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Four Killed
As Storms
Lash South
By Tli Associated Press
Four persons were killed, more
IIiiiii Rn Injured and untold prop
erty dnmnuo done Wednesday night
bv tornadoes dipping Into four
states.
"The heaviest toll was In the De
rhrrd, 'l'cnn., area, midway b
twron Nashville and Chattanooga
whr 10 a twister killed three. The
other win klllrd In North Alabama.
Arkuiuina and Missouri also felt the
brunt ol the ntorma.
'I ho wind arlxpcl the home nf
Clllton Hnell, about 40, at Marble
Plains, near Decherd, and rolled
It like a ball. Hnell and hla five-year-old
ion, Doynl. died In the
wreckage. Mr. Hnell and Jive
other children huddled In the rulna
IhrntiKhout the nlKlit.
WOMAN HIES
Mrs. Mamie Douion, about 49,
was Injured Intnlly when her home
; wan demollahed at Decherd. A
I drluiihler and two sons were In
1 Jflted.
! Clarence Espry. 60, wa killed
" when hla home at Lexington, Ala.,
was torn to bits, a chimney toppl-
Inir down on hlin.
Tho funnel-shaped winds pounced
from black akiea In tho lour slates
i L.ll.U.n, rrl nnllftt At)
MlMilnill'IiJ d oH wuthern
states. , , .
At least 33 others were Inlured
at Decherd and an estimated 76
homea were dumuKi'd. Four ear
o( a sidetracked irelKhl train
were blown oil tho tracka.
Colder weather and now nit
wide areaa trom the Rocklea to
New F.nnland, cutting ahnrt a apcll
of mlMneaa In the midwest.
18 BKI.OW
It was 18 below xero In Oranfl
Marals, Mich., as the blast of cold
MnrihAKHtjrn Canada
spread over Uie Northeastern atatea
and tne ureav " .
But readings were from 10 to 5
above In oUier parts ol the cold
b'Bnow and sleet hit areaa from
Ihe Ohio Valley westward to the
. kHuril In Inn I . ft-
Uaaoiaa ana ' - -
nndlan border. Heaviest snowfa Is
we reportea in wii
Legion Urges
UMT Controls
. WASHINGTON W - The Ameri
ca toUghlm "c vWn control
over Universal Mlllte-rv Training.
" One euro way of kllllnx any
, Universal Military Training pro-
tome that the V'W 'n ??:
,ss will not support It." Dnl1
R Wilson, Uftlon national com
mander told the Senate Armed Ber
Icea Committee.
Before Wilson and other W;
neTsea began flnl $!lc
hearings, Chairman Russell, D-Oa..
o? the Senate Committee forec.-.
congressional passage of Uie bill
needed to start training of U year
0lBoyinUlRu'.ell and WlUon noted
that Congress overwhelmingly ap
proved last year the principles of
UMT and the pending bill could put
the program into operation this
year. -
Speech Prize
To Gallagher
Richard Gallagher will "Present
ihe Modoo Toastmasters club In
the area contest in Medford pr Ash
land It was announced last night
following elimination reche by
club members at the Wlllard hotel.
Gallagher topped four other
Joastmastera with a speech titled
Orecn Pastures." ....
Second place winner In the com
petition was Bill Wenlworth, while
Ben Loftsgaard won third Also
running were Bob Mitchell and
Julius aluntonl.
The area contest, scheduled for
around Mar. 16, will send a winner
on to compete In the state contest
in Portland.
Demo Women
Plan Activity
Democratic views and policies
were dlsouased Tuesday evening at
social garnering 01 tne Kiamain
County Democratic Women's Or
ganization at Klamath Yacht Club.
., The session was headed by Mrs.
A. L. Kerbow, president, assisted
bv Mrs. A. W. Dannelley, vice
president and Mrs. A. F. Condrey,
Democratic Central Commltteo vice
chairman.
Mrs. Condrey Indicated many
itato and national Democrntlo par
ty representatives would bo sched
uled here during the coming elec
tion campaign.
Dinner was served the group by
Yncht Club managers, Mr. and
Mrs, Mike Regan.
,
Check Charge
Brings Jail
Charge of obtaining money by
false pretenses was filed Wednes
day against Louis J. Estes, 44-ycar-old
barber, of 2643 Radcllffe.
. Estcs is accused of cashing a
(100 bad .check at Hardy's Mens
Store, getting credit for a $09.76
suit and $30.26 cents In change.
Ho was arrested Tuesday night
by City Police on a drunk charge.
