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Mor rlotliiK In tlio prisoner of
war camps In Karon end 11 ad
jacent Inland. An Hourly es ono
van gather Irum tlia censored re
IHirts, llio rmy atarlcd some moro
"aarocnlnu" or I'OW'i yesterday
"screening" i a fancy modern
word moaning separating tlio sheep
from the goals.)
When the proceed Hurled, com
munist fanatics In the cmni be
nun Innhlunlnit long, sharp, steel
liolntcd spears (mm litter rails
and lent palen, When camp otllcors
noted ihelr nollvlly, Amcrlann In
fnitlry guards laid aside their night
sticks for rifles mid bayonets and
entered the enclosure.
Vicious lighting broke out. Dome,
how or other (the dispatches are
obviously censored) a Chinese
prisoner was killed.
f'ough? I suppose so, Dul war
Uro pink tea and prisoner of war
c iiiiiiw are a part of war. I doubt
if you can run a prlaoner camp
without discipline.
In fact, I doubt If vou can run
ANYTHING very successfully with
out discipline,
Thli la becoming an tindlnclp
lined world. What will come ol It,
I don't know. But hletory tella u
that when the Hoinan empire de
clined and eventually fell and the
world no longer had a Bona capa
ble of enforcing Intelligent disci
lilinea mankind allpped Into tlio
muck and the shadows of the Dork
Ages.
Nobody tlkea discipline, but near
ly all of us need discipline.
From Seattle:
"Youtha at the Unlvenilty of
Washington and Washington State
College Joined the latest college
fad last night
"At the university, an estimated
1.000 of them smashed windows
and did minor damage In PANTY
RAIDS In a women's residence hsll
and six aororlly bouses."
When then youths grow up and
set married and have to buv pant
ies down at the store and pay hard
earned money for them, they won't
be so reckless with them or so
eager to get them.
In Cleveland lOhlo) last night
Dr. Clayton 8. While, research dl
rector of Lovelace Clink at Albu
ouerque. New Mexico, told the In
stitute of Aeronautical Sciences and
the Cleveland Academy of Medl
cine that getting a rocket ship Into
tne upper atmosphere la feasible
but a great many problems must
be solved before man can survive
up there. Here are a few of the
iiroblema. a he .outlined therm
i 10,000 feet. Above 60,000 fen,
mere 18 NT ANY oxygen.
At 23.000 feci. Die barometric
pressure la down to much that de
compression sicxnesa nits me diioi.
lll. blood bolls and there Is no
room for anything but water In his
lungs, causing Mm to drown.
Around (0,000 feet, there la a poi
sonous concentration of ozone.
Above that la Intensive ultraviolet
light from which earth dwellers
ere protected by tne atmospnere.
Then come X-rays from the eun
and cosmic raya In high concen
tration, Pretty fTlmt
Nobody will face It, you think?
Walt a minute. When Columbus
started westward from Bpain. prac
tically everybody but Christopher
himself believed the world was flat.
Ills snllorg thought that at some
point toward which they were head
Ing the watera of the Atlantic
pcured over the edge Into a boiling
Inferno Inhabited by grisly man
stera the like of which man had
never seen.
But they conquered their fears
and went along on the trip.
Someday. SOMEBODY will anil
cut Into apace in a rocket ship (or
some other contrivance) Just to see
what really Is out there. Man's
curiosity Is Insatiable, and there U
practically no risk he. won't take
b satisfy It.
Police Nab
'Water Boys'
Four teen-aged ChtloqUln youths
a.nTi two from mikioc roinfc were
utftied up by City Police nbout
1 a.m. Wednesday for questioning
on a water ntlnck of motorists on
Klamath Frills siroota.
Police said all six boys wore In
a Chevrolet coupe and were cruis
ing tho street, shooting strenms of
wulcr at other motorists from two
lire extinguishers.
The boys were sent home aftor
being questioned and warned by
officers.
Sound Yields
Four Bodies
BELLINGHAM, Wash. 11 The
wind-whipped wake of one of Putrct
Sound's worst yachting tragedies
lias revealed the bodies of four of
seven persons who were aboard
the 39-foot sailing sloop Prelude
when It vanished Sunday evening.
