TUESDAY. AUGUST 17 1954
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE FIVE
Dr. Otto John Identified
Top Communist Agent
BERLIN (Dr. Otto John is
Identified now by rueful Allied
powers as Russia's master Ger
man spy.
The man who dined cozlly In
Washington two months ago with
Allen Dulles, Central Intelligence
Agency director, and curried fa
vor with the British Secret Service
for 10 years sits openly in the
Communist camp today.
Until he motored into Berlin's
Soviet sector the night of July 20
as casually as driving around the
block Dr. John was security chief
of the West German government.
His Office for Protection of the
Constitution received two mil
lion dollars a year from the feder-1
al treasury on espionage. His mis
sion: to ferret out and expose
Communist and Nazi plotters In
side the Bonn republic.
This work was directly connected
not only with the security of the
West German state but of 400.000
allied troops.
KKD CONTACT
From his intelligence headquar
ters in Cologne, Dr. John main
tained continual contact with rep
resentatives Inside Germany for
Britain's M15 intelligence network,
the French Deuxleme Bureau and
America's CIA.
Inevitably, he learned a great
deal about what the Allies did on
their own to fight Communist es
pionage, which is periodically re
inforced wilh new agents and
additional money from the Soviet
stronghold of East Germany.
He cut quite a figure, this blue
eyed, blond. Moot lawyer, with a
cloak-and-dagger bent. With the
benefit of hindsight, Allied intelli
gence now assumes that he must
have been a double agent In Soviet
service for many years.
Fear of eventual exposure is
Annual Dog
Show Planned
The Fifth Annual All Breed Dog
Show of the Klamath Dog Fanciers,
Inc., will be held at the exhibit
building, Klamath County Fair
grounds Saturday, September 4.
This will be an unbenched show
and entries close Monday Noon,
August 23. Entry blant can be ob
tained by calling Mrs. Betty Allen,
2-1456. Entry Fee for first class
In which a dog is entered is S4.50.
Each additional class for same dog
Is $1.00. Entry fee for Local Class
is $1.00 but entries In this class
must be first entered in one of the
regular classes of the show. This
class shall be open for dogs and
bitches whose owners reside in
Klamath County. No puppy born
alter March 4. 1954 will be eli
gible for entrance in this show,
This Dog Show is one of four
shows in four days in the Cal-
Ore Circuit: September 3, Shasta
County Kennel Club, Redding: Sep
tember 4, Klamath Dog Fanciers
Inc. Klamath Falls: September 5,
Southern Oregon Kennel Club. Med-
ford: September 6, Eugene Kennel
Club. Eugene.
Mrs. Helen D. Marlng of Port
land will be show superintendant
and the Local Bench Show Com
mlttee Is Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc-
Donald, chairman, Mrs. Patsy
Beck. Mrs. Jean Ravizza, Mrs.
Edna Pentecost and Juanita Ledes-
ma. The proceeds from the Klam
ath Dog Show will be for the bene
fit of the Guide Dogs lor the Blind
Inc.
IT
considered the primary motive for
his switch. The British say now
that they became uncertain about
John about 10 months before his
overt defection. They never told
the Americans, French and West
Germans of such doubts, however.
MIXED LIFE
This personable, talented de
serter, born 45 years ago in the
historic university town of Mar
burg, has mixed with princes and
revolutionaries. Gestapo brutes
and Red stool pigeons, austere
idealists and sex-mad libertines.
A . boy wonder with a legal de
gree, he was appointed business
trustee of Lufthansa, the Nazi
government's international airline,
in 1936, when he was barely 27.
It is known that he established
contact with a German baron who
deserted the Nazi diplomatic serv
ice for British asylum in 1939, then
deserted the British for Commu
nist East Germany after the war.
Allied Intelligence can only spec
ulate now on the possible links
that . Jomi forged with the Red
Chapel (Rotekapelle) and Red
Three, the Soviet spy rings that
snrung up within Hitler's occupied
Europe after 1941.
BOMB PLOT
When the bomb plot against the
Fuehrer was hatched in 1944, John
was in on it along with hundreds of
other officials. When the assassina
tion failed, John escaped on a
Lufthansa plane to Madrid, .and
the story is that he turned over
top secrets of the V-weapon rocket
base at Peenemuende to British
agents who spirited him on to Lon
don. He was soon welcomed into
British counterintelligence.
At last, resettling in the Bonn
republic, John was the British-fa
vored choice in 1950 to bead the
new federal security office. Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer did not
care for him, but John got the job.
often received mysterious Soviet
zone visitors. He also cultivated
two old friends: Dr. Wolfgang
Wohlgemuth, much-married West
Berlin playboy and parlor pink,
and U.S Counterintelligence Capt.
Wolfgang Hoefer, a German who
had emigrated in 1938 and ac
quired American citizenship.
