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Newspaper Page TextV n 1 1 Lara i ritiii rivie cent Pad Day's ita By FRANK JENKINH f BULL een lo be hipped on th 1 Fourth of July. After all. Um Fourth ol July U SOMfcTHINO. It tu on lourUi day of July, about century and a .half aio, that tin NEW DEAL IN IUMAN AKKAIRM really organ. 1: a Uwn Uial our ancealota lot to gether and, known exactly what they were saying and what 11 meant, proclaimed: Witt led to Ilia Iwlll with Hit mass that la Uu Old Wurld. l-rum hart on out, com what niay, wa ll hare now of It. To Uia eah-cau wild Uia kings and the dukaa and Ilia aarla thai art Uia hangover tram feudalism. To hack ith blf shots thai tell ui what to do. Whatever lit cost, we're going to found tw in thla wlhlerneaa a nation where each man of ui will ba a man In hit on ruin. Im lo ehooai what ha waula within thi limit of Uia rights of others." The coat waa plenty. It Included nrarly anht years of war. Bui Ihry did found just the kind of nation they aald they would, rrom that day on. Americana nave BEEN THEMbtXVttt. They have Ina free to chooaa. Whrn they hat wanted lo aound off. Uiey have HOUNDED OFF without tint looking fearfully around to an Wlto might be listening. It haa been wonderful. It 8T1LL 10 wonderful. a pERHAPS Hi ill lh mora wonderful beraua of Uia cloud, no bicaer than mane hand. Uial la beginning lo arm- abut the horiaun. If Una cloud mcaiu what hi If Ui think It menu. It por tend a lime when Ameiicana will AGAIN have lo think Iwici brfora speaking oul. Already mora than a tew Amer Irani, before doing wht iney would nil to do, muil aay ra airUully to the government and lo THE MEN WHO COMPOftE Till GOVERNMENT: "Plea, sir, may 1 do thua and aor" Tin Hun la jiut around the corner when farmtia must aay "pleaa. air" to Uia lovern- ment befnra choosing tha crop they will ba allowed to plant I FOR lorn, long time, our Fourth of July oraluri climbed up on lh platform, with I he flasa flying and thi bandr playing and tha people anting on hard board brnrhaa drink, lug pink lemonade and probably eatuig watermelon and alrrwing Uic rinda around lo be fed upou by tin file and the hornet and melling wtul Uw next day, and MADE Tilt EAOLE 8CKEAM. They told ua that In all tha world then waa no nation liki oura, no peopli a trei ai we, no neopli a l Continued on Paa Two) Madras Planing Mill Burns Down MADRAS, July f lAV-Thi planing mill of the Warm Bprlnga Lumber company waa dratroyed lait night In four-hour blaai that firemen prevented from damaging lh main uwmlU. Damage entlmatei varied from 1100.000 to tioo.000, but company official aald lh planer operation would ba rebuilt. Mill worker' famlllea living near the mill located 16 in lira from hen and tha principal Induatrlal opera tion In thi community evacuated 1' tneir homea briefly. Picket fence rri Ignited, but bulldoaer cut off thi apread of Uia fir to the houae. Thi cium of tha fir waa not cer tain, bun mlllmcn aald a construc tion crew had been using welding torches at Ui mill over tha holiday when new planer addition aa be ing Installed. It wai believed apark from Uia torch might have smouldered until lata yesterday. Ambitious Thief Snatches Freight Truck, Trailer. But Runs Afoul Of The Law GRANTS PASS. July 1 (flV-Theft of a 118,000 Pierce auto freight truck and trailer carrying 16,000 pounds of assorted merchandise valued at 17000 from Ui company'! warehouse yard hen resulted In a hecUc game of hare and hounds early today, The thief's failure to give thi customary road anluies when heavy equipment drivers meet kept author ities Informed through other trucka era of his course and led finally to his capture within a mile of the acene of the theft. A Pierce driver first reported thu stolen rig headed north on Paclflo highway. State police from Rose burg established road block north of Myrtle Creek. For an unknown treason, the thief evaded It by back nacklng. Another trucker reported kay- Askd Red-Headed Wild-Man Run To Earih WII.I.ITX. rallf. July urV-Tha rrd-hradrd "wild mi if the redwiad foreara waa ran te earih yesterday after alt weeka ef bide aid aeek with law enforcement officer. HI I lllihway PaUolnun Roy L. Burton raptured the red-haired, red-bearded man. barefoot and rlad mly