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Ghost Of Ash Creek Butte" Baffles Searchers
lly WALLACE MVKflK
"The Ghost of Ash Creek Butte"
kept air search and ground rescue
teams on tenterhooks all day yes
terday at Municipal Airport.
The "ghost," so dubbed last
night by Joe Steele, a Klamath
Air Search and Rescue leader, was
believed to be tho wreckage of an
Air Force transport missing In this
area with eight men aboard since
Dec. 20,
The transport, a C-47, has not
been heard from since It made a
routine radio check with the air
port hero at 4:17 p. m., Dec, 20.
The radio communicator reported
the ship flying at 10,000 fuet en
routo to San Frunclsco from Spo
kane. A Ikm r. I wero three crewmen
and five "aerial hitchhikers," all
service personnel. The plane was
never heard from again after milk
ing the radio check here. Air
Force unci KASRU men searched
for several days in what was be
lieved to be the biggest aerial
search In Northwest history but no
trace of the plane was ever found.
Two Air Force rescue teams and
KASRU members act up a search
and rescue base at the airport
Saturday to look for a small cabin
plane missing alnco Friday morn
ing with four young Air National
Guardsmen aboard. That search
had a happy ending Sunday morn
ing when three of the four lost
men made their way out of the
mountains north of McCloud. They
had left the fourth man with their
downed plane. He was sick and
didn't feel up to battling the deep
mow on foot. Soon after his com
panions appeared at McCloud, a
ski plane went In and brought out
the fourth man.
The four Guardsmen, en route lo
their Sacramento homes In a char
tered plane, a Cessna 170, had
landed on a slope 14 miles north
west of McCloud when their gas
ran low and they were blinded by
a driving snowstorm.
Late Sunday afternoon, Paul
Gemberllng was certain he saw the
tall section and a good part of the
rear fuselage of a C-47 sticking out
of the snow.
When he reported here, hopes
were high that the Air Force C-47
carrying eight men, which vanished
Dec. 26, had finally been found.
Air Force and KASRU ground
teams Immediately began prepara
tions for tackling heavily snowed
under mountain trails to Ash Creek
Butte.
But last night, after an Air
Force ground Icam with a Weasel
had already been dispatched to Mc
Cloud and KA8RU had arranged
to get a Copco "Sno-Cat" from Yre
ka, the ground trip was called oil.
The ground trek was called off
btca" 'e several experienced aerial
e vn who flew over Ash Creek
Butte all day yesterday could find
no trace of the C-47 tall section.
Gemberllng was positive he had
seen the tail section on the east
slope of a Butte ridge at about
7,000 feet.
Searchers yesterday even resort
ed to aerial pictures of the ridge
section designated by Gemberllng.
The pictures were "blown up" by
Herald and News photographer
Don Kettler and studied under a
powerful magnifying glass. But
nothing even remotely resembling
plane wreckage could be found.
However, despite failure of the
other filers and observers and lack
of evidence in the pictures, Gem
berllng wouldn't budge a fraction:
"The plane's up there . , , No
doubt about It . . , I saw it plain
as the none on my face," he said.
But to offset Gemberllng's assur
ance there were the many hours
of flight over the ridge yesterday
that found nothing. Ed Scholer, ace
KASRU flier, criss-crossed over the
ridge several times. "I took a real
good look all over that ridge , . ."
I could see It good . . , I couldn't
see anything at all like wreckage"
he said.
Meanwhile, Gemberllng, who flies
for John Mifflin, owner of Uie Cess
na in which the four National
Guardsmen were lost, had taken
off to fly the Cessna back to
Spokane. Mifflin, however, was still
here. Late yesterday afternoon,
Mifflin took Lt. D. A. Fit7erald,
Air Force rescue officer, and again
flew over the Ash Creek ridge.
When they returned they reported
they had not seen any trace of
possible wreckage.
That did it. Capt. George Blair,
of Hamilton Field, who had been
commanding the Cessna search
base here, conferred briefly with
the KASRU men and announced
the ground trek to Ash Creek was
cancelled . . At least, for the
time being.
