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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1949)
PACE TWO HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON 1UFSDAY, JUNE 28, 14 i Rape Case ; Appeal May Free Offender CHICAGO, June 31 (Ft Jame Montgomery, vho ha spent 35 of hi M year In prison on rape charge, offered evidence In federal court yesterday to show the woman had not been raped. The case was termed "shocking" by Judge Michael L. Igoe after Dr. Jnhn . Waltrr of suburban Wau kegan testified at a hearing on Montgomery's writ of habeas corpus. The Negro prisoner claims that evi dence that would have cleared him was not Introduced at his trial. Dr. Walter Identified a photostatic copy of a record of his examination ct Miss Mamie 8now. the woman Montgomery was convicted of rap ing. He was sentenced to life Im prisonment at Waukcgan on June 8, 1934. Walter said the cupy showed no mention of Indications of rape. He said he called the case and that a careful examination convinced him Miss Snow, who was S3 years old at that time, had not been raped. Wal ter said Miss Snow later was com- ; mitted to a mental institution where J she died. Judge Igoe, who took Montgom- cry's plea under advisement, com J mented that the prosecutor should a have brought the hospital record Into the case. J "This certainly would have re- suited In an acquittal so far as the rap charge I concerned.' he said. t s- ... . 1 ' I WL. ........ , ......... 1 THE MUCH-HERALDED RIVIERA is now being produced by the Buick Division of Cenerol Motors ot Flint, Mich. Pioneered and designed by Buick the new cor incorporates the sleek oppearonce ond visibility of a convertible but has a permanent all-steel top. The windows and seat hydraulic mechanisms are push-button controlled. The Riviera, which is available in the Koadmoster Series only, is being offered in single and two-tone color combinations. Much greater use of glass gives maximum visibility to driver and passengers in all direc tions. Dynaflow, Buick s torque converter transmission, is stondard equipment on the Riviera. It Pays to Use the A' ant Ads! JEKVIIC By competent, courteous, efficient personnel. WE HAVE THE MEN AMD EQUIPMENT TO DO YOUR REFRIGERATION WORK RIGHT! CALL US FOR ESTIMATES PHONE 3400 FYGCK'S 10th and Moin Mysterious Disease Claims Lives Of Five Babies; Dye Used On Diapers Suspected Unification In Need Of Revision WASHINGTON. June 38 oTv-The LAKE WALES, Fls., June 38 uW treat the one still living, and blood A strange Illness that turned new-1 transfusions are being; given. tm babies a bluish tinge at times. Mlss K,llv Mid . uundr, TrnTi caused the death of a fourth Infant ; hospital diapers had not been marked armed forces unification law needs today- j plainly enough, and sent the new strengthening because It has been One other baby Is still under ' dye as a marking Ink. "tried and found wanting." Sec- treatment. -The first time we used If was retary of Defense Louts Johnson Miss Bree Kelly, superintendent of the day the five children became j Mia today. Lake Wales hospital, said doctors ill. Miss Kelly said. Its use was H testified before the house armed beiiev the attacks were caused by , stopped Immediately and other chil- I services committee, supporting a poisoning from a laundry dye used dren born afterwards have shown senate-approved bill which would in marking diapers. ; no signs of the Illness. lv hlm " direct control over -Were not sure.- she added. -m,. a;. ..... ...... .... uie armea rorces. More Priests Arrested In Romanian Area VATICAN CITY. June 38 MV-A VaUcan source said today word haa been received of the arrest by the communist Komaiuan government of the last two Human Catholic bishops at liberty u perform ! Iigious functions In Koiaania. The aource said the other three Roman Catholic bishops were de posed previously. The Komaiuan government last October arrested .11 which recognises the authority of the pope, the Informant added, six of the bishops of the umate rite tA Komuiilaii spokesman In Bu charest Friday said the six unlate church bishops are restricted to their quarter In monasteries throughout the country.) The Vatican Informant said re porta Indicated Msgr. Aaron Marton, 63, bishop ot Alba Julia, was ar rested June 31. Msgr. Antonio Dur covlcl, (1, bishop ot last tJassy) was arrested two days ago. the reports said. The Informant said the bishops are allowed to remain In their palaces but are not allowed to per form religious functions. The diapers marked with the new -weve maae a researen oi every-; ink were sterilized before use, but thing." Results of an autopsy are were not laundered. Deing awaited. The five infanta became ill June 31 a tew hours after the first batch of diapers marked with a new dye containing analtn oil was used, Miss Kelly said. Only last Friday, the American Medical Association Journal urged special precautions against poison- j uig oaoics wiia snuuw ayes usea to mark diapers. The Journal said 73 cases of poisoning from coal