In District Court Wednesday
warning, Estes asked for time to
consider whether or not he wanted
a preliminary hearing on the
charge.. Ball was act at $3600,
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Price Five C'rnut 20 Pages
Enemy Jabs
At Advance
U.N. Lines
SEOUL, Korea lfi Communist
troops Jabbed at udvance Allied
positions all acroas Korea Thurs
day, hilling with a bcefed-np com
puny at one point on the Western
Front. . .
Btormy skies restricted the air
war. Hut K80 Babre Jets flying
cover for flKhter-bombers damuRed
one of 30 Communist Jets which
tried to break through the pro
tective screen. Ma). Zune S. Amell
of East Lansing. Mich., wits cred'
lied with damaging the MIO.
On the ground, pre-dawn Red at'
tacks knocked Allied Infantrymen
out of two poalllons northwest of
Yoncnon on the western Front and
one near the Mundung Valley In
the east. All three were recap
tured without trouble, the Eighth
Army reported.
East of the Mudung Vsllev the
Reds hurled 700 rounds of mortar
and artillery fire at a U.N. divi
sion In Uie 24 hours before dawn.
The North Korean War Communi
que broadcast by Uie Pyongyang
radio, said Red shore butteries on
Uie West Coast sank two Allied
warships offshore. There waa no
Allied confirmation.
Allied warships Wednesday at
tacked Red targets In and around
Hungnam, Songjln, K0J0, Wonsan
and Blnmak. The Naval commun-
quo said sea-borne artillery hit rail
ynras, bridges, dox curs ana lo
comotives, supply Installations and
wmmuniat troop positions.
Mama Has 18,
Seeks 2 More
JOI.IET. Ill (V) Mrs. Nora
Bnker. attractive 40 year old
grandmother, who gave birth to her
I8U1 child Sunday, said Thursday
"A big family Is really no trouble.
In fact I want two more girls Just
to even things up.
Mrs. Baker and her husband,
Raymond, 40, a machinist, have 10
sons and I daughters.
One son, Sgt, Raymond Jr. 23,
Is married and stationed at Fort
Townsend, Wash. The oldest daugh
ter, June, ii, is married and has a
son, Earl Jr. born last November.
The other Baker children range in
age irom in to z years.
The Bakers live In their own 7-
room frame home. They have all
the modern appliances except tele
vision. And the father said, "We
don't need TV. There's so much
going on wo don't have time to
watch it." Tho children agreed.
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FAMOUS FACE DAMAGED Film Actress Jane Russell
with a bruised and swollen jaw. and slightly darkened eye'
which is concealed by makeup, is shown leaving a Las
Vegas, Nev., theatre following a . picture premiere. Her
.studio said injuries resulted when bumped by a car door.
Accident occurred shortly after Comedian Ben Blue made
quips about her celebrated curves that annoyed her hus
band, Bob Watcrfield, Los Angeles Rams, football star.
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PEMCAX PETE: "Here' my Valentino
riqht lrom the heart.""
(Editor's Note: Corny old bird, Isn't he?)
Armory Recreation
Center Considered
The powlblllty of converUng the
Klamath Falls Armory into a com
munity center emphasizing youth
and recreation. acuWUai wax dls
cuised yesterday In a conference
between the Armory administra
tion and representatives of the
KUHS Parents and Patrons club.
Mrs. Richard H. Klngdon, presi
dent of the high school group, and
Mrs. W. K. Adams asked the board
If It would be possible- to convert
the building to more efficient use
by scheduling activities there 100
per cent of Uie time. They suggest
ed also the possibility of moving
in recreation offices, youth and
service offices to Uie Armory build
ing. However, the Armory Board
(represented by two members and
Its secretary) pointed out that as
a group It had no authority to take
action on any suggestions whatso
ever. There are live board mem
bers. Policies, the board members
said, must be mndc by the County
Court and the City Council since
the Armory Is a unit jointly oper
ated by Uiose governmental agen
cies. Secy. Ted Case pointed out the
Armory Is operated "under the
best business practices." It la not
supported entirely bv public funds
collectod by Uio clty or county,
but Instead operates as a private
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, business.
At the end of the yean the funds
available. Instead of being trans-
f erred back to- the general fund
iui icuuukcvuik. me Acyt t ikui
with the Armory.
The building has an overhead of
some $000 per month, and still
operates only about half the time.
Board member Matt Finnlgan,
representing the city, pointed out
that the administration does not
play favorites as far as reserva
tion of the Armory facilities Is
concerned. Dance groups and wres
ting, he noted, are the biggest pro
viders of revenue but neverthe
less make reservations only a few
weeks ahead of their schedules.
