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Newspaper Page TextIPS 1 mmVi I? uj n Tlit Day's Jews ..I . ' ' - By PRANK JKNK1NM JECRETAIIY of Uie Navy Francis p. Matthewa. speaking t Demo eretlo party plrnle at Portland yee terday, mail Una statement to his hearers: "Argument aialmt CVA (Colum bia Vallry AdmlnlstraUnnl are Uia old. Ured argumenta ol big bual neaeee who mask Uielr opposition to proirna with chargea of regi mentation and controlled socialism." no YOU auppos ha aould ba u rlghtT If ha la, wc ara headed for k. eleium In Una country. (NOT nat year. Not. probably. In tha next ejrneratloit. These great swing In unian history uiually move alowly.l Hut II Uia people ot Oregon ara already looking tolerantly at a dup. lirata ol tha Tennessee Valley Au thority, which would turn tha whole futura development ol tha veat drainage baaln ol tha Columbia vlver over to Uia lederal govern r.'nent In Waslilnguin, with our local (nvemnienUl budlea having lmla in deed to aay about II. Uian wt ara headed lor aomethlnc that la radi cally dillerant from what wa have and have had In tha past. nKflHONAIXY. I think our food Mmiirv nf tha navv la mis- Uken. It U significant to ma that ha made hla statement at a Demo cratic party plrnle. Tl Democratic parly la auking Ita hope of staying In power on Uia Idea ol Uia welfare alaur. Tha welfara aula. II II la to work at all. must ba tha who! ahow. The people nuit ba brought to the point wher they will LOOK TO THE BTATK lor ivutlliunu. 11 wa ara to look to the atau lor averyUilng. tha atata murt CON TKOL avenrthlni. Under eoelalum, tha alata doea control everything. 80 socialism. In ana form or another. Ilea at tha and of tha Waahlngton-run-everylhlng road. e e e MOST of the people t talk to aren't "yearning for a CVA. For thai mailer, muat or tha peopi 1 la.a to ara aa much worried by tha prrarnt financial pollciaa of our gov ernment a I am. Tlieir common IfllM r 1 m u ir 111 kiii.. 1. wa iu v.. Indefinitely spending mora than you take in you'll go broke in the course of lima. They reallia that thla as pllea to government aa well aa to Individ ua la. I think I ought to add here that I don I talk exclusively to big shots. I tind that I can I Irarn much that . way. If you are going to find out A hat la going 00 In thla world, you Save to talk to all klnda of people. Thla CVA btuineae la big-uma tuff. Pew of ua underaiand It. and moat of ua want to know all about It before making up our mlnda. But I personally find litUe enthusiasm lor It ouialdo tha ranka of tha pro I eaalonal politician. ho want to ua It aa a device to keep Ihemeelvee In power. e a PHE general run of people I talk to ara not at all pouonoua in their attitude toward the "tired . . . big businesses ol which our navy secretary apeaka ao contemptuously. Judging by tha talk I hear, moat ol tha people In moat ol tha towna of Oregon would ba Immensely pleased II mm big outfit would coma In right now and atart ama big new business Ventura that would create lot ol new )oba that would awell tha population of their town and make It bigger and mora Important than nelghbring towns, fO PAR aa I am able to learn. Uia people of Oregon ara going to ba quite well aatltfied If private bul neu gone on bringing new develop ment to tha (tat, aa has been tha raaa In recent yean, and will turn to CVA'a and almllar experiment In near-socialism ONLY If private but! neu falla down completely on Ita Job. ' I think Navy Secretary Metthewa who la of tha high command of Uia Democratic party, which wanu to atay In power and hopra that talk of echemea Ilka CVA will help to keep It In power, la doing aome wishful thinking about what the people of Oregon want. Chiloquin Phone Lines Goes In . CHILOQUIN, Aug. 15 The Weal Coant Telephone company began operating a new toll Una from Port Klamath and Chiloquin to Klamath Falls but week. Tha line, which unea only copper wire, modernises Uia aervlca already given In the area and open additional facilities between the Junctions of Uia old and new US 87 highway and III the Williamson river area. Surveys for the re-routed line be gan In lata April with construction commencing upon the completion of the planning. Crews finished the In stallation aome 10 daya ago, and late . Tuesday tha aervlca waa officially opened. Tha Una provides for car rier transmission aa well aa voice operation!. 