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Newspaper Page Textmm in, liiThc Mill By FRANK JENKINS Political tqiuill: National ' Elaeiihower-f o r-Prcnl-deiil headquarters invites delegates 10 lh UOH national convention (nil V.W of Hit III I lo V1H1T 1KB when lit get home-at Abilene, Knnu. Now York or Denver. The In Id Unit koI out Unit Ro publican national committee luiicln would ba used to pay tlmlr ex pernios which caused Tall backers In howl like wounded wolves. Later, Elwnhowcr lieiiduuarler explained Hint delegates could either nnv lor their own b in or LOCAL I not na lli.nnl.1 Ika lunda would be used lo loot Uie travel bill. T.if I'm tilrnw boss, David liixnlln. atlll yrlloo "Kiniiot" ix Buv niuiieo Sullivan, Krfuiivcr'n political ton kick, clilmrd In wllh the charge lhal such a thhiK would be "gross Kv;dentlv the oilier contenders aiv"airalu of tne Imm-d hihcniiuw. er charm nnd don't wnnt Republic-Mi ot legates exposed to It. (Ike li announced that he won't at lend the convention). Junt the mine, the aclieino l loner, It's nkln. I'd euv. to the iiickinu bv the Klhentiower orminl- xullull of a (Into ol Irll "approved" ciclnmle rnrullduteii In Uie Oreiton urlirnrv. 11ml made nil the other runilK'.ttlm at sore nn ft boll, nnd mi fm n 1 rnn ere II did no imun. 1 itonirtlnicn wonder If Ike doesn't nrev In the aceret houm of the lupin, when nnbodv In n round lo I'cnr hlin. to be drllvered from hbi POLITICAL trlcnd-i. He muil know Hint his MO nnnot In tho FAITH of nillllonn upon millions of com mon, evervdiiv. non-nolitlenl people Ihnl he In Hie lender we NEED In lli'n critical hour In our nation's hlrlorv. i If l.e In nominated nnd elected, It will be thin porsonnl fnlth III hlin thnl will turn the trick. Mmnwhlle, It een lo me. Ike In doing nil rlKht on his own. In Paris, while packing to leave for home, he tells reporters thnl he will: ... I. Wenr hln uniform until hln of flrlnl conferences In Washington lire conehidt.1 (which In expected to be Home lime late next TueKlnv I He will then put on civilian cloth In. n nn officer on Inactive duty. J If he la nomlnnted at the Re ruhlicnn candidate for Prenldent. he will rcilim hln commission as an .riiiv officer. S He will not CAMPAION for Hie' nomination. (It la presumed Ihnl bv thin nialement he menus jie will nol make barnelormlng t anuialunjoiira.i. .,; w- -. ' Vlml. I think. I about what tin inllliin who are pinning their lallb Jo hlin wnnt him to do. ' It won't be ennv. : The printed pages will bill and the air waven will vlbrnto Willi I'OlfiONKD qnenltona addressed to him. At the name lime, nlncero men and women will be putting to him nlncere and well meaiil Inoulr Icn. He will need lo turn anlde Uie poison, but he will WANT to make sincere answers to nlncere requenta lor Information that peoplo ro en tilled lo have. I Imaiitnt he will be able to take care of hunnelf. In World War II. 1.. l-.A 1 1 rnin Mm tnf.n til RHCOO- NIZE BOOBV TRAPS and to be- wnre of them. The uermans wero unbellcveablv crafty In tlielr harp .Hknu nf llmui rtevlrCN of dOCCDllOll. I doubt If Ike'a political enemlea will be any amnrier niona umi thnn the Oermuns were. After all. all Ike needs to do In lo BE HIMSELF. Truce Strife Laid to Allies MUNSAN. Korea I Commu nist truce negollotors Saturday ac cused the United Natlona command of provoking prlnoner ol war inoi denti. to dclny a Korea nrmlallco and "to propure the ground lor an extension of the war." The U.N. dclcKntlon replied that except for Communist nlubbornona the exchango of prisoners could be undrj- wny now. 1." Ih Korean Oen. Nam II mode formal protests over POW rlota Thurndny and Friday which cost nine prisoner tncir lives, incn us ad(53: Dt.If.llKllATE "There are obviously deliberate provocations designed to obstruct the outcome oi tne question on nrlsoners of war and to delay armistice proceedings, lo create new fenrs mid tensions and to pro- pare the ground for extension of tho Korean