THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1947
PACE TWO
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Man Admits
Bad Check
Pass Attempt
A man Identified by city police
Lawrence Steele. 32. transient,
U booked at the city Jail for In
vestlgstlon and a felony charge of
possession of a false Instrument
with Intent to psss la belnjr placed
against him by the district attor
ney office.
Steele reportedly tried to pass a
ia,0 check at tha Safeway atora
on N. Eighth and was arrested a
ahort time after he left the itore
yesterday afternoon.
The check was made out to "Law
rence Steele" and the signature was
"I L. Mosley." Another check bear
ing the same names but for $22.50
was In Steel's possession.
At the city hall, police said the
youth admitted writing the checks
himself and said he had cashed
checks of the same sort at Astoria,
Coos Bay, 8e aside and Astoria.
STH BIG DAY!
LEAVING SOON!
But
Hurry.
Japan Fearful For 305,000 'Missing'
In Russia As Soviet Figures Show Errors
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NF.Al Four years hy , I'.T--. trir. .T. . "-r' .'.. J
the Japanese surrend-, auiJV' -- '' w. V I J-I
Allies, and Oen. Doug- " I fJT'j. V "" S 1-. -FT . ;1
r thinks the Japanese: miw : ' . 1af 7
the surrender terms a - y ' wV:w Ji-a', f e 5 .r .""'. t
a peace treaty. But be-1 Wz A! X - V V V sr "K
can sign arUcles with) lT v 1 . , I iTT' ? 4A'.JT I
Is a little matter sUU! '. VV V1-' ' "Z F JT T-W I
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BACK HOME rooie the lint shipment ol Japanrae re latnam frara Russia u arrive ihta year. RrUU.e
war te a lighter-load of anen from Taaasaga Mara a they arrive at Maiiurit rrpatrlaUoa center.
By RICH
TOKYO (
passed since
ered to the
las MacArthur
have fulfilled
and deserve
fore Japan
Russia, there
to be cleared
There are
prisoners still
MacArthur's staff estimates. The!
Soviet, on the other hand, says It;
holds only 95.000. and that these will
all be repatriated by November.
When the slight discrepancy
SO5.0O0 persons was called to Rus
sia s attention, there was at tint!
"no comment." Later, Moscow said'
that the 95.000 future does not In-'
dude civilian internees.
But. in Japan, it makes no dif-l
ference to mothers and wives and ;
offspring whether their men are el-
viliana or not: they Just want them
home. And they've stepped up a
barrage of letters to MacArthur's I
Allied Council for Japan demanding I
action.
The council has done all It could. I
; It has made repeated offers to Rus-1
1 sis. volunteering boats and harbor
facilities for repatriate transporta
tion. When Russia said bad weather
conditions were responsible for the
COMMl'NISTS AMONG the retaining Japanese prieonera from Russia
were In the majority. When the radio annoaneer (right) aaked ene at
the group to my a few words, this former prisoner stepped as and
made a Red-flavored apeeeh.
KF Officials
Will Attend
League Meet
Reveral Klamath Falls rlty of
ficials will be on deck when tha
ih annual convention of the
league of Oregon Cities is held
In Portland. September 3 through
October I.
Major problems taring town and
city governments In Oregon will be
tarkled at the four-day confab.'
The Oregon Finance Officers as
sociation will meet with the league,
marking Its 13th annual conference.
Loral officials making the trip
Include Mayor Robert A. Thomp
son; Counctlmen Darrell Miller.
Wendell Smith, Matt Finnlgan and
O C. Ta'unan; City Engineer K. A.
Thomas; city Attorney Henry
Perkins;. City Recreation Director
S.im Smith; Building Inspector
Walter Salsbery, and Police Judge
Leigh Ackerman.
. Oovenior Douglas McKay; Carl
Chatters, director of the American
municipal association; Frank Pace
Jr. director of the United States
bureau of the budget: Miner B.
