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- .... U-;- i-; -V. ...l. a h ! . .'it, I i Mr fx? raft i Frtoe Five Ccnla18 Page . -r , ,, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY it, 1954 . . , - Telephona till i N. nu . Tells Tale On Charges lun WARREN REECE, a father and son team, 'capped by the roving photographer this morning jfiemont Grocery on Nevada. , Iis Government Topples In , FRANK JENKINS ., V nm Berlin: (teittendlr the Berlin for-J isters coaierence say n-ua-t U Western Big Three jrtuln, prance) re dead- Ejtei any hPe com" plans (or creation of lU-Oerman government, em powers are pictured U In IRON DETERMINA t to yield on their demand oniay-iide free elections otiiiil ltrst step toward a Hirament. ' ' ' ' fe (because she knows she'd I FREE election) firmly Vi!ny suca plan. ; M d looks like a case of mlstible force meeting: the itk tody, doesn't it? cft't be surprised, though, I dses ire bluffing a bit, . bi jelln conference? --M iflitnat it's.neariy-ai- lii sucfi -situations '' to' Hi than to start shooting. I threatening saloon tithe days of the Old West tt materialize as long as My lent talking no matter Ml. ifat somebody FULLED A I table. started then and Iwilly flowed. -: fs not Ret too cynical about est in Berlin. I b sworn into office to- fcrhb unanimous re-election I Yugoslav parliament the to. Bis first act was to nual rights for all. We you noticed that ad his vice-president a "fccr, for departing ever, so lnm the Tito version of "moist line. Tito has some Jm. but he's a DICTATOR. re always dangerous. ptara for the moment from Battle of Berlin to the Iwte Battle of the Skirt- te morning that skirts will r me tnee and that mi Jllne is EXPECTED TO jsii () mil 5 e can find reassurance ! Ballad of East and jfct Is East, and West Fe twain shall meet, L , and Sky stand I1 Prat Judgment Seat." ! Bke East biih x. Wrtilneswm never meet I1 ffreat Hntf fte Dumping d Asked Members of the ten. T: Potato iIwm T' aaim". uwell Kenyon. W. ,TS In toe in. Kt'.,?te Potatoes. f 'o,-.lr1'e1 Publl: Poliii to lutu" three case, determln, 2 Suct5r - J'WJS?1 non " toSuSthCom- -uui a Asia, Italy Again ROME (SI Amlntore Panfa'nl's 11 day-old Christian Democrat government .fell - Saturday, open ing a new Italian political crisis. The government, Italy's third in six months, was toppled, when the chamber ' of ' demities refused to give Fanfani a vote of confidence. The vote against nlm was 303 to Communists.'' fellow-traveling Socialists; Monarchists, Neo-Pasc-lsts,- pro-Western Democratic So cialists -sntKeven one of hi own Christian DeVoorats combined to defeat the 46Vear-old premier. Only the Christian Democrats, save one trade union member of the party, and the Republican par ty, with live votes, stood ny Iran ian! and his ambitious program of anti-Communism and social re form The Liberal party,.-a; small oenter group , with- U nvotes, - b" Stubby, balding Fanfani stained out of the' chamber Immediately after the vote and announced he was going1 to lunch. Later he is scheduled to go to Italian presiaeni Luigl Einaudi to submit jus ior, mal resifirnatlon. v , ' Already plans, were lain - ior starting the now-familiar process by which Italy searcnes ior a new start his round of consultations to government. Monday Einaudi will find the next premier. And already the Christian Den ocrat press was pointing to a strong contender:, Alcide de Oa perl, the lean old statesman who guided Italy through eignt years of stable government after the war urftil last June's shattering elections. These cost De Oasperi and his Christian Democrats nearly two million votes.- greatly Increased the strength of the- left, and right in parliament and broke" up the lour-party coalition wrucn ve uas- perl had welded, Fanfani lashed out bitterly at tho Communists and pro-Commu. nists in the final debate, calling Communist- leader Palmiro Togil. atti and pro-Communist Socialist leader Pietro Nenni- "Volga stur geons." Just before the-vote he cried: "I will thank Ood If parliament frees me of .this cross which have had to' shoulder. - ; . By LYLE ..DOWNING District Attorney Frank Alder- son issued a statement Saturdav ex plaining why he signed a complaint cnarging Paula Benton with operat ing- a bawdyhouse. The district attorney claims that the Benton woman operated a house of prostitution at 848 -Spring St. where on January 8 a city police man fatally .wounried . a. gunman who was reported to have narticl- pated In- a holdup there. Edwin coyle. 