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Mri. Margaret Sheridan, left,
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Soroptimist
Club Honors
KF Woman
Mrs. Earl (Margaret) Sheridan,
Klamath Falls, Is the Soroptimist
Club's new "Woman of Achieve
ment," for 1954. '
The coveted award, presented on
contributions to the community. In
the elda-')uiicemBfF,o T
women, aid to youth, minor girls
and special projects and accom
plishments, was made by Mrs.
Robert A. Thompson, before an
appreciative audience, of mem
bers, husbands and guests. -
Mrs. Sheridan, an accomplished
vocalist, has been active In PTA
work for many years, serving as
president of .the Klamath County
Council, Shasta and Altamont
groups, was Instructor of th state
PTA school of Instruction, and
member of the state board four
years; she Is a member of the
Camp Fire Council, member of the
advisory board of OTI; was hous
ing chairman for placing 3000 stu
dents, here to attend the state
music festival, in recent years and
has held numerous pother offices
In civic, social and church groups.
An interpretive, human, interest
Interlude of her life in the Orient,
China and India, sparked with
humor, was presented by Mrs. Da
vid Campbell, woman commen
tator on Mutual station KORE,
Eugene, the guest speaker.
Mrs. Campbell, whose husband
has been identified with education
In the Orient, spent much of her
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MR. AND MRS. IVAN McCORD are owners of South Sixth Street's first motel, the Mc
Cord, open for business at 5543 South Sixth. The six-unit structure, of Roman brick struc
ture, also has living quarters for the owners. Each unit has individual color scheme, tiled
bath and electric heat. Wide eaves overhang sidewalks. Approaches will be black-topped
and landscaping th'e grounds will get underway this spring. Plans call for an additional nine
units later. Mrs. McCord is a lifetime resident of Klamath Falls. Mr. McCord arrived in 1928
nd has operated a trucking business here for many years. Responsible for construction work
on the handsome new building are; Guy Malotte, carpenter contractor; Friesen-Welman Com
pany, plumbing; Herman Sample) concrete; Eastsida Electric, wiring; Don( Anderson, floor
coverings
and Mrs. Robert A. Thompson
Photo by Milly Ramsby
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Clearing Wednesday
night and Thursday. High Thurs
day 45; low Wednesday night 21.
High yesterday , 45
Low last night 34
Preclp last 24 hours 0
Since Oct. 1 ..... 11.79
Same period last year .......11.65
Normal for .period 4: 8.12
Three Killed
In Shooting
HOOD RIVER, Ore. W Police
sought to learn Wednesday the cir
cumstances surrounding the shot
gun deatns 01 three persons in an
Army surplus store here.
Their bodies were found Tuesday
afternoon by a customer. Dist.
Atty. Kenneth Abraham said It
probably was a case of murder
and suicide but he didn't know
who did the shooting.
The 'victims were identified as
L. R. Ronahue, 61; his wife, Eve
lyn, 38; and Kal Kilham, about 55.
Their bodies were lying around a
oil stove In the rear of Donahue's
store in the heights district of Hood
River, .
Kilham formerly was a partner
in the store, but three years ago
he opened his own store In Uma
tilla. The gun was on top of the stove,
police said. They speculated that
whoever did the shooting first shot
the others then placed the gun
there and pulled the trigger to kill
himself.
Changes
WASHINGTON (A Legislation
to end overlapping jurisdiction and
administrative controversy sur
rounding 913,000 acres of Western
Oregon timber land - Wednesday
9. the endorsement 01 aiiectea
Buvemment agencies.
The approval came from the'
Department of Interior and Agri
culture and the Bureau of the Bud
get in reports filed with the Sen-.
ate interior committee.
The legislation, by Sen. Cordon
and Rep. Ellsworth. Oregon Re
publicans, is aimed at increasing
administrative efficiency of 450,
0U) acres of Oregon & Celuornu
railroad grant lands at at settling
disputes over whether an. addition-,
al 462,000 acres snouid tie admin
istered by the. Bureau of Land
Management or the Forest Service.
