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An unarmed Swedish military
plane la allot down In the Baltic
by two iluaalan Mia fighters. The
plane that was allot down by the
Rusaklca waa searching lor another
Swedish plane that MAY have been
hot down by the Rusaklca.
Troublesome (but significant)
thought:
'Hit Russian wouldn't have dona
It If they had PEAKED Swedish
retaliation,
Orlm conclusion:
The only way to handle bulllra
(International or other kinds) la to
be 8TRONO ENOUGH TO HAN
DLE THEM when they go ou the
looae.
More o( the eame-from Korea:
'I ho key laaue blocking the truce
ttgotlatioiw at Munnan la the U.N.
iand that no pilaonera ahall be
FORCIBLY repnlrlaled (that la to
nay, annt back to the commies to
be allot before a wait or acnt to a
alave labor camp.) Of the 108,000
POWe we hold, only 10,000 have
expreased wllllngneas to return to
I lie reda. Of the remaining 99,000,
many aay they will commit aulclde
rather than go back.
Twitted by our Ooneral Harrison
about the Inconalatenclea of the
red position on thla exchange of
; prlaonrrs bualncaa, coinmuntut Gen
eral Nam II blandly accuaea tu
gain of Incessant atrocities and
alaughterlng of war prisoners.
He'd change his tune It we were
alrong enough, to handle him.
Thai brings up the 864 question:'
Why are we fighting In Korea?
Hie only Intelligent answer, I
think, Is that we're fighting there
to prove to the communists that
we cant be bluffed. But It Is be
coming fairly plain that the No. 1
reason for our prisoner trouble on
Koje Island Is that we HAVfcNT
MEN ENOUGH to man the light
tng lines and handle 110.000 pris
oner of war at Die same time.
U looks like we'd better GET
men enough there to handle the
situation, otherwise, we may lose
everything we're fighting tor to
Korea.
More
harping on the
same
struig:
General Rldgway (our new
SHAPE commander In Europe)
rrlvea in Rome today for a coll
lorence with Italian officials.
L'Uulta, the communist newspaper,
sroets him with this big, black
headline:
"Oct out of Italy) OO HOME
t foreigner!"
It's runted. It's mean. It's" nasty
4n! it' (ifHin PROPAGANDA.
, Uuppon a foreign nation was In
. practical control of our country.
Suppose Its troops were quartered
among lis and Its officiate were
occupying all our best hotels and
filling all our best restaurants,
suppose ihey had more money to
spend than we have. Even- sup
pose thai without their help wed
go bankrupt.
We wouldn't like It.
we d RESENT it bitterly.
ui.ii that's our nosltlon in Italy,
It's our position in Prance. It's our
position all over Europe. The com
munists, are very, very shrewdly
taking advantage of It.
When It comes to propaganda,
they're iuper-emert.
Meanwhile, this from Camei,
Washington:
"W C. Howard began his third
day atop a 60-foot pole here this
morning. He says he P'n to
brcak Uie national flagpole sitting
record of 188 days. If he does, he
will be on the small platform at the
ton of the Dole until well Into
November.
'He says he won't shsve or cut
his hair until he comes aown.
You aay It.
It doesn't look well in print.
School Vote
Set Today
Voters of the Klamath Falls ele
mentary school district and the
county school district were ballot
ing today to select members of the
vprctlve school boards for a five
year lerm.
Polls are open until t p.m
standard time, at all elementary
schoolhouses In the county system,
end at Fremont School here In
'.own.
Candidates In the city elementary
district jare Bud Chandler and T.
J. O'Hnrra and in the county dis
trict the candidates are Roy Olenger
of Chllonuln and Lloyd, Nicholson
of Fort Klamath.
To vote a poison must have been
registered for 30 days and a resident
of the district for six months. .
Weallier
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Fair through tomorrow. Low to
night 38, high tomorrow 68
High yesterday
Low last night .'..
I'reclp yesterday .4
05
31
..15.19
.14.34
...11.64
I'reilp since uei, i
Heme period last year
Normal for period
(Additional Weather on Page 4.)
CORPORAL HOME
Cpl. Russoll B. Hicks, 3036 Abi
lene Street, Klnmnth Fa 11b, Is
among; 13 Orogonlnna and 3,811
Army combat veterans who sr.
rlvnd borne Sunday from Korea
sbaVrd the transport Oen,. W, F,
Hsse.