In overalls, la tha Men dorlni mouncaine U mllea nirth a here. Tha mystery man. wha had been aeen a anri if Umi by travelers and farmer In tha region kwt whi alwaya fled Inli tha hills, Idrnllfled hlmaelf aa Orby Krlal Meeka, M, "from Arkanaaa.' Takes la I'klah, ba laid Hherlff Reverly . Broiddoa that ha bad earaped from the t'amarllli aiata baaplial In Ventura eoanry, Calif, ond "I Mlawed a deer all the way nUI I foand myaelf In tha Ulna." Tha futltl.e Ueed fairly well, raiding caWna and feed klna at ranrhea, the ahetiff aald. tee a Mnlh he had irwwi hb m eetilablea In the mainlalna and appeared ha "gud nndlliin, Itreiddia added. The winterer had been ssssht In hepea that he mlihc be (at. Arehlbald V. Mmllb ml Han rran eeie, I', few atr faree ifftrei whw haa been mtaainr alnn but April when hi dlaappeared with Iwi Mher fllera m i IN fill hi Iran i Hamilton field U Portland. Or. Mra. Evelyn Nmllh, the iffleer-a wife, bad bettered the myalery ana a mliht be her hnaband. Mha aald he might hare airrleed buf eiffered Haa ml meaaory In the plana rrmah. Fire Razes Orcas Island ( Installations ORCAS. Wash. July 7 ( A waterfront fire waa brought under control today after II worked It Way through general atore. poat nffin. ferry slip and dock it this Orraa Island community. The blase, aurtlnf on the ferry slip about 7:1a a. m. waa controlled before It reached largi gaaollni storage tanks and tha Orcas hotel. Thi fire, fanned by a strong south wind, burned most of a large general atore owned by Mr. E. C. Van Monrhem. The Orcas postofflci waa In the atore. The coast guard dispatched ro 3-foot patrol boats, on from Bell Ingham and tha other from Friday Harbor, to give as! land. The coast guard also waa Informed the navy waa sending ISO men and equipment from Its Whldbey Island station. Orcas Is on the south side of Orris Island, and dlrecUy north of Shaw lsisnd. It la the only ferry landing point on Orcas Island, famed aa a vacation spot. The Van Moorhem general atore waa built partly on piling, with Un ferry slip on one side and a martni sen Ice station on the other. Legislature Cost Sets New Record SAI.EM, July (V-The 7-day legislature thla year cost a record total of 14(15.3 H. qu atat depart ment aald today. The prevloua record waa I33S.OOO for the (3-day session of 1M7. The cost of this year's session does not Include the t300.000 which will be spent by legislative Interim committees. slghtlnf him on the approach to Merlin. Sergeant C. R. Borgman of the Grants Paaa state police detachment sought to Intercept the truck and wound up In a break neck race from Merlin to the Grand Pass airport where Paul R. Reynolds and Loun Grimmer, city policemen, had thrown up a hasty road block. The suspect waa trapped. Sergeant Borgman said he gavi his name s Truman Edgar Lufkln, Ti, of Min neapolis, Minn., but refu'ed to ex plain hla destination, thi purposi of the theft or hla reason for back tracking. Jamea Knight, local Pierre manager, ssld Uie truck and trailer seala had not been disturbed. Lufkln waived preliminary hear ing and waa bound over to the grand Jury when arraigned In Justice court todsy on t grand theft charge. KLAMATH FALLM, OREGON, WEDNEHDA. Vandenberg Pleads For "Shield" WAKHINOTO. July Ben alar Vandenaerf if Mlrhltan te la r aekrd the aenati la ratify lh Nerth AUantlc part aa ahleld far free men aialnal "embattled, greedy lie ipened thi aeeind day mt de ball mm thi It-nallan alliance with the donble-aarrrled aUteaaenl that (II ewmmunlain la the aale threat ti world pean and t Ita final target la the l ulled hlatea. Thi treaty will be a warning to would-be oonquerora, Vandenberg said In his prered - In - advene tent, that 300000.000 peopl will re U iggreaalon. As republican leader In foreign affaire, ha added the weight of hit prestige to that of Senator Connelly D-Trs I who led off In thi debate yesterday. Chance (iaed Aa Vandenberg spate. n I leader saw goad chance to win llnal ipsraval ef the treaty ns leaa lhaa a week f debate. They were rnea raged by general lack ml ppnitlon to the part and Ita etated piraae ml heading iff aay attack ae the western, nan esHnmantat wwrid. A Iwi-lhlrda vote if approval by thi senate la needed la Wad the I'. S. U the truly. Vandenberg called tha treaty "the beat available Implement to dls c'rurage armed aggresiitott and thua lo atop another war before II suns." And I hen hi turned to commu nism. He said thi world s "precious value" are In Jeopardy In today's "tortured world." "Thla jaoicrdy dura not , stem from us." he went 'on. . . No. Mr. President It sterna from em battled, greedy communUm abroad and at home." Vandenberg declared thai "a" runaptraelea" are aimed nlUawtely at tha I'nlled hlitee. "He caaael ran away frees It" be tidd the ernale. "There It la. pact ar a pact. ... He are the final tar get, loans h ither Independent pca plea art In nearer jeopardy." Bridges Loses Appeal For French Trip SAN FRANCISCO. July IO Harry Bridges today lost In his effort to leave the United State under bond and attend a world rid maritime conference In Franc. Bridges had been named by the CTO Longshoremen's union, which he heads, and by the CIO marine cooks and stewards, aa their repre sentative to the World Federation of lradea Unions conference it Mar selllra. Thi longshore leader Is under federal Indictment here, accused of perjury and conspiracy In obtain ing elllsrnshlp papers In IMS. He Is at liberty under 15000 bond pend ing trial. The union offered to post 1100.000 hall to guarantee that Bridges would be here for hla trial. Federal Judge Michael J. Roche rejected the Idea. The government offered no objec tion to Bridges' proposed trip to Honolulu, where longshoremen have been on strike since May 1. Judge Foehe aald he could go after the necessary papers are signed. B;ldgeV a'tomry, Norman Leonard, said Bridges would be In Hawaii about tnree weeks. Five Missing After Wind Storm NEW YORK. July I i.v-FIvi persons are still missing and nine known dead from a violent wind and rain aquall that raked the New York metropolitan area Monday. The coast guard early today added two more yachtsmen to the list of seven persons already reported dead In the storm, which knifed across long Island sound and capslsed hundreds of boats. The two new victims were Iden tified aa Walter K'ouse and Edward Malonry, both of Flushing, Queen. Ot'STl.R CANBERRA. Australia. July iPi The Australian house of representa tive passed a b'.ll Tuesday requiring deportation of wartime refugees who promised to leivi Australia after the war. Thi bill 1 designed to remove loopholes In the ImmlgraUon law such as permitted Mra, Annie O'Keefe, an Indonesian married to an Australian, to remain in this country. The high court found that Mra. O'Keefe never became a migrant and therefore waa not cov ered by thi Immigration act. r m r. v m k ' m 000' 1 Celebration, Inspection Tour Planned For SP's Streamliner Thursday Thi new Noulhern Pacific streamliner, the fthasta Daylight, which starts daily Portland ti Han tranriaci runs July 11, will not ga ttnnilired In Klamath tall. The widely-heralded 15-rar train will be previewed by thi Klam ath tails public Thursday mwning when thi train nuke a slip ma Its way north prior u going Inli regular eervtec next Sunday. The Klamath flinty chamber ol eemmerr I sponsoring a-boat breakfast at the Wincusa hatel laanorre asarning at 7:M aa part ef In train-preview program. The breakfast la open U the pabiir. All thaae who wish to ittend are urged lo asak reservations by f o'clock Wednesday aflermen. A special prisi will be awarded at 1:11 sharp. The breakfast group will nuke an inapertlin of the train before the pablie display act from t a. as. Ull ll:M a. as. After thi wel coming breakfast, the rrwwd wlU bead for the train and mak(a pre-opening Inspection tour. Main speakers at the breakfast WlU be Koulhrm Pacific Vie President t. K. Peterson and Assistant General Passenger Agent C. t. Olsen. INSPKCTIOM TOt'R Thaw wl,i preview the train will entrain through the rear door at the end mt thi parwr-ibaervation ear and preerd throng h the train. They will Inaprct the beautiful Timberline Tavern cmr, the tri car diner, kitchen and coffee shop and several if the chair ear. When lh Hhasla Daylight lainrhe it daily ached ale, July 1. one northbound train will arrive In Klamath r'alla 4:11 p. aa and leave 4:41 p. ns. The southbound train arrive her 1:11 p. m, leave X:U p. sn. According lo advice received here, both the eeathbapnd and north boond trains will