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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1952)
feslcl fly FHANK JENKINS President elect Elsenhower, "Iter a broulc lor Thanksgiving Day. resumes In Nw York this morning till) nchrrliilo of appoint- liiculs. Jim first caller In Mo. V, Iy, l'andlt, head uf lh Incilun delcgn- llun to Hi United Nations nud also slslor ot India's Nehru. Bhe stay biilf an hour and tolls re : poller when nlir aumnn out; "Uriiorul Elsenhower la an old lili'iid, I've known lilm (or sovorul years, aim I came to pay a cour tesy call." Interesting? (and comforting) thought: Thore la liarilly an Important person In Ihr world who isn't an old (mid quite oilnn trusted) friend o Clcheim Klsenhower anon to be I'ltKHIDKNT Eisenhower. 'Ihut will be lirloliil In so ninny, MANY ways, ll'a no MUCH LAWK!! In do business wall old and liustrti friends thun Willi alian Win. From' Korea: Mlllioim ol Houth Korean arc viewing Ihr lorlhcoiiilng visit ol ITrnlllrlll-rlrct Klarnhowi-r as their init hope o( salvation. The ofriclul houlh Korrnn apnkrsuiun tells licwmcn In Hcotil tin morning tlmt Ilie nniitlmciit of welcome in hi" country lor Ike la a strong and Mining IIiIiik because Hie people hi-llcve Klscnhower will UIUVK THE C II t N V. B K HKIJH COM PLETELY OUT OK KOKEA. Don't gel nervous, Hack In Ihr day before we got Jittery and unsure of ourselves, wo drove the reds out of Greece ud II DIDN'T atart a war Willi KtlKtiia, You know I lie old superstition about a menacing dug If vmi'r. NTIIPlI HlM IrilntU 11 nod ih DOO KNOWH IT, hcli JUMP you. Hut If you re culm and cunlldrnt and (live oil no odor ol FKAIt lo be cnuiihl by his srn. stllve nostrils and curled to bin calculating brain hell be apt to iiiil growling and Allowing hla , ';eth and my even trot nil grin amiably and wagging Ilia tall. Anyway, ll'a worlh trying and If anybody can do it, Ike can. lie doesn't acaio caaily. Morn from Korea; until Korea') o combat out f Ilie Capitol division, la sport ing a new decoration. President Kynginan Mire presented It today with South, Korea's presidential unit citation lor Ita gallant stand on the central front last Septem ber. In tlie artlon, the HOK Capitol division atood Urm and field lla poaillona on Capitol hill and ringer ridge dctplle largo avale Chinese allacka. II looks like Die flnulh Korean re beginning to find themaelvea. II wP atntul llrmly behind Ihrm and (live lliem wie and Intelligent help and auiport, thry may be able to win bark all of Uieir own cuunlrv Horn the communists and re rnlabliah thalr llbertlea and their liiflrpcndei'Ce. . - That, more than anything elae could, would give In tin peoples nf tronhlrd Ala FAITH AND CON FIDKNCF. in tlw leadership ol the United male of America. What a weight of responsibility rrta on Ike'a shoulders I All over the world, men of good will, big and Utile alike, are look ing upon him with fnllh and hope and growing confidence a their r-avlor ana the savior of the world. What an opportunity Ike hail Two Killed In Oregon By The Associated Tress Two men died on Oregon hlah wayt over the ThankJilving holi day. One was a motorlat who had got out nl his stalled car. The oilier was a pedestrian. Ilie uiniorisi was Frank Nelder. 39. ol Klamath Falls. Ilia car Unllid Wednesday niitlit 3S miles norih of KJomath Fulls and he depped Into the path of an oncom lim car to ling It down. The car couldn't atop in lime lo avoid him. The pedextrlan was Morris David HodKer, BO, who walked acrosa Ihe highway three ml Irs north of Ya cliats at 6 p m. Thursday and was hit. The driver ol the ear which struck him waa Erling Moe ol F!ortncekHe told stale police that Hodgcrs apparently became con. fused and attpped back Into the cur path. Moe was treated lor a head cut aultercd when he slummed Into Ilie windshield In swerving and brak ing to a atop In a vain effort to- avoir. Kodgera. Purge of Jews Behind Iron Curtain Indicated by Czech 'Treason' Trials VIENNA, Austria IPi Eleven former Ciechoslovak Communist leaders including architect of the coup that swept their country Into the Soviet orbit today face.1 deatn on the gallows as confessed traitors. Heading; the list as convicted ringleaders In a "Tlon st-Trotskv- Ho" plot lo overthrow their pro Moscow government, are Rudolf Hlansky, former secretary general ' of the Cr.ech Communist pnrty, and former Foreign Minister Vlado ciemenlis. All but three o( the 11 aro Jews. Three other Jewish co-def