Scheduling. Finnlgan said, would
make It most difficult to set up
a planned recreation program be
cause Interruptions would be neces
sary as Important public events
dances, conventions and the like
came up.
Finnlgan said that the Armory
was actually the only local facili
ty that would handle many of those
events.
Mrs. Klngdon and Mrs. Adams
were nushlng proposals here to ex
pand recreational facilities to make
more room for young people during
their spare time.
Truman Asks
Morris Aid
WASHINGTON MV President
Truman asked Congress Thursday
to give Newbold Morris subpoena
powers to obtain documents and
witnesses outside the government
in Investigating wrongdoing in gov
ernment. Also, at a news conference, he
described himself as undecided
whether or not to seek reelection.
The President told reporters he is
giving Morris subpoena powers so
that newspapers charging him with
whitewash win be tnorougniy an
swered. He quickly followed up the an
nouncement with a special mes
sage to Congress asking for the
needed legislation.
The President dlreeted all agen-
Mm nf frnvprnment to co-ooerate
fully with Morris, a New York Atr
torncy he recently named to the
government cleanup jod.
that In many cases where federal
emoloves have been subject to out
side Influence the most essential
evidence is not in government
hands.
To obtain this, he snld, It will be
necessary to obtain legislation
since the executive branch cannot
confer subpoena powers on Morris.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, occasional light snow
Thursday and flurries Thursday
night. . Partly cloudy and a little
warmer Friday. High Friday 42,
low. tonight 25. Northern California
cloudy In extreme north, slightly
warmer Friday.
High Wednesday 27
Low last night - 19
Preclp Wednesday 0
Preclp alnce Oct. 1 11.48
Normal for period 7.36
rerlod last year 11.71
(Additional Weather en Page 10,)
Telephone 1111
No. 2740
Rep. King
Denounces
U.S. Bureau
By JACK BUTLEDGE
WASHINGTON lPt A Congres
sional committee and the treasury
department clashes openly and
bitterly Thursday over twin Investi
gations of Internal Revenue Bureau
tax scandals.
Rep. King, D-Callf. said his
subcommittee digging into tax af-
lairs has "clear evidence" the
Treasury called a sudden hearing
in New York Monday to stifle his
group's Investigation there, set for
mVl-March.
King Issued a sharply worded
statement In San Francisco, where
his subcommittee is making an on-the-spot
investigation of Internal
Revenue affairs in that area, say
ing Uie Treasury broke an agree
ment by ordering the New York
hearing.
REMOVAL
He also said certain documents
whisked out of New York and away
from Treasury officials involved
persons of naUonal importance"
and they would remain in Uie safe
keeping of the House Serjeant-at-arms
-pending further clarifi
cation of the situation."
His statement contradicted aspor
tations made Wednesday by Sec
retary of the Treasury Snyder and
Tax Commissioner John B. Dunlap.
The explosion of the simmering
feud between the House unit and
Revenue Bureau developments, in
cluding new resignations, an lndlct-
-ism ' nf Prw'i
Uo reshuffle the organlzaUon." .
jr. a sudden hew coast-to-coast
I Iiareup
1. Frank Scofleld. veteran Tn.
ternal Revenue Collector for South
Texas, resumed Wednesday, nf.
flclals here said he was asked to
resign; ms wile said he quit volun
tarily. He was the seventh of the
nation s o4 regional tax collectors
to leave office in less than a year.
in an. ioo lax employes were
fired or ousted last year, 60 for
uisuunesiy.
2. Theodore J. Naumann denutv
collector at Mlnot, N. D.. was
ousted for alleged irregularities
i-aier ne was arrested on charges
of converting tax collections to his
uwn use.
3. John A. Malone. stiKrwnrinn'
assistant chief of th Tnrnmo T.r
Division of the San Francisco of
fice, was indicted on a charge of
conspiring to defraud the govern-
4. Chairman McClellnn. ri ArV
of the Senate Expenditures Com
mittee Which is considering th
President's plan to reorganize the
iJ uureau, putung all except
the top commissioner under civil
Service, said he was against the
Civil Service angle a major part
of the plan.
ine ciasn Between congressmen
and Uie Justice and Treasure no.
partments was seen as an indica
tion oi a race to oe the first to
dig Into widespread aspects of the
lax scanaais.
POW Exchange
Plan Studied
MUNSAN, Korea Wl Commu
nist truce negotiators presented a
new prisoner exchange plan Thurs
day incorporaUng some Allied
ideas but clinging to their own
demand for forced repatriation.
The Allies repeatedly have said
they won't turn a single prisoner
back to the Reds against his will.
The Communists nave another
new plan. It was drafted for the
final clause of a Korean armistice.