tar derivative dvea had ben rationed and that five infants had died. j Bitis be called soon on repairs -Prevention of such accidents Is ina building in the offing for the simple." the editorial said. "If the i ' school districts. Authorisation diaper are boiled alter they are ' 8'T" ' the Joint meeting ol stamped, and thoroughly dried be- " scnool boards last night for a School Board To Call Bids For Repairs -The present authority of the sec retary of defense Is disturbingly in consistent." Johnson said. The problem, he continued. Is how to maintain strong civilian control over the military force. This force for the first time In the nation's history -must be permanently mam tatned at a strength of more than j a million and a half men." he said. j Due to in perfections In the present : law. Johnson told the committee, j there Is "a general Impreclseness of , relationships throughout the nation al military establishment." He said he can "enthusiastically endorse" the bill, which passed the senate a month ago. adding: "It Is a bill which goes far to realize the three essentials of good for use. the dye becomes fixed and cafetena at Conger elementary government management: efficiency. absorption does not occur." scnool and a janitor apartment at .economy, and clear accountability; At the hospital here, a mother I "m school ; a lourm essential peculiar to who noticed her baby turning blue called a nurse's attention to It, The strange color soon was found on ail five, the only babies In the hospital nursery at the time. The blue tinge appeared to come and go, but the babies seemed to be making a good recovery. Then one died unexpectedly Saturday, another Sunday and the third yesterday. They were six to nine days old. Specialists hav been called in to Klamath Union high school proj- i military establishment ects will also be under way this ! 1uuned civilian control " tin- CORRECTION! S NEW HOLLAND BALER TWINE price waa incorrectly advertised a 113.(5 per bale. 12" M-Lb. Bal DON POTTER CO. TULELAKE Ph. 4391 summer since plans were okayed for repairs on the bleachers at Modoc field and for the construction of a lence between the Southern Pacific tracks and the field. Plans were completed for the bus turn around at the base of River side school. This will be a Joint project of the schools and the city. I since mis is a small job, regular nr.. win ik uaru ana Bias wui not be called. Another Item of business waa the acceptance of the resignation of Mrs. Hope 8. Grazer, a second grade teacher at Mills school Mr. and Mrs. Grazer are moving to Oak r!dge. Ore. The remainder of the business was concerned with the closing or the iiscal school year which is June 30. and a progress report on classroom lighting In the two district. Phone 8111 ask for CLASSIFIED! Save tune, trouble, money get quick result with a Want Ad I Here'f the International Trained engine expert who turn out top-flight job in Our shop. When we International Trained, we mesa trained io the best and litest servicing and repair practice according to International engine re I building method. We mean he' an expert in the a of International de signed end approved machine for test ing, repairing tnd reconditioning. And he' out to make money for you! He' paid to hold your operating and main tenance cost to a minimum. Hir job it to keep your truck io ihape to roll up profitable mileage . . . recondition truck: engine completely, economically, quick ly. Come in and talk to u today about putting hi ikill to work for you. JUGCEIAND TRUCK SALES AND SERVICE City Doing Own Street Repair Work There on place the city I saving money, according to Coun cilman A. P. Condrey, chairman of the street committee, and that one Is In patching of the city streets, a tremendous Job this year due to' the severe winter season. The city to date Is at about the half-way mark In the nrhm. chore and has spent approximately T73. only one-third of the finances dished out the same time last year with the same amount of work ac complished. The main reason. Condrey ex plains, U the fact that the city is doing Its own patching work this year, whereas last year the work was contracted. All the main thoroughfares In the ! v..j v orrn unisneo., and now the city street crews are moving to outlying area. The patching work should be fin ished before winter set In again Condrey said. "We hope to save enough money on patching this year to enable us to purchase our own asphalt plant for next year's repairs," Condrey stated. The work Is being done with the use of tar pots, recently purchased by the city. Okay, Until She Saw T12 Bullet Hole PORTLAND, June 38 () A wo man tavern proprietor, uninjured when a would-be robber fired at her, thought the revc.'ver was loaded with blanks. When police pointed to a hole In her dress at knee level and found the spent slug In an empty beer keg, she became hysterical and was taken to a hospital for treatment of shock. Biinton Wallace McNeil, 30, a transient, was Jailed as the assail ant.' He was