open with capacity loads. Chamber Manager Charles R. stark haa been prefect d with the last ticket from Klamath Falsi and wiU travel eoutk with l dele gation of Portland chamber if commerce nra where a luncheon nseeUng will b held Monday mm with the nan Fraisctsee .chamber. "Robot Co-Pi7ot" Needed By Air Force To Help In High Altitude Fighting By ELTON C. FAT WASHINGTON. July (A The air force la looking tor a one-man fighter plane with a "robot co-pilot" to help hit bombers flying at ultra htgh altitudes and speed. If planners can make their pres ent Ideas come true, the pilot of such I plain may never even aea the eiiemr bomber hi radar-fi med a'suunt discover and shoot down The newly-announced XF-M radar-equipped Jet fighter, a two-man plane' in IU present version, la viewed Sprague River Water System Lease Signed An at least temporary solution has been reached to the critical Sprague Him community water situation. John Atchley of Dairy la taking over the water system on a one-year lease from the owner. Ivy Clark, and the water hau been turned on at Sprague River after the community waa dry for about two weeks. Clark had previously asked the public utilities commissioner for per mission to sell out hi water busi ness and after a Decent PUUC hear ing the resident! of Sprague River were urged to gri together somehow to assure themselves a continued water supply, i Atchley's one-fear lease carries an option to buy and he expect water users to sign si sgreeraent on rate to b' paid. At thi end of threw montli Atchley can call a meeting of ustra to discus a revision of rates U needed. At thi time tin Sprague River water troubles came up there were M users. At least two users have put in private wells now. Time Petition Work Speeded PORTLAND. July (jP) A com mittee forking to refer the state law ban on daylight saving time to the voter stepped up It activity to day. Lee 8tldd Jr., committee chairman here, said an offlci-to-olflce canvas would be made In downtown Port land to obtain enough signatures to block the slate law scheduled .0 Into effect till month. Hi said the petitions would refer Un Issui to thi voters In the 1B50 lection. Of the lSi: required names, only KOi certified names have been obtained to date. The tiling deadline la July 11 Hiss Defense Winds Up Case NEW YORK, July 8 Pv The de fense in th Alger Hiv perjury trial closed Hi case at 10:37 a.m. (EST i today. With the government can also completed, Federal Judge Samuel M. Kaufman denied defense mo Unna to dismiss thi charges of two perjury counts against tha former tat department official. . The Jury of 10 men and two women 1 expected to begin delib erating tomorrow afternoon after both aldea have completed summations. i WEATHER Klaaulk rails so vwlallti fair uraasl Tlaralar. Hlk USar 11. Law loalsl W. kifk Toie lav 1. . Kelr ll It Mia l rraalaltollak hart 14 kaara Telephone till No. Ml first step toward thi goal. It waa learned today. The Lockheed XF-M la considered I 14-bow fighter which mean that kjr the wee of ha radar eye It can battle either day ar night, ar In any weather, at strewn altitude which place rvr atrain an I !, Irs Although basically an P-M stand ard Jet fighter, the XP-t4 has two features which convert It Into a specialized Interceptor type: A radar operator to locate an en emy bomber and help the fighter plot clam In on It: and an "aiter turner" device to boost the normal power of the Jet engine and thu enable the airplane to climb rapidly lo the altitude est thi attacking bomher. But an ntra nun and extra radar equipment aboard I fighter plan already iveratnfled with weighty equipment limits thi performance ml the aircraft. til designers are working in a ne-packag Job, an entirely new model In which aitomatie electronic eBtpment would replace thi radar operator. Air fighting at altitudes 40 000 feet or more above the earth con-f-onts Jet pilots with new, touch problems: the extra-hHh speech, the loss of contact with the ground, and disappearance of the horizon, ehtch a pilot sights on to maneuver his plane. These problem keep pilot so busy he "hasn't time to let his glance shift to a radar screen. To meet this situation, several plans are being made or considered, including : L A radar art which wilt show