Big Three
Conference
Started
WABHINOTON Under the
throat of a possible new Russian
drive lo split the West, United
Ststes officials start Mondsy s
series ot talks with British and
IFrrnch representatives on prob
lems dividing the three powers.
Korea, Indochina and Germany
are high on the list of problems.
And the talks get added urgency
from the weekend disclosure that
Moscow Is assigning Its chief dep
uty foreign minister, Andrei Gro
myko, to be embasssdur lo London.
Tills looks lo some officials like
a major new Russian move In the
cold war and, mure than likely,
one alined as disrupting the U.S.
Brltlnh French alliance which la
the heart of the Western defense
system.
PROPOSALS'
Against thla bsckground. the Big
Three powers will discuss, among
other things:
1. France's desire for Increased
American help In carrying on lis
bllllon-dollnr-a-year war In Indo
china. This wss expected to be the
main theme of conferences to be
held by Jean Letourncau. French
minister for relations with the Indo
clilnese states, who had an ap
pointment with Secretary of Stale
Achcson Monday.
3. The conduct of Korean truce
negotiations and the handling ot
These matters are exported to be
taken up bv the British defense
minuter, Lord Alexandor, who Is
expected here to see Defense Sec
retary Lovett and other ton Ameri
can oflclals next weekend. Alex
ander Is In Korea for a personal
look at the situation.
3. How soon and under what
conditions the Western powers
should otter to meet with Russia
to dlscUKS Oermsn Issues. These
are the kev Questions lo be ans
wered in the preparation nere, Be
ginning earlv this week, of a new
move to Moscow on Oerman uni
fication and peace. The Russians
have been pressing for talks.
4. A review of the whole range
of Allied difficulties, undoubtedly
including the Korean. Russian-Gcr-
man and Indochlnese as well as
j other problems. This Is expected
to be held by the British. French
and American foreign ministers
when Achrnon goes lo London in
little more than a week.
Blood Donor
Program Set
News that response to the call
for blood was slow at the last
visit of the Red Cross bloodmoblle
brought comment from Major
Huber Reynolds, U. S. army trans
portation now 30 miles behind the
West lines and Just 16 miles from
the peace talks In Korea.
"II, sounds like the blood busi
ness is kind ol stow back home.
It the folks could see the heli
copters coining back over us with
the two stretchers attached below,
they would be glad to give a pint."
Wounded are flown out from the
battle area, outside the plane, en
cased In a small plastic hood or
cone. Blood la the difference In
many ot these cases between lite
and death and the supply Is short.
Mrs. Reynolds. Is Ihe former
Jean Ferrena. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Farrens. Klamath Falls.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the blood
moblle will again be at the Armory
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Two
hundred and twenty five donors
are needed. The Red Cross needs
blood. Call 7184 and make an ap
pointment. '
No other visit until July.
Ike Studies
Farm Problem
nsiNvnn tin Oen. Dwlght D.
Elsenhower promised Ihe nation's
fnrm Journal editors Monday that
If elected president ne wouiu sees
the "finest brains" In the country
to help solve the problems of
agriculture.
At an early morning breakfast
meeting, Elsenhower aald that he
did not pretend lo have specific
answers lo all tne specnio pruuicm
that fn.ee America today.
Then he added: .
"Ths most I have Is a determ
ination If the peoplo want me for
a higher duly, to approach the
problems with the help of the
country."
Then the general asked the ed
itors to sit down with him somu
tlme and help him to understand
all the problems that face the
nation's farmers. .
He said he particularly warns
to ak their opinions on a farm
conservation program developed
In Iowa In which he understood
18 other states are cooperating. ,
Later Elsonhowcr told reporters
he hnd liked what he heard about
the Iowa program because It em
bodies a greater degree of local
controls and direction than any
other program ho hsd heard about.
The breakfast meeting was Elsen
hower's first public appearance
sines he arrived In Denver Satur
day aftornoon tor his final drive
for tne ttcpuDiican presiuenwiw
nomination.
The editors are members of the
American Agricultural Editor's
Association. Thoy represent farm
magazines and Journals With a
combined circulation of around
30,000,000. They are here on part
of an annual tour of rural areas.
Tha general cancelled all other
nnnftnrimcns for the dnv to devote
some .time to polishing his golf
golne, a stoak dinner with news
men and . a quiet evening with his
family, ,
aO.
Price Five Cents It rage
hplosionps A mmunition
Accidents
Add To
Death Toll
The bodies of a teenage boy and
girl, for whom a weekend trip to
Klamath Falls ended in oeam,
were being shipped to Gresham
Monday for funeral.
