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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. ISM
Telephone 8111
2748
"Flying Finns" Fly Into
Trouble Again; Handcuff
US Attorney In "Arrest"
IS $481.50 TRICYCLE or at least that is its worth
iwing Thursday night's radio auction was donated to
March of Dimes benefit by Gail Putman, himself a
m of polio. Little Gail, ,5V4 years old, considers his
;e his favorite ana Dest toy. Besides letting mm have .
it helped to strengthen his leg muscles, and last Tues-.
Gail took his first steps alone since becoming a victim
Infantile paralysis at the age of 15 months. Now he
given his trike to neip some otner polio victim. The
;ewas auctioned over KFLW Thursday night, and Dutch
King brought the amount to $481.50. The auction will
itinue Saturday mgnt, irom a to iu p.m., ana irom iu:it
until all merchandise has been sold. Gail is the son
klr. and Mrs. Gail Putman Sr., 2020 Garden.
the'
ay's lews
I ft RUK JENKINS;,
I West-word onKorew-nout
wniiig -
i uti-commie POW's (some
of them) have been turned
W the approxlmate21,000,
M.OOO are Chinese. They've
sent to Formosa.
hugtae they'll be very, very
to set there and I suspect
tint of them, after their grim
fience with the communists,
lih to goodness that Chiang
litk, with aU bis faults, was
punning all of China.
that wish, most Americans
kin. Chiang's government was
pom periect, but from our
point it was vastly -better than
lao's. The pinko propagandists
bold us the bill of goods that
Itilnese communists were slm-
Igrarlan reformers and reaUy
KIND OP PEOPLE made an
mess of thlnes and set uo
for communist domination.
at of the 349 pro-commle
s including the 21 Amer
ica one Briton? '
11, their communist buddies
hey want no part of them,
efuse to accept them. The
lander of the Indian neutral
, thus put on the hot spot,
he'll simply throw open the
of their compound and let
p where they please.
t 349 pro-commies fiftv thev'll
lit tight and GO NOWHERE.
ckon they're full-blown com.
(its.. At least, they're acting
art to the pink of perfection,
ut the only bright spot I can
n the whole situation is that
is written no shooting has
reported. If we can postpone
Sooting long enough, maybe
rerld can net back to an on.
l,ni,uii o! common sense.
'an i tnat be splendid? , .
night be worth while to ex
nere thin wmvi ,........ .m
Fs been so Drevnlpm in tho
. - - -
aiuce we got mixed up
F a corruption of u u.i..
XamDUn." Tn tho T.
hldla, China and .Qm.ihonit
renerally. a "kamnim" i. .n
Nre containing a house, out
"gs, etc. esnocioii. . .
V ot "'at sort Decupled by
,"" wora has been used In
We COUlfl (nll a ti
Negow" and not be t f.i
'"' Horn th tn..ui.j
mib nopernl Irian.
COUntrv r. ' .
ofthe'KirmXcouy
W. commerce. says at the
j iime in tha toe ie
i seen mom onihri.
lure here. The Klamath coun-
nKniest spot in the
' we are not In a
iia Dust nVdM t--j
an even, steady plane of
growth and develop-
.'" S worth T.oiii .
'math ..,. v""' "
fst maae "s
1 ,trl1 at the tunes when
Dope Agents
Make Mistake
SAN FRANCISCO . MV A for
mer Chinese . vice' - consul-, .here,
running to bis automobile to take
Ills,'- tWAiaughtsrito: sohool-was
urea , .on ,. , oy- mistake Mnursaay
night by police ana federal- nar
cotics agents making a raid.
Six 'bullets struck C. C. . Lee's
car but neither he nor his daugh
ters, Mary 11, and Laura 8 was
hurt. .. ----
Thoroughly frightened.'Lee, a
year old insurance broker, sped
away,1 found a policeman, and. re
The raiders two policemen
and three federal agents apolo
gized. They, were closing :'ln . to' "raid- an
apartment building next to Lee's
home ' when the man., and his
daughters, a trifle late, ran to the
car and started hurriedly to enter.