the pilot at a glare la) the po st Uon of the bomber he t attack ing ; b) whether hi plane ss In the correct flying position; lei thi h orison, even though It ta ib rored by underlying e loads or darkaeaa. t. The poaaibility if linking thi Interceptor's radar eves to the plane'a controls and guns so that It "homes In" in the bomber tar get and epens fire when In range, all automatically. . Should this ultimate objective be attained, a fighter pilot may find he I Just going along for the ride, except for the Job of taking oft and landing hla plane. Too Hot In This Guy's Greenhouse LANCASTER. Pa, July ( ( Hot? Think nothing of IU After all ycu could have been hotter. You could have been In Albert Reltx's greenhouse. Rett was mopping his brow, look ing at the thermometer that regis tered 101 degree yesterday when ruddenly. wham! A terrific blast shook the green house and 30 panea of heavy las wire blown from the building. Relt nude hla ray carefully through the glass and entered the greenhouie to find an unbroken thermometer registering 143 degree Apparently, Reita said, sunlight beating through the glasa kept ex panding the air Inside until the this was shattered. BULLETIN WASIIINCTON. July m Senator Knawland (R-Callf.l aald today that legislation authorising President Truman ti Intervene In thi lnnrl tremens strlk in Hawaii will be Introduced lomor- r "tk m. ' ATTACK VICTIMS Mrs. Evo Pogef, 27 (obove, right), of Berkeley, Colif., reported to sheriff's deputies that she hod been beaten end raped after being summoned to o mountain cabin near Sonoma, Calif. Investigating authorities found the bodies of Pet'-r J. Flint, 31, (above, left), a lieutenant in the merchant niorine, and Peter J. Jensen, bludgeoned to death. 732 Deaths Counted Today As Mid-West Heat Hangs On By The Associated Pre , ' A toll of at least 133 deaths was ! counted today In the longest heat j wave, so far this summer. No Immediate break in the torrid! temperatures was In s.gnt. although I ihundershowers cooled acatiered sec- Uona of the hot belt temporarily yesterday and last night. In addition to deaths Induced by the heat, seven were known dead and live were missing from a Sud ani, violent squall mat raked the Mew York metropolitan area yester- day. The storm knifed across Long Island aound and capsuted hundreds ; of boats. ! The estimated dead due to the heat Included heat prostrations and heart attacks attributed to the beat. TB1 atltlU aa4F KOtllltS Wat , Trie deaths ol this nature by states J UK1UUCU, 1I1UWU W tUKIUUU tfV Chicago area, coroners office estl ; mate of deaths from heat and heart attacks aggravated by heat t : In ; diana 2. Iowa . Maryland 3. Michi- , gan a. Minnesoti 14, Missouri 10, Nebraska 3. New York . Ohio 10. Pennsylvania 13. Virginia 3 and Wbcotuin 3. I ! Most of the Midwest ws weary i from wee M hot, euclry weahrT. j 'The eastern suites also suited in the searing beau And tn the north- i eastern area, there waa no sign of run to break the long drought. The new heat wave only added to fur ther damage to farm crops already badly wilted by seven weeks of rain less weather. Crop losses In the re- Police Seek Slayer Of B.C. Woman ! LILLOOFT. B. C July rcPi Police today sought a mysterious ) slayer who shot down Mrs. William Thorn. 46-year-old mother of 13 children, as she worked in the j to reporter question. The mini garden at her home on the Indian mum penalty upon conviction would reserve. The unknown killer pumped a bul let, believed to be a .23 calibre, in I her head as a 10-year-old son. I Francis, worked near his mother Tuesday morning. j Two of the Indian woman'a chll i dren rode seven mile on horseback to report the slaying to police here. Mrs. Thorn, who was expecting a 14th. child, waa well known to gold seeker In the Cariboo district along the bridge and Fraser river where i Asked If the talesmen were chal she often panned for gold. lenged because thev were Negroes. The remote Indian reserve is 10 De Wolfe said. "No. we were not mile west of here, and 150 miles I motivated by that. There were many northea.it of Vancouver. reasons. The slayer, believed to be a male The government also ruled out member of the reserve, used rifle : one Chinese a an alternate Juror, taken from the Thorn