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From Salem:
"Oregon's Presidential primary
rlcotlim Mny 10 loom an ono ol
the nation' KKY primaries, Willi
live llnpubllraiis and throo Demo
crat cnturcd."
I think It would be more arcur
nlo to say that Oregon' preslilrn
tml primary eliwtlon will be one
ol llio imtlon' KEY SI HAW II A I,
I 01 B. to will Nrw Hampshire's.
Ho will all the EARLY onctn. The
Inter mica won't amount to a hill
ol beans.
The politician)) will maks bin
, pirdlclne out ol Now Hampshire'
iirlmnry, because It will be the
FIRST. They will make a moder
ate! amiMiiil ol political medicine
out ( Orenon'a primary, because
It will bo among the llrnt.
Hut the REAL medicine will be
made at the nepnbllcan and the
Democratic national partv conven
tion. It la there thai the candi
date will be picked. When the
Urns come to do tho picking, all
Hin nresldentlal nrlmary election
will amount to will be to Rivo the
politician (who will do Uie Job)
fcomethlwc to yak about,
Peraonally, I think It'i high lime
to throw the political convention
hvnleirt of nominating candldalca
' lor President Into the acran heap,
along with election ol U, 8. aena
loraTiy alato legislature which
wrnt onto the acrap pile Ions, Ionic
ago. If we can nominate and elect
f,enalor by direct vote of the peo
ple, we can certainly nominate
President that way.
National political partv conven
tion are and always have been a
enrt ol an amaliiam of a Hopl In
dian anake dance and a combined
ramp merlin- and revival In the
Deep South where emotional exelt
ment become ao tense that half
the women In the tent net what
lined to be called the "bends" and
the men are Just aa far olf their
rocker but don't ahow It quite ao
much.
Considering all the clrcum
Mancc. I'd aav that over the lonij
vrara we've got really belter can
iildatra out of political party con
vention than the system entitle
u to act.
biippoao you need a foreman lor
juur ahop. Hiippone you aaiu m
youraell: "Well, the United States
ol America ha had a long and
honorable career. It la now the
. i 1 Jin rl h tt M n K
always picked Its party candidate
tor Hresioem oy v w-""
Kriling everybody on a ROARING
L'ufYrinMil. liDllNIC anrl taktnet
what came out of It. If It ha
worked In Retting- rreaiaenia ior
the country. II ought to work in
netting a FOREMAN for me. Bo
I'm gonna Rive the ayatem a try."
About all I can say la that I d
hate to be aluck with the foreman
you'd get out of such a process
of selection.
nun ih frt remains that the
party ' convention aystem HAS
brought u some oi u
greatest leaders.
It mav be because our Riiardlan
anxel has sheltered us under her
wlnits during all theso Ioiir dec-
Bul that suRgesls another
thought.
Maybe our guardian angel CAN
STAND ONLY SO MUCH. Maybe
the lime will come when he will
snv: "This la the end. No lower
will I Ruard and shelter a people
possessed ol ao little gumption that
they Insist on nomlnatliiR their
Presidents at a hoe-down like this.
I'm THROUQH!"
Anvwav, I think It's about time
,to dlscnrd our system of nominal
( lng party Presidential candidates
pi partv conventlona and to sub
uliute for It a nationwide Presl
drnllal primary ayatem tinder
which the candldalea will actually
be nominated by the votes of the
icoplc.
Cut Demanded
In Big Budget
wnoriinwiwn ...
u u.' nnr,rr.n nf Nevada and
F.llcndcr of Louisiana called Sat
urday for a Hlasn oi iroin one w
two billion dollnrs In President
Truman's $7,000,000,(100 foreign aid
Both are members of the Senate
Appropriations committee which
will have a say over tho amount
congress evemuauy voics. ,
piinnHnr tnlH a renorter he BUS-
luwla "mnn onmnuflnofi'' In the
Truman appeals for $1,819,000,000
m "deiense auppori; cariwnw
for Europe,
omlo aid' dressed up under a new
title," EWlcnacr saiei, personally
I'm against any more economic
McCarrnn, In a separate Inter
view, said he believes economic
aid for Europe should "be at an
Ho said the multl-bllllon dollar
Mitrsnau nan already naa rniseu
European economies "Inr ahead
of pre-war" lcvols and that he Is
"I'pnicu to me new loreign am pro
mam. ,
(ionciKons n:oit(iR
SAN FRANCISCO lPI Oorgcnus
George, the perfumed and Roldcti
curled wrestler, stepped out In an
orchid suit at sports show Fri
day nlRht and announced he will
.run for President.