An extensive search for the other
lluee persons now presumed dead
and tho wreckage of the myste
riously missing boat Is continuing
Wednesday)
The bodies of Mrs. Ellen For
ilyco, her son Kenneth, 13, Ed E.
Jukol and 'Mrs. Donald W. Card,
were found Tuesday In the -waters
between here and Ovens Island,
soirio ' 15 miles to the southwest,
Only ' Jukes was not wearing a
llle preserver,
Still missing are Paul Fordyce,
the owner of the yacht, Donald
Csr( and Mrs, Jukes. Only a matt
resMy lifeboat paddles, two seat
cushions and an Ice box door from
tlie Prelude have been found :
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City Plans
Extensive
Street Work
.Five short-length paving Jobs
und possibly upwards of HO, toll)
worth of Hlreel repair work will
be commoted out by the City of
Klainuth fulls this summer.
Hie Intention Is to allow contract
or Interested In the work submit
a bid on nil the lob at once, some
time curly In June,
The Improvement lrojcol are:
No. 113, l'lousnnl from Uplinin to
Delia, three blocks. Thin Job wp.s
held over from Inst year, Tho cost
entlinulo made by City Kmilnecr
Tcixi Thomas was 116,603 for as
phult puvlin, I.., 1107 lor cuncreta.
No. III! Piilnler from an alley
nbove Eldorado to Pacific Terrace.
purl of a long block. Estimated
cost o property owners S8770 for
asphalt, tl 1.170 for concrete.
No. 118, Lawrence from Eldorado
to Newcastle. Estimated cost :7.-
302 for asphalt. tiJ.lifll for concrete.
No. 117, Lowell from Eldorado
to Pacific Terrace. Eitlmutcd cost
111.000 for asphalt, 113.144 fur con
crete.
No. 118. east hulf of California
from Uplmm to Delta. Estimated
cost tWi lor asphalt, 117.34(1 fur
concrete.
The Jobs also Include sidewalks.
The California Avenue Job. the runt
nail ol a divided Jslie street Is
planned for IB-tool pavement: Law
rence Street Is to havo a 30-foot
segment and the remainder of the
street Jobs will be It fret wide.
Glamor Gag
Unbearable
WILMINGTON. Calif. o Old
tug No. 10 was a real tough and
harbor-worlhv vessel. It had hauled
In some pretty big ships In lis
day.
Last Monday, however, No. 10.
was cast In a new role towing a
fluatlng barge for a style show,
with a score of cutles traipsing
tlio deck as tliev modelled swim
suits, and bra and panty sets.
This was lust too much tor old
No. 10. Afier getting back to It
dock It capsized and sank Tuesday.
'Too much pulchritude," said an
old aalt, pronouncing Hie third word
very carelully.
Annual Realty
Mcetfridayr
The annual dinner of the Klam
ath Realty Iloard Is scheduled for
Friday 8:30 p.m. at the Wlllard.
and at that time winners of the
Realty Board's model home and
essay contests are to be announced.
The contests, open to high school
students. Involve construction of a
scale model home, with drawn floor
plan, and an essay of 600-1000
words on the subject "Why Own
Your Own Home."
Tom Bloddnrd, vice president of
Commonwealth Title Company
Portland, Is to be the principal
speaker. Also expected to be pres
ent Is Al Crose, .Oregon Real Es
tate Commissioner.
Oomer Jones, president of the Re
ally Board, will make the awards
to model homes and essay contest
winners. The prises are, for the
morif.1 hnmAH rnntf,Hl VA Sift
$10 and IS; and for the essay con
test $15, 110 and three prizes of
$5 each.
Judges of the modol homes con
test are Oarrett Van Riper, Nina
Pence and probably Francis Lan
drum: and for the essay contest
the Judges are Iss belle Brlxner,
Mary Boswell and Elton Smith,
ACCORDING TO REPORTS seeping in from Reames
Country Club, anything goes in a golt match bctwocn
Klamath Falls industrial tycoons Lorcn Palmerton and
George P. Davis. Here Palmerton, in coonskln cap, at
tempts to distract Davis while tho latter tries a mashio
shot out of tho rough. Photo by V. M. Hanks
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Paimer&n Management Shaken Up
JOHN GARFIELD
Heart Ailment
Fatal to Actor
NEW YORK i John Oarlleld.