4 Pulled From After Motorboat Capsizes Pour Snulliend men were pulled frnm Upper Klamath lake after about Iwo hours In lha water Sat urday afternoon. Out side of exposure from the long atay In the water, they were lint Injured. The men were Ernest O. Paulk, 34. Charles Edward Hray, 3ft, and Kay R. Bray, 37, all of Merrill, and ' Ted Henderson, 38. of Canby, Caltf. Witnesses aald tha men were out aat the asvyU aad af taa lake la I 11 awe' W' i i k r MiJJ (MHO 'a'WDMH uiioj AJivJitiif Noonio jon PNIt'K FIVE CENTS 1. A...i,".(N,f; 1 1 ' m . - - m -J--avV -wv"- j. - - . THREE DIE IN AUTOTRUCK CRASH Sonoma County Coroner Vernon Silverihield inspects the crushed outo in which three died when it collided with a heavy tanker truck near Santa Rosa, Calif., August 13. Highway Patrolman Larry Walker said the Occident occured when the auto attempted to past another truck near the crest of a hill and met the tanker truck head-on. Walker identified the dead, oil of California, as Jomes Cummings, 23, Olmdo, star route; Jock Turner, 24, Lakeport, and Charles H. Lindley, Modesto. The truck driver, Leland Mclntire of San Jose, escoped with minor injuries. Fuel Gone, US Plunges Into Irish Coast, CALW'AY. Ireland. Aag. IS l!P Ita faet aahaasted. an American fewr.enilned air liner bellied Inte the Atlantic erf weatera Ireland In darkneae early taday. Nina af lu SS aeeapaata wee killed aad the rest were saved la a draaaatla aea air rearaa, Aasaag these aaved waa Rath Nirboia, 4a, Bated Aeaerlraa avta wi. Tba a4g akvmaaler, kaaad fraaa Raaae la New Yarh with 41 Italian aaalgraala ta Veaeaaela aad II Americana aboard, arerehet Mhaa aaa airport. Aaather Aaaeiiraa alrilaer tried to earart It back ta Rhanaaa. bat tha ikrmaater'a gaa. aline gave oat aad It plopped Into tba calm aea IS as ilea aff tha Irtta caaeL Rrltlak aad Aaaertcaa transport plaaea gaidrd aarfaro veaoeia la the reaeae aperaUana. Nina af tha Americana aboard waew erew awemaera aad two were Cop's Prank Leads Up To Fatal Shot CLARKSBURO. W. Va . Aug 13 iTv-A CUrksburc policeman shot and killed another early today and Chief I. O. Amsler said It waa Uia result of a prank. Patrolman Cheater Shark waa shot through tha heart. Patrolman Robert Lee Fawlev. 15, la held In Jail on an open charge. Chief Amsler aald this la what happened: Shack and Pawley patrolled ad Joining beau, meeting at uia street corner at Intervale. Aa Pawley rounded tha corner this morning. Shack tossed a black jack at him, thinking to scare him Pawley whipped out hla J aervlca revolver and fired. Shack ataggerrd Into Pawley't arms. Pawley called headquarters for an emergency car. which rushed Shark to a hnspltaL Ha died on tha oper ating table. The Harrison county coroner aald there will be an Inquest. SOS Signals Seen Near Long Lake Mysterious SOS signals from the hills west of Klamath Falls late Saturday night had members ot the state police force searching the area for distressed persons, but none were located. The signals, apparently made by flashlight, were sighted by reaidenu living along highway M near tha Log Cabin, a few miles me.it of town. Tha flashes were reported to be Issuing from the hills north of the highway, In the Long lake re gion. Upper Lake rented motorboat. and lha boat apparently capslreri about 2:1ft p. m. It waa after 4 p. ni. before the shouts of the men attracted the attention of persons on shore and W. N. Cat-others rowed out to rescue them. The men were clinging to the partly-submerged cralt and were taken aboard Carnthera' boat and brought to shore. They were given first aid by atata police and warm ad by the heater nf their ear until able ta go home, 1 -u V ""wa- .... 