war. MuJ. Oen. William K. Hnrrlnon Jr., told tho Red Ronornl tho two aides could be exchanging war captives liRht now "except for f our stubborn refusal to acknow edge thai the prisoners themselves have already made their voluntary (Incisions In tho matter of repatria tion." There was no progress In the 3D minute session towards declH' ions on what to do about 100,000 cajitured Red soldiers and civilians who say they would rntner uio than return to Red rule. Tho Com munists want tho soldiers back re gardless. II Kl) AIM Tho U.N. says only 70,000 of 000 prisoners agreed lo repatria tion, As result, Oen, Harrison told Nam, tho Reds "oro striving ma liciously" to discredit the recent hiisoner screonlng which handed thm Reds "a setback In prestige and solidarity." Nnni II refused nn Allied mm gcstlon of an Indoflnte recess and another meeting was scheduled for 11 a.m. Sunday (6 p.m. Saturday PST). 14 KILI.KD TOLUOA, Mexico Ml Fourteen persous were killed Friday night and 21 wcro Injured when a train ploughed Into their bus at a grade crossing 46 miles northwest of Mex ico City. Death Toll Over 200 For Holiday By The Aasoelalrd Press Accidental deaths during the na tion's observance of Memorial Day weekend passed the 300 mark am- Urdu v. With (he throe-day holiday per iod half over. Mil traffla deaths were counted. Thirty-two deaths Iruin drowning wero reported. Another II from miscellaneous ac cidents raised the figure to 207. Pleasant weather persisted Sat urday over much of the country, and the National Safety Council nnllmated 36.000,000 automobiles were In use. The council predicted Hint Uio traffic death loll for Hie holiday ieiiod between l p.m. Thursday and midnight Sunday would reach 310. Auto traffic look 37.M0 lives In the nation III 1061 . During Hie first lour months of this year, the nign. way death loll waa 10. 0M. In Oregon fly The Associated Press Oreuon nnd recorded only two violent deaths Saturday- the se cond day of the Memorial holiday week end. Killed early Saturday when a car went out of control on a curve and crashed In a pasture near Portland was Clifford C. Aldrlrh, 34, a member of Hie auih Squadron nl the Portland Air llnne. The car driver, James Claude Un 1(1 win, 28, and two other pni senuers were Injured, nicy also were members ol the Bath squsa ron. Sheriff's Denutv James M. Mea- cham. passing the scene of the accident, heard Baldwin's call' tor help and discovered Uie wreckage. He snld a plaiix irnm a lenre nao rammed through the windshield, striking Aldrlch In the head. John Marshall Hill. 30, Portland. wan killed early Friday when Ills car crashed Into a railroad over pass abutment. More Cities Go 'Daylight' Bv The Associated Press Two more Oregon county seats Join on Sunday the list of cities on daylight saving time. They aro McMinnvllle and Hood River. Thev brln lo 18 Hie number ol Oregon's county neala with fast- lime clocks,-In mauy canes other towns In Uie counties went along, but In others Uiey didn't. Wilh McMinnvllle golntf on day light lime al 2 a.m. Sunday, the other Yamhill County cities which had stayed on standard time will now make the awltch. In Hood River County. Cascade Locks advanced Ita clocks the middle of May and the communi ties of Odell and Parkdale are ex pected to go along Sunday with Hood River city'a change. Multnomah. Washington. Clack amas and Columbia are among the counties where practically all towns followed the county scat In the shift to daylight saving time. Linn Is one of the counties where some did and aome did not. Most courUiouses nut their slaffa on changed hours, but stayed on atandard lime to comply with tne proclamation of Oov. McKay noici ing the slate lo standard llmo. These are the county aeals on davllght lime: Burns. Portland. Hlllsboro. Ore gon City, Asibrla, McMinnvllle, Euncne. Roseburg. 