"There's no sense In risking oth
er men's lives sending them Into
those mountains unless vs're prac
tlcally certain there something In
there," said the captain. KASRU
men readily agreed,
But everyone. Including tills re
porter who talked with Gemberllng
at length about the wreckage he
reported, was Impressed with
Gemberllng's determined certainty
ho had seen the C-47 tail section,
"Shadows and rock formations do
not fool me," said Gemberllng, "I
know a plane when I see it and
I saw that C-47 tall section,"
Could Oemberllng have been
mistaken In the location , , . Was
It some other ridge He wouldn't
give ground there either, stoutly
holding to the Ash Creek Butte lo
cation.
So there lt Is and there It' wilt
probably remain until the summer
thaw permits a possible close
ground search of the ridge slope
for . . .
"The ghost of Ash Creek Butte.
i V PARTNERS Pat Ball (left), 2530 Eberlinc Ave, and
Lottlo Wright, 720 Lowell St., operate Jennie's Cafe, 910
Main St.
la The
lly FRANK JICNKINH
In Washington tli in moriiliiK, Rep
enentatlve Hcbni, ol Loulxlana
a former Now Orleans newspaper
idllor, by the way) charges that
i "gigantic and columul propa
tandii machine" of the armed
orcrn linn turned on nil the (uucatn
n mi attempt to "explain away
Herbert's I committee's expou
il wwiio In the rnllllnry."
(Congress has been Investigating
tliargcs Hint the military services
os money around if tl were
vsste paper. Representative He
lerl Is n member ol the rommlt
e that has been tspcnrhendtiiK tlu?
nvestlgullon.)
I have Immense respect (or eood
inldlers, but I wouldn't be greatly
lurprlned i( what Hrprescnuitlve
leberl says Is true. We turn over
o the armed services practically
ill the money they ask (or. In the
icrv nature o( things, we don't
mention them too closely as to how
ftcy spend II. Under such circuni
donees, It would be strange Indeed
( colossal wiuite didn't develup In
ill spending ol the money.
Suppose you were Klven an tm
lorlnnl ob to do. Buppoxe vou
rre simply loaded down with
noney lo tuy tho bills with. Sup
jase you were practically told tlinl
' ao questions would bo anked as lo
low you handled the upending,
Isn't It ntillo possible. In Mich a
lituntlon, that you might soon de
velop habile o( extreme extrava
iiince? Along that line, Representative
Harris Ellsworth, ol the Southern
Oregon district across the maun
IuIiih, tells this one In Ills current
newsletter:
"Funny stories (not m lunny nt
that) keep coming out ol tho com
mlllees regarding military pur
chasing. Now It Is learned that the
nrmcd services speculations lor
Fi.Y SWATTERS weigh 2',
POUNDS and the book Is four
Inches thick."
As Harris says, Uiat Isn't so fun
ny at that.
We're preparing for what might
develop into a struggle lor sur
vival will) Russian communism.
As n guide to use in buying FLY
SWATTERS, our armed services
prepare a book four Inches thick
and weighing two and a hull
pounds I
Draw your own conclusions. Per
tonally, this Is the only conclusion
I can arrive at: Drawing up a set
of sneclllcntlons like that to USE
Diifslcws
IN BUYING FLY SWATHES for
the army nnd Uie navy and the
air loroe Is a lot of tommyrot.
SpeaKlng of government, this dis
patch came out of Washington a
few days ago:
"During Iho current week, the
government reported people living
on farms received record Incomes
lasl year (1061) but the flsuro still
was 40 per cent below the aver
age ol tho nnn-Inrm population.
"Incomo from all sources ol per
sons living on Inrms averaged
H020 compared with $1707 lor
' lho.se living off Inrms. In the prev
ious yoar 1 f)f0 the farm income
overage was $820. per person and
tho non-farm average was $1603
per person."
I suppose you've heard the storv
Hint the reason prices are so high
is that the fnrmers are llvlnn the
II Ic of Riley. Well, the. GOVERN
MENT says the farmers are in
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I M. A. CARTER
Cattle Shot
In Try To
Lick Disease
REOJNA. Rnslc f r-,.,ll,.
motilities went ,mtml,i TiiiHi,
tor livestock Infected with dreaded
iiuui-iimi-iiiouui disease as Canada
took drastic action to nave her
Iwn htlllmt Inllii. ulw.l .......
frm an outbreak of the mulady In
Southern Saskatchewan.
