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FRANK JENKINS
L. mds. of the year:
hrvlne secretary-manager
iptne inuuai-
EVapter the National
fcv'ars, the Kremlin com-!
r EVE ON HIM.
11 ..T. ..Hll, than, (
Eywere the discoverers ol
C,ique also."
race note on this 24th
December:
market was mostly
Led to HIOHEB at the open
L sew York exchange this
u It should be. Can you
.nvthlns meaner than a
t stock brokers going down
on the morning before
ks snd BIDDING PRICES
l irreat Joy in the world
Lwclally in America on
t dy of December 1M3. For
it Christmas since 1949, the
nnt roaring m iwicn.
the guns once stilled, may
(can KEEP them stilled.
put it this way:
i WITH HONOR Is the last,
fce ol an maiiuuu.
is sorrow among us also
itav-beiore-Ohrlstmas of
E sorrow arises out of the
t M Americans navo cuos-
fcrranism in preference to re-
Uie American way or me.
fni survey has been made
Ihickirounas ot an oi mem.
(. some of tne I acta mrara
irouD. the 22 converts to
nism are auite young
11 the 32 are not old enough
and others reacuea voting
hile caotives ... AS Boys,
nbablv were classmen, as
s. rather than leaders
brs who WOULD NOT AC
hiESPONSIBILmr . . . Few
f had held Jobs . . Several
It had run into trouble with
as juvenile aeunquenw,
shall we say of it all?
fck we might all better say
bus: "Let him who is with-
i cast the first stone."
day before Christmas Is not
ft fr vnlnufl side.
IS Hie JHUIrtJllOl, W1IU .M1UVC
a gasoline station in Okla-
City which is in the grip ot
Id spell. He says It was so
k couldn't bear to roll down
Now, so he held up five
attendant, blessed with the
r spirit, thought he got the
He brought out five pints of
Bioma, you know. Is const!-
illy dry,
low that's a bad one, but in
fcrld one has to learn to take
kd along with the good. It
erlcans ever reach the point
we can't laugh at our own
omlnsts and imperfections
Ives our minor wickednesses)
be goners.
lay Christmas to all.
Americans Cancel
Longshore
Outcome Due
On Monday
NEW YORK 11 The National
Labor Relations Board said Ttara
day the outcome of a neck-anu-
neck longshore bargaining elec
tion would not be known until Mon
day, with final results hinging on
disposition of 4,405 challenged bal
lots along ai,2M cast in the two-
day balloting.
When the counting of unchal
lenged ballots ended shortly before
2 a.m., the NLRB said the inde
pendent International Longshore
men's Assn. was 1,492 votes ahead
o the newly formed ILA-AFL,
The actual total vote was 9,060
for the old union, 7,568 for the ILA
AFL, 95 for neither union, 118 void
and 4,405 in dispute.
FLAREUP
Inter-union rivalry flared into
sporadic pitched battles along the
waterfront Wednesday in Brooklyn
and Staten Island, where the vot
ing took place. Heavy police rein-
lorcements queued we disturb
ances.
Charles T. Douds, NLRB region
al director, said he did not believe
either union would call a strike at
midnight Thursday night, when an
80-day Taft-Hartley "cooling off
injunction expires.
STRIKE
The old ILA, ousted from the
AFL for failure to rid its ranks
of racketeers, staged a five-day
strike last October which 'was
halted by the Taft-Hartley injunc
tion. The no-strike order was ex
tended, later to the ILA-AFL.
Results of the election will de
termine only which union will rep
resent new, York-New Jersey long
shoremen but ksome 40,000 other
dockers along the East Coast have
their eyes on the outcome..
e Razes
jpply Base
GARY, Alta. Wl A flash
ii damage estimated at one
i dollars swept through tne
itrcraft stores building at No.