home. The defense used nine challenges. Murder Charge Filed In Rifle Slaying Of Chesapeake Bay Crabber; Maryland Names Officer, Pilot In Border Ruckus t'RISFIELD. IncL. July ( A murder charge waa filed today against s Virginia fisheries officer who shot and killed a Maryland crab fisherman In Chesapeake bay. The warrant named 23-year-old David Acre of Weirwood. Vs, a deputy patrol officer for the Vir ginia fisheries commission. A charge of bring an accessory after the fact was filed against George Colonna Jr. pilot of a com mission plane which landed yester day morning beside the 2g-foot mo tor boat from which the Maryland waterman was crabbing. Early Lee Nilaia, M-year-ild former member if thi Crhificld po lice force, died of a bullet wound after Aeree boarded the boat to ar rest him for crabbing In Virginia waters. Acree reported to superiors that NcLion had tried to grab hi rifle and had been shot accidentally. Filing of charges by Maryland authorities Indicated that they had decided after an Investigation that Nelson was shot and killed in Mary land waters. The aeem was at the Junction af Pocomoki and Tangier sounds on the eawt aide of Chesapeake bay, where the Maryland Virginia line sig. sag serosa thi water. ! J - a - glon have been estimated at more ' ibsn o0 ,000.000. i The U. a weather bureau aald the oniy comioruuue spoil over tne two- l P'1 untT r'l , UKr" era border slates. Temperatures also were plenum along the Pacific ; coast. But the heat was on full blast In I the central, eastern asd southern states. Some rain fell la the upper lake region and north central states. But generally after the showers the fnemirv af a rtA tn 1 chmb tnd tlumlduJ mcmd. j A mass of cool air from north western Canada brought relief to pan of Minnesota. Michigan and Wisconsin. It never reached swelter' Chicago, where the mercury bit above 90 yesterday for the sixth consecutive day. A high of 6 waa forecast today. New temperature record for the ! date were set in many ciues y ester-1 day as the mercury ranged between I i 90 and 100. Philadelphia 9S j was ' the summer season'a hottest day. At Lancaster, Pa., the reading was 101 for the second straight day. Government Opens Tokyo Rose Fight 8 AN FRANCISCO. July The government today opens ita fight to convict Ira Togurt (Tokyo Rose) D'Aquino of wartime trea-1 son but will not demand the death i penalty. I Speedy selection cf an all-whiti I Jury of six men and six women ye- j terday cleared the way for opening : statements, and probably some pre- ' hmtnary testimony, today. The statement that the govern ment will not ask death came from : Prosecutor Tom De Wolfe In reohr I be five years In prison and a 110,000 j fine. The defendant, born In Lo An- geles 33 year ago on July 4, la I charged with eight acta of treason. The government charred that, as ! Tokyo Rose, she hoped to dempral- txi and , discourage allied military men with her broadcasts from radio i Tokyo. The government used only seven t Jury challenges. There la a tense rivalry between watermen of the twi state because t conflicting conservation tawa. They may crab inly In their own waters. Maryland authorities said, on the other hand, that eyewltnesse re ported Nelson tu In the waters of his home state when he was shot. He waa fiand bleeding ind a neon -acloua from a hip wound by fellow crabbers and died before he could be taken to shore. Aathsrilica if both slates, la obedience to orders from their tor errors, started a Intensive Investi gation. Separate meetings were to be held here and In Salisbury, Md., today. The shooting was the latest In a long series of border Incident arising from respective fishins right of the two stales. Rivalry has always been U'tense. Sporadic outbreaks of shooting have been fairly common on Uie lower Potomac river alnce colonial Umes. However, the borderline area near the Juncture if thi Tangier and Pocomoki aounda. where Nelson waa shot, haa been relaUvely quiet. Calvin Marsh Jr. if Rmlth Island, Killer Calls Newspaper; Tells Story El'RIKA. Calif, Jaly I iA - t hauky, 34-year-ild merchant mar iner and ex-einvtrt surrendered laai night and In a signed statement ad milted the fourth if July bludgeon slaying of two men In rakln over looking the Valley if thi