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Newspaper Page TextM H The- m II MM i': .ii.m;', i-.;,', Vt'.-rW'tft 1 1 By FRANK JENKINS I olten wonder If Uit spirit of Memorial Day has ever boon uui ler exiireaaeu than In tills elania Irani Walt Mason's poem 'Die Di lls Green Tenia: "Tho little irern tents where the soldiers sleep mid the nunbouiiin ily end (he wumen ween arc. covered with (lowers today. Well Mason lin't such-a-much In Die annala at literature. He wit humorlal and a writer of rtn- Jierel verm, much of II pitched n the slang of hl lime, lie wim among the curly one of the Irllie that we now cell "eyndlcated" writer, But ne hau it n ul vivid expression end lie lined It to the full In the Little Cireen TenU. UlH up e copy ol li anu rend It ome Uiiy. It will do you good. Walt Munon was bom In IM2. That mean tlntl lie wee six year old when In IBM General John A. Logan, thru commander In chief of the Ornnd Army of the Republic, named May 30 special day for honoring the graves of Union soldiers. By the lime when Me ijiorlal Dy had become widely i .alabllshed, young Mitaon wu a led In ble teem. Aa euch. he couldn't have helped being deeply moved by Memorial Day aa It was then observed. Ju that long-dlatant day, the dfinmohllo not only hadn't been IrJlerited, II hadn't been even dreamed of. There waa no National bafety Council to make prediction of hnw many people would f'le violently over Ihe holiday. Tew people did die violently then. Me morial Day wasn't regarded a holiday. It waa a day of solemn mourning and equally aolcinn DEDICATION. Inn lead of whir ling over crowded hlghwaya' toward aome greener apot on Ihe other aide of the hill, people got up and did their chorea and then they went to ihe cemetery. At the cemetery, they placed flowers first on the gravea ol their own dead (In thoae days there" waa hardly a ramiiy iiumn Civil War deadl and then they scattered flowera on the gravea of their neighbor' aeaa. In a little while, the little green tenia were transformed into mounda of flowera. Alter mai. people went down to Main street and watched the veteran of Ine Oreat War a ly marcnea in nUmn nroaajuilon. Then they went alowly home. In a oulet. solemn. DEDICATED mood. ulill Memorial DaV Was of' llclally ealabllnhed to honor the gravea of Union aoldlera. It orlKl naied In the South, where Southern women acatlered aprlng flowera on the gravea ol Ihe Southern dead and at the aame time acatlered flowera Impartially on the gravea of the Northern dead who were burled In the South. Those were atrange deya. filled wuh airania and mixed emollona. Thoao Northern boya who slept be neath the little green tent In the aoll of the South had FOUOHT the one and the htubanda and the hrnihere of the Southern women r"'..o acatlered . flower- oh their Jfcavea after ths ftreat conflict Bad nxK-d. But that dldn'l prevent the Mattering of flowera on their gravea bv Ihe women of the South. There mml have been a great deal of TOLERANCE In out country then. That spirit of tolerance waa In the mind of President Lincoln when on November 1. law. with the Oreat War till raging, he aald In hit Immortal Getlyaburg addreaa: "The brave men, living and dead, who alruggled here, have conse craied (Ihla ground) tar above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note or long re. member what we BAY here, but It tan never forget what they DID '''ut rather for in to be here dedi cated to the great task remaining before ua: that from these honored dead we take Increaaed devotion lo that caune for which thev gave Ihe lat full meaaure of devotion. "That thla nation, under Ood. ahall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the peoole. hv the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." let's make no comparisons be tween Memorial Day as It Is now observed and Memorial Dav as It was observed In the beginning. Compkrtaona. as so many of our great thinkers have pointed out. axe odious. But In this period when iibrrlv la again