Jv. George told an audience of 17,000
he would file as an Independent
and campaign through Uie nation's
wrestling rings and television
soreens,
fort-Sew
HAT liltMAY, MARCH I, 1053
Demos Slate
Contests, Republicans
Two As Filing Winds Uf
The llrmorrats will have four
oral cuntrnl on their May 16 pri
mary election, and the Republican
Just two, i
Hlln dexlllne for aspirant for
Ciiunty and Dlntrlct office wa Fri
day, ft p. ni.
The Democrats have four candi
date fur Hhrrlff Murray (Red)
llrltton, who la nervlni now by ap
linliilmrnt: Frank Hlrele, city
street aunerlntendenl; Willy Mom,
fiirmer Merrill police chlei; and
M. O. Te llonham of Weyer
haeuser Camp i, Keno.
The Republicans have lust one,
Deputy Dale Mattoon, unopposed
lor nomination.
That situation la In considerable
variance with four years oko, when
there was a Rrand total ol IB can
didate In the primary.
Three men are seeking the Dem
ocratic nomination for Assessor-
Otis Molskcr, Incumbent; Oene
Loomls utid Turn Hcss.Thcre are two
KEITH O'HAIR
JIM KALER
Republicans trying for the office
Austin Haydcn and A. R. Dickson.
For County Commissioner there
aro two candidates on each side
tut uowen, incumbent, and Troy
Cook on the Republican ticket:
Mike Williams and Marlus Peter
sen on the Democratic ballot.
CORONER RACE
T wo Democrats want to be Cor
oner Dr. OeorRe H...Adlcr, the In
cumbent, and Jim Kaler, operator
of Kalcr'a ambulance service. The
unopposed Republican nominee,
who Rot his bid In late Frldav. Is
Keith O'Halr, operator of O'Halr's
Mrmorlal Chapel.
TTiat'a nil of Uie or marv ballot
contests.
Charlie DeLap, County Clerk,-Is
unopposed for the Republican nom
ination for re-election, and Phtllls
Manonoy, widow of the late Jus
tice of the Peace J. A. Mahoncy,
is the sole candidate for Uie Demo
nomination.
Dayton E. Vnn Vactor. Republi
can and present District Attorney,
is Uie sole candidate for that of
fice. On the non-partisan ballot, Cur
cult Judge David R. Vandenberr.
Is unopposed for re-election, and
District Judge Nick Carter, aervlng
now by appointment, likewise Is
unopposed for election to that of
fice. Klamath County's three mem
bers of the State Legislature are
as Rood as In. They have no op
position. Ed Geary, Republican,
and Hank Semon, Democrat, will
return to the House of Representa
tives and Phil Hitchcock, Repub-
OPS To Keep
All Offices
WASHINGTON Wl Tile Office
of Price Stabilization has dropped
plans to consolidate lis West Coast
regional oinces at Ban Francisco.
Rep. Mitchell (D.-Wash..) made
public Saturday a letter In which
OPS Director Ellis Arnall said
ntudlcs showed the offices "could
function more effectively" under
their present arrangement.
Mitchell had written Arnall to
protest against the proposed elim
ination of the agency's office In
Seattle.
Arnall said "assuming we have
sufficient funds" to continue the
jrescnt regional aet-up there is no
ndlcatlon that the consolidation
will be considered again "in the
near future,"
Telephone 1111
Ne. 2760
Four Local
iP
llcan, to the Senate. Hitchcock rep
resent Klamath, Lake, uescnutes,
Crook and Jefferson Counties.