Materiel Base, RCAF, in
'est Calgary early Thursday,
Pge building was destroyed.
e of the fire is unknown. Se-
guards had inspected the
h shortly before the out-
M saw nothing amiss.
nre, which sent flames 20
the air, cast an eerie glow
pe south part of the citv.
hi first discovered by mem-
me Canadian Pacific Air-
tepalrs) Ltd. security guard,
roads Lose
k Cut- Move
(TUND W) Railroads lOBt
' Kempt Wednesday to put
fiect a lower rate on bulk
pirn shipments between Port-
inn Spokane.
final judge denied their mo'
r1 dissolve a temporary in
1 against the new rate.
ran oeen approved earlier
it interstate Commerce Com-
r baree enmnnntaa. wViirth
n'-i that the new rate would
ftm, obtained the temporary
matter will be settled later
faring before a three-judge
Defense
"ded in Death
ck wi Alfred Monroe
'J, pleaded innocent by
-reouay 10 a cnarge of sec-
iree murder.
c of Peace Will Nordean
special session of the grand
rOOBbly Will h. lloH In
T to consider the case.
7 'as Charepri last IPfWav
Propter. He said wir mi him
hi 6uiey home at Sump-
Jet Pilot
Dies In Crash
RENTON. Wash, m A diving
jet plane carried an Air Force pilot
to oeatn near naro weaneBuay
night as he neared Seattle for
Christmas reunion with his parents.
He was identified as 1st Lt. R. F,
Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Kennedy of Seattle. He
had been stationed at Fairfax Air
Force Base in Kansas.
The T3S Jet trainer blew a gap
ing crater in a farm field as it
exploded after what appeared to be
a power dive. It Mt close to a rouer
rink and barely missed a barn, one
witness said it was "like a bomb
Groins' off."
Kennedy naa reiueiea at a uai-
Ifornia, base on cross-country
flight,
Government To
Buy Pacific Pears
WASHINGTON (B The Agricul
ture Department announced Thurs
day it will shortly offer to buy an
unannounced quantity of Pacific
Coast winter pears.
The nears will be donated to tne
government-sponsored school lunch
program ana engioie puonc insti
tutions.
Details of the purchase offer will
be announced later
i f
IKE JOINS RED CROSS DRIVE Posrmatter General Arthur Summerfield (right!, chairman of
the Red Cross drive in Government agenciet, enroiii President Eisenhower t the White House,
He is pinning a Red Crosr button in lice's lapel.
Bruhaus Ends
In Shooting
Cruz Unzuetti, about 35, was tak
en to the Klamath Valley Hospital
about 1 a.m. this morning suffer-:
ing from a bullet wound in the
abdomen.
According to eye witnesses in
terrogated by the city police an
argument developed between TJn
zuetti and an unidentified Negro
in front of the Pastime on Klam
ath Avenue. ;-- . '
; yiwo nwft;seaied'l cajsp8Fkeftp
nearDy stated tney heard someone
say "Don't rush me," a shot fol
lowed and a man was seen run
ning to a car parked in front of
the K Cafe. He Jumped in the driv
ers' seat and took off east or
Klamath Avenue at a high rate of
speed with no lights.
Unzuetti was rushed to the hos
pital by Kaler's Ambulance Service
and according to the attending
physician his condition at noon to
day was critical.
It is believed Unzuetti Is
cent arrival here, his last known
address was said to be 718 ' King
Street, Seattle. He Is also reported
to have lived at Lakeport, Calif.
No description of the assailant
or the car was obtained by eye
witnesses, according to police.
Post Office Draws Praise
For Handling Ot Big Mall
"We believe the people of your
community should know of the fine
Job you and your employes have
done handling the apparent nation
wide record-breaking volume of hol
iday mail,'' read a telegram re
ceived this morning by Postmaster
Chester L. Langslet from N, R.
Abrams, assistant postmaster gen
eral in Washington, D.C.
According to Langslet, the local
Bottom Spud
Size Okayed
The Oregon-California Potato
Committee's recommendation has
been approved and will be effective
Dec. 28. The recommendation sets
the minimum else on X1.8, No. 3's
at eight ounces and larger.
Notice of the approval by the
secretary of the Department of
Agriculture was received this
morning by Merle Webb in Red
mond and reported by telephone.
The recommendation was formed
at the Dec. 10 meeting in Klamath
Falls and carried - through to the
Joint meeting with the Idaho Com
mittee Dec. 16. the recommenda
tion from both groups then went to
the Dept. of Agriculture,
Webb commented that at the
time of the Dec. 10 meeting, the
net return to growers was gener
ally 90 to 95 cents per hundred
weight on U.S. No, l's. By Dec.