hanging In the balance, .we need more of the rpirlt of devotion and dedication that was So atronglv stressed In the earlv observance of Memorlnl Dav and In the erlm days out of which Memorial, Dav arose. Death Claims Thomas Dixon Denlh came early this morning to Thomas Dixon, 91, who hits lived In the Klamath area since I WW when he arrived in Klamath Falls (Uien Llnkville). Dixon died on his son's ranch In Bonanza, the Benson Dixon ranch His wlfo, June Benson Dixon, died In 1014 , Survivors Include- six sons. Deiv son, Pcroy of Klamath Falls, John of Snnta Rosa Calif., Harry and itoy oi uontinzn, ana hce oi xuie lakei one daughter, Ruth Dixon of San Francisco; one brother, Jack Dixon of fincrnmento; one hail brother, Hugh Rontlcy of Fort Klamath; and one half sister, Mrs. Berl Shdrt of Klamath Falls. Dixon was a. native of Ontario, Canada. , Holiday Death Toll Mounts By The Associated Preas Deaths-' on the highways began to mount Friday as tho nation cele brated the long Memorial Day holi day. Trofflc - mishaps had producod 24 futalltles from 6:00 p.m. (loonl time) Thursday through 10:00 a.m. (lociyl time) Friday, Tri)tnl aocldents deaths were 31, IncluUlng 6 by drowning and J from (miscellaneous causes. . Roundup Outing Ranch Selected, Gifts Arranged By WALLACE MVKIIM First big event for candidates for thla year's Klamiith Basin Hounilup queen and princesses la scheduled for June t. This I the new event added last year . . the all-day outing for tile girls, their fnmlllea and guests, with Roundup Association directors playing hosts, Bill llaiiimond'a "D" Ranch will be Hie eettlng thla year. Transpor tation will be provided fur .lie girls, their guests and their horaes. Many of the pictures of the an- Four Hurt In Klamath Car Wrecks Pour persons were Injured In automobile accidents In distant paru of Klamatn County Thursday night. In Klamath Valley Hospital la O. F. I'almerlon, 88. of Rogue River, who was Injured when his OMC panel truck rolled over on Oregon M between Beatly and Bly. lie was brought to the hospital by Kaler's ambulance. Hospital at tendant, this morning listed hli condition aa only fair. Palmerton was reported to have severe head end facial Injuries. He was Just seml-conscloua. COUPLE INJURED A Eugene couple, Mr, and Mrs. Robert Adklns. miraculously , es caped death when a truck almost ran over their car on Oregon Ml three miles east of Cresdel Lodge. They were taken lo Eugene's Sacred Heart Hospital. Slate Police at Gilchrist, Invest!' gating the accident, said the Ad' kins csr was traveling east, fol lowed by big transport truck' trailer owned by Paclflo Coast Motor Freight, Portland. The driver was Chester A. Nick' erson of Beaverton. Adklns apparently started to make a left turn off the highway onto the Crescent cutoff road Just as the truck pulled out to pass, The big truck hit the car broad tide on the driver's aide. - The truck bumper plowed Inside the car grid -the 'vehicle hung up there as the truck skidded on another 200 feet and overturned u a ditch. Adklns, 35, waa sUll In the car when State Police arrived but hi, wife. Patricia. 23. had been thrown out, Kaler's ambulance took the couple on to Uie Eugene hospital where this morning he wns re ported In good condition, although suffering several rib breaks. CRITICAL Hospital attendants said Patri cia Adklns' condition was critical, that she may have a fractured skull, she was unconscious when taken to the hospital. Albert Chester Oould. Medford. an employe of Weyerhaeuser Camp II, wrecked a pickup truck on Oregon 83 last night and received emergenoy treatment at Klamath Agency before being taken on to Medford by friends. Weather. FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Sunny Friday and Saturday. High today 76, low tonight 49. High to morrow 7S - High temp yesterday 70 Low last night 41 Preclp yesterday Since Oct. 1 15.17 Same period last yr .14.84 (Additional Weather on Page 1.) up 1 u. Vv- 1 - -I ' aaMMiaaairaaaMiaiaiaiaaMaitjDaiaaaia I . ' . - ' LINKVILLE CEMETERY, where the Klnmath area's pioneers are buried, has been the object of much work for the past few years and is especially beautiful this spring. The historic ; cemetery dates back to the '1870s when George: Nurse, who was the first settler; of Llnkville how Klamath Falls, deeded the property for cemetery purposes.. An earlier burial ground located where the Elks Temple now stands, was moved to the new site. Nurse foundedUhls community in 1884, but is not buried at Linkville. He died at Yreka. His wife, Mary E.. Nurse, was the sister of. the. mother of Mrs. Guy Hancock, who is now a .inqmbcr.of- the Llnkville Cemetery board.- i ,- . -- vr -. -'.A ,v,i' ' ,'' ',., ..., W. -. ' - ', f 4 -" " " .'-' - j nual Herald and News Roundup Edition will be token during ihe outing. Several of the pictures will ue seiii to news service bureaus for national release. Roundup directors are anxious for all girls planning to enlor Into thla yeur'a Roundup fun to sign their queen trials entry blnnka as noun as possible, nils will eae Roundup Secy. Belh Chase's task of planning food fur the June t OUllllg. WON POINTS ' Entrants may sign up at any one ol these Ihree stores: Town tfhop, 500 Main; Charlie Head Ssddlery. 027 Klamath; Drew's Msnstore, 733 Mnlli. A gay and exciting schedule ol events and urines Is bourn ar ranged for the Roundup girls (his year. Besides the ranch ouiIiik, there Is to be four or five dances and some special surprises to be mmouiicea laier. A big prlre and gift list Is lo ue aiiiiouncca wiuun a any or to. Already offered are a diamond studded wrist watch by Rlckya, a tailored surde rldlne outfit bv Me. Connron's Western Dress Shop, en graved silver trophies for the saddle blunket from the Saddle i.iuo, and a special 1100 cash award to give the queen a little extra summer pin money. A merchant s sift list now belne complied Is expected to olfer gills iur an uio girls. RE-ENTRIES The Roundup directors sre en. peclslly anxious for all ol last years candidates to re-enter this year. Two girls thus far entered. Carol Hamilton and Barbara Jean Anderson, are In for the first time and several other newcomers are expected to file entries. Queen Margy Brown, last year's beautiful monarch, will play a fea tured role In this year's events ana win crown the new queen at the Queen's Bail. Girls planning lo enter sre re quested to notify the Herald and Newa news room In advance eo thai a reporter and photographer can oe on nana lor uie signing, New Fishing Today. May 30. marks the open ing oi several lakes and streams to fishermen which had not previ ously been opened for this season. Among them are Williamson Riv er lexcept from boat above U.S. Highway 07 bridge I, Spring Creek i from mouth to point 100 yards above), and Rogue River National Forest lukes and tributaries. According to the Slate Game Commission, the Klamath River closes down to fishermen Monday, June I. It has been open except a portion from 4000 feet below to 2000 feet above the mouth of Spencer Creek. , Diamond Lake, which can be reached by highway, also opens to day excepting foi areas near the mouths of Silent and Short Creeks which won't open until July 15. The lake Is closed to fishing within 1000 feet pf outlet. Loke Creek, which Hows out of Diamond Lake. Is closed from the lake to the North Umpqua highway crossing. Most May SOth openings will con tinue In effect until Sept. 30. At Crater Lake, tourist season opens June 15 thouiih roads have been open all winter. Chief Park Ranger Lou Halfbck said this morn ing he is expecting a heavy Influx of tourists and holiday visitors tills weekend. Snow depth at the Mm is down to the 80-inch mark, he said. Lake of the Woods roads are now open, and the resort Is in opera tion, according to the Rogue River Forest office here. frlre Five iO V w n7onn n o n7 o irUwM m mm I . trim FIRST TICKET for the 16th Annual Shrine Crippled Children's dance set for June 7 this ydar went to John Houston, left. Six-year-old