FALL BALLOT
City officers will not be elected
unlit November, but the Klamath
Falls May ballot will include aeven
Charter amendments, proposed by
the City Council,
They propose:
Hiking the Mayor's salary from
1175 to 1500 a month: a seven-year
one and one-naif mm levy lor
swimming pool; a continuing three-
lentil mill to aiiDDori tne RUDiic
tenth mill
public
restroom: abolishing the office of
City Treasurer: allowing candidate
for city oince to pay a iinng ice
In lieu of circulating petitions: a
one-mill two-year levy to raise
money for repairs on the aewage
disposal plant; and bringing the
powers, dutlea and money of the
Park Commission under the City
Council.
Cops Quiz
Ex-Con Over
Club Theft
SEATTLE W Authorities ques
tioned a 22-year-old ex-convict Sat
urday about Friday' Inglewood
Country Club robbery which result
ed in a club dishwasher killing one
sheriff's deputy and wounding two
others by mistake.
The suspect, arrested and held
without charge, denied Uklng part
In the robbery but admitted he
had told friends 10 days ago that
Inglewood "would be an easy place
to knock over."
An Inquest opened Saturday at
the club Into death of Deputy Nor
man Sllkworth. He waa tuned oy
Ralph Bishop, 62, the dishwasher.
Bishop mistook Sllkworth and fel
low officers for four men who
cracked the club aafe after tlelng
the dishwasher and two watchmen.
County Dettetlv Claude Dodd
and Dtautv William Randecker.
wounded by Bishop, are recover
ing. v
The officers said they ahouted
identification before entering the
club, In response to the robbery
alarm. Bishop, who ts partly dear
and wasn't wearing his hearing aid,
said he didn't hear the warnings
and thought the safecrackers were
returning. '
New Game
Agent Here
Thnmu rtarratt 37. veteran
wild life expert, has been appointed.
game management agent nere, iu
...in nam Aaent Jim Savage in
hia coverage of 15 counties In South
west Oregon ana norm west vbiu
ornla. , ,
The district's central office Is In
Klamath Falls.
Oarratt recently completed six
year with the Fish and Wildlife
Service, and comes here from the
Minidoka Wildlife Refuge where he
served as Refuge Manager. He Is
a veteran of World War n.
He plans to make his home here
with his wife and , two-year-old
daughter.
Mullin Named
RC Chief
TTJLELAKB Hugh Mullin Jr.,
manaaer of Uie Bank of America
has been appointed chairman of
Uie Red Cross Fund Drive, Assist
ing will be Emmett Sura. .
The drive will not get under way
this vear until March 15 due to dif
ficulty of travel over some roads
that are impassame.
Same 80 men and women volun
teer workers will get In the field
to help raise the sum of (1,600, 1952
goal. :
The Tulclake chapter after year
of preliminary work Is expected to
become affiliated with the Klam
ath County chapter as soon bs ap
proval Is given by National Head'
nnnrters. Washington. D. C.
Ross Ragland Is chairman of the
Tulelake branch Ol me Bismyou
County chapter.
Kennel Club
Show Ready
Th staire Is set for tomorrow's
Klamath Kennel Club AKC-sano-
tloned non-point local dog show at
the Fairgrounds.
Judging Is slated to begin at 12:30
p.m., with order of Judging prob
ably as follows:
Toys, , non-sportlng. working,
hounds, terriers, sporting, best In
variety groups, children's nanaiing,
best In show and runner UP.
Entries will be accepted at the
door until judging begins.
Admission Is 50 cents for adults
25 cents for hlRh school students
nine cents for grade schoolers, and
children under six years of age will
be admitted free.
Proceeds will go to this Fall's
trophies for the annual big Amer
ican Kennel Club show sponsored
oy in kku ana Ktwanis.
Spuds Top List;
Beef Cow Total
65,000
o jnd ranch incom in
.M A 4tlA Annual raniirt
in, wa tha highatt in history $37,465,768.
It might hava baan around $40,000,000 axcapt for tha
mpoiition of a calling prica on potatooj that probably cost
local spud growars million and a half dollars, and tho call
ing prica on baf cattla.
