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Newspaper Page Textlist 9 it4'W, ' HMMMMMMM? Little 2-year-old Dorothy Fulstltch, Bon iinza, asslstcil JikIkos at the Spring Fair, fairgrounds, yesterday. Tho fair coiitinucs tonight with a talent show and tomorrow with a stylo show. IPs open free to the public. V III Tlie Ily HUNK. JKNKINH From Watililiigloir "Tho almin were clear txlnv Hint Democratic attacks on Orncrul t:i neuhnwcr will Increase In tempo as (he time hears lor his return to nrek the Hi iiubllcun Presidential nomination. "Secretary of Labor Tobln. In one ol the first administration blunt Hi the general, sulci In Mary land U-1 nluht: " 'Tlie Democratic party Isn't In l rented 'In a mvnlrry man a n cundldntc ... It won't be sail. Ilrd with a Millie or a itood mill tnrv record or a knack lor kissing bablca.' " Th'r allnrkn would be more cm-Hiring II the Democrat had lrlr1 LFJRH IIAltD lo gel Ike at HIKIR candidate. You are Imnlllar. 1 suppose, with Aesop's fuble of the fox and the grapes. If mi. you v. Ill recall Uiat Ihe fix nii.de a pass at the liiM-loua looking fruit, nut the grape hung too high on the vine. Trv an he would, he rouldn't lean hlr.li enough to reach thrm. Ho he coc ked a cynical eve them and remarked : Thev are TOO OltEEN and only good lor ItioU." Hint wa a Irani lime ago. Awuo wut a deformed Phrygian ,luve who lived and wrote lin Uierk urnsn bac-k In the alxth cen tury n. C Ilut the tablet that he but Into lliernrv form are even old. er. Home of them have been du covered on Kgvptlan papvrua rolls tracing aa far back as 1000 a. O, Tlie Democratic politicians' atll lude toward General Elsenhower, now thnl it la apparent he nanus too high up on the vine for them to reach, la about aa old, you aee, aa human nature. At hi press conference In Wash Inplon yesterday. President Tru. man was expounding to the report era his theory of the practically unlimited powera that are held by . Ihe President and tils Idea of the good that can come therefrom. Why. he raid In effect to the newshawks, nwnv back In IMS I cnl an ULTIMATUM to Premier Klalln to OFT HIS TROOP8 OUT OF IRAN OH ELSE and he Rot cm out, pronto. He didn't put It m exactly those words, but that appears to have been tlie general drift of It. The little man created Quite rtir. In alrlped-panls InnRiiane, you know, an ULTIMATUM la some- thlnir you hand over with treat for mnllty (with everybody dressed correctly, with all the protocol flaw less, with all faces nrlm and with the armed forces previously alert ed) Just before you start shootlns; at the so-and-so If lie doesn't knuckle under and do aa you aav From ull I've heard of such (hinds. I Imsnlne the bovs In the Mute department turned as pale as a sheet and ordered up a platter ut, slliiKers, or at least ultra-dry Martinis, to quiet their twonulim nervo. Tlie British didn't help any. Their papers splashed the story under such hendllnca as "SENSATION AT TRUMAN TALK" And "BLUN DERS BY MR. TRUMAN." When ItUomes to diplomacy, the British art a kooiI clfnl like the rich and bo'diamonded dowager In hlfth socl ety. They know what's what. The upshot of It was thnt one of the President's secvcterles (a Ruy named liiuuyi, who before he be. came a Presidential secretary had been a slate department man since nwnv bnck when, took front and center position and explained that Mr. Truman was Just outlining to the newspaper boys how vast and uninhibited power !n the hands of the President onn work for the Hood of the people, and picked the wrong word, when he choso "ul timatum" he flldn t know It Is the atom uomo wora oi diplomacy. "Excuse, please," Tubby said to' the shocked chancellories of tho world. "Our Harry nlcln't quite re. allea what he wits doing." Weill WcUl Well! Incidentally, If Hurry CAN get re sults like lie says he got In Iran, I wish he'd deliver another ultima tum to the Russians to get their stooges out of Korea, That would be an Ideal way to end the war over there. 1 It could savo lot of American lives. ' I.OfinKR KlLLKl) HOSEBURO Ifl Kenneth Dice, about 30, Sutherlln, died In a hos pital hero Thursday night of 8 fractured skull suffered In a log ging eocWent. He was employed on silio Wcyerliaoscr Timber Co, logtjjkig operation on Mt, firoti, about IB mlloa east of hero. Dice, found Injured, whs believed In have been lilt by a linul-bnck line, . ' " ". 