Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 29, 1949, Page 2, Image 2

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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON
r-KiUAY. JULY 29, 1949
"Kidnap"
Car Found
In California
The 1M7 Chevrolet sedan, report
edly taken (mm Edgar David Irtas
of Klamath Falla nine days mo by
three mm whom he Hid kidnaped
and robbed him. haa been found
abandoned on a residential street in
Sacramento.
Sheriff ! deputies la Sacramento
reported today they had invest
fated FeUs' story that he was ab
ducted from Klamath Falls July 11
and the asserted kidnap is also beinc
probed by stats and federal officers
In Oregon.
The young man said men he
picked up st the Weed-Aahland
Junction as hitchhikers drew a tun
on him and took him into Cslifor- j
nia. stealing about I'S. a watch and
taking his car after leaving him in
a motel at Sacramento. I
The motel operator said four
names with Portland addresses were
printed on his register but thst he
saw only one of the men when they
checked In. After Feus reported the
experience to official in Sacramento
his parents here were contacted to
aend him money to come horns on
and he waa questioned about the
uuerted kidnap and robbery by stata
police here.
The V. 8. district attorney office
in Portland told the Associated
Press tt had not heard of the kid
naping and the Portland federal
bureau of investigation office re
ported "no comment"
Bute officers here hsvt been able
to substantial many of the details
of Pelss' story. I
Zodiacal Sign
Answer to Previous Puzzle-
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HORIZONTAL I America
I Depleted situ patriot
of the rodiae "Smallest
I Staff of Ufa State- (ab.)
II Long suffering- Rm
14 Become liable neposinon
19 High priest
(Bib.)
H Garret
IS Consumed
II Three-toed
sloths
lOrree
11 1'nexplodet)
shell
11 Red Cross
(so)
II Milligram
fib.)
14 Kind
17 Mentally
sound
xl Gold (symbol)
14 Area measure
11 It is used
astrology
13 Earth goddess
13 Bargain event
15 Bewildered
M Greek letter
19 While
40 Past
4! Centers
47 Donkey
eg Operate
4 Worship
50 Indian
51 Natural fat
53 Slender tower
ii Rock
M Makes
beloved
VERTICAL
1 Lances
1 Cotton cloth
Sim
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nurse fab )
10 Hsbitat plant U Greek god of
form
11 It is en
sign 1! Drsgnet
17 rxists
13 Wading bird
! Melody
27 Legend
war
33 Traps
J Month
II Church
festival
17 Property
Items
41 Atop
41 Mind
41 Hypothetical
force
44 Italian eity
45 Ireland
4 Remit
47 Fmanstlon
53 Hslf sn em
54 An (Scot.)
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City Lighting
Plans To Be
Speeded Up
If materials arrive on time and
plans U according to schedule, the
switch will probably be thrown to
light the downtown buaines dis
trict "by the end of the year." Cali
fornia Oregon Power Company
Manager Sam Ritchey announced
today.
However, the- start of the Job will
not get under way until the first
part of October when cvnduits.
cables and pole bases have arrived. 1
Rttchry added. I
The ordinance sulhonslng the j
lighting contract between the city :
and the California Oregon Power i
company was approved by the city '
council at last Monday a session.
Under the terms of the contract,
Copco will own and maintain the
Hunting system, witn a cost to me
cut 01 siuu a momn 10c m ) wi
The monthly nut to the city in
cludes rental, energy cost, main
tenance and upkeep.
Ritchey said the coat to Copco
for Installation, labor and material
Involved in the as light unit system
would run in the neighborhood of
65 000.
The area to be Illuminated is
Main from Second to Esplanade,
Klamath from Fourth to Twelfth,
Pine from Fourth to Eleventh. Es
planade from Main to Alameda and
intersecting side streets.
WHY .WE SAY
MMtlWs
-U y name applied to person t ngaged
yffS? ln olin( and unloading the cargoes
f-'aT xCs2 ' aara it ia, however, an abbr
sS"A viatr turm of "along Ihe shore titan."
Douks Still
Planning On
Eastern Move
KRESTOVA. B. C. July 3 CP
The Sons of Freedom, radical sect
ef the Doukhobors, gull are waiting
word from Russia and Turkey en
their plan to leave Canada and set
tle in one of the two countries,
their leader said today.
