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Newspaper Page TextT tx ; I a- ' ' " Vr j v. r y 'V ' s. . , t . W I- ' .... MISS OREGON Beverly Faith Krueger, 18, will represent Oregon in the notionol Misi Amenco contest ot Atlontic City this foil. Entered as Miss The Dolles, she won out over 14 vrther beouties In the itote contest at Seaside. Beverly it a 5-fooM-inch 115-pound, green-eyed brownette. Day's lews .jlfL 1 -- ' ' By (RANK JKNKI.N'ft RACK In New York, they're r shadow-boxing again with th numbvi racket. In lit number gam, you pick number end bet your money. It you till It on tht Boss you get pid. The poini U that the odda imiKl you era tuuO to I. Yl. l these odds, in mi rush In by lh thousands to spend their money. IP you tie In a ound. legitimate I business, giving A full dollar's worth ol value lir every dollar you uki In. your bif problem u to OCT CUHTOMFJtS. It Ukn year ot hirt, fair dealing to win people confidence. Hut it you hav gambling racket ot mm eott. where the odd aiaiiut the customer art a thou sand to one to begin with and when even thea odds will be Juggled sooner or later by crook, even I he vast polic forces of a at city like New York can't keep the saps away . from your door. They twin lor the privilege ol letting you lake their money gway from thera. Arrn t people funnst i a DKKSON Al LY.' ! m emased. and have been lor yeate. at the popular appeal ol the rerkleaa pub lie apendliui that In the ahort apace of a lull more than a decade and a hall hai reduced our nation Irom sound business enterprise to a political eatabllahmenl whoa debt are ao fantastic aa to cans people ol all kinda to wonder where) Uie money la ever coming tram la pay Ihem with. The average, hard-working. careful-spending cluaen ol Uie United Statea geta comparatively little di rect benefit from much of this expenditure. .Take the public hou Ing bill that haa just been paaaed by emigre and algnrd by the President aa an example. IS pro poaea lal the atari, at Iraati to build aomewhat lew than a million homing unlta. There are 40-odd million family unlta In Uie United BLatra. That la to aay, on lh lac ol It, Uie odda art 40 to one that YOU won't get on ol thea houaei to be built by the government. Yet Una hounlng bill wae ao , POLITICALLY IMPORTANT that It alld 111 rou-h a congreat that al leaat pretends to be economy mind ed with almo-t no oppoallion worth apeaking about. Tile general tin preuinn waa tlial no member ol con-r cm who roted agalnat It could even HOPE to be re -elected. i . II la plainly obvloua that congreaa la getting acared at the tlte ot our mounting national debt. Thla lear bnba up In a variety of waya. Yet, when It cornea to the voting pinchea, the big apendlng bllla go , through with aurprialngly little op- epitaltkin. Why? Well, at every national election (Continued on Pag Two) Dave Liskey, Prominent In County's Agricultural Rise, Found Dead At Home Here Dave Llakry, 50. for over quarter ef a century prominent In Klamath rattle and land development opera tions, waa found dead about I o'clock till morning In the garage of hie home at If Ml Auburn atreet. Deputy Coroner Clarence Ward, who aa called to the residence, aald that Mr. Liskey had taken hla own life. There was a bullet wound In hla forehead and a 36-30 Remington rifle lay nearby. A looped rope waa around the nerk. Mr. Llnkey had been In 111 health recently, and frlrnda and member of the family attributed hia death to hla brooding over thla condition. He had planned In go to Portland soon for an examination, and the fear of Invalidism preyed upon hla mind. He left no note. A colorful figure Identified with the Klamath country a remarkable agriculture rise In the laat 36 year, Mr. Llakry waa born In thla county and teamed wllh hla brother, Dan, In building a fn bilious farm and cattle empire. Only a few weeka ago dissolution of tlirlr long-time busmen association waa gnnounoed. Republicans As ( Date Of Session End WANHINttTON, ialy t Heua repkblleena demanded today an wad t lh wneeetalnly am the dale fee adjournment af congreaa. And H Uilnga aren't cleared la harry, Ibry hinted, they may fight aay mar t keep the eenale aad haeaa la araaloa atlee July II. That I lh