Phillips, director of the municipal
finance officers association of the
U. 8. and Canada; Mayor Dorothy
MrCullough Lee of Portland:
League President George Peavy.
mayor of Corvallts, and Oeorge
Simervllle, president of the Oregon
finance officers association are
among the speakers listed on the
Joint convention program.
As In the past, section meetings
for various groups of city officials
will be held. Such subjects as city
planning, Improvement financing,
building and aonlng regulations.
sewage disposal, municipal park
and recreation programs, tag as
sessments, budget procedures, and
annexation will be discussed.
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turntt
MATTSTK DATI.T I:3t DOORS OPEV EVE. :S
80' Minute of Punch Packed
Emotion Ripped From a Man'.
Eattered Body and a Woman's
Tormented Soul
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transfers. Last winter was mild, j ness and kindness of the Soviet
leading Japan to hope the transfer! people.
would be resumed earlier than It Many observers believe that, as
had been the preceding year. But Mauuru's Mayor Shujl Yanaglda
this year's first shipment did not y. the missing 305.000 are the un
land until June 71. two months later r Indoctrinated "the Soviets are
than in 194s. afraid to send back."
Russia's claim of bad Icing at the
tr,nf.r of n'ri.nnm. M.r Ar-1 shove-ofl port of Nahodka. near Vla-
thur offered an Ice-breaker to keep! """ok. was refuted by a Japan-,
wrote to the Tokyo newspaper Asa
hl. "I. who spent all .winter on the
shores of Nahodka can affirm (that!
there was not even a day that So
viet vessels were unable to come
Into pert."
Even the Japanese communist ' vocstlon ol the parole of James
party, in a pohte but firm note to QuenUn Anderson. 3. and the In
communist headquarters In Mos-' dian youth will be returned to prison
cow, has protested the delay. l Salem to finish out a 10-year
Thera la one nossible evnlanatlnn manslaughter
Forest Fires
Under Control
Klamath Forest Protective associ
ation crews were called out on two
fires this morning, but by noon
both were under control and out of
the danger stage.
One blase broke out about 7 a. m.
In the logging region south of Byean
butt. L' le standing timber was
destroyed In the fire, which was In
an area being logged oft.
The second fire was closer to town
on the hill over-looking Moore park
from the south. The blase was a
small one In a scrub timber area
and was rapidly extinguished.
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eom. rut sv w stsnce. mi.san t . e.
"Our mrrlag wt made In heaven, all right In the
thunderbolt department!"
Morals Count
Hearing Today
A preliminary hearing on one ot
two morals charges against Ray
mond Johnson, 37, was being con
ducted this afternoon In Justice
court.
Johnson Is charged with contri
buting to the delinquency of two
minor girls, both eight years old,
and la free oh 15000 ball. A pre
liminary hearing on the second
count is scheduled for tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Attorneys Clarence Humble and
I. E. Drtsooll represent Johnson.
sea-lanes open.
Russia declined and clamped on
a six-month winter suspension of
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Th blUter-
Ing drama that
rips tha veil from
tha crooktd fight
racket and its ox
citing characters!
'for every scar on hisi 1
face, two on ner heorf 't 1
1 Smashed in (ho ting,
hunfed in th alley!
Prison Return
For Anderson
Official notification jaas received
1 today by the sheriff's office of re-
for both the slowness of the re
patriation and the missing 305.000
men. The first shipments, in 194.
Included the sick, lame, lazy and
aged. The 194? group began to show
signs of communist teachings.
In 194. the number of "convert
ed", prisoners increased sharply
with the last six ships returning to
Japan that year completely
trolled by communists. The majori
ty of the first shipment to land at
Maixuru this year shouted commu
nist songs and many openly pledged
Anderson was picked up at his
ranch home near Beatty several
days ago at the request of parole
authorities. He had been Jailed In
Lakeview earlier In the month on
an Intoxication charge.
