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.irnnAVNOVEMBER 21, 1953 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE FIFTEEN Sanest Prisoner in Ore. n mA Ikefu Citizen BTiQ" ii VL'L W. HARVEY JR. A, , Clarence Johnson, history, is o' ' " Ibis nian, who tried to kill one ' . ition hruiallv mur- ,man aim - - another, is tne suoj.i. ui . i-t"1 . , ahrtiit. how the orst type oi cnm"'i v- f.-oi man for fime shioe 1810 he owes Ln. to ex-Oov. Charles A. ....i Tnlmcnn nCVef CaUS- 66 years old, Johnson is and is a free citizen rking Lyte-nnirea - Sv PaulL. Patterson has given a full commutation of sen f meaning he's paid his debt .mhnson for 16 years. ' how he became a responsible 'a "a I, he did t with his " " ... reformed pnunnrre!,. nv w-" Lelornted himself. Lets so 0"i;it r .wwn'in a San Francisco SF, shop. J"son had a com- tft a. 1M6. he found her "another 'man, so he shot her neck. Off to San Quentin he Z to serve live years for assault, ih intent to kill. . S,e little white-haired Portland ,dv who was active In the prison .. Welfare Association, was Mrs. LL freeman. 57. Mrs. Free- tan got Johnson a parole, and he 10 roil""" w " Army Brass Gleeful Over Turkey Dinner, As Usual, But Personnel All Bitter ,inie Johnson soon h"u iU"'"B .,n,i ith a woman of shady iharacter, or of virtually no char ter at all. tr vreeman objected. Johnson, earing Mrs. Freeman would have i m returned 10 &an iueinm parole violator, bludgeoned Mrs. freeman with a piece of gas pipe in Atijr. 15, 1919. The result was , life sentence for murder, nmintr his first two years in Lcnn. Johnson sbent most of his iime m tne duu pen ior repeat. fiolations of prison rules. He hreatened to kill the warden. The prison jrecord says Johnson 'was one of the toughest men ever received here." Suddenly. in 1921 Johnson changed. He decided to be a good boy. He never misbehaved after that. There was a riot in 1925. John son, by then a trusty caring for the prison lawn, seized the prison arsenal, thus denying guns to the rioters. Prison officials said that if it hadn't been for Johnson's brave act, the riot would have turned into a blood bath with many killed. . As a trusty, Johnson, at various limes, ran the bakery, operated the prison store, ran the green house, and was general assistant around the administration building. On July 1, 1940, despite the doubts of many skeptics. ex-Gov. Sprague released hiin with a con ditional pardon. Johnson would have to report to the parole board regularly. . He had to go bnck to San Quen tin for three months to( clear up the old sentence. Then he went to work at Portland steel company, whicli was begin ning to build Navy ships. Soon he was loreman oi a large Depart ment. He came to see Sprague and me often, proudly showing us two books his savings account book, and the book listing his war bond purchases. - By the end of the war, he had several thousand dollars. Since the war, he has worked mostly for clubs. Two years ago, Johnson told me It was his big wish to get a full pardon or commutation, so he could die a free man. He said he'd like it for Christmas. I wrote a column about him then, but It was too late for the governor to act ln time for that Christmas. But this Christmas, he'll be free man. . When his application for a full commutation of sentence went to Gov. Patterson, it' was supported bv Sprague and the parole board, Sprague, writing that Johnson "has proven himself fully," said: "I have noted with great satis faction his successful adjustment in society. He has held steady jobs, has saved his money and has kept out of trouble.1 Johnson worships Sprague, proud By WILLIAM C. BARNARD. I SEOUL Itt-The U. S. 8th Army announced with apparent gusto this week that the soldiers in Korea would be "devouring more than 150 tons of turkey" on Thanksgiving Day. But the apparent gusto, it seemed, was confined to the quar termaster people. , Slowly the dread news spread from the rear echelons right up to where troops look out on the demil itarized zone. You could hear the wail in tent ana ounur; "Oh no, not turkey again anything, even boiled eel or turnip greens." What was the story behind this uprising against the turkey. Tills puzzled reporter went out to investigate. "Why couldn't it have been steak?" asked