Tile United States, which got lis
first hool-and-moulh lnfeHInn 1rmn
Canada In 1B70. Immediately ban-
iii-u uu bioc ana meat imports
from ncross Uie norlliern border.
This nlmierf trnrin In k.AHinn
animals and meat which list year
umwicu ijii munon dollars.
The action followed announce
ment Monday the disease had
turned un nt 11 ft,rm huh mmi.
clpallllea around Heglna.
Mounted pouco began destroying
lnlected animals, which federal au
thorities said Included 1,015 cattle,
103 hogs and 140 sheep. .
Rigid quarantine regulations
were ellfnrreri tn ttrHnm II,-. Ai.
sense til the Heiflnn rm IIih .nl.f
section whero It has been found
so lar,
Olllcials mild they had good
chance of wiping out tho discos
on the spot.
But In British Columbia, Pro
vincial Livestock Commissioner W.
R. Ounn said caltlo cars which
lind rnrrleH lnrlfrl ..ntiln ...l,.t.t
turn up In "Vancouver, Toronto or
wiiuiiKo, ana mere might Be an
outbreak anywhere."
U. 8. Insneefnrii iilrinriv nr. nt
work, tracking down all live onl-
mius orougni into uie U.S. from
Canadu in recent weeks.
TtlCV Were tn hn wntihiH flnnntu
for possible Infection.
western caltlo trade In Saskatch
ewan and Manitoba came to a
virtual standstill.
Allierln iiIIIa lr,irlnt olmol..
Drltlsh Columbia meat dealers said
tney would probably seek supplies
In Seattle II Alberta, their normal
bource, was closed to them.
Otllcllils In Vnnrnnvnr ,tlrt kniu.
ever, any embargo on Alberta cat
ilc would have to come from tho
fcderul government.
Western cattlemen In Edmonton
predicted meat prices would drop
because the import bnn bv the
United States. Iho Canadian indus
try's chiel export customer, would
Hood locnl markets.
Some anticipated the bnn would
lust a venr, but many feared that
rnmrrpfismnn frmn Tl fl ..nlll..
states would try to prolong tho ban
iniiciiniieiy occnuso ol tne out
break. Cnnnrllnn nffllnl ruth.) tn
Washington lo nsk an easing of Uie
shut-out.
Ep!ey To Speak
At Neb. Picnic
Mnc Epley, former Hernld and
News mnnnglng editor nnd now as
sistant executive editor of the Long
Beach Press-Telegram, Is to de
liver an address nt the Nebraska
Mld-Wlntcr Plcnlo at Long Bench,
Mnrch 1. The picnic meotlng Is
to mnrk the 85th anniversary of
Nrbrnskn Admission Day.
Epley Is a native of Nebraska.
Ho was born at Broken Bow, where
his fnUicr wns a minister.
SC HOOL CLOSES v
SALEM Wl Snlcm Acndcmy,
a nrlvnte high school, closed Tucs-
dny becnuse 85 of its 200 students
were sick.
PHIL HITCHCOCK
KLAMATH FALLS, OltKGON,
lank Jobber
Spuds Lead List Of USBR
Project Crops
lly HALE HCARBKOLGII
Crops grown on lnnd under the
Klnmalb Reclamation project In
Southern Oregon and Northern Cal
ifornia In 1P51 were valued at $20.
110,030, according to the annual
report of Richard L. Bokc. region
al director of the Bureau of Recla
mation, The value of livestock Is not In
cluded in the estimate.
Potatoes brought the biggest
cash return, according to Boke'B
figures. $11,248,148; barley $(,uib,
528; alfalfa hay $2,524,424; clover
seed $2,147,457.
The protect covers a part of
Klamath County In Oregon and of
Siskiyou and Modoc in California.
