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Till modern world note:
"The innn who admits he If) I .on
Angclea' 'phantom gunman,' 'he
thuol-and-run aiilcr who him killed
one woinuil mid wounded lour, was
arrested yesterday and gavo ahar
Ill's deputies this explanation for
llin acta:
" 'When I about' nt wommi I get
excited mid iiet a Ihrlll out of It.' "
I suppose tliero Alwnyn were peo
ple llko Unit, Our modern super
perfect communications system
possibly Just brings more nf them
lei our mienllon these days.
Anyway, 1 HOPE Inula II.
Muddled thlnklni note
The Oregon Council of Ctiurclifs
began distributing Ita anti-gambling
petitions yesterday ..... I no
petlllonn neek to put on the No.
vemher bnllol proKaiil to OUT
LAW pari-muluc betting In the
state."
How about lust falling back on
' e constitution or tiik
WATE OF OREGON, of which
Heriion 4, Article XV readi:
"Lotlerlea Prohlhlted. l.nilcrlc.
and the 8AI.E OK LtriTBRY
ncKCTS. for ANY PUHPOHR
WIIATOOEVKK, are prohibited, and
the leglalalure RMembly HHALL
not may! l'UEVENT tho aiune by
pciuil lawa."
I'lti-umiil rmliilim note'
Kvery time we pas. a Inw nnd i industry aleminrd from wage dl
thru full lo enforce II. we tear I'"'!'"- ... ... ... .
down reaped lor luw. Every time ilk- M-day strike l.y Wn.lern
n leglaHtiir pu.ie. an UNCON- Klerlrlc Installers In 4.1 stales has
KTITUTIUNAL law unci get, away Idle thou.nnd of U-lrphone
with It. It undermine conslliutlonal i workers who have reluwd lo croi-a
government. , I'1'' lln-..,
I n. no lawyer, but when y ,? "" '! In Portland. Ore.,
play a purl-mutuel machine you Wednesday night ordered a strike
pay your money, you net a ticket by telephone operators In Oregon,
and you take your chance on (tei- i ry eh"ri p.ortll",d T'
Unit nnld If that lan't a lottery.
1 don i know what a lolicry la.
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we'd bemer riwl Section 4. Ar- 'K ' ' J',u ',h?rl
tide XV of our lt comlllutlnn P" ""'"1w'r9 d r 1
I hate lo Kt conatUulloiia Fl.OUT-
EU.
Kronomlca noie:
"American people 8AVED 13 bil
lion dollar lant year, a nhar In.
create from the Hj billion they
taved In I WO"
Mow come?
I lou t know, but I ausptcl that
In in id 1 9H i Uie MVIiiRa blnao be
can about Autuat) a lot of people
took a good look al the economic
oklea and came lo the conclusion
Ihul with Uie federal (overnmenl
MM-nillim money with both handa a
ami hr-ncllna for bankruptcy at high
Mierd a llllle perional cah alaalied
away might come In handy aooner
or .later.
Potitkia .io I ; ,
Ken. Taft aaya In Bonlon thui
rnnniiui that comtrenanien ahould
comilder IMPEACHMENT of Pres
ident Truman for his selsure of
the ateel Induatry. i
"I think the selaure of ateel la
a valid cne tor Impeachment," he
told a nnwa conference. "It la valid
for pre.nciitatlon to the house, cer
tainly." Under our federal conalltulnn.
the To'er of Impeachment l the
aole prerogative of the house of
representatives. I
I think, senator, that congreas
would be on very thin, rubber
Ire Indeed If. after having ABOl
CATKD the authority given to It
by Die Founding Fathera In the
rnnntltutlnn, It ahould attempt lo
Impeach the Preoldent In this par
ticular Inatance.
Thli ateel crl.il was a long time
In the making. It wnn obvious to
everybody for week that It waa
going to end In a naaty and dan
gerous mesa. If existing Inwa are
bad. congresa had plenty of time
to REPEAL them. If new lawa were
needed lo meet the new and unprec
edented situation, congress had
PLENTY OP POWER to enact
them
BUT
While the crisis was brewing,
congress did nothing but alt on Its
hands.
Advice to voters:
If you want a better govern
ment, you'd better get yourselves
a belter congress.