The youngsters died when the
ear In which they were traveling
ulunired Into the cold waters of the
Llttlo DcNchutra River oil Oregon
highway 66 about 90 miles north
ol here.
They were Bharon KeUey Bay.
link 19. of Route 1, Trouulale, and
Bonnie Winter. 16, of Sandy, both
wine V
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communities nesr Port
land. The two were
coming to Klamsth
Falls to visit Mrs. Ken
MA2 no in cowman, juu jnar-
Ki.m.ik ket, a friend of the
Fatality Winter girl.
The vehicle evidently missed
bridge over the Little Deschutes
and plunged 66 feet across to the
opposite Dank, men slipped Dack
into the water and was carried
downstream to a bend In the river
by the current.
THREE HOURS
A Bulstger Motor Company
fvrecker crew spent about three
ours and used 280 feel of cable
In dragging the vehicle out of the
river canyon and back to the High
way. The bodies of Miss Winter and
Bavllnk were still Inside the car.
both In the back seal where they
had been thrown by the Impaot.
Both drowned. Bayllnk had re
ceived a bnd cut under his chin
ami another on his lower lip.
neither sufficient to cause death.
The girl was unmarked except lor
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Dr. Ocuriio H. Adler. Klamath
County Coroner,, happened by the
accident scene on nis way 10 tu
gene and directed that the bodies
be brought here. The wrecker
started towing the badly battered
car, with Ihe bodies still ipsine,
toward Klamath Falls and transfer
was made to Ward's Funeral Home
coach near Chemult.
The two deaths brought Klsmstb
County's 1963 hlghwsy fatality
count to live.
RelaUves of Ihe youngsters ar
rived here Sunday and reported
thai Miss Winter and Bayllnk left
Sandy between 4:30 and 6 p.m.
FrUay. Stale Police Investigating
the accident estimated they would
have been on Die Willamette High
way, where the wreck occurred,
about II o'clock that night.
8 OTHERS
Vehicle accidents killed eight
persons in Oregon over the week
end. In addition to Miss Winter
and Bayllnk, the victims were:
Lirmy louis cnurcn, in. a Tongue
Point sailor, who died early Sunday
when his car plunged off the Sun
set Highway near Elsie.
Harold Field, 74, of Qutnby. fa
tally Injured early 8unday when a
car In which he waa riding left
Ihe road and crashed north of
Salem.
Roy Oerner of Rogers, Ark., who
was killed outright In a truck col
llslon 60 miles east of Bend, Satur
day.
Mrs. Ruth B. Andrews. S3, who
became Portland's 34th traffic fa
tality of the year when she died
Saturday night of injuries received
in a collision a few nours earner,
Eugene Reed, 39, a logger, who
was killed near Prlnevllle Saturday
when a tractor he was operating
rolled over and crushed him.
Andrew Anderson, 49. Umatilla
was killed outright when his car
plunged off tho highway between
Hcrmtston and Umatilla. A pas
senger, Harvey Almstead, was un
hurt. State police reported. .
Heat Wave
Strikes U.S.
Ily The Associated Press
Deaths mounted Monday under
the hot pack of heat and humidity
that covered most of the nation.
A survey by the Associated Press
showed a lour-dav total 01 s. ine
toll Included seven .deaths attrib
uted directly to the elfects ot the
oppressive weather, and 83 drown
ings.
The heat wave lav like a steam-
Ins blanket on a huge section of
the U.S. that extended from Texas
eastward and northeastward to Die
Atlantic Coast.
Records wore melted In many
cities. Sunday readings reached as
high as uo degrees.
Chicago's 94.8 hlRh Sunday was
the hottest since Aug. 8. 1940. New
York's 90.8 was the hottest of tho
year.
St. Louis had a roasting 101, a
record for the date and tho hottest
dov there since 1047. It was the
Ulh straight day of 80 or higher
temperatures In 8t. Louis.
Six persons were treated for heat
prostration In St. Louis hospitals,
A serious water Bhortago threat
ened Wichita, Kan,, after it break
In a water main, A contributing
cause In the water shortage there
is excessive sprinkling of gardens
and lawns during the current dry
spell, . ... -
XLAMAT' -
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'" . mm vif as
IT WAS A GREAT DAY for
were .watching yesterday's
comprised of (1 to r). Mona Chenoweth, Donald Wallen, Bob
Joyce Stephens. Lower photo h a grandstand viewof.part
participants in yesterday's program.
