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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1954)
TUESDAY, JUNK in, 10!4 IIKIULD AND NEWS. KLAMATH KAIXS. OREGON PACK NINE Deceased Governor Of New Jersey Charged With Fraud TflKNTON, N, J. W Gov. I Robert B. Meyner mid lie will mi liuunca today dolallrd charges of mUcontlucl Bttnlnnt the Into ex Oov. I la rolcl U. Ilolfmiiii, v.'lioM' ilauKblor dlicluticil Ulut lit fin bnrtlDd WOO.OIW III bunk funds In finance hi slormy polltlciil career .nil pay oil t blackmailer. Meyner lull) a now :unliMrmr. yesterday llnlliunn wrote u letter May I to hi" riauiilitor, Mrs. Aln Leonard ol Madlauii, lu say h cm nettled Ilia S300.000 to liny ex penses during hla lour oura In Contra from 1M7 to I0JI and lor hla aucceantul 1U34 guocinalurliil campaign. Mra, Leonard, In u leltor lu Mev nrr last nlitlil, pledged Hint Hie HoKman family would repay every vent ol tlx money. Her mothar )u.it Monday was voted n tll.(IUU-u-year jienslun by lire Male Lealala turn, The bill awalla Meynor'a Miiyner signature. Hodman, allablo alter dlnuar speaker and prenldenl of the (un loving Clrcua 8alnta and Sinners, uaa auaimided March III by Mey- ner aa director ot New Jersey's Division of Employment and Se curity, a UJ.tOO-a-year pout he had held aince he left Uie governor alilp In 1341. Al Ilia time of the auauenslon. Meyner aald he had evidence ol 'wtdeapread Irregularlllea" In tile purchase of division supplies and equipment, An authoritative source aald Uie charges eg situ. I Hodman Include I relerenoe to Uie S3O0.0OO and recommendations (or the illamls al of aeveral persons. Including one In another department. Ally. Oen. Orover C. Illrliman Jr. who directed au lnvesllKallon t ' account ol the South Amboy Trurt Co., of which Hodman had been prealdenl. Hoffman, a nepubllcau. died ol . h.an attack June 4 In New York .1 the aae of M. and the next Chamber Group Plans Tour nhtKi-vatlon of range, farirf pas ture end grass seed plantings Is the purpose of the second annual "grassland tour" which will take member of the Portland Cham, ber of Commerce on a four day visit through esttil southern and central Oregon countlea beginning eunday, June JO. according to Wei ter A. Holt, chairman ot Iho Port land Chamber Agricultural com mittee, and general manager of the Pacific International Llveetock Exposition. Arrangementa for the tour have been made through the cooperation i the county extension agent In Linn. Lane. Douglas, Josephine Jackaon, Klamath, Dcschulea and Crook countlea. Luncheon ' and dinner meeting are alto planned enroule. with luncheon In Eugene. Grant Paaa. Xlamath Fall and Prlnevllle. On Tuesday. June 21, the tour will Include morning atop to Inspect Nomad alfalfa planting near Keno. the Tulena rarms Irrigated pas tures near Worden and the Olen Dehllnter ranch near Keno, with a Joint luncheon In Klamath Fall with the Lion' Club. Afternoon atop are planned at the deary Brother Ranch and at Ira Orem'a and the Meache Ranch near Klam ath Fall and will continue on to Bend for a dinner meeting with the Chamber at 7: JO In the Pilot Butte Inn. di'V Mid, Leonard demanded that Meyntir clear her lather's nuino Immediately, In her letter to My- tier luit nlulil, Mrs, Leonard npol ojl.ec to the Duinomulu novum- nor because "(or almost two weekn .von have appeared In a crucially umair position." In an ullldavll rcroimllng the Idler written to her by hsr lullier, Mm. Leonard quoted htm aa say Intr a "certain wealthy elder can didate who In now decea ied" prom- r.ed li mee'. hi, runrrHMQiiHl enmnalgn coMs but did nol, lend In? Hie wav lo the embezzlement which "got deeper and deeper.' Hoffman al-o waa quoted lu Uie af fidavit a saying anollier unnamed Vine official blackmailed him ol (110.000 after learning of the em be;..nmeni. Tli slain olllclul also Is dead. Uie affidavit said. Mr. Leonard lold a rr'xii'te r 'ie has a good Idea who the "elder riindldale" Is, but would not idrii- Illy him ucratiMi she didn't want 10 bring "grief" to 111" family. The blackmailing official, she mild. "Id tell you If I knew." Rlchman aald hla office has beimn fui Investigation to determine the Identity of the two men. The affidavit lold of Hodman's making commitment "which 1 'temporarily' covered by drawing from inactive accounts at Uie bulh Ambov Trust Company. "What with Uie high com of Washington living, Uie mainten ance of two homes, and what I can only .lalK-l a Die expensive naivete of a newcome congressman, things Instead of bettering, got worse." At the news conference yenter day. Harry Oreen of Little Silver. Hodman's attorney, said he had seen the charges brought against Urn former governor. Oreen said the charges were shown to him the day Hodman died and ihst a tenta tive agreement had been reached to have Die late governor submit aleller of resignation rather than face a hearing on the charges. Meyner, Oreen and Rlchman told how Mra. Leonard visited Oreen at his Little Silver home Inal Wednesday and showed him the letter from her father. She later showed the letter to an of ficer of the South Amboy bank, and then destroyed It. tireen aald It look seversl hours Thursday to convince Mrs. Leon ard the content. of the letter should be made known lo Meyner. When she consented, Oreen called Uie governor and he began an Im mediate Investigation. Mrs. Leonard prepared the affi davit, recalling essentials of the letter. The affidavit was turned over to Rlchman yesterday. State Treasurer Archibald Alex ander said his records showed II, 2U0.0OO In state funds ha been on deposit in the South Amboy Trust Co. lor many years. Ho said WOO. 000 of the funds la covered by securities deposited In oUier banks. Meyner and Banking and Insur ance Commissioner Warren Oell ney said depositor of Uie bank would lose nothing because of the Hoffman defalcation. Railroad Days Slated DUNfl.MUIR Tills little moun tain town with the big lo comotive Is bustling with activity In preparation for Dunv mulr'a Ninth Annual Railroad Day Celebration, Duaimulr's Railroad Day Is the only celebration of this kind knowu west of Chicago. It Is unique In that 11 I. free entertainment designed for all uges. Starting with the Kiddles parade at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June lath, and concluding with the sixth Army Band concert on Sunday af ternoon. June 20th, there will be over thirty hours of free, whole some entertainment. The entire community of 8,000 citizen Is going all out to make this year' celebration the best ever. Highlight of till year's enter tainment will again feature the 115 piece bund and marching units ot Uie Wclttonians of Oakland, Orien tal Band of the Ben All Temple of Sacramento, the Sixth Army Band of the Presidio of San Francisco and many other well known enter talnersi of Northern California. A special fan train to Aahlund and return, on Saturday leaving Dunsmulr at t:00 a.m., and return ing at 6:00 p.m.,. In lime for the evening festivities, street dancing on Friday and Saturday night. Sat urday afternoon and evening folk dancing in the elementary school A special feature of the celebro- HAIRCUT8 TOKYO iv Barbers In Yamagu chl, western Honshu, are selling haircut on Uie Installment plan. Customers can get as many hair cut as needed throughout Uie year, and pay the bill In monthly installment. FRONT END ALIGNMENT SPECIAL '6 BOB MEST 522 8. 6lh Pbeoe glsl Hon will be a big extravagant In the local baseball park by tlx Saturday, the Grand Parade will be held at 12:00 noon on Sunday. A TRIO OF DANCERS from fhe A and I club are shown here rehearsing for the June 20 folk dance (eitival to be held al (ha armory from I fo 5 p.m. The festival, which it open to the public at no charge for either tpaclatort or danceri, is iponsored by the A and I club. The Minute club and the city recreation department. Thii it the first such dance meeting to be held in Klamath Fails. From left to right, Shirley Mayhaw, Bill Clark and Alma Hodton. 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