endent t were given lllo prison sentences yesterday at the close of a week long purge trial In Prague a trial marked by virulent antl-Scmlllsm and an obvious attempt to blame Ihe group for Czechoslovakia's fiitluro to full III Russian requisi tions for supplies and war mater ials. - The court explained lis leniency In the case of the three apnred from death by saying that one of them had helped lo Implicate the group and the three were "merely v links" in the alleged pro-Wesiern II fnnanlrnfir nt lii.inn ..hni... ' frnnsp espionage, , Wily Winnie Ruth Judd Escapes For Sixth Time PHOENIX. Arl 11 'Die out- nKiiln-ln-ngniil trunk murderess, Winnie Hutli Judd, led aearchors a huffllng ohnse today altar her alxlh escaiie from the Utate Hospi tal lor the Insane, Ited-halrcd Winnie squirmed out through a aawed window screen lual nlglil. i With her customs ry crofilneas, she loll nothluK to show Just how alio circumvented Uie many pre cautions tuken lo krep her In. It was her second escape Ihla your 1 1 nl the hokpltnl where she tins been conl Incd alnro 11133. In lu:il she killed two girl friends and shipped their dismembered bodies lo Los Angeles as baggage. Bhe was sentenced to be hangod but was found Insane Just 7 hour) beluro she was scheduled to go to the gull"'". llur fliulil lust night set off a fmiillr search not only tor 48-ycar. old Winnie but lor an unknown ac complice or accomplices. "Hhe had help some way or other to make the escape," said Dr. M. W. Conway, hoapllal super intendent. , Kherllfs LI. Frank Mitchell auiecd. "Bhe definitely hsd help," he said. Death Claims Back Grigsby A llletlme resident of Oregon, and uf Klnmutll County for 7a ycuis. Unsll Ulnclnlr (Hack I Orlgs bv, bU. died 'IliunkAglvIng Day st the home nl a daughter. Mrs. Ida Grimes, 1M7 Portland Blrret. lie had been seriously 111 lor the past Uircr months. Grigsby, Iwrti. Jan. 20. 18S3. at Central Point, Ore., was Hie son ol pioneer parents, Henry Anderson and Ann Marian Gngaby. drawn to Die Wesi, coast In ItoJ from Missouri by the lure of helping build a new land. They crossed IIIC pinilis py US it-sill biiu nmiru at what is now Central Point, lu la'Ui. The family moved lo Klamath County in 1U7S and young Grigsby fa: IACK GRIGSIT attended public school In Llnkvllle. hrrded sheep and rode the cattle ranges, becoming a recognised ex pert In the handling of horses and catlle. He was married In ISM at Med ford to Emma R. Faith. To this union were born four dsughtera. Mia. Jim tidal Ortmes. Mra. Hen ry (June) Orlmes, both of Klam ath Falls. Mrs. O. L, (Adah) Brown. Olene and Mrs. Elisabeth baundera, Portland, Orlgsby devoted hl entire life lo limiting and stock raising and accumulated extensive business and larm property in Klamath Comity. He was known throughout the Klamath Country aa a man whose word was his bond and he leaves a wide circle of friends In Southern Oregon. Surviving in addition to his four daughters are a half brother. C'nilrs W. Thomas. Wlnlock. W"h.: five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, also a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements are In charge of Ward s Funeral Home and tentative plans are lor serv ices Monday, 3 p.m. The sentences were announced by Prague radio. Those named to die with Slansky and Clementls included: Bedrlch Oemlnder, M, once Ihe Kremlins agent in Prague and lormer head of the Communist parly's International affairs sec tion; Andre Simon, 67, lormer editor of the party newspaper Rude Piavo; aid Lt. Gen. Bedrlch Reicln, 41, former deputy defense minister. The prosecution had demanded the death penalty for all 14. All had confessed at lenglh to charges In a 14,000-word Indictment and were convicted of " planning "to liquidate Ihe peoples' democratic system, lo restore capitalism, tear uaecnosiovaxia irom lla firm alli ance with Ihe Soviet Union and take lt Into the camp of Imperial ism." The convicted men accented their sentences. Thla indicated thev would not appeal and the 11 soon would be hanged In Prague's grey walled Pankrao Prison. President Klement Ootlwald atlll must approve the sentences but since Ihe prisoners allegedly plot ted his murder, Oottwald. Is not expected to show mercy, , Mitchell led a band of off'cera and hospital attendants on an un productive search ot the dark, shrub-dotted asylum grounds. Tills, Dr. Conwsy said, la how Winnie got out: About, l iu p.m. last nmnt iiv complained of a henduche an' sue wss going- to use a ' , went Into the bsthioo .