39, stage and screen "tough guy",
died of a heart ailment Wednesday
In the Oramercy Park apartment
of an actress friend. Iris Whitney.
She barred police from the apart
ment for more than a half hour,
thlnkuig they were newsmen.
The actor was pronounced dead
at about 0 a, m. by Dr. Charles
H. Nammack, a private' physician,
who had submitted a routine telc-
Shone report to the medical exam
irr's office.
Garfield died In a bed in the two
room apartment.
STRICKEN
Detective John Barrett quoted
Miss Whitney aa aaying the actor
became 111 while visiting the apart
ment Tuesday ntghl and had de
cided to itnV overnight.
Garfield lived at the Hotel War
wick, ri.,
Mt WniUieytrtM police she turd
known the star "not loo long."
The medical examiner's office
said a cardlao condition caused
death and there was "nothing
suspicious."
Miss Whitney sppeared in the
Broadway play, "Dark of the
Moon" last year.
Oarlleld gained acting fame In a
minor role In the Clifford Odels
plav. "Oolden Boy", In 1037.
LINKS
Garfield's name had been linked
with various organisations labelled
as subversive, but he denied betore
the House committee on Un-Amerl-can
activities last year that ne
ever had been a Communist.
"I am no Red," he said. "I am
no pink. I am no fellow traveller."
The small "Ooldeiy Boy" role
started Garfield on the road to
stardom.
15 WOMEN INJURED
REDDINO, Calif. 11 Twenty
five women, on a gay hayridc.
wore injured Tuesday night when
an automobile plowed into their
wagon and the horses ran away.
One victim was reported in critical
condition. Trie careening runaway
wagon spilled the women along the
roadway.
POW Reign
Of Terror
Described
WASHINOTON 11 Sen. Bridges
(R.-N. H.) quoted Gen. Matthew
II. Rldgway Wednesday as saying
fanatical Communists In U. N.
prisoner of war camps have com
mitted atrocities and conducted a
reign of terror against other prison
ers, r
"The general confirmed that
bodies have been found In these
camps," Bridges told reporters.
He said that In a closed door
session with senators Rldgway also
laid It was true that Communist
POWU flew red flsgs and had their
own telephone lines Inside the
camps. r
CONFIDENCE
Bridges said Rldgway expressed
confidence, however, that rebellious
and defiant Communist prisoners
ol war can be put under control.
Rldgway. former commander of
V. N. forces In the Far East, talked
with senators for about two hours.
He was questioned extensively
about the Koje Island incidents but
some senators said he could tell
them little new.
Olher senstors said Rldgway
told them the Communists have
built up their forces In Korea dur
ing truce talks, land that the gener
al was not optimistic that a satis
factory cease-fire agreement can be
reached.
One Democratic senator, who
asked not to be named, ssld Rldg
wavs' picture of Far Eastern
conditions was "the most depres
sing thing I have heard In months."
FAINT HOPE
This aenator Mid he- eav little
chance for world peace or even a
trend toward It from condition the
Bcu,.nu9KU iLf.njft.i p-vsiuuia
sl tiie session, told the general that
the Koje Island affair has brought
shock and a sense of shame here
at home. ,
Three Robbery
Suspects Held
Three Indians are held In County
Jail here for Investigation of a bur
glary Saturday night in Chlloquin.
Brought here this morning from
Chlloquin were Theodore Bits, 31,
and Eveland Chlloquin, 31. They
were apprehended by Police Chief
Archie Huff of Chlloquin and Indian
bervice olllcers.
Arrested In Klamath Falls this
morning about 4:30 a.m., and held
lor Investigation of the same bur
glary was Francis S. Norton, Cal
ifornia- Indian.
The three are suspected of tak
ing guns, a radio, camera And
canned goods from the home of
John Cole Saturday night at Chllo
quin. All three were to be ar
raigned before U.S. Commissioner
Bert C. Thomas here today.
