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DELIVERY MEN James 0. Hoberson flefl). 415 Michigan
(Ave, ond Gaylo I'ickerill, 2011 MonleliiiK .St., were caught
by the photographer this morning as they started work.
They are employed by City Delivery Service.
Frank Drew Elected 1952
President of KF Merchants
i
Tile Klumitth Merchants Assoel
n Llcjn did ft lull round nt business
ul tin nnnuiil ninnllng In Hip Poll
i mi Cnla Inst night It elected
Frank Drew oh II new president.
n-plitcliiK Hov Murphy; It learned
Us 1 1161 budget wns riding l.'I.M
In ttirr blink, mid It referred It
luur lop promotion program lo a
coinmlltoa lor development.
Lnt year's budget chairman.
Curl MpttrkN, reported Hie KM A
hud totnl Income of Mm .24
it TIms
DavVJ'ews
By FIIANK J ION KINS
In Portland, whero those words
urn writlon. I've been Killing all
lay In meeting ol clmmber ol
commerce people, who lmvo been
dlncuMlnir tiie problem" ol modern
i-ommunlly- Hie one ol which In
tho conlrlbullon ol money to
worthy cause. I think tlmt nothing
perhaps could lllustriilc better the
growing complrxllleii of our pros-
nl.fln.i A...Mrlfi.n wnl'ltl.
All of us, I imagine wltl the
exception ol our teon-ngerM. win
recall the time when tho commu
nity chest was NEW Idea. The
thought back ol It wan Hint by
combining Into ONE "drive" ALL
ol the request lor lunds for
praiseworthy churltnblo and char-Rclcr-bulldinir
enterprises much
lime and energy could be nnved.
It was a good Idcn. nnd tor a
number of years we did Just that.
We all got together at one time
and dragged the streets for money.
When wo got through, we appor
tioned what we had collected out
among what we culled Uio "bene
llclarleB," and that was that. We
dusted olf our hands nnd called It
a dny and wero all through until
the next year.
Well, limes have chnnged. Come
community chest season, wo still
kct out and drug the streets lor
money, but when tho campaign Is
over we aren't all through lor an
other yenr. When the next week
begins ANOTHER DRIVE BE
GINS. And so on throughout the
ear.
Whnt hns happened Is Hint
worthy causes lmvo burgeoned and
bloomed at a rnto much inoro
rapid Hum the existing community
chests have expanded to tnko them
In. The result Ik Hint we'ro prao
licnlly right buck whero we started
from. That Is to any, athnugh we
linvc an annual community chest
lo end all drives tho drives go
right on through tho yenr, Just as
they used to.,
r 80
f ' The idea Is now being born thai
wo snouia rcsiiiiiuc me cuius nun
start nil over ngnln, Inking In all
tho NEW worthy cuu.scs, so that
ngnln wn enn roll It up Into a
ncnt pneknge and tuck It nwny nil
in one super-effort nnd bo nil
through ngnln for another' year.
To ulvo It the necessary nspect
ol newness. It Is proposed that n
if.cw namo bo ncloptcd. Various
iiow nnnies are being proposed
United Front, United Causo, nnd
no on. This proposal wns chewed
over nt considerable length by the
chamber ol commerce peoplo this
morning.
No decision wns renched, nnd I
I egret to add Hint nearly every
body snomcd more at sen when
(ho discussion ended than when It
begun.
You know what I'm nfvnld of?
I four tho Idea is spreading that
theso worthy onuses nro becoming
loo much professionalized nnd
donors ' nrn beginning to believe
that too much ol their money goes
for OVERHEAD.
Along about noon, the subject
(.hanged to water and power prob
lems, nnd nt luncheon that topic
was covered by a panel that in
cluded two high-up officers of the
army engineer corps, n chambor
of commerce socrotniy nnd n com
mon, ordinary ucwapnpor mnn.
