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Newspaper Page TextMl mmm mm mm Hy Tlit Associated I'rea llalliif timid watera aurcail an evrr-wlilrnliii nail, nf ileatruciliin (over III I'eclllr Northwest today, brliiiing declaration of a atate or .emergency by Washington' (iuv. Mun 4', Wallrrn. himllar action out ' planned by Idaho' iov. !. A. Iloliln. I Khl-clad Washington nutliiiml mmnlMiiin Jolnrd Hie buttle agalnal the area's worm artica til spring torrent In 64 ycal. UnlU from Ilia Canadian to Oregon bunlrra were mdcrcd Inln anion. In llrlllali Columbia. Ilir Canadian mllltla wa mulilllird In aid the welling number of refugee In the rich Kraacr rlvrr vallry frnm Ha muu III mar Vanrouirrr, II. ('., lo Aiaaalt, 13 mllea lo Ihe raal. Canadian naval crall fought through titer tlcurU-chokcd river tg evacuate hundred (if homeless H-tnn laolitlrd III Agassis, Mission mid liewdncy. Hald Disaster Th alluallon In Kaalern Waalilniiiin. Northern Orrion, Nortlirm lilaho, tVcatrrn Montana and llrltUli Columbia waa drarrllird by Ilia tied Croaa aa a "rrilnnal dlaaalrr." Death amounted to 16 and damage to crop and property grew by uncounted million. Primary rail and highway route ellhor were closed or disrupted, and morn worn threatened linurly. A new railroad llo.up occurred early today ut Kllrnsburg, In Ccnl nil Washington. The, last Iruck nf the tall car of the Northern Pacific's eaatbound North Coaat Limited left the tracks nt a weakened culvert. The train proceeded aflcr dctarhliiK the illaublcd car. However, It played havoc with rail achedulr. Tito N. l. wratboutid Limited and .uge and a local passenger train worn tied up. Northern Pacific official! said repair could be made In a few houra. At Iraat two Ureal Northern tranacontlnenlal Limited alao were held up at Hie arene. The (treat Northern atarted uainf the N. P. line yeaterdav when Wenatchre river flood water roae around Ita own trees lo Ihf north, near Monitor. . '' Hoad Damaged The Great Northern reported today that the water had i Ita roudbed at Monitor and the condition waa growing o driver were being dispatched from Seattle and So-' , around the undermined track for 600 or more feet. -Ol-O Meanwhile, all rail connection between ' ,i;r,A ' wada Nouthweatern Krlllih Columbia were broken o Col. O. K. Walsh, the army Portland G," ,mecr, estimated the total IIikkI coat in the Columbia river baa.y .ne would run to at lral ClU.OOO.ooo. Tliouaand of additional refugees fled their homea along trlbutarle of the muhty Columbia and It iteadlly rlalng ruah to the ocean. Other endangered by the rampaging Kootenai river In Northern Idaho aban doned belonging and made their way to higher ground and safety. Omlnou Note All omlnou new note In the disastrous flood waa the announce ment thru the water may Uy above flood stage for more tlinn a month. That' would menu that at leant a few thousand would be homeless for a long period. The laat great flood of 1894 continued for 61 day. The only bright spot In the picture waa the report that the Hnake river la expected lo rrrat till afternoon. If It doe It might mean thai the Columbia, Into which It flow, would ereat at somewhat Jower level than anticipated. Travel wan dlarupted In wide iiectlona of Weatern Canada and to ,o , 'wrr extent In Washington state. Washington's Sunset highway ' the central part of the state was cut to all but light traffic . a bridge became almost Impasaable at Cle Elum. The transcontl filial main line of the Great Northern railroad was cut by the Wenalthee river near Cashmere. Traffic was being rerouted over other tracks. Vancouver, B. C . had only one mil link left with Eastern Canada. Koad Closed The main Columbia Kiver highway east out of Portland waa closed i by floods. I These were the place where the heaviest new evacuation of homea I was taking place: j Vancouver. Wash. MOO person moved out of the Fruit Valley housing project west or the city. Yakima, Wash. Several hundred families, many victims of panic, quit their homes In lowland districts near Yakima. Breaks In dikes were rumored but all were minor and quickly repilred. A score of private homes and cabins were damaged. A church and two packing plants were Isolated. North Central Washington The town of Twlsp In the op per Methow vallry or North Central Washington was partially evacuated. aser valley In British Columbia Hundreds of atranded were being rescued by navy ships, barges and flood-rescue trains. I Bonntrs Ferry, Ida. Business district reported wort hit with water two feet deep In the streets. All stores have water In them. New dike breaks in the vicinity of the city boosted the total of rich farm land flooded to 30.000 acres. Kennewlck. Wash. Businesses and homes flooded along Avenue 0 main thoroughfare In a low-lying section were being evacuated. Kl.sc