county chamber, will act as mod
erator for the iwo-county presenta
tions. The Lake county brief embraces
views of the court, chamber, munic
ipalities of Lakevlew and Paisley,
Lake county Pomona grange, and
Lake county farm bureau.
The briefs contain an outline of
major and secondary highway work
proposed for the two counties, and
a discussion of revenue problems.
The roups have agreed that Uiey
favor additional revenue for road
work. If necessary, through limited
liHTpa.srs In gasoline taxes, auto reg
istration fees and driver examina
tion fees. They are opposed to a
proicrty tux on autos and general
obligation bonds for roads.
Wnlly Hector, Klamath county
engineer, has also prepared a gen-
Smashing Victory For Stassen In Wisconsin
Threat To MacArthur In Presidential Race
MILWAUKEE, April 7 Ift A
aniaahing victory by Harold P..
Stitaaen proinialug him upwards of
20 of Wiaroualn'a 27 )!' national
convention votes threatened today
to puah (len. Douglas MacArthur
out of the presidential rare.
Btiisscn held fast to late -count
lrnds some so big the result no
longer was In doubt and some slim
In a score of the 'J7 delegate con
tests Involved In yesterday's prim
ary. His candldatea slaved off with a
rally In mid-day tabulations a chal
lenge of two MacArthur aspirants
to move Into the circle of aeven at
lurge delegates where Ktassen'a slate
lias led almost from the first.
Top MacArthur
With 2(111) of the state's 3KIR pre
rlncLs reported, the lowest mnn on
the Stussrn slatn of seven widened
his vote nun itln over the top man
on MiicAithiir's slate to 10(13.
The lobulation, which Included
.1110 of 5711 precincts In Milwaukee
comity where MarArtliur's dele
gates ran well, gave the top Stassen
at-large delegate, Walter . Kohlrr
L Jr., 102,007 votes,
'The low Rtftssen candidate,
Cleoigti Greeley, had 1(1(1.11(13 votes
This compared wllh 107,000 chalked
tip by Fred R. Zimmerman, leading
MacArthur candidate.
1 The possibility was voiced bv Rrp.
Miller (It.-Nrh.) In Washington
that MacArthur, now leading In only
seven of the 20 dlslrlrt contests,
might quit.
Miller, who campaigned In Wis
consin for the general, told re
porters: "MacArthur may see fit. In view
of the slap In the face, to with
draw." Light Vote Blamed
Lansing Ilovt, who heads the na
tional MacArthur clubs, Issued a
statement here blaming the gen
eral's poor showing on a light vote
III the delegate contests.
Hoyt, who seemed likely to be
elected as a MacArthur delegate,
said the general "would have won"
If ha hud made, a personal appear
ance In the state.
From Minneapolis, Blasscn gave
further Rroitntls tor speculation that
MiicArtliur might not wish lo con
tlnuo In the national contest.
The former Minnesota governor,
thanking friends for supporting
him, expressed "sincere regret that
the action of a group of citlscna In
entering the name of a great gen
eral, Douglas MacArthur, In the
primary, made It necessary for me
t he In a position of rivalry on the
ballot."
He suld ho has " very high per
sonal regard for this distinguished
leader of our armed forces."
This was Interpreted In some
quarters as a bid for the support of
MiicArlhurs delegates, If the gen
eral steps out.
In the Wisconsin district delegate
contest where two are picked In
each district. Stassen had won 6
delegates and led In seven other
races.
Among Leaders
By the nature of his Wisconsin
showing, Htaasen climbed up among
the COP presidential leaders again
after having been almost belled into
the vice presidential class by Pew
ey'a six to two delegate victory over
him In New Hampshire last month.
The Stn.Hsrn surgo gave added
color Ui his claims of having won
majorities of the Iowa and Maine
republican delegations in recent
conventions In those two states.
But Stassen fares a new, nnd per
haps more vigorous, test In next
Tuesday's Nebraska prlmnry. There
ho and six other OOP hopefuls
Including Dcwoy and MacArthur
will bid for popular support.