1 Air Liner Sea Off The 9 Persons Die employee af Tranaeccan Airlines, ewnere af law plane. Tea hours after tha plane drop ped through a cloud bank Into tba aea. tba British trawler HUlkerg palled lata t.alway harbor with 4t eaivliaie. Tba Irish euaaaer Laaahrone had helped her la the rearaa work. One Aaserlraa rrewmaa waa killed. Tba eihar eight dead were psaaawgera. aeeardlng to Otie Nel eea. president af Tranaaceaa Atr llnos. Nelaaa IdaatMied tba doad errw saaa aa Radie Officer Herbert Aa- bel af Bnaklva. N. Y. Whea the plane waa approach ing bbaaaoa. Aabel's radio twain meat waa alaaked aal br alaaoa phertr conditions, aad thla ceased the plane to overshoot tha air port. Over tha Atlantic, tba plaae went dowa so gently, the survivor aald. that they were not area thrown from their aea la. Mlaa Mrhola. 4. famed aviatrii af tha mas. had been aboard the plana aa a atewardeaa. The big tikymaalrr waa aa the ome-to-nhannoB leg af Its hap. Cialway police aald all fear af the wocaea aboard Ibe plane were aaved. One af the women waa among tha Italian passengers wha were emigrating ta Yenrtvela. The ether three were Americana. Home af the pasaengera dived Into the aea and began to awlaa when the big foor-englned rtky maater plopped down through a heavy cloud bank. Others put off from the plane In life raft. The trawler RUIberg found the sur vivors era tiered aver a quarter mile square ol sea. Many af Ihem Buffered from shock. The royal air force air-sea rea eae wing and aurfare vessels searched tha area lor awreona atlll missing. ( apt. Edward Itceeer. pilot af the big plane, lost and nearly twa and a hall boon overdue, had been trying la nurse his meager gaso line aupply until he reached land under the escort of another Ameri can airliner. Ilia engines started ratting oat and he Informed hie escort ha would have to ditch the plana an the aea. Rumor Claims Red Officers Die HAMBURO, Germany. Aug. 15 () Tha British-licensed German news paper Welt Am Sonntag says 20 soviet army oincer rm mi July 35 In a plot aimed at Soviet Marshal Konstantln Rokoasovsky. There waa no confirmation from other sources. Nor has there been any Indication of such an Incident In reporla of Rokossovsky since that date. He waa made an honor ary clUien of Wroclaw. Poland, last week. A high American Intelligence of ficer In Berlin said the first his of fice knew of Uie report waa from Uia newspaper. "We know nothing ot such an ex plosion or plot," he aald. "And we aeriously doubt that such a thing could have occurred practically In our own bark yard without our learning of It." North Santiam Highway Opens DKTROIT. Ore.. Aug. IS l-I) The new North Santiam highway, link ing the Willamette and Deschutes valleya, w-as open today. The completion of the route, dedl cated In formal ceremonies yester day, will make possible full-scale work on the $28,000,000 Detroit dam. The guests at yesterday'a dedica tion ranged from Oov. Douglas Mc Kay to 84-Vfsr-old C. T. Hennesa, who crossed tha Santiam pass Willi hi parent In IMS, KLAMATH FALL. OKF.GON. MONDAY, AUGllfT li. IMt top4apTundeitoeci Attendance At Pool Off, Closure Seen The Oregon Terb awlmmlng pool ' will be eleeed dowa next Saturday unices attendance shows a definite upswing thla week. It waa an nounced from the city recreation i efflr today. j Ham Bosun, ally recreation Bead, aald that atlendaace at the Unk laat week showed a draalie alump. It reeia tha city SU4 a day to eperate tha peel, smith aald. If the turnsUIea click sufficiently this week, tha pool will atay open until September S. Colder weather and the vacation penod were given aa the two-fold reason for Uia drop In attendance. Tha general recrealiea season, by far tha moat aaeceaafal la tba clty'a history, la drawing to a cloaa with all other fields dae tor closure Bat arday, bml.n announced. Due to Installation of a new fur nace room, tha