here, there were these developments: Army engineers removed pumps and transformers from flooded McNary dam, under construction on the Columbia river near Umatilla, Ore. Thousands of workers struggled to build dikes to keep water out of many cities. Among these waa the atomic city of Richland, housing a large share of the permanent employes of the Uanford atomic energy. plant. Portland's Morrison street bridge was closed, the draw being opened to permit river travel, as water reached the operating motors. Radio station KPDQ was to go off the air tonight. Its transmitter Is on low ground In South Portland. . The Evergreen highway in Vancouver was closed by a rush of water through underpasses in the dike-like railroad bed back of the Kaiser I shipyard. The concrete was undermined for hundreds of ieet and huge cnunks or it broke orr. Traffic was re-routed over the old highway through Vancouver barracks. The shipyard, on stand-by basis, waa floodrd and three-fourths of Pearson airfield was under water. Traffic continued to move over the threatened section of the Ever- j green highway at Underwood and the Pacific highway at Kalama, the I slate patrol reported. SI SS V - -i - -iirci t ,i m via . j . o IT i Dart lews By MIANK JKNKINH BriOOKl.YN has Jual completed a , new kind of school building. It will house a Junior high, and n described aa Die city firm post war school. It Is equipped with a lelevlalon receiver. It has PM radio, with a loudaiieaker In each room. Theu' are Jukeboxes In the gyiniutalum and there Is a miulc room with IMXJO worth of liutrunienis. Includ ing six plmnisiraph. 'Hie nc building, with Its equipment, will coot two and a half million dollars. The press service correfiiKjiiden'. who tells about it Una morning couldn't help adding: "Tlila la one school Ih kids won't want burned down." IIS the description of thu futur amlo school wss clicking off the wires, there was an odd aiiectacle juit uuwiiic una nuipi a uiiiiv will flow, It was a wagon, drawn by a tram of draft horses with heavy harness. In the wsgon was a walk ing plow. The plow looked like It would turn about a 14-inch furrow. Using such equipment, a husky man. ruing at a m. to feed, curry and harness his tram tsud cles.i ul the harm, resting his horar. whenever they became tired, taking jan hour u an hour and a half off at noon to unhitch, feed, get back lo the field and hitch up again, quil ting early enough at mglil to un hitch, gel back to the barn, un harness, feed, bed down and other wise service 111 animals, could plow somewhere around t'i acres In a day maybe three If he were husky and competent hlinaelf and had a husky team, . WJMPARE tltts outfit with a mod em tractor, pulling gang plows behind It and maybe a disc, and a harrow behind the plows. Remem ber that the operator of such a machine stroll out III the morning after breakfast, cranks It up and works without pauses tor ren until lunch, goes back after lunch and grinds away until dark and If so Inclined, and badly pushed by the weather, goes back after dinner 'or supper. If you prefer the oldrr rashioned name tor lite evening meal i, nuns on the lights and plow ail night. To finish Uie picture, compare this gadget loaded, modernistic Brooklyn school plant with the little red schoolhouse Dial used lo stand In a corner of Die cornfield. UTE know by observation and ex perience that the results of modern gadget farming are good. Working with power equipment, our furmera fed the world all throug:i the war and are feeding moat of tho world still. Without such modern day farming, our side would proba bly have lost Uie war. Without It now, we would be pretty certain to lose Uie peace. If Russia could krep the rest of Uie world hungry long enough, communism would fol low as naturally as day follows night. OW da we know thai modern schooling, with modernistic gad get-equipped school plants, Isn't providing results as far stiierlor lo those produced by the little red schoolhouse, wlU) Its one room, as s-re being produced by modern farming with Its power machinery? Question tome of these kids that are bring turned out by our high schools. If you're over -0 yeors of age, you'll be surprised. You'll cynl- K aallaai rasa 1. I'llinn SI WEATH5R Mat. Mav W SI Mla. St r rrlailatiR laat 11 kasra ...Irarc Stream rar ta Sate 11-U Labi year ..1.41 Narmal .II.Ss Fararaat: claaSr, afaawrrs "Saved Brother" I'ltK'r-. K"VK CKNTH KI.AMATII FA 1.1,8, OHKGO.N, BATI'RDAY. MAY 29, 19 Telephone 8111 No. 1382 Western Powers Win XdU War' H MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END HATI'HIIAV t p. m. Dance at airport hangar. HI'N'DAY I noon. Klamath Progress Days' exposition, airport. 1 p. m. Air show, airport. MONDAY t 30 a. m. Brrvlrea for navy dead at Link river bridge, fol lowed by services at the me morial shaft and Llnkvllle ceme tery. 10 a. m. Klamath Progress Dsys' exposition, airport. 