Instrumental
Recital Friday
A year's training for city elemen
tary schools Instrumental music
students will be culminated Friday
evening in the annual Instrumental
Festival at Pelican Court.
Some 300 students are expected
to participate in the festival at
8 p.m.
Combined participating groups
and directors will be the all-city
orchestra, John Drysdale; interme
diate strings, John Drysdale and in
termediate band. Freeman Yount.
The program is open free to the
public.
TOOTHACHE SUICIDE
GUADALAJARA, Mexico Ofl
Police reported Wednesday Raul
Gonzales, 25, shot himself because
of a three-day toothache. His moth
er. Mercedes, said dentists had not
been able to relieve the pain.
Homefolk Swat Solohs
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For Vo ting Selves Aid,
By B. L. LIVINGSTONE
WASHINGTON Ifl Congres
sional feelings were showing lumps
Wednesday from the home-town
needling a lot of lawmakers are
getting for voting themselves in
come tax relief
In a word, the reaction on Capi
tol Hill might' be summed up as!
xow-w-wl ' . h
Most House members were re
luctant to stick their necks out on
so touchy an Issue But privately
they foel they have been badly
misunderstood in voting to maxe
their expenses, while nway .from
home, deductible as business ex
pense for tax purposes ' ,
It's no more than everyone else
is allowed,; they contend They
have to keen uo two homes- one
here and one back In- their con
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GETTING OUT OF HAND Panty-raiding students at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis shown grappling
with coeds were finally brought under control by the po
lice with help of tear gas. Many of the adolescent males
were not content with stealing lingerie but took to pick
ing up anything loose, including sweaters and other ex
pensive items. . . ,
Death Takes
J.R. Sisemore
James R. (Jerry) 81semore, Fort
Klsmath rancher and member of
a pioneer Klamath. County larojly,
died late Tuesday afternoon at
Klamath Valley Hospital. He was
filsemorl- had been In Increasing-
Iv boor health for many months.
and had been brought from Fort
Klamath to the hospital Tuesday
morning. . .
Re was bore, in Sams Valley,
Jackson Countv. In 1896. the son
of Lindsay sisemore, a pioneer oi
this area, end nan uvea in a.iam
alh County since 1900.
His ranch Is located on the west
side of the Fort Klamath meadows.
Survivors Include the widow,
Lois; a daughter, Jo Ann; a step
riaitahiA Hnnntf, .lean Stewart:
two brothers, L. Orth Sisemore of
Klamath' Falls and Emmeii sise
more. Tulelake. Calif.: and an aunt,
Mrs. Ells Copchett, of Melbourne,
Australia.
The body was taken to Ward's
Klamath Funeral Home and funer
al arrangements were being made
today.
Memorial Day
Services Set
vinmnih County's civilian and
service dead will be honored in
Memorial Day services May 30.
A Main Street parade. Memorial
Day address and presentation of
wreaths at the' County Courthouse
Memorial Shaft are on scneauie. 1
Paradlns units will start down
Main from vicinity of Klamath ar
mory. Main and spring streets, at
10:30 a.m. (daylight time), to the
County Courthouse, 3rd and Main.
Rev. Lloyd Holloway, First Meth
odist Church pastor, will give the
address following playing of the na
tional anthem bv the Klamath Un
ion High School band and a salute
by the National Guard firing
squad.
Organizations Invited to partici
pate in the services sponsored by
Allied Veterans Council of Klam
ath Falls include all veterans
groups, American Legion Drum
Corps, Bov Scout and Girl Scout
units, fraternal organizations and
a representotlve unit from OTI.
Organisations or individuals wish
ing to present wreaths outside those
mentioned are asked to contact Ted
Case, county veterans service offi
cer in the basement of the County
courthouse. .
gressional district And they have
to travel back and forth on their
constituents' business, Uicy say
Tha Internal Revenue Bureau
has ruled In effect that a member
of Congress hits two homes for tax
purposes In other words, he's
never away from home on busi
ness i That's not fair, complained Rep.
Steed (D-Okln), adding:
"What the average member of
Congress seeks is only to put him
self on a footing of equality with
other taxpayers A lot of my con
stituents don't even know I psv
heavy Income taxes. . and I can't
even claim legitimate expenses as
a deduction" s.