Falrvlew field closed down Last Saturday. O rounds due for a shut-down neat Saturday are Kiwanis, Ewaurut. Roosevelt and Pelican. Haerball elasaes for yeangstere also ranee ta aa ead laat Hatarday. Two Maritime Unions Plan Strike Action HOKOLULU. .ug. II a"i The Hawaiian government a first mora to unload a ship on the strikebound Honolulu waterfront ran tnio a threat by members of two man time unions today to walk off the veaael. Ally. Cen. Walter D. Ackrrman Jr.. and Ben P. Rush, territorial harbor commissioner, conferred abroad the Mataon freighter Ha waiian Merchant with rrpresenta uvea of Uia four geagoing unioru aboard. Spokesmen for the CIO marine cooks and atcwarda and Uia Inde- pendent firemen aaid they would respect picket lines ol the striking CIO International Longshoremen a and Warehousemen a union. The CIO marine engineers' dele gate aald his union waa meeting in San PTanclsco today to decide lu attitude. Tba delegate ol the API, sailors union of the Pacific made no comment. Ackerman aald he and Rush would act to remove the three-man ILWU picket line In front of the Hawaiian Merchant's pier, presum ably by Injunction proceedings. Po lice squad cara ' were stationed nearby. Th 9IWI ri.WtT ireverinre in U - - wall have been on strike tor 107 days, demanding a raise of 33 cents in their $1.40 hourly pay. Lake Home Goes Up In Blaze LAKEVIEW. Aug. li The Clar ence Meuker home, two miles north of Lakevlew. burned to the ground In a blase which broke out about pm. Saturday. All furnishings and personal belongings were lost. No one waa home when the fire started. The Lakevlew volunteer fire department went to the acene but was unsble to save the structure. Residents were Metxker and his daughter and aon-ln-law, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Jones. The loss was estimated at between 110 000 and $12,000. Cause of the. blaze la not known. BULLETINS WASHINGTON. Aug. 15 () ('eneral Omar Bradley waa con firmed by lha senate today aa chairman af the Joint chiefs of staff. At the aame time, the aenale approved Prealdent Truman'a choice of General Joseph L. (Lightning Joel Collins to succeed Bradley aa army chief el staff. It also confirmed Archibald 8. Alexander of New Jersey as as alstani secretary of the army, and Tracy S. Voorheea of Neew York aa undersecretary of the army. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15 11 The house foreign affairs com mittee today approved tha lull amount asked by Prealdent Tru man for Western Europe arms aid. The committee, however, split It bp between rash and eon tract authority. The committee also refused ta Include any authorisation for an arms-aid program for non-com-m unlet China, 14,' 1 1? ' ' 1 i NOMINATED Cen. Joseph Lowton Collins (above) was nominated by President Tru man to be chief of staff of the ormy. Collins, vice chief of staff, was named to suc ceed Cen. Omar Brodley. Convertible Upsets. Two i Women Injured Two Seattle. Wash- women were slightly Injured and one waa cited for speeding aa the result of an ' accident on highway 97 near Gnua 1 Lake. Calif .. Saturday morning. Driver of tha car was hlra. Eleanor A melt, 41. who la due to appear In I Justice court this week on the charge of traveling at excesaive apeed. Her pauenger waa Mr. Once Tracy. 44. The Amett car waa traveling to ward Weed about 1 30 a m. when Mrs. Amett attempted to pa&s Orevhound bus. She apparently lost control ol the car. which skidded r.t feet and rolled over before coming to a stop, according to California Stale Highway Patrolman Marvin Daniels who Investigated. The car was a convertible and the two women were thrown from it as it turned over. They were moved by ambulance to the Weed hospital for j treatment of bad bruises, cuts and other minor hurts. The bus driver stopped to give aid and reported the Incident to Daniels In Dorrla. Calif. Cowboys Have D..eeU TTrx A nuuyii I line hi Jackpot Rodeo Inlurlea ranging from bumped heads to broken bones were