Congress has the POWER to do
almost anything Hint needs to be
done (within the limits of the con-
Itutlon) but for nenrly two de
cades It has LACKED THE COURAGE.
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WHO'S GUILTY? City firemen say the big white frame
building at 815 Pine St. was deliberately set afire yester
day afternoon. Walt Spawn (above), points to the spot he
ind tho firemen found charred paper and burnt matches
rfcslde the tinder-dry structure. Spawn, restailrantman, re
cently moved his lunchroom from the Pine St. building.
Phone Peace
Hope Mild;
Steel Eyed
By The Aaaoclated Prraa
There appeared mild tiotn of
optimism 'lhuraday negotiator
mncln new nllcnipts to aelllo dls
iitm Involving thousands of slrlk-
iiik cuinniuiiU'nllun workers.
At llin same time. In the na
tion's lop labor dlnpule, thn govern
ment was believed preparing to
grunt Philip Murray')! CIO olcol
workers a wage hike. But how
much ii nil how noon m not dls
cloned by Secretary of Commerce
Huwyor, boss of the governmental-1
wd uteri Industry.
Pence IrtlkH In the strike of
. Ifl.Ono CIO communication workera
against the Weiitern Elcctrlo Com.
puny were to bo remimed In New
York. AllhoiiKh ncvcral mn)or la
aucs remained In dispute there ap
peared Miiiio progress In ncgolia
llom. WESTERN I'MON
Rut Uiore were no algns of early
sellteiucul of llic two week old
strike ol 3U.0OO Af'L Coinmer-
cm I Telritraptiera Union workers
iiHulnnt the Western Union Com
puny. A icdrrnl mediator In Washington
cullrd lop official of boll) sides
In their Ural meeting since the
Mrlke started on April 3.
iioiii allien in uie coiiiiiiiiiucniiunn
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alora when they returned lo work
aflrr earlier refuxlnz to crosa Pick-
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men denied a lockout. They said
rervice Is roniinuing despite nick.
etlng at Portland and 13 upstate
Oregon cities
Western Union picket action
threatened to postpone Wednesday
nlghl'a baseball game Between 81.
, Louis and I'lltaburgh at Sports-
mun s park in si. louis.
MTKF.L SNARL
In the aleel dispute. Sawyer met
separately Wednesday with Mur
ray and Benlamln Falrloas. Dresl.
dent of the U.S. 8leel Corp.. pre
sumably to lay the groundwork for
a government - imposed wage 111'
crease.
The Wage 8tublllMitlon Board's
proposal calls for a flat 17 V cents
an hour raisa for the aleel work
ers, plus about I litnU ill.
frlntre benefits.
The board also approved grant
ing the union shop that all work
era must loin Uie union.
The aleel companies rejected the
WBB'a recommendations. The In
dustry has filed several court suits
canlcndinic President Truman had
no authority to scire the Industry.
Sen. Bridges and several other
sponsored a resolution calling for
the Senate Judiciary committee to
make a full Investigation of the
seizure.
In Klamath
Tliere was Utile change today
In local aspect of the strikes
BKalnst Western Union and Pacific
Telephone nnd Telearanh compan
ies, except Oint the picket line has
been withdrawn from the Western
union office.
The office had been picketed by
members nf the Commercial Tele
graphers Union AFL) from Seat
tle. A skeleton force Is keeping
Uie ofllce open.
Pickets were atlll on the slde-
wnlk outside the telephone ex
change, but service has not been
disrupted.
Anti-Gambling
Petitions Out
PORTLAND HH The Oregon
Council of Churches begnn dis
tributing Its null-Humbling petitions
Wednesday.
About 3 000 were sent to all parts
of the ntntc. The petitions seek lo
put on tho November bnllot a pro
posal io outinw pnri-muiuei netting
n Uie state.
Price rive Cents U Pages
Air ih
Pentagon's
Policy Held
'Pretty Sad'
WASHINOTON I Sen. Doug
las 1 1). -III. I. a wounded Murine
veteran, rose 'lliursdny to accuse
the Pentagon of trying to "put n
price lug" on the mornlo of tlil-i
nation's Hunting men.
He called the system "pretty
sad."
In a frequently emollonul appenl
to his colleagues, Douglas urged
them to consider abolishing the en
tire system of extra "haxurd pay"
allowances to servicemen.