a captain. He was an oovious beef eater. "Chances are 3 to 5 wed have got turkey whether it was Thanks giving or not." said a private. "Back home." moaned another enlisted man, "we ate turkey about three times a year instead of three times a week, and I could enjoy it." That was it. The Army suffered irom a glut of turkey. How come? A lieutenant colonel wasn't sure. But he told how it was late in the war. The colonel recalled with fine nausea those last harrowing days- two weeks wnen the from-une sol diers had turkey every other day. "It was a ration foulup," he de clared. ' and it did us a lot more harm than the enemy did." So the situation is normal all fowled up. Turkey on the menu twice a week with hot turkey sand wiches and turkey salad in be tween. A mess sergeant told me he be came so depressed he took to strong drink. He wanted to put up a sign on tne mess nan door: Caution: Turkey Today." His ma jor talked him out of it. It isn't just the repetition that has the U.S. 8th Army down on turkey. The cause lies deeper than that in the deep freeze where the turkey is kept, the colonel said. "Maybe the turkey just comes too damned far and for too damned lone." the colonel said. "Somewhere out on the ocean it loses all its flavor and arrives on I my plate tasting like a roasted plastic pocket comb with sage I dressing." New Medical Machine Has Vast Potential in Field HOUSTON. Tex. WPj A new med-' ical machine developed here can record a heart beat at the same time it checks the amount of oxy gen in your lungs and body cells. . Simultaneously an it checks and records nine body functions, it can detect brain complications and tell a doctor whether his patient needs artificial respiration. Its develop ment was a community project here. First visualized by the .staffs of the Southwestern Polio Respira tory Center and Baylor Univer sity's College of Medicine, the physiograph was put into practi cal application by Dr. Leslie Geddes. A team of physiologists, clinical men, physicists and medi cal technicians combined ideas for Geddes. Yesterday, at a reception where the device was unveiled. Dr. Will iam S. Spencer, director of the respiratory center, said: "This is an effort to begin whole flock of body function stud ies at one time, moment by mo ment studies because the disease may change the way a body re' acts moment by moment. Other researchers said the ma chine can detect when a patient needs drugs to support a lagging heart. It is expected, they said, to be a key detector in diseases of the heart, lungs, and respira tory system and in brain compli cations or injuries. that he never let Sprague down. And Sprague is proud of Johnson, too, for proving the skeptics were wrong. FANS LONDON W) London's Ira.is- ndrt authority is going to install a series of huge fans to cool off its hoi tunnels, The average under ground temperature, it said Friday has risen 22 degrees in. the last 40 years. 5 ft V '.f ft' 0 00 For this we give thanks! vor husbtmds'tmd sons safety home. For the end of day racked with loneliness and fear. For the silence of tbe gum in the Korean hiUs. Bat let remember that just to be thankful or peace has never been enough to keep peace. It can only be preserved by a com Hi y that is strong and secure. That takes will and work and saving, by ail of us. Only if each one of us saves for his own family security can we have the national security which provides the power for peace! Maybe saving hasn't been easy for you, but you will find that you can save and easily, too by investing in U. S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan where you work. Ask any friends now on this Savings Plan. They'll tell you that you never miss the money because it is saved for yon, before yon get your salary! You can save as little as a couple of dollars a payday. Or as much as you choose. Sooner than you expect, youll have a comfortable nest egg in Bonds. Protecting your fam ily, protecting your country. Helping guarantee that there II still be peace on Thanksgiving Day, 1954. Before another day slips by, why don't you sign at work for the Payroll Savings Plan? Or, if you're self-employed, start in the automatic Bond-A-Month Plan, where you bank. 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