He will fare Senator Robert A,
Taft of Ohio In that contest tor the
first time. Taft winds up an In
perion campaign there today.
-
rial discussion of Klamath county's
road problem. He will read it at the
hearing. " . .
The conference was held here In
the county court room, through most
of the morning and afternoon Tues
day. The visitors were guests of Uie
Lakevlew people for lunch at the
Elks club, and were entertained in
the home of County Judge and Mrs.
J. R, Hecltman.
Attending from Klamath Falls
were Manager Charles Stark. Roads
Committee Director Malcolm Epley.
and Roads Committee Chairman
Walters of the chamber of com
merce: County Judge U. E. Reeder,
County Engineer Hector, and County
Clerk C. F. DeLap'
The Klamath visitors also attend
ed the annual meeting ot the Lake
count chamber Monday evening.
Walters and Epley were delayed
by a minor accident which occurred
near the foot of Antelope canyon.
The car. with Epley driving, slid off
the Icy road into a barrow pit, but
there was no damage and no injuries.
Marine Fliers
Lost At Sea
PEARL HARBOR, April 7 OP.
Planes, submarines, destroyers and
small boats failed to find four
marine fliers missing after night
fighter maneuvers at sea.
Officers directing the Monday
night maneuvers had ordered one
plane to Intercept the other. In the
darkness. They watched the pro
gress of both plane on a radar
scope: and the two spots on the
scope seemed to merge as though
colliding then vanished.
Marine headquarters said the
pilot were MaJ. Stanley R. Bailey,
Brownsville Junction, Me., and Lt.
Kenneth L. Barnes, Harrison, O.
Names of the two others missing
were not reported.
Thlrly-two planes, six submarines,
two destroyers and various small
craft combed the area, 38 miles off
Barber's Point, all day yesterday.
Statehood For
Alaska Backed
WASHINGTON. April 7 ( Leg
islation granting statehood to Alaska
as unanimously approved today by
the house public lands committee.
The bill, as finally approved, elimi
nated state recognition of tribal
rights of Indians, Aleut and Eski
mo and granted the proposed state
an additional million acres of land
bringing the total lt will get to 43,
000.000. The bill now must go before the
house rules committee for clearance
for house action. It was reported,
however, that Committee Chairman
Allen in-Ill.) was In favor ot grant
ing a rule for bringing the bill up on
tho floor at an early date.
MUMPS
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 7 tP)
S. B. Johnson ot San Antonio, who
will be 100 year ot age July 38, to
day is recovering from n malady
which often befalls persons of more
youthful years.
His Illness was diagnosed is the
mumps.
Boards Talk
Pay, Coaches
8alar? scale for teachers and
coaches 'Sere sHited for considera
tion of high and elementary school
boards here Wednesday.
An informal meeting was sched
uled at noon by the high school
board a report on the general state
levels of basketball and football
coach salaries, preliminary to as
signment of men to these duUe
here. Arnold Gralapp. superinten
dent, said that Klamath's past
scales have been "competitive" and
the board wants to know what con
stitutes competitive pay for the next
year.
The football coaching job at the
high school ha been declared va
cant by the board. The basketball
position has not come before the
board for consideration. Wayne
Scott, basketball coach for several
years, has said he will not coach tn
1948-49. but Gralapp said he ho
no resignation from Scott. I
Members of the budget commit
tee will probably meet with the
board of both high and elementary
districts tonight for a discussion of
teacher salary scale.
Court To
HearUMW
Plea Monday
WASHINGTON, April 1 !P)
John L. Lewis today asked a fed
eral court to throw out an order re
quiring him to end the coal strike.
The court set Monday for a hearing
on the plea.
Judge T. Alan Goldsborougn. who
fined Lewis for contempt in a 1946
strike, received the petition and set
the date for the hearing.