U.S. TOUR
Promoting for himself a coast-to-coast
tour of the United States,
John returned from it in mid-June
after being cordially welcomed to
the CIA headquarters and Penta
gon in Washington and to U.S., de
fense plants.
At 9 p.m. on July 20 the 10th
anniversary of the bomb plot
John was driving Wohlgemuth and
himself in the latter's sedan v.'btn
a West Berlin .customs officer
halted them at . the Sahdkrug
bridge over the Spree Canal. '
Behind, in a British sector hotel.
Mrs. John, a woman seven years
older than her husband, and Prince
Louis Ferdinand were waiting ior
John to come back from an unex-
plained errand and join them at
dinner. They had all attended
unnerving memorial services that
day for anti-Nazis slaughtered by
the Gestapo.
"I must warn you that you are
entering the Soviet sector," the
customs 'officer told John. '
. "That's where we want to go,"
he answered lightly, and drove on.
It was three days later, on July
23, that Capt. Hoefer, while being
questioned on the John case by two
higher counterintelligence officers,
went distraught into the next room
of his Berlin apartment, took out
his service pistol and killed him
self with a bullet through the
head. '
IMPRESARIO BALDY EVANS has booked another stellar at
traction for Klamath Falls. This time it is Russ Morgan and his
Orchestra. The Morgan aggregation will be at the Armory on
Wednesday, September 15, fresh from triumphs on radio,
television and in the movies.
DAR Requests Oregon Books
The librarian general of the Na
tional Society, Daughters of tile
American Revolution, In Washing
ton, D.C., has asked all DAR chap
ter librarians to try to locate a
number of books which may be
placed in the genealogical library
in Washington D.C. These books
are all of Oregon history or Ore
gon families.
The DAR genealogical library In
Washington D.C. is ne of the larg
est in the world. It Is used by
lawyers in tracing families in or
der to settle estates and is open
to use by non-members of DAR
upon payment of a small fee of
25c per day.
Anyone who has any of the books
listed or who knows where such
books are, is asked to call the li
brarian of Eulalona Chapter, DAR,
Klamath Falls, Mrs. Irene Fos
ter, phone 3879.
Eulalona Chapter is also Interest
ed' In unpublished family histories
and anyone having such histories
is asked to call Mrs. Foster.
Any woman who is eligible to
join DAR and would like to find
out about the local chapter may
call Mrs. Foster or Mrs. Guy Bar
ton, Chapter Regent at phone 6582
., The list of books. wanted follows:
Portrait and biographical record
of Western Oregon, Chapman Pub
lishing Company, 1902.
The Trail Blazers, historical and
genealogical record of early pio
neer families of Oregon, Missouri
and the South.
Thirty-one years In Baker Coun
ty. A history of the county from
1861 to '1803. Isaac Hiaat, 208 pp.
(sketches historical and biograph
ical pp. 92-104) Baker City. 1893.
History of Benton County, inci
dents of pioneer life and biograph
ical sketches of early and promi
nent citizens. David D. Fagan. 532
pp. Portland, 1885.
SP Officials Stop In KF,
Announce Improvement Plan
Ewell Genealogy of John, 1734-
1878. E. H. Ewell. 78 pp. (Good-
speed's - $12.50)
Peters. Richard Peters, his aiv
cestors and descendants, 1810-1889.
Nellie Peters Black. 145 pp. Atlan
ta, 1904.
Stephens (geanloglcal tree). Mrs.
Horace Morre Holden. Chart.
(Crawford, Ga.)
History and genealogy of the
Stewart. Elliott and Dunwody fam
ilies. Joseph Gaston Bulloch. 23 pp.
Savannah, Ga. 1895.
Wilson. A tribute to our ances
tors. Family History. Hattie W.
Shlnn. 108 pp. Unbound. 1898.
(Goodspeed's $5.00.)
Wood, Descendants of brothers
Jermiah and John. W. S. Wood.
2929 pp. 1885 (Goodspeed's $10.00)
History of Baker County 1861
1893. I. Hiatt. Baker City. 1893.
History of Klamath County. L.
Slsemore. Rachel A. Good, ed.
Price Embree Family. Ell K.
Price. 67 pp. Philadelphia, Pa. 1881
(Goodspeed's $3.50)
Pendleton Holds
Oregon Ram Sale
PENDLETON 11 A pen of
three Suffolks brought the top
price of $275 a head at the Oregon
Ram Sale, sponsored here Monday
by the Oregon Wool Growers Assn.
The average price for the 258
rams sold was $124.48 compared
with $152 at the 1953 sale.
Number of rams sold and the
average price by breed: 136 Suf
folks. $78.07: 89 Rambouillets.
$69.92; 10 Lincolns, $40.00: 7
Hampshires. $96.43; 4 Columblas,
$40.00; 5 Lincoln. Rambouillets $50;
8 Corriedales, $50.94.
President D. J, Russell and other
directors of Southern Pacific Com
pany were In Klamath Falls last
night, en route to" Portland for a
quarterly meeting of the board,
Wednesday and Thursday.