Kecord Crowd Sees Eight
Girls
Death Claims
Auto Official
Fate drew tragic parallels yes
terday as death struck during the
Roundup Queen Trials at the Fair
grounds. Floyd Bennett, 8303 Cottage Ave
nue, suftered a fatal heart attack
as the Fairgrounds program drew
to a close late yesterday afternoon.
Last year, during the Queen
Trials, Mel Henry was victim of a
neart attack.,
SIMILARITY
Both Bennett and Henry were
members of the Klamath Sheriff's
Posse both were participants In
the Queen Trials and both -were
stricken hi view of big audiences.
Henry's fatal seizure came as he
FLOYD BENNETT
sat on his horse In the arena r Bon
nett's attack came Just after he
had dismounted on the race track
between the grandstand and the
nrftlln. As In Henrv'A rnsn Rennet.!
was rushed to a hospital but was
pronounced, dead on arrival.
A few minutes before death, Ben
nett, , on his horse In the arena,
told Possemon W. T. McQaughey
that he was not feeling well. Ben
nett rode out .of the -arena onto
the track, dismounted and sat down
on the fender ot a pickup. A, mo
ment later he toppled over. .
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Ruth H. Bennett, a son, Floyd Jr.,
mother, Mrs, Ora Bennett, Long-
view, Wash., and eight sisters.
The Bennetts have lived here for
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Roundup Queen Trials at the Fairgrounds. The quintet is
Enter Queen Finals
By WALLACE MYERS
A record-shattering crowd yes
terday saw the unprecedented
number of eight girls win their
way into the finals as candidates
(or this year's Basin Roundup
queen.
Under Roundup rules, one of the
eight girls would have been elimin
ated in horsemanship trials t the
Fairgrounds: but the three Judges,
after lengthv deliberation, said two
oirls rated identical scores. Round
up Association directors huddled
and came up with the decision that
all eight girls should go Into, the
finals. . . .
A colorful crowd estimated at
over 4.000 witnessed the all-afternoon
show at the Fairgrounds.
Judging of the queen candidates
was but one of 13 events -and
there was a special amateur buck-
Junior Drink
Charge Made
William L. Gordon. 30, of 2340
Shasta Way, was Jailed and six
other persons tnree ooys in uieir
Ijte teens and three 17-year-old
girls were quesUoned by City
Police late Saturday night after a
party at Gordon's house was
raided.
Gordon was booked at the city
Jail for irlving liquor to minors.
A quantity of beer reportedly was
found at the house.
Action against Gordon was to be
referred to the District Attorney's
office and the girls were in
structed to report to . the Juvenile
Office today.
Sports
liullvtins
LEAGUE PLAY
Klamath Falls American Le
gion "Cokes" open their Legion
league season here tomorrow
with a doublehcader against the
Eugene nine. The first game at
Recreation Park gets under way
at 3 p.m. Yesterday, the Klamath;,
nine opened the season In Mod
ford with a double win over the
Medford Ford team. . . .-. , , ,
' ' '' lOT KIRBY UPSET ' .
TROON, Scotland HI Pal
O'Sulllvan of Orange. Conn., up-'
Dorothy Klrby, Ihe U. S.
champion from Atlanta, 8 and
2, In a first round match of the
British Women's Amateur Golf
Championship Tournament.
, Miss O'Sulllvan was Joined In
the second round by Grace Do'
Moss of Corvallis, Ore.
Miss De Moss, youngest mem
ber of the American Curtis Cup -team
that lost to the British 10
days ago, eliminated Mrs. John '
Beck of England 1 up on the 10th
(Early story in sports' section).
19, 1992
Stephens, Floyd Stout and
of the big arena with some
,
!5 "eDt f"0Wi,"f
lar program.
FINALISTS
The , eight queen finalists are:
Carol Hamilton, Klamath Fails;
Barbara Jean Anderson, Macdoel;
Anne Curry. Henley; Sharon Fin
chum, .Henley: Marianna Hellek
son, Langell Valley; Aurelia Pat
terson. Klamath Falls; Pat Nich
olson. Fo:t Klamath; and Janet
Dierdorff. Merrill.
Yesterday's horsemanship trials
counted for 60 per cent of the Girls'
score toward gaining the queen-
aiup. ine otner 4U per cent is to
be based on, poise and personality.
Judging in this category will be
done by secret Judges at the Queen
Ball, this coming Saturday night
at the Armory. When the two sets
of scores have been totalled. Queen
Margy Brown, who reigned over
last, year's Roundup, will crown
the new queen. The other seven
girls will be princesses.