The legislation briefly would:
1. Place administration of the
462,000 acres in the Forest Serv
ice. 2. Provide that receipts from
the sale of timber from this 463,
000 acres be distributed in - ac
cordance with the O&C formula
which gives 75 per cent to the 18
O&C counties and 25 per cent to
the government.
3. Direct the secretaries of ag
riculture and interior to exchange
lands, the effect being to block up
the 450,000 acres of O&C land
where it' is Intermingled with na
tional forest lands.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson.
in putting his agency's approval
00 record, said settlement of. tne
administrative controversy Is
"long overdue." 1
Orme Lewis, assistant secretary
Finance Men
Held By FBI
TOKYO W An Alt' Force Major
entrusted, with destroying wornout
military currenoy and former oi
fleer have been arrested for al'
Iegedly pocketing some (200,000
destined for the furnace, the Air
Force announced tonight.
Maj. Thomas Pate of Los An
geles, under house arrest here, has
helped recover most of the money,
Far East Air Forces said. No
charges have been filed against
him.
The FBI in Washington identi
fied the second man as Lowell A.
Logan. 24. of Springfield, Ohio.
Now a student at the .University
of Iowa, Logan was arested Sat
urday at Iowa city, tie pieanea
innocent yesterday to a charge of
embezzling $20,000 In federal funds.
Fate has been finance officer at
Tachikawa air base 29 miles south
west of Tokyo.
The Air Force said he admitted
swapping script ot small denomi
nation for bigger currency and
then falsifying records to show
that the bigger certificates bad
been destroyed.
The role allegedly played by Lo
gan was not announced.
When arrested, the major was
carrying $66,000 in U. S. currency.
Military personnel in Japan are re
quired to use only military script
while on duty in Japan.
En Timber Lav;
bf interior, singled but for partic
ular endorsement that section di
recting the two secretaries to ex
change lands to . eliminate the
checkerboard mingling of O&C
and National Forest timber.
'It is this provision for a man
datory . exchange which prompts
me to make no objection to the
enactment of S. 2225," Lewis said.
The Budget Bureau, althoughj as-
Source Of
Pool Told
Mayor Paul Landry who told
the City Council Monday night that
he had a possible solution in mind
for the lack of funds- needed to
mako final payments and buy
equipment for the new Municipal
Swimming Pool has figures to
prove his point
Funds for the equipment and
final payments can come from
several sources according to the
mayor fromv money In the swim
ming pool fund from savligs in
the recreation department budget
from, estimated Income from the
pool when it opens and from
equipment costs lower than the
estimated $5000 '
To complete the pool Including
Paddock Engineering Co. ,and
Duncan Construction Co., and' the
architects, Morrison and Howard,
and Howard Perrln, $22,826.59 is
needed. There is $25,726.99 in the
swimming pool fund, leaving a
balance of $2,900 which can be
used for .payment of equipment.
The mayor said that equipment
will cost approximately $3,700, . not
$5,000 as originally estimated by
Bob Bonney, park and reoreation.
director. Subtracting the swim
ming pool fund of $2,900 front the
approximate equipment cost of
$3,700 leaves $800 to raise.
This (800 can come, Landry
stated from estimated Income
from, the pool for the remainder of
this fiscal year, for which an
amended budget will be filed; and
from savings In the recreation de
partment budget.
Savings In the recreation depart
ment budget are possible since of
the (34,388 budgeted for the year,
only about (19,388 have been used
at the end of February. Part of
the equipment money can come
from the (15,000 left for recrea
tion expenses during March, April,
Mav and June.
The amended, budget will also
take care of estimated salaries
for swimming pool personnel, an
Item that was not budgeted in the
present fiscal year. In this way,
income from the pool will help
pay operating expenses.