It will be unveiled Saturday before
a full dress session of truce ne
gotiators. The meeting was set for
10 a.m., 5 p.m. PST Friday.
THREE POINTS
Originally the Communists sug
gested a three-point recommenda
tion for a high-level post-armistice
conference: Withdrawal of all for
eign troops from Korea; settle
ment of the Korean peace, and
settlement of other Asian problems
related to the Korean question.
The -.U.N. agreed in principle to
the first two, but balked at dls
cussing problems other than those
directly connected with Uie Korean
war.
The Reds offered to submit a
new proposal, Thursday they said
it was ready. The saiurnay meet
ing was set when Allied spokesmen
said the U.N. delegation would be
unable to meet earlier.
TOGETHER ,
Col. George Hickman said he had
not had time to read carefully the
nine point Red prisoner exchange
plan, but on several points Uie
Communists had "come to our own
point of view."
While holding out against volun
tary repatriation the Communists
did agree to let Red Cross teams
operate in prisoner of war camps
after an armistice is - signed. .
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Ticket Fix
MANILA Wl Any red blooded
Filipino can get a traffic ticket
llxed in Manila.
All he has to do is see Ray Hig
gins at city hall.
Hlggins leads the violator to a
pretty nurse who extracts a pint
oi blood tor Filipino war wounded
Then Hlggins tears up the ticket
Mrs. Goddard
Chief Deputy
Appointment of Mrs. Dora ood
dard as chief deputy of the Klam
ath County Sheriff's office was
made today by Sheriff Murray
(Red) Britton.
Mrs. Goddard. ST, has been an
employe of Uie Sheriff's office since
December of 1941. She has been a
deputy sheriff those 11 years and
in charge of all clerical and paper
work for the office.
She is the mother of five chil
dren, Atty. Ben Goddard. Mrs. J.
Harvey Brannan, Mrs. W. E. Hen-!
aerson. all of Klamath Falls, Dr.
Edward Goddard. resident physi
cian, Veteran's Hospital, Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Marian Goddard,
university oi uregon student.
Sherllt sritton said Mrs. Goddard
was given Uie appointment for her
11 years of courteous and efficient
service in the office.
Other Sheriff's deputies are Alton
Short, civil deputy and Dal Reed,
former State Patrolman, criminal
deputy.
Minor Liquor
Sale Charged
The second charge of selling liq-
our to a minor filed through the
district attorney's office in four
days was brought into District
Court Wednesday afernoon.
Charged with tne violation were
Lee and Erma Gerue. operators of
Fremont Grocery, 18 Nevada Ave.
Last Saturday a similar charge
was brought against Archie and
Vivian James, operators oi a. om
St. Tavern.
All four are free on bond and
scheduled to enter pleas to the
separate charges Feb. 16 in Dis
trict Court.
Sports Bulletin
MUSIAL SIGNS
ST. LOUIS Wl The National
League batting champion, Stan
Musical, signed his 1952 contract
Thursday at his last year figure
of $75,000 plus.
BUSY OVER AN early cup
Berg, 903 Owens, and C.
salesmen at Fyock's.
VAN VACTOR
Klamath DA
To Run For
Re-election
D. E. Van Vactor today
nounced he would seek re-election
as Klamath County District Attor
ney.
He is a Republican and so far
the sole candidate for that office.
He filed for Uie nomination in Sa
lem since the Job of District At
torney is state-paid although county-elective.
Van Vactor has been prosecutor
for a little more than three years
and in that time has posted a re
markable record not more than
half a dozen Circuit Court trials
in several hundred criminal ac
tions undertaken by the office. In
mmst Instances ot criminal Drose-
cution, the defendant has pleaded
guilty without standing trial,
von var.tnr is a lonirUme rest
J . nf Vlamath Pails. He WaS
bom in Goldendale Wash- and
ame here tn 1925. He was dep
uty under District Attorney T. A.
Gillenwaters lrom iju v
He was graduated from North
i.n,' fiz-hnnl of Law. Portland,
In 1924. He is a veteran of both
World Wars.
In 1948 Van Vactor was unop
posed for the Job. carrying Dotn
1 - .1 TniHnAIatiA
nominations.
Drunk Driving
Gets 30 Days
a Fueene hotel clerk. 42-year-old
Jack H. Theraux, was sentenced to
30 days in Jail in District Court
this morning on pleading guilty to
charge of drunk driving.
Theraux was arrested wwubuj
afternoon by State Police on U.S.
Highwav 97, ten miles south of
Crescent. . .