Nothing was scheduled for the
girls today. They have had several
days and evenings of hard going
in several special events and
roundup officials decreed today as
a day of rest.
WINNERS
Here are results in other pro
gram events yesterday:
Best pleasure horse, J. E. Wil
liams' "Cascade Sherwood Chief";
rescue race, won by Viola and Roy
Ruge: best palomino under saddle,
Loretta Stevens' "Golden Boy":
best reined cowhorse. Hank Ring's
"Roant'ry"; stick race, won bv 4-H
wranglers team (Sydney Kerns.
Martin Kerns,
Nora Meeker and
Carolyn Dickson); best stallion
J. E. Williams' "Cascade Sherwood
Chief"; package race, won by Slim
Stevenson: potato race, won by
team comprised of George Steele,
Doc Riker,- Bob Moislo and Slim
Stevenson; best In Junior class.
Ellssa Ballentine.
No accurate count was available
on yesterday's big crowd but ex
perienced observers said the total
was well over 4,000. Roundup of
ficials, not expecting such a whop
ping turnout, provided only 2,000
tickets and after those were ex
hausted early in the afternoon
the fans trooped in free. Children
under 13 were admitted free also
and It appeared there was at least
one youngster for every adult.
Drunk Driver
Fined $100
' Leon Cooper, 36, of 408 McLean,
was fined $100 in Munclpal Court
today on a charge of drunk driving.
He pleaded guilty. He was also
fined 85 for having no operator's
license. Cily Police arrested Cooner
early this morning at Spring and
Main.
Edmund Herman Patry, 1509
Derby, who was followed bv a
police prowl car through Mills
addition until he ran his car over
a curb to stop, was fined 850 lor
reckless driving. He was picked up
an- .iu a.m. . . .
Ne. 2848
Bump
US Soldier
Killed
In Blast
HAEUNDE. Korea OF) A U.S.
soldier was killed Monday and 33
otner persons were missing or In
jured in thunderous explosions In
the U.S. Army's biggest ammuni
tion dump In Korea.
Two American soldiers are mis
sing and four have been hospital
ized, an official Army announce
ment said. Twenty-lour others suf
fered minor hurts and returned to
duty after first aid.
At least three Korean civilians
were Injured, added the announce
ment from the U.S. Second Log
istical Command.
SABOTAGE
South Korean police said they
suspected sabotage by guerrillas.
The first blast cause unknown
went off at 10:60 a.m. (6:60 p.m.
Sunday PST.) It broke windows
and knocked down plaster in build
ings in Pusan. 13 miles south.
Two other huge explosions fol
lowed within 16 minutes.
Fires mushroomed in the area.
Gray clouds of phosphorus smoke
rose Into the sky. Rockets shot
wildly about. Exploding flares
touched up the scene with bright
colors. Some shells and flares flew
two miles. Grass fires flamed up
in 'the dry hills ringing the area.
Small explosions popped off now
snd then. A fourth big blast shook
the area at 4:25 p.m. (11:25 p.m.
Sunday PST) and sent up an um
brella of black smoke.
The blast area Is about hall a
mile square.
Some 30.000 residents ot tiaeunae
their thatched-roof houses on fire
and nearby villages took off for
safer areas. Most of Ahem clogged
the roaxis h Pusan. '
SALVAGE .
Supply officers said the big blasts
look place to a section for sal
vaged ammunition, not useable at
the front.
In Pusan Gen. James A. Van
Fleet, U.S. Eighth Army command
er, said the lost material was only
part of the Army's stocks. But he
said he would have preferred the
STote ".mmi Toute'r ach
-i ii - ' - - n Ka hall airnni
of the blast area late- in the after
noon to survey the probaouity oi
additional explosions.
The tanks were protected against
bullets and rockets still screaming
out of the area.
The fire was gradually dying late
in the day.
Grange Shuns
Fair Trade
LA GRANDE. Ore. Wl The
Oregon State Grange refused to
take action on a resolution oppos
ing fair trade price -fixing on
grounds that the stand might be
used in arguments against milk
control.
The resolution was tabled Friday
night durina- a 15 hour session. The
Grange earlier voted its support of
the present milk control law which
is being opposed in intlative peti
tions. Delegates postponed a decision
on the issue of reapportioning the
Legislature. They had been asked
hv five countv oranees to initiate
a measure to reapportion the Leg
islature on the so-called federal
plan of one senator to a county
with house seats to be apportioned
according to population. -Elmer
McClure. state master.
asked postponement and said the
rpsnlntion if annroved or disap
proved, might make it difficult for
him to serve on the governor's
interim committee, which Is study
ing the problem.
