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By FRANK JENIUNH
Vrom Honolulu;
General Hlaenhower haa been
considerably upset by 1'rcsldenl
Truman's mast at ills Korean trip,
(The lltlla nun lu the White Houae
railed It "pure aemegonuery. j
Clone Mot-late ny Ui Prealdrnt.
ln,.L ! MhiMktirf ttiri iiuiKlnd and
leela tha prealdcnt's statement wi
uncalled lor, undignified mid
should be Ignored. Ho la Hid K
regard It a low blow which he
didn't deserve,
K T werrf you. Ike. I'd CON8ID
I K THE BOUNCE end M It go
Hi that. Tlit Mile iimii llnda II
hard to rise auove uie guiier poii
Ilea o( a bill, corrtliit. machine'
ridden city where he loarned bla
politician's trade.
rrotn Korea:
ft'ine 300 yard to the north of
Little Nori hill la Bin Nort hill.
and thte loo la Uie scene ot aharp
lighting with ftoutb Korean troopa
trying to retake Uila Important
height.
A front Una dlanetrh tella how
aeveral South Korean tntuntryiiien
lashed gallantly through Uie cur
lain of Chinese lire and DIED
ATOP BIO NORI HILL AFTER
IIUULINO HANI) GRENADES
INTO THE CHINESE POSITIONS
It wag a OALLANT dred. Aa you
read of It, your breath comra feat
rr and hot teara sling your eyea.
There can bo no greater courage
thau that of men who will daah
uiinrallallngly to certain death for
a cauae they BELIEVE IN ana
are willing (o DIE FOK.
The South Korean are MEN
llial la becoming Increaaingly
clear from day to day.
VUt , the DEED ITSELP waa
I'jiile.
'Iliere are only 30 odd mlllloiui of
Routh Koreana. Ooodnesa only
knowa hoar many HUNDRKDB ol
niuuona or communists mere
Obvloualy, with the balance ol
i m h r a as STAOOEK1NOLY
against them, Uie Houth Koreana
can't afford to loao precloua heroea
in actions aurn aa py .m
Norl hill. Equally obvloualy. Willi
the balance ol number lanleatlcal
Iv IN THEIR FAVOR, It la emart
airairay un ine iiimv i itT v,
.....nl.la In nrnitnka aiich lllCldrnta
Il'a the old apocryphal elorv ol
the cninrae ana uie japs: n7
aoon no more Jape.''
While admiring them for their
heroic devotion to their cauae and
lliclr urlin qualltlea aa fighting
men. We rnuit teach the South Ko
reana to be a Utile more reallauc.
One ol Hie fimdamenlala of war la
t.ir Inexorable lonlo that a dead
u.i.tti. i. m imwer ttt any .value
to hia country where til soldier
who Ilglil Braveiy ou niiKi
to STAY ALIVE U o canllnulng
alue to bla country and hla cauae,
I think It la clear by Uila lime
In evcrv inieiugem mina mi
alrategy ol the coinmuniala tn Ko
rea ine niitAiwi "r "
- r. TT't " WJ 14.,, ! I. mV lhV tltU
deratand Vullv Uiat their renervoir
ol manpower la Inexhaustible
wnercaa oura is nuv.
. I . . 1 . 1 n An . n HrFP
US FIGHTING LONO ENOUOH
In Korea and we will be bled
while, una anrewu au await.
concept.
To meet It and deleat II, what
ahould our alrategy be?
It'a a tough problem. I think we
nilgnt aa wen iac? u-e i-ci
uD to now our enemy baa the edge
on ua.
That raise a question:
WHO la our enemy?
Our enemy la communist Fua
ala, which la the BRAIN of thla
rung that wa call communlam.
Jommunum la a aplderweb. Rua
iK la tha aplder at the center ol
affc ba far mm hava been
I lllra 'that get 'atuck In the OUt-
allcky maae oi ine wen,
Oiile we are doing thai Rua-
L the aplder, alia UNINJURED
l.i the center.