1 .' Day's fen U WUUuWinj jyitruiftnfi.n m -- (Story on Paga 5) Sports Bulletin POHTPONKD The Malln-Nacrrd Heart bate ball lame achrduled for Recrea tion Park thlt afternoon was pot noned this morning. Last nliht'a drlnle made the playing field aloppy, barred Heart's Father llomnlrk aald. A make-up date will be ratabllahed soon. Church Group Convenes Here Early registration for the Pacific Dlrlrlct Luther League convention which got underway here last night reached the JIB murk. Rev. lrvln Tweet of Ihe Klamath Lutheran church reported thla morning. Another 60 are expected through today to Join tlie conclave In con sideration of (lie problems of Christian youth today. Rev. O. V. Magnuaarn, Fresno, addressed a mass rally lost night and Is to speak again tonight at a banquet at Ihe Klamath Falls Armory. Tlie banquet will be catered by Jened's. as wilt .i chuck wagon breakfast set for tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. at Moore Park. Tomorrow's schedule Includes outings to OTl and to Crater Lake National Park. Today's sessions were being Ird by delegates from Srattlo and Taronia. Wash., and Mils ankle and Bllverton, Ore. . Tomorrow night a massed youtli choir Is to present 'a concert of sscred muslo at Uie armory, t p,m. Prof. Ounnar L. Malmln Pacific Lutheran College. Tscoma, will dlreet. The public Is Invited free of charge. Rev. Tweet la co-conference chairman In charge of arrange ments with Dick Weed president ol Uie local Luther League. Other chairmen Include diet Hamaker and Jeanette Rusteen. housing; Mra. J. H. Peebler and LaRayne Weed, publicity: Mrs. B. E. Eells and Beverly Eells. registration; Douglas Knutson and Jerry Klrk patrick, outings: Doris Hahn and Mary Ann Klrkpatrlck, decorations Flood Misses Kansas City KANSAS CITY I Hie Kansas City area was over the hump Fri day In Its fight against the Missouri river but flood workers .stlll main tained a vigil along the network of dikes for possible weak spots. The flood-choked river continued to fall afler reaching Its peak here Thuraday afternoon Just a fraction under 30.7 feet. That was a little below the predicted crest of 31 and more uiun 10 feel under the top of UIB 1CVCCO. It was a record upstream flood until Ihe muddy sume hit Kansas City. But from here on downstream the river stages were lower than the terrible flood of Julv. lii. when the Kaw (Kansas) river, which Joins the Missouri here, laid waste 1o the rich Industrial areas oi uie two Kansas Cltys. jvouung like that happened this time. Hie record 1051 stage here was 36.2. ' Downstream, the wster noked Its creeping fingers Into creeks and sloughs as the flood spread over fertile farmland. But Uiere were no heavily populated areas In lis path. As the crest passnl Kansas City, President Truman sicned a t25.- 000,000 flood relief bill In Wash ington. A little later he allotted 1250.000 of emergency funds to his home state or Missouri and sloo.000 to Kansas, where four counties were affected. On tlie Mississippi river, the rec ord flood there Inundated a Clinton, la., residential area eight blocks from Uie waterfront. It was the second Hood blow In a year for Clinton. Jones, AAusa ' Bv PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM IA1 A public accountant who knows lots about taxes and former radio executive who knows plenty about foreign affairs aro squaring away at eacn oilier for the Democratic nomination in the huge Eastern Oregon Congres sional District. State Sen. Ben Musa. The Dalles accountant, and John O. Jones. who untU recently managed a La Grande radio station, have alot In common. Jones Is 45 years old and Musa Is 46. Thev generally support Uie principles of President Truman, but agree that ' federal spending could be reduced some, what. Jones Is making a vigorous cam paign throughout the district, which Musa claims Is the largest In area In the United States, aslelo Two MM Mere m if Woman Says Man, Wife Took Ink A man and wife from Haw -me, Nev., were arrested at Port Klam ath Thursday afternoon by Slate Police mid charged wltn kidnaping the lour-month old daughter of a Hawthorne neighbor. The counle were Identified by Hlierllf Murray (Red) Brltton Francis Ferdinand Bhsrkey. 4t. and hln wife. Marlorle Helen Sharkev 40. They had been working at the Nicholson ranch at Fort Klamath for about a week, and are held In the County Jail without ball. Tlie baby, four-month-old Tamara Mlchrlo Powell, In the Klamath County Juvenile Home, Is aald to be the daughter of Mrs. Nadlne Powell Moore. Mra. Moore algncd Ihe kidnaping complaint, according to Sheriff George A. Jensen of Hawthorne. DF.FKNhT: Tlie Bharkeys told Stale Police here they were enroute to Kelso. Wash., to seek work, and that they were lo have custody of the child while on the trip. Iliry told officers Mrs. Moore gave thrm a note to thai effect and arrangement was al so made for Mrs. Moore to come to Kelso If there was