Water wns dealt with In terms
of millions of ncre foot and power
in terms of BILLIONS ol kllowntts.
There wiva a curious paradox. The
Inlk wns 'almost wholly of GOV
KRNMENT dams and GOVERN
MENT appropriations to pay lor
Ihcin wllh nnd how to dragoon A
h'rowlngly reluctant congress Into
digging up more govorninont
money with which to build thorn.
And yet
In tho nudlencfl there wero m
niwotiH representatives of private
power Interests who were almost
panting with cngorncss to BUILD
'Continued to Fate 4)
9 O'dacfi Sped?
from lis mnny projects', Its out
lay, at tho same time, was
SM42.4U.
Hptirks called for Increased sup
port ol conventions which come lo
Klamath Falls, pointing out Unit
last year's live affairs brought an
estimated 1260,000 lo the commu
nity. , The .association decided to ob
serve all holidays except Armi
stice Day kept last yearJ-Memor-inl
Duy, July 4th, Lnbor Day,
Thanksgiving and Christinas.
Whether or not KMA merchants
will keep their stores open Arml
slice Dny will be decided later.
Members pointed out many cities
110 longer nbsrri,ri Mnu If a.
holiday.
Klamath Fulls Public School Di
rector ol Music Education Andrew
Loncv Jr. explained to tho group
the lorlhcomlng KUHS Music Fes
tlval, slated Apr, 4 and 8, with
trumpeter Ralsel Mendrz and
Movie Producer Jesse Laskev due
lor nimpsmnr-AM ri, rnufiui t- ,
raise funds lor' 20 more KUHS
nana unilorms.
William W. Patterson was
mimed new budget chairman; Earl
Hamilton is the new treasurer. A
vice president will be elected later,
as Sparks, In line for the position,
turned it down on the grounds he
felt ho could not handle Uie Job,
Tho four promotional events car
ried on.Jflsl yoarwlll be carried
on again Uils sesacm If KMA plans
work out. They are Spring Open
ing. July 4th Rodeo celebration,
Back lo School and Christmas.
Dates for the nelehrntlnnN u'lll h
set Inter.
In each case. It was decided
new and better Ideas should bo
added or replace the Ideas lor
promotions In the past.
Coining events as ronorleri at
Hie meeting:
Apr. 4-5. KUHS Music Festival,
Delta Kappa Clamma state conven
tion; Apr. n-n, atnie Lutheran
Youth rnilff.-lnr, Mnv 9.1 Rlnl
Junior Chamber of Commerce con
vention; May K-ii. Business and Pro
Irsslonitl Women's convention;
.lime 36-28, Oregon Association of
Ptlhlln ArrnnnlnnlB ni.H lulu la-la
American Legion slate convention!
Ohio Flood
Recedes Today
CINCINNATI Ml Th swollen
Ohio River pushed Its waning
strength slowly southward Thurs.
day, with 10 deaths recorded nnd
heading toward an st.lmntfH to-i .
000.000 In properly damage because
of Its outbreak.
Col. Paschal N. Strong, chief of
the Ohio River Division, U.S. Engi
neers, niado the tentative eslimnts
of damage before going to Wash
ington to Join President Truman
In nn aerial trip over the Hooded
areas. They flew along the river's
course Thursdnv afternoon.
The river's strength centered
between Portsmouth and Cincin
nati, approximately 100 miles
nwny.
At Portsmouth, Mavsvllle, Ky.,
New Richmond, O., and Clnchiiiali,
Hie river was above flood stage and
rising. It still was above Hood
Mage between Miuicltn, O., and
Greenup, Ky., but wns falling.
Cities below Portsmouth and as
Inr as Cincinnati reported condi
tions wero more of a high water
typo than n Hood.
Tho b6ttoms land In Hint area
wns covered, ond many families
left tholr homes temporarily.