The acreage within the protect
cultivated during 1051 was 189.012,
the report says, and during the
year the Bureau delivered 272.070
acres ol water or about 100,000
acres of tho project; The remain
ing acreage was watered by pump
ing from sumps.
Gross revenue to the project It
self for 1051 was $954,714. which
Included payments for operation
and maintenance, water rental,
lease rents, construction repay,
ments and miscellaneous collec
tions. Other highlights of Boke's report
are;
. Construction Fourteen construc
tion projects were in progress dur
ing Uie year at a cost of $532,814.
The largest was the Lost River
channel Improvement Job Planned
construction for 1953 Is expected
lo coat $751,097. It Includes com
pletion of the Lost River Job, flood
control work on Lost River In upper
Langcll Valley, completion of
pumping plants "R" and "8". com
pletion of the second extension of
the "N" canal area. complcUon of
work on north main dike In the
Tulelakc division, engineering stud
ies on raising Clear Lake, and
smaller Items.
Future development Investlga-
No Grog On
Meter Blurbs
Thero won't be any booze nd
vcrUscmcnts on Klamath Falls'
parking meters state liquor law
would prohibit that Mayor Bob
Thompson pointed out last night
In the sole objection yet voiced to
the city's plan to allow 5x7 inch
advertising placards to be Installed
on Its 748 meters.
The objection came from the
Union (WCTU) and the organiza
tion also asked that tobacco ad
vertising be banned.
Mayor Thompson, who operates
the .Pioneer Tobacco company.
Joculorly said he "couldn't see any
thing wrong wnn cigaret ana to
bacco ads. but' that Uie selection
of the advertising matter would
be up to tho Ad-o-Metcr company,
with which the city is about to
sign a contract.
Tho parking meter ads are sup
posed to be national, with no locnl
soliciting, and the city retains the
right to screen it lor objectionable
material.
In return for allowlna the adver
tisements on the parking meter
standards, the city is supposed to
get under terms of the contract,
60 cents a month per meter or
$5,385.00 a yenr.
The Ferndnlc, Mich., company
is to post a $5,000 surety bond be
fore the advertising goes in.
Flnnl rending of the ordinance
permitting the pnrklng meter ad
vertising probably will come next
Monday nignt.
' SLIDE TRAPS SIX
VIENNA Wl An avalanche
ronrlng down in the neighborhood
of the Knprun power station in the
Aiistrinn Alps Tuesday Ullcd six
workers and Injured several others.
Tho denths brought lo 40 the num
ber ol dlsnstcr victims k.lled ;n
the Austrian Alps this winter.
D. E. VAN VACTOR
TDKHIMV, FKBRUARY 26, 1952
In Value
tlons are to be continued toward
preparation of a plan lor maxi
mum ure of land and water re
sources of the Upper Klamath
basin. A planning report should be
finished in 1954.
The Investigation, which involves
the watershed of the Klamath Riv
er above Copco Lake and Shasta
and Scott Valleys in Calilornia, Is
to cover power development, agri
cultural potential, 41sh and wild
life values and recreation.
In addition to overall basin plan
ning, plans for agricultural devel
opment of Uie Klamath Straits
area (the area which connects
Lower Klamath with Klamath Riv
er) are virtually complete, Boke's
report says. Plans to homestead
that nrea have been deferred pend
ing further study of wildlife prob
lems. A detailed study has been com
pleted dealing with possible pro
ject modifications to provide ad
ditional water deliveries to lands
not having an adequate supply,
and to about 14,000 acres of land
which Is above Uie gravity flow
from present ditches and laterals.
Power development The report
says there are several good pos
sibilities for power development on
the Klamath River between Keno
and Copco. at several dam sites
on the Sprague. and possibly in
connection with Uie proposed BuUe
Vallev unit.
Crop outlook Because of expect
ed higher farm costs, a ehltt to
higher per-icre Income crops ahd
to more livestock is anticipated on
the Klamath project. Boke says.
An Increase of 10 to 15 per ceni
in spud acreage, 15 to 20 per cent
In alslkc clover, and 7 to 10 per
cent In improved pasture Is fore
seen. Barley and annua win de
crease. Beef and sheep production Is ex
pected to increase about 8 per cent
while hogs and dairy animals prob
ably will decrease about Uie same
percentage, along with poultry.