Tha previous high was reached in 1947 whan agricultur
al products war told for an estimated $36,915,794. That
was a year of tremendous barley and spud prices, and no
price ceilings. The 1950 total
Henderson crop estimate takes in not only the product
of Klamath County but that of the northwestern corner of
Modoc end tho northeastern corner of Siskiyou, both in
California.
Potatoes brought tho greatest total income $12,511,746.
Beef cattle, 68,000 head, brought in $7,465,000.
Barley was the third greatest revenue earner, $7,353,220.
Alfalfa brought $2,605,876; clover $2,243,356; poultry
(Including chickens, eggs, turkeys) $1,280,000; dairy products
$1,016,250.
GRAIN TOTAL ,
Grain crops altogether, barley rye, wheat and oats, pro
vided a grand total of $9,019,430, while the various types of
hay grown here brought an income of $3,887,276.
Seed crops, including clover, alfalfa, peas and grasses,
were worth a total of $2,618,656. Alsike clover, the miracle
crop of 1951, was raised on about 11,000 acres and the croo
amounted to 5,471,600 pounds, selling for an average of 41
cents a pound.
Cattle ranching continued to increase and more cattle
were raised and fed here than in any previous year. Hender
son estimates that of the 68,000 head there were 13,000 fat
steers, worth $300 a head en the hoof, 3,500 gross steers
worth $250 each, 2,000 feeders worth $200, 6,500 cows worth
$220, 1,500 calves worth $140, 2,500 heifers worth $260.
Hogs marketed toteled 7,500 and were worth an average
of $42 each.
POULTRY HIGH
Henderson's survey of poultry products showed 90,000
hens kept; 1,200,000 dozen eqgs marketed at 60 cents a
doien, 200,000 fryers .sold at $1.05 each; 50,000 hens sold at
$1.40 average, and 40,000 turkeys sold at $7 each, average.
About 326 acres of land was planted to onions and the
return was $199,200; a total of 375 tons of beets was taken
from just 25 acres, end sold for $5,250.
Bids To Be Taken On Two
Tulelake Pumping Plants
Bids to be received at the local
Bureau of Reclamation office until
March 25 for construction of two
pumping plants In the Tule Lake
area.
The pumps are to be used pri
marily for further development of
lease land In Tule Lake sump No.
S, according to Bureau announce
ment. Construction of Irrigation ditches
and drains Is now being done un
der contract with George R. Stacy
of Tulelake.
The two pump plants to be con
structed have been designated
Red Cross Tea
On Wednesday
This year's Red Cross tea for all
women workers In Uie funds drive
campaign is to be held Wednes
day, 3 to 4 p. m.. at the home of
Mrs. A. M. Collier. Pine Grove.
As the first week of the drive
ended today, collections totaled
only about one-fifth of the $25,000
goal. But drive leaders expect Uie
first heavy turn-Ins from most of
Uie six drive divisions during next
Although actual collections have
been comparaUvely low thus far,
most of Uie six division chairmen
appear optimistic. Rural and Resi
dential workera have been parUcu
larly hard hit by bad weather and
leaders of those divisions saw to
day' clearing weather as promis
ing for next week's work.
Winter Stays
Over North
Bv The Associated Press
Wintry weather continued over
much of the northern part of the
country Saturday east of the Rock
ies. Some cool weather also hit the
far southwest.
It was below ero in parts of
Michigan early Saturday, with 15
below at Pelston; -11 at Grand
Marals and -10 at Cadillac. It was
-6 at Butte. Mont.
Snow fell over wide areas of the
midwest. Snow flurries also con
tinued In the eastern Great Lakes
region and the Appalachians.
Snow and rain was reported in
Nevada and Southern California as
temperatures aroppen in vumuimn
and Western Arizona.
Tough Case For
State Trooper
MUNCIB. Ind. Iffl State Troop
er Robert Mercer had some bruis
es, scratches and unanswered
questions after bringing in a wom
an driver Friday.
She was booked as Vclva D. Kl
ley, 4, Delmar, Calif., and was
charged with drunken driving,
reckless driving and resisting ar
rest. Mercer said she was too
drunk to answer the questions:
. Why was she driving in this Cen
tral .state with Japanese license
plates, a Japanese driver's license
and Japanese money In her bill
fold? ,
th Klamath Basin for 1951.
aI f nunlu Amnt C A U.n.
was $29,624,38..