adjournment deadline flted hy the 144 twagreaaleaal n rganteaUM art. Republican Leader Martin of htaaaachuaetta told reportera he would demand a ahowdown tomor row by publicly aaking the demo or a tic leader ah lp what It tntenda to do. I Specifically. Martin aald. he will aak Speaker Raybum If It la the Intention of the democrat to fal low th July II deadline art In the reorganinunn act. II they don't Intend to follow It. Martin will want to know why. and how much longer to eeaalun will lajt. hi rpcla , fliruii aaiwej wan aaae atay- lh howa leader have heea de bating whether the reorianlaatln art' prvtala I Mndlng thla year beeaaae technically the aalloa stilt at at war. Th reorganlratlon act aaya coo greaa ahall ad)oum not later than July II of each year except In lime of war or national emergency, or unleaa aongrea exienda the acaalon by affirmative action Roth Martin and Rrp. Monroney tD-Okla ), co-author of the re ontanwatlon law. aald there may be doubt ol the validity ot any act paaaed after July 31 unleaa a reso lution continuing th acaalon la paaaed. Thee la n Me taking a chance, Martin aald. Shooting Mayor Fights Off Klan DON ALSO NVILLE. Oa . July M (i The mayor of a South Oeorgta rountrv town aald today he beat off with gunfire a mob of Ku Klux Klanamen who tried to kidnap him. Mayor C. L. Drake of nearby Iron City, aald "aeven or eight automobile loaded with uniformed and maaked klanamen" approached Ilia house about 1 a. m. Sunday, July 17. "I opened fir on them and they arattered In a hurry," he aald. "When they ahot back they were too far away to do any harm." Iron City la a town of about 400 peraotu In extreme Routhweat Georgia. It la about IS mllea from the Alabama line and about 36 mile from Florida. Mr. Liskey ' long list of construc tive activities Included extenalv land ownership In various part of the county and In Northern Cali fornia, large cattle operation, part nership In the Tulana Farma pro ject which haa extenalvely developed large farm area, and many other agricultural enterprises. Mr. Liskey waa a heavy contributor to the park and awlmmlng pool at Maltn, one of Oregon' outstanding small -community recreation project,- With hla brother, Dan, Mr. Llakey pioneered Improved land use In Poe valley, helping to make that one of the richest farm arras of the basin. Mr. Llakey waa born In Swan Lake valley, and spent hi life In Klamath county. He I survived by hi wife, Maude; two daughters, Maxlne and Tottale; four brother, Charlea of Hornbrook, August of Buaanville, John of Merrill and Dan of Poe valley; one later, Mr. Mary Thomp aon, San Francisco. Th remain are at Whltlock' and the funeral service will be held Friday afternoon, with other detail to be announced later , PRICE FIVE TENTH ap?S? Ty phoom Haste Sfiiaoiiiliciii : ' : : ' ir" . nn.i. jt I - . , .. . .. ... j in Crackers Of ilAiiitarv Aid For Europe Seek WAMIIINIiTO.N. Jlr M ' Re publican hacker af military aid for wealern riurop moved today to cut hy mere than half Frealdent Tru man t ll.tM.eoe.aee tarrtga arts program. Oreeied lth a storm of criticism, the president proposal aermed to have headed the bipartisan foreign pulley toward one of It severest testa In congress. Henatora Vandrnberg IR-Mlch.1 and Uullra (R-N.V.I, wb have taken artlv aaru la trying la keep that poller alive, wet oayrtotaajr trhed that th aUte departaaeal had Ignored their advice la aubmit aaly a tokea arm prof ram t a eangrrea already fretting about foreign apendlng. They felt tnenueive open u attack Irom OOP colleagues on th ! ground that lh administration teemed to be making cooperation one-way atreet. Nevertheless, the two were re ported working with Rep. Vary i R Ohio! a aa altrraatlva plaa. lader It eengreaa might h aaked Hutchinson Named To Farm Post WASHINGTON. July 2 M President Truman today nominate-.! Knox T Hutchinson to be assistant secretary ol agriculture. Hutchlnwn la a Murfreaaboro. Tenn. farmer. - Hutchinson waa appointed to a poet vacant alnr secretary of ag riculture moved up to head the department. Hutchinson operate a 6M acre farm. The agriculture department aald he haa been acllv In rural electric cooperative and other ag ricultural activities. Befor engaging In