I'm afraid the lime muat come
when we will have to aay to Rua
eia: YOU'RE THE SPIDER.
The next time you aet a nasty
trap for ua out on the edge of
your web, we'll refuse lo gel luck
In It.
Instead, we'll DESTROY YOU
WITH ATOM BOMBS,
I know that'a a grim thought
but this battle agalnat communlam
la grim business.
And Ruaaia 18 the spider at the
center of the web. So far, ahe haa
been able to wage effective war
agalnat ua without getting even
acralched herarlf.
Can we let that go on Indefinite
ly? If we do, we may be deatroyed.
Husband rote
Over 'Brother'
WAUSAU. Wis. im Farmer
Waller Brandt was married alx
years, he teatlfled Friday before
he learned that the man living with
him and his wife was his wife's
undivnrceit husband, not her
"brother."
Brandt, 36, told County Judge
Frank O. Loefflcr that his wile,
Minnie, had Identified Joseph Rud
dock aa her brother before they
were married In 194(1, Brandt an Id
Minnie and Ruddock at that time
were living on a tarm near Vesper.
Bui when Brandt married Minnie
and moved to his farm In the town
or nu Plelne, he said1, Ruddock
moed In with them. Last July
Brandt said Minnie's sister told
him Ruddock was Minnie' hus
band, not her brother.
Joe and Minnie admitted decep
tion but claimed they had been di
vorced, Brandt stated. But, he said,
he "blew up" and started' annul
ment proceedings.
. Judge Lorfllcr told Ruddock, hla
A ttory of how he got a divorce was
7rnplauslble and that he and Minnie
' xVlll were married. Brandt was
granted an annulment.
HST 'Demagogue' Remark
Ruptures
By DON WHITEHEAD
HONOLULU I A reliable
source today auld President Tru
man's "riomugoguery" aliileinent
cut 1'realdent elect Elaenhower
deeply and luat about killed any
chanc of friendly relations be
tween Uie two In the future.
'Ilils reaction waa dlacloaed
short lime before Elaenhower was
to leave Huwail bound for New
York City, which he left aecrellv
Jual two weeka ago lor Korea. He
Is due to arrive at the Marine air
terminal at La Ouardla Kleld at
1 p. in., EST, tomorrow.
It was learned that Elaenhower
was shocked and putled by Presi
dent Truman's blunt at hla Kore.in
trip, Inlorniaiita said the President-elect
f pit the 'Ituman atatc
ment was uncalled for, undignified
snd should be Ignored.
The informants said Elaenhower
would continue along the course he
haa act to find a solution to the
Korean conflict, including a aludy
ot Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
proposals.
The once friendly relations of
Elsenhower and Truman, It
was said, had been badly alralned
by accusations made during the
heat of the presidential campaign
but the new Incident points to
a coldly formal relationship In the
future.
"Thla looks like the finish of any
Informal acrosa-ihe-desk meetings
Ward Services
Set Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie
Emily Steele Wllaon Ward. 06-yrur-old
Klamath County pioneer W'ho
died Dec. 13 at the home ol a
niece, Mra. Sally Harshbargcr In
the Henley District will be held
from the chapel of Ward's Klam
ath Funeral Home, Monday, Dec.
is, 2:30 p.m.
The Rev. Galen On-tad. St. Paula
Episcopal Churoh, and officers of
Aloha Chapter, No. 1, OES will
I.J . 'i-tV ' ' 'X V- 'it 'it ,
a.'x wi- .,mt.tm
MINNIE WARD
officiate. Commitment service and
Interment will be In the tangly
plot. Linkvllle Cemetery.
Mrs. Ward waa cloaely Identified
with early development of the
Klamath Country, waa a charter
snd life member and Past Matron
ol Aloha Chapter, No. l, Past
President of SI. Paul'a Episcopal
Oiiild. and with her late husband,
Frank Ward, assisted with organ
Iratlnn of the first Episcopal church
In Klamath Falls. '
She waa active over the years In
other women'a groups and waa
particularly Interested In Uie ad
vancement of culture here.