John L. Lebedoff. chairman of the
Spiritual Community of Christ,
commonly called the Sons of Free
dom. Issued a statement from the
Kootenaya headquarters here today
reiterating that his followers "are
leaving Canada
Two Jailed
Following
Auto Vreck
TVLELAKK July 2S Two Malm
men were Jailed at Tulelake follow
ing an automobile accident in which
they were Involved Wednesday night.
The men. Donald Wood and Jose
Diss, a Mexican, crashed their auto
mobile Into a car three and one
half miles south of Tulelake on
highway 13S at 11 p m. Wednesday,
according to police report.
Wood, who was driving, was cited
on four counts, driving under the
Influence of alcohol, driving In a
reckless manner, driving on the
wrong side of the road, leaving the
scene of an accident without render
Senate Okay
Held Sure On
Court Post
Bus Driver
Charged In
Wreck Death
The Sons of Freedom sect accused i lnc aid and refusing to give required
many times of Incendiarism in Brit- Information.
Ish Columbia, la yanously estimated rxas was arraigned before Judge
at between 3000 and 5000 strong. Thursday morning. Wood will
"We believe - Lebedoff said, -that , g0 to Alturas where he will appear
nly the slaves of corruption who 1 before Judre K r Dollttie. Uitl.
cannot be Sons of Freedom will re
main Is Canada."
Orthodox Doukohobora. whose
community la tOOO strong, hare re
jected Lebedoff e appeal to "Join la
the more to fulfill a prophecy of
moving to tile east."
mum sentence 00 the combined four
charges Is two years ln Jail and
11300 fine.
Wood indicates that he will pleai
not guilty, according to report.
Claude Robert Clark. U. of Al
turas. an employe of the Goose Lake
i . ... . Timber company, was driver of the
ClOUdy Wcek-Cnd car hit by Wood's vehicle. Clark
was returning to Alturas from Lake--Oming
"P view with his wife and small daugh
The weatherman offered a peasl- ter when the accident occurred,
mistic note ln the wsy of a forecast Neither he nor his family was hurt,
for the week-end predicting thst Wood received fsce injuries, dam
this week's pleasant weather will age to both arms and an ankle
become clouds and thunder showers Diss was considerably shaken up.
lor Saturday and Sunday. 1 After Wood s car. which had been j
temperature Thursday seen going down the wrong aide of
DAVENPORT. Wash.. July 3 1T
Oscar M. Henningrr. as, of Salt Lake
City was chanted with negligent
driving here yesterday In connec- I
tion with the collision of a chartered '
bus and a grain truck.
Mark Johnson. St. of Holden.
I'tah. a Millard county commission- ;
er. was severely Injured in the crash.
Amputation of both his legs below
the kneea was necessary.
A complaint signed by Sgt. Ray
Powell of the Washington aula Pa
lml hlro-l U-nn,n.. .
Speaker Rayburn. a fellow Texan, j ,noth 'h" 1 ""JL",ML"':
EsTie. - hu horn- "" "Pl"t alleged he
justice. attemnted to naaa ih r., .,, .
a nignway Intersection. The acci
dent occurred near Wilbur. Wash.
The patrol said Hrnnlnger was
the driver of a chartered Lewis
Brothers bus which waa returning a
load of Utah and Idaho residents to
their homes after a convention in
California.
At the Deaconess hospital tn' Spo
kane, attendants said Johnson's
condition wsa slightly Improved to
day. Henntnger potted a S50 bond.
A trial la scheduled for August 10.
Cherry Picker
Earns Big Wage
LA ORANWt. Ore. July .-A
cherry picker, who earnest STJSJ in
a single day a wort, claimed a pick
ing record today. j
Walt Bailey, who has w.vked In!
the cherry harvrt here fc ae.erel
summers, picked Mil pounds of the
fruit during a regular working day.
Growers here said they thought It i
waa a world record.
Bailey said he wasnt trying for
any record, though. He was Just
picking normally, along with the
regular crews. ,
Dr. Sinclair
President Of
Tule Chamber
War Surplus Goes
At Cost Fraction
WAHH1NOTON. July N A)
American war aurpluses left abroad
were sold at 10 eenta on the dollar
of their $10,000,000,000 coat of pro-
auction.