Marvin Graham presents the ticket while twin Melvin, Klamath Falls Shrine Club Pres. Paul Winter and bance Chairman Stuart Balsiger look on. The Graham twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs, Earl. GrahanvKlam th Kails have undereonev-treatmenf at thtL' Shrine :Chilrden's"' Hbsbital . in 'Portland. b Both are sIlU' being treated Strike Ended By Convicts TRENTON. N. J. Wl Nine New Jersey state prison convicts who enaca a 24-nour aiiaown stride Thursday In protest . over psrole policies arc defying authorities again Friday. Warden William Carty ssld the men won several concessions they demanded and apparently were sat isfied when they quit a prison hear ing room for supper between 3 and 4 p.m. Thursday. Instead of returning to 'heir cells, however, they entered a small room near the center of the prison and launched a second sit- down strike, carty said. "I don't know what they want now," 'a spokesman tor the -prison said. Carty, who declined to use force to eject the nine holdouts from the hearing room during the first sit down, said he -talked to them at 1 a.m. Friday but got nowhere and left. A prison spokesman said the nine strolled out of the room at 8 a.m.. had oreakiast with the rest of the Inmates and returned to the room again with no Interference fom guards. It is not the same room, they used for their first holdout. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY M, 1952 there. - - -v . : Sports' bulletins a RUTTMAN WINS INDIANAPOLIS If! Troy Rott man won the 500-mlle motor der by at the Indianapolis speedway today. ' ' ; - BUI Vukovicb caacked up his car with only 22 and one-halt miles to go while In front and after leading for most of the race; Vnkovlch walked away from his crack-up and apparently was not seriously injured. AMERICAN'S WIN' PRESTWICK, . Scotland tl Frank Stranahan of Toledo, . Ohio, and Harvle Ward of Tai boro, N.' C, scored double vic tories Friday to gain an all America ' final ' In the British Amature Golf Championship, CYCLIST KILLED PORTLAND Wl Motorcycle accident Injuries caused the death In a hospital Thursday of Miss Ben Park, 24, Portland. The accident occurred in suburban Portland Monday. . . - i ) Mi) jMqb .; : ;'..( -V, --;,' r . Dance Set June 7 The 16th annual Shrine Crippled Children's dance is slated for the Klamath Armory June 7 under the sponsorship of the Klamath Falls Shrine Club,, and tickets are avail able from any club member or at the Kellstrom Insurance Adjust ment omce. The first ticket was sold to John Houston. Benefits from the dance will go to the Shrine Hospital for Under privileged ' Children at Portland where work is carried on for small children more than anyone else. Paul Winter Is president of ihe Shrine Club here, and S. R. Bal siger Is chairman of the event. Dance-tickets . go 100 per cent to charity and are tax free. - Fall Believed Death Cause - A- - white . man who ' apparently fell from' a Southern Pacific freight near-. Macdoel.v Thursday morning died C at the Dorris Hospital later in the day.' ' ; He; was Identified ' as Cleo. te lfiney,, about 40,' a transient from Poolevllle, Tex, ' j. j '. - The man Is believed to have been riding; on a flat car on north bound freight and somehow fell off under the wheels.--- " . '' His right leg. was severed -and the left leg almost cut-off when, found." ' V '.. '. - - - ; ' ". ' A Negro, identified as Bestrhon McDanlels, 35, of New Orleans, was taken off a freight herd Thurs day and booked at - the County Jail for vairrancv and to be Ques tioned by Siskiyou County authori ties regarding Delaney's fall off the train. " . .- '.. : --. ' Delaney. was behoved to have been drinking and- fighting': on the train with another man before he fell. . ' ; .-. Pioneer Basin Woman Dies " - Word was received here that Mrs. Oeru-u.le PlttmRti L a w t o n. long-time resident or Fort Klamath died Thursday at Ashland. She was the wile of Dennison rv Lawton, former' Fort Klamath rancher.. Mrs. Lawtori was born October 2, 1286,..' at Nehawkn, Nebr., .the daughter of the late Jacob H. and Anna E. Ptttman. She was married to Mr. Lawton in Klamath Falls, Oct.