Moon. The mm. Henry Brun Ouldbnnd ten. gave himself up to Ed Neumeier, a cub reporter, and Elmer Hodgkln son. editor of the Humboldt rimes. In . king, wandering statement, he for the most part corroborated lh hysterical tale told by Mrs. Eva Puget, 27-yesr-old mother if two. lire a lory of rape and aaurder set off in if thi moat intensive man hunts In recent Northern 't.l'fornU history. But Guld brand-sen denied he had raped Mis. Paget, a Berkeley wom an who had been vacationing in Jack London's old territory 3on mile south of here In the Sonoma vjlley. Ouldbrandsen said sha had suomltted to him to "soothe" hun, alter he had bludgeoned her. In the Sonoma hospital where shi Is In critical condition from tha attack and beating, Mrs. Paget re iterated he had been raped. And hospital attache commented on Culnrand-sen's assertion: "That lkalculous!" hlay Friend Guldbrandsen signed a statement, first for the newspaper and later lor the sheriff's of I lee. admitting staying his friend. LL Peter J. riint. 31. if the merchant marine, and Hint's longtime friend. Peter J. Jen. aen. U, landscape gardener for thi BUMnta state hospital. The nude bodies of Flint and Jen sen, covered by sheet, were found in beds in separate rooms tn Jen sen's curio-laden home In the TrinU U mountains, northwest of Sonoma. Officers went there yesterday after Mrs. Paget, bleeding, bvstert. cat. and wearing mly a T-shirt, atstmbled down n can vow road and told n party 1 picnickers that ah had been raped. Oulbrandsen was booked In th. Humboldt county jail on the tech n'tal holding charge of "en rout to Santa Rosa." The climax to the manhunt set In motion by the revolting crime waa as astonishing a it waa sudden. OnMbrandaen called the news paper, aald he had a good new alary and asked that a reporter bi rnt to a designated bar and ask lor "Johnny." Neumeier wa ' assigned. When Guldbrandsen told him. over a beer, uiat "Tm the guy they're looking for in Sonoma." Neumeier at first re fused to believe It. But Guldbrand sen produced identification, and Hint s car keys and wallet. Neoaaeter look bun to the news paper office. There Glldbrandsm give him and Hodgkinoan hi long statement The three went out for a krnuarely dinner. Then Hadkginsin caUed Sheriff's Detective Charles Caragnaro, Other than his being "in a stupor." he gave no motive for the attack on the two men. Nor did he explain why he bludgeoned Mrs. Psget. Guldbrandsen waa released from prison June 11 after doing twovears or, a San Mateo assault charge. Ha vas convicted of subbing a San Mateo man 13 times In a quarrel over a woman In the man apart D,ent. I hla statement here, he referred to hh mental "quirks." Perhaps It would have been best, be aaid. If the state had sent hhn to a mental home after the San Mate Incident, and not to prison. BOYCOTT MONTREAL. July lPi Thi Seafarers' International union AFL announced a boycott effec tive tonight against all British ships !n Eastern United States ports be cause of British dockworkers re fusal to work strike-bound Cana dian ships. Harry Davia, president of thi rival Canadian Seamen's . union, termed the move "nothing short of blackmail against the British peo p'e." Md. told officials he wa about IM feet from Nelson's boat when tin Virginia plane landed. Me aald man got ml and started to talk to Nelson. Then. Marsh related, he heard a shot, the man got Into the plane, and it taxied off. Marsh found Nelson slumped in the bottom of thi boat. Virginia Commissioner Lankford said Nelson wa shot when he tried to get a rifle away from David Acree of Weirwood. Vs , who had been deputized yesterday to assist tin pilot of the conservation plsne. No charges were placed against Acree, who is In his nnJ-20'i. Lankford aald the plane found seven Maryland boat two miles in side Virginia and arrested two oper atorsNelson and Royce Sterling of Crlsflrld. Lankford aaid that after lh shooting, lh patrol plan man euvered away to avoid hilling other Maryland bonis. When the pilot waa able to turn bark, hi aUtement aid. "hi foand that Nelson had been removed from his boat by ether Maryland eraubera. Hence there waa n. point In th plane'a return ing to thi Nelson boat. However, it waa not known at that lime that Nelson waa sertiusly Injured."