He auld the system of making In
centive and hatnrd pay allowance
to airmen creates "an artificial
elite, a super-elite and a super
super elite."
Airmen get HO to $210 In hazard
pay a month, according to rank.
Douglas said this system and
the Marines' Insistence on accept
ing only volunteers develops
"snobbishness" and "a fulse feel
ing of superiority" unfulr lo the
Army Infantry, which, he said gets
"the left overs" from other serv
ices. The while-haired sennlor si 111
bears the scars nf crippling wounds
suffered ss a Marine Infantry maj
or at uxinawa.
He called on the Senate Prepar
edness subcommittee to reduce
sharply these bonus payments and
to make them equal for officers
and men with special pay to lliose
In actual combat In Korea.
"Don't think you get very good
men lor money." he aald. "I Just
don't think that putting a price
tag on men's military service 's
a very good Incentive. . . . We
very gravely under estimate Uie
qualities of men."
Defense Department officials de
nied al a public hearing Wednes
day that "chalrbome pilots" col
lect extra hazard-pay allowances
for Joy riding aerial missions, an
charged by - Douglaa . In Senate
speeches.
Oen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg.' top
Air Force general, and Vice Adtn.
J If riuiilv rinutv rider nf Nn-
val Air Operations, both challenged
Douglas' demands' for a sharp cut support Thursday behind Estes Ke
In extra cay to airmen and mcnlfnuver o( Tennessee as "the best
In Uie submarine and other scrv
Ices deemed extra hazardous.
Vandenberg told the subcommit
tee that Uie country's reserve of
trained airmen already "Is dan
gerously small."
He predicted a cut would bring
wholesale losses of skilled filers
which the country cannot afford.
Cassady backed him up.
Group Studies
School Policy
State Sen. Phil Hitchcock this
morning tabbed the Dr. Holy school
districts reorganization bill as being
primarily "democratic in Its pur
Ke but not necessarily applicable
to Klamath County which has well
run. Intelligently manned and finan
cially sound school districts."
sen. Hitchcock was Uie first ol
three scheduled urjenkers at a
morning meeting of civic nnd
school lenders from Lake nnd
Klamath Counties meeting at Mills
school auditorium under sponsor
ship of the Oregon Congress of
Parents and Teachers nnd the Ore
gon Education Assoclnllon. Some
8S persons were in attendance nt
he meeting, the first of Its kind
neid nerc.
NEEDS
The Senator pointed out need for
reorganization of school districts In
Oregon Is great. He highlighted
those factors:
In Oregon's 3(1 counties there
ore currently 1100 school districts.
Of these 22-1 do not hnve nny
schools, nnd nn additional 26 are
abandoned districts without
schools or schoolbords, but still
hnvinir taxation.
Too smnll school districts result
in ton few facilities, ill-equipped
nnd poorly pnld lenchers.
Poor education fnollllles and
opportunities nre provided nt higher
cost per pupil to the tnxpnyer thnn
practical.
Tliere nre 11 different types of
school districts In existence in Ore
gon.
RESULTS
Overlapping of school districts In
one nron ns much ns threefold,
often results.
Purpose of Dr. Holy's bill, ac
cording to Pen. Hitchcock, Is at
first a three yenr reorgnnlzntlon
period headed bv the State Depart
ment of Education
At the local level, count" re-
organization committees will be
formed, with the greai nrenonoer
nnee of reprosentn lives from rural
nrs .
Public honrlngs nnd elections wi'l
ha heVI fn!" t,'nn of Ptllfletl
districts before they can bo formally
ndonted.
Other spenkers scheduled for the
mnrnlnir session, under chairman
ship of Nelson Heed, Klnmnth
Union high school board chairman,
were County schools Suoerlntendent
Carroll Howe . nnd Stnte Repre
sentntlve Ed Oenry. Thcv were
slnted to discuss otnte school fi
nancing. Lunch at the Mills cafeteria was
also on the schedule with a
question and answer period pro
posed for the afternoon session.
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ORETECH ROYALTY Omega Epsilon Rho, OTI craft fraternity, selected the beauti
ful bevy above to reign at the fraternity's annual Sweetheart Ball this Spring. The
girls are (top to bottom) Queen Elaine Jefffords, of Hereford, and Princesses Audrey
Ferguson, Betty Brown and Kay Bowman. This year's ball is scheduled April 26 as a
feature of the Oretech visitation program. The public is invited to tour the college lay
out April 25.