-14, 1914, and the family lived at, Fort Klamath until six years ago when they, moved to Ashland. ; Surviving are: her widower and two sisters, Mrs. George A,' Lisk, Altadena, Cal., and Mrs. Frank W. Houston,. Talent: ' Service will be read at 2 p.m. Monday, June 2, by a reader of the Christian Science Church in the Perv Funeral Home. Medford: final rites and Interment in 81s- klyau; Memorial 1 Park..- ' ,. '" j Telephone 8111 Ne. 2833 its ' n ' Gtatttes Army Says POW Deaths Total 245 By JIM BECKER KOJE ISLAND. Korea' Eiiht Red prisoners were kiUed and 17 wounded in bloody incidents at United Nations prisoner of war camps on riot-torn Koje Island and on trie Korean mainland Thursday and Friday. , . Prison camp authorities said no u.N. personnel were killed or wounded in the outbreaks. The killings raised the toll of repmed deaths from violence to 245 prisoners. The Army said 115 oi these died at the hands of fellow prisoners after drumhead trials in compounds dominated by hard-core Communist POWs. Four North Korean prisoners were killed and three wounded Friday when a 15-man POW work party attacked two U.S. and two South Korean . guards on Koje. CHILIANS , Three Korean civilian internees were killed and 13 were in lured Thursday in a brawl among cap tured personnel moved .recently irom noje island s massive prison camp to a new comDound at Yons- chon. 60 miles north of Pusan. temporary South Korean capital. - One North Korean rjrisoner wns killed and another wounded Thurs day by bullets from a U. S. sol dier's automatic rifle, fired acci dentally Muring a guard change In uompouna -ee on &oie. ine - accidental sbootina' took place -two hours after about 100 u.u. and British troops raided the compound holding 2.700 North Korean omcers and 650 enlisted Red orderlies and destroyed their headquarters and dispensary snacks. The U.N. guard troops went in with fixed bayonets. Thev used tear gas bombs but fired no shots. There were no casualties. Koje authorities said the four Norlh Koreans killed Thursday died after one member of their won party attacked a U.N. guard during a rest period. SELF DEFENSE An official Army statement said 'in self-defense the cmarri nnened fire on his assailant aau gillea him. In the fracas one other POW was killed and five were wounded. Two of the - wounded died later at the hospital. No Americans were hurt." Mai. Gen. A. J. H. Cassels, com mander of the First Common wealth division, visited British and Canadian troops on Koje Friday for three hours and reported they "seemed to appreciate" their as signment, Monday Canadian Foreign Min ister Lester Pearson said in Otta wa that the Canadian government had expressed displeasure and con cern to the U. S. State Department over assignment of a Canadian unit to Koje without Canadian govern ment approval. Cassels toured the 17 compounds or. Koje where 80,000 Communists dominated POWs are held and conferred with the new camp com mander, . Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Bontner. A spokesman said Boatner told Cassels how he Dlanned to .use Commonwealth soldiers assigned to guard duty here, but the plans were not divulged. Small Crowd For Memorial A light Memorial Day crowd viewed memorial parade and serv ices here this' morning, climaxed with a salute to the dead by the National Guard firing squad and Uie playing of taps at the Memori al Shaft on the courthouse grounds. Included in the parade was the snappy , new American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, several floats and marching organizations. A flight of KASRU planes flew hi formation over town during the march. . - -, . - Rev.. Lloyd Hoiloway spoke be fore a crowd of. about 500 at the Memorial shaft on the theme "these dead have not died in vain." Dick Magulre was master of cere monies during the service, spon sored . by. the Allied Veterans Council. ' - . Police Give Women Eye MENLO PARK, CALIF lfr-Police are giving women motorists the eye in this San Francisco Pen insula oity this memorial week end. - At least three of the ladles will love It. One each day wlU be given an orchid as the best feminine driver. It's part of a campaign ' to -, pre vent holiday trafflo deaths.