Game Commission Looks Out For Young
Anglers With Special Areas For Sport
PORTLAND (IF) The Oregon
State Game Commission, Its eye
out for tho bnrofoot boy with his
homo-cut polo, is getting braced for
a flood of proposals for Juvenile
angling arena.
To koep Hint flood under control,
it hns set up standards which it
calls rigid enough to hold down on
tho number ol speclnl areas but
(lexlblo enough to have a constant
ly Increasing number f good fish
ing spots for tho kids.
The thing that started It wns the
law passed by the last Legislature
authorizing the Commission to Set
up areas restricted to children
under 14. , '
Salem's Mill Creek has been
Oregon's only children's stream
limited to them by law.
There have been some other
fishing wntors from which adults
havo been barred by community
Creek near Milwaukle and Baker
Ik rail
Frlce Five Cents 22 Paces
Pigg Death
Reason For
Suicide Try
EL PAHO, Tex. I An Oregon
woman, despondent over the death
ol a man who drowned' In an at
tempt to save her last June, faint
ed on an El Paso street Wednesday
i.ner nixing cignt sleeping pills.
Revived In an El Paso hosnllal.
June Alsbrook 22, told police that
sue killed Willis Plgg ol Klamath
Falls, Ore.
Plgg drowned June 21 In an at
tempt to pull her from the Link
river, Into which she had Jumped
during an argument wllh Plgg.
outers saved her.
Dclcci.lve Copt. R. H. Lessor
i.nld the woman told that her family
paid a Klumnth Falls policeman
fHOO If she agreed to leave town.
Part of the agreement, she said,
was that no charges would be filed.
However, Klamath Fulls police
Informed Lessor that Miss Alsbrook
Is not wanted, and he said she
would not be held. Her story of the
S800 was discounted. She was ex
pected to be released from the
hospital late Thursday.
Willis Plgg was drov.ned In Link
River here last June 21 as he at
tempted to rescue June AlsbrooK
alter she had Jumped Into the river
from the Main St. bridge.
Both District Attorney D. E.
Van Vactor and Police Chief Or-
vllle Hamilton today branded the
El Paso woman's story as com
pletely lalse.
A witness to Plgg's drowning,
Muuon Smith, told police this story
shortly alter the young mail's
death June 21:
SnilUi said he saw June Als
brook walk out on the Main St.
bridge. A moment later, Plgg drove
alongside her In a car. The young
woman suddenly removed her shoe
and leaped Into the river. Plgg
alighted from Hie car, ran down
on the river bank and plunged In
to rescue the woman. The woman e
screams attracted two members of
the Klamath Ciema' baseball team.
Jerry Dodds and John Pa.yne, who
wero at Payne's nearby apartment.
The two ballplayers and Smith
managed to rescue' the Alsbrook
woman but Plgg drowned and his
body was recovered three hours
later.
The Alsbrook woman told nolle
she was staying at the Empire
Hotel here and Uiat her home was
In Malln.
Police Chief Hamilton said todav
he had notified pi Paso author-
Hies mat tne rigg death case had
been closed here as death while
attempting to stop a suicide (Miss
Alsbrook's). r
Egypt War
Setup Cools
CAIRO Ml Reliable Informants
said Thursday orders have been is-
suea to ' tgyptian commandos" in
the Suez Canal area to stop their
guerrilla activities.
It looked like an attempt by the
new government of Premier Aly
Mahcr Pasha to restore order.
At the same time, two leading
Egyptian newspapers credited the
new premier with a receptive at
titude toward Western overtures
for a settlement of the bloody Brit-
ic-n cgypnan aispuie.
Mnher Pasha held a long meet
ing Wednesday night with Gen. As
ia Al Mlsrl, appointed by the form
er Wnfdlst government last Decem
ber to organise and run "libera
tion battalion" activities.
There seems to be a trend to
ward cooling off Egyptian passions,
healed to fever pitch under the
Wold government. Western diplo
mats seem agreed that such cool
ing off Is essential If any new
talks are to begin.
NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON lPi President
Truman hns sent to the senate
these postmaster nominations lor
Oregon.
Arthur B. Scarseth, Camp White;
Chnrlos W. Onrllck, Gladstone;
Velln A. Harlan, McNary; Russell
F. Cooper, sutherlln.
Creek near McMlnnvllle have been
among these. .. -;
But now the Commission Is going
to set aside lakes or streams with
the Intent of building them up and
holding them permanently tor the
plonsuro of children.
Since that sort of thing Is an
attractive project for civic groups,
the Commission thinks there will
bo mnny Inquiries.
But Inquiries and Interest alone
won't get nn OK from the Com
mission, This Is what the Commls-
Lslon reports It hns hi mind:
It will give approval to an area
only after a responsible sponsoring
body arranges for supervision of
the angling, there must be enough
children In tho area to make tho
project worth while, and there
should be a lack of already estab
lished lishlng-areas which children
KLAMATH FALLS, OHKOON,
Lowell Stockman To Quit;
Giles French Seeks Post
im
LOWELL STOCKMAN
GILES FRENCH
Draft Galls
To Be Doped
WASHINGTON Wl Draft Di
rector Lewis B. Hershey Thursday
predicted a sharp ' Increase In the
number of . men to be drafted be
tween now and June 30.
Hershey nade the statement In
testifying in support of Universal
Military Training legislation.
He told the House Armed Serv
ices Committee present estimates
are that the Armed Forces will
fcall upon Selective Service for 430,-
000 men during uie seven-montn
period ending June JO, vjo-i.
This Is an average of slightly
more than 60,000 monthly and con
siderably more than the February
and March .Ilgures. . .
Members did not question Her
shey about the planned Increase In
inductions, but the figures them
selves indicated that if the 430,000
are to be inducted, the draft rate
will rise sharply starting in April.
City Papers
Boost Price
SAN FRANCISCO lift The
prices on three of Snn Francisco's
four dally newspapers will go up
in some categories Friday.
The single exception is the after
noon Call-Bulletin, which said that
no price change arc contemplated
mere.
The other afternoon paper, the
Dully News, announced that ef
fective Friday monthly rates by
carrier would increase from $1.25
a month to $1.50 a month, both in
side and outside San Francisco.
There -will be no change in street
saie prices.
The i two .morning- lfltpcrs. the
Chronicle and tho Examiner have
announced increases to 10 cents
irom 7 cents for papers sold more
than SO miles outside the city.
understanding. Sections of Johnson
can use freely.-
The Commission will give its em
phasis; to establishing- .warm-water
game fish because they generally
hold more real enjoyment for child
ren than do trout. It will glvo pre
ference to ponds over streams.
Game Director P. W. Schneider
Solnts out tlyfc once perch, bass,
liicglll and other warm water fish
become established, constant re
stocking will not be necessary.
Sponsoring groups are . told . to
pick a stream or pond in a natural
setting, with length of stream or
area of lnke small enough that It
does not encroach unduly on adult
angling, yet will not crowd the
children Private ownership should
not border the stream if this can
be arranged since the private ow
ners would have the right to fish,
nullifying the purpose of the . pro
gram,, the. Commission says.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 10.12
WASHINGTON Wl Rep. Lowell
Stflckman Is getting out of public
office. He will not run again this
year.
The Republican congressman
from Oregon made thai, announce
ment hero Wednesday, almost sim
ultaneously wllh the announcement
in Oregon that State Rep. Giles
L. French would be a candidate
lor Stockman's Job.
Stockman, who is comDlctlng his
filth term as representative ol
Oregon's second dlstrct, said he
considered 10 years "to bo a rea
sonable time for one Individual to
contribute lo public service."
"I feel the time has now come
when I would like to return home
and give attention to my private
ailalrs," the Pendleton wheat
rancher said In a prepared state
ment.