22 the market had strengthened as
a result of the committee recom
mendation, and the grower was re
ceiving a net return of $1,20 to
$1.30 lor U.S. No. l's.
"Messiah" To Be
Broadcast Here
A world-wide radio broadcast of
excerpts from Handel's "Messiah,"
with Ronald Column as narrator
and featuring a 159-voice choir and
50-plece .orchestra, will be heard
as a special Christmas program
Friday evening from a to 1 p.m.
over Ki"LW.
This same presentation will be
beamed to BBC and the Armed
Forces Radio Service. The latter
will send the program to troops
throughout the world via stations
in Tokyo- and Frankfort.
' NO SNOW
LONDON !7P) Christmas Eve
brought bright sunshine and mild
temperatures with some mist to
much of Western Europe Thursday.
Winter sports enthusiasts growled
over the lack of snow.
post office is current with its de
liveries and dispatching of mail.
We will provide additional serv
ice to patrons on Christmas Day.
All gift parcels arrtvtng on Christ
mas Day will be delivered to the
residential and suburban areas.
This does not include hustaess or
rural routes," Langslet stated.
The cooperation of the public
in using the labels supplied by
a. .Post .OHice?Dpaitofflst- to
separate local and out-of-town let
ter mail facilitated the handling of
this class of mail and resulted in
saving time and effort in the local
office," . he continued.
Although there was a S5 per cent
increase in business at the Klam
ath Falls post office this year, the
real congestion was not m the
building itself, patrons reported,
declaring that parking facilities are
inadequate. Fear was expressed
that next year, if Seventh Street
becomes a one-way street as is pro
posed, there will be even
space available for public parking.
It has been suggested that If half
of the space on each side of the post
office, which is now given over to
lawn, were to be paved and opened
up as a 10-minute parking zone for
patrons of the post office, at least
another 70 automobiles could be
accommodated at one time. It was
pointed out that this improvement
might be included in the paving
project which is planned for the
purpose of adding to the present
loading zone.
, Mail volume at the two sub-sta
tions. Lee Hendriclrs Drusi and
Schneider Vartety Store, both on
South Sixth, showed more than
per cent increase over , antici
pated business, according to Lang
slet. '
Korean Trio
Tells Of
Mind Chang
By GF.ORGE A. McARTHUR
PANMUNJOM W! Twenty - two
Americans who disowned home for
communism failed to show up to
day for a news conference they
had requested to explain tneir
choice.
Instead, three Koreans also
converts to communism ap
peared. They said the Americans had
changed their minds about talking.
The Koreans dented reports that
fear instead of belief to commu
nism was holdine some of the
Americans
"Look into the matter and
see," they urged Indian custodian
troops.
TRIP
The Americans packed for
Christmas Eve trip back to their
main prison compound in the neu
tral zone, leaving tJie area where
they spent the linal days ol Allied
efforts to win them home.
The explanation period ran out
Wednesday midnight (10 a.m.
Wednesday, EST).
At the main barbed-wire com
pound, all the former Allied sol
diers who have chosen commu
nism will be reunited i& Ameri
cans, 1 Briton, 327 Koreans. They
were separated when 250 Koreans
attended Allied explanations ana
the others balked.
The- prisoners will observe
Christmas with & special menu of
beet, chicken, pork, fruit, wine ami
beer furnished by the commu
nists. '
GAMES
. They ate' .Warmed- special, alii
letlc "events Christmas afternoon.
The 22 Americans will spend the
next 30 days at he main com
pound. They, like ail other prison
ers who have refused repatriation,
are due to be released Jan, 23 as
civilians, . ' ,h
However, their status at that
time in the eyes of the U, S. gov
ernment remained undetermined.
In Washington, the Defense De
partment said the Americans will
remain in open service until then,
but no further decision was an
nounced
A spokesman said open service
means their pay will continue to
accumulate.
A Pentagon statement said that
after the period of grace the Army
nas three possible choices 1,
leaving the 22 on open- service;
2. giving them undesirable dis
charges; 3. listing them as desert
ers. A dectslon. will be made later.
the statement said.