Kef auver Gets
Douglas Help
By The Associated Press
Sen. Douglas (D.-Ill.l, threw his
available candidate of our party"
for Uie Democratic presidential
nomination.
Douglas' announcement came
just 24 hours after Gov, Stevenson
of Illinois declared he could not
accept top place on the Democratic
ticket. Douglas had been support
ing Stevenson.
At a news conference.- Douglas
also repeated what he has said be
fore thut he would not accept the
party nomination lor president.
"I nni In Kcfauver's army."
Douglas said. "1 am enlisted for
the duration."
The Illinois senator said he be
lieves Kefauver has a very good
chance to be nominated.
However. Douglas said he did
not know whether Kefauver could
defeat Gen. Elsenhower In the
November election. If Eisenhower
Is the Republican nominee.
Lets let uie people aeciae
that," Douglaa said.
Families Flee
Owyhee Flood
ONTARIO. Ore. W The flood
ing Owyhee River washed out one
bridge, closed two others and
chased six families from the nr
row Owvhee Val cv Wednesday.
A sudden surge in the snow melt
sent the river overflowing. It
washed out a Reclamation Bureau
bridge" on Uie rond lo Owyhee Dam.
A bridge on Hlrrhway 201 also was
closed after supports were washed
nwnv A Union Pacific bridge on
the Homednle-Nyssn branch also
wns closed.
The six fnmllles chnsed to higher
ground lived on farms In Ihe vnney
between the dnm nnd the point
whero the Owyhee flows into the
Run It o River, lust south of Nyssn.
Thev were able 10 take most of
their belongings nnu hvcsiock wnn
them.
Some sewers were flooded in
Ontario ns the Snr.ke rose two
feet in 54 hours. A snnltnrv prob
lem nrose as scwnf.e backed mio
basements. .
The wnter covered two-thirds of
TPniir Island, two miles downstream
from Ontario In the Snake River.
Two families were evneunted
there. .
Weed Seniors,
Visit Oretech
Thirtv-onc seniors of the Weed,
Calif., high school visited tho Ore
gon Tech campus Wednesday and
were tnken on nn extended tour of
the school.
The group was under supervision
of T. P. Pemberton, Industrial arts
teacher, nnd had a particular In
terest In technical education. Sev
eral of the seniors Indicated they
Intend to enroll at OTI next sohool
yenr.
A day of public visits to the Ore
gon Tech campus Is scheduled for
April 25, and visitors will be taken
on conducted tours-of the plant,:
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VMATII FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL
Stay
. BRIOHTON, England m Jo
seph Griffin w.s fined one pound
2.6 Wednesday 'lot ' speeding
along Brighton s streets ur his mo
torized Invalid chair.
Griffin's wheel-chair with a motor
attached was caught breezing along
at 41 miles an hour after passing
two automobiles The speed limit
lor invalid chairs is 20 miles an
hour.
The police superintendent ex
pressed regret at bringing up ihe
case but said his headquarters Was
getUng too many complaints of
speeding Invalid chairs which over
turn easily and were a danger to
other road users. :
SIG UNANDER .
Unander Seeks
Support Here
Slg Unander, Republican candi
date for Stnte Treasurer, wns in
KlamaUi Falls Wednesday In fur
therance of his campaign for that
party s nomination.
Unander is from Portland, n nn
tlve Oregonlnn. and was chairman
of the state Republican organiza
tion In 1950.
He begnn his career In politics
ns executive assistant during Uie
term or Gov. Charles A. sprague
nnd, In his present cnmpnlgn car
ries a high recommendation irom
Uie former governor.
Unander says he believes him
self capable of carrying out the
duties or Treasurer, ana also mat
he Is particularly well versed, in
the work of the State Board of
Control, of which the Treasurer Is
a member.
That board directs the 10 stato
Institutions. ' ,
Unnndei- sld he planned to re
turn to Klnmnth County for more
campaigning before the May 16 pri
mary.
Ho Is opposed for the OOP nom
ination by Fred E. Robinson of
Medford. and Jack Lynch of Port
land.
WAGE-PRICE DELAY
WASHINGTON 11 The Senate
Banking Committee Thursday put
off until Fridny a possible decision
on what to do about the govern
ment's wage-price control program.