Bulletin,
The body of a Chiloquin man,
Mallory Wilson, was found short
ly before press-time today lying
face down in a ditch about 2V
miles north of Beatty. No details
are available, but It Is reported
authorities susplcloned the man
had been murdered. Sheriff's
deputies, District Attorney Alder
son and Wlllard Ward, assistant
coroner, 4eft for the scene short
ly before noon.
South Korea Stubborn Over
Coming Geneva Conference
By BOB PROSSER .
SEOUL IPi South Korea's
President Syngman Rhee said
Wednesday his country will not be
represented at next month's Ge
neva Conference unless the United
States agrees to help unify Korea
by force "if peaceful efforts fall."
Rhee said the United States can
provide direct support or build up
the ROK army to a point where
It will need little help II It wants
South Korea to attend the Oeneva
Conlcrence on Korea and Indo
china opening April 28.
"we wxni permission 10 unity
Korea militarily it peaceful uf-
foits fall," Rhee said in written
answers to questions submitted by
The Associated press,
"We want cooperation In the
form of arms, munitions and other
logistical support such as air and
sea coverage." .
"Falling that," Rhee declared,
"wo ask Immediate expansion of
our armed forces to a strength
where foreign manpower will not
be needed except U.S. officers in
advisory and training capacity.
'Under one or the other of these
conditions we shall agree to at
tend the Oeneva Conierence."
The South Korean Army num
bers 20 divisions. American mil
ltary experts have voiced doubt
that the Korean economy could
support a larger army or that the
30 divisions could fight for more
sertlng such legislation is "neces
sary and desirable," suggested
several amendments. ,
One of these would correct what
the bureau indicated it felt was
disproportionate split among the
counties of revenues from timber
sales, on the 462,00o acres of dis
putedor controverted lands.
Under the-1937 O 4i C Act, each
of the 18 counties shared in re
ceipts from O&C timber sales
in direct proportion 10 tne ratio
the amount of O Si O land within
its boundaries bore to total O&C
acreage on the. tax rolls.
This formula disregarded the
402.000 acres .of controverted land,
Budget - Director Joseph Dodge
said,, because It was never on the
tax rolls.
As a result, he said, Clackamas,
Curry, Josephine, Klamath and
Lane counties with relatively
large acreages of controverted
lands would not receive their pro
portionate share.
'Coos, Douglas, Jackson and
Linn counties contain lesser pro
portions of controverted acreage
but.. .would receive an excess share
of revenue from the controverted
tracts." he continued. "Nine other
counties, containing no controvert
ed acreage, would also receive
revenue from controverted lands."
To remedy this, Dodge suggested
the bill be amended to Include the
controverted acreage in the grand
total and to the respective county
totals for purposes of the distribu
tion of revenues.
Such a change, he said, .."will
be consistent with the original In
tent 01 She 1937 law." ...
Vietminh Push
Small Attacks
HANOI, Indochina W The
French claimed Wednesday to
have killed 184 Vietminh rebels
and captured 88 others in beating
olf fresh harassing attacks on the
vital ran and highway lines in the
Red River Delta.
The Communlst-1 e d Vietminh
have stepped up these attacks In
the last few days in an Obvious
effort to divert French -reinforcements
from the beleaguered fort
ress of Dieu Blen Phu. -
The Vletminn were reported
"beating the bushes" throughout
northern Indochina to recruit every
available fighting man for another
mass assault on that French Union
fortress In the mountainous Thai
country west of here.
Rumors circulated In Hanoi that
the Communist commander in
chief, Oen. Vo Nguyen- Olap, had
sworn to raise a force of 100,000
men If necessary to try to crush
the fortress, French sources don't
believe he can raise anywhere
near that number to add to the
estimated 40,000 to 60,000 already
believed around Dien Blen Phu.
The rebels lost an estimated
3,000 dead and 9,000 wounded In
four days of furious suicide
charges on Dien Blen Phu early
last week. They grabbed northern
defense outposts from the French,
then retired to the hills around tne
plain.'