Mrs. Ward was lirsl married
Nov. 14, 187S tn Reno, to George
Washington Johnson Wilson, and
(Centlnued ea page 10)
Navy Plans
Huge Carrier
WASHINGTON l.fl The Navy
will lav Uie keel ol Us second su-
pen'te carrier at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard next Tuesday
Secretarv of the Navy t n Kim
ball will preside over the tradition
al ceremony when a keel 4aMe la
lowered Into place lor the 60.000
ton carrier Saratoga.
She will be a sister ship of the
Carrier Forreatal, on which con
struction alaried at ine Newport
Newa Shipbuilding and Drydock
Company, In Virginia, last July.
The new class amps immDau
has aald he hopes Uie Navy would
build them at a rate of one a year
for ten yeara) will be flush-deck
flattop-,, capable of carrying more
than lflfl planes of Uie modern,
heavy Jet type.
Migni nerg oi ine rTirresiai
claaa la 1.040 feet; the width 262
feet. Speed of the ships will be "In
excess o 30 knots," says the Navy.
The estlmsted cost of the Sara
toga Is 1209,100,000, about eight
million dollars less than Uie For
restal. The new carrier Is the sixth
Navy ship tn bear Uie name of
the famous revolutionary war bat
tle. The Inst Saratoga., also a car
rier, was stink In the atom bomb
tests at Bikini Lagoon In 1946,
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vlrlnlly and Northern California:
Conalderahle night and morning
fog. Partly aunny through tomor
row aiirrnnon. Low tonight 37, nigh
tomorrow 5S.
High yeaterday 31
Low laat night 18
SANTA DELAYED
Pnnl-n Clatia will not visit the
Langell Valley Hall until Wednes
day, Dec, IT, Instead of Monday,
Dec, IS. The program Is .sched
uled for t p.m.
Ike Relations
between the two," this source ssld,
"If Uiere Is another mooting It
probably wm Be a coia ailair."
Truman told a news conference
Thursday that Uie Elsenhower trip
to Korea was a "piece ol political
deinagoguery." It Is known here
that Elsenhower thinks thla was
a low blow which he did not de
serve Irom the President.
Also. Elsenhower Is represented
aa thinking that Uie Truman aisle
ment waa poor paychology for Uie
IrooiM In Korea who had received
a lift tu spirits irom his visit to
combat units.
The President elect considers
the Korean trip and the confer
ence that followed with his lop
udvlsers a worthwhile venture
that already has paid good dlvl
drnda In the lurmatton ol future
policy,
Tlie generst held his final major
conference with h I s advisers
lliursday evening before most of
them left Hawaii to return to the
mainland.
One of his advisers said, "This
meeting was the most Important
of the whole trip. It waa brief but
very, very Important In setting Uie
courae of the new administration."
It la understood there were no
pin-point declalons made but that
the group "did a lot ol business "
In establishing overall agreements
In which Korea waa a part.
8lnce that meeting, Elsenhower
haa spent most of hla time play
ing golf, resting and trying to
shus cold.
He Is expected to return lo his
Commodore Hotel headquarters In
New York Monday to continue his
work there and there Is a likeli
hood he will meet wlUi Gen. Doug
las MacArthur some tune next
week lo hear MacArUiur's views
on Korea,
MacArthur recently Implied ha
had a plan for peace but Presi
dent Truman haa aald that if he
haa MacArthur ahould present It
lo him and not wait.
One source reported there al
ready has been "some strsln at
the hlah level" between Elsenhow-
er'a liaison men Sen. Henry Cabot
Lodge R-Mass) and Joseph M.
Dodge and Truman's cabinet
members.
Ha aald there had been no fric
tion below the Cabinet level and
added he did not tnink wnat tril
lion there was would creai any
problem In the orderly transfer of
government from Democratic to
Republican control.