work for her. Sheriff Jensen told authorities here Mrs. Moore aald the Bharkeys were to have custody of the child only In Nevada, not -outside the slate. The Sharkey's lefj Hawthorne April 12. Last week Mrs. Sharkey wrote lo Mrs. Moore telling her they were i Fort Kiamsih with the babv. trial It waa well and what formula It waa being fed. Mra. Moore filed the kidnaping complaint when she learned where the Sharkrys and the baby were slaying. WILLING Sharkev was stopped by a Bute Police officer nalrolllni a highway nuiiiiS'jr miii hi nwiwtii o i with the officer for questioning. I In a long distance telephone call here Sheriff Jensen told Stale Po - lice he had already mailed them a fugitive from Justice warrant for arrest of the Sharkey and was about to msll out circulars to law agencies Informing that the oupl wits wanted for kidnaping . Uie child, Police said the baby appeared well cared for, welt fed and clean. Officers said they were forced to arrest the couple on the strength of the warrant and while Nevada authorities investigated the case further. City Sewage Kill Ducks? Klamath Falls sewage may be contributing to the pollution of the Klamath River, according to dis cussions held yesterday during Uie Klamath mis Hiwanii ciud meet ing at Uie Wlllard. The point waa brought out dur ing a panel discussion of two meas ures to appear on the ballot next month a sewage Improvement measure and one to raise funds for a municipal swimming pool. Clly Engineer Taxi Thomas said the city's present sowage facilities, Uiough they need much Improve ment, do not pollute Uie Klamath Klver, However, Federal Oame Officer Jim Savage, also a Ktwanlan. re ported that he and State Oame Biologist Ken Cochrun this week had counted 50 ducks dead on the Klamath River, He said that Uie city Is contrib uting to the pollution hatard. He recalled last year thousands of fish died on the river. He summed it up as an accumulation of abuse for years of the river by Uie public "The river Is not In good shape for wildlife," he said. Thomas, speaking for the sewage levy, said It calls for a 1 mill levy for two years to raise $28,000. Improvements would Include sew age pumping plants to replace gravity flow that often backs up at present. City Recreation Director Bob Bonney spoke for a proposed amendment to the city charter call ing for a levy of 1.6 mills to raise $160,000 over seven years for a mu nicipal swimming pool. Ex-mayor Ed Ostendorf asked Bonney If Uie site for the pool pur chased by the city during his ad ministration was to be used, and Bonney said it was not certain yet. He said some money must be spent to study Uie problem before lo cating the pool anywhere. "Wo have two pools now thnt aren't In gdod spots," he said, from thoso fow slates congressmen at large. Jones Is Uie favorite to win the nomination May 16 , because he's campaigning hard and Musa Isn't. Musa said ho doesn't have the money or financial backing to en able him to camoalirn extenslvelv. so he's Just going to make a quick trip through the district and call it quits. Don't sell Musa nhnrt. Ihnucrh. Ho's state senator from two Re publican counties, Hood River and Wasco, being the first Democrat to hold that office In many, many years. He made only one campaign speech In his campaign for years ago, end It Whs enough. Musa figures Uiat If he lets his opponent do all the talking, Musa might carry the big district "whera a candidate has to cover an ttkltk mm mmm i 1 iiilinll ill iriiMtiVfisWiNlll1ir'lllieiMM Ive Cent 18 Pages HST Beyond Authority Of Courts? WA8HINOTON The gov ernment contended In the steel i-elzure case Friday that the Presi dent sunds beyond reach of the courts and Is "accountable only to Ihe country" for hu. actions. The court battle which could eventually end In a historic su preme court decision as to the President's nowers-r-was In Its sec ond day before U.S. District Judge David A. Pine. Most of the argument centered about a contention by Assistant At torney General Holmes Baldrldge that Uie President's powers sre not limited lo those set out In the con stitution, that the courts can't Issue an order to him, and that "the President Is accountable only to the country." Theodore Klendl, attorney for U.S. Steel, called this contention -'shocking" and likened It to royal claims. Charles Tuttle, representing Arm co Sleel. argued the President's i powers are limited in mose pre iscrlbed by ihe constitution. Tuttle said: "To aav that the President la In i effect the steward of the nation has Implications that the people of the United States are wards of the steward." He said this was an Issue far more Important than the steel case, and having most serious bearing Tuille asked: "Where are the limits? Mr. Baldrldge says the only limit he knows is the ballot IJ"' Arguments In the ease probably will be concluded late Friday. Most attomeya thought -Pine would wsnl l" study the Issues a lew dava-before ruling.