Meanwhile In Oreaoa. French.
who has been a member of the
State Legislature 17 years, an
nounced he would sock Republican
nomination to the congressional
scat. French Is publisher of the
Sherman County Journal at Mora,
ore.
Siockman was elected to the Con
gress which convened in January,!
ivn. Ho nas ocen re-elected four
times. Now 51, he Is the only Ore
gon congressman ever named to
Hie powerful House APoroDrlatlons
Committee.
Siockman said he would not sup
port any particular candidate to
succeed him.
Besides French. State Sen Sam
Coon. Baker, has been mentioned
as a possible Republican candidate
for the Eastern Oregon congres
sional seat. ,
Iran Closes
US Offices
TEHRAN, Iran (P) A U.S. em
bassy spokesman said Thursday
Iran has ordered immediate shut
down of all American State De
partment Information and educa
tion centers here- except the one
in Tehran.
Trio order also Applied toTBrltlsh
and Russian cultural centers out
bids the capital, it was reported.
Drafting of the closure order was
reported unofficially yesterday.
The Iranian action was based on
a 1949 decree permitting foreign
cultural activities only In Tehran.
The decree had not been enforced,
however.
A month ago, Moslem Leader
Ayatullah Kashanl, whose word oft
en has great weight with the gov
ernment, "suggested" enforce
ment of the decree In a note to
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh.
US Men Face
Extradition
WASHINGTON Ifl The State
Department has cleared the way
for the Italian government to try
to extradite two former American
soldiers charged with murdering
their commanding olficer during a
secret wartime mission behind en
emy lines.
A certificate testifying to Italy's
demand was given the Italian em
bassy last Friday, the department
said Thursday, thus allowing Ital
ian representatives to seek war
rants for the arrest of the two men.
U. S. military authorities say
they have no jurisdiction since the
two men are no longer in the Army.
Attorneys for both say they will
fight the extradition move.
The accused, former Lt. Aldo
Icardl, formerly of Pittsburgh, and
lormer Sgt. Carl G. LoDolce of
Rochester, N. Y., have denied the
charge.
The Defense Department accused
the two of the cloak and dagger
killing of Mai. Wlliam V. Holohan
on Dec. 6, 1944.
All three men were part of a
secret mission team parachuted
behind enemy lines in Italy.
German Bride
Home Again
STRAUBING. Germany Wl A
German war bride suffering from
an- Incurable illness was home
Thursday from the United States to
spend her remaining days with her
family.
Sgt. Albert L. LeGault, of Elma,
Washington, who accompanied his
sick German-born wife here, said
her "morale Jumped 100 per cent
as she .neared home. '
The couple began the 7,000 mile
meroy flight from McChord Air
Force Base, Washington, three
days ago after Air Force author
ities snipped red tape and granted
the sergeant 60 days leave to ac
company his stricken wife. They
arrived at Erding Air Bnse Wednes
day. . LeOault met his wife while he
was stationed In Germany in 1946
They married two years later
and went to the United States. In
1949, physicians discovered she wns
suffering from an Incurable condi
tion, ,.. i. ,..
FILES " .'
" SALEM Iff! Mike M"DeCicco,
Portland tire dealer, filed his can
didacy Thursday for Democratic
national committeeman. -
The job now Is held by Monroe
Sweetlandx Portland. ,
Telephone Sill
No. 2728
Allies Push
War; Ships
Blast Coast
By STAN CARTKR
SEOUL, Korea Wl Allied war
planes ripped up Red rail lines in
132 places Thursday In heavy new
attacks on wobbly North Korean
transport routes.
American Jets saw 140 Commu
nal Jet lighters during the day.
There were two brief fights but
the U.S. Fifth Air Force did not
report any Reds damaged.
Allied pilots said they blasted a
tank, nine artillery pieces and 20
supply buildings in addition to their
raids on rail and truck routes in
662 sorties flown during the day.
