Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 11, 1952, Page 9, Image 9

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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1052
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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TJiis Week Anniversary
Of Tracy-Merrill Escape
11 tTM Id II ...... All miall
mi llila wepk tl.nl mui li of llio i
Paclflu Norlliwral Iickkii IrHtiM
Ilia Klip ol panic limauao 1 Lull V
Tracy and Davlil Merrill were on
(he looae.
'Ills trull run Irmn Hulrin lu
Put Bnuiid to nil eastern Wash
liiKtoii wheat (mill.
Tlirss inrn were allot down In
111 break or Hie two mi'ii Hum
Oregon pi lon on June II, IDtlK.
On June 38 Tracy killed Ills nul l
ntr near clirlialln.
OnWiilv 3 Trncy toimlit olf a
posae m ilutlirll, near HrnUIr, kill'
McGranery
Asks Report
WAHII1NOTON Ml Attv.-Orii.
James 1'. McOrnnerv l"l(l Hi'' na
tion's U. 8. district attorneys Tues
day to ulve hlin nn immediate re-
Fiort on th criminal caaes whirl)
invfi been M-iidliiu longest III tlieir
clllcea.
MiOranery salil lie wanted ex
act Hid tlelallrd Inloriniitlon ml
i-aaea whom no prosecution Imit
been undertaken.
ll was the Ural nuir htm lakrn
hv McOranrrv Mine hp sworn
lo an head o( Hip Junllc-o Depart
iru Muv 37.
MrOranery, it Inniipr U B. ill
Irlcl Jitluo In Philadelphia, Mm
named In rpplncp J Howard Mo
(Imth, who was IpI out of Hip rnrv
nipt on April 3. Hip same dav Iip
fired Newbold Morris as lila cor
rnntlnn liunlor.
MrOranerv Isaiird Ills Instruc
tions lo notii S4 federal prose
cutors assembled hprp lo'lirt ac
oualnlecl with their new boas
"Some matters pending h Ioiik
as nix months innv be loo limit,"
McClranerv told the district at
torneys, " If no prosw iitinn Im.i
been stsrl,l I want lo know your
ressons."
McOrsnery, who lii said lie
will bend his own drive hkhIiiI
whatever wrongdoing he finds In
the government, said thai among
other things, he wants Ihe prose
cutors lo itlve bun detailed Inlor
mntlon on nv private law prac
tlce held by lliein or Ihrlr chlcl
assistants.
8uch practices are not forbidden
hv law provided the federal prone
rulor Riven llrnl attention to hi"
official duties and taken no pari
aa a private attorney In ranei
Involving the V. 8. Government.
Paintings Arrive
For Museum
PORTLAND If! Italian paint
ing!, the gift of the Samuel II.
Krp.ii Foundation to Ihe Portland
Art Muaeuin. wpre dpllvered Tuei
day. Hie collection, valued at 2 ',
million dollara. Includes works
Iron) Ihe Mill to the 10th centuries.
Inu three men.
Then, on Aug. 8. lo end what
wrltcm autre have liked In call
the sixty days ol aluuifhtcr, Tracy
Mint hlmscll.
Thnl end cumo after five Cres
Ion, Wash., men had nurrounried
him and one had hit him In Ih'
leg. Thev kept up their fire until
dark and Trucy nnnwered back.
In the morning, though, lila gun
win Pilf-m mid the men walked up
mid found him (lead
Trucy, then 24, and Merrill, 38.
who mum around Vancouver,
Wiihh.. mid Portland, were sen-
ti'iicpii In 1IIUU for assault and
rubbery. They wero something loaa
than model prisoners and "pent
much lime III Military and In wear
ing Ilia Oregon boot, that ateel
alioe and leg Iron which Insured
limited movement.
Alter they had been In prison
three yearn they mode their break,
lining smuggled guns. One guard
wna Irlled Immediately, nnolher
wa killed on llic wall aa Ihey
went over und a third wax ahot
flown aa thev fled.
'lliev left here In a rig stolen
from two armed poaM-incn.
Alter that they alole buggies.
fiiicrd boatiiien In take lliom
nci'oaa rivers demanded food ai
gunpulnl. and moved about Willi
more speed nnd agllily than wax
expected In Ulnae nlow-lrunaporls-lion
days
II wna never wholly clear why
Tracy killed Merrill but be lold a
farmer Mrrrlll wan a burden,
couldn't be tnialcd. and Ihey had
n duel The general Impreanion In
Hint Tracy turned belore Ihe full
count and allot Merrill In the back.
Alter the death ol Trucy theio
wna a runh ol souvenir hunlerv
lliatorlun Hlewari llolbrook au
five ponaemen watched over hH
collln at an overnight alop In Port
land and when It reached hero a
mob of Ihe on loin ruahed In and
hucked olf apllntrra and police
hud to be called.
1'or that matter, reportn of the
day nnld Unit Tracy'n clolhen were
pulled off and ull.i ol hulr cut olf
by nouvenlr neckera nenr the acouo
of Ilia drain
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WORLD FORESTERS These six foresters, from four foreign countries and the United
States, studied local forest and longing operations here last week. They were guests
of the Kf'PA and Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. Left to right, they are Harry Pelkonen,
Finland; Paul Egan, New York; George Barnes, Oregon State College teacher's staff,
Corvallis; Mike Stewart, England; Hubert Mauser, Austrian forest service, and Nick
Mason, an employe of the British Columbia forest service.