- " At: cue point in the ' 0vermnent argument, 1 Pine commented;. "I never heard that expressed before." Judge Spanks Tough Cops AKRON, O. tf Not long ago a traffic cop bawled out a woman motorist and ordered her . to "get going, lady, gel going! Friday the woman's husband. Common Pleas Judge Walter B. Wanamaker, finishes up a two-day lecture on manners for every mem ber of the police force. The Judge, indicating that- the younger policemen were the sas siest, dressed down the first bunch face to face yesterday with these words: "You fellows are overawed by your own Importance. You are so tough that you go around making faces at yourselves. You are not liked." He told Uiem to wipe the scowls from their faces and go to and win friends. . . "Every time you have contact with a citizen you either make a friend or an enemy; and If you have good sense, you will start making friends." "The department is not what It used to be," said the Judge. "It's your problem, but It's not beyond reniliO Police Chief Thomas P. Lynett Invited Judne Wanamaker tn ari. dress the force after the latter pro- tcaicu nuuue uie acuong oi younger men In the department. The chief had no comment after listening to Uie Judge's remarks. Warren Plans Oregon Work PORTLAND Vn Gov. Sari War. ren of California made plans here Friday for an Intensive campaign In the two weeks preceding the Oregon primary election May 16. Warren planned to return to Sacramento later Friday, but said he would be back to try to win the state's Republican presidential preference votes. He ssld he would visit several cities In addition to Portland. awful lot of miles few people." Whoever wins the Democratic primary will be In a strong posi tion In November. The Second Dis trict has a Democratic majority In registration, but the last Demo crat to serve In Congress from that area was Walter M, Pierce. Pierce was succeeded In 1643 by Rep, Lowell Stockman, Pendleton Re publican, who's quitting Congress. The winner of the Jones-Musa contest will have as his November opponent one of three men seeking the Republican nomination. They are Stato Sen. Sam Coon, Baker real estate mm and until recently a r.alllegrower; State Rep. Giles L. French, Moro weekly newspaper F. Hlnkle. The Dalles. Both. Jones and Musa already Congressional that elect i awful lot of miles to talk to a i have performed lots of public. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Michigan Prison Guard Tells Of Ordeal as Rebels' Hostage (Editor's Note: The following Interview with Joseph Dial, one of Ihe guards held hostage in the Southern Michigan prison riot, was obtained Friday by photog rapher Don Cunningham and re porter Jim Brown ol the Jackson Cltiien-Patrint, which made it available to the Associated Press. Dial Irlls In his own words the dramatic story of his ordeal.) By JOSEPH DZAL JACKSON. Mich. I We were In ccllblock 1 when ruddenly every thing blew up. Harold Carrier (mother guaidi and I. It all came !so fast I didn't exactly know what happened. There we were, one minute, and the next a crazy ma&s mob came dreaming toward us. "Get In a cell," Harold cried. I Jumped behind him and we locked ourselves In. Thank Ood we had taken the master key that con trolled all the cellblocks with us. I'm sure that's the only thing that saved our lles. The mob swept through. Wild eyed guvs, waving clubs and knives, shook our bars and shouted curses at us. "There's a counle of screws (guards I." ore shouted. He was a big guy with his shirt torn across his shoulders and blood running from a cut on his cheek. WF.APONS He held a sickle in his right hand and he and another one who was waving a big metal hook head ed for our cell. "Let's get 'em." Ihe second one yelled. They vanked at the bars, tried to pry them apart with the hook. And all the time Uiey cursed and screamed at us. I i. If ever two men prayed. It was us. Harold cot out his Rosary and v,e knauM-ln . comer and prayed with all our hearts. Cod heard us, that's all there was la it, because those bars held and tne two of tnem finally got tired and raged on up the corridor after the rest of the mob. After that, Uiere were a few min utes of quiet and then came anoth er bunch. They had a master key. I can't tell you what I was think ing as the key turned in the lock and they swung Ihe door open. Ceiling Price Lists Ordered WASHINGTON W Restaurants. boarding houses, taverns, hotels and hot dog stands must post pub licly Friday their ceiling prices for food and drinks. The Office of Price Stabilization said the price posting order af fects more than a half million es tablishments serving 70 million meals a day and doing more than 12 puiion dollars ol business a year. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall said that through the posting of prices their customers now will be able to see the maximum prices they should pay. The posters also will be a pro tection, for restaurants against pos sible unfair accusations concerning prices they charge, he said. The ceilings which restaurants. taverns and the like must post are the highest prices thev charged during the week of lest Feb. 3-6. The ceilings will remain fixed un til OPS authorizes changes which will be based primarily on signifi cant movements in the wholesale food price index of the bureau of labor statistics. There will be one exception. Es tablishments which on April 7 when the price freere became ef fective were charging prices lower than the Feb. 3-9 period have until June 1 to determine their new ceilings. WSB PROBE ASKED WASHINGTON W The House Thursdov directed Its Labor com mittee to make an Investigation of Uie Wage Stabilization Board, the government agency that decided on a 26-cent-an-hour package Increase lor the CIO Sleelworkera union. Battle Feature of service, ' Jones quit his radio job April 1. He served after World War II In, Bavaria as director of nine dis placed persons camps for the United Nations Relief and Rehabili tation Cornoratlon. He was presi dent of Uie Northeast Oregon De velopment Association, was chair man of the Wallowa-Unlon County Draft Board, and has been active in the Oregon Council of Churches, Inland Empire Waterways Association,- La Grande Chamber of Commerce. Jones taught In Bend High School, and was assistant director of Training Wit.'iln Industry In Portland during tlr war. Musa Is a respected member of the Slate Senate and knows taxes well, He should, because he makes FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1952 We prayed and we tried to get ready to die. But these men were different from the others; they knew exact ly what they were doing. Appar ently they were a raiding crew ent out to gather guards for hos tages because they herded us In with others they already had. Then they marched us on through that ccllblock. through block 1. and I inrouxn a coupie oi ouier oiocas. al ways looking lor more guards. Finally the7 met another crew and we (the guards) were assem bled together and driven on to IS block . . . and worked us Inside. Outside we could hear the cries of the mob. Someone said the laundry was burning, and the gym, and I don't know what else. The screams and sirens of fire trucks suddenly wailed over Uie noise in the yard. You could see the inmates who were holding us lighten up. They stood tense and forward, peering out the window, and in a short time came the sound ol shots. Then Uie yard seemed to break up in a mad frenzy all around us. It heemed that one of the con victs had been shot by state police and the mob moved down on 16 block. "Give us a guard." they screamed. "One of our boys has been shot. Kill a guard." The convicts with us argued but the mob only shouted the louder and finally someone shrugged and tald. "what else can we do?" They caught hold of Henry. Cur ry, opened the door and threw him out. We couldn't bear to look, yet we couldn t tear our eyes away. And can I say 'right now, thank God (or our state police. i ALERT Their, squads were operating hi the yads by now and-there never was a more alert- group of men. - . They must have been on the watch for something Just like what happened, for the minute they saw Curry pushed outside they made a drive outside 16 block. And that was all It took. The mob broke and ran and Henry got away safely. I can t tell you much or what happened in the yards after that. They herded us right on up to Train trap YOUNOSTOWN. O. l Nurse Gwendolyn Owens. 