81. Helms, Bend. Prlnevllle. Klamath Falls and Lakevlew. South Mourns Demo Mule WASHINGTON I The mule. a Southern congressman oUierveo Saturday, Is going to the dogs. In fuel, most of them alreadv have uone there, as dog food, at two cents a pound. Rep. Rnnkln (D.-Mlsa.) described to n reporter sadly how talent scoula for pel caterers have swarm ed Into the Cotton Belt and toted awav the hard-lalled ornaments of Dlx a a mule barns. The mule, he said. Is a casualty of the machine age. II took on Uie tractor, and uie tractor won. Rep. Cannon (D.-Mo.l. whose district tailored a apeclal heavy. duty cotton field mule to planters' specifications, confirmed that the tractor had almost completely dls olnccd II. "Tiic bottom has dropnod out of the mule ninrkot." uie M ssour nn mourned, "For a majority of the farmers In my county, mules were once the big cash crop. Now, the mule Industry has practically dis appeared." Big Halibut Catches Made A8TORIA Wl Big loads ol halibut arrived hero tills week, but salmon catches were falling off. One boat, the Hermes II, landed 17,000 pounds of halibut and anoth er, the Jesse B, docked wllh 16.000. The fish brought 19 to 33 cents a pound. Tho season ends In this tone June f. Only a small number of salmon vessels have, been putting to sea to troll for salmon because low schools have been found. BAKER AWARD BAKER 11 A National Safety Pi.,,.H nlanltn nuiaa-rlnrf In flila city because It had no trafflo fatal ities In 1061, Is expected to be presented aoon by Secretary of State Karl T. Newbry. This Is the third straight your Bakor .has beon honored for its safely record. l.ll, i.m A aVi.li.ll.1 i ii in I MH..I.I .. ,iiiii,Iiii,...ii.i., m I.IIH.K' I II..1-KI 'llll.,n.,.ll. .1 Prlra Flva, Cents U Paget KLAMATH FALLS, OHKGON, SATURDAY, MAT 31, 1952 Telephone (111 No. 2834 inlM its: 1 ..fe IBM W . 8L 4 Hit-and-Run Driver Sought Two minor accidents were re ported in Klamath Falls Friday. City Police aro keeping a look out for a black lute-model Chevro let two-door sedan which was in volved in a hit-run accident at Main and 2nd Friday night. Jack Lynch, 3200 Wlard, reported he was making a left turn off 2nd onto Mnin when tho black sedan, driven by a woman, rammed into his car but fnllc-d to stop. Mrs. Louis Killer, 41, of 4434 Peck, was shaken up Friday after noon when her car was struck at 8. 6th and Spring by a vehicle driven by Ksthcrine Strop, Route 3. Box 1140-E. She said slio had signaled to make a turn onto Spring when the Strop car rammed into the rear of her vehicle. Doctors Tell Stalin to Quit MUNICH, Germany Ml Radio Free Kurono Nnld Friday night Oenci'iillsMlino Stalin has been ad vised by his doctors to retire from all his posts In view of his rapidly- falling health. The radio, a privately financed American station broadcasting to countries behind the Iron Curtain, also said Stalin's possible retire ment has stirred bitter strifo in Rus.Mr. for the choice of his suc cessor. Radio Froe Europe, which claims good contacts in Eastern Europe, did not give any source for Its information. Hat Returns To Roost DALLAS, Ore. Wl C. V (Barney) Shreeve of Dallas chat led with a stranger In a restaur ant here while eating lunch. 1 When the stranger left, Shreeve noticed that Uie man had forgolcon his hat. Shreeve looked under the inner lining In an attempt to learn the Identity of tho owner, and he found this name: "C. V. Shreeve, Dallas, Oregon." Shreeve said it was the same hat that he had forgotten and left ii n Salem restaurant three months ago. ' Mother Kills Two Children OAKLAND, Calif. . Ml 1; Sheriff H. P. Oleason said tho wife .f a Navy lieutenant thrust a knife into herself 30 times early Saturday after, slabbing hor two children to death In their Navy project, home. Sheriff Oleason said tho womnn, Mrs, Mary Glenn, slashed the children to death with a paring knife after beating them with a baseball bat until they lost con sciousness. Dead are Blllle. 8. and Bobble. 6 ,i.. . . Oleason said Mrs. Olcnn. taken to a hospital, was In good con dition. 