-. - , Taf t's Lead Increased In Alabama By The Associated Press ' Gen. Dwlght Eisenhower, sur rendering his defense command in Paris Friday, aald he will refuse to engage in an active campaign for the Republican- presidential nomination.; A spokesman for Elsenhower's campaign headquarters- In Wash ington said, however, that what tho general means by that state ment was that "he won't go on any transcontinental train trips or go around shaking hands." ; He will, the spokesman added, talk 'to anybody who cornea to see him. And that Includes party leaders as well as delegates." The spokesman said the head of every delegation to the July 7 OOP national convention has been in vited to call on Elsenhower before the convention to learn his views on the major Issues of the day; GIVE-AND-TAKE . He said the talks, to be held at Abilene, Kas New York and Den- . ver. will be "give-and-take ses sions. The delegates can ask the general- anyuung iney warn. - Elsenhower is one of the' two leading contendere for the GOP nomination. His chief toe. Sen.. Robert A. Taf t of Ohio, repeatedly has - challenged the general- to throw, himself Into s full-Hedged, campaign and make his views known on the issues. , . On that score, Elsenhower told his final news conference in Paris be would welcome "healthy argu ments- over nonesi ennerences.'. . But, he said, "bitter quarrels for quarrels' sake are bad for the country and I deplore them." . some Republican senators have expressed the view that intra-party feuding may hurt the Republicans' chance for the presidency In Nov ember. Asked if he would comment on whether the election of Taft would have s discouraging effect on Europe. Eisenhower chuckled and replied: "'I most certainly would not i am still uniform." attack ; . -.-., ; . -' ... '.;:V - Meanwhile, a frontal attack on Eisenhower's record. launched bv Taft supporters In South Dakota, neigntenea the political clangor attending the general's imminent return. , The Ohio senator's supporters bought news paper advertising- space to assail Eisenhower, due in Washington Sunday. The general resigned as Allied defense chief In Europe to be available for the Re publican presidential nomination if offered. - , The advertisements underscore the bare-knuckle nature of the Tart-Eisenhower duei" for South -Dakota's 14 OOP presidential nominating delegates to.bt chosen in a primary Tuesday.' - - r five Perish In Home Fire ' ANCHORAGE. Alaska U) Four smaU children and the mother of two of them died in a fire which destroyed their, homo about six miles southeast of here Thursday. Dead were Mrs. William McLean. 27 .her two children, Barbara Jo, 2, ujiuuy, nine monins, ana x.uuie ftuu. 1. ana Tommy Bay Nun, 6. Ally son Null, mother of two of the fire victims: Bobby Null. 2. and Mrs. Calvin Coe. sister-in-law of the dead woman, were in Provi dence Hospital here suffering from Durns ana snock. . . . William McLean, who lost his wife and two children in the fire: Ed Null, whose two children also died, and Calvin Coe, husband of one of the injured women, were treated for shock and released.- The three families were - living on tt homesite in - a three-room jBmesway-type hut in which the five died,. a tenthouse which caught fire from the hut. a trailer house and a cabin. .. ! The Null children were sleeping in the hut with the McLeans be cause the trailer house , was- too small. i VACATION looks good from where little Gall Holt stands, and that's : where the 9 O'clock Cam-, eraman snapped her. She's the daughter , of Mr. and ; Mrs. R. F. Holt, on their j way from their ' home In i Los Angeles to Yakima, . Wash,,,. J I4P4 h V-:WJ ' i V.c.r;-.- -c'v .v.