38. Portland., the alleged robber, was killed and his alleged partner, Raymond J. Bodl- net, 31, is held on an armed rob bery-charge. , - ... In explaining his action in -slim ing a complaint against the Benton woman, Alderson sald:' "Some people are wondering why signed the complaint as district attorney. -. A short time after the holdun investigation' was concluded and after I had determined there was sufficient evidence for the bawdy house charge, I contacted the chief of police and discussed the matter with him. I asked him if he would be willing to sign a bawdyhouse com plaint and he said he would think over. I contacted the chief ot police again and asked him If he had decided to sign such a com plaint. He stated he had decided he would not sign al complaint at this tlrrfe. ,-, . i 'I then consulted with the sher iff about signing a complaint and the sheriff said he felt he did not have sufficient information of his own to justify him signing such a compiamb. X eii pruimiiiy was mainly a city police matter.. My position regarding the en forcement ot the anti-vice and antl- gambltng criminal statutes . re mains the same.'' ' i N i, It was revealedMhat -Miss Ben-1 tonVwho hasr ho't yet been appre hended on the bawdyhouse charge, also has been subpoenaed as a pro secution witness-against- Bodlnet. He Is slated for a preliminary bearing on the robbery charge next Thursday in District judge . E. van Vector's court. t Also subpoenaed as a witness by Alderson Is Elizabeth Caldwell, Negro maid, lit the Spring street address. . Durum Wheat Allotments Up WASHINGTON m President Eisenhower signed an agriculture bill Saturday which will permit the secretary of agriculture to in crease the acreage allotments for durum wneat. This wheat is used in the manu facture of macaroni, noodles and spaghetti and is in short supply. sen. Young (R-ND) said In sen. ate debate on the measure that there la a very serious shortage of durum wheat and that it was selling at about $4 a bushel. I he main part of the bill dealt with cotton. It fixed the 1954 na tional cotton acreage allotment at 01,378,343 acres..-. FIRST Freddie the Frightened Fish made a claim to fame Friday forenoon. His name -has been officially entered as the - first participant at ' Klamath Falls Municipal Swimming Fool. The minute minnow apparent ly tried an aerial attack on the pool, with the aid of a ser vile seagull who conducted "operation drop' At any rate the little swimmer is out to prove the merlU of the new pool, long before swimmers are officially allowed.. His life has been spared since m winter, no parleying; agent is added to the water which would kill bacteria, plant or animal life. Warm water is circulated through the . pool to . prevent Pipes front freeilnr, and through this , water circulates Freddie. . . 42 Feared Dead Alter Egypt Wreck fl- c.-. Ud wc, . vi 41 ;C.' ' v- r o , i CAIRO,. Sgypt W ' A Cairo Alexandria passenger train, speed tag through KafrEIZayat station Saturday, rammed into a big crowd which had Invaded the tracks to cheer President Moham med Naguib in another train. First press- dispatches said 43 per sons were killed and scores in jured. " " Kafr El Zayat is a town of about -21,000 population on 'the Rosetta branch of the Nile aprnxlmately midway between Cairo and Alex andria.' - : .- . : Dispatches gave the following account of the accident: Naguib, in the presidential train, arrived at Kafr El Zayat enroute to the tiny vUlage of Kalib Iblar, which was heavily: damaged by fire Friday. As the presidential train stopped In the station a big crowd massed to cheer - Naguib. . The crowd in vaded the tracks, unaware an ex press train was. due. It was not scheduled to stop at Kafr El Zay at. r- ', '...',: ', .. '"" 'The crowd's cheers and shouts covered the poise of the approach ing train, which hit people on the tracks before being able to stop. Ski Report On Poor Side By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Skiing conditions reported by the Weather Bureau: Mt. Hood area Partly sunny Sunday: visibility good: daytime temperature near 36, Government Camp near 45; southwesterly wind 5-15; snow depth at Timberllne 184 Inches, none new; breakable crust; skiing fair; all tows operating. Santiam and Willamette Pass Partly sunny Sunday; good visibil- iltv:, davtime temperature o ae-. grees; southwesterly winas o-io., crater Lane raruy sunny oun. day; good visibility; daytime tem perature slightly above freezing; southwesterly wind o-io. A COWBOY BREAKFAST AT THE CRACK OF DAWN on ' Monday will launch the Klamath County YMCA'S adult -membership drive with the group above spearheading the1 move to sign up 250 adult members. From left to right the roundup crew are Earl Kent, Bar-B-Cue; Res Dye, Y-4-U: Harrel Creasy; the boss of the roundup; George Proctor, Y-Bar-Uj Eric Carlson, ' Circle-Y Frank Michel- son is doss ot tne Y-4-u. The ranchers will compete to see who. fills his corral first,; with a hew member counting x mustang and a dollar being worth a dogie. ' , ; - - Cp!d 7c:!:ed hi Prospect By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Another cold weekend was the outlook for most of the Midwest as fresh blasts of Arctic air from northwestern Canada moved , Into the north-central .states.