Congressmen now get 113.500 a
year, plus a' $2,600 tax-exempt
voted to make the 3.600 allow
ance taxable effective Jan 1
Panty-Raid
Fad Spreads
By The Associated Press. ,
Youths at the University of Wash
ington nd Washington Slate Col
lege joined the latest college iad
Tuesday sight..
At the'.Cniverslty. sn ertrrmtf)
1,000 student smashed windows and
did minor damage in panty raids in
a women's residence ball and six
sororities.
At Washington State, about 350
men invaded five women's living
quarters.
Pullman Police Chief Archie
Campbell said little damage was
done, but two State Patrolmen were
called in to help Pullman and cam
pus police disperse the crowd. :
Policemen in al least zu squaa
cars in the vicinity of the raids at
the University did not enter the
tray. One policeman said the of
ficers were reluctant to leave their
cars because they feared the gang
would damage the vehicles.
A member of the Delta Delta
Delta sorority aimed a lusty swing
with a baseball bat at one youth
He ducked and the coed demolished
a window on tne ionow inrougn.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Fair through Thursday. Low Wed
nesday night 32. High Thursday 67.
High yesterday ... .v.. 53
Low last night 31
Precln last 24 hrs. : T
Since Oct. 1 v 15.17
Normal for period 10. SS
Same period last yr. .
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WAITING for the bus this morning at the Tower Theater
stop on gouth Sixth were Mrs. Grace Lanier, 2505 Persh
ing Way,' and Jeanne England,. 1751 Washburn Way
Jeanne was on her way to kindergarten,
Firm's Top
Officials
Here Quit
By WALLACE MYERS
A shakeup In the Palmerton Lum
ber Company management Here to
day had Loren Palmerton stepping
out as general manager and exe
cuUve vice president of the firm.
At press time today, Palmerton
was not available for comment but
a spokesman in his office said Pal
merton was retaining his financial
Interest In the firm.
Also stepping out today was Har
ry Schoenberg. assistant general
manager.
D. A. Weldler, Chicago, Palmer
ton Company president, announced
the top brass changes in an ln
lormatory note to all employes. In
that note, Weldler said that Schoen
berg had resigned "effective at
once."
In another directive, posted at
the firm's offices here. Weidler
said that Palmerton "is no longer
en officer" of the company.
RUMORS
Weidlers note to employes also
fcpiked recurrent rumors heard re
cently that the firm might quit
business here soon.
'Barring minor changes," the
note said, ". . . operations of this
company will continue as they have
in the past for an indefinite period
and there are no major changes
in policy contemplated at this
time."
New general manager of the firm
is w H (Cvl Cramer, described
by . WeUder as a "veteran North
west timberman" who has been In
Weldler s office la-Chicago for .the
past -two year a. r " :' "r.
HOW LONG?
This afternoon; Weidler told the
Herald and News he would not Haz
ard a guess as to bow long the
company might continue operations
here. .
"I said we would continue here
for an indefinite period." Weidler
said with a chuckle, "and the saw
mill business being what it Is, that
cou'd mean three weeks or 300
years." . . ' 4 '
As the Herald and News went to
press, Palmerton was reported to
have just teed on" ai me iteames
Country Club links.
Bus Service
Returns Here
Pacific Greyhound buses have re
sumed lull time service nere, ac
cording to J. K. Sayre, Klamath
Falls bus line agent, after being
Idled by a strike since March L
Sayre said north and southbound
trips to Portland and California are
running as well as the schedule to
Medford. . -
Bus operations, except for two
runs dally by Trailways out of
Bend, were suspended here during
the long strike.
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Wage Offer
Turned Back
By Workers
DENVlIk im Major segments
of the nation's oil industry re
mained closed down Wednesday as
an estimated 60,000 workers re
fused to ratify or failed to reach
back-to-work agreements.
Scattered settlements were re
ported, mostly among small locals,
O. A. Knight, president of the
Oil Workers International Union
(CIO) estimated that only about
one-third of the 90,000 refinery and
pipeline workers who walked out
April 30 have returned to their
Jobs.