Sheriff Jack Franey said he prob
ably would take Anderson to Salem
this week-end. Anderson was con-
con- vcted in April. 1941. of manslaughter
in me snotgun aeain ox jerry &ui
koskl. a ranch hand, and was re
leased on parole December 22, 194!.
after serving over four yeara of his
Motorist Fled;
Caught, Fined
Richard Thomas Bsbcock. M.
caught after an automobile chaw
over the newly-surfaced stretch of
the Llndley Heights road and out
highway 64 late yesterday afternoon,
was fined 50 In Justice court this
morning for driving a car while his
operator's license was suspended.
State patrolmen were keeping an
eye on the newly-paved cutoff road
In response to several complaints
that It was being used for a speed
way, when Bsbcock came along re
portedly exceeding the 15-mile speed
limit.
He wss held In the county Jail
last night and In court thla morn
ing pleaded guilty to the traffic
charge.
Suits Of Armor
I For Army?
i ' SAX PEDRO. Calif., Sept IS bTI
i The army may be returning to suits
I of armor.
I MaJ. Oen. W. H. Mlddlrswart of
the quartermaster general's office
disclosed yesterdsy the development
t of bullet-resistant body armor for
I soldiers made of plsstie and nylon.
; Tfle general said the cloth-like
substanre will resist a .43 caliber
j bullet fired from only IS feel ewar.
! The material Is nearly a quarter-
I, Inch thick.
Nationalists'
Daring Raid
Smacks Reds
CANTON, Sept. IS A na
tionalist amphibious force dsmsged
o.' destroyed all military establish
ments on Huhwan Island. 230 miles
south of Shanghai, In a daring raid
today.
The Island is an important red
base off the coast of Cheklang prov
ince. An official announcement said
the amphibious force landed under
the protection of naval gunfire. It
withdrew, the announcement said,
after accomplishing Its mission, the
fiist of Its kind by the natlcnaltsu
in the Chinese civil war.
The small nationalist air force
assigned to tha defense of Kwsng-
tung province began attacks on Red
forces there.
Bureau Plans
More Basin
Farm Tracts
(Continued from Page O
struct Ion costs of tha project, in
continue over a long term of yeara,
Dlitrlrt rianned
The department of the Interior
and the USIIK will help work out
problems In organising a district
when that time comes, h' said.
Several protests were registered
on the annual depredations of ml
gt story waterfowl on land sd)s
cent to the wildlife refuge. It wag
brought out that several of the
1949 homesteads are within the
boundary of the refuge.
Warne was unable to answer tha
query as to reniionslblllly for re.
moval of such land from the refuge
confines.
His only solution for handling
the problem of crop dsmaga by
birds was to obtain pc mils from
the fish and wildlife for herding.
Damage to grain ready for har
vest was not as serious this year
as In past years since the date of
harvesting was approximately two
weeks early and the fall migration
Is a Utile late.
Preferenre To Vela
Veterans will be given "prcfrrrricj
In further land openings, Warne
slated, at least for a 10-year period.
Warne was areutnpanlrd here by
K Lsylon Stephens, manager of
the Klamath Irrigation project fol
lowing a short trip through the new
homestead area,
Richard I.. Hoke, regional dlreclur
ol the I'SBK out of Hacramento
and Rep. Michael J. Klrwan il
Ohlui who lunched with Warne In
Klamslh rails went directly to
Redding after Klrwan became
si ghtly III on his trip down from
Hrnd.
I Cramer To Address
'Rotary Club
( Dr. John F. Cramer, dean ol the
, extension division for the state board
i of higher education, will speak at
I Rotary rlub luncheon Friday du.
cussing the Community college project.
Arnold L Oralapp. superintendent
of public schools, will introduce Dr.
Cramer, who Is here In the Interests
of the college. There Is a meeting of
the teaching staff of the Klamath
Falls and Bend groups Frldsy after
noon to work out details on the pro
gram ot classes which will start
I simultsneously In both towns Mon
'day night.
Heikkinen Concludes
Series Tonight
Rev. Cheater R. Heikkinen of
Seattle will present his last talk
on the theme, "The Assurance of
Salvation." tonight at t o'clock at
the Klamath Lutheran church.
