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Newspaper Page Textmm iwii . .o .. la Br FRANK JENKINS THE curtain rleee In England to day on wlnl U certain to be one of the Mt ho of all history. Between now nd about a year (rum now Britain will deride politically between aoclallim and free enter prise. It will be a niunttntoua decision. Because wa and tha BrlHili ara ol Ilia aama blood and ancestry, wa ran txi expected to follow tha aama broad, general llnaa In our thinking. What liapiiena In Hrltaln within tha neat I J mnntha will In all prob ability loraahadow what will happen here later. Wa ahall ba mora than mrra spec lauira at an exciting and significant mama. Mora Uan wa raallaa, wa ahall ba inf during tha year that lira ahaad Into a crystal ball that holdi tha secret of our own future Wad better watch thla bi ahow thoughtfully and piayerfully. QNC of tha greet leadera of all tuna cornea on Ilia alai aa tha curtain rleee Winston Churchill. Ha la no half-way num. Ha never r9ea gray. What he wa la alwayi hiH or Hl.ACK. What ha u for he la fK What ha U afalnat ha la AOAINbT. Characteristically, he opena tha long-awaited British campaign with a alaahlnf altarlt. Hia opponents, he thunders, "have squandered the re aervea and the reeourcee which had been fathered In tne peat. . . . They have darkened and harrowed the future of every man. woman and child In thla famous laland." Me raapa out: "Every other country wait of tha Iran curtain haa made a better poet war comeback than Britain even beaten Oeimany and Italy." He conclude: "The cure for thla countrya con dition la to return to a syatrm which provldra Iticeutlvea for eflort. self denial. Initiative and good house keeping1. rilURCHUJ. 1 the leader of the Cotiaervatlve party whtrh la out of power. The leader of the I .a Dor party, which u IN power, la Clement Aitlee Atllce nail bark at Churchill In tha aama air am. He "The new Ooruervallve party plat form ... la one of the mnat dls hnneel dorumente I have ever read. Tha Conaervaiive program an nounced urn morning and amplified today bv Party Leader W union Churchill u only great piece of window draaaing." He adda: "The Conservative party haa never been able to put forward a real alternative policy 10 inat Ol trie I labor partv . . . they indulge in a -1 riwn awuaa us mio g HTTTlianana initio would have been better If Uiev had been la power. "Thing! wouldn't nave been better. I ahudrter to think what would have happened had they ithe Conserva tive i had control of Britain." PHK Labor party. If returned to power In tha long politlral cam paign that haa Just been officially opened, will go on doing more of the same. That la lo aar. it will lead Britain atlll farther along tha so cialism road. The Conservative party. In lis pro fram Just announced, prom lass to ' hall socialism al home and com munism the world over." It pledges liself to STOP nationalisation of Ihe steel Industry, which la now under consideration In parliament. It promises to restore PARTS of the already nationalised highway truck ing Industry lo private "or muni cipal" owner. It will "Introduce decentralisation Into tha nationalised coal mines, railroads, gas and electricity and re atnre aa wide a measure of free enterprise AS POHfllBLC to civil aviation." BUT It pledges Itself lo "KEEP health service, old age pensions and other aoclal benefit." while rutting out waata and boosting efficiency lo lower costs. a FVEN the British Conservatives. you aee, have bowed to tha In evitability of the welfare slate In Britain. 'Churchill Charges Labor Government With Leading Britain To Edge Of Chaos WOLVERHAMPTON, Eng., July 33 or, Winston Churchill asserted today the British labor government haa led Britain Into Imminent peril of communism and national bank ruptcy. The conservative party leader said n economic collapse la looming which would "carry many other nations with us Into chaos and com munism." In a major policy speech pre pared for a party rally at the Wol verhampton football stadium. Churchill declared the aoclallau have failed to put forth any ettec- Train Covers Up For Burglars MELBOURNE. Is., July 33 m Working swiftly under Hie cover of a rumbling train which drowned out the nolsa of breaking glass, thieves ystematlrally raided thla small town early