Goldsborough's office said his ac
tion automatically holds up the ef
fect of the temporary restraining
order against the 24-day-old strike
The Justice department had been
planning to ask a contempt citation
against Lewis and his United Mine
Workers for ignoring the order. The
quesUon whether the department
would proceed, In view of Golds
borough's action, was not immedi
ately answered.
Lewis' lawyers had asked for a
hearing Friday.
Delay Ordered
But Goldsborough put It off until
10 a. m. (EST) Monday.
On that day also Goldsborough is
scheduled, to hear the government's
request for a preliminary injunction
to replace the restraining order,
which expires Tuesday.
The Lewi motion challenged the
validity of the national emergency
provision of the Taft-Hartley act.
under which the anti-strike order
was issued last Saturday.
"Violation of the miners' right to
stop work and freedom from in
voluntary servitude is explicit in the
court's direction that the union
shall order the miners to return to
their employment," the Lewu mo
tion said.
. Ivadrled: . r
"Since Uie court may not legally
commit the union members employ
ed in bituminous coal fields to in
voluntary servitude, it may not
legally effectuate such result
through it mandatory order that
defendants accomplish such status
for the union's members."
The order by Justice Matthew P.
McGuire directed the union to end
the strike, and Lewis and mine op
erators to negotiate setUement of
the pension dispute that touched off
the walkout March 15.
Prospects of union-operator talks
to end the strike apparently had
vanished, however.
Before going Into court, UMW At
torney Harrison Combs had notified
the justice department of his intention.
Mystery Skiers
Pose Problem
CASCADE SUMMIT. April 7
Jack Meissners mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Adklson. and other Summitlte
are puxzled over reports that Jack
ts accompanied by three other skiers
on the final lap of his 300-mile skt
trek to Crater lake. Everyone at
Cascade Summit knows that Bob
Pfeiffer, CAP pilot and photogra
pher, went as far as Diamond peak
with Meissner the first day to film
some scenery and returned the next
day to Uie Arikison home, where he
shoveled four feet of snow off of 59
steps. Also the resident all know
that Don Temple is at school m
Oakrldge dally and Gilbert Bisseil
is vacationing tn Eugene,
Since Bob Pfeiffer has kept the
telephone line busy making plans
with Mrs. Adklson about parcels to
drop to Jack at Diamond lake, all
concerned would like to know who
the mysterious extra skiers are. One
humorous person remarked that lt
could be Bob, Donny and Gilbert
were with Jack In spirit, if not in
flesh.
Superstition
Works For Once
OOLDSBORO, N. C April 7 fP
Judge J. Paul Friatelle sentenced
Brantley Rase to 18 year Imprison
ment on a series of felony count.
"Your Honor," said Rose, "I'm
superstitious. I would rather have
that sentence 13 years or even 14
years than 13."
The judge changed It to 13.
FISHING ENDS
ASTORIA, Ore., April 7 (Tl Five
days of record-breaking dogfish
shark fishing ended yesterday when
gusty winds drove the 30 drag boat
Into port,
In the five days fishermen landed
about half the total ot dogfish shark
livers a was delivered In all of last
year.
Marysville
Hit By Fire
MARYSVILLE. Calif., April 7 UPi
A pre-dawn fire of undetermined
origin wiped out an entire city block
of downtown Marysville today de
stroyed a lumber yard, a church,
plumbing store and four two-story
dwellings.
No one was injured.
Property damage was estimated
between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
Fanned by a strong wind, the fire
spread rapidly from the lumber
yard of the Diamond Match com
pany and within 15 minutes en
gulfed the entire block.
The First Christian church ad
jacent to the lumber yard recently
completed an annex.
Firemen from Marysville and
nearby Yuba City battled the blaze
four hours before bringing It under
control.
Intense heat cracked windows
across the street and caused resi
dents to flee with valuables.
Hard Coal Miners
Tie-Up Spreads
POTTSVILLE, Pa.. April 7 m
The sympathy walkout of anthra
cite miners spread over Eastern
Pennsylvania today, bringing the
number of Idle to at least 24.500.
Twenty -six collieries were shut
down by the stoppage which United
Mine Workers officials said appar
ently was In support of striking
bituminous coal diggers.