Cannery Strike May Be Voted pLT:
ASTORIA I A poaMblc strike with mcmoern ol me urays iar- tern
vote wan acheduled here Friday by bnr. Wanh., local and agreed to
Aflorla cannery workern In a dl.i- j0;n forcen. Harrv Chamberlain,
pule with employcm over a wage j umfm Kccrclnry mM They "look
Incrrane. note of Incrcaaen already agreed
An employer ofler of a 4-ccnt i ,v packcra and unions In other
Incrcaae waa rejected by the work-1 r,.n,," he added,
prn. nipmbprn of Uip Columbia Rlv- M,.k workcr, Kre ,rcklng a rp
er Cannery and Allied Workcn. Vb.vjicatlon which would bring
The Antorln workern met later ibom an Increase of 10 cents an
Fixers Face
Prison
NEW YORK Wl Three key
fixers in the big college baaketbail
scandal face possible prison sen
tences of from eight to 11 years
and heavy fines when they go be
fore General Sessions Judge Saul
8. Strelt lor sentencing on July 2.
They were accused of offering
brlbei to players from Kentucky
and Bradley Universities and
pleaded guilty Tuesday to brlbei y
and conspiracy.
Btrelt already has sent another
fixer to prison for eight to 18 years,
and at Beveral court sessions he
has blasted college basketball as
sordid big business.
Joseph Benlntende, 43, bank rob
ber and former Kansas City hood
lum, and Jack (Zip) West, 39, a
New Yorker, Interrupted their trial
before a Oeneral Sessions Court
Jury to enter their guilty pleai.
A few minutes later. Jack Rubin
stein. 35, a one-time New York
convicted rapist, entered the court
room snd offered his own guilty
plea. He was acheduled for trial
next week. One conspiracy count
slso charged Rubinstein plotted to
bribe Toledo University players be
tween 1949 and 1951.
Involved In the plots were play
... . mirina all th UkV
I up to All America Gene Melchiorral
one of Bradley s iimv-mi siars.
PORTLAND m Curtlss M.
Everts Jr., state sanitary engineer,
has been named president-elect of
the western branch of the Ameri
can Public Health Association, the
State Board of Health said Tues
day.
Everts, elected at a Denver
meeting, succeeds Dr. L. S.
.
O.W.F.L.F. yCOOMj
STOP
WATUMtOOt
DIAl
Farmhands Work
9V2 Hour Day
WASHINGTON I The hired
man on Die farm works about two
hour lea each day than his farm
er boa.-,.
Ihe AKricullurp D.-purlinpnl. re
porting thin Wednraday. said hired
hands average 9 houra work a
day.
Karm employment continues to
decline, the department said, re
flecting loas of workers to the
armed forces and to urban Indus
tries an well as a riae In Ihe use
of machinery and labor saving
practices.
Hie department aald farm em-
nlnv,Mil lnfal 10 8S3 OOO a de.
ureane of 150,000 from a year ago.
Employment at uus lime 01 ine
year during 11)45-49 averaged 13,-
JOO.OOO.
LOW IIIDDIIl
I'OnTl.ANn W -- The Corps ol
Mngineern reported Tueaday lhat
II, A. Ilelnls Conntruftion Co.. .
I'nrtland. had submitted a low bid
44.B';S for revetment construc
tion along the left bank of the
Willamette River near Junction
C'ltv. I
rTTTITJwSTTn
BREAD 'n PASTRIES
Bhip Tht
Ritrt S i
K,
I.AM AT n lAITRT HOf
Id4lin M Birthday C n Ord
:n Mum rn ni
IT
with baby's laundry
soap' or 1ttrBnl .M
Caltjon banishes washing film'
that robs diapers of absorb-
ncy .'. . and makea any fabric
harih and atirT. Use lentle
Calgon in hard or soft waaar'-
. with any soap or detergent .
. . to restore nbsofbpncyto
baby's dispers A.f: to keep .
baby .' clothtsf or any M
soft, fluffy, lovely.
Calgon In
IHSOOM
rT ...
'.Ma
'M . win whi n m ty w m
OREGON
Oregon Crop is here at Safeway! Bright,
shiny, flavorful gems from the Northwest.
Freeze them, can them, bake a luscious short
cake! At this low price it's a real saving!
2 BOXES 45c
$2.69
Crate of 12
State Engineer Named
Head of Health Group
Ooerke, Los Angeles. He will be
Installed as president at a Lot
Angeles meeting In June, 1953.
Dr. Harold M. Erlckson. stats
health officer, was elected a dele
gate to the association's annual
conference, and Dr. William Levin,
director of the Oregon hygenlo
laboratory, was named to Uia
board of directors.
Fast Time
Plan Switch
PORTLAND Wl A sroun urn.
Ing state-wide daylight saving time
said Tuesday It favored the Dresent
system of each community making
its uwu decision on me mauer.
The (rrouD. The Oreuon state
Committee for Daylight 8avlng
Time, said It was dropping Its
campaign for an initiative meas
ure to make fast time uniform
throughout the state during the
summer.
r
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