8he offered no reason for the stabblngs, Just continually mut tered "My God, why did I do 11," the sheriff aald. The husband. Lieutenant RoVrt H. Glenn, Is alationcd at Guam. CEREMONIES for Memorial. Day attracted a large crowd, shown here around the Memorial Shaft on the Courthouse lawn. Below, T. M. Bieler, commander of., the Spanish American 'War1 Veterans' Post No. 25, places i wreath at the base"1 of the shaft. i Forum Topic Civil Defense The "Build the Basin" forum hits the airways again next Mon day, this lime broaching the sub ject of Klamath County's Civil De fense program. Topic will be "How Can we best Protect the Basin In Any Emer gency." Civil Defense is being pushed as a protective measure, not only from manmade disasters such as the A bomb, but from the forces of na ture. Klamath County is undergo ing an extensive organization un der Uie defense program. As usual the panel discussion will get under way at 8:30 over radio station KFLW. and the audience is invited to participate. Phone service will accept questions from listeners after the c-enel begins, and panel members will answer ques tions related to the subject. A pcnel of experts Is being es scnibled. and each will give his views' on the topic before the ques- Uon-r.i.d-answer period begins. Sabres Down Two Red Jets SEOUL, Korea Mi American Sabre jet pilots Seuirdav shoi down two CommunKt lets over North west Korea. On the ground Allied artillery damaged one of six Red tanks making a rare appearance on ihe Western front. Tho Fifth Air Force announce ment r ihe fled ;ei shot down said the Sabre Jets were flying protective cover for fishtcr-bomb-ers hitting Red rail lines in ex treme Northwest Korea. The Fifth Air Force said no Al lied planes were lost In air com bat last week, a sharp reversal from the week before then the Red Jets held a 6-4 advantage. The paM week six Russian-made MIG lSs were downed. During the seven-day period end ed Friday midnight, the Air Force said, three B-26 bombers failed to return from night attacks and one Mosquito control plane was shot down by Red guns. In addition to the six MIO kills. Hie Air Force claimed two dam aged and an unidentified night fighter probably destroyed. Non-Support Arrest Made Robert Pence. 2R-year-old bus driver. Is held in tho County Jail to face contempt of court action for non-payment of child support as ordered In a divorce decree. He was brought here from Port land Friday by Sheriff Red Brit ton. A divorce decree obtained by Hilda Pence Oct. 24. 1951. in Cir cuit Court here, ordered her hus band to pay $120 a month for the support of three minor children. Court records show that Pence made only one payment, that for f 25 on May 13. Spud . Sentries ELIZABETH CITY. N. C. Ml Armed sentries kept watch over four tons of potatoes piled on the Elizabeth City courthouse lawn Fridey night. The potatoes occupy the featured role in Saturday's annual potato festlvt.1 here. They were obtained with difficulty because of the short age. Forecasters Optimistic On Business By RICHARD FISKE NEW YORK Ml Forecasts of better business ahead persisted this week. But the forecasters said competition is getting keener. It's going to take hard work and aggressive selling to capture the consumer's dollar, they added. Manufacturing plants rolled out their goods at a better rate than Uie totals for the holiday-shortened week indicated. Many of the labor troubles of recent weeks were clearing up. The Labor Department reported April waa one of the most strike-studded months in history. . . NEAR RECORD A million men were Involved In strikes that started last month, in cluding Uie three-day steel walkout. The LaDor ueparimeni sara uie only month exceeding this was Jan uary, 1948. when l,37U,ouo were idled. Looklna back to last month, the Commerce Department said there continued signs oi a gugnt pictup In business in April.' - Cash dividend payments by cor porations In April were reported two per cent above April. 