The rich Pennsylvania hard coal
fields emplov approximately 80.000
men to produce nearly all of the
anthracite used for domestic purposes.
Paul G. Hoffman (above). South
Bend, Ind., automobile manufac
turer, haa been nominated for the
pout of administrator of the multi
billion dollar European reeovery
program.
Hoffman In
As ERP Chief
WASHINGTON. April 7 WV-The
senate foreign relations committee
voted 13 to 0 today to approve Uie
nomination of Paul o. Hoffman to
administer the multi-billion dollar
foreign aid program.
Chairman Vandenberg (R-Mlch.)
told reporters he will ask the senate
to confirm Hoffman's nomination
riRht away.
Hoffman, president of the Stude
baker corporation, was selected late
yesterday by President Truman to
ac minister the $5300.000.000 West
ern European recovery program.
Before the committee acted, mem
bers questioned Hoffman behind
closed doors for approximately an
hour and a half.
Emerging from the meeting, the
56-year-old auto manufacturer told
reporters:
"They asked me a lot of questions
and I tried to answer them.
Farrell Estate
Hits $159,285
PORTLAND. April 7 iTh- An
estate of $159,385 was left by Robert
S. Farrell Jr., Oregon secretary of
state killed with Oov. Earl Snell In
a plane crash last fall.
Inventory of the estate, filed In
probate court, listed Industrial
stocks, an undivided one-half In
terest In the Chinook Investment
company, and other asset.
Heirs are the widow and two
minor daughters.
V.
AFL To Talk
Log Pay Boost
Negotiators of the AFL lumber
and sawmill workers union will
meet Friday morning with the Pine
Industrial Relations committee to
start talks regarding a possible wage
increase to bring AFL lumber wages
to the level reached by the IwA
CIO yesterday.
The IWA has been granted i
12'i-cent hourly pay Increase, sub
ject to ratification by union mem
bers and employers. The raise
brings the minimum pay in the In
dustry to $1.42 '4 an hour for saw
mill and logging work and $1.40 for
box factory and prefabrication env
ployment.
A slight differential In the pay of
fir workers and pine workers still
exists. IWA lir unions last week
received a 12'i-cent boost to make
the minimum fir wage $1.45.
The AFL lumber and sawmill
workers received a 7 hi -cent increase
effective January 1. but contracts
hove been reopened fn view of the
increase granted the IWA.
Tulana Farm
Owners Take
On Holdings
Bale af The California Oregon
Power company's Williamson river
ranch, comprising nearly 8000 acres.
to Tulana Farma, was disclosed here)
today and ranks as one of the big,
geat land transactions In this area)
In many years.
The change in ownership of the
property will Inaugurate a private.
reclamation development of around
6000 acres, adding that to the pro
ductive area of the Klamath basin. '
Consideration In the big deal is
understood to be around a quarter
ot a million dollars.
The Copco ranch lies near US 97
north on both sides of the William
son river, which runs into the east
side of Upper Klamath lake near
iu north end. The ranch land has
been In the hands of the power
company for over a quarter ot a
century, having been acquired In
connection with Copco s operations
on the lake. ,
Much Swamp
Although it was once virtually en
tirely within dikes, thousands ot
acres of Copco ranch have been
permitted to go back into natural
swamp state In recent years. At
present, only about 1100 acres art
being fanned under lease. ,
Tulana Farms, a corporation
owned by Dick and Ben Hemel and
Dave and Dan Llsker, Is one ot the -biggest
agricultural operators In the
basin and haa extensive operation
on Lower Klamath and In the Tule.
lake area.
The new owners will repair and
build miles ot dikes and bring the
entire property Into cultivation.
Grain, livestock and general farm
ing operations are planned. A float
ing dredge is to be used in the
reclamation work.
The sale tt the property waa
handled through the office of T. B.