Communist supply lines and troop
Installations along both coasts were
brought under the heavy guns of
U.S. warships.
The U.3. Battleship Wisconsin
threw more than 135 tons of 16
lnch s;lls at rail targets near be
sieged Won.ian on the East Coast.
A Communist troop transport
was attacked by the guns of the
British Frigate Cockado off Haeju
on the West Coast.
Red shore guns on the West
Coast opened up on the Canadian
destroyer Sioux and the American
tug Apache doing salvage work
near Chodo Island, southwest of
the North Korean capital of Pyong
yang. The Sioux returned the fire
while the tug got out of the way.
Neither ship was hit.
On the ground, U.N. Infantrymen
clashed In a few minor patrol
skirmishes.
A U.S. Eighth Army Communi
que reported two small Red attacks
behind mortar barrages were
beaten back before dawn along the
Pukhan river In the central sec
tor. Search On
For Plane
VANCOUVER. B. C. W Air
and surface craft Joined Thursday
in an Intensive search on both
sides of the U.S. & Canadian border
for a smalKplane and the two men
aboard.
Both U.S. Coast Guard and
Canadian . craft were engaged in
the search. There has been no re
port from the plane since it left
'.he International Airport here late
Wednesday on a non-stop flight
over Vancouver Island, Port Ange
les, Seattle, Everett and Belling
haln. The two men aboard were Harry
W. O'Reilly, 33, tlight instructor
for the Aero Club of B. C, and
Flight Lt. Jack Welch of West
Vancouver. The club owned the
plane, which was listed for a prac
tice flight.
Canso Hying Doats toot ott at
dawn from here and from Patricia
Bay on Vancouver Island.
The Coast Guard reported at
Seattle lt had sent a PBY plane
to scan the Strait of Jaun de Fuca
and adjacent territory and three
83-foot patrol boats to search the
northwest San Juan Islands.
The plane took off at 4:56 p.m.
with enough fuel to last until 10
p.m. Weather was reported favor
able at tne time.
All ships in the area were asked
to keep a lookout for any sign of
the silver-colored plane.
PICTURED AT PORTLAND where they are taking part in the Oregon-Washington Cham
bers of Commerce meeting are (1 to r) Erank Jenkins, James Kerns Jr., and Frank Tuck
er,. Jenkins is past-president of the Klamath Chamber, Kerns the current president and
Tucker is Chamber manager. Tucker was elected vice-president of the. Oregon Chamber
executives. Jenkins addressed a joint meeting of the Chamber executives and the Port
land Chamber on-"Water Development in the Klamath Basin"; v ,
Records Seized
In Crackdown
On Subversives
By BRACK CURRY
BONN, Germany Wl Hundreds
of West German police raided of
fices of the Communist party and
Nazi-type Socialist Reich party and
seized their secret records Thurs
day. The police struck at dawn, act
ing on orders of the Federal Con
stitutional Court, which is seeking
evidence of subversive activities.
The government has filed suit In
the court to outlaw both parties as
hostile to the state.
There were no arrests and the
raids took place without incident,
authorities said. Police grabbed
slacks of propaganda, bank rec
ords and confidential files. .
Concern over the growth of the
Nazi-like Socialist Reich Party has
been expressed bv both the govern
ment of West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer and the U.S. oc
cupation authorities.
Just 10 days ago U.S. High Com
missioner John J. McCloy said a
public opinion poll taken by his
staff disclosed that onlv 20 ner
cent of the Germans would do
anything to prevent rise of another
Nazi party.
The survey showed that 13 ner
cent would support such a party
a situation McCloy said was 'in
comprehensible." He saw no im
mediate threat of a rebirth of
Nazism, but admonished the Ger
mans against political apathy.
Spud Boost
Move Delayed
PORTLAND Wl An Office of
Price Stabilization official here
says there is no decision vet on
whether to allow a ceiling price
increase for Oregon potatoes.