1 p. m. Klamath Progress Days' air show, airport. Jewish Soldiers Remove Jerusalem Dead During Truce Nimitz Says Strong US To Keep Peace SEATTLE. May im ir Uie United Slates stays strong. Pleet Ad rnlral Chester W. Nimlix believes Uie world may ace 100 years ol peace In stend ol another destructive war. Hie wsr-limr commander-in-chief of the navy In Ute Pacific told a news conference yesterday he was voicing only his personal opinion. Hut. he said, no nation has the Industrial capacity to wage war. Nlmltx. here to present a navy league charter to Uie Seattle coun cil, doubted that any devastating at tacks would come over the north pole In the predictable future ta turn Seattle and the NorUiwest Into another "pearl harbor." He advised, however, that ade quate defenses be built In Alaska where Uie cost In time and lives to expel the Japanese trom Its outer fringes was so great In the last war. The white-halted former rlncpac said that no country would have enough atomic bombs In the fore seeable future to use them as ex ttavagantly aa other weapons. He aatd prntMble targets would be on land rather than ships at sea. The Younasters Go For School NEW YORK. May 29 tfpt Ilere'J one school the kids won't want burned down. It's Stephen Decatur Junior high In Brooklyn, Uie city first post war school. The (2.600.000 plant Is equipped Willi a television receiver, an. FM radio with loudspeaker In each room. Jukeboxes In the gymnasium and a music room with (SOOO worth of Instruments, Including six phono graphs. The new school soon will be ready for the youngsters. Packinghouse Workers Vote To Return; Chrysler Strike Ends By The Associated Press Two strike were written off the book today the Chryaler corpora tion walkout In the automobile In dustry and lite packinghouse work era dispute at Waterloo, la, Chrysler's 75.000 CIO United Auto Worker settled their 17-day strike Friday for a straight 13-cent an hour wage Increase. This was two renla more than the raise given three days earlier to 32A.0O0 General Motors employes who had threat ened to walk out. . The Chrysler tettlemenl gave Workers lea Ulan half of the .10 rents hourly they demanded when they left their Job In 1 plant In Michigan, Indiana and California. May 12, . However, the union later brought II demand down to 17 cents hourly Juat before (fling on slrlke. The wngc boost brings the Chrys ler hourly wage to (l.ft.1. The rate, r Oeneral Motors Is 11.(11. but this mti Id go higher when OM makes Ita first quarterly cost of living ad justment In September. 1 The eitlement, which extended the company's contract until Aug ust, lO.tO, left only the Ford Motor company of the Industry' big three yet to settle with the HAW In the union's third postwar wage drive. Ford two weeks ago asked for a pay cut, contending Its raff were higher than those at Its two princi pal competitor. Till claim was disputed by both OM and Chrysler, The annual cost of the new Chrysler settlement was estimated by the union at (2.1.700.000. The company sold II Inst SOOO ran and trucks a day during the slrlke and that Idle worker lost (900,000 dally, CIO United Packinghouse Work orn voted Frldav night, to relnrn to their Jobs at tho Rath Packing company In Waterloo, Ia In a act lliment which hnd company and union officials dlflnrlng sharply, The union claimed It members voted In return "under the old eon tract agreement with the company, amended only on the wage Issue." A company spokesman, however, said the company had "cancelled Ihc old contract May S on account of union strike violations" IT a .... "J.. Vl-'"- J" i : ' ' TtesaT-? C Three Jewish soldiers, one wearing a gas mask, and another holding his noae, remove an Arab corpse from the wreckage of a building In the Kalamon district of Jerusalem during a 48-hour truce in the lighting between Arab and Jew for control of the district ricture made by Associated Cress Staff Pho tographer James Pringle. Wallace Hiis Mundt Bill, Atom Policy Toward Reds WASHINGTON, May iPt Henry A. Wallace told senators Uxlay that "We can't have peace with Russia If we' approach Russia with the atom bomb In one hand and Uie Mundt bill In the other." Wallace referred to the Mundt Nlxon anll-coinmunl.it bill already passed by the house by an over whelming vote. Attacking the measure vigorous ly. Wallace told Uie senate Judiciary committee It represents "A declar ation of war on Ute rights of free speech and free assembly In Uie United States." Clad In a double-breasted gray suit, dull red tie and white shirt, Wallace arrived eight minutes lute to testify at the hearing. Putting on gold-rlinmed spectacles, he took a half hour to read his 3000 word statement, In an almost nasal mon tone. A large crowd