farming he taught agriculture In lh Teacher' college al Murfreesboro. Hutchlnaoa wa born on a farm near Fayetuvllle. Tenn.. on October 6, U4. He served In the navy dur ing World War I. The, department aald the new assistant will hav general auper vision of marketing pollcle and programs of lh department. No Witness, So Smith Trial Slowed PORTLAND. July it An 11-year-old Modoc Indian scheduled to go to trial In federal court today, wa returned to Jail her when the prosecution received a postpone ment until August 33. The defendant 1 Raymond (Sklppyi Smith of Beatty. He pleaded Innocent to an Indictment ot aecond degre murder bn ar raignment yesterday, and the trial waa supposed to start today. Smith la accused of murder In the slaying of Elmo Lobert. 33 a Klamath Indian, on June 3 at Pine Ridge on the reservation. Lobert wa subbed In the throat. The prosecution ha been trying to locate Lavlna Oeorge, an In dian girl who reportedly witnessed the slabbing, but haa been unable to find her. Additional time wa asked to continue the search. Smith la represented by J. C. O'Neill, Klamath Falls attorney. Pilot Terrorizes . Stockton Area, Crashes To Death STOCKTON, Calif.. July 38 () Riding the wing of death over hi wife grave, a young filer crashed hi plane near her tomb, and died. He waa Russell Oilman Hlgby, 33, son and partner of a wealthy prod uce merchant. He had been Increa Ingly despondent since his wife died In childbirth four months ago. Yesterday he took hla father'! small plane Into the sky. For an hour Stockton was ter rorised. The hlp rocketed over th city, sometimes skimming 10 feet above the pavement, then flitting In and out between tall buildings. "For a while, we wondered If we ought to hoot him down," said Sheriff Carlo Souaa. Hundred ot telephone call reached the sheriff and police. Then Hlgby raced his plane to the cemetery, on the north outsklrt of Stockton. He climbed for altitude and wooped earthward In a powtrdtv. J KLAMATH FALLS to approve a STt.eoe.tM oullar. to i shipping surplus supplies along with forward HH.MIN in surplus mill- I about l,aoe.0.o for new raalp lary eajulpment to North Atlantic menl for eight Atlanllc pact aignera. part algner and make about glee.- I Thla alternate proposal. Juat tak eee.ee mare avaUaMe to bay new lug shape, represented the first move eejalpmcnt fee Ihem at heme and i toward compromising a program abroad. I that stirred a storm of criticism Tlila would be In addition to about ' from both democrat and republl 1326100.000 to continue arms aid i can. The crttlcL-.m wa heavier In for Oreece and Turkey, the amount volume than the approval Mr. Tru ll te prescient asked. Tbua the total outlay andrr the alternative plaa would be lea than hall of the total aoaght by Mr. Trumaa. He also aaked Ihe 77. gee.eoe far repairing, packaging and French Press ; Says Russians Have A-Bomb PARIS. July 3 ' A Pan week ly newspaper claim In us current edition that Russia haa exploded an atom bomb. The atorv appeared In Samedl Soir, weekly noted lor sensation alism. According to the newspaper. Unit ed State recording device showed an atomic exploaion In Siberia July I 10. This, aald Samedl Sotr. is the ! reason President Truman called a 1 top-secret conference of military, j scientific and congressional traders. The United State.- aald the weekly, "which had managed until now to keep monopoly ot the atom bomb and of the cnalrrtal necessary I blasted the president a proposal aa lor Us production la In a tnghtful one that would have congreaa "suh aaaar aioeo the anotrtect It knew the , atantia.Ty adjlcate all fdnctlotB re USSR had pierced the secret of the j laung to foreign policy." bomb." 1 Bamedl Sotr said the United ! State established a listening post ' In the arctic after being alerted by I British Intelligence who had re- j reived re porta from Russian relu gees that the Sovleta were on the point of unlocking the secret of the atom bomb. "Abduction" Count Cut To Car Theft RED BLUFF. Calif.. July 3 iPI Federal charges of transporting a stolen car across a tte line are to I be filed against two carnival work ' era arrested here after bringing two young girl from Bend, Ore. Sheriff James N. Froome said the' FBI would file the charges In Sac ramento against J. B. Rich. 20, and Norman Belts. 