R" and "8". Plant "R" is to be
located on the N -canal system and
is to lift water from the sump for
a supplemental irrigation supply to
lands in sump No. 3 and also the
panhandle of Coppock Bay.
Pumping plant "8" Is to be a
dual Installation drainage pump lo
cated at Uie south end of the Tu
lana lease.
Principal Items of work involved
In construction of plant "R" are
1,000 cubic yards of excavation for
construction of cofferdams and em
bankments; 1.100 cubic yards of
excavation for structure; place
ment of 265 yards of concrete and
40.000 pounds of reinforcement
steel; furnishing and erecting 10.
000 board feet of lumber in a
bridge; construction of two square
frame buUdings to house the pumps
and Installation of pumps and mo
tors. Pumping plant "S" will consist
of two verUcal corrugated metal
pipe wells. Joined at bottom and
top by concrete slabs, with dis
charge lines of 30 inch welded
steel pipe run through a dike to
a concrete outlet structure located
In a corner of the restricted sump.
Work includes 400 cubic yards of
excavation; construction of coffer
dams; 1,600 cubic yards of excava
tion for structure; placing of 64
cubic yards of concrete and 7,600
pounds of reinforcement steel; in
stallation of two 96-inch corrugat
ed metal pipe wells for the pumps,
erection of a frame building and
installation of pumps.
Bids on the work will be opened
at 2 p. m. March 25 at the Bu
reau's airport office.
Pentagon Due
For New Probe
WASHINGTON Ifl Congression
al investigators planned Saturday
to turn from goods to people In a
search for waste in the military
services.
Chairman Hebert (D-La) said
his House armer service subcom
mittee will investigate the 2.161.517
employes of Washington's defense
headquarters to see If there . is
'waste in manpower."
But first the group will probe
the activities of an estimated 500
Pentagon public relations officials
Hebert calls them "alibi artists"
to detent inf if they are more
interested in "spreading propagan
da than in giving Information." All
tnis win oegin jn pernaps two
weeks.
Before then, the subcommittee
will complete conslderaUon of a
bill which would require the mili
tary services to streamline their
supply bookkeeping.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California,
fair through Sunday. Low tonight
78, high Sunday 42.
High Friday i S
Low last night JJ3
(Additional Weather on Pate 11)
Ir I7V.0
U r
Oregon Primary Looms As
Major Factor In National
Politics; Eight Seek Vote
Bv PAUL W. HARVEY. JR.
SALEM, Ore. Oregon's presi
dential primary election May 16
looms a one of the nation's key
primaries, with five Republicans
and three Democrats entered.
Sen. Taft of Ohio diln't enter
keeping everybody In doubt until
Charge Made
US POY's In
China Camps
By ROBERT B. TLX'KMAN
MUNSAN. Korea tl A U.N.
truce negotiator Saturday bluntly
accused the Communists of secret
ly Imprisoning captured Allied sol
diers including Americans in
Red China.
North Korean Mai. Gen. Lee
Sang Cho called the charge a "fab
rication" and a further attempt to
delay the armistice negotiations.
Rear Adm. R. E. Llbby. the U.N..
negotiator, also accused the Reds
of "threatening" the TJ.N. Com
mand in a statement lambasting
Its treatment of war prisoners.
Simultaneously, another group of
Communist negotiators backed
down on an attempt to write Into
an armistice a ban on a possible
naval blockade of the China coast.
"We have convincing evidence
that you are holdin? prisoners in
detention camps outside of Korea
without reporting them to our
side," Libby said. "This evidence
has reached us from too many
sources to be Ignored or lightly
dismissed.
The Communists always have in
sisted that all war prisoners are
held in North Korea. Proof that
United Nations prisoners are in
Mancnuruv would weaken Red
China's claim that it is not a bel
ligerent in Korea. Chinese troops
are called volunteers.
Llbby said number of captured
Communist soldiers have told of es
corting U.N. prisoners to camps in
China.