Man Queried
In Old Killing
, Eugene WTIlht. 26-year-old Ne
gio serving a County Jail sentence
lor carrying a concealed weapon,
la being Investigated; In connec
tion with the murder of a Santa
Fe railroad special agent at Stock
ton, Calif., live yeara ago.
He haa denied any knowledge
of Uie Stockton crime, and has of
fered an alibi which la being
checked.
Deputy Sheriff Dal Reed, on In
formation supplied by a Southern
Pacific apeclal agent here, ques
tioned Wright about the old slay
ing, and relayed bis answer to
Stockton authorities.
Harry L. (Red) Ashley, 52, the
Santa Fe special agent, was shot
to death Dec. 29, 147, In the Stock
ton railroad yards by a Negro
man he was questioning regarding
a package he was carrying. The
Negro Is reported to bsve taken
a gun Irom a satchel, fired and
tied down tha tracks,
DKHCRIHED
The killer was described as
about 5 leet I Inches tall, weigh
Ine lss pounds, and of dark brown
complexioa all fitting Wright with
some accuracy, but he was de
scribed aa older, appearing to be
about 38 yeara old In 1947. Wright
gave hla age here as 26, which
would have made him Just 21 five
years ago.
He also said that he was tn an
insane asylum at Talmsdge, Calll.,
in 1947, and spent Christmas Day
there. Reed aald the alibi would
be checked, and that If Wright
waa Incarcerated on Dec. 25. 1947,
he probably also was four days
lster si the lime of the slaying.
However, Wright' storv thst he
was In Uie menial Institution In
1947 does not square with what
he aald In District Court laat Wed
nesday when he was questioned
by District Judge D. E. Van Vac
tor about bis previous criminal rec
ord. At that time, he said he waa
sentenced to a California reforma
tory In 1948 and alter a couple of
months was transferred to Uie Tal
msdge asylum, from which be was
released In 1950.
ARREST
The occurrance which resulted
In Wright's being arrested here
also resulted In his being ques
tioned about the Stockton murder.
He was arrested esrly last Wed
nesday morning alter a 9-mm auto
matic pistol he waa handling dis
charged and shot a hole In the
dashboard of a Yellow Cab tn
which he wa riding. He was re
ported to have taken the weapon
from a small bag, and could Rive
n reason for taking the pistol out
In Uie cab, except to deny that he
had any intention of robbing the
cab driver.
Wright pleaded guilty to the con
cealed weapon charge, and1 was
sentenced to 1ft days In Jail, He
aald he bought the pistol at a local
sporting goods store a short time
sgo.
Wright worked for the Southern
Pacific as a section gsng laborer
at Algoma from September until
early this month.
Bulletin
BULLETIN
An .Associated Pre dispatch
from Portland this, afternoon
aald home delivered milk prtcea
In Klamath County were to be
cut from 1 Is l'i cent per
quart aa a result ef Oregon Milk
Marketing Administration orders
today.
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Price Five fip A Pages KLAMATH FALLS, ORKOON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 19 Telephone 8111 .No. 2496
Canadians
Report Big
Clover Crop
A definate upward revision of
the Canadian alalke clover crop
production thla year has been ol-
nciauy conurmed oy the Canadian
government In a telegram received
here late yeaterday.
The wire waa In answer to a
query for official Information re
garding the disposition of the Can
ada crop, which has a delinlte
bearing on local slslke marketing
conditions, it listed tne overall
production at 5.280,000 pounds, and
placed the exportable amount (esti
mated) at about 4,000,000 pounds
About 600,000 .pounds of slslke
stocks were carryover already, the
wire ssld. It was from H. K.
Parnell, administrative officer. In
the Canadian agricultural depart
ment, ouowa, unl., Canada.
Parnell aald the province of A!
berta In Western Canada, was the
principal seed producing area ol
uie dominion.