One agent, mistaking Lee for a
fleeing suspect, ordered him to
Bait.. . -
Lee, mistaking the agent for
holdup man, sped - away instead.
Then several raiders opened lire.
Despite all the shooting, the de
layed raid netted two suspects.
(Cutlni
on page 4)
- 60 KILLED
KARACHI, Pakistan (A Rail.
way authorities announced Friday
that 60 were killed and 50 injured
in Thursday's crash of the Pakis
tan Mall express 15 miles north
of Karachi. I
LOS ANOEI.ES Wi The embat
tled Irish twins, George and
Charles Finn, are back in Jail to
day after another flamboyant
brush with the federal eovernment
during which they handcuffed the
uuuea mates attorney and threw
officialdom into an uproar.
The "Flylnir Finns." former Ah-
Force pilots, have been having
legal trouble with the government
for more than a year in connec
tion with their claims to owner
ship of a $70,000 war surplus C46
transport plane. .
The unpredictable aa-vear . niri
twins yesterday handcuffed u. s
Atty. Laughlln E. Waters in an at
tempted "citizen's arrest" as he
came out of the Blltmore Hotel,
where he had addressed the Los
Angeles Bar Assn. .
They accused him of ' 'ennsnirnnu
against the rights of oitlzens and
deprivation of rights under cover
or tne law." They said he had
been giving them the "brushoff"
and refused to discuss with them
the government's seizure of the
plane they purchased a year ago
from the Bakersfield, Calif., school
districts which had used It for a
mechanical -training' course.
Events that followed read like
the script of a comio opera.
eeiore i Knew what was hap
pening they had snapped a hand
cuff on my right wrist," Waters
said. George Finn then snapped
me otner handcuff to his own right
wrist, while Charles called police.
"We're not golne to have anv
part of this," police officers said
when they arrived and recognized
waters; But tne u. B. attorney for
southern California demanded that
ne oe taken to the central police
station and the police agreed to
furnish transportation.
Once at the station thlnes reallv
began to happen, police Inspector
James' Lawrence demanded that
tne Finns release Waters.
: "we know eur rights," thie Finns
answered. ('We've been ignored
fight' Back iw.Vf.b'Wfr
Police Chief William H. Parker
shrugged: VThlB beats anything I
ever saw. i don't know what It's
all about." ,- . ; -:
"People can't go around arrest
ing tne u. - 8. attorney. In our
City," ' said Jack Irwin, acting
mayor; -: .-. -. v
The Finns and Waters, trailed
by officials, reporters and photo
graphers,, went to the offices of
Dlst. Atty. a. Ernoit Roll and dis
cussed the situation in detaU. Wa
ters went free, of course, and the
twin brothers were taken before
the U. s. commissioner and ar
raigned on a charge of assaulting
a federal officer, . then jailed in
lieu oi Jiu.uoo felony ball.
The Finns' difficulties with the
government began when federal
authorities told them they had no
ngnt to purchase the transport
plane, which lrcd been condemned
for future flying service. The twins
ignored the government and a year
ago- flew the plane to an isolated
field near Death Valley. They
were arrested but the case against
them- collapsed because the gov
emment couldn't prove which of
the brothers actually had flown the
plane Irom Bakersfield.
The plane - since has been im
pounded at Nellls Air Force Base,
Nevada; and the twins have been
trying JutUely to regain It. .
The Finn brothers, who spend
much of their time readling law
books', are still confident. "We've
done nothing wrong," they told
newsmen.
Said Waters: "1 must admit I
was a bit scared of what they
might do."
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8TH GRADE STUDENTS AT FREMONT, Carolyn Croft and
Marceilla Willard were in line with the nine o'clock camera
man's lens this morning. . ' . . ' . t .
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Northwest
Weather On
Warmer Side
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Slides hampered highway and
rail travel in parts of the Paciiic
Northwest Friday ,as a break in
the cold ' wave brought rain and
rapid thawing in western sections.
A big earth and rock slide oc
curred Friday morning on the
main Portland-Seattle rail line 10
miles north of Vancouver, Wash.