( a robe over her arm. HPLVa uttts later sn stleiidanfl,w and she was gone. A hole 16 inches square the heavy mesh window lis glass window had been c.anked outward The window wss nearly six feet from the ground. "The sawing was sn expert Job." Dr. conway saw. ji wasn i some thlnii she did tonight." Mitchell sn Id that "someone muni have helped her lo U around as she came out the win dow. The hole in the screen was so small ahe would have had to wiggle out." Mrs. Judd left strands of her auburn hair and threads from her green sweater on the severed ends of the one-eighth Inch wires of the screen. Ttio sixth chapter In "The Es capes of Winnie Ruth Judd" was especially harassing to Dr. Con wav. "I don't think anyone has tried harder to hold this woman than we have." he aald as the search went on. "Hut you can't hold that type ol woman in a paper sues. Ha said thut alter her last es Ckpe Mrs. Judd waa placed in the hospital's strongest ward but even Ihose lacllltles were inadequate Dr. Conway aald he waa going to ask for funds to erect a Duuuing for a full-security criminal ward Wuinie Is so wily Uiat she made her getaway under the closest scrutiny. Dr. Conway said he had been auspicious for two or three weeka because she had become quiet and bitter and had stopped writing her customary letters. i Ha Impeded the escape window Wednesday and "gave it a good thumping' without discovering the sawing. He expressed the opinion - - - uvun fw he had been cutting Uie screen foe l U uf nun: , - -' 1 the sswed wires with chewing gum. There are only two cranka In each ward for the glaal windows. They are kept under lock. But Winnie had one, even though both cranka assigned to her ward atlll wero In place, Court To Rule On Governor ; ' IA1XM I 'A "court test to decide who will be Oregon's new overnor will be filed about Dec a. sources close to Oov. Douglas McKav revealed Friday. The governor, who will become secretary of the Interior Jan. 30. will leave for phoenix, Arli.. the night of Dec. 6. to allend the Con- ferenea nl Western Governors. When he leaves. 8enate Presi dent Paul L. Patterson, HUlaboro, will take over the olllce lo serve while Ihe eovernor la In Phoenix Friends oi the governor and of Patterson will bring a ault either In Circuit Court or Stale supreme Court to contest Patterson s rigni la serve as governor. Tills suit will decide If Pslterson la next In line of succession to the governor, snd thus also will decide if Patterson would become gover nor when Oov. McKay resigns to go to Wsshington. There Is some question whether Patterson or Secretary of Bute Earl T. Newbry should take over aa governor, although Attorney General Oeorge Neuner has ruled that Patterson la the auccessor to McKay. Neuner ruled that while terms of legislators expired on election day, the terms of the president of Ihe senate and speaker ol the House don't end until the new Legislature meets on Jan. 13. shooting hours novembe'u? Open 6:44 kM. Close 3:36 PJt. Throughout Ihe trial, the alleged plot was described as "Zionist Inspired," leaving the obvious Im plication of a still wider crackdown on Jews behind the Iron Curtain. The Israeli Parliament has de nounced the trial and Western Jew. Ish organizations have expressed resentment. Of those sentenced to be hanged only dementis, Frank and Svab are non-Jews. Western diplomats suggested that the trial set the stage for slm llsr proceedings m other Soviet satellite countries. Romania's Jew ish former foreign minister, Ana Pauker. or Poland's former Deputy Premier Wladlslaw Oomulka were mentioned as possibly the next principal defendants. These diplomats said the Com munists, in staging the trial, ap parently aimed at winning friends lor the Soviet, world among the Arab people through the attacks on Jews and the slate ot Israel. The court proceedings also served as a warning; to Communists everywhere that the Kicmlin will not permit the slightest deviation from Its policies and warned thou sands of Jews In high posts In other Red satellites nation to watch their step, " "i i'iie.1 - - - ' " " ' t . .... , fflKfffpiXi f I aro&i r7 Wv:-J Wreck : Toll I" l n rn.,,,, iisRiiiiii 'i i hot 'ioiiiii 'i , rlVt.l,..JgJ rriea Frre , Pagaa KLAMATlf rAI.LH, OltKOON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER mTTmI Telephone Sill No. 2083 - , . i? . in ma si n i..ii.i-a,- .in, n Tiaggsn THIS GIANT CHRISTMAS free, mounted In front of the Court