A spokesman said OPS officials
here checked with Washington.
D.C., after Roy Snable, Powell
outte. ure., and Scott Warren,
Klamath Falls, representing Ore
gon potato interests, bad presented
their proposal there, calling for a
76-cent increase above the present
ceiling of $3.65 per 100 pounds.
The Washington officials said
only that the proposal still was
under consideration, the-spokes
man said. .
Party Bosses
Facing Probe
WASHINGTON lfl The Senate
Investigations subcommittee told
the Senate Thursday -Republican
National Chairman Guy G. Gab
rlelson and William M. Boyle, Jr.,
his one time Democratic counter
part, engaged in activities "bound
to lead to charges of impropriety."
Sen. Hoey, D-N. C, said the find
ings were approved unanimously
by the four Democrats and three
Republicans of the subcommittee
he heads.
Neither Boyle nor Gabrlelson was
accused of any illegality.
The report denounced the Amer
ican Lithofold Corp., St. Louis
printing firm, for paying fees to
Boyle, several government olficials
and others in high places, and giv
ing them costly gifts and "lavish
entertainment."
It recommended that "any firm
or individual who seeks to bring
improper Influence to bear on gov
ernment departments or who has a
background of inlluence seeking
should be barred from further busi
ness with the government."
, The Communists have made no
secret of the fact that they are out
to wreck the West German govern
ment. Their latest move la a threat to
call a strike in the rich Industrial
Ruhr and Uius cripple any role
West Germany might take In sup
plying materials tor Western Eu
rope's defense against possible Sov
let aggression.
Police swarmed into the big Com
munists' national headquarters at
Duesscldorf In the Ruhr and In
each of their 11 stale offices, the
Interior Ministry said,
Gtistav Gundclach, a Communist
member of the Federal Parlia
ment, denounced the raids as an
"unconstitutional arbitrary act."
Czech Says
Oatis Trial
Legitimate
PARIS iff! A Czechoslovak del
egate told the United Nations
Thursday that his country's con
demnation of William N. Oatis, As
sociated Press chief of bureau In
Prague, exnosed and nut on h
to an important spy network.
The delegate. Frantispk
spoke in reply to a slashing attack
uciverea in me ueneral Assem
bly's 60-natlon Social Committee by
U.S. Delegate Channlng Tobias
Wednesday night. .
Vavricka told the committee it
was witnessing an American at
tempt to abuse th IT n hv ..lad
dering Czechoslovakia and bring.
" "Hiiier wrucn was strictly
within the domestic Jurisdiction of
the Prague government.
uatis is a trained spy," he said.
'His post in the Associated Pro.
was only an alibi." .
loDias had told the committee
Oatis's trial was "staged" to In
timidate all reporters and shut
off news from behind the Iron Cur
uim. ne insisted Oatis was guilty
of nothing but trying to do a good
Job .as..reBoreR-T ..-'.'"
tne Oatis case, Tobias said, was
' not merely a case of one man In
prison as a result of a forced con
fession and a very clumsily-staged
trial. It was a calculated attaelt
on freedom of information."
vavricka asserted Oatis had been
tried by a legitimate court In an.
cordance with normal trial proce
dure. Vavricka said Oatis had con-,
fessed he was trained as a spy by
U.S. Military Intelligence schools.
He said Oatis also admitted he was
taught new methods of spying by
a Col. Atwood, military attache at
the U.S. embassy In Prague and
that Oatis often sent notes to At
wood. Tobias had offered to give any
delegate a word-for-word record of
tne trial, saying "this record is an
indictment of the government of
Czechoslovakia, not of Oatis."
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Few showers Thursday aud Fri
day. High today 45. Low tonight 27. '
High temp yesterday 40
Low last night 28
Precip. Jan. 30 - .03
Since Oct. 1 10.53
Normal for period 6.6J
Same period last yr. 10.21 '
(Additional Weather on Page 41
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