KLAMATH BAS1H
POTATO SHIPMENTS
Sam Sty
Ship?
Ik con , 42 cars
ToUl ftf liuil
4281 cart 4Sf7 eon
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State Senator Dean Walker Passes At
64 Following 20 Years In Legislature
By PAUL W. HARVEY JH.
SALEM I State Sen. Dean
H. Walker, 84, a leader in the Ore
gon Legislature for 20 years, died
ina Salem hospital early Thurs
day of a heart attack.
Walker, an Independence hop
grower, was taken to the hospital
last Saturday. Death came at
12:20 a. m.
He was the Legislature's out
standtng authority on taxation,
budget and education matters. He
had served as chairman of the
ways and means, taxation, and ed
ucation committees, and usually
wrote the Legislature's tax bills.
Walker was president of the Sen
ate in 1841, and served several
times as acting governor during
the next two years.
Republican Party leaders urged
him many times to run for gover
nor or U. S. senator, but he never
was Interested In higher office.
His outstanding piece of legis-
iotiv work was writing the "Walk
er Plan," which was the formula
under which- state income tax
rates were reduced during the war
years.
Walker, a handsome, silver-
haired man, bad a greater influ-l
ence than any other legislator, es-i
pecially in dealing with financial
matters. He got that intluence be
cause of bis wide knowledge of the
problem.
He never talked much on the
Senate floor, making his influence
telt through his key committee
posts.
In the 1853 session, he was chair
man of the Senate Ways and
Means Committee, vice chairman
of the Tax Committee, and ft mem
ber of the Educatiou and Rules
Committees.
For many years, he has been on
the State Emergency Board, a
legislative committee which makes
appropriations when the Legisla
ture Is not in session.
Walker was a member of the
House in 1933. His continuous serv.
ice in the Senate began in 1035,
representing Polk and Benton
counties.
Born at Rlckreall Sept. 9. IE
Walker was graduated from the
University of Oregon in 1915. He
later got a master'! degree from
Columbia University.
walker remained at Oregon
uirougn laia as graduate manager,
and then headed the university
physical education department for
four years. Ha alto was deu ot
men for three years.
as nead of the physical educa
tion department, Walker coached
the Oregon basketball team to one
title, and helped coach the football
team that beat Pennsylvania In the
Rose BOWl.
While in Eugene, he was mem
ber of the City Council and was
in the furniture business.
Walker served In the field artil
lery in World War I, and had op
erated a big hop ranch at Inde
pendence since coming back from
the war.
He was president of the Oregon
Hop Growers, and' had been a
member of the United States Hop
Control Board.
Walker belonged to many organ
izations, Including the American
Legion, Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma
Nu, snd Kiwanis Club.
He leaves widow asd -three
children
North Santiam
Highway Opened
SALEM Wl The North Santiam
Highway was opened- Thursday,
naving Been closed Tuesday by a
slide west of Big Cliff Dam,
Driving -conditions were good
over the state, except for a few
icy spots at Government Camp,
TunBentne, Warm Springs Junc
tion, Meacham and Seneca.
There was sanded packed snow
at 8antlam Pass, Willamette Pass
and Austin.
All other points reported bare
pavement.
The Wilsonvllle Perry was closed
oy nign water.
SHOOTING HOURS
ELLINGTON, Mo. H!
swept through two frame farm
houses in southeast Missouri early
Thursday, killing nine members of
the two families. Eight victims of
the Christmas Eve tragedies were
children.
Five other persons were Injured.
The fires, one near Ellington and
the other some 80 miles to the
southeast near Poplar Bluff four
hours earlier, came on the coldest
day of the year for this section of
Missouri. The temperature was
slightly above lero.
&otn were attributed By survive
ors to overheated wood stoves.
Six of the seven children of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Estea died in the
fire near Ellington. The parents
were seriously burned.
In the blaze nine miles east ot
Poplar Bluff, Mark Rogers, 34,
and two of his three children per
ished. Three other persons were
injured.