home this morning, represents Timber Company supplied the tree, the California Oregon Power Company set It up end 20 . . Men Selected To See McKay Ranchers hit by the Bureau of rcla mat Ions stoppage of all crop land leases In the Klamath Project have selected four persons to tell their story to Oov. Douglas McKay tn Salem Monday. The four are State Rep, Henry (Hank) Semon, ranchers Ivan Rase and Charles Wiese and Fiord Boyd, rancher and farm equipment aeaier. a iitut memoer ot the group Is to be named from the Klamath Irrigation District mem bership. Oov. 1 McKay. Elsenhower's choice for secretary of the interior. hss agreed to hear the group In oaiem jwonaay aiiemoon. ow. ne has pointed out that he Is not yet In a position to do other than merely listen. In Sacramento this mornimr. Phil Dickinson, assistant regional director of the Reclamation Bu reau, aald there had been no de velopments in the lease stoppage situation. 'You people up there know as much about this thing -aa we do down here, ' Dickinson said. The Bureau of Reclamation, on order of Michael 8traus, chief ot the bureau, has notified 133 ranch era that their leases on rich Klam ath crop land will not be renewed for next year. Straus offered no reason for his action, A later directive from his office aald no decision on what to do with the lease land would be made "prior to Nov. 30," The Herald and News-KFLW public aervlce radio forum, "Build the Basin," will have a look at the problem this coming Tuesday eve ning, The question for discussion will be "what should be done with the lease land?" - A panel representing- all Im portant facets of the question Was being arranged today. . ' 'I a 1 SHIP ARRIVES BAM FRANCISCO (AV-The trans port Oen. C. O. Morton arrived Thursday with (30 troops and civilians from, Honolulu and other Paelfie baee(( Sporis Bulletin ;' KITTLE MANAGES TEgRE HAl'TE. Ind. WV-Ap poimment of Hubert (Hub) Kit tle oi Yakima, Wash., aa mana ger of the Terre Haute Three I League baseball club was an nounced Friday. The announce ment came from Joe Reardoa, director of the Philadelphia Na tional League club'a farm organ isation. Chemult Has Record Cold ' Chemult had the dubious honor this morning of being one of the two coldest spots in the nation. The chilly community near the Cascades summit recorded eight below sero early this morning. Only one other town in the coun try, Qoodland, Ksns., had it that cold. According to an Associated Press roundup, Ooodlnnd had eight below, followed by Redwood Falls Minn., with seven below and Bis mark. N. D., wilh six below. Although Klamath Falls exper ienced a new season's low. It was only a comparatively balmy six above. Previous low this winter was Monday morning's nine above. High temperature here yester day was 32 at about 1 p.m. From that point the mercurv went stead ily down until It touched six a little after 7 o'clock this morning. The weatherman Is forecasting a bit warmer weather for the Klamath Country with a low of 20 tonight. But the warmer weather is to bring snow tomorrow, ac cording to the prediction. Meanwhile, new seasonal lows were being chalked up at many points irom the western plains to Northern parts of the Mississippi Valley, It wss sub freezing as far south as Northern Texas, the Ten nessee Valley and the extreme Southern Rockies. Only mild weather tn the nation was reported from Southern Cal ifornia and deep In Dixie along the Oiilf Coast and In Florida, In Buffalo, N.Y.. traffic was snarled by an 8-inch snowfall. Christmas Fete Tonight Santa Is coming to town! The Jolly old gent, complete with whiskers and boots will settle down via helicopter on Modoc Field at the high school tonight around 8 p.m. Immediately following a half hour colorful, full-of-surprlses, pageant. The program Is expected to be one of the most outstanding ever auempieo. nere tor a Merchant's Christmas Opening. 