Not enough members showed up
to-do business, i
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Phantom Tells
Of
LOS ANGELES Ifl The man
who admits he is Los Angeles'
Pnantom Gunman." the snoot-
and-run sniper who has kiUed one
woman - and wounded four, gave
sheriff's deputies this explanation
for his acts:
"When I shoot at women I get
excited and get a thrill out of it.
Evan Charles Thomas, 29. husky,
sun - tanned railroad switchman,
was arrested Wednesday after a
shot In the night narrowly missed
a woman in uie Los Nietos dis
trict. Thomas attributed the shootings
to an unnatural urge, but said he
had "no rhyme or reason for choos
ing victims."
Tho
lomas was arrested after depu
ties noticed him hovering close as
they investigated the firing of a
.22 bullet Into the home of Mrs.
Joan Hiles, 22, his neighbor. The
shot crashed through a window
while she watched television and
missed her by less than three feet.
Fire Destroys
4.500 Homes
TOKYO. Friday, April 18 W
A raging, wind-fanned fire de
stroyed at least 4,500 homes In
Tottori, left 15,000 persons home
less, nnd wns still burning early
today, Kyodo News Agency re
ported. It wns Japan's worst post war
fire. There were no deaths report
ed in the city of 61,000 but at
least 140 persons were Injured.
ine flames razed Tottoris down
town section, including police head
quarters, the city's Red Cross hos-
puai, uie post and telegraph of
llce. two newspapers and several
department stores.
Police said the flr broke out
at 3 I). 111.. Thursdnv in nn over
loaded electric wire in the heart
of the city on Southwest Honshu
Island. It wns quickly fnnned into
n ronring conflagration bv a strone
southerly wind which blew all day
Ranch Sales
Reported
TULELAKE In a roiinri.rnhln
exchange of land Mr. and Mrs.
Aioeri ueck sold their, 75 acre
ranch one mile south of , town,
farmed by their son Irvin Beck.
to A. G. Bovd.. No consiflerntlnn
on this -transaction was given.
.ine ducks in mm Bought, a 240
ncre ranch nt Bonnnzn from iur
and Mrs. Loren V. Shepherd who
owned It for one year. This is the
former Ed Gowen ranch and wns
purchased by Shepherd nnd his
father-in-law, the late Harry Wil
son. Malln. Sale oricn was ifts non
Possession will be given at once.
Another farm sale reported this
week is that of the Roy G. Holmes
place of 170 acres at Bonanza,
sold to Bernard Jendrzejewskt who
will be assisted In operations by
his father John Jendrzejewski. The
family has lived on the Lakevlew
highway -near -the Merrill juncion,
5fioofings
Telephone Sill
Ne. 27M
Minor
Vandenberg
Says Only
Few Kickers
WASHINGTON lf Gen. Hoyt
c. vanaenoerg sail Thursday tne
"so-called" stay-down strike of fli
ers Is a "tempest In a teapot."
The Air Force Chief of Staff told
newsmen the publicity given to
charges brought against a "small"
number of airmen "Is not indica
tive of anything as great as seems
to appear on uie surface."
And. he said, he does not believe
the trouble will continue because
uie Air Force stopped recalling re
servists invoiuntarily five months
ago.
The Air Force Is nonetheless con
cerned aooui ihe possibility of a
serious shortage of fliers to man
uie nation s mintarv planes.
Vandenberg lists three causes for
the situation:
1. A rising death rate ih mili
tary flights.
2. Insufficient "hazard" oav for
airmen.
3. Reserve officers recalled to
duty claim they are being asked
to do more than their share.
UNREST POINTS
Stay - down strikes have been re
ported at Biggs and Randolph Air
Bases in Texas and at, Mather Field
in California. One flier has been
convicted of dereliction of duty by
& court martial and sentenced to
prison.
Vandenberg. In tertlmony before
s Senate Armed Services subcom
mittee Wednesday, said that all of
ficers who refuse to fly probably
wiU be tried by court martial and
face prison terms and loss of com
missions He recommended that Congress
pass legislation that would provide
higher hazard pay for fliers to give
mem a greater incentive to man
their planes. , ' .
Vandenberi? rioted too .that Bus
Via is luring its best youths into
iiying duty oy offering almost dou
ble pay and other benefits. -
The latest protest by airmen
came from eight Reserve officers
at Randolph Field, Tex.'