His topic for this evening will be
"What a Difference!" Special musie
will be an anthem by the Klamath
Lutheran senior choir, the Luther
an Bible Institute In Seattle.
to work toward a communist re- ! wrm' In "'. "7- ne w" returnej
time In Japan. i 10 prison lor parole violation and
Aa the Takasago Mam stesmed released again August 4. 1943.
Into the Japan Sea harbor, the re- I . .
patriate lined the rails and about MrS. Brandt S RlteS
three-fourths chanted communist f m
songs. When questioned later, the; I OrTIOrrOW,
former Nipponese soldiers said the1 Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa
songs were "songs of democracy" Brandt. 0. for many years a resident
and "songs for International peace." 0f Klamath Falls, will be held from
Many of this year's repatriates, j w,rd , Klamath Funeral home Frt
after being schooled for nearly A 4t 2 30 m
Ih h,.!Tr!f1e0tmraU?'"n. uM ' Mr Brandt made her home with
they had been working for Stalina h ,..,.-. w,. tr t uiw
five-year-plan "for the masses" and j h" L
!,;.. -4 ..i . hsm. 1202 Pine. She died Wednes-
vr auaa.asw.u w lie i; uuuu m '
munist government In Japan to
"prevent another war."
They wore Russian boots and
clothing. They signed a letter of
thanks to 8talln for their good
treatment In Russian hands. They
continually referred to the friendll-
day at 7:10 p.m.
Mrs. Brandt was a native of
Dixon. Ill, and was 10 years old.
She was an active member of the
First Christian church, and was af
filiated with the Narclaaa Rebekah
lodge of Walla Walla. Wash.
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Former Newell
Official Dies
Word was received today of the
death ol Joe Rreeborg. 5, who was
formerly associated with the In
ternal security administration' at
Newell. Calif.
Mr. Freeborg died at the Mayo
Brothers clinic In Rochester. Minn.
He was stationed at the Newell
WRA center In the war years and
Is known to many here.
His sister, Mrs. Harry Wlard of
770s Wlard, left today by plane for
Cody, Wyo.. Mr. Freeborg s home,
where funeral services will be held.
He Is survived by his wife, Elsie,
a daughter, Eileen Thomas, his
mother, Mrs. Christine Freeborg. all
of Cody, and a brother, Nels Free
borg, of Klamath Falls.
Mills Auditorium
Acceptance Set
Tentative date for acceptance of p
the Mills school auditorium la Tura
dsy, October 4, 11 waa announced to
day by Superintendent Arnold L.
Oralapp.
It la ekpected that Architect
Howard Perrln and the contractor, i
Ed Brosterhous, will officially turn
over the building at that time and.
there will be a program presented
by Mills school at the evening meet-!
Ing. The public la Invited and the
building will be open for Inspection. '
Mctsaryk Statue
Badly Damaged
NEW YOWC, Sept, 11 ilPi A huge
statue of a Czech knlgkt on horse
back, dedicated to the late Thomas
C. Masaryk. bumped Its head on an
overhead bridge girder last night
and tied up traffic tor half an hour.
The eight-ton, la-foot statue hon
oring the Czechoslovak statesman
toppled off a truck and crushed the
fender of an automobile. The 1.10,000
statue was badly damaged.
Merrill Road
Being Oiled
Oiling work began yesterday on
an eight-mile stretch of the Klam
ath Falls-Merrill highway, but the
road Is being kept open for traffic.
The stretch, extending from Hen
ley almost to the outskirts of Mer
rill, Is being widened and several
bed curves straightened. Surfacing
probably will take two weeks.
The work Is being done by the
J. N. and M. J. Conley construction
company of Portland.
Brothers Each ;
Fined $15
Two brothers, both employes nf
the SOS ranch, were fined t!6 each
this morning In municipal court on
charges of disorderly conduct grow
ing out of a fight last night.
City police reported Homer Clin
ton, 32. and his brother LaVern, 24.
were embroiled in a lively fight late
yesterday afternoon at E, Malrl and
Stukel. and continued the brawl
after they were placed In Jail. Fin
ally they were put In separate cells
for the night..
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