"One such individual described
in detail a orisoner of war m-oc-
cesslng- center In Harbin (deep, in
Central '"Manchuria) to which be
had helped escort captured United
Nations personnel," Llbby said.
An official U.N. spokesman said
later the informant was a Chinese
lieutenant who told of seeing more
than 1.000 U.N. prisoners Ameri
cans, South Koreans and others
at the Harbin processing camp. .
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
Uie spokesman, said the U.N. Com
mand had no way of knowing
whether these prisoners were
among those whose names did not
appear on the official Communist
prisoner roster turned over to the
United Nations Command last De
cember. Grants Pass
Seeks Plant
GRANTS PASS A group of
Grants Pass businessmen decided
Friday night to go ahead with
plans for a million dollar hard-
board plant here.
They heard a report that a pre
liminary survey showed the
project worthwhUe. They then vot
ed to issue seuo.ouu in capital siock,
$300,000 in debentures and apply
for - a $300,000 Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation loan. -
An option has been taken on 65
acres, 3 ?i miles east of Grants
Pass, for the plant. The site ad
joins railroad tracks and the Rogue
River. The group will ask the
state for water rights, the water to
be used In the production of hard-
board from sawmill waste.
kVv .:., ;. ' . ; :y,r,r.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH members are making preliminary plans to organize to
gather funds to build on to the present church building. A model of the project (above)
was designed by Morrison and Howard, architects. Present building (adorned by cross)
will be added to in first steps with wing in right foreground.. Further development will
progress over a longer period of time.
rn
v a a
the filing period closed at S n m .
Friday.
Gens. Douglas MacArthur and
Dwlght Elsenhower. Harold E.
Stassen, Gov. Earl Warren of Cal
ifornia, and Oregon's Sen. Morse
will fight It out lor control of Ore
gon is votes at the Republican
national convention.
Vying for the 12 Democratic con
vention votes will be Sen. Kefauv-
er oi Tennessee, Gov. Adlal Stev
enson of Illinois, and Supreme
Court, Justice William O. Douglas.
Sen. Morse and Gov. Warren
were filed by petitions that were
circulated by MacArthur support
ers in an enort to spilt the vote of
MacArthur's opponents. But War
ren filed his own name late Frldav
only a few hours after Uie peti
tions were filed.
That leaves Morse and Gen.Mar-
Arthur as the two unwilling Re
publican candidates, and Justice
Douglas as Uie Democratic can
didate who doesn t want to run.
Justice Douglas even went so far as
to pay $100 to buy space in the
state's voter's pamphlet to urge
people to vote against mm.
A candidate's consent isn't need
ed in Oregon's presidential primar
ies.
Gov. Stevenson's name was fUed
by petitions of 1,800 voters, or 800
more than were needed.
A group of Eisenhower support
ers circulated petitions to force
laii to run in Oregon, out tney
fell 102 names short of the re
quired 3,000.
Oregon is assured of another hot
primary campaign, like the one
four years ago when Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York and Stassen
stumped every nook and cranny of
tne state ior a montn in an attempt
to win the state's Republican con
vention votes.
Dewey won that one by a small
margin, and it gave him a big
boost toward beating Stassen on
the Republican national convention
floor.
Oreson convention delegates
are pledged to support the winners
of the primaries, except for those
few delegates who file by petiUon.
Six candidates for delegates did
file by petition, so if they are
elected, they could vote for Taft
at the convention. Most, if not all,
of these six are for Taft.
A surprise Friday was the fail
ure of Ralph H. Cake. Portland.
Republican national committeeman
to fUa for re-election.
Seeking his lob are Lowell C.
Paget, Portland,- Taft" ' Oregon
campaign manager; Jesse Gard,
Portland, Multnomah County Ei
senhower manager; Glenn R. jack,
Oregon city lawyer, and Charles L.
Paine, Portland.
Mrs. Marshall E. Cornett, Klam
ath Falls is unopposed for re
election as Republican national
committeewoman.
The three congressmen who
seek re-election Walter Norblad,
Astoria; Homer D. Angell, Port
land, and Harris Ellsworth, Rose
burg all have Republican opposi
tion in the primaries. Rep. Lowell
Stockman. Pendleton Republican.
didn't run for re-election.