today. Mayor Al Sandarman aald tha thieves broke Into II of the g busi ness places In this town of too per sons. They earaped with 1100 cash and did 1300 damage, tit said. Sanderman aald tha burglars ap parently took advantage of a pass- Tint train to speedily amaah the door glass of stores. riid rivr. cents) Four Arrested lira Cohen Black Panther Victor In Raging Two-Hour Battle With 3Q0 Pound Gorilla, Cousin Of Cargantua droit ANK. Wash, Jalv U The cousin af Gargantua. a big. IM-peantf gorilla, waa whipped laal night In a raging loo-boar balUe with a black panther and finally killed by bullrte from bla tralner'a gun. The paather. ape and a aaa -pound lion were being eshlbiud In aeperale compartanonla af a large rage at a traveling wild animal ahew when the rat slipped bndrr a gale Into the gorilla's g by g-fool eecllee. Before a crowd af nearly 44). the boosts larked la a fight la the death while the Ilea reared eeallnaoualy la tha adjoining com partment. The panther alaahed. ripped aatf chewed aa the ape struck aledgehammer Mows with bla maaalve arm a. Altendanta tried vainly te aeparata the eraaed beaala. finally Trainer Rudy Hmlth ahot and billed the gorilla, eae af wheae arma waa nearly aevrred at the abealder. Net antll meal waa teaaed U the rat could the apes rareaae ha palled from the rage, Chloreiona-eoeked raga hrlprd eulel the freniied eeu-vtvor, which earaped with arvere aiaahea about the head and ehouldero. Tha ahew. aporatlng eat af ban Dirge, Calif., and playing at a nearby lake resort, waa cloved leal night after the battle. Al Mryera, manager, aald the gortlla had bran parchaard about If monlhi ago from Ihe Flrlerhmaa aoa at Pasadena, t'allf, and waa valued al Hle He aald II waa tiaranglaa'a coualn. The gate wader which Ihe panther crawled apparrallr aaa Ml aalorked. Mryera aald. after Ihe rage waa cleaned yeeterday. Fire Damage At Hillside Hospital Pared To $5000 Today; Water Main Cause Although atlll unofficial, damage lo the HHUlde hoapnal rauerd by fire ondafternoon Thuraday, haa been pared down to "not over IVXJO " RllUlde patlenta moved follrraing tha roof blam are resting comforta bly at Klamath Valley hmpital and. although the latter building la full, operation erhedulea are being main tained on time. H pair to Htllild will begin mm Ho Beer?" Quip Laid To Tokyo Rose SAN KRANCISCO. July 33 I,- "What, no beer?" mused tha lady known aa Tokyo Rose. - What eon ,7 i . . ... -Well, let i sing first, then write Ickaa afterwards. Maybe he U run pipeline to you A New York writer. Dale Kramer, testified yesterday at the treason trial of Iva Togurt D' Aquino that he jotted down those remarks from one of the defendant's scripts nf Radio Tokyo broadcast to united Slates troops. The occasion waa In early September, IMS. after the surrender, when as a reporter .for " Yank," he Interviewed Miss Togurl. The thrre-week-old trial of the Los Angeles-born defendant la In recess until Monday. She ta charged with eight acts of treason through her activities for Radio Tokyo dur ing the war. Kramer said the drfendant told him she had not used the name "Tokyo Rose." She also said, he testified, that she did not feel she had committed any treasonable act. although he said she seemed lo feel there waa some pcaublllty there could be a charge against her. live plan to meet the danger. The wartime prima minister's ad dress came on the heels of the conservative p a r t y'a 30. 000-word statement of policy entitled the "Right Road for Britain" which waa published last night. "They have squandered the re serves and resources w hich had been gathered In the past," aald the 14-year-old wartime prime minister, "and have darkened and harrowed the future of every man, woman Mid child In thla famous Island." He aald every other country west of the Iron curtain haa made better postwar comeback than Brit ain even beaten Oermany and Italy. Churchill told his listeners the cure for thla country's condition Is to "return to a system which pro vides Incentives tor effort, self denial. Inlallva and good house keeping." And he promised that the con servatives will apply the cure If they ara restored to power In tha next general election, which must be held between now and mld-UM. All 40.000 tickets for the soccer arena of this midland's Industrial city