Knight predicted that nearly all
the strikers would be back by the
end of this week.
BREAKDOWN
However, talks between the CIO
union and Tidewater Associated
in San Francisco broke off Tues
day night with a statement by un
ion representative Verlln McKend-
ree tnat tnis is an indication
of what the Industry Is planning
here, a strike is Inevitable in Cal
ifornia. California refineries have kept
working to supply the Korean war
effort.
The Tidewater refinery employs
1,300 workers. The union objected
to a 1 per cent Increase averag
ing 15 cents an hour rather Uua
a straight 15 cent raise.
ADJUSTMENTS .
A company spokesman said, "tt
wouldn't make a dollar's worth of
difference. But over the years we
have had so many percentage ad- '
Justments that there are maladjust
ments In our wage classifications."
"Leaders, of the coalition of 22
CN. A PL and Independent unions
who called the strike three weeks
ago said last week they would ac
cept a Wage Stabilization Board
suggestion that 15-cents an hour
plus more pay for night work be
used as a basis for settlement. The
lormer scale was s? 10 S3. 10 an
hour tor day work.
Blood Donors
Decline Here
The little logging1 community of
Gilchrist almost equalled Klamath
Falls In giving blood to the Red
Cross Bloodmoblle this week. But
it was only because Klamath Falls
yesterday feU 99 pints under Its
expected quota Tuesday at the Ar
mory. -, ,
Monday at Gilchrist 95 pints of
Wood were collected IB a four hour
period by the Bloodmoblle,
Yesterday 118 pints were collect
ed here. Red Cross officials ex
pected 217 pints from an anticipated
300 donors. Mrs. Virginia Dixon
executive-secretary of the Red
Cross chapter here, said there were
many persons signed up who did
not put In an appearance..
Man Beaten,
Two men were given Jail time
and fined $100 each for severely
beating a third Monday night in a
cabin at Chemult.
Harley John Thompson, 43, Che
mult and Joe Henry Daniels, 33,
Gilchrist, this morning in District
Court both pleaded guilty to as
sault and battery charges. They
were each sentenced to 60 days In
Uie County Jail In addition to the
fines. -' :.
State Police arrested the pair at
Uieir homes about 2 a.m. today.
Police reported the two went to
the cabin of Fredrick L. Beck at
Chemult about 8:30 p.m. Monday,
beat him so badly he had several
cracked ribs, two black eyes, cuts
of the head and face. '
Beck was reportedly asleep In
the cabin after working 16 hours
that day as a cook at the Pastime
Cafe in Chemult.
Daniels claimed he heard rumors
Beck was tryinjt to break up his
home and went to the cabin wlth
Thompson to straighten things out.
The fight ensued. Beck signed' the
complaints against his two admit
ted assailants. ;
Murder Guilt:'.
Ruled for Boy
EUGENE ' Ifl A 15-year-old
Ynv nnviftpd TufisdftV Of first
degree murder, will be sentenced
here Friday, luue unpriBumiu . u
mandatory. - , -
The boy, Elmer Harlan Belcher,
was found guilty of the April 4 run
shot slaying of Mary Ellen Camp
bell, an 18-year-old deaf mute.
A circuit court Jury deliberated
the case four hours before return
ing the verdict which also carried
a recommendation for leniency.
Judge C. F. Sklpworth said tne
recommendation meant a life Im
prisonment sentence.
The boy, a neighbor of the Camp
hn nrhn live on a farm near
Cottage Grove, Was arrested two
days after ine snooung.
He admitted he shot the girl be
rmmA hi school friends had taunt
ed him about her pregnancy, Dis
trict Attorney c. E. Lucxey said.
But at the trial the bov repudi
ated the confesilon and testified
that Mary Ellen's grandfather had .
borrowed his eun and had taken
the girl Into the woods where, later
her body was louna.
' The grandfather, William How
ard: 115. said that was not so and
witnesses testified he was not in
the area at the time of the shoot
ing. .- ;..
The boy Ih being held In the .
juvenile section of the county Jally
MOVIE FIRE '
TORTLAND Wl Fire from a
waste basket In a Janitor's supply
room halted the movie at the
Mayfalr theater Tuesday night,
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