VERIFICATION
This verification, in ellccl, con
firms also early reports ol local
buyers who bsd forecast similar
figures. However, governmental
figures from the northern country
didn't Jibe with them. Esrly of
ficial estimates set the cansdian
crop for the year at 3.250.000
pounds, with about a million
pounds due lor export to the U.S.
Meanwhile buyers bad little or
no market lor the crop in the
U, 8., and there have been numer
ous reports that the use of Uie
legume as a cover ana lorage crop
in the Midwest snd South has
dropped off. A 0D8A market re
porter suggested the slslke hss
been used to butld up depleted
lands, and now thst those soils
hsve come back the farmers have
turned to other crops.
LAST YEAR
Last year local clovermrn were
renin as much as 41 and 42 cents
or better for each pound ol
their crop. Today what price mere
Is rides along the government sup
port level, at 26 centa. There have
been reports mat canauians ns
been selling lor even below the
U. H. supports.
Wby the big crop from the north
this season?
Countv Agent Walt Jendrsejew-
skl described many or the Alberta
alalke operations merely grow Uie
crop for sny reason but harvest
unless It looks good. Canada
apparently had a top year, and
has more than tripled Its produc
tion over last year. Farmers must
have harvested leu ana rignt.
The total U.S. crop this year
and carryover laat 1 Jar was 12.-
910.000 (Ml pounds, according to
announced figures, wun tne Ca
nadian crop added, the total al
alke available tms year is aooui
17.000.000 i Ml pounds. Total con
sumption lsst yesr wss lsr under
Uie average during Uie past 20
yeara at approximately 12.ouo.ouo
(Mi pounds, according to statistics
released by the government.
Judge Ends
Atom Strike
DUNKIRK. NY. U! The
American Locomotive Company
resumed production of atomic en
ergy supplies at Its plsnt here Sat
urday after a federal Judge Issued
a Taft-Hartley Injunction ordering
an end to a iul-day strike of CIO
sleelworkers.
E. F. Murphy, plant manager,
said 40 production workers and a
number of maintenance workers
had reported lo work up to the
midnight shift. He ssld 300 men
will be at work Saturday and ad
ditional men will report to work
Sunday.
Murphy said Uie plant will oper
ate at capacity within one week.
Companv and union officials pro
mised quick cooperation with the
order Issued In Buffalo district
Court Friday by Judge John
Knight.
But the. union said It would fight
the Injunction In court.
Joseph P. Molony state direc
tor of the United Stcelworkers, aald
he had told officers of the striking
locals to order their men back to
work. He said the union wss a
"responsible and law-abiding or
ganlrsUon." Judge Knight directed the com
pany and union to appear next
Tbursdsy and give any reasons
why the temporary injunction,
sought by Ihe U. S. government,
should not be made permanent.
The CIO has announced Its In
tention to make Uie case a teat
or the constitutionality of the In
junction provision ot the Taft-Hartley
Act.
i 'NORTH'))- rr td
; , KOREA .fry -' . lffisJ 'Vt
TWggi8l SOUTH
KOREA 6
STATUTE MtUS S3RMlSEOUL "JEli
ARROWS LOCATE Big and Little Nor! hills, on Korea's west,
rn front, where ROK troops and Chinese Reds ere engaged
in bitter fighting. In tha latest clash, the ROKs recaptured
Little Nori, but were unable to dislodge the Reds from the
bigger height. Allied raiders also battled the Chinese north
west of Munssn in another fight fo protect the northern inva
sion rout to Seoul.
Sania Phone
Line Slated
Klamath youngsters again this
year are going to be able to tele
phone atralght through to the North
Pole and 6anta Claus under a pro
gram being sponsored by the Klam
ath Falls Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
The Jaycees are making arrange
ments now to push the Christmas
Tree transmission line through to
Santa place up north, and Santa s
number Is to be announced Mon
day over the radio and tn the Her-
and News.