Secretary of Slate Arlieaon aald
so today In a final report to con
gress on the operations of the office
of the foreign liquidation commis
sioner. It went out of eslstenra as
a separate government agency on
June 30. Remaining fund loin have
been absorbed by Ilia state depart
ment. Apprnslmately 13.000.000.000 was
realised altogether from the surplus,
Arheaon aald. Included In thla was
the tlM.5fi0.O00 estimated value of
property contributed to the United
Nations relief and rehabilitation
administration. War equipment
wnicn coat sioo.ooo.ooo to produce
waa abandoned as uneconomic to
use or move.
TV1.EI.AKK. July 3-Dr. Richard
Sinclair is the new president of the
Tulelske chamber of commerce,
elected thu week by the lo-man
board of directors to succeed Ross
Raglsnd.
First vice president is Dr. Chsrlrs i the body In the river.
er. wtiun,
Rice Taken
To Oregon
Penitentiary
William Howard Rice, sentenced
to Ufa Imprisonment for the torso
murder of hu wife. Jennie, waa on
hia way to Salem today to enter the
Oregon atate penitentiary.
The 43-year-old cement contrac
tor U being taken to Salem by
Sheriff Jack Franey.
Rice pleaded guilty to an In
dictment charging aecond degree
murder. He had been In the county
Jail since May 31 the day aftrr
the headleaa and limbless toody of
Mrs. Rice was found in the Klam
ath river.
Rice has never revealed any
details of his wire s death although
admitting he killed her and threw
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meats withia a relatively short itme
after they are sent te it ef flcially.
Senator Kerr iD-Okla. called
them "fine appointments." "Both
of them are good men." agreed Sen
ator Sparkman iD-Ala 1. House
Oa the repablleaa aide. Leader'
W herry, eg Nebraska, aald be be-
beres eetb will be confirmed, giaa
liar I y, Sessatar Jenaer IR-Ind.) said
be S news eg aw eenatstial eejeetlea
to either. I
Public Works
Military Bill
" Shelf ed Today
Back
Up Strike
WASHINGTON. July
Chairman Vinson ID-Ga I
house armed services committee
sasviaa sa aDij.uuu.iiiaj mil ran niinne1 1 .
works bill hu been shelved un5 Le ."-V T'" "rata
next year I of ,ne ArL )"" council of drivers
Approved br the armed i "ave promised to support action of
committee, the authorisation meas-
Mximum
afternoon was S3, and the minimum
last night, M.
Goldenrod. bane ef hayiever vic
tims, can be made to yield a sweet
oil that Imparts a licorice flavor to
candy and chewing gum.
Michigan State coUeie'i font hart
team averaged 1 first downs and i
4J points per game during the ten j
tame lt season.
iWhen a truck
is not working
I it's a costly 1 1
k Luxury . . . Ij
rot nnmuma
BALSIGER
MOTOR CO.
Main at Esplanade Fta. I12I
ure earlier had been slated for house
action this session. Vinson said it
will not be called up.
The decision to bold the bill back
reportedly resulted from agreement
among house leaders not to oreu for
ran away m uie avs. ovactu n acuon now on any big-money me sa
il im at the scene fsiled. but police : urea that can be put off until next
received a phone call later that he year.
. u-n - mnral iMnv Hs & TV. ..Utl- . . ..
cab. Police followed the clue and I funds for housing for service' Ln ,or t "ne" nd irivm r not
picked him tip. I and their families: "S? to, P"
i The measure would ..,11 i- .v,. I ln" u "Ued-
expenditure but would not actually i ' " ' Mull'r "re consio
provide the money 7 I Uon against Meier
The authorisation Included- S-47- 1 'rln ""P"1'- t-'n""! Parcel senr.
i aai ... u. . V.-: 1 ice and Petroleum Motor Camera
for the nary, and siaT SaT. T- I unlM n "irreement on wagea. hours
Alaska Rail
Line Gets
Consideration
WASHINGTON, July 3 (N-The
senate foreign relations committee
today backed a move to build a
1300-mile railroad to Unk Alaska.
Canada and the United States.
The committee approved a reso
lution asking the president to open
negotiations with Canada for a
study of the project. Srnstor Mag
nuson i D-Wash. i. sponsor of the
resolution, said the rail lint would
help bolster Alaska defense.
