list
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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, .
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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.