booked on chargea of attempted assult and robbery while armed, assault with Intent to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. The proprietor, Mrs. Vetha M. Howe, told police this story: While she waa drawing a beer for the only customer In her tavern at 13:30 a. m. today, he pulled out a revolver and demanded the tills cash. She reached for the till and with the other hand waved to a passing car. She told the robber it was the night watchman who waa coming to pick her up. The man looked out the window and Mrs. Howe grabbed a club from under the counter and hit him on the head. The blow had no apparent effect and the man whirled and fired at point-blank range. He then ran out the door and fired again. She called police and a prowl car picked up McNeil near by. When a revolver taken from him waa found to be loaded with live ammunition, two cartridges of which had been fired, police looked for more evi dence. That was when Mrs. Howe became hysterical. 1 " ' 'i ..- v-" ' L-r"--. . . ,ia r -'" ' t -iii ' WJ HURRICANE HUNTERS Th hunting season hss opened for these three Navy planes, winging their way over Mlsml Beach, KIs., on their way out to sea. They're hunting hurricane. During th hurricane season, they fly far out to track down any storms approaching th coast, and give Hi weather bureau ample warning. Quota Club Hears Welfare Office Talk pur- Beer Violation Trial Slated Saturday Charles Lindsay and Grace Dar ling Sharp, operators of Tiny tavern, Merrill-Lakevlew Junction, will be tried in Justice court Saturday morning on a charge of selling beer to minors. The have pleaded not guilty and posted 8150 ball last May 33. The complaint charges them with sell ing beer to three Klamath Union high school boys, one of them 18 and the others n, on May 13-14. Attorney Harry Bolvtn. a former member of the state liquor commis sion, will defend them. Seed Spud Filing Deadline July 1 A July 1 deadline date for filing applications for certification of seed potato acreage at the county aient'i ouico is set oy certification rules. Certification rules and aoDlIca tlon blank will be mailed on re quest. First field Inspection of potatoes 1 usually made shortly after the middle of July. Firemen Quell Small Grass Fire City firemen extinguished a small grass fire near 1S8 S. Rogers atreet Monday evening. Th department was called at t:M p. m. and reported that th fir did no damage. Fishing Too Good For Pair Two Klamath Falls men have posted 8100 ball each with Justice ot the Peace J. A. Mahoney for fishing too well last Saturday on the Chewaucan. They were Oeorge Maaton Miller. 81. of 17U Crescent, and Bert Ed mond Miller, SO. same address, who were arrested by state police on the Dairy creek road In possession of 80 trout between them. Justice of the Peace Tom Farrell of Lake view set the ball, and the money was posted here to save another trip to Lake county. The men, father and son. were charged with exceeding the possession limit of trout. Scouts To Put On Recreation Show The Boy BcouU are holding demonstration of types of outdoor fsmlly recreation Wednesday from 10 a. m. to 13, noon at Mill park across rrnm Mills school. This two hour show will conclude the recent training course for the Den mothers. The Den mothers are leader for the nine-year-old boys' Cub pack. All Den mothers. Cub Master Den chiefs, and committee members are Invited to attend the gathering. The Boy Bcout Cuba will remain active through the summer months. flee, details of It services, lu pi poses and sources of flnanco were explained by Altha Urquhart. office head addressing th (juota club Monday night. The speaker sketched the history of the organisation. Ita progress through th years and brought It up to date with statistics on th present situstion. She explained th part th organization plays In child custody rases, certifying foster homes and many other such ser vices outside of the program of direct financial assistance. Welfare offlc record show that on out of every five person In Klamath county over 86, are re ceiving old age assistance: one out of every 40 children and one out of every 80 persons In the county as an overall picture. Quota club met in th Pelican party room for the dinner pro gram. John Alexander, son ot Mr. and Mrs. Truman Runyan as "first Quota baby" was the recipient of a gift from the club. Naval Exercises To Be Staged LONIXIN. June 38 More than 100 British. Krench. Dutch and HU glan warshliu. manned by same 33. 