Enforcement
Panel Slated
For Tonight
Problems of law enforcement In
the Basin will be aired tonight at
30 p. m. over Station KFLW on
the Jointly sponsored Herald and
News KFLW "Build the Basin"
panel discussion program.
Usually heard on Monday nights,
the program was shifted to Tues
day to facilitate appearance of sev
eral city government members.
The topic slated for tonight's dis
cussion is. "How Can We Better
Support Our Law Enforcement Of
ficials?" A panel of sevel experts In law
enforcement in the Basin area
gave their consent to appear on
the program.
Representing the city will be Mu
nicipal juagc KODert tiuor arm
Councilman Darrell Miller, chair
man of the police commivse.
Speaking for the overall county
picture will be Dlst. Atty. D. E.
Van Vactor.
State Sen. Phil Hitchcock was
picked to give the legislator's view
point on law enforcement problems.
E. J. Dlehl, superintendent of
Klamath Agency on the Indian res
ervation. Indicated he will discuss
problems of law enforcement on
the reservation.
Others on the seven-man panel
Incliile Sgt: Earl Tichenor of the
Klamath Falls state police office
and District Judge M. A. (Nick)
Carter.
As in past programs the pnnel
will answer questions phoned to
the Hernld and News 18111) during
the program.
KFLW Manager Burt Chandler
will acL as moderator of the Dro-
gram, scheduled to run for one
nou. - l
DARRELL MILLER
1 it XA. iMmiAk V 1 i XI II it . .Z 1 Vl--,.
Telephone 8111
No. 2750
Nabbed
Quick Work
Scores For
FBI Agents
NEW YORK Of) An armed ex
convict accused of a $19,628 Los
Angeles bank robbery flew into
New York Tuesday and was seized
by Uie FBI within 15 hours after
the crime.
Agents said they trailed him
through "bait money" taken In the
holdup.
Edward Scheldt, special agent of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion, Identified the suspect as John
Richard Bayless who had served
time at Alcatraz prison for a Mans
field, Mo., bank robbery.
Scheldt said Bayless used money
taken In the robbery to buy a
Trans-World Airlines ticket to New
York
Part of It, the FBI said, was
"bait money," the numerals of
which had been recorded.
Bank tellers were under instruc
tions to pass over these bills along
with other currency In the event of
a holdup.
The FBI said Bayless had about
$2,000 of Uie bait money in his pos
session when he was arrested.
Bayless Is accused of entering
the, Hollywood branch of the Bank
of America. In Los-Angeles -,at
10:30-a.m. and, at the point of the
Sun, laKUlg SiU. 628.61.
He wns carrying a .38 caliber re
volver In his belt and attempted
to use it when he stepped of! Uie
plane, Scheldt said.
The FBI chief said Bayless had
Uie gun partly out of his belt when
agents who had been waiting at
the top of the ramp, near Uie plane,
seized him and pinned his arms to
his side.
Brilliant police work led to Bay
less' quick arrest.
He was already flying to New
York before police learned that an
airline reservation had been made
for a man giving the name of Ben
nett, an alias used by Bayless, and
one in the name of Bayless. The
Bennett reservation was cancelled.
The Trans-World Airlines flight,
which had made stops at Phoenix,
Ariz.; Chicago and Dayton, Ohio,
was already on Its. last leg to New
York when the FBI was noUfled.
The G-men contacted Uie airline
and Bayless' description was ra
dioed to Uie plane as it flew over
Pittsburgh an hour out of New
York.
The pilot. Capt. B. K. Stuessl, 37,
of Kansas City, Mo., passed the
word to the hostess, Jeri Starr, 21,
of Kansas City.
She spotted Uie passenger in seat
No. 6 and gave a description of
him to the captain.
The plane then was only 20 min
utes out of La Guardia field and
the hostess had instructed passen
gers to fasten their seat belts lor a
landing.
The decriptlon of tne man in
seat No. 6 was radioed to the FBI
and double checked.
When the plane put down the G
men were waiting.