Arrangements already made with
the bearded gent have scheduled
him to be available to speak on
telephones Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings from 5:30 o
8 p.m., according to Chalrmaii
wayn J-lauiea.. ... ,
Execution For
'The Meatball'
LOS ANGELES Ml Tomoya
(Meatball! Kawaklta will be exe
cuted for betraying bis native Unit
ed Slates unless Uie President
grants him clemency.
U. S. Judge WUliam C. Mathes
Friday denied the plea of the Cal-lfornls-born
Japanese for modifi
cation of the death sentence, which
the U. 8. Supreme Court already
haa upheld.
Shortly before World War II, Ka
waklta. now 30, went to Japan. He
became an Interpreter at a prison
camp. Alter Uie war, he came
back to this country and was rec
ognised by Sgt. William L. Bruce,
one of his former prisoners. In a
local department store.
Thirty lormer prisoners testified
ss to Kawakita's brutality to Amer
icans In the camp. He was con
victed In 194S.
Some Prices
Show Decrease
wiauTMnTYiv beu Lower ortces
r ,n. imh live noultrv and
cotton and sharper drops In eggs
and some iruits ana vcg:vui
pulled government measured
wkninttu nrtr down four-tenths
of 1 per cent during Uie week
enciea las lucsuny.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
said yesterday the over-all drop tn
wholesale prices wss due mainly
to a 2i, ner cent decline In farm
P1??1?' ,
The Durrnu ia
prices dTopped to 190.6 per cent
ol the 1947-49 average.
Helicopter
Replaces Horse
TOPPENISH ( The deys of
Ihe Indian cowboy snd his horse
annear numbered In the rugged
Klickitat country of South-Central
Washington. They have fallen un
der the shadow of the ."'whlrly
bird." Leland Strait, countv extension
agent, said this week the Klickitat
River CatUe Association, an In
dian group, had hired a helicopter
to find straying cattle.
The 'copter can cover range In
three hours It would take men on
horseback several weeks. II not
found, manv of the strayed cat
tle die of starvation and cold.
SHOOTING HOURS
2L&
DECEMBER 14 15
Open 6:58 - Close 3.35
Open 6:59 - Close 3:35
Memorial Due
For Repairs
A movement to rebuild with
more permanency the deteriorat
ing war memorial shaft on the
Courthouse lawn is gaining
strength despite the postponement
this week of a meeting to formally
launch the movement.
Colman OXoughlin. of the Allied
Veterans Council, said the meet
ing scheduled for Tuesday was post
poned because of the stormy wea
ther and bad been rescbedued for
this coming Tuesday' evening. It
is to be held In Uie Circuit Court
Room at the Courthouse, i p.m.
All service organizations In the
Basin have been requested by let
ter to send a representative to
the meeting. . - ' '.
O'LoughUn. who fathered the
Idea of Uie memorial In Uie early
days of the war. ssys the plywood
shaft has now deteriorated to such
degree that It "is rapidly becom
ing a disgrace."
The shaft bears the names of
400 Klamath County and Tulelake
service men who gave their lives
righting; in World Wsr Two and the
Korean campaign. It is now sug
gested that an enlarged shaft might
also carry Uie names of World
War One dead.
The proposed new shaft would
have the names on bronze plaques
mounted on S-inch marine ply
wood. Wooden fence and light posts
would be replaced with steel.
KUHS Slates
Xmas Concert
Klamath Union High School Mu
sic Department's annual Christmas
present to Uie public, a variety
concert of YuleUde music. Is to be
presented in the high school audi
torium this coming Thursday eve
ning. There Is no charge but It
will be necessary for persons wish
ing to attend to obtain reserved
tickets in order to control the
crowd.
The event, which bag for many
years been a highlight of the holi
day season here. Is an all-KUHS
production under the general di
rection ol Andrew Loney Jr., di
rector of music Instruction In the
city public schools.
Featured will be the a cappella
choir. Boys Olee Club, Girls Olee
Club and KUHS Orchestra. AU
Music Department alumni are in
vited to join the choir for two
numbers, "Silent Night," and
"Beautiful Savior."