The group spent the night here
so that the journey by train on .to
Portland might be made In day
light hours, for an inspection of the.
company's properties. They depart"
ed this morning.
Henry L. Corbett of Portland
will be host to his fellow Southern
Pacific directors while they are in
that city. t
Keeping pace with Oregon's
growth. Southern Pacific Is making
heavy Investments In this state.
President Russell pointed out. The
largest outlay, approximately $8.-
250,000 is for the installation of
Centralized Traffic Control between
Klamath Falls and Eugene, he said.
This improved form of train dis
patching increases the capacity of
single track by 50 per cent or
more. The part between Klamath
Falls and Crescent Lake was
placed In operation last year. The
portion between Eugene and Cres
cent Lake is about 50 per cent
completed and should all be in
service by winter, it was stated.
The Crescent Lake-Eugene in
stallation began at Eugene and has
progressed up the Willamette Riv
er to near Oakridge, which Is ex
pected to be reached this month.
Sidings are being lengthened so
that each, with two exceptions, will
be able to hold a train of 100
freight cars, or more.
Train radio Installations have
been completed between Klamath
Falls and Eugene, it was report
ed, so that head and rear ends
of freight trains can be in com
munication for more efficient oper
ation. In addition, wayside radio
stations are In service between Eu
gene and Crescent Lake.
Southern Pacific has spent more
than $512,000,000 for new dlesel
locomotives and modern freight
and passenger cars since the end
of World War II, Russell said.
many of which are now operating
in Oregon. He described the dlesel
locomotives as especially helpful in
speeding schedules so that freight
irom southern and central Califor-
nia is now delivered at Pacific
Northwest points a day earlier than
year ago. Movement of south
bound traffic has been Improved to
provide for earlier deliveries at
California destinations.
Commenting on the economic
scene, the rail president said that
optimism over the future of Ore
gon is based on continued popula
tion growth; on the fact that this
state contains large stands of virgin
timber, and on the prospect that
ample power, fuel and water will
remain available for all needs. -
He said Southern Paclflo Is de
scribing the attractions of Oregon'
in its national advertising program
and declared that the railroad's
streamlined trains particularly
the Shasta Daylight are Important
factors in lostenng Oregon s tour
ist industry. He reported that the
Shasta DRVllght has carried a total
of 1.450,000 passengers since It's
Inauguration in 1949, an average of
about 388 a day. It is the means
of showing many persons the beau
ties of Oregon.
Recent adoption of 'family fares'
on transcontinental trains has en
couraged more people of the mid
die west: and east to visit Ore-!
gon a'nd other parts of the Pacific ;
Cqast, .,i ; I
One of the -newest Improvements
lh passenger service was seen in ;
the train which brought the rail-1
road's directors north for their!
meeting In Portland. It Is South-i
ern Pacifies new glass dome
lounge car, currently being oper
ated in various trains on the rail
road's system to ascertain public
reaction to tins new' type of equip
ment. In addition to President Russell,
the members of Southern' Pacific's
board of directors are: S. D. Bech
tel, James B. Black. George L.
Bulnnd, Allen L. Checkering and
w. w. Crocker, or San Francisco;
Henry L. Corbett of Portland; Ev
erett L. DeOolyer, of Dallas, Texas
Cleveland E. Dodge, William De-
Forest Manlce and Landon K.
Thome, of New York; Kenneth L.
Isaacs, or Boston; A. T. Mercler,
of Palo Alto. California; and Har
vey S. Mudd and V. H. Rossetti,
of Los .Angeles. .
Southern Pacific officials with
the group arer J. W. Corbett. vice
president In charge of operations,
W. a. Peoples, vice president, sys
tem freight traffic; Claude E. Pe
terson, vice president, system pas
senger traffic: John B. Reld. vice
president. New York; L. B. Young,
assistant to president: E. E. Mayo,
chief engineer: and H. J. Carroll,
secretary' of the company.
Cordon Issues
VFW Statement
U. S. Senator Guy Gordon of
Roseburg, Oregon has Issued the
following statement to the 33rd na
tional convention of the Disabled
American Veterans in Miami
Beach. Florida, August 15-21, in
response to the query, ''What in
your opinion does the disabled vet
eran need most?"
"The American who has sacri
ficed a measure of his productive
capacity In the defense of his coun
try needs above all else
the peace of mind that can come
only with the secure knowledge
that his sacrifice was not a futile
one. That his act of self-immola
tion is never forgotten by his
people.
"He needs the assurance that he
will continue to play a vital role
In' the ' economy of our great
country, - that he Is - not only
wanted but Is eagerly sought. And
finally,' he needs the comforting
assurance that his two sturdiest
battle weapons freedom and a
respect for human dignity will
be handed down untarnished to
his children.'1
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