In other action the grange voted
to oppose the trucking industry's
referendum against the ton-mile
truck taxation bill, and to increase
grange dues 60 cents a year. .-. - .
Infantrymen
Halt Reds
SEOUL, Korea W Infantrymen
of the U. 8. 45th Division Monday
smashed an artillery supported
Chinese attack on a, hill formation,
on the Western Front. The five
day old battle has cost the Reds
more than 1,000 casualties.
The reinforced Americans
knocked back about 750 Chinese
in a bitter seven-hour scrap. The
Reds' objective was the bottom
part of a T-shsped hill west of
Chorwon. U. 8. troops hold three
knobs of the hill.
Fighting also continued at ' a
stepped-up pace at other friction
spots on the 155-mile front. There
were brisk clashes Sunday near
Panmunjom, Korangpo and Yon
chon in the west; around Kumhwa,
Kimsong and the Pukhan River in
the- center, and near the Punch
Bowl in the east, ,
U. 8. Eighth Army staff officers
have offered no explanation of the
stepped up fighting, the toughest
lof the year. , . .
Telephone 8111
Swedish
Plane
Shot Down
By LARS EKLUND
STOCKHOLM. Sweden 11 Hn.
Viet fighter planes shot down an
unarmed Swedish military search
plane off the coast ot Estonia Mon
day, the government announced.
The seven-man crew was picked
up later by a German merchant
ship. Two of the Swedish crew were
reported wounoeo.
The plane waa searching for
another Swedish Air Force plane
missing with eight men aboard in
the same area, where the Run.
sians are reported holding vast air
ana sea maneuvers.
The Swedish government, reflect
ing the anger ot DeoDle In the
streets, delivered s strong protest
w uie nuaainns.
Soviet Ambassador Constantine
Rodlonov was. summoned to tha
foreign office to receive the pro
test personally from Prime minist
er Tage Erlandcr, who Is also
foreign minister,
CROWDS .
Crowds In front of the Soviet
embassy Jeered Rodlonov as he
left and spat into the embassy
compound.
8weden demanded an Immediate
Investigation and prompt minish-
mem of "those responsible for tha
outrage. .
Erlander also delivered a second
reouest to the Russians that thpv
halt further espionage activity by
their diplomats in Sweden. This
note referred specifically - to the
trial which opened here Monday
of seven Swedes charged with sell
ing out this nation's entire vital
northern defense system to the
Russians.
The Swedish military plane, an
unarmed Cataltna. was searching
for a Swedish Air Force transport
missing -since Tiay. it is feared
that plane also was shot down by
the Russians during their maneuv
ers.
This would be a fate similar to
one met by a U. 8. Navy Privateer
aircraft which disappeared In the
same area two years ago with 10
men aooarq. - .
CATALINA -The
Catallna was attacked about
60 miles off the Soviet-held Eston
ian coast. Swedish planes searching
for the missing craft had been in
structed to keep 15 miles off the
Russian-held coast. The Russians
claim 13 miles out as their own
special territory;
The pilot radioed that his plane
was hit "several times" by bursts
of 20 millimeter cannon from two
boviet. MiCi-15 jet fighter planes
The Swedish Air Force said It had
reports that the plane was attack
ed seven times.
- After It was hit ther plane tried
to make the Swedish coast some
110 miles awsy. The plane went
down apparently around 90 miles
off the coast, where the crew was
rescued by the German merchant
snip. -
The German vessel put the men
ashore on the Island of Hangoe,
on the southwest tip of Finland
about 60 miles southwest of Hel
sinki. Poice Seek
'Rustlers'
A case of modern-day cattle
rustling Is being investigated in
Lake County 'by Sheriff Tom
Elliott, State Poiice and livestock
officers.
Two steer calves were reported
taken from the Dead Indian ranch,
15 miles southeast of Silver Lake,
sometime in the past three weeks.
The ranch is owned by John O'
Keefe and O'Keee was the owner
of one calf, Lester Duncan the
other.
The calves apparently were
hauled away by truck after they
were herded into a corral on the
ranch.
CAROLYN, OuBOISE
(above), 2631 ' Turnage
Street daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bert DuBoise,
was an early ' . morning
shopper. She ' told , the
photographer ' she had
only candy on her shop
ping list. ;
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