They demanded a Congressional
investigation of the base and the
entire Air Force reserve program.
iney said uie or.se was seeth
ing with discontent.
DISCRIMINATION
-The eight were euoteri as savin?
there was deliberate discrimination
against reservists In the B-29 com
bat crew traininz nroeram at Ran
dolph.
"We think." said one of the of
ficers, "all regulars should make
a combat tour before we got back
the second time."
The sentenced flier is First Lt.
Verne Goodwin. 30, of Peabody,
Mass. He refused to coDilot a C-124
to England last December, saying
ne reared ne wouii be "murder
ing" his unborn child if he made
the flight.
LORD HEREFORD DIES
LEOMINSTER. England f
Lord Hereford, 86, premier vis
count of England, died at his home
here Wednesday after a long illness.
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THE 9 O'CLOCK SPECIAL came to the photographer this
morning in the person o( two Henley High School girls,
Rose Ginko and Ruth Green, (1. to r.). The girls were in
a group of students from Henley guided on a conducted
tour of the Herald and News plant by members of the
paper's circulation department. :
Cities Face
Ruin; Towns
Abandoned
OMAHA. Neb. (Pi Levees strait-
Jacketing the monstrously high
Missouri River along Omaha and
Council Bluffs, la., atlll held the
upper hand Thursday but the situ
ation was touch and go.
River forecasters continued to
predict a crest "sometime Thurs
day night" in this metropolitan
area of some 366,000 persons.
Round-the-clock and almost inch-by-inch
vigilance was being main
tained along the 23 miles of pri
mary levees which so far have
kept the raging witters from the
two cities.
Sand bolls developed but were
quickly choked off as the tremen
dous pressure kept Increasing.
ine water crepi aoove tne origi
nal flood wall height In spots to
push against flashboard which
has been erected In recent days.
dui pumps lined ihe spilled water
back Into the channel.
LEVELS
The river level passed the 29 4
foot mark Thursday. Flood stage
Is IB feet. The previous record high,
in 1881, was 24.6 feet. The crest
Is expected to measure 31 k feet.
Meantime, the pattern of farm
land flooding, evacuations, and
levee raising work which the riv
er set earlier - upstream was
being repeated along reaches south
ward almost to Kansas City
Fanners all along the valley
have moved livestock, machinery
and household goods to higher
ground.
At least a dozen, towns and cities
In Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and
Missouri below Omaha were
fighting the water in some fashion
or another.
Some as large as Elwood, Kas.
(population 1200) had been aban
doned almost completely to the re
lentlessly climbing water.
The story was the same as lt
has been for almost 10 days as
the Missouri, gorged by the rapid
melting of heavy winter snows in
the Dakotas, began sending Its big
gest known load of water down
stream, hitting Bismarck, N.D., Pi
erre, djj., ana bioux vny, ia., in.
turn. Only the locaUons and inten
sity are changing.
The Missouri, the Mississippi, the
Milk in Montana, the Red River
of the north in Minnesota and
uie Minnesota River aU have hit
with punishing blows and have a
lot left to deal out.
DEATHS
At least two persons had died In
the floods.
Mrs. Rosemary Mohr, 28, was be
ing rowed to her home In St. Paul's
west side by volunteer ferryman
Ed Thielen Wednesday -night, when
the boat capsized.
Neighbors heard Thlelen's cries
and pulled him out but were un
able to find Mrs. Mohr in the dark
ness. : - .-;',., .
Her body was recovered utter
from 7 feet of Mississippi River
flood water. ,
On April C. William J. Red Boy,
24. of Poplar, Mont., drowned in
the CanonbaU River, a tributary of
the Missouri; south of Bismarck,
N.D. Flood waters on the tributary
were forerunners, on . the ..main
stream flood.
Mrs. Mohr's death came at the
height of the flood at St. Paul.
The Mississippi crested ' there
Wednesday at 22.2 feet.. Early
Thursday Army engineers said it
appeared to be falling slightly.
Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California,
sunny through Friday. High Fri
day 70, low Thursday night 38.
High Wednesday -, 83
Low last night .. 33
Preeip. Wednesday -
Precip since Oct. 1 14.22
Normal for period 8.82
Period last year iU.8S