Watters, Klamath Falls realtor. The
transaction represents a major de
velopment in a movement of major
basin farm operator into the upper
lake district, reported some months
age-
Politicians Get
'Pole' Warning
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 7 llPy
The chamber of commerce here is
trying to keep one kind of pole out
of politics telephone poles.
In an effort to keep the city
beautiful during election year, the
chamber comes up with this sug
gestion to voters:
Note carefully the names of candi
dates who tack political posters on
the poles and vote against them.
7000 Cars Of
Spuds Shipped
Klamath basin potato shipments
have passed the 7000-carload mark.
State-Federal Inspector Ross Aub
mw hat mmnlaiMt his March rerjart.
showing shipments at 7006 carloads
to date, lasi years rauu tu
was 10,909 carloads.
Shipments have dropped down to
a few carloads a day.
Tulelake was the heaviest shipping
station tn the basin this year. Some
station totals in carloads: Tulelake
933; Malln, 736; Hatfield, 401; Dairy,
253; Merrill, 247; Malone, 214;
Adams Point, 210.
Oldster Still
Picking Fights
TROY, N. Y., April 7 UPl A 72-year-old
man, who ended his am
ateur boxing career Monday by re
tiring, tangled outside the ring last
night with the man he had been
scheduled to fight
Fred Ladd of Salem. N. Y., was
to meet Mary Dwyer of Troy, nearly
30 years his Junior, last night. But
the bout was canceled when Ladd
announced he was retiring on the
advice of physicians.
Ladd and Dwyer were spectators
at a professional boxing show here
and got into an argument. The;
were parted by police. No one was
hurt.
Section Foreman Freezes
To Deaih On Lonely Road '
After Car Mires In Snow
ALTURAS. April 7 County
authorities said today that a Great
Northern railroad section foreman
apparently froze to death Monrtiy
night on the road between Lookout
and Whltchorse, about four miles
from his camp at Lookout.
The dead man was identified as
John B. Larson, 31. His body was
found In the road Tuesday. There
was considerable snow Monday
night Bnd the temperature dropped
near xero.
Larson had Just been transferred
to Lookout from Bleber. Calif., Mon .
day, railroad officials said, and he
and a companion. Walter A. How
ard, had driven back to Bleber. Re
turning to Lookout Monday night,
they took a little-used road.
Several miles from Lookout Lar
son's car skidded off the road and
became mired down. Howard stayed
in the car while Larson got out to
go for help, starting down the road
toward Lookout,
Investigating officers said he
either had a heart attack or
dropned from exhaustion and went
to sleep.
Howard, who had stayed with the
car, soon caught a ride In another
vehicle and returned to Bleber. Lar
son's frozen body was found Tues
day, Larson had been employed by the
Great Northern for about two and
a half years, since he came out of
the army. He was married and his
wife Is at Lookout, He will be burled
In Spokane.
In addition to his wife, Larson li
survived by his mother, Mrs. P. A.
Larson, and a sister, Eileen, both ot
Klamath Falls. The body was
brought to Ward's Klamath Funeral
home this afternoon. Funeral ar
rangements will be announced later.
The mysterious death of Fred
Bailey, aged 70, whose body was
found Monday floating In Pit river
at Alturas, has occupied the atten
tion of Modoc county officers and
today District Attorney Charles
Lederer said he believed Balley'l
death was accidental.
He said that Investigation had
pointed to Bailey's being Intoxi
cated and probably having a heart
attack on the Pit river bridge Sun
day night. He possibly fell from the
bridge Into the water.
Absence of water in the man's
lungs seemed to Indicate he was
dead before he went into the water.
Bailey was unmarried and has no
Immediate relatives. He was a re
tired rancher.
A third case being Investigated In
Alturas Is that of Tom Burns, 70,
who la in a hospital here not ex
pected to live. Burns made a state
ment to officers yesterday after
noon saying that another man hart
hit him In the back with board
at his home west of town.
That was on Friday, he said,
Burns was brought to the hospital
on Sunday with a fractured hip.
Lederer said officers had checked
the aged man's story and concluded
that he probably fell down and
broke hli hip.