31. They both were charged earlier In Salem. Ore., with armed robbery and automobile theft. The girls, aged 14 and 18, were to be released to their parent today. There seemed little likelihood that charges of abduction would be made against the two young men, Froome said. The girls left the two men while they slept in a car. The girls located a farm house and the owner noti fied the sheriff after the girls told ot being forced to accompany the men. Driver Faces Probe In Mystery Death PORTLAND. July 3 PiA truck driver wa held here today for ques tioning In the death of a woman whose battered body was found tn a California canal. Butte County. Calif.. Sheriff H. W. Forward said Earl B. 8torma, 38, Portland, was being detained until Investigation ot Oregon angle of the slaying wa completed. The mutilated body of twice wed ded Mr. Lena Owen Hick, 19, waa found In an irrigation cannl near her Orovlllc, Calif., home June 34. The sheriff aald Storm and the woman were In Portland June 19. He aald a letter by Mrs. Hick to her mother, Mrs. I. C. Hrlman, Brlllngham, Wash., had mentioned storms and referred to him as "good man." Storms was arrested last night by Portland Detective Bard Purcell and Mike O'Leary and questioned for several hour by 8herl(f For ward, a Bulla county deputy and a California justice department Investigator. OREGON, m Cost Slash man' plan got from adminUtratlon supporters when he formally sub mitted It yesterday. A aa example, henaior George (D-Oa.) wb ha lone along aa aaoat of Mr. Truman s forrga policy move, charged that aa effort I being made "to stampede eaagrea Into quick action." The move that have been made gave an Impression of an urgency that Is not there." the Georgia aen ator declared. There la no need for urgency and It would be moat unfortunate If action I taken on the arm program before the de fense council l act un under the Atlantic pact." In submitting the prnpaaal. Pres ident Truman told cam l esa he waa I ( covering only "the anaot priag : need tor military aid." But Kenator Unite tald a re porter th ana arograaa haa heea I ready, la a boat th farm la which It waa submitted, for six awath r ' Hr uia th1 grar aVmonstrated . mim al u.i. lhtt the program waa not to pressing It cealda't wait mil F.arope aerd are chariest by the North Allan tie detenae eosancll. This hodv ts to be art ap andrr the part ratified hv the ornate laat wek Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman of hi parti policy commute. Ellingson Planing Mill Work Pushed Work on a planing mill being erected by the Ellingson Lumber company on an acreage near the Klamath Memorial cemetery is about 0 per cent complete and a concrete foundation tor the planing machine Is to be poured tomorrow. The company recently purchased seven acres of ground from the city for the mill. The eight-knife planing machine being Installed wa brought over from Ashland and when put Into operation will mark an advancement tor the lumber Industry In this area. The company plana to bring lum ber from It mill west of Keno on ihe Klamath river down to the planer tor finishing, then load It onto freight cars at the Great Northern tracks directly from the planer. Robert Ellingson. head ot the lum ber company, said he did not know when the planing mill would be put Into operation. No electric power has been brought to the site yet and Ihe carpentry work on the platform I being done with the aid of a portable generator. Work on the planer ilarted about three week ago. Merrill Road Curve Changed Huge piles of earth, deep excava tions and giant machinery mark the progress of the highwsy con struction crew contracted to straighten a curve In the Merrill highway near the Wong ranch, as well as other Improvements. The IM3.443 Job. contracted by Jim Conley. Includes 7.8 miles of paving south Irom the Henry Semon ranch. B. P. Whit more la engineer for the job and L. V. Bllckenstaff is trnnsltman for the survey party. The overall job also Include widen ing the highway In front ot Maltn park. Rent Control Off In Spokane Area WASHINGTON, July 38 (jP Rent control wa removed today Irom all of Spokane and 8pokane