Secretary or State Earl T. New
bry is unopposed for Republican
renomlnaUon. The only Democrat
ic candidate for his Job is Edith S.
Green, Portland.
Hot races also are in prospect
for state treasurer and attorney
general.
Of the 60 House members in
1951's session. 38 filed for re-election.
Thirteen senators are hold
overs, leaving 17 vacancies to fill.
Eight present senators are seek
ing re-election.
There is only one Supreme Court
vacancy this year, and Justice
George Rossman is unopposed for
re-election.
Thirteen circuit judges' terms ex
pire, and all of these Judges filed
for re-election.
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"Nine O'clock Special'1 pic
tures will be absent from the
Herald and News until Tuesday
because photographer Don Kett
ler Is out of town on a brief va
cation trip.
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Points Hit
SAN FRANCISCO W Police
worked swiftly Saturday to round
up 23 men and women named In
an Indictment that U. 8. Narcotics
Commissioner Harry J. Ansllnger
confidently predicted will "crack
the heart" of the Illegal heroin
trade.
i.'arcotlcs agents said the Indict
ment struck at a multi-million dol
lar conspiracy strung like a web
from coast to coast.
It was returned by a federal
grand Jury Friday afternoon and
arrests began from San Francisco
to New York.
Ten of those Indicted had been
arrested by early Saturday.
Six of the 23 were already lit
jail on previous convictions or
awaiting sentencing.
BOSS JAILED '-
These included Waxey Gordon.
one-time Mr. Big of New York's
prohibition days, now serving 25
years to life In Sing Sing Prison .
for narcotics law violation.
Ernest Gentry, narcotics bureau
chief for the seven western states,
said Gordon tborn Irving Wexler)
uuxjjca uie ring.
Gentry said the ring distributed
heroin in nine states, but the In
dictment covered onlv four rfia.
trlbuting points: Portland, Ore.,
Keno, Nev.; Phoen'x. Ariz.; and
the San Francisco Bav r H.
said Uie other states were New
York, New Jersey, Illinois, Mis
souri and Minnesota. .
LONG INVESTIGATION
The indictment grew from two
years of Investigation and took six
and a half months to present to
the lederal grand jury here.
the fiction-like adventures of a nar
cotics agent who wormed into the
rin a n a. !l -.in... , .
his life as he dug; out information
uu uie nigner-ups.
The agent, Michael Piclnl, was to
be "tAlrpn pftrn nf" ht, IHoMmu-
' " j H.fiB.iunu,
feUow agents Said, but pulled out
m tune.
TRIGGER NABBED
Gentry said Abe "The Trigger"
Chapman was Pacific Coast dis
tributor, with headquarters in San
r ronusco. unapman, oi Ban Mateo,
Calif., is now serving 15 years In
McNeil Island Prison for narcotics
conspiracy. ' ,.
- The ageaf said Gordon waf- the
supplier and. got the heroin from
Italian seamen. . .
Those arrested Saturday Includ
ed Michael de Pinto,- 48, of Port
land, Ore. Bail was set at $10,000.
He was charged on three counts
and would face a possible sentence
of 25 years and $12,000 fine U con
victed. Pinay Forms
New Cabinet
PARIS WV Premier Antolne
Pinay Saturday formed a cabinet
to give continued Fre.ioh support
to AUantlc defenses and go ahead
with plans for a European army
including German troops.
Robert Schuman, who has been
managing French foreign relation
through repeated cabinet changes
since July, 1948. was retained as
foreign minister. He is noted as
author of the plan to pool West
Europe's coal and steel resource.
Rene Pleven, the ex-premier who
first proposed the European army,
goes in as defense minister in place .
of Georges Bidault. Btdault fell
ill while attending last month's
meeting of the North Atlantic
treaty Organization (NATO) coufa
cil in Lisbon and said his health
was too poor for him to stay In
the government.
Even formation of the cabinet
did not end the French govern
ment crisis. The ministers still
have to be approved by the
fractious National Assembly, In
vote scheduled next Tuesday. .
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