were sold out for Churchill's editress, which waa billed aa the major opening gun of the election campaign. Wolverhampton, a sprawling com munity of 133.000, is IS miles from the steal center of Birmingham. l-eese. KLAMATH fAI.I.H. "sometime nest week" and patients ' will not be returned until all dam- ... .V . Water damage was the ma In fac. ... - . u me irviaiaiurce aciion causes; , or in the damage estimate although j longshoremen and waterfront work It waa not known today whether , oa ,n, p.cl,le CoJlt lo txM some plaster had to be replaced lo hmnalt ttom H.B,1L when, the water seeped through Ihe ! Xh, .,,. r,g .pp, M,. , three-story structure , Trumaa yesterday said Its -co.. .... .mm.u... uam.,. . ... Mir .tan oKc cuuoyiiote ncn the fire apparently originated on . ihg roof nf tha auUaling and rut I through the shingles to tha attic ! apace. I Hospital officiala said today that althouth they felt It safe enough to move Hillside patients bark Into the building, they would remain at Klamath Valley for 'comfort rea sons." It waa felt that repair operations would distract patlenta In the building Conaiitent rumors that tha hoa. plial would be sold were emuhati- rally scotched today when factual tniormatlon from members ot the Klamath Medical Service bureau , board of directors said that "there was no thought of selling the hoa. pit.) ,nd It would definitely be back ' in operation aeon " I ' Taft Against ECA Buying Farm Surplus WASHINGTON. Julv 33 ijp-en. ator Taft iR-ohloi came out today against a proposal to earmark about I. 300.000.000 in European recovery funds lo buy American farm sur pluses. Taft, who heads the senate re publican policy committee, told a reporter he is opposed to the com-mlltee-approved amendment to the e3.??8.000.000 economic cooperation administration money bill. The amendment, sponsored by 8enator McClellan iH-Ark l also would require the army lo buy about gsoo.ooo.ooo In surplus farm prod ucla. frretlng these and the ECA funds against being used for any other purposes. ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman ha . contended the rigid surplus buying requirements on his agency would hamstring operations and force foreign countries to take cot ton and other commodities they may not want. Taft said he thought the amend ment la "unwise." "I don't think we ought to be en actlng a farm relief program In thla bill," Taft said. Power Lack Hits Gotham Transport NEW YORK. July 33 (AV-Two-thirds of New York City's vast un derground transit system waa par alysed for nearly an hour by a power failure last night, stranding thou sands of passengers on hot, atuffy subway trains. It waa 7 degrrra above ground, and hotter In the breesrlrsa transit raverna below. But subway riders took It calmly. They were, aa one policeman on emergency duly put it, "so pounded down by the heat that they didn't even groan." The pover failure, caused by g short circuit, rut off signal lights over 150 miles of underground track. Safety rulea required all tralna on the lines to stop. The signal lights were bark on In about an hour and normal aorvlce resumed. OHM. (IV lATI'MliAY. ILVU Asks Truman To End Strike I IIONOI.l LC. July 33 iP Htriking CIO longshoremen appealed lo Prra- ' Ident Truman today la end Hawaii's M-day dork Heap -ea Its an evils. Their appeal echoed a Washing ton reejneaC by Kenalor Morse Ik 1 Ore. I. wba told the senate y eater ; day the atrike amy spread to the world major porta. He i Hawaii employees for rejecting arbitration. Uffu aHlerf U.r-. U . I ' lu,, j mony before the senate labor com- ; muiee aaiisiiru oie ne was loilow- I lug tha line of the fellow traveler." I But he continued, "the way to : handle left wingers la to give them an opportunity to prove their case." The International Longshoremen's and Warebouaemen'a union, which Itrldgea beads, asked Mr. Truman to aaase a board af laaulry with authority la settle the paralvalag deadlock. Kunliar r sales la far a presidential board af arbitration were eaade by the aalea and Mara J aaa 27. "rmwmm Tmrm Morse said he expect the Ha- ' fv,rl- ""y"1" reiiow.mur saltan legislature wiu paaa strike, j phy, lawyer for Miss Florence ending measures that wiu threaten C. Heppanstetl, SO id picture spreou wie ueup w ail porta ot America" and posalbly the "poru