Debris 12 feet deep covered the
tracks for 100 feet, halting rail
traffic for an Indefinite period.
Btevens Pass,-one of the mam
cross-state routes over the Cas
cade Mountains In Washington,
was ciosea indefinitely by slides.
In Oregon, the Coast and Salm
on River Highways were blocked
f rmay and travel on the Co
lumbia River Highway was made
hazardous by a "silver thaw" in
The Dalles area.
Heavy new snow slowed traffic
on other Cascade passes. r-
M'nere was a quick change from
below-zero weather that occurred
earlier this week in Eastern Ore
gon and Washington. The Weather
Bureau at Seattle reported 1. above
at .Ellensburg,. Wash., - and 12
a.bove - ajti. Pendleton,. '. Ore.'-- tracts
-lewe.J-'ifemp8ratUi'es-.,nsyeo! early:
Friday 1 v '-.;,'- , . . .'.
'- Heavy 'rain caused slush and a
quicx run-on in some areas west
of the . mountains. . Precipitation
ranged f rom . 1 to 2 inches at
many cities and reached 3.51
inches at Astoria, Ore. - '
The Weather Bureau said the
warmer weather was caused by a
low pressure area moving In from
the southwest and forcing cold air
northward. . ' '-
High winds accompanied the
weather change in some sections.
Portland had gusts to 10 miles
an hour Thursday night.
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THE HAY SITUATION was the subject of 'conversation when: Earl Ager (left) and Doc
Noggle (right) were talking it over with Arkansas' State Senator Marvin Melton yester
day. Melton, who is touring, the Western States to survey the situation and arrange for
hay purchases for his drought-stricken state, had high praise for the Tulelake hay crop.
Stock Sales
Still Soaring
DENVER Wl Livestock sales
continued to soar Friday as the Na
tional Western Stock Show and
Rodeo entered Its next to last day.
Show officials predicted transac
tions may hit 8.500,OO0. One
termed the sales "Just short of
fantastic" and a shot in the arm
lb -the livestock industry.
-- If it proves accurate, the predict
ed figure would make the 48th an
nual livestock exposition the third
best in a decade. Only 1951, with
$9,000,000 in receipts, and 1952's
record $9,500,000 would surpass it.
Albert Reinhardt, secretary
treasurer . of the Denver Union
Stockyard Co., declared the brisk
exchange "should dispell any
gloom and do much to encourage
the livestock industry."
To-s in Thurr'iay's sales was
the $55.77 per 100 nounds naid by
John Hubley of Mason City, 111.,
for a carload of 20 Hereford steer
caivos in the feeder auction. The
cattle, sold by Mike Hinman of
Kremmlirg. Colo., brought $3.77
more per hundredweight than last
year's top mark. - -
Some Oregon ,
Roads Blocked
SALEM Wl The Oregon Coast
and Salmon River Highways were
blocked Friday, and travel on the
Columbia River Highway was
hazardous because of a silver thaw
In The DaUes area.
The closure on the Coast High
way-was caused by -a . new slide
near Brighton In Tillamook county.
Tfai --raetion.-had . beehdosedtor
I several days, but the hew 'slide
third in recent weeks oocurred
Friday just as the old slide was
cleared. A detour is avanaoie on
the county road between Garibaldi
and Mohler. ' -
The Salmon River route, whlch
is between Salem and tne coast,
was blocked by faUing trees be
tween Grand Ronde and Otis Junc
tion.'-
The Bellevue-Hopewell Highway
tn Yamhill County was closed by
high water.
Chains are required at Siskiyou
Summit on the Pacific Highway,
on the Green Springs Highway in
Southern Oregon, at The Dalles,
and on the East Diamond Lake
Highway.
Motorists should carry chains at
Government Camp, Timberline,
Chemult, ' Bly, Lakevlew, Austin
and Seneca, - '.
Timberline reported 10 Inches of
new snow. . The snowfall in the
Cascade passes amounted to only
three or four inches in tne zi nours
ended at S a.m. Friday. '
Heavy rains during the night
washed much of the snow off
Willamette and Santiam Passes,
and at Warm Springs Junction.