1551. And .lor the first four months, the department said dividends snowed a five per cent increase over a year ago. MILD RISE Private sources saw a mild sea sonal rise in retail trade this week. Dun & Bradstreet, the business reporting service, said most mer chants said their receipts about equalled those of a year ago. Manv mercnanis. especially those selling automobiles and ap- oliances. said uie stimulating ellect of Uie lifting of credit curbs was more In evidence tnan it nas oeen. But it was taking aggressive pro motion, extended shopping hoars, and easier credit terms to spur the shopper s interest. Farmers Ask Price Boosts WASHINGTON Ml The Nation al Farmers Union Is calling on its members to flood Congress with letters and telegrams urging im mediate legislation boosting farm price supports. "Nothing neips more.' tne union said, "than letters from home con stituents." The aDDeal for a barrage ol let- ters was made in the farm organ ization's weekly news letter. It said legislation It desires is pend ing before House and Senate agri culture committees, but that these groups do not seem Inclined to act MK session. The union Is the only major nr-tional farm organisation to en dorse Truman administration farm policies, including the controversial Brannan farm plan, nils plan would provide higher price sup ports than does present law. and would make broad use of subsidies io maintain a high level of farjn income. Three Killed In Tokyo Riot TOKYO IIP Communist "Mar tyr's Day" demonstrations swept Japan Friday and Tokyo oohce killed three rioters in an acid-oil bomb throwing mob. Three newspapermen were the only Americans reported Injured in rioting that spread north to Hokkaido and south to Kyushu. Twenty - five thousand police smashed 37 demonstrations parti cipated in by an estimated 20.000 persons. They arrested HI lead ers. Police sold 113 officers were hurt, but did not say how many demonstrators were injured. The Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party called the demonstrations to mark the anniversary of a May 30 Commu nist uprising two years ago. Communist-Inspired outbreaks at U. N. war prisoner camps on seething Koje Island and on the Korean mainland Thursday and Friday left nine Red prisoners killed and IT wounded. Six of these deaths were on riot torn Koje, where U. N. soldiers constructed new, smaller com pounds they hope will end POW rule inside tne enclosures. Troublesome Captives To Be Moved KOJE ISLAND. Korea Ml Communist control over Koje Island's 80,000 riotous prisoners sets its first severe challenge when United Nations guards begin mov ing rebellious captives Into small er compounds probably the first week in June. The exact date for the movement has not been announced. But camp officials say they expect Red lead ers to put up some sort of fight. communists still rule within the present huge compounds housinz from 5,000 to 8,000 POWS. U. N. guards were under orders until Friday not to enter the enclosures. New compounds will hold only 500 each. CRACKING DOWN Brig Gen. Haydon L. Boatner. the new camp commander, has slowly been cracking down on Uie Reds. His security force has been bolstered by two American combat tested infantry Teglments and Dutch, Greek, British, Canadian and South Korean troops. But Uie breakup of the prison ers into smaller groups is general ly looitea upon as. the big test. The present compounds are roughly 100 by 300 yards. Prison ers can freely Intermingle witbin the area. Some compounds Bre separated only by narrow roads permitUng the prisoners to estab lish communications. The new compounds being con structed in Koje's east and central vaueys win House a maximum of 500 each. Each eomrxiund will be about lb yards square. TherewtU be eight compounds within an en closure using a common recreation- ana exercise ground, but occupants at only one compound will be per mitted to use It at a time. Killers Flee Prison, Caught COLUMBUS. O. Ml