county. Wash., by Housing Expe diter Tighe E. Woods. Woods aald the local rent ad visory board submitted evidence that the supply of rental housing In Spokane had caught up with demand. The board recommended a 35 per cent Increase In the gen eral rent level If the area waa not decontrolled. The housing expediter aald he concluded on Uie basis of Infor mation supplied by the local board and hi own office that rent con trol could be lifted, effective today. JL'LY U. l4t ; f i i i i CHESTER BAMAKER Hamaker To Take Chest Chairmanship Chester Hamaker, Klamath out standing young man In cine work in 1946. today accepted a major 1949 responsibility the chairmanship of the Community Chest campaign. Hamaker accepted the appoint ment after a meeting with the heads of participating organization al which he waa assured full co operation of these group In staging the 1949 money-raising effort, slated lor this fall. The total goal tor the camrjaurn la ka,4tt- and benefltlna taeuM mchvQ th Salvation Arky, Camp Fir Quia, Olrl Scout. Boy Scouts, YafCA. Klamath Falls. I Merrul and Chlloouin Teen-Age 1 clubs, and the State Chest, j While th allocations to various group are not aa high a requested. it ws brought out that there will be a proportionate -division of aay overage this year, ao that If the campaign goes beyond the goal, the (roup will receive more money. Organisation representatives said they had pared their requirement to the essential In making their request, but recognised the board problem and would give every pos ble aid In reaching and exceeding the goal. Hamaker explained that each of the groups would be given a specific campaign responsibility. The campaign will be staged In November. Flexible Farm Price Plan Eyed WASHINGTON, July 37 li stor Anderson tD-N. M ) said today he will propose a "compromise flexi ble price support" program tomor row. It will be offered at a closed-door session ot the. senate agriculture committee, Anderson, former secre tary of agriculture, aald. Tht same group held a ttormy session today with Secretary ot Agriculture Brannan. Chairman El mer Thomas (D-Okla.) aald Bran nan shied away from all proposed compromises for his own plan. ""SSaa aW-' ' Si 'i i"' wTT I'jr-Tj1- JOZr y ' 'aassa -'' " -" PLANER GOING IN An eight-knife planer (rear) is being installed ot a planing mill being built now by the Ellingson Lumber company on property purchased from the city of Klamatli Falls nd located on the Great Northern tracks near Memorial cemetery. WIATHIR Us Vslla UIIII File Mmr wsar. wish t4ar la. l--w Ualvfct M l 4. ISIgh eifaNiir aa. Mai. Ilalr Ml Tf Ml 4T riMlyitaUM laal 14 aar Taiephan 1111 No. tal 29 Killed, Thousands Homeless SHANGHAI Jaly U OfV-hang-asi's wrt at arm la years killed 29 I persons. Injured 23 and left ap- ward af 2M.9M homeless, reseaere slothing 1 aroag b flooded street learned today. rsarteea died when a house col lapsed. I loot their lives la a aeries f fires aad five others were etectraeated hv power line Mown down la th ZS-beee- sterna. Property damage appeared heavy But the wont may have occurred In neighboring farm areas. -Badly needed truck crops were either totally destroyed or badly damaged. The lower Yangu nee crop, due to be harvested in 40 days, wa de stroyed partially. The typhoon ended last midnight. Earlier it had seriously damaged military installation on Okinawa island. Weather observers aald It was Shanghai's worst storm since July 36. 1916. Two hundred were killed In that one and 3( ships were wreck ed on the Whang-poo and the Yangtze. Mar thaa half of th small harts la th lower reaudesUai district of tbia city ef MM., wore destroyed laat Bight. Asstricaas Hart ITh typhssa left two dead on Okinawa, It Asserteaaa In Jarred aad daatage to V. S. taalaOatioaa aa- sfflctally estimated S2 aM.te. Ant fare tostallatiatt were heavily daaaaged hy winds a to IS mile aa hoar hat headaaarters la Tokyo rr parted Ohnaawa h; The army In Tokyo ordered I Wn- ajsd hlp to- aland by to csjTr relief supplies to the U. S. ha 300 mile south of Japan. Some facilities were wiped out others suffered 50 per cent destruc tion. New buildings, (specially de signed to resist typhoon winds. came out of It with slight damage, the army said. tone of the two killed wa the seven-year-old daughter of an air force officer, who two other daughter were critically hurt. A Filipino construction worker later died of Injuries. iMemwhile. Japan was aliened for a new 75 mile an hour typhoon which missed Okinawa and passed over or near Iwo Jima and was due 450 mllea south ot Kobe by 4 a. m , tomorrow p. m, EST, today) J Wife Allergic To Her Husband LOS ANGELES. July 38 UPt Here a new allergy husband. "Every time I was near him I would break out In a rash from head to toe." Mrs. Joyce Hold ridge. 