Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 06, 1949, Page 1, Image 1

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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."