of the world." This could happen. the former West Coast maritime arbitrator aald. .. , , Mm4 )udtmni- M lhl, torrl- tonal le, ulst.ee e.aaot ead the! "lied the girl a "casual OC - strike -beeaese of lu aomooalUoa. LQuaintonce." Judge Woltdr The republican -con troiieu asaem-in bly meets In special session Tuesaay to consider a program that includes 1 iu. t a in .at u ...n Tium.i bills for government seixure and operations of docks and for placing ' sieved fires under civil service. ILWU Strike Leader Henry' Schmidt gave no lire any ships I worked In Hawaii by civil service ! workers would he declared "hot" ' and would not ba worked on the Pacific Coast, la his senate speech. Morse said a "good arbitrator could settle the whole dispute ta three da ye" at Hawaii's sevea etrark stevedoring Mrma would sabmll (a arMtraUoa. Baseball Scores AMERICAN CLEVELAND. July 33 Pi Bob feller hurled four-hit ball today I aa the Cleveland Indiana defeated I the Washington Senators I to 1. A triple by Mickey Vernon In the eighth Inning drove In two Tribe runs to break k I to 3 deadlock. R H I ! Washington . 000 030 0103 4 1 Cleveland 000 030 03x 6 11 1 Haynea. Hudson tSi, Hlttle it, Oettel (gi and Earl)-; Feller and Hegsn. NATIONAL B08TON. July 33 The Pitts burgh Plratea set off a six-run ex plosion against three Boston Bravea pitchers In the ninth inning today to pull out a 13-9 victory. Among the Pirates' 10 hits waa Wally West lake's 11th homer of the season. R H I Pittsburgh 030 300 3O013 10 i Boston ... 430 111 000 13 3 Bonham. Poat (3. Casey i7, Sewell . Cheanea ' and Masl: Snahn, Potter (', Hogue tl and Salkeld. PHILADELPHIA. July 33 i41 Lefty Ken Ilenitrelman pitched the Philadelphia Phils to an (-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds today but his shutout streak was broken at 33 consecutive Innings. It was Helnuelman's 1.1th win, against three defeats. Phil Catcher Andy Semtnlck homered In the fourth with the bases bare. R H E Cincinnati 000 000 3003 1 0 Philadelphia 300 104 00X 11 3 Vandermrer, Lively (1), Fanovlch ii. Burkhart ill and Cooper; Hrlnutelman and Bemlnlck. BROOKLYN. July 33 141 The St. Louis Cardinals scored twice In the ninth after two were out today to nip the Brooklyn Dodgers, (-4, and rut the Dodgers' National league lead to a half game. Marty Marlon singled home the tying run and Joe Oaraglola drove in the winning run. R H E St. Louis .: 010 000 303 1 Brooklyn 110 001 1004 ( 1 TYPHOON TOKYO, July 23 lAI A tvphoon struck American held Okinawa to day with winds between 100 and 130 knots. Army weathermen said there had been no contact with the laland since 3 p. m, (13 a. m, GSTi. (The dispatch did not Indicate thla waa unusual.) The storm veered northwest of Shanghai after hitting Okinawa. J1I.Y U. &!Three Bay feU'Clty Men sW J J ' CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE" a a . i n ril . It... f-K,.! cevews M, Hsnnsn. .... . j . stell being embroced by R. Joseph Kirk. wood Jr., Joe Po- looka of the screen iuuiu ui nw in front of the Jefferson, N. H , hotel where they both worked in 1942. Kirkwood, chorged with non-support of 6-yeor-old twin sons of Mss Heppenstell, Wolter Allen of the district court ! , ot Worcester, Mass., found Kirkwood parent of the ille gitimate twins Murder Case Hunt Swings To Portland IVeT.I " "-SPT!2 charged with the murder of an elderly Tacoma couple branched out I today from Portland. Ore. where 33-vear-old John L. Rummers was last seen Thursday night. i Summers Is accused of the rifle slaying of Howard fcaaley, a, re tired millworker, and hta 67-year oto wile in their suburban home week ago. Their bodies were lound by berry pickers two days ago in the Cascaae mountain foothills. The Washington state prison pa rolee waa traced lo Portland late yesterday when police recovered the aasieya' 13-year-old light coupe. Driving the car was Richard Aust Jr. 34, of Portland, who said he bouaiu It Thursday nuthl lrom a man gHing the name of Howard' Kasiey. Auat lUentilied him as Sum-1 mers lrom polite pictures. j Alter the transaction. Aust said, i he drove summers to the Trallways I bus depot where he let him out at! an alley entrance. Eastern States Cool Off Today CHICAOO. July 33 iXt The east ern states got relief today from the recent hot and humid weather aa some cool, dry