A similar proposal passed the
senste last year but failed to get
house approval In the final legisla
tive crush.
The preaident would be authorized
to cooperate with the Canadian
government on aurvey and itudlea.
The railroad would run' from
Prince George to Brlth Columbia
to connect with the Alaskan Rail
road at Fairbanks.
The American rVlway system
would be tied with the Canadian- ;
Alaskan link by a connection at
Vancouver with the Canadian Pa- ;
cifie and the Pacific and Oreat
Eastern railroads.
A link between Quenel and Prince
second vice president is
I Phil Park and treasurer Is K. L.
I Corner. Mrs. Laura tiarr will con
! Unue as secretary.
New officers and new directors
will be installed tonight. Friday, at
i ihe annual chamber dinner in the
i American Legion hall.
I Ouest speaker will be Dr. John
O. Moaeley. president of the Uni
versity of Nevada. He will be Intro- j
duced by President Raglsnd. With 1
Mrs. Moseley. he will arrive today i
; by car and will be registered at the I
Sportsman a hotel.
i xne dinner, scheduled for g 45
will be prepared and served by tilt
guild of the Tulelake Community
Presbyterian church.
I Appearing on the progrsm will be
Mrs Robert lUeaii Stevens. Kiam-
i ath Falls, concert pianist, and her
pupil, Don Oroichero. who is study
ing for the concert stage.
Bus Strike Talks
Carried On Today
BrATTt.r. July 3S iTv-Wllliam
a. Iloaie. federal labor conciliator,
waa makins an attempt today to
renew negotiationa between striking
employes and the North Coast Grey
nouna Lines.
I Some M0 members of the Motor
, Coach Employee union tAFLi atruek
j June II The walkout halted bus
service south lo Portland, north to
Vancouver. B. C . and lo several
I points near Seattle.
noaie saia ne noped to break a
deadlock over the method of paving
J drivers. The union wanta to retain
ins nourly wage system and the
company seeks to establish a mile
age rata.
Legionnaires
Hear Report
On Confab
Tl'l.ri.AKR. July 30-Delegates
from Tulelake who attainted the
meeting nt the American Legion
and auxiliary, district No. , Sun
day, July 34, at Redding, heard
reports from the auilllary detri
ment president, Marian Nelson,
Fresno, on the progress that hat
been mads this year In the as
sistance given lo veterans.
In California alone, SI44 0HO haa
been apent on veteran rehablllta-
Hon. over lino 0(H) on child wel
fare, which aided 3:100 yotilnisleie.
a net of M3 000 went to Vetera ne
In the atata for making poppies,
and 3T.731 eaaaya were submitted
by students In the annual Ameri
canism eaay contest. Theae rep.
resented 113 schools.
It waa also announced that two
eye banks have been started In
the stale for the benefit of vet
erans and that 44 wills have been
made giving evea to the banks.
Ten girls were sent from dis
trict No. 1 In Glrla' State and
four of thla number were at Ihe
district meeting
Mrs. Sylvia Sehorn. Ml. Shasta.
was elected president for dlstrirt
No 3 for the coming year.
Hap" Thomas. Yreka. waa elect.
ed commandrr of Ihe district for
the l-rnton.
Attending from here were De
partment Chaplain Mrs Mae Ruild
and tiluey Mudd. Commander and
1 1 . U 1 Ul.Itl,... . . . - ,. i
- ,iu-. niiiii(e, miw. ficien
Cushman, new president of the
usiliarv, and Mr. and Mrs lee
Hoiineuberg, and Mrs. E. t. Ores,
ham.
Mrs. Helen Thomas la publicity
chairman for Ihe Tulelake unit
thla year.
Sheriff Elliott
Broadcast Set
PORTLAND. July 3 U1 Sheriff
M. L. Elliott, whose recall Is being
-.u. 1IC to radio
hia own defense toniatbt.
the highway, the report said, crashed I
into Clark's car, he Jumped out and
Richardson Park
Name Requested
PORTLAND. July 39 v-The In-
members of the Warehousemen's
union In Its wsge dispute with 110
Portlsnd firms.
The warehousemen meet tmirht ;
to decide whether to strike Monday, i Oeorge would tie In with the Cana
-..., - -somo alien aoout " ' , -
two thousand members and would
tie up virtually all trucking within
the city.