-, i r denerally. fair weather,- with temperatures around seasonal' lev els, prevailed in mosi' oiner sec tions, of the country. - -Below zero temperatures were forecast for most of the northern plains and north central: states Saturday night. ,' ;' It was -sub-zero weather again Saturday In northern sections of Minnesota and North Dakota, it also was cold in the North Atlantic coastal states. One of the lowest readings was -. -13 ' at Caribou, Maine, about the' same mark as in Grand Forks, N.D., and Inter national Falls, Minn. Ram diminished ' along, the Pa cific Coast states. There were light showers in- East Texas and the lower Mississippi . Valley. Light snow feU in sections of Montana and Wyoming with flurries report ed In Michigan and southeastward Into the Pennsylvania mountain region. . ; ( "Critf er , Of Coqan township" Sought; Safari Plunges Into Pennsy Wilds WILLIAMSPORT,.' Fa. tffl - A safari of 800 hunters, aided by airplanes and a Red Cross mobile unit, set out today to track dAwn the mysterious - "critter of Cogan House township." The "critter" is i Relieved to be either a black panther,, a mountain lion or a large- bob cat. It has been frightening game, away from the popular hunting area on heav ily wooded Bobst Mountain, 20 miles northwest of here. The mammoth hunt, was organ ized this week when local sports men's clubs put up a $300 prize for the person who bags the elu sive beat. And some lucky dog who catches the scent of the "critter" gets 100 pounds of dog food as its reward. ' -' Prizes ' were 'alsoavauable for anyone bagging a bob cat or fox. . At least three airplanes were vol unteered to aid in seeking out the animal whose tracks were seen on Bobst Mountain 10 days- ago. - A pack of 50 dogs was Included In the hunting party. i A fully-equipped Red Cross mo bile unit was on hand In case of injuries. - : Amnesia Victim Recovers Following Car- Truck Crash Near Bonanza;, Home Again The lure of a rare big game hunt brought hunters to the scene from, a -wide. area. vBut- they had very little to go on as to what they Were searching fori Though the animal has been only sketchliy- described by a few resi dents who--claim to have seen-it, the hunt is deadly serious busi ness. Chairman of the expedition is President Judge Charles Scott Williams, of the Lycoming County court. - Headquarters for the safari Into the northern Pennsylvania wilds were set up at a turkey farm atop Stem Valley Mountain on Rt. 15. ; files. ' SALEM l) George F-' Rake straw, Redmond Republican, filed his candidacy Friday" for district attorney of Deschutes County. YMCA to tioia : Open House ' ' The YMCA will conduct open house Sunday from 13:30 to 2:30 to give those who; have not yet had It an opportunity to visit the V, lo cated at .733 Pine. - ' : Coffee and tea will be, served by members; of the Y's women's or ganization under-, the . chairman ship ..of Mrs. James Pinniger. The entire building will be open for.' inspection in--recogniUon-. of national YMCA week. French Blast Rebel Ranks HANOI, - Indochina Un Artillery and air attacks, including napalm bombs, blasted "hundreds" of Vlet minh 'rebels spotted today north ; of Dien. Blen . Phu, -the French fortress stronghold in northwestern, Indochina. The French 'Command ; claimed "many" killed and-wound. ed among the. Communist-led reb eis -vitnout giving specula figures. , me rrencn, iiring- lab-muiimeter guns, centered a. barrage upon the Vletmlnh spotted by a French pa trol moving northward from Dien ., Blen Phu. '..'. '': Fighter - planes heavUy machine, gunned the rebels and bombers Joined in the attack with napalm barrages. ': Tne Viettninh, with an estimated 40,000 'troops entrenched - m ' the ' hlUs around the "durt bowl" ol Dien Blen Phu, continued -to ateev any or launching:., any mrect '..' aault 'upon "the ' Tieavlly .' iortttled ' plain. "" l': "'!, w.li;"-,.-.'.-i ii,-...:v.,..,w The French reported 30 VietmirA killed and lot -captured In Red River Delta, mopups,;..;-...:,..:..;;. ',. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Sklpii Tedar s '. 44 ears tiMi pr . 55 can TeU) rp aioa 4364 ears tt!-U 7058 ears -BULLETIN- .'."V SKI REPORT A revised report 'from' Warner Canyon, .Lakeview, at noon :today '; stated akl conditions rood due to cool temperatures which have froi en slushy snow to firm, smooth pack. Ski tow operating today and Sunday. Sky overcast, according to ' Don Deters, district ranger. Weather FORECAST Klamath Fall and vioinlty: Partly cloudy through Sunday; morning fog. High Sun day 45: low Saturday night XT. High yesterday Low last night . 