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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
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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
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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.
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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 - :
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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
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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."
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'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.
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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
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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.