Since then the major activity In
the area has been a continuous
artillery duel between the two posi
tions and round-the-clock French
air attacks on the rebels positions.
than a few days without American
supplies.
Rhee sulci be has not received
adequate assurances from the
United States concerning South
Korea's position at Geneva.
The U.S. State Department has
assured Rhee that the United
States will walk out with South
Korea after 90 days If the Com
munists appear to be using It
solely as a propaganda sounding
board.
The Bouth Korean President also
wants assurances that Korean
problems will bo discussed sepa
rately and that It win be a con
ference of two sides rather than
a round table gctherlng,
"The actual negotiations at Oe
neva will take place ocnuid tne
scenes at meetings not partici
pated In by parties to be vitally
affected by thcm,"the president
said.
"We must be on the lookout to
prevent this danger from mater
ialising."
Rhee described the Geneva con
vention as "the brain child of the
Bin Four" (the United States,
Britain, France and Russia). He
. Ua .An.ianKnM warn "rnn.
celved secretly" st the Berlin for
eign ministers meeting. He said It
does not conform to the political
conferences envisaged under the
armistice agreement which sought
a peacelul method for the unlllca-
Uoa of Korea, .
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ON THEIR WAY TO FREMONT SCHOOL this; morning Pat;
Watson, 830 Owens Street and Joyce Dowdy,. 403 Division
Street, pause for the 9 o'clock photographer."
Funds Originally Marked
For Jail Used On Library
There seemed little chance Wed-!
nesday that new county Jail facili
ties urged by sheriff Murray Brit
ton can be obtained.
Members bit the County Court
announced that (145,964.05 ear
marked for a new jail In 1945 will
be used to pay for the new Klam
ath County Library and Museum
now under construction. Records
show that $100,000 also labeled as
jail funds Is on time deposit and
drawing Interest in
Falls bank.i ,.
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To Assist In .
Lake Ceremony
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LAKE VIEW Governor Paul L.
Patterson has accepted an Invita
tion to assist at the laying of the
corner stone of the new $300,000
courthouse at Lakevlew, Friday
aiieraoon, ai o p.m.
Officiating at the ceremonies will
be County Judge J. R. Heckman.
The music department of Lake-
view High School will participate,
also. ' -., ,
The granite corner stone has
been engraved: "Lake County
Court, Judge J. R. Heckman:
Commissioners, Roy Morehouse
tuec.i, ,i-.m ugie; Arcnitects, Mor
rison si Howard; Contractor. Mc-
Cormlck Construction Co.; 1953."
Murdo D. Morrison of Klamath
Falls, and representatives of the
Pendleton contracting firm will
also be present.
The public Is Invited.
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DAYS UNTIL THE
BLOODMOBILE VISITS
KLAMATH COUNTY
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TWO SOUTHERN PACIFIC DIESELS sideswlped this morning, causing an estimated dam
age of $4,000. The accident oceured at the west end of the yard when the diesel switcher
1448 and Engine 6337 with (our diesel units and pulling a heavy string of cars failed to stop
as they approached a main line switch. Tht engines had slowed to about four milei per hour
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On March 13 the County Grand
Jury Inspected the jail and Issued
the. following report:
"We. the Klamath County Grand
Jury, Inspected the Klamath coun
ty Jan in KJamatn r aus, uregon,
and have concluded inai saw jau
Is Inadequate in the following
ways, among others, to wit: (1)
Inadequate space for prisoners,
Jail equipment, kitchen and other
necessary facilities and (2) Im
nnsslble to have nroner' Betrresa-
Ulon of prisoners. !
I "Said Jail appeared to be or
derly and well kept as facilities
would permit. These findings were
concurred on ny ait seven, mem
bers of the grand Jury." j - -, )
When questioned about the Jail
situation. Judge U. . Keener 01
the County Court, said a former
sheriff, when asked whether new
Jail faculties were needed, said
his policy was: "If people don't
s: J 1 peupm uvu
like our jail, then stay out of it."