overflowed the room and spilled out Into corri dors, curious to see and hear the former vice president who Is a third party candidate for presi dent. F.xcept for applause by some when Wallace entered and brief outbursts of laURhtcr the audience was orderly. When Wallace finished the sena tors put but few questions to him. He remarked that he Is a be liever In "old-fashioned American ism." He emphasised his opposition ta the law dealing with communism. Then Wallace noted that Asso ciate Justice William O. Douglas of the supreme court haa said there are less than 100,000 com munists in Uie country. In answer to questions by Chair man Wiley tR-Wls.l, Wallace said Uie government now has ample laws to deal with any subversive acts and he hopes It never has laws that aim at Ideas or "thought control." Shortly before Wallace testified. Socialist Norman' Thomas told Uie committee that the "third party" supporting Henry Wallace for pres ident Is controlled to a large extent by communists. Thomas, presidential candidate of the socialists, also Is opposed to the Mundt-Nlxon bill. Thomas, after criticising the measure already approved by the house, was asked by Senator East land ID-Miss.): "Do you think the third party supporting Mr. Wallace Is control led by communists?" "Yes It Is to a large extent," Thomas replied quickly and then said he had better explain this. Thomas said Wallace Is not a communist and the majority of his enthusiastic supporters are not but the Wallace movement Is "Influ enced by well-trained and very well-disciplined communists." Pirate Game Is Confusion Cause LOS ANGELES. May 20 (PtEx cited callers told the navy that Chinese pirates, or something, were off Los Angeles harbor. "She's got a machine gun mounted on her stern 1" one man reported. The navy and the coast guard quickly prepared for anything yes terday as the Canadian freighter. Lakeside, arrived with a cargo of war scrap material from the Orient to refuel en route to Baltimore, Md. Explanation: Grinning crewmen said that, to relieve monotony at sea, they had mounted an old. rusty Japanese machine gun and played "bang -bang." Tax Bill Lost In Wild Shuffle PORTLAND, May 29 lP) A tax measure, which county officials think got lost In the presidential shuffle, will be voted on all over again this summer. Multnomah county commissioners decided to call another election on the $1,750,000 levy which voters re jected by a heavy majority In last week's primary. The new election was tentatively set for July 9. Officials based their decision on the hope that voters were too' en grossed by the Dewey-Stassen con test to notice what the levy was about. Without the money, needed to make up a budget deficit, county activities would be drastically cur tailed, officials said. Marshall Says End Not In Sight WASHINGTON", May 2 MV-The western powers are winning the cold war with Russia but the end is not yet In sight. That appeared today as the main theme of Secretary of Slate Mar shall's newest report on American foreign policy. i Marshall's views were expressed last night before the general fed eration of women's clubs at Port land, Ore. It was his first full length address since the Russian "peace offensive" opener almost three weeks ago. Firmness Needed The secretary dealt at length with that development. But he stressed that peace prospects depend mainly on a continued western policy of firmness with the Soviet Union a policy which he said may be threat ened from two siles: 1. The strong and Impatient desire of people everywhere for a return lo "normal conditions" may lead the west Into a Soviet false-peace trap baited with propaganda. 2. Americans may engage in some "thoughUeas or spasmodic action" which could damage the confidence or other peoples uneasy enough at j best in the reliability of the I'nited i States as a world leader. Marshall bluntly called the Soviet pence moves "a cynical propaganda campaign to offset a sincere effort on our part to establish a basis for profitable negotiations and agree ments leading to a stabilization of the world situation." Support Asked But he said he thought American progress toward that end since the first of the year has been "excellent" and "history making." He called for continued support of this nation's "firm" policy toward Russia, saying that "only such a firm and deter mined course can save the situation for the democracies." Two developments bear out Mar shall's report of excellent progress: The enactment of the European re covery program and the gradual growth of European relatlonshins into what might become a true west ern European union. Marshall's speech was character ised particularly by a defense of his handling of the Russian peace campaign. The secretary said the desires of people lor peaceful conditions pro duce "strong resentment of any statement or lack of action that appears contrary to the fulfillment of that desire." But he said such emotions "must not lead us into 111 advised and trustful actions which hasard the future of this country." a -.; .. ilv m. 1 i I f - vjm Mrs. M-irr Holt holds her little brother, Wayne Gibson. 