42 1 By RUTH KING An Associated Press story from Council Bluffs, Iowa, received Jan uary 25, Involving Klamath County was verified here yesterday by Western Union. ' - ! According to the--release, Harora William Long, 32, veteran ol world War II, an apparent amnesia vic tim, had returned to his home af ter regaining nis memory iuuuwuib a three-way car crash near Bonan za on January 18. He had been ab sent from his family since Novem ber 13, 1953. ' Tncr. ancoraina lo an uitc ,k. witfl news reporters, alter nis re nin, atatad that be came lo, lying on an Icy highway, surrounded by strange people. . . Investigations nere ptov Oregon State Police had no record of such "a crash and this fact led to further checking. - Friday, B. P. uvingsion, man ager of Western Union, checked records and found that a man, carrying' an Iowa driver's ucense, h.ri miiected 145 sent by Mrs. Har old William Long, Council Bluffs on January is. The original AP story read: "I got up and caw all those Oregon license plates, and I asked' the man next to me where I was. He told me and I couldn't believe it." Long said after the collision, he ( n.t ni his vehicle to survey the damage, apparently, slipped on the ir navement and struck his head. A little later, he said, he tele phoned his wife from Bonanza, be cause ne nao aimosk no uxwj bis Jeans and had only Just then realized-who- he wis. lbs win in formation said, he then started i the long trek . home. When he ar rived he was 30 pounds lighter than when he left, was wearing the same clothes and waa broke. His chief concern during the first interview with a newspaper report er, was about What might have happened during the two months time his mindwas a blank., "Maybe I did something wrong,': he said. "If il did I want to know. want to know where I was and how I got to Oregon." How did I get the money to go where I was?" he asked, "I might have written a bad check or done something. If anybody saw me during those two months,- I wish they would let me know." Call slips kept of au local ana loner distance calls by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company here had been sent to roruana nut the local office sent a tracer that faUed to turn up record of such a call. The message. Mr. ana Mrs. Lons later said, was sent collect and would show on the next phone bUl received bv the family. Lone also laid in ms interview at his home, "that I walked into combination store-postoffice in Bonanza, and asked for a pay phone. There was none, so I phoned from a counter instrument, crying, during the conversation." Mrs. Esther Brown, who operates the Bonanza Variety store and postofflce and two of her women clerks, could recall no such, visitor to the store. There Is also a pay phone booth In plain sight. Long may have called from some outer place.. - A weather check proved that the country's big snow storm did not occur until Jater in the week and there were no snow banks .be sides Highway 66 high enough to damage an automobile fender, at the time bf the accident. As a further follow-up on the strange story of the man who stat ed he had had a previous lapse of memory for -18 days, following a serious injury on Ouam, the Oma ha Associated Press bureau was Queried by the Portland bureau with no further developments. . A telegram was then sent to Har ry Mauch Jr., managing editor ol the Council Bluffs Nonpareil, daily newspaper who sent a police re porter to again talk to Long and his wife. .' ; Long, still apparently foggy, in sisted during this interview that he hit-snow, "maybe 20 or 35 miles "up" trom Bonanza. He wasn't sure which direction was "up, and that the rest of his story was as previously related. Long's rec ord. Mauch said, is above reproach. According to police, his past is ap parently spotless and "hi story true." - Upon receipt of Mauch'a letter, the check with Western Union wis made. A duplicate record of the transaction for 145 sent to Long by his wife and accepted by Long, was produced. Employes could not re call what the man looked like, The accident happened on Mon day. Long, arrived borne Saturday. He will enter the veteran's hos pital in Omaha for a checkup. Did . anyone la Klamath county see this man? .... r-t -- ,-. -v-: - Kiftwwf' . 1 i.-iipj I'lBafHjsis'iisissfSsSPSjji'i1 1'niwiwiBaifsrvreT ij-isBsjs. - I ; V f it wi"?- c yy: ?y-r-j '' CymM INSTALLATION OF CINEMASCOPE, the new nriion picture process involving the tise of anamorphic lens, stereophonic sound and .-. Walker seamless curved screen 40 feet in length by 18 feet high, is being rushed to .ompletion at the Esquire theater in time for the scheduled' Thursday opening of "The 'Kobe." This four-minute time exposure by Don Kettler, staff photographer shows the ateel staging erected by Roper & Roper, the largest scaffolding ever used on a redecorating job in the Klamath area, according to Bert Henson, Manager, Klamath Theaters, -Inc. Baraboo Electric. Is the local contractor handling the electrical phase of the installation job, "Cinemascope," according to Hen son, "achieves the illusion, of depth without the use of glasses." The unveiling of this new motion picture form is heralded as the most important event in local theatrical history. The Esquire has been closed since -January . 24 for the" redecorating and installation work. A crew of approximately 30 will work all weekend to finish in time forthe Febru ory 4 opening.. ' : ,' . " ' ' ' -r-y . yy :::d;;( I t;v.:1