The choral groups will Join In
doing Mozart's "Gloria In Ex
celsls." The KUHS Art, Drama and Me
chanical Departments handling
staging and all special effects.
Santa Plans
County Trips
Km Ih. .vnll, -Aniw-llttvA var
Santa Claus is to make visits round
about tne county, sometimes wiui
Merrv rhristmas. Hia schedule this
year Includes:
Monday, Dec. 15 Lorella, 8:15,
with Merry Christmas.
Tuesday, Dec. IS iweiase
Ameri.-nn Lesion Hall, with Merry
Christmas, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 17 Bonanza
High School, 8:15, alone.
Thursday, Dec. 18. Merril High
School, 7:30 p.m., alone.
rnaay, lkc. iv j. . ivcms, i-a
p.m.. Penney's 6:30-9 p.m.. alone.
fiatnrH rie-e 9fl NewelL 8:15.
With Merry Christmas.
Sunday, Dec, 31 Moose Lodge,
In the afternoon.
Monday, Dec. 22 Midland
Grange Hall, 7:30 p.m., alone.
Tuesday, Dec. 23 Church of the
Latter Day Saints, 7:30 p.m., with
Merry tnristmas.
UHneriav Tar Q4TAri1P hall.
7:30 p.m., with Merry Christmas.
ROK Troops
Recapture
Little Nori
By GEORGE McARTHUR
SEOUL Wl Tough lltUe South
Korean troops today stormed to
the top of Little Nori Hill lost more
than two davs ago, drove off Red
remnants, then stuck there stub
bornly under steady pounding from
Communist guns and infantry as
saults. .
Other Republic of Korea soldiers
attacked Reds on Big Norl, some
300 yards to the north.
The Roks battled to within 15
yards of Big Nori's crest, were
pinned down more than two hours
by heavy artillery and mortar fire
and then were forced to withdraw.
REPORTED
AP Correspondent Milo Fametl
reported a few South Korean In
fantrymen dashed gallantly
through Uie curtain of Chinese fire
and died atop Big Nori after hurl
ing hand grenades Into Communist
positions.
Although failing to take the
larger peak, the South Koreans on
Big Norl absorbed so much of the
Communist fire that their com
rades were able to dig In deeper
on Little Nori. Those troopa re
ceived only harassing fire after
burling back a Chinese company
some 175 men shortly before
noon.
Fameti reported that front line
officers estimated the Chinese lost
about 800 men, boosting to nearly
2,000 those killed, wounded and
captured since the fighting erupted
in that sector.
Both Western Front hills, gate
posts on the traditional northern
invasion route to this old capital,
were grabbed by Communists in
swift attacks early Thursday. They
are on Uie Imjln River about 40
miles north, of Seoul.
SMASH
The eive up. steep, frozen Little
Nori was the 10th countersmasb
by the ROKs. It turned out to be
Uie sixth time the Peak has
changed hands since the Chinese
picked. It as Uie scene for their
latest small-scale . offensive.
The Nort fighting, reminiscent
of the hot battles on Sniper Ridge
uu a riaugje Aiu m tenirsi Korea
a month ago, has cost the Reds
an estimated 1,100 dead, wounded
and captured.
The estimate did not include Red
lasses todsy, or the toll taken by
artillery and planes pounding the
Communist staging areas immedi
ately behind the two Noris.
The weary ROKs reached the
crest of little Norl about 10 a. m.
today.
Toy Brown
Indicted
Toy Brown, Klamath Indian from
Beatty, was named In an indict
ment charging two murders, re
turned by a federal grand Jury
at PorUand yesterday.
He is held in Jail at Portland.
The 55-year-old Indian admitted
ly shot and killed his ex-wife, Kate
Godowa. 67, and her daughter, Flo
rence Chrlstensen. at the Godowa
home north of Beatty Sept. 19.