Scneldt.sald aayiess was com
mitted to Alcatraz in 1938 from the
the federal penintenUary at Leav
enworth, Kas., in 1951, and released
last August.
Monday's robbery was commit
ted by a cool, conservatively
dressed man who walked Into Man
ager Gilbert R. Fox's office, waited
for him to finish a telephone call,
then pulled n gun and said:
"Okny, stnrt filling this brief
case."
The bandit forced Fox to enter
each of six teller's cages and put
money from them into the brief
case. Then he slipped out of Uie
bnnk nnd fled in an nutomeoue.
A witness caught the license num
ber of the robber's car. The auto
mobile was found later nenr the
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Police
said the car was Durchased
in
Wichita, Kns., by a mnn using the
nnme of John R. Bennett
E. J. DIEHL
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CONFLICTING STORIES were told police this morning con
cerning the stabbing of a Mexican in the small cabin at
1204 Adams St: Held for investigation of murder, are James
Godowa (left) in plaid jacket and Lorenzo Weeks.
Addition Of Flourides To
Klamath Water "Probable"
By HALE SCARBROUGH
The addition of fluorides to Klam
ath Falls' drinking water could be
started in a couplo of momiis.
Glenn Bowen, manager of the Ore
gon Water Corporation, said today,
Red Cross To
Open Drive
"Do's nd Don'ts" of soliciting
funds foV the 1952 Red Cross drive
will top off tomorrow's kickoff cof
fee hour at Uie Willard hotel, 10
a.m., being held for all Red Cross
board members, and fund drive
workers.
The "Do's and Don'ts" Is a skit,
and will be performed by local
members.
The affair will cost those attend
ing 25 cents, and serving will be
done by Uie Volunteer Services
Canteen girls.
Materials and kits for drive
workers will be distributed during
the session, according to Exec Secy.
Virginia Dixon.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Considerable cloudiness today and
tonight, partly eloudy tomorrow.
High todav 43, low tonight 29.
High Wednesday 45. ,
High temp yesterday 35
Low last night 25
Preclp Feb. 25 .- 0
Since Oct. 1 12.77
Normal for period 7.97
same period last year 11.88
FAIR
SALEM l.f The condition of
ex-Gov. Walter M. Pierce. 80, con
tinued fair Tuesday, Salem Me
morial Hospital said.
SGT. EARL TICHENOR
but won't until Uie compnny is sure
Uie public wants lt and approval
of aU the agencies involved is giv
en. Dr. M. E. Coope. dentist and
chairman of a coi.iinitiee appoint
ed by Mayor Bob Thompson to
study" water fluoridation here, re
ported to the City Council last
night the committee's recommen
dation was to go ahead, and soon.
The Council probably ' will pass
a resolution in the next week or
two, dlreclin-j the water company
to add fluorides. The County
Healih Department probably will
do the same. Medical nnd Dental
associations have already endorsed
Uie principle of f luor, cia'.ion
Bowen said he and the water
company are strictly on the fence
about it, that the company wants
assurance of the public and of all
agencies having any say in Uie
matter, including Uie State Board
of Health, before Uie step will be
taken.
If fluorides are- added to the
water, it will be for the whole sys
tem, not Just for the city.
Some time ago Bowen estimated
that about a $6,000 a year outlay
would be necessary for Uie com
pany to turn to fluoridation, but
that it probably wouldn't lead to
an increase in water rates.
The process is simple, Bowen
said, and the company could be
set up for fluoridation in a couple
oi months.
Injection of fluorides Into ' drink
ing water has been proven to les
sen tooth decay among children,
and a number of communities are
doing it. But there are objections.
There is always Uie possibility that
there could be some backfire and
harmful result, and it amounts to
mass medication, which might be
found objectionable by many peo
ple. Tests of Klamath Falls water
show presence of about .3 natural
flourides to a million parts of wa
ter, and a presence of around 1.2
parts to a million is considered
aDout rignt lor tne purpose oi les
sening tooth decay.
JUDGE ROBERT ELDER
Man Knifed
To Death In
Cabin Here
A Mexican was stabbed to death
sometime early this morning in a
ramshackle cabin on Adams street
and three Indians are held at the
city Jail for investigation.