2, after pnllinr him from the path of train near Ashwood, Tenn. Wayne's foot was e a a h t in the switch (left), but she yanked him free Just before the train reached him. Milk Price ; To Be Boosted Ten Per Cent Housewives will grumble about It but they'll pay nevertheless. A new milk price order effective June 1, boosts Klamath producer prices 10 per cent. That means that consumer prices here will Jump one cent. A quart of milk will now cost 20 cent. Percy Murray of the Klamath Falls creamery, said today that pro ducer price are tapped two cents. but that only one cent Is being passed on to the consumer, dairy operators absorbing the other one cent. Producer levels will be the amine aa Portland' beginning June 1, but Portland is now payinr 19 cent per quart. An increase to 20 cents there is expected immediately. Medford consumers are paying 21 cents and Grants Pass, 22 cents. ' The order, Issued by Agriculture Director E. L. Peterson, split the present 3-2 to 4.3 per cent butterfat range on standard milk Into two classifications. The lowest priced milk will nave a 3.S ;er cent butter, fat top limit, Similar order were issued recenUy for fire other in state markets. Klamath producers will receive (1.15 a pound butterfat plus (1.4 a hundredweight of milk. Instead of the former (L32 a pound butterfat. The new pricing basis will give pro ducers J6-57 a hundredweight oat 4-5 per cent bases, compared with ((.94 under the present system. Building In May Gains May has been the best month for building activity in the city since February. 1947, according to records of City Building Inspector Walter Salsbery. Tally for this month is (239.64S. Boosting the total evaluation were three major Jobs: construction of a motel at Main and Conger for Keith Cobo, (70.000: Carter's market on Esplanade, (37.000. and the Kimball. Glass company building on Oak street at (17.000. Comparative totals this year and 1947 follow: 1947 January ( 23.985 February 250.004 March 135.251 April 68354 May 239.646 1948 (110.487 92563 118.024 123.115 46.231 Total ..... (524,025 (094,240 Used Car Men Lay Off Buying Today CLEVELAND. May 29 (PI A Cleveland automobile auctioneer to day reported used car dealers here suddenly have adopted a "not buy ing" policy because of current high prices on nearly new autos. R. K. Patton. who conducted the weekly sale yesterday for the Cleve land auto Auction company, de clared afterwards: "Where we sold a 1947 model last week for (1775, we couldn't get (1400 yesterday. In fact, we couldn't get (1400 for a 1948 model. It all happened In the last two days." Flood Slows r j A:i: "." rower uurpur PORTLAND, Ore., May 29 W) Clocks began running- slow in parts of the Pacific Northwest today as a flood-caused power shortage reached th "critical" stage. Flood waters of the Columbia river have cut power production of the Bonneville-Grand Coulee system 30 per cent, the Bonneville adminis tration said. Engineers said the situation would get worse as the flood ap proaches, the predicted Tuesday crest Private power firms said closure of Industries by the rising waters might ease the load somewhat, but feared that the addition of electric motors to pump out basements and diking districts would offset this. A meeting of the power pool emergency committee was called to survey available power and means of reducing the load. The Bonneville administration mM - A, n.,, wa. A AAA kilowatts from a maximum capacity of 1.700.000. and will be down 450, 000 kilowatts by Tuesday. The shortage will continue as long as' waters remain nign. Flood Cost To Top $30 Million PORTLAND. May 29 MP) Cost of the flood in the Columbia basin will be at least (30,000.000, Col. O. E. Walsh, Portland district engineer, estimated today. He said this was a minimum esti mate on both direct and indirect losses including post-flood clean-up, and might soar much higher as a result of future developments. Supervisor Contests Enliven Interest In Primary Voting In Siskiyou, Modoc Counties On Tuesday Vfltitt a no a i m ' YREKA, May 28 An increase of over 2000 registered voters in Sis kiyou county gave credence to the expressions heard around here to day that Siskiyou voting will be heavier than In years at the Cali fornia state primary on Tuesday, June 1, Almost all of Blsklyou county's 15,374 registered voters are expected to go to the 75 polling places, some of which are In isolated dlrlrlcts and travel Is restricted to horback. Registration for tho Juno 4, 1948 primaries was 