37. told the court yesterday. In seeking a divorce. "Physicians and psychiatrists finally told me I would have to leave him." Mrs. Holdrldge added the rash doesn't bother her now. as she live here and her husband. Nolan H. Holdrldge, 38, in San Francisco, But Superior Judge Ray Brock man denied a divorce, ruling that an allergy doesn't constitute ground for divorce. Lindbergh Case Figure Picked Up NEW YORK. July M M- One mt six men hooked her today In a three-state roundup of an alleged S.V9.0Og.0oe-a-year numbers racket ring wa Identified by police aa one prominent In th Lindbergh kidnaping ease. Irving Buz. 4e-year-old cirrula. tlon Inspector for th New York Journal American, wa described in the police line-up by Acting Captain Harry Hanley as "th celebrated Bit who was mixed up In the Lindbergh kidnaping." Cel. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh named Bits and MalvaMr Spitale aa "gs between" In neg. listing the return of their kidnaped baby oa March S, 1932. The tws withdrew from Ihe Lindbergh baby bant the following April 26. The six. booked after all-night questioning by District Attorney Frank S. Hog an and aides, denied In the lineup that they participat ed tn the alleged racket. Nine persons were arrested yes terday In New Jersey and Cincin nati, and two were seized her pre viously. Today s hatch af prisoners ia elndmg two newspaper cirenlatloa employes were charged with con spiracy and contriving a lottery. Totals Changed Th cheating was don hy ma- aipalating the reports aa the daily totals of th Cincinnati, O. Clear lag Hons association. Dennlsoa liable, secretary of th aaaoriation, waa reported to hav admitted h had Juggled th fig area for a year and a half so that the players' normal IOM-la-1 ehaaca af winning would h re- Th Cincinnati bank clearing figure were a factor tn determin ing the winning numbers on which sucker In many states bet their pennies, dime and dollar. On of th fariaoaers, Anthony Strolls, alia Tsay Reader, waa de scribed hy New York rasntyaDts trtrt Attorney Frank 8. Hogaa as "eat of the top aaderwarld figure is the East." Strollo was arrested yesterday In Cllffside Park. N. J . as the three state crackdown hit. Duble. who waa arrested In Cincinnati, will b brought to New York to face charges. Seven persons were arrested In Newark. N. J . after New York and New Jersey officers raided the al leged headquarters of the racket in a, fashionable home. "' glM.tM Bail Threw as th Newark prisoner wees held la kail of JlOO.ae eoch. Ob of thea l the occupant af th raided house. Daniel Zwillmaa, a esasia af Abner ("Lonry"! Zwill aaaa. a prominent arohlbilioa era figsr hi the Newark area. Two men were arrested July 13 In an "initial raid in Staten Is land, the district attorney said. A numbers player selects a se quence of any three digits uch aa 237 or 898 and puts his bet on that for the day. With the odds 1000-to-I, the payoff was only 840-to-l. Demos Go Along On ECA Fund Cut WASHINGTON. July 38 iVPI Sen ator Lucas tD-IU.) said today the democratic policy committee ha decided to "go along" on a 41.- 820.000 cut tn European recovery funds voted by the appropriation committee. Lucas, the majority leader, an nounced the decision after a meet ing of the policy unit. The economic cooperation admin istration asked for (4.198.300.000 to finance the recovery program for the year which began July 1. Th senate committee approved 83,778.- 380.000. The bill now is being debated by the senate. In the debate Senator Ellender (D-La.) accused Britain of holding up recovery in Western Europe by refusing to go along on a currency exchange deal to spur trade.