The dead man was Identified as
Miguel Tenols Maurlcio, possibly a
transient.
Booked at the city Jail for in
vestigation of murder are Lorenzo
Weeks, 35, of Beatty, and James
Godowa, 35, of Beatty. An Indian
woman, Lolana Crane, SO, also of
Beatty, Is held as a material wit
ness. Police and District Attorney D.
E. Van Vactor at noon today had
not been able to learn much about
how Maurlcio came to his death,
except that he was stabbed in the
chest with a large kitchen knife.
Apparently a drinking party had
been in progress at the cabin. Sev
eral near-empty wine jugs and
beer bottles were found in the
place, police said, and Weeks and
Godowa, old customers at the jail,
were intoxicated wnen orougni in.
The cabin. 1204 Adacyt and one
of several owned by Mrs. Dora
Herrera, was rented to an Indian
woman, Mrs, Pearl Ray. She
moved in Feb. 6. Charlie Ward, an
OH student, manages the cabins
for Mrs. Herrera and lives at 1200
Adams.
About 5 o'clock this morning, ac
cording to police, one of the In
dians, either Godowa pr Weeks,
went to Ward's place, told him
there was a dead man In 1204 and
that he should call the police.
Patrolman John Rlzzo went to
Uie cabin and found Mauricio's
body on a bloodsoaked mattress on
the kitchen floor of the cabin. The
man was dead. None of the Indi
ans would admit knowing anything
aoout ii. .
Weeks, Godowa and Mrs. Crane
were taken to jail and Mrs, Ray,
who has a baby, was left at the
cabin. Her 12-year-old son, Arlan
Jackson, was taken to the District
Attorney's office for questioning.
About Mid-morning Mrs. Ray and
the baby disappeared.
Officer Rizzo said he found a
large knife that might have been
used In the stabbing. It was on
the kitchen stove and apparently
had been washed with soapy
water.
Weather Halts
Air Attacks
By MILO FARNETI
SEOUL, Korea tn Allied air
men sat out the slowed-down Ko
rean War Monday. The weathei
stopped aerial strikes against the
Reds for the first time since Christ
mas. Only vweather reconnaissance
planes took off Tuesday morning
They looked for holes In the snowy
overcast hanging above the Korean
hills.
Fifth Air Force pilots flew only
14 sorties Tuesday the lowest
number in two months.
Weather stymied all Fifth Air
Force night fighters Monday night
Only 217 sorUes about 1-3 nor
malwere flown by the Fifth Air
Force In daylight Monday.
The planes cut Communist rail
lines in 15 spots and destroyed 27
supply buildings and 190 vehicles.
Two days earner, 772 sorties mast
ed Red rails in 143" places.
Ground action was almost at a
standstill Monday. Eighth Army
headquarters reported a few light
patrol actions and some artillery
fire., -
House Number
Law Invoked
Some people In Klamath Falls,
says City Engineer Taxi Thomas
aren't putting street numbers on
their houses, and he wants to gel
the law after 'em.
There is a law a city ordinance
adopted Feb. 8, 1926, which says
numbers shall be placed on house!
and provides a fine of from $5 to
sio for non-compliance.
But there hasn't been a prose
cution under that law since . . .
well, since the recollection of the
eldest citizen runneth not to the
contrary. Maybe there has never
been one.
However, Thomas says some res
idents, and some businesses, out
in Uie S. 6th area don't have house
numbers and won't put them up.
They apparently get their mall,
Thomas says, in Post Office boxes
and avoid bill collectors and the
like by not having noticeable street
addresses.
He has asked, and Mayor Bob
Thompson has promised, prosecu
tion to tne iuiie.it extent or tne
law for these malefactors.
. No house numbers, eh? No bill
collectors? Hm-m- ...
8IIEEPHERDERS
WASHINGTON Wl The Senate
Monday .passed and sent to the
House a bill which Would permit
Importation of skilled alien sheep
herders. Up to 600 special 1mm sratlon
permits would be authorized to im
nort sheenherders providing per
manent employment Is offered.