air moved In from the Midwest. The hot, sticky weather continued In the southern part of the country and higher temperatures are In prospect for the Orrat Plains and Northern Rockies. The mercury dropped to 40 above In parts of Northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan today and readings over most of the Oreal Lakes were slightly below normal. Thundershowers occurred over sev eral areas near the Ohio river, Minnesota, the southern plaina. New Mexico and the eastern gulf stales. More general rain fell alone the Washington coast. Cloudy Skies Seen For Basin Picnickers were casting a wary eye skyward today, wondering If they might be better off to have Sunday dinner at home. The weath er forecast for tomorrow doesn't just come out and say It will rein, but It does hint broadly, with ft pj-e-dlctlon for cloudy sklea and oerer temperatures. High temperature Friday was 80 degrees and last night's low, 41. Temperatures ranging from the 40 a to the 10 a are forecast for Sunday. it" VaV-J.. ' WIATHER Rlieilk Fftlli eeS vlateMv: rattle rlHl) MM illinMi. laeltSI aaa SaaSar- Sifk USap la. l.r le teat 14. Miaa seeSap 1. Ma. jelr vt . . aa lata 41 rrMtp'uuae laai t4 hears ea -iU-g-U. . v. , Tclephana fill No. MM - : 1 ),? f ) i i.m 1 Jt'V . B L08 ANGELES. Jul 23 UP men. three ta H.n Fraaciaca and eft j'iom brriN were tJ.rn InM cittlodT today aad one maa waa released li the latest developments of the Mickey Cehea shooting. Saa Ira arises police arrested j James Taraatlao, editor af a Holly wood film trade publication: Hy Porter, his baa traaeiseo represen tative and Joseph Tenner, baa rraariaeo alghtclub owner. They were picked up at the re quest of Sheriff Eugene Bucailux oi Los Angeles county and booked "en route to Los Angeles" for ques tional'. Meantime, aae of three other Baca named by aborlff Btacallas aa want ed far questioning la the ease, waa apprehended here today. He ia Tooy Hraarmte, es-eonvlet oace qaeried ia the Bagey Hie gel slaying two years age. k 7 . t k, . i I Tt7 - f.S ZT I, . trio named by Btaca.uT as 1 tkmntaarl fftr ii kmm.1 IrartinB Brmne.tn tu shaving and told oilier, he waa 1 preparing to give himsell up. bksru Clean "My skirts are dean." be told De leeuvo aergeaat R. T. Hopkiniaa. ho ateaiod kaowiag Cahea. He said be had read la the papers that he aad T ai-a . . . .ia f-. !awestiooiag and went la the Utters noose to disc uaa It with bias. I He said Tromnino had ions to a I store. Officers were waiting lor him i to return- Alter quaauoning. Brancalo waa , buukod , muiaer on euapicsua of atisewpted i murder and placed ia Jail. naer or sao was. joerpa a. ' Meaolaa. la. Meaasaa, Is. prise fight maaager. who aarrsadsred yesterday, ansa ra liaird after baleneive eaeettontng. -Hai alibi will stand ap far I be i Uaee being." eaea bbertff'a laspec i tor Gardea Sowers. I Gambler Cohen and three other persons, including an attorney gen eral's agent assigned to guard him, were wounded by heavy shotgun slugs aa they emerged early Wed nesday from a night club at a movie ! colony playground called the Sun- ISCt iWlp. I VTIIIlaaa Hall, Meaaiaa'a attoraev. said has eaent eaaM aoroaat for all has move menu Ihe Booming af the 1 be "do t kaow Che. er the other ; hw tK 1 J " Small Loan i! Leads Up To Wild Scramble NEW YORK. July 33 OftK dis pute early today over whether a man should borrow money from a woman had this chain of conse quences: A rifle was fired but no one waa hit: a man leaped from a window and was seriously hurt: another ' man fell Into the East river, and I later was booked on felonious aa ! sault charges. I Police gave this account: William Sarich. 31-year-old cab I I driver, approached a party In a second-story restaurant and bor : rowed 3 from Martha Kelly Jack son. 40. William Levadas. 