Dam Delay
Move Rapped
WASHINGTON (flV-Reports the
Bureau ol the Budget plans a de
lay m completion of Chief Joseph
and The Dalles dams in the Pa
cific Northwest brought a protest
Wednesday from Sen. Morse (Ind
Ore), Morse said id a letter to budget
director Joseph Dodge he under
stands the bureau's plans for the
year beginning next July 1 call for
a delay in power deliveries from
The Dalles dam from November.
1B4T, to November, 19SJ. The sen
ator said he also understands in
stallation of five generators at
Chief Joseph dam will be delayed
for one year.
A Budget Bureau spokesman de
clined comment.
CRITICALLY ILL Francis
A. Nixon. 73, I above) , father
of Vice President Richard-
Nixon it iti critical condition
Phoenix, Arfi., he-sestet.
En route to hit home in
Whittier, Calif., with hi$ wife.
he we taken front plane
suffering from a levere
stomach hemorrhage.
Nine Die In
Flaming Homes
Local Man
Takes Life
Henchmen
Die Along
With Leader
By RICHARD XASISCHKE
MOSCOW UK The Soviet Union
closed the books today on Lavreniy
P. Beria. The government an
nounced that the longtime doss oi
the secret police MVD) (ltd six
of his henchmen were shot by a
Bring squad yesterday after sv se
cret five-day trial, The. Soviet Su
preme Court found them guilty of
high: treason.
Beria, S4, held the Soviet TJalon'
highest honors and had been ele
vated to the No. S Kremlin post of
first deputy premier and interior
minister after Joseph State died
nine mnt-h ago. Three months
later, la June, Premier Georgt
Malenkov's government arrested
him and denounced him as a trai
tor to the state and communism,
FIRST WOBD
The execution announcement to
day was the first disclosure that
Berla's trial had been going on
since Friday behind locked doors.
The hearing opened, two day af
ter the Soviet press published. In
dictments against Beria and an
nounced the-names of the six ether
defendants. The papers at the
same time started blasting the
seven as the vilest kind of betray
ers and reported that mass meet
ings throughout tne country were
unanimously csUtog for t&ett
deaths.
(In past cases of executed trai
tors, the bodies have been cre
mated and disposed ot without
further announcement.)
GUILT PROVE!
The eight-mao trtmmal, under
Marshal Ivan S. Koniev, a World
War II hero, passed sentence after
'The guilt of all the accusea was
Mmpletely proved in court by the
evidence and also by oral and writ
ten confessions," the government,
newspaper Izvestia said.
The official announcement said
Beria and those who had conspired
with him tried "to put the Ministry
of Internal Affairs above the party
and the government for the pur
pose ot seizing power" and aimed
"for restoration ot capitalism,"
As early as 1919 Beria "occupied
the post of secret agent" In Aier
oaltaa, acting with; groups "under
the control of British intelligence
organs," the announcement said.
It added:
"In the following: years up to his
arrest, L. p. Beria continued and
extended nts secret cotmectlsos
with, foreign, intelligence services,''
.Ernest (Diggers)- Koschnick, 51-
year-old proprietor of the Town
Ohio, ended his life early Thursday
with a gun, according to Sheriff
Murray Brltton.
The sheriff reported that the
club operator was found dead in
bed at his home, 18S2 Arthur. Brlt
ton said Koschnick had placed the
muzzle of a ,22-caliber pistol in
his mouth and pulled the trigger.
The body was found by the vic
tim's widow, Effie, when she went
to his room shortly before II
a.m, Thursday.
Sheriff Brltton said the body was
muffled In blankets which appar
ently deadened the sound of the
shot. Koschnick was at his place
of business all Wednesday evening
and seemed to be in the best of
spirits. He went home at 3 a.m.
Thursday. He left a note to his:
wife whiefi stated;
"Hope you are strong I can't
take lt anymore."
Dr. George H. Adier, county cor
oner, pronounced Koschnick a sui
cide victim. The body was taken
to Wsrd's Funeral Home.
Queen Inspects
New Zeaionders
AUCKLAND, New Zealand Wl
Queen Elizabeth II inspected some
of her royal New Zealand foroea
Thursdfty and looked over a model
airplane made By a aospitaiizea
little boy.