sus- Ulned by cowboys taking part in ! "" and tumble rodeo events at the Jackpot rodeo held at ene fair grounds Saturday and Sun day. Five entrants were Injured serl ously enough to require hospital! ration. They were moved from the fair grounds to Klamath Valley hospital by Kaler's ambulance. Hurt Saturday night was Eve land Chiloquin of Chiloquin who was thrown from a horse an wv tend a head Injury. Richard Nel son, 30-year-old Vrekan, received a cut on the head Saturday and was released Sunday morning after spending the night at the hospital Fifteen-year-old Bamey Calmes ot Keno auflered facial lacerations and other painful head and facial Injuries Saturday night when he was stomped on by a horse. Suffer ing from a leg Injury Is Phil Tup per of Beatty. A MU Hebron cowpoke. Archie West, Is in the hospital recovering from a fractured left leg and ankle received Sunday at the show. $300 Per Capita Pay For Tribe Draws Approval Associate Indian Commissioner William Zimmerman Jr., today In Washington signed an authorisation for a $300 per capita payment to the Klamath Indians. Ray Bltney. Indian agency su perintendent, aaid tnat the pay ment procedure will be expedited aa much aa possible, but It may take about a month to get the money to the Individual tribesmen. Thla la the regular fall per capita payment, and la made without the necessity ol congressional action. r POLIO VICTIM AUBURN. Wash.. Aug. 15 MV-Two days after he was taken to the hos pital, aeven-year-old Edward Lester aliens died Sunday of polio. He 1 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Olvena of Auburn. WEATHER Ik Pall vUlallvi I.w (! as. Hull Tssa- ar as. Mil. 'Asf. 14) t Mia... rrc5eltallM UM S4 fcaers... TetephatM gilt Government Units Feel Money Pinch WAHinvcTOV. Aug. is iwrta heuae rrtuard t.y to another "stopgap" appropriation MIL Thlaleff tha OTed rrtce..ad several other government depart- menu without funds to eperate after midnight tonight. The house voted n to 144 for the stopgap" appropriation to finance the departments until there la more time to act on their regular appro priations. Under the procedure used, however, a two-thirds majority waa required for passage. Administration leadenl Indicated tbey probably wiU call Bp the bill again, perhaps tomorrow, ander pra eedarea that reejuire only a majority rate. Some members aaid the temporary lack of funds may "paralyze" oper ations of the military establishment, causing -utter confusion and chaos." Others said the economic coopera tion administration, which admin isters Marshall plan outlays, will be without funds. Bart tba appaaeata argaed that ref aaal to Barn the "stopgap" bin will I force tba ornate ta art awtftly aa lha long-detayctt regular appropria tion bills already passed by tha j hoaae and now caagbt la tba senate j egtaiauva jaas. Today a action came up under a "suspension of rules" procedure that I I required a two-thirds vote. Quick Action BySPAids Traveler Tnanka to the speedy work of the Southern Pacific shop crew, an elderly lady waa able to continue her tram trip to Portland Saturday night In comfort. SP officials in Dunsmuir notified the Klamath Falla station that the woman on northbound train IS was ! In need of an oxygen unk. When the train pulled Into tne local atation at SO pm Saturday Saturday, the tank and regulator, hurriedly assembled, were Installed. The woman's name was not given. Red Leader In China Said Dead CANTON. China. Aug. 15 uPtA nationalist army spokesman told a news conference today that Mao Tze-tting. top Chinese communist leader, had died in Pelping July 1? of tuberculosis. The spokesman attributed the re J port to -very reliable Information" However, uierr waa no eiauorauon. tit was the second time In two days the Chinese nationalists had mentioned Mao's death. They as serted Saturday he was either dead "or critically ill." quoting intelli gence reports. That account was regarded as dubious). Malcolm Epley Managing Editor To