He gave himself up to State Po
lice a few hours after the shoot
ing. Also Indicted by Uie grand jury
were William Alton Bowles. 56. for
breaking into the postal substation
at the Lee Hendricks drug store
here in town Oct. 25. He also is In
Jail In Portland.
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TWO EMPLOYES of tha New Method Cltanert hold an aarly
morning conference. Shirley Bsrrineau, who works at tha coun.
Jar talks with Gordon Dennis, delivery truck drivtr.
Informer
Gives Tip
To Officers
SAN FRANCISCO W Two men
a father and son were arreau
ed early Saturday on a police in-
lormant s tip lor questioning in
the mass killing of Grocer Ouard
Young, snd three small children
last October 10 at Chester, Calif.
Police idenf'led the man aa
Travis Hall, 27. of Richmond,
Calif., and his father, Wendell Hall,
49, Fresno.
The dramatic arrest of the son
occurred In his home at 670 South
3 Lit St., Richmond, when the In
formant, whose identity wss con
cealed by police, walked In ahead
of officers and said:
Meno, Al."
Police Inspector Edward O'Hnlra
said a lie detector test "shows
that Travis Hall has more infor
mation about Uie Chester mass
slaylngs than he could have ob
tained by reading newspaper' ac
counts of the tragedy."
nan nao. suDmilted readily to
the test and O'Huire said he would
be given another test shortly.
ine inspector also said that the
police informer had described a
man who he said approach him I
some time ago with a proposition .
w roo a man named "young.", -O'Haire
aald th lnformer'rf"d. i
scrlptlon of the man "fits Half very 7
wen. v-
The officer also said the Inform
er stated "Travis Hall is the man
who passed himself off to ma aa
'Al Foley'."
The younger Han not only de
nied knowledge of Uie slayings but
also insisted he does not know
where the town of Chester Is.
"And I don't know this amy (the
Informant) and never saw him be
fore. My nickname Is not 'Al' but
Kecr."
PROPOSITION
Police Inspector Edward O'Haire
said the Informant had told offi
cers that be wss propositioned to
drive a car In the robbery ol a
man named Young.
Young, 43, was beaten to death
and robbed of 17.128 In cash aa he
was enroute from a bank.
His two young daughters, Jean,
7. and Judv. 8. also were slain
with a neighbor's son, Michael
Saile, 4.
Young's other daughter, Sondra,
3 V. also waa beaten and left tor
dead.
The killer or killers staffed the
victims' bodies In the trunk of
Young's car.
Little Sondra survived and told
in simple words how two men.
one of them masked, had beaten
tne ouier to aeata.
Travis Hall was taken to the po
lice station at Richmond after bla
arrest and while there a telephone ,
can came from Fresno,
A man asked. "Have you a
Travis Hall in Jail for tha Plumas
murders?"
i Police flashed word to Fresno
and Wendell Hall was taken Into
custody.
Travis Hall Is married and the
father of two small girls and a
boy.
He recalled that a year ago be
was arrested for grand theft, but
said it was a ''case of mistaken
identity and I was released'."
"If October 10 (the day of tha
Chester slaylngs) was a week day,
then I was working." Hall de
clared. October 10 was a Friday.
The younger Hall said he was
employed by E. P. Finigan, bead
of a gymnastic equipment com
pany in san Francisco.
"INNOCENT
The elder Hall, held at Fresno .
pending arrival of San Francisco
officers, volunteered the statement
to newsmen that ba was Innocent
of any wrongdoing.
I a on i know wny i am Here
because I'm sure innocent," he
said. "I never did anythlng.1
Tne extensive investigation of
the Chester slaylngs resulted? in
the arrest of several suspects
shortly afterward but all were re
leased. Inspector O'Haire ssld the In
formant knew Travis Hall as "Al
Foley."
The officer quoted the younger
Hall as saying Uie name "Al Fol
ey" seemed vaguely familiar to
him, but he could not recall where
he had heard it before.
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