000 men. headrd today for Pensaru-e bay on England s west coast for one of Uie largest peacetime naval ex ercises in history. All tyiea of vessels, from aircraft carriers to mlnesweeiiers. will take up battle stations Thursday In the picturesque Cornish cove. For eight days, th International flotilla will rarry put detenu ex ercises against simulated air, sur face and submarine attacks. After a two-day practice warm-up In Prnxance bay. the flotilla will Join Britain's home fleet and sleam Into the Bay of Biscay for further rxerctses. Community Chest Meet Set Friday A Binding of th Community Cheat board wn railed today for Friday night, 1:30 o'clock, at the chamber of commerce room, for consideration ot the budget to be ralaed In the fall campaign. Malcolm Fplry, president of th Cheat board, said the budget com mittee, heail.d by Kltnn Thompson, has completed Ita recommendations, and h urged a full attendance io assure thorough dlacuaalon of th year's financial program, Kpiey sulci th budget committee recommendations In moat Instance proMiae substantial reductions front the budget allotmenta requested by the participating agencies. He recalled that under a plan agreed un earlier this year, th budget committee has completed It wurk as early as poulbl In order to glv lime for a full consideration of the whole program well In ad vance of th campaign. Thorough dlacuaalon Friday night fit Into that program, he added. Cor Damaged In Highway Upset A IM8 automobile waa slightly damagrd early this morning when the driver swerved to mlaa a hnrae on highway 87 and th vehicle tipped over. State police said the driver, Eu gene Arthur Nieme of Longvlew. Wash., waa unhurt. The accident happened brfor dawn near Woe us Growers Dicker On Berrv Prices SALEM. June 38 (4t Berry grow ers and fruit packers were dead lucked today over the price ot logan berries, youngberrlea and boysen berriea In this area. Th grower rejected last night a packers' offer of six cents a pound asserting they could not harvest and deliver the fruit for that price. Th rejection came from the Ore gon Can Fruits Control board, rep resenting Willamette valley cane fruit growers. The board previously had set a minimum price of eight cent a pound. Weed 11th and Klomoth MM Ph. 77SS Ht'fiGF.MTION PULLMAN, Wash., June 38 W Choose the flowers In your garden to narmnnlM with the color scheme en the Inside and outside of your house, members of I he state Fed eration of Oarden clubs were told Monday. Miss Ruth Smith of the horn economics department of Washing ton 8tatecollege addressed some 300 delegates registered for a three-day convention. Leone Andreatta spent the week end In Weed visiting home folks. He Is working for Southern Pacific In ban Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Moore and daughters are spending the summer In Arcadia. Mrs. Moor will attend rummer school. Mrs. Beth Ornff of Stockton and Phil Harris of Napa have been re cent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Cheney In Weed. Mrs. Katherlne Hcberlle of Chlro spent Rundav visiting with her sla ter. Lettle Kegg. In Weed. Mrs. Hokum of Dunsmulr 1 visit ing at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mr. Jo Shel ton. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny McMlchael were visiting In Weed last week. Mrs. Pete Belcastro and daughter Nancy have returned from Mill val ley after spending a week visiting with Mrs. Belcastro's mother. N. A. Coe of Ashland spent Fa ther's Day visiting at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs. c. L. Barnum. Mrs. Etta Kvle spent the week end In San Francisco where she e trended the Theta Rho board of control meeting. Mrs. F. A. Newcomb and daugh ter Loda and grandson Gary of Lawrence, Ka., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Newcomb mother, Mr. Sarah Warren. It Pay to Use th Wsnt Adsl A new waterless egg cooker oper ated by electricity can be set to turn out egg loft, medium or hard. Bad Check Charge Filed In Court Henry Oeorge Hogan. of Oregon Rooms, was picked up this week by city authorities and charged with passing a bad check before Judg J. A. Mahoney In Justice court: Ho gan allegedly passed a 810 check at the Waldorf pool hall on June 30. He waived preliminary hearing and waa committed to the county Jail after being bound over to the grand Jury. He 1 held under 11000 ball. Cooler. Weather Seen For Basin Cool and cloudy weather I fore cast for tonight and Wednesday and Klamath folks wer hoping to day that there's a change for the tetter In time for the long Fourth of July week-end. Monday night's minimum temper ature waa 41, with no report of ftoat from anywhere In the basin. The previous night a light and spotty frost skipped over the area hitting In Langell and Poe valley and In the Hagar and Henley sec tion. Damage was confined to a few types of garden vegetables. Phone 8111 ask for CLASSIFIED! Save time, trouble, money get quick results with a Want Ad I Tints and discoloration caused by overheating stainlesa steel can be removed by scouring with household cleanser. Jr Fibuloui Tnii Sttry yf (I TsTJ lle hwi tar II V 2Q,000,000 II GLENN ITfS rnnn.iiiDiwnVn IUIIU LUJIIIU1 7 WiHiani friKll SJS UBuchJMij BV IVsrl ajM4 I LATIST NEWS I Color Cortoon fcoDAY "W& WEBB Stranger r stahts i ryrff g1" r' v TOMORROW fp'5 1 star . MihHirii'jf.iijy.iijinftiii 2 w m m, ' r m sir a uh , '111 sjlTlll T aw mm from e ' 1e TM nY THIV ftAlO CI fcw aaini Jr A ft ' duutaiad IT Ai ... fcv MO IS MAST VLMTff M ft! 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