The Queen's husband, the Duke
ot Edinburgh, who holds a pilot's
license, pronounced the little plane
airworthy much to the delight of
Ha 6-year-old maker, Graeme Stan-
didge.
Graeme fell off his bicycle a few
days ago, was badly hurt and faced
a bleak Christmas in the hospital,
The royal couple visited Auckland
hospital Thursday, talked to the
child and Oraeme's expected
ordeal turned into the biggest thrill
of his life.
Some Stores
To Be Closed
In order to give their employes
the benefit of a three-day holiday,
the following men's stores will be
closed the day after Christmas:
Don's Mens and Boys Wear, Draws
Manstore, Herman's Mens Store.
Oregon Woolen Store, Dick Seed
er's Store and Body's.
Keith Moon has announced The
Town Shop will remain closed the
day following Christmas and also
on Jan. 2, the day following New
Years Day,
Among appliance stores, East
Side Appliance Store, Leach Serv
ice Company and Thompson's
Kitchen Center stated Wednesday
that their places of business would
probably be closed on Dec. 38.
commercial garages in Klamatn
Falls will be closed, as will Gael
ler's, but most drug stores, gro
cery stores and ether outlets will
remain open on Saturday,
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls td
vicinity: Fair through Friday ex
cept for morning fog. High Friday
35; - low Thursday sight 89,
High yesterday 38-
Low last night ; .... is
Preclp test it hours a
Since Oct. 1 ..
Normal for period .. . .I5
Same period last year
A year ago Is described aa a
"fairly good day".
BOMB
CASABLANCA, Morocco Wl
A bomb exploded In a butcher shop
In Casablanca's central market
Thursday and killed 1ft persons.
At least 10 others were Ir.j'jrerJ,
December 24
OPEN CLOSE
7:04 .m. 4:39 p,m.
OPEN CLOSE
December 25
7:04 .m. 4:40 p,m.
France's New President Enters Paris
As Weary Parliament Heads Home
PARIS W France's new Presi!
dent, H-year-old conservative Sen.
Rene Coty, drove triumphantly Into
Paris Thursday. The nation's weary
Parliament which elected him went!
home to a Christmas rest and pros
pects or a new year fraught with
strife and division.
Coty, generally unknown to the
public and no relation ts the per
fumers, was elected- Wednesday
night for a seven-year term to suc
ceed Socialist Vincent Auriol.
The new chief of state will take
office Jan, It, Premier Joseoh La-
niel's cabinet then will resign and:
irance once more will be with
out a government.
Cotys election, at the palace of
Versailles eight miles from the
captlal, ended a week's voting
deadlock unprecedented to French
Malory.
Previously no more than two hal
lo's had been required to same a
chief of state. Thirteen were held at
two-a-day pace before Coty
first proposed on the 12th ballot
received the 'necessary majority
of more than suft members of the
National Assembly and Senate.
' The end of the stalemate may
speed the projected meeting of the
Big Four foreign ministers in Ber
lin. Western diplomats in Moscow
said they expect ait early Soviet
reply to the Western note propos
ing a Jan. 4 meeting now that the
presidential election ts over.
Observers were certain, the deep
parliamentary divisions revealed
by the long-stalemate over such
burning: domestic Issues as labor
policy, church Influence and es
pecially the American-backed plan
to rearm Germany within a six-!
nation European army would Be
repeated in ISM'a legislative
wrangling over those Issues.
The first test will come when
the Assembly is asked ts confirm
lAniei a successor.
;oiy got tn votes US were
needed to elect on the decisive
ballot. Marcel - Esmond Naegeien,
Socialist and former governor gen
eral of Algeria, polled 32ff.
Coty's views on the European
army are not even posJiely known.
He was ill when the Senate debated
the project, and has never taken
a stand. Though he has seen in
Parliament nearly S9 years, he Is
known chiefly as a member of the
conservaUve, "Sree enterprise" in
dependent party, and an advocate
ol constitutional reform- to strength
en the executive and eliminate toe
frequent changes of government.
As President, he is supposed to
have no control over policy. The
post is symbolic of the continuity
of the state and by tradition above
politics. His duties are largely cere
monial and social, though he must
select a new Premier whenever the
Assembly turns the casiaei out of
Office.