13.008, but total regis tration this primary Is 2000 heavier. In the 1046 primaries, voting reached only 811(17. Hottest point In the county pol itics Is the election of supervisors In two of the three districts in which supervisors are to be named. The chairman of tho board, W. T. Davi son of Fort Jones, la unopposed In his district and his vote will be merely token. ALTURAS, May 29 Contests In three supervisor districts en liven local Interest in Tuesday's primary election In Modoc county. Dr. E. F. Auble, Incumbent, who Is widely known In Northern California and Soutliern Oregon, has two hard-working opponents this time. They are Charles Fit-. Patrick, Alturas merchant, and John O. Cummlngs, rancher. This Is in the fourth district. 1 Harvey Darst, Incumbent, also has opposition In the first dis trict. Paul Robinson, cattleman, Is In the race there, In the third district, George Perkins, Incum bent, faces a contest with Harry C. Grlzei and Lawrence L. Smith, the latter an ex-forest ranger of Willow Ranch. California's county officer elec tions are non-partisan. Unless one gets. a majority In the pri mary, the two highest run It off at the general election In the fall. But In supervisorial district No. 1, the Incumbent, Gordon Jacobs of Hombrook, is opposed by George Yost of Tulelake and James C. Stev enson of Macdoel, both well known In their communities. In district No. 2, the incumbent, T. Rodney Douglas of Mt. Shasta, Is not a candidate. Seeking this post however are four Siskiyou county men who are scrambling for votes. They are Edward C. Baker and W. E. Barr of Mt. Shasta, and Hugh C. Corwln and F. F, Kohl baker of Dunsmulr. In addition, 21 have failed as candidates for tho 15 freeholders' positions. The 15 who receive the highest number of votes will be given the Job of drawing up a pro posed form of charger government for Siskiyou county. The charter will be voted on at the general elec tion In November If it is ready for presentation at that time. Other wise, there will be a special election called at a later date. Freeholders' candidates are Leon M. Allen, Eugene V. Anderson, Don ald V. Bank, William A. Barr, Fred P. Browne, Frank M. Duggan. Wil liam J. Evans, Harold Kane, George E. Luttrell, Francis W. Martin, John Maszlnl, John D. Morgan, Clarence K. Motschenbacher, Vayne O. Ral ston, Robert B. Reynolds, Aaron I. Rose, L. D. "Babe" Taylor, Charles W. Thompson, Carl F. Tuttle Sr., Frank L. Weamer and William H. Weltkamp, Congressional representatives are also expected to bring close atten tion of eounty voters. In nearly every instance, mem bers of both repuy.can end demo cratic central committees are up for election. In a few cases, no candi dates have filed and write-ins will be necessary, Jesse Kirk Ordered Bound Over For Grand Jury Probe Jesse Lee Kirk, prominent Klam ath Indian leader from Beatty, waa ordered bound over for federal grand Jury action on a charge of murder after a preliminary hearing before V. S. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas Friday afternoon. Kirk is accused of fatally injuring his wife, 34-year-old Violet Lynch Kirk, at their home May 15. She died In a local hospital two days later and Kirk was arrested the same day. He has admitted beating his wife with his fists and a poker. During the hearing, a signed state ment made by Kirk to a lederal bureau of investigation officer was admitted as evidence. Kirk said In the statement that he became en raged when he came home and found his wife had been drinking heavily and neglecting their small children. He said he beat her with his fists nnd a poker but that afterwards his wife was all right but com plained of "being sore." The statement was brought Into the hearing at the insistence of J. C. OSNeill, Kirk's attorney, after the prosecution had rested its presenta tion. Assistant U. S. Attorney Floyd D. Hamilton represented the govern ment for the hearing. Earlier In the day, Dr. George H. Adler had testified that Mrs. Kirk told him just prior to her death, that her husband had beaten her but she "didn't want to do anything: to him" or "didn't want to prosecute him." Dr. Adler said that the woman's death resulted from' hemorrhage, many "puncture" wounds and brain concussion. He said his autopsy showed no sign of alcohol addiction. Neither the prosecution nor de tense gave any opening or closing; arguments, although Attorney O'Neill said that he would question whether Kirk should be held for murder or for some lesser charge, presumably manslaughter. Commissioner Thomas said there had been no evidence presented ta Indicate a lesser crime and that he would order Kirk held for murder. Kirk Is kept in the Klamath county Jail but probably will be moved to Medford or Portland to a federally approved lockup next week. No ball Is allowed.