The arresting oilicer reportea
Theraux was driving his car all
over the highway, and visibly in
toxicated. MORE RUSS SUBS
HONG KONG Ifl The pro
National Kung Sheung Dally News
published an unconfirmed report
Thursday that "10 more Russian
made submarines" have arrived
at Uie Chinese Communist Naval
Base of Yulln on Hainan Island.
The paper said the Reds now have
20 subs in South China waters.
of coffee this, morning were Al
W. Faith, 2640 Radcliffe, both
Sen. Horse
Fears Big
Taft Lead
By The Associated. Press
Oeneral Elsenhower was urged
by one of his supporters Thursday
to come home and launch a vigor
ous campaign for Uie Republican
presidential nomination "before It
is too late."
This was a change In viewpoint
for Senator Morse, R-Ore. He had
Indicated a month ago he thought
the general could win the OOP
nomination in July without leaving
Europe
Morse's statement In an Inter
view was interpreted as reflecting
a growing belief among some El
senhower backers that he will have
to meet headon the drive by Sen
ator Taft of Ohio for the nomi
nation. The Oregon senator added that
there were several generals who
could take over Elsenhower's Job
as commander of the North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization but no one
was so wen quaiuied for the presi
dency. HOPEFUL
'l am very hooeful." Mor M
That Elsenhower will renoniz
before It is too late that the welfare
of the country needs his ereat
leadership much more In the White
House than as head of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization."
Eisenhower said last month he
would not seek the nomination but
would accent it If it were offered.
oenaior Brewster, K-Me a Taft
backer, said he is convinced the
general "meant exactly what he
said" about making no nre-conven-
tlon campaign.
Commenting that "nollticians
seem to have difficulty understand
ing generais," Brewster told news
men he is convinced Gen. Douglas
MacArthur also meant it when he
said he was not a candidate for
President.
WARREN
Other political developments:
California's Gov. Earl Warren
took issue with Taft'a Lincoln nv
speech in which the Ohloan urged
uiai American arms and training
be speeded to Nationalist Chinese
on Formosa. Warren, like Taft. is
seeking the GOP presidential nom
ination.
"I don't see how we can arm
300,000 soldiers and send them to
conquer China unless we are pre
pared to iouow inrougn and timsn
uie job for them 11 they failed,"
Warren said.
KEFAUVER
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee.
seeking the Democratic nomination
tor president, begun his campaign
for the New Hampshire primary
uarcn li.
He told a news conference in
Concord he did not intend to criti
cize President Truman during his
campaign but would offer his own '
program. Part of this, he added,
would be "to clean out crime and
get the budget balanced."
Youths Jailed
Second Time
Two 19-year-old youths are in the
County Jail today facing possible
probation revocation and prison
sentences.
Sheldon Abercrombie, 2335 Shasta
Way and Kenneth Lowry, 1558
Hope, were booked at the 'Jail Wed
nesday afternoon on complaint of
violation of probation brought by
District Probation Officer Art Bed-
doe.
The two, along with a third
youth, were placed on two yeara
probation in Circuit Court here
Dec. 28, 1951.
The youths pleaded guilty to
charge of entering a motor vehicle
witn intent to steal. It involved
theft of beer from a Western
Wholesalers, 1003 E. Main, Dec. 9,
1S31.
The district attornev's office in
dicated today, petitions would be
filed m Circuit Court requesting
that Uie youths' probationary sen
tences be revoked.
On sentencing the youths Dee. 28.
Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg
torn mem r.e was giving - them
their last chance and he didn't
want to see them in court again.
Neuner Says
Not Running
McMINNVTLLE m George
Neuner, Oregon's Attorney General
since Dec. 21, 1943, announced
Thursday he would not run for re
election. In a statement Issued at his home
here, he said that since several
men had indicated they would seek
the office if he did not plan to
run, "in Justice to these lawyers
and others who may have this
laudable ambition in mind, I have
decided to announce at this time
that I will not seek re-election."
There has been talk in recent
months that Neuner, now 73,
planned to retire.
He has been active in Oregon
legal circles ever since his 1908
graduation from Willamette Uni
versity. From 1909 to 1925 he
practiced at Roseburg and during
that time served in the State House
of Representatives and in the Sen
ate, and as Douglas County Dist
rict Attorney. From 1925 to 1933
he was United States District At
torney for Oregon. i
His 1943 appointment as State
Attorney General waa followed by
election in 1944 and re-election in
1948.
Klamath Soldier
Home from War
A Klamath Falls soldier. Pfc.
Darvln E. Petty, 125 N. Laguna,
arrived In the United States today
from Korea.
He was one of 4,472 combat vefr
erans aboard the transport Gen. M
C. Meigs at San Francisco.