Tulelake Hay Draws High
Praise From Arkansas'
Senator On Buying Trip
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Intermittent snow through
Saturday; , windy at times. High
Saturday 38; low Friday night 30.
High yesterday 35
Low last night ' i - 25
Precip last 24 hours .03
Since Oct. 1 .. -. 7.83
Same period last year 8.84
Normal for period 6.08
SCOLD
ROME Wl Former Premier
Alcide ' de Gasperl, who steered
Italv clear of postwar communism
scolded the American and British
press today for "exaggerating" the
current Red tnreat in jiaiy.
By OTTO ELLIS
Alfalfa' hay irom the Tulelake
Basin came In for considerable
praise Thursday by Marvin- Mel
ton, . state senator from Arkansas..
-' Senator. MeltonVts making a tous
M; serrweSterrr'lstHtesas h per
sonal representative of Arkansas'
Governor Francis Cherry to investi
gate Iiay conditions and arrange for
the purchase of - more feed for the
drought: stricken areas in Arkan
sas. - . - :'': - '
"Alfalfa hay shipped to us from
the Tulelake area Is superior to
any other hay we have received.
Melton said, "consequently we
have received more hay from this
district than any other."
In his tour Melton stopped at
Hogback Fall
Hurts Worker
A tumble from a cliff on Hog
back mountain shortly before noon
Thursday sent a California Oregon
Power Company lineman to the
Klamath Valley hospital suffer
ing from cuts and bruises.
Working with a power company
renair crew on a line to the state
police radio tower on top of the
mountain, c. E. Taylor, 3U53 Clin
ton, lost his footing and rolled down
rocky ledge. ;
Taylor was not seriously Injured
but wiU be confined to the hospital
for a short time, according to the
attending phyciclans. ' -
San Francisco and Sacramento,
and leaving here by plane wul stop
at Salem, Portland and Seattle, on
his return trip-he plans to survey
the teed situation uv .Nevada,
Wyoming, Colorado and South Da
kota- -:; V"
,." Arkansas will need 2,000 cars of
hay to feed through- the winter
with about 1,300 cars already used,
Melton stated. Tulelake - will fur
nish from 300 to 400 cars of this
total. .. - ; -,. .
When asked as to the seriousness
of the drought in his home state,
Senator Melton -reported they had
cut not over a 20 per cent nay
orop in 1 1963: Farmers have cut
down trees so that cattle could feed
on the foliage to ward off starva
tion, he added.. ;,; .
Arkansas and southern Missouri
were the hardest hit hy the drought
with an estimated average of 25
per cent of the- trees up to two
foot in diameter dead from lack of
moisture, and his state started the
new year with a shortage of
about a quarter of a million head
of cattle due to forced selling and
starvation last summer and fall,
Melton concluded.
-, By BILL SHINN
PANMUNJOM I The Korean
War prisoners who stirred world
wide controversy by their refusal
to go home were turned loose
Saturday. . .
Twenty - one Americans, 1 Brit
on and 327 Koreans who chose
Communism were, abandoned by
Indian guards in a flimsy neutral
sone compound at 12:01 a.m.
(7:01 a.m. Friday PST).
The pro-Red POWs said they
would stay until their food runs
out, echoing the demand of the
Communist command that Indian '
troops stay on. V
The U.N. command liberated as
oivllians the nearly 22,000 anti
Red captives returned to it
Wednesday by the ' Indian com
mand a course the AUIes as- -
sert was required by the armi
ABOARD SHIPS '
When official freedom came.
more than 14,000 Chinese antl
Red POWs already were aboard
American ships en route to Chi
nese Nationalist Formosa. More
than 7,500 anti-Communist North
Koreans were in South Korean ar
my centers. "
An Indian officer said the pro-
Communist north camp was "ab
solutely quiet." There was no .
celebration among the Koreans. A
ROK official said most were
asleep. --:.
Some of the freed prisoners had
been in stockades almost from the
start of the Korean War 3 i years
ago.