31, and another man present, objected, say ing a man shouldn't borrow from a woman. The argument hit a climax when Sarich produced a rifle and fired at Levadas, who. unhit, leaped from a window to the ground, suffering a possible broken neck. Police later picked up Sarich. who said ha had thrown the rifle In the East river. Taken there to help police aearch for it, he fell In. Dragged out by police, he was taken to a station house and booked on assault charges. Game Commission Holds First Meet PORTLAND. July 33 ( The new state game commlsalon met here today, with Carl C. Hill of Days Creek aa chairman. Hill waa elected chairman by the commissioners yesterdsy. after they were sworn Into office In Salem. Oov. Douglas McKay, who selected an entire new commission earlier thla week, asked the five men to "do a good job In the protection, con servation and production of wild life." Referring to the importance of the tourist trade to Oregon's econ omy, the governor remarked that "these tourists don't all come here to see the scenery. Quite few of them like to catch an eccsslonsl , fish." I" s r : W . lsW -Mtm 'HONORID Above is a like ness of the lofe Jockson F. Kimboll, old-time Klomath forester, in whose honor the : memorial park around the nf Arwf r i we r veill he dedicated Sunday. The affair will start wim a picnic ooout noon, and the formal program begins at 2 30 p. m. The pub lic is invited. John Houston will preeide at the outdoor ex ercises. For mop showing lo cation of park and route, see poge 10. Forced Labor Charge Made By Britain OENCVA. Swluerland. July 33 iJPi The Bntlsh government clalma to f" 'f.I,; " aw-a- iww., 8oT1t ir'7h " " believes about 10.000.00010 per cent of Russia's working population are In forced Labor camps. The British delegate to the United Nations economic and social coun cil. Cor ley Smith, yesterday made public a set of documents ha said mtn ,nd regulations covering tna lorcea laoor poucy w unc ooviei government. Tha Brituh published photostatic ooptee of what they claimed were the original Russian texts, running ta tMO words, plus full French nod English, translations. ' These documents will form the basal of Britain a case ass Inst alleged Russian slat labor which is being Investigated by tha council under terms of an American motion approved last March T. Sports Bulletins MONTREAL, Jaly U W Aas tralla advanced la tha final rwaavi of the North Americas aoao Davis cap eoos petition today whoa Prank Sedgmaa defeated Brendan Mackea af Canada. 4-z. -t. 4-e. It gave the Aaosiea the aecteaary three victories. PARIS. July 33 0P Italy look a 1- lead aver France la their beat-of-flve European sons Davis cap ehampionahip today when Gianni Cacellio defeated Robert Abdeaeelair, 1-, t-t, It-t, t-4, (-3. CHICAGO. Jalv 33 IO Skee RiegcL I pper Darby. Pa 1M1 national amateur champion, today eliminated John Levi noon. Chica go, defending titlist. In the aaarter finals af the Great Lakes a ma tear golf tournament, 1 and L Grand Jury CondemnsPart Of KF City Jail; Indicts Driver In Anderson Death Condemnation of a portion of the ty jail and advancement of a plan city to house women prisoners at the county lockup was the gist of a re port made by the grand Jury late yesterday afternoon. The Jury ended Its session after almost five days of work, turning in a total ot 17 criminal Indictments along with the official disapproval of the Klamath Falls jail. There were seven open true bills, 10 secret Indictments and two not true bills. The open Indictments charged : William Howard Rice with second degree murder. He has pleaded guilty. Richard Shuck with negligent homicide. He will enter a plea Sep tember 1. Shuck waa driver of a car Involved In an accident which resulted In the death of R. H. Anderson, Klam ath area pioneer, on the Merrill highway June 3. Virgil Wood rum with two lounts of Indecent exposure. In court this morning he plesded not guilty to both. Roy Leonard Oable with larceny from a store. J. C. O'Neill was ap pointed to represent him In court end Oable wlU enter a plea Sep tember 1. Vernon Thomas with failure to support three minor children Thomas reportedly has Jumped 1500 bail put up In Roeeourg. Russell Frost with selling liquor to an Indian. Frost's attorney, E. E. Drlscoll, mede a record appearance Rice Faces Life Rap In Wife's Death Twenty minutes after a grand Jary Indictment far second degree an order waa returned agalnet btaat yesterday afternoon, William How ard Rico canto Into etrralt eeart aa plead guilty ta tha torso slaying af I bla wife. Jennie. In effect, ha aetlleal for a Ms prison aentence, mandatory hi aoo oad degree awarder. Sentence wtgl be paaaed Monday morning. District Attorney D. E. Van Vae tor had asked the grand Jury ts Indict the 43-year-old cement con- , tractor for first degree murder, a