'Christmas Is For Giving" Is the theme of the playlet to be pre sented against a natural backdrop of forest trees and greens. Well-known Klamath adults and children are cast In the roles of a happy family who think only of their "wants" at Christmas time Instead of the happiness that "giv ing" brings. Charlie McFarlan will play the part of Father; Minnie Surles, the grandmother; Faith Brock, Mother Dave Biglle, Grandfather: David Reeder, Jim; Mary Laurhammer, Betty; Leslie Fleet, Nancy; Joe (Continued en Page 4) Farm Prices In Decline WASHINGTON I Farm prod uct prices declined 2 per cent be tween mid-October and mld-Nov-ember, the Agriculture Depart- ment reported Friday. urns marked the third consecu tive month that these Prices de clined. . Largely responsible for the de cline were lower prices for meat animals, cotton, fruit and com. A few commodities, principally food grains, poultry and eggs, and rucK crops advanced to onset partially the declines In other products.' The department said the level ot prices paid by farmers for goods and services used In production and in living dropped one-third of one per cent during the month. real cooperation. Weyerhaeuser - 30 Club spearheaded the Idea. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Increasing cloudiness Friday night and anew flurries Saturday. High Saturday 40; low Friday night t. High yesterday ,' 31 Low last sight - Preclp last 24 bra - - t Since Oct. 1 . Normal for period ... Z.60 Same period last year - l.M (Additional Weather en Page 4) z. It ... READY FOR WORK thit morning were II to r), Ruby Young, of Hardy's, end Cecil Finney, Sean, 198 Killed TACOMA Vn A four-englned military transport from Alaska crashed in the fog a mile short of Its destination here shortly after midnight and 36 of the 39 aboard died tn the explosion and flames. Tlit passenger list of service men and dependents Included sev en women and nine children. The only survivors, all in Tacoma hos pitals, were two airmen and an eight-year-old boy. Two of the women killed were In the military service. Several of the children were babies. An Air Force Information officer from McChord Air - Force Base, where the big C-54 was preparing to land, said the hospitals ex pressed the belief the three survi vors have a good chance to pull through. Bgi. Raymond Smith, who was reported to have been stationed at McChord Base, died of head Injuries after being taken to a hos- P3. At least two witnesses to the tragedy said the plane was afire as it "whooshed" down to a tree flanked field about a mile from Its destination at McChord Air Force Base. HIT TREE ' Capt. Jack Easley,. public Infor mation officer at McChord. said earlv renorts to the base indicated the plane struck a tree while com ing In through the heavy fog for ' a ground-control approach landing. All but a section of the tail was destroyed tn the resulting fire and cxpiusion. uoaies were scattered over 200 feet from the wreckage. The crash added to the toll of a dUasterous three weeks for mili tary transports aviation around, the North Pacific rim. . If the death toll stands at 36 in Friday's crash, It makes a tout of 198 dead or presumed dead along the arc from Korea to Alaska to McChord and Montana. The to tal includes 91 on three big trans ports in Alaska. 55 in two Korea crashes, eight In Montana and eight in a Canadian crash on Van couver Island. McChord Base reported the transport, a C-54, was circling for an approach to the field whett di saster struck. Art Getchman, 18. who was driv ing nearby, and Phillip Bolden, a McChord taxi driver who said the plane flew low over his home, were the witnesses who said the plane appeared to be afire. ueunman tnougnt tnere was lire In an engine on the left side; Bold en said It "looked like the entire right wing was afire." VERY LOW .-, ' Both said the plane was extreme ly low. Getchman told a reporter; "I couldn't near the motors; it was Just a big whoosh." "I thought it was a meteor," he added. "It hist seemed to slide into the ground." - The manliest listed 18 military : (Continued ea page 4). Holiday Toll Climbs to 125 By The Associated Press The nation's accidentia! death. toll over the Thanksgiving holi day has climbed to 125 killed. A survey showed 103 persona were killed in traffic accidents and 23 lost their lives Irom miscellaneous causes during a 30-hour period. Cold weather and snow-packed and Icy highways kept thousands of motorists off the highways and the cut In travel was partially credited with reducing the trafflo toll. This year's traffic toll compared with 102 last year; 94 In 1950; 123 in 1949; 86 tn 1948; 107 in 1947 and 69 in 1946. National Safety Council records show that tn the first nine months this year 27.220 persons were killed in highway mishaps, a rale of 99 every 24 hours. This total, however, covers deaths of Injured coming dsys, weeks or months af ter the accident. The Thanksgiving survey covers only deaths from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight' Thursday local time. I l 1 r