Take Long Beach Post Malcolm Epley. managing editor of The Herald and News, announced today that he has accepted an offer at an editorial position with the Lang Beach. Calif, Preaa-Telegram. Epley will go to Long Beach In mid-September, concluding a lltUe more than 18 years as managing editor of The Herald and News, and more than 20 years In newspaper work In Oregon, Ha aald thai In the early summer he received an unanticipated Invi tation to look Into the possibilities af the Long Beach opening, and further Investigation resulted In hla decision to Join the atatf af the Preaa-Telegram. "I regret leaving Klamath Falls," he said. "The Klamath country has been my home for nearly two decades, and It was only because of the professional opportunities in volved In the Long Beach offer that I reached a decision that takes me elsewhere. Like others who have lived here a long time, my affections for the country and Its people are permanent." The Preaa-Telegram la a dally newapaper with a circulation af mora than 3.0 In a community of approximately a quarter million population. Epley'a responsibilities there will Include editorial and column contributions. He baa written editorials and a column for The Herald and Nrwa an a virtual dally basis since the day he arrived In thla city. Prank Jenkins, The Herald and Newt publisher, expressed regret at 7 r ! i SUBPOENAED Horry Hoff man (above), Milwaukee ad vertising mon, hos been sub- poenoed by a Senate investi- , , committee which is j . . " ;COnauC,,?91ao ,n' I C O P t O I five percenters, j Hoffman was linked with the Lift of deep freeze units to i Moj. Cen. Horry Voughn, presidential military aide who colled him on "old friend.' Samish Ouster Demanded By Caiifornian SACRAMENTO. Calif, Aug. 1 ) Oovem-ir Earl Warren was asked today to call a special session of the legislature to enact laws which would halt the type of lobbying practiced by Liquor Representative Arthur H. Samish. Colliers magazine last week called Samish "the secret boss ot Cali- I fomia." The magazine said be con- , lronf1 , Urge block of votes In the legislature and contributed heavily to legislators' campaign funds. Assemblyman John E. Moss Jr.. Sacramento, asked Warren to call tha special session now or early In MM. . Moss said the 'brazen and con temptuous tone" of quotations at tributed to Samish In Colliers con stitute a challenge to every elected office holder In the state. Independent Petroleum Lobbyist Monroe Butler, who Colliers aald was a leader In the lobbyists' light to slash Governor Warren's billion dol lar budget, told newsmen today he makes campaign contributions to legislators "openly and by check." Weather Stalls Diving Try For Second Time SMUOOLER S COVE. Calif.. Aug 15 Call It bad luck or Just coincidence, the secrets of the deep are sull secret but a new try Is coming up. After two days of delay due to rough weather and defects in me chanical equipment, marine explorer Otis Barton will try again today to lower himself In his "benthoscope" diving bell to a depth of 8O0O feet belwr the surface ot the ocean. The benthoscope Itself has twice descended more Uian a mile. Sat urday It reached 5800 feet. Yester day It went 200 feet further. But each time Barton elected to remain topside. He sent a motion picture camera down In the diving bell yesterday but Uie camera did not funcUon properly. LI JlL-. Leaves As Herald And News Epley s decision to conclude a long career of newspapertiig in Klamath. He said that the responsibilities handled by the departing managing editor w.d be divided for the time being among present members of the staff, and it Is not planned to '" s m - MALCOLM trPLET Army Coup Takes Over. Premier Dies DAMASCt 8. Syria. Aag. U m Syria's president and preanier were shet yesterday In a lightning mili tary eaap whose reperriiaaiene thun dered through tha erpleeive Middle Last. CoL 8aml Hennawl. II, Syrian hero of tha Palestine war. led tha group of senior army officers wha overthrew the government of Mar shall Husnl Zayim. A sharp burst from th firing squad at the great Main military barracks ended the rule of the stocky little Zayim who had sells .1 power four and a half months ago. Z a y I aa'a beapertacled premier, Mashea Bey Berasi, generally ean aidered tha brains of tha regime. died with him. C at, Hennawl iaaaed eammaniqaao telling af tha shooting. They called tha dead ralen "traitor" aad "ty rants," aad ordered tha army aad police to join lor ceo ta maiataia las. 