charge that carries a possible death sentence, but the jury took the leaser course and Rice waa willing to plead guilty. The prosecutor said he waa satis fied with the second degree Indict ment and it Rice had not pleaded guilty he would have been certain of a conviction in a trial. Aa tt la. Van Vector aald. the county as saved from 13000 to 15000 expense for what undoubtedly would have been a three-week trial. Toagh Caae If a trial aad bees held. Vaa Vaa. tar aald. the roaalt might have boas a ooovietloa of eeeeao) degree mar der aad a life eealeaea for Bloa, beeaaae the praaeeavloa woaM have had a touch time proving the alay lag af Mrs. Rice waa arasaodKaled. Rice probably woald have wood a eelf-defeaae "spar of the mem sat defenee. To convict on first degree murder, the prosecution would have had ts , show the crime waa committed "pur posely and of deliberate and pre meditated malice" with some other evidence of malice "than the mere proof of killing." The premeditation would have to be shown by "poison ing, lying In wait or some other proof that the design waa formed and matured In cool blood and not hastily upon the occasion." The quotations are from Oregoei criminal law. Although a strong eaea of circum stantial evidence had been uncov ered by investigation of Mrs. Rice's death, the element of premeditation was weak. Tea laveatlgatiOB began ass a Msarre sole May shea the feaaa Icae. lee tees aad armless body af a woman waa foaaol la the tales along Klamath river below tha IS M bridge. The body remaiaeol aarlaea ttftre satU toe next morning wheat Rice, wnh Attorney E. E. Driseotl. cam to the eoortkoooa aad tea . roe. tractor aoea beriff Jack Praawr the dead woman waa bla wtfe. The only other Information he would gtve waa that the dismember ment waa not the cause of death and that the missing portions of ths body should be found In the river vicinity. Nothing Baial On advice of hie attorney. Race said nothing more about hia wife's death and disposal of the body, and he still haa said nothing snore. There la no Indication that ha win. Mrs. Rice's bead and Haa be have not been karate. Her tares was sent Is Yankton, ft. D ts rein Uvea far swrtaL Daring the search for the mmsras appeneagea. Sheriff Fraaey took Rice sat ta Ihe river ts see It he woald help wrote them. toe said he waa 'blanked sat' that ha eooloa't my where the head aad limbs were thrown. The torso waa found wrapped to a counterpane and bound with wire. A trailing length of wire Indicated a rock or weight probably was tied to the bundle but jarred loose when the bundle hit the water. Otherwise It would have gone to the bottom and never been located. According to the district attor ney's evidence, Mrs. Rice probably was killed by strangulation at the family home. 304 S. Rogers, the night of April . She waa not seen by neighbors after that date. On April 10, Rice revived a divorce proceeding and on May tt received (Continued on Page 3) i In court for him this morning and Frost Is free on ball. One of the secret Indictment wag against 67-year-old Olaf Olson, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Olson al legedly made Improper advances to ward one ue more small girls at the federal housing project where he waa employed as a painter. He waa arrested yesterday afternoon and In court today was given until Mon day to employ an attorney. He said he could make SSOO0 ball. No arreats have been made In the other secret Indictments. Moat are reported to involve bad checks. The not true bills cleared Darcy McCool of a charge of larceny by bailee, and Veston Hoyt Casey. Beany Postmaster, of a charge of obtaining money by false pre tenses. McCooL former Klamath Falls col lection agency operator, was re leased from JaiL Casey wss out on bail. The grand Jury's report condemn ed tha women's portion of the city Jail and recommended that It be abandoned because ot Improper su pervision and because It la unsani tary and Inadequate. The Jury asked the city and county to get together on some plan of placing all women prisoners In the county Jail, which has adequate facilities for women. Both Sheriff Jack Franey and Po lice Chief Orvtlle Hamilton said the plan sounded good, but If the plan la followed It will have to be by agreement between the city end county governments.