Allied Insistence that no prison
ers be forced to go home against 1
their will was a major stumbling
block in tne prolonged armistice
talks.
MARCH SEEN .-'..,..
The pro-Red American, British
and South Korean POWs started a, '
sltdown strike in their compound.
The purpose was to back the Com
munist position that they should .
be held until their fate is decided
by a. .Korean peace conference.
But It was considered likely that '
when their food runs out they will
march north and vanish' be- .
hind the Iron Curtain. - ' 1
The Indian command made a
final appeal Friday -for the, Reds
to accept the pro-Communist pris
oners, -nut it was rejected.
Instead, the Reds warned In
dian -M- -Gen.. .IC, 8,Thimayya it
would consider" the 'Indians re-'
sponsible 'for seeing that there is
no "abduction and dispersion" of
the pro-Reds. '',. '-.''.
The- Indian commander met
with leaders of -the pro-Red com
pound, -U.S. Sgt. Richard G. Cor- -den
of East Providence, R. I.,
British Marine Andrew Condron
and three leaders of the South Ko
rean POWs;
KLAMATH BASIN
POTATO SHIPMENTS
Shipped "
Today
60 cars
Ssttnt Day
Lad Tut.
. 55 cars
ToUl For Beaton
5971 cars
IDSt-M .
6657 cars ,
Busy Little Bee
Theory Busted
OORVALLIS tm'Aie well known
busy little bee Is really not as busy
as he might be. The busy bee Is
the big bumble bee.
Oregon State College researchers
reported Friday that the bumble
bee works four to five hours a day
more than the common honey bee,
And so, William Btephen, re
search entomologist at the college,
is studying the 23 species of bumble
bee found In the Pacific Northwest
in the hope of taming at least one
of them and putting it to work
oarrylng pollen to fertilize crops.
One trouble, he- says, Is that
while they are hard workers, they
would just as soon knock off and
sting anybody who's handy. And,
unlike the honey bee, the bumble
bee doesn't have to quit after one
sting. It can keep at it. -
Recreation Officials
Look Over Klamath's New
Poo, Discuss Future
Klamath Falls' municipal swim
ming pool was the subject of much
discussion and an extensive tour
when Willard H. Shumard, north
west district representative of the
National Recreation Association,
met with persons vitally Inter
ested in recreation in the ., com
munity. -
Shumard was guest at a lunch
eon Thursday at the Pelican Cafe.
Present were Bob Bonney, city
park and recreation director;
members of the city council, park
and recreation boards; Bert Stott,
Moore Park superintendent:' Ar
nold Gralapp, superintendent of
city schools; Paul Campbell, di
rector of the YMCA.
Shumard explained the work of
the NRA as a clearing house since
1006 for things pertaining to red
reatlon. It aids In coordinating the
activities of city, county and state
departments and Informs mem
bers of developments in other
places. . . . .
Shumard, as an NRA represen
tative, travels throughout his dis
trict keeping abreast of develop
ments and passing on suggestions
to member departments. Klamath
Falls' recreation department has
been a member of the national
association since 1047.
Following the luncheon, guests
toured the swimming pool, which
Shumard described as remark
able In its shape, which is also
deceiving as to Its size. The rec
reation director discussed with the
group the Importance of program
planning when the pwi goes into
use.
"A good program will give you
the utmost usage of your pool and
make it pay," he said, and added
that the program should Include
water safety, first aid, beginners'
and adult classes, with certain
hours for physically handicapped,
classes for Women, free swims for
children, and should encourage
adult swimming.
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COOPERATION BETWEEN recreation departments and schools brings more extensive
and more efficient recreation programs, according to Willard Shumard, center, North
west district representative of the National Recreation Association. He is shown discuss- .
ing the possibilities with Bob Bonney, left, city park and recreation director, and Arnold
Gralapp, superintendent of city schools. Shumard, on an official visit to Klamath Falls, .
encouraged broader use of school facilities and personnel by recreation officials, a prac
; tice which is becoming more and more prevalent in cities all through the Northwest.
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