The warehousemen, affiliated with !
tne Art. teamsters, handle freight
Klamath Man
Flies To Gotham
David McMullan. ITIS Mrnlo Wsy,
left by plena Friday for New York,
railed there by the death of his
mother.
McMullan was horn In the aama
house In whirh his mother. Mis.
Hsrrlrt c. McMullan wss born In
Cox Sorkle. Oreene rnunty. New
York In which she haa lived all
lliese years The house has been
in the Mullan family since 120
The Luggage Shop on Main
street was oened by McMullan
when he came here a year ago.
He plans to return after funeral
servlrea which will be held Sunday
afternoon.
Don't miaa a good bet shoo Ihe
Wsiil Adi every dsyl It payal
man-Hinton-Richardson Pioneer as
sociation wants the recreational area
near the site of Fern Ridge dam
named Richardson park.
The request was msde to the Port
land district corps of engineers ln a
petition signed by M members of the
association.
The area Is located on a part of
the land claim of Benjamin Rich
ardson, a pioneer of IMS.
Fern Ridge dam, a major unit In
the Willamette valley flood control
project. Is located on the Long Tom
river 13 miles northwest of Eugene.
army.
and working conditions la reached
try Monday.
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Thot Popular Piano Artist,
WILBUR STILES
Teamed with
CLIFF NELSON
Popular Vocalist and Drummer
DANCING NIGHTLY EXCEPT
WEDNESDAY and as
always that
GOOD FOOD!
Opart 6 p. m. to 2:30
fhona 4S54
Shirk Rites To Be
Held In Alturas
Funeral services for the late Mm.
J. L. ' (Catherine Shirk. hn.
Klamath resident, will be held Mon
day. August I. at 10 am. at the
Catholic church of Alturas. Calif.
Mrs. Shirk. In her late 0s. died
' ffi.uay morning, sne waa a
former resident of Klamath Fails
and other points In the country
before moving to Alturas. She Is
survived by one son, David Shirk
three sisters and one brother.
Plane Crashes
In Canada Wilds
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, July 3
'CPl A Queen Charlntt ai-it
two-motor plane, bound from Prince 1 ,0it,ler had apparently found In the
.X , - ueen Charlottes
with a pilot and three .......
$2000 Kept Safe
In Babv's Crib
NEWPORT. July 39 iti Sales
man Bill Rohra of North Bend was
a whole lot happier today.
Visiting friends here earlier In
the week, he and his host, Joe Oag-
llardi, went to a carnival. They
came back to realize Rohra' wallet.
containing 13000 cash, had ran-lined.
They rounded up police and
stalked through the carnival hunt
ing a pickpocket. No luck. Rohrs
went drearily home to North Bend.
But a night later Mrs. Oagliardl
was making up the crib of her 31-
mouth-old daughter. There in the
bedding waa the wallet, which the I
! house and taken to bed with her.
erasned today at Blgby, on Blgby
Island In Prince Rupert harbor. The
four aboard annarentlv
; Jured as the pilot of another plane
reported seeing them walking
around the wreckage.
r.I1'' An"rtc,n blk bear once
ranged from the Atlantic to the
. -v... . ,rom northern Alaska
to central Mexico. .
EaddjnjoymentI I
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Storage Sought
For Grain Piles
ASTORIA. July 3S (P) The North
Pacific Oram Orowers, which hopes
to build a big grain storage and
shipping business here, said today
that 370.000 bushels of wheat are
en route here.
The wheat will be stored until
time to export It for the commodity I
credit corporation. The company la
trying to find sddltlonal storags
room here.
rags, Saewos t.SWcWa..s S I
Police Crack Down
On Non-Stop Drivers
The police department announced
today it will crack down on motor
ists who fall to stop for pedestrians
in crosswalks.
The announcement came after
widespread complaints from pedes
trians throughout the city. The
practice seemed to be more prevalent
at East Main crosswalks, It waa
slated.
About 30 pounds of stainless steel
Is used for trim, scuff plates, grilles
and other parte of the average mod
ern automobile, experts say.
The avrrags litter of ths striped
saung is fivs to six young.
Jj-DOORS OPEN JfV X MsJ'llTilll
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