24. ignored Uie rauroad orakeman's red lantern, drove her car around him. smacked into a train, explained to ponce: "I didn't want to stop In that neighborhood after dark." She was unhurt. Water Policy Next on Forum The all-Important subject of water, and Its future use in this area, will be Uie topic of dis cussion on next Monday night's "Build the Basin" radio forum over KFLW. Primarily the discussion will regard plans and . prospects for future agricultural development by Irrigation In Uie Klamath country to more completely use the water supply here, without going into other phases of Uie subject of water use, such as for wUdlife and hydroelectric power development. Men on the radio panel will be Richard L. Boke of Sacramento, regional director of the Bureau of Reclamation; E. L. Stephens, man ager of the Klamath Reclamation Project; Percy Dixon of Henley: Sam Anderson of Tulelake; and Fred Rueck .of Bonanza. . Dixon, Anderson and Rueck art all farmers and water users, with particular experience in Irrigation districts and farm organisations in three different parts of the Klam ath Basin. . One other local man may be added to Uie panel. Bud Chandler manager of KFLW, will be modera tor. ' ( Boke has been asked to outline future irrigation plans of the Bu reau of Reclamation for this area. out enough Income tax returns for other people. - He worked for 1 the Federal Bureau of Internal Reve nue for six years, and has some ideas about now it should be re formed and tax collection modern ized. . So far- as their ideas are con cerned, there lsnt a great deal of difference. Both of them want the federal government to speed' up the devel opment of the Columbia and Snake River Basins. . t - The chief campaign issue tn Eastern Oregon seems to ' be federal spending and taxes. Musa thinks spending could be cut by a few billions by better manage ment, especially better manage ment of the defense department. Jones doesn't think any large cut Telephone till No. 2801 the fourth tier. They out each of us In a separate ceu. Jack Hyatt was In charge of our floor. They call him "Crazy Jack." But you'll never get me to believe he's crazy. He treated us fine, and be handled those other guys with him like someone who bad commanded men all his life. Through all Uie time we were there, every so often he'd have to go out and stop a fight or put down some minor disturbance among his followers. The last night the; came around and took Jim Aims' and John Holmes' billfolds, watches and keys. Hyatt told us: "If you've got any last letters to write, you'd bet ter do it now because you won't get another chance." Hyatt was perfectly calm as be spoke. After be left I started pray ing again. It was only a couple or hours later that the agreement was reached between the prison ad ministration and the inmates. It seemed like a month. When we heard that it was all practi cally over, I felt like I had suddenly come back to life again. We were let out of the cells finally and taken downstairs to the office. Ward (Earl Ward, a . mutiny leader) bad us all sit down and very formaUy be told us of Uie arrangements that bad been made for Uie surrender. When be finished, be invited an of us guards to Join him and the prisoners in their steak dinner. rauiwia We. of course, accepted immed iately. But when they marched us out, as soon as we were all clear of 16 block, we steopea out oi tne line and let them go on to the ilinlnv.vnAm Inn I don't think I could have drunk i cup of coffee then, let alone eat a piece of fteac. . ; At the fourth gate I met my wife. I don't bave to say what that first moment was like, in fact. I Just don't know any way to describe how happy I was. I lost 20 pounds in those four days I was locked In 15 block and I didn't have my clothes off in all that time. I can only say. thank God I'm alive. Arsonist Gets Three Years A 24-vear-old millworker. Donald Lee Smith, Thursday afternoon In Circuit Court here was sentenced to three years in prison on charge of arson In Uie first degree. Smith on April 10 pleaded guilty to setting fire to his house at 422 Mt. Whitney St.. to collect $6600 in insurance on the house and furnish ings. Two members of the State Po lice arson squad arrested Smith in Roseburg April 8 after Investiga tion of tne house-gutting lire re quested by Fire Chief Roy Rowe. Smith told officers be left work at Roseburg April 1 late In the af ternoon, set fire to the house about midnight, and returned back to Roseburg Investigation showed, and Smith admitted, he set fire to the build ing by loosening a pipeline to an oU stove and touching a match to stove oil that spilled over Uie floor. Smith admitted that several days after Uie fire he put in a claim with adjusters here for $6600 fire loss covered by Insurance. . Smith is married and has three small children. They were not stay ing at the house at the time the fire was set. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: few snowers Friday, partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday. High Friday 65, low Friday night 45. High Saturday 68. High temp yesterday - .......... v -71 41 e 14.23 10.06 12.86 Low last nlgbt Precin yesterday ...... Since Oct. 1 x.... Normal for period ... Same period last yr. Primary can be -made. On the 1 explosive subject of whether the United States should have an ambassador to the Vati can, . both agree with ' President Truman, who made the proposal. They support Uie administration policy in Korea, and favor Presi dent Truman's seizure of Uie steel Industry, - Musa favors Universal Military Training, while Jones wants to study the question when- the present emergency ends.: . The scramble for votes in East ern Oregon presents the most in. teresting of all Oregon's four con gressional races. In the other three, the present congressmen are seeking Republican renomina tlon. and they shouldn't have too much trouble winning the primary Sailors Die In St; Paul Gun Turret TOKYO. Saturday. April 26-Ml Thirty American seamen were killed In an explosion in a gun turret on the Cruiser St. Paul oil Korea Monday. The Navy, announcing that today, called It Uie worst Naval disaster of the Korean war. The Navy said a "gun powder fire of undetermined origin" set off the explosion in an 8 inch forward turret. A board la Investigating, The St. Paul Is commanded by Capt, Roy A. Gano of Falls Church, Va. She is the flagship of Rear Adm. Earl E. Stone, commander of cruiser Division One. The St. Paul was firing on Com munist positions on the Korean East Coast. It continued firing after Uie blast and stUl is in Ko rean waters. . . Communist shore guns were not firing at the American warship. . GASSED ' The blast rocked the heavy cruis er. All 30 victims were killed the Navy said, most by asphyxiation due to burning gases. There were no inuries. aji victims were in tne turret. : The worst previous Naval disas ter of this war was June 12 when Uie U.S. Destroyer Walke hit a m'ne off Wonsan. Twenty-six were allied ana w wounaea. The St. Paul was firing on a Red rear stronghold at Kojo. about mid way between the battle line and the oeseiged Red port of Wansan. She had fired 86 rounds from her eight Inch guns and 4? rounds from her five inch batteries when the explosion occurred at 3:66 p.m. Monday. The Navy said the St. Paul had opened up her guns on Kojo after bombarding Red front lines for 24 hours with the destroyer Blnkley. The cruiser baa a battery of nine eight-inch guns in three turrets and a secondary nailery or n nve-incn duel purpose guns in pairs. Two of the eight inch turrets are forward and one aft. The St. Paul's keel was laid by the Bethlehem Steel Co. at Qulncy, Mass., in 1043. She entered World War H In September, 1S44. NAVY ACCOUNT The Navy In Washington put out this account of the explosion: - "A gunpowder fire of undeter mined origin aboard Uie U.S. heavy cruiser St. Paul has killed 30 en listed personnel. "There were no outer injuries in the fire which occurred during com bat operations April 21. Death was almost Instant. Damage control parties were . aV the scene almost immediately. - , ..-; - "The bodies were removed with in a few minutes after Uie accident. Artificial respiration teams worked two hours without success. All bodies were transferred to the hos pital ship Haven at Pusan. ."The St. Paul has returned to her station. Rear Adm. E. E. Stone, commander Cruiser Divis ion One, who is flying his flag in the St. Paul has ordered a full scale investigation." . Demos Launch Attack on Ike By The Associated Press The signs were clear Friday that Democratic attacks on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will In crease in tempo as the time nears, for his return to seek Uie Repub lican presidential nomination. - Secretary of Labor Tobln, in one of the first administration blasts at Eisenhower as a politician, said in Cumberland, Maryland, Thurs day night the Democratic party "Isn't interested In a mystery man" as a candidate. "It wont . be satisfied with a smile or a good military record or a Knack tor Kissing names,- xooin said. He did not mention the gen eral by name, but he left little doubt be was referring to him. Ana tne estate Department in sisting no politics was Involved In the action acknowledged It baa quit passing out pictures of Elsen hower to Atnerlcans planning , to visit Europe. The department said in the past 18 months it has distributed thou sands of pictures of Elsenhower on pamphlets explaining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in which he Is the supreme command er. The last was Issued 10 'day ago, and no more will be printed. "7 asr: TIRED S. D. Chrowl, Mid- . land, is headed for home : and some rest after a H night's stint as strectsweep- cr. He had a weary wel-', come for the 9 O'clock Cameraman, however.