Other county officials blamed a
bottleneck In the courts for
crowded conditions in the jail.
They said the manner In which
cases are being handled by the
district attorney's office is largely
responsible for over-crowding of
the jail.
On March 11, Sheriff Brltton said
that crowded conditions In the jail
was . causing unrest among pris
oners that might lead to serious
trouble. .
The sheriff pointed out that
i'unds had been available for Im
proving Jail facilities in 1945 but
far as the county was con.
cerned, no concrete action was
taken.
At that time a combined city
and county Jail was contemplated.
A site for tlie proposed city-county
Jail was bought,' plans were
drawn, bids also were sought. In
1949 the project was abandoned.
The city subsequently built a Jail.
Sheriff Brltton said a new story
should be built on the present
county Jail and an exercise area
should be provided on the root of
the Jail for long-term prisoners.
Under present conditions, pris
oners serving a year or more In
the county Jail are forced to re
main in their cells and never get
any exercise or sunlight.
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Saltonstull
Says Story
Built Up
WASHINGTON Chairman
Saltonstall (R-Mass) of the Senate
Armed Services Committee as
serted Wednesday that the question
of Communist Infiltration In the
armed forces has been built up to
something "far larger than it
really Is." '. .,.',:...,' -
Saltonstall made the statement
after his committee had ques
tioned officials of the Army, Navy
and Air Force on the problem of .
Communist Infiltration. , . ,
Sen. McCarthy R-Wis) has said
that Communists have been "cod
dled" in the Army. . -..
- Without making any reference to
McCarthy, Saltonstall asserted: ; -
"AS one who has served and as
s . parent Whose children have
served. I shared the disbelief and
the resentment felt by millions
that there were either significant
numbers of Americans whose loy
alty was not In our finest tradition,
or that disloyalty was being cod
dled by the very uniforms whose -herolo
sacrifices ' in Korea have
spoken ) eloquently." . ,
- The Massachusetts senator said
the hearings had shown that we
are talking about a more handful
as against tne millions who have
served this country with such In
spiring patriotism and devotion."
"It is plain," Saltonstall said,
"that extraneous factor a have
made this problem far larger than
it really Is." V-
- The statements were made after
the Army and Air Force reported
they have discharged 542 officers
and men since May 1949 as secur
ity risks in cases Involving; "loyal
ty connotatlons.'fij... -
With 48 similar separation re
ported previously by the Navy, the
figures brought to 590 the total of
"loyalty" discharges among the
shifting millions who have been In
and out of the three services In the
past five years.- . ,
The figures were given by wit
nesses at a public hearing before
the committee at which vice Aom.
James L-iHolloway testified that.
"through administrative , error," , .
five naval officers in the inactive
reserve had been allowed to re- '
sign under honorable conditions
last year while undergoing Royalty
security checks. . , r i 6
. All three services said the per
centage of . its- securlty-1 o y a 1 1 y
cases, amounted to but tiny trac
tions 01 its total strengia.. -..,,'
The Army estimated 1U percent
age at .00006 per- cent; the Air
Votce estimated Its at about 0OO -
per cenK-The Navy 1M previously '
estimated Its percentage at about
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Hollows y, chief of naval person
nel, said the five naval officers'
bi . . ;
?J"arBea oonoDiy were among
to nartlcinatlna-
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in or showing any interest in re
serve activities. . ! .
Sen. Hendrlckson (R-NJ) asked
whether the five officers referred
to by Holloway but not named
were "serious cases or fringe
cases." -. . ' - ' ' - -'
Capt. J. Maglnnls or the Navy
Personnel Bureau replied that In
the five cases there was "strong
evidence of association with Communist-front
organisations." .
The testimony was taken at a
hearing on a bill to amend the
doctors' draft law, which now re
quires that doctors and dentists
Inducted Into the service be given
commissions. The measure would -permit
them to be used In their .
professional service in an enlisted
grade. ..- t -.
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