'Dispatches from Syria are sub ject to censorship). reiki tana Meet CoL Hennawl summoned a meet ing of about SO prominent Syrian politicians last night. He told them Zayim waa guilty of "conceit and dopousm." He aaid the revolution waa forced by the president's reck less spending of government funds and his failure to follow through on promises of reform. The assembled politicians, bselod bag Farla El Khaari. ayrla'a dele gate to tba I ailed Natiana. called aa farmer Plialdcnt Haarm Bey Atlaaat to farm a aew garareaacBi. He accepted. AtaAsl named 11 men to serve In his cabinet. Including former Syrian Minuter to Washington Nasem Dulu as minister of foreign affairs The new) cabinet, or council of ministers, will assume all executive aa well as legislative powers unuL. the return of parliamentary rule .eg the country. IpeeaUaUea Immediately arose aa to tha fate af tha eraaa-Syrlaa Mao. Hae af the American-owned Traaa Arabian Oil company. zayim granted airiaieoiea far the line to be bailt after arcvleaa Sy rian gorerameaU had ref word. Lake Rodeo Names Queen Contestants LAKEVIEW. Aug. 15 A field of 10 girls was nominated Saturday night at a Lakevlew street dance, and from the group, a queen and two princesses will be elected to reign over festivities of the Lake County Roundup, September 1. 4. and i. Nominees are Ann Barry. Ramona Butler. Kathleen O'Leary. Mary Armes. Joan Pratt. Jeanne McDon ald. Virginia 8mith. Caralea Oray, Joan Downs and Patricia Purdue. Dances will be held August M and 27, and election of Use three lucky contestants will be divided between the next two dances. They may be street dances or they may be held In the airport hangar, and a decision on the place will be an. nounced aoou. Pureed Named To Newspaper Post CENTRALIA, Aug. 15 iVTom Purcell. publisher of the Oresham. Ore.. Outlook. Is the new president of Pscifie Newspaper Incorporated.. The group la an organization of weekly newspaper owners In Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Montana. PurceU succeeds Clarence Lafrom boise of the Enumclaw. Wash. Cou rier-Herald. bring In a man from the outside to succeed Epley as managing editor. Epley la a member of Sigma Delta Cht, professional journalism frater nity. Epley has been active in civic and community affairs here for many years. He la past president of th Klamath County chamber of com merce and the Klamath Klwanla club, and Is presently president of the Community Chest. He Is a past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge and a former district deputy grand ex alted ruler for Oregon South. Ha has occupied many other offices In community and regional organiza tions and has served on number of statewide committees. He began hla newspaper work aa an 18-year-old "cub" at Riverside, Calif., on the Morning Enterprise. I pon graduation from the Univer sity of Oregon In 192 he went la the Eugene Register aa news editor, and later waa on Ihe etaff af tha Reglster-Gnard. In 1931. Frank Jenkins, farmer Register publisher brought him fo Klamath Falla as managing editor of Ths Evening Herald and The K'smsth News. Ha haa been Oregoniah and Associated Press correspondent for Klamath Falls for moat af the lime since he came here. He and Mrs Epley live at (04 N. Seventh street and will leave about September 10 for Long Beach with their daughter, three - year - old Alexandra. Their sons, Malcolm and John, will continue a student at th University of Oregon this year.