Nine con victs two of them murderers es caped Friday night from Ohio pen itentiary, inree remained at large Saturday. Four of the prisoners. Including the murderers, were captured with in a matter of minutes after they seized a prison guard and crawled through a second floor dormitory window. , A fifth was nabbed about two hours later in a Columbus rail road yard. A sixth escapee gave himself up at a nearby village Sf.Uirday morning. wM'"-'rC ' e "" ""' . LEAVING BY UNITED AIRLINES tomorrow for New York and a two months vacation, is attractive Wilma Bcever, , cataloguer at the Klamath County Library. She will tour the East, will visit Canada and many points enroute home, photographing the National Parks and other scenic spots, in company with a professional photographer. A photo graph of Lake Louise, Miss Beever submitted in com petition a few months ago, took an award from the Los Angeles Times and won again here in local competition. She is an enthusiastic member of the Klamath Falls Camera Club, is interested In music and books. Her par ents are Mr. and Mrs, C. A. Bcever, Auburn, California., Eisenhower Visit Plan Stirs Foes WASHINGTON Ml Oen Dwtirhl D. Eisenhower, homeward bound Saturday, was flying straight Into an angry political squall kicked up by a plan for OOP convention dele gates to visit him, expenses paid. Protests against Uie plan's no- cost feature arose from Uie ooll- Heal managers of Sen. Robert A, Taft of Ohio, who holds a delegate lead over Eisenhower In the tight Republican presidential nomina tion race, and of Sen. Estes Ke fauver, Tennessean who leads Demccratlc candidates. The howls of political pain went up Friday, shortly after Elsen hower - For - President Head quarters here disclosed that every delegate had been invited to call upon the general in any of three places Eisenhower's hometown, Abilene, Kans.; New York, or Denver. BRIBERY Gael Sullivan, Kefauver mana ger, called the plan "gross orib ery." He said the Justice Depart ment should Investigate to deter mine "the extent of violation of Uie Corrupt Practices Act." Thm federal statute defines permissible practices in political campaigns. -David S. Ingalls, national- chair man of the Taft-For-Presldent Committee, said in a statement: "The plan comes nrettv close to efforts at bribery and Is only one example oi tne money poured by Wall street Into the Elsenhower ; campaign." fcisenhower headquarters called Ingalls' statement "false and vk clous." Meanwhile, plans were laid foi Eisenhower's final days In un!. form as tne organizer of Allied defenses against Communism in Europe, and his first days as an ex-commander In the midst of hot political struggle. Eisenhower Indicated he wants to make the change by degrees. In Paris, where he was packing to leave, he told reporters: 1. He would keep bis uniform on during his Journev home and during conferences in Washington. After his official conferences end late Tuesday, he said, he will put on civilian clothing. 2. "If I am called as standard bearer of a political party, at that moment my resignation -(of his commission as an Army officer) will be in the bands of Uie Presi dent." ' 3. He reiterated that he would not campaign for nomination. His headquarters here said that meant he . - nlnnneri nn. trarmrnnhn-nUl speakinft toursv WELCOME .. ' Elaborate plans were laid by lha military for Eisenhower's official welcome home at National Airport late Sunday afternoon. The general will make an ad dress from Abilene Wednesday over a nationwide radio-TV hook up. His only other scheduled ad dress is at Detroit later,, but his headquarters said he would speak many more times, in response to a "bale ol requests." Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Fair with high cloudiness through Sunday. High today 78, low tonight 45. High Sunday 70. High temp yesterday ..... 79 Low last night , ,. 47 Precip yesterday Since Oct. 1 ; 15.17 Same period last year 14.88