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mfflWfmlMl W Wc -Mm ATUIk ATiTi (Pfl ll2DuMU, M " Wot 1M A By FRANK JENKINS Bill Tugman, editor of the Eu gene Register-Guard, discussing the subject of political morality, tells in his column about a Lane county Democrat, who Just ahead of the election was seriously con sidering changing his tegistratlon. He was unhappy, he said, with the Democratic leadership, and saw little hope for a change at any time in the Immediate future. He was looking for udvice as to what to do, and Bill gave it to him In these words: "Do you believe and feel as a Republican? If you do, then you should certainly change. Of course, if vou do chance, vou will have to accept a delay of nuite a few years in your political aspirations because people who change par ties are not immediately taken to the old boo-zum. If you really bei lieve as a .Democrat, then your job is to stick with the Demo cratic party until victory comes, Tugman goes on: "Anyway, the lad stuck, and we respect him for sticking far more than we respect Wayne Morse, who told the Democrats Jn 1944 that although he was a New Deal er at heart he'd have to run as a Republican because campaigning was simply matter of cold rash " He adds: "If at any time we bad had any Inkle of such conduct, we would have considered Morse unfit for any office." The Register-Ouard editor con tinues: " "Nevertheless, we get another aspect of this political morals problem from an ardent Morse supporter who tells us: " 'Why shouldn't Morse turn Republican under conditions as they were In 1944? He HAD TO GET HIMSELF ELECTED, didn't he? He had to GET ELECTED FIRST?" That brings up another Inter' esting character Willis Mahon- ey, who flashed across the Oregon political skies back In the 1930's like a meteor. He got his start in Klamath Falls, where he was elected mayor in as weird a cam paign as has been seen in many a long year, and went on to run for U.S. senator against Charles L. McNary in 1936. He came within less than 6,000 votes of defeating McNary. He too held this theory that YOU HAVE TO GET ELECTED FIRST. He said to mo on several occasions: -"You think I'm a wild-eyed radl cal. I'm NOT. I'm basically Just es conservative as you are. But ii you re going to do any good lor your country as an ofitce-nolder, YOU HAVE TO GET ELECTED. "If you're to be elected, you've got to tell the people what they want to hear. That's what I'm doing. AFTER I'M ELECTED, I can do what I think is best under the circumstances. "But I've got to get elected first If I don't get elected, I can't do anything." When Mahoney ran for mayor, his name was ruled off the ballot on the grounds that he had not resided long enough in Klamath Falls to gain a legal residence. So he put on a write-in cam paign. It was a stem-winder. Re turning from out of town. one eve' ning, he was met at the railroad station by a huge crowd of bis admirers who were assembled to welcome him home. They put on a parade down Main street, Ma honey was mounted on top of a truck. He stood on the truck's roof wranned in an American flag, with spotlights playing on him while his struck a Napoleonic pose. It was something to remember. He won handily on write-ins which is quite an achievement in any campaign. He made an excellent mayor. The city of, Klamath Falls Is now, for all practical purposes, completely out of debt. It owes much of its present lavoraoie ii- nancial condition to Mahoney. When he was elected, the city was heavily burdened wl(h Bancroft bond debt as were most otner rapidly growing cities at that time Drastic measures were necessary to meet the situation and keep the citv solvent. As mayor, Mahoney co-operated completely and courageously In a financial reorganization program that was laid out by some of the city's ablest and most conserva tive people. Without his help, the program could not nave oeen car ried through. t eminH liWff t uas riprpndine the cynical theory that ANYTHING nvhMlu rin in tret elected to office is all right. I'm not. I have no use for that theory. I minx cur greatest need is SINCERITY. 1 want no truck with political op- (Continued on Page Three) POTATO SHIPMENTS SEASONS 53-54 54-55 'Daily Trurk Ore. 7 J Daily Rail Ore. 28 IS Daily Truck Calif. 4 1 Daily Kail Calif. 21 IT DAILY TOTAL ORE. A CALIP. 61 43 Monthly Total 360 366 Season's Total I960 903 KLAMATH FALLS, OUGON, SATURDAY, AOVEMBKR IS, 1954 I yrTE V . - 1 I I MW.-w' ill 1 1 '-I Price Fir Ceats-M races , Telephone Sill No. 1961 iVj-"- X- ' . 1 lw tf?' ' - ... .. " ; : -I x.7 - ;n vSiirr Reds Urge Conference MOSCOW Iff! The Soviet gov- eminent Saturday proposed hold' ing a conference on European se curity either in Moscow or Paris Nov. 29. A Soviet note was Bent to the French government Saturday mak' Ing this proposal. Copies were sent to other interested governments. including the United 8tats. Com munist China was asked to. lend observers. The new Soviet note wae obvious ly aimed at delaying or preventing ratification of the Paris .Pact granting sovereignty to. West Ger many and granting that .country the right to rearm, It follows the month-old Soviet idea of a security system embrac ing all European countries as well as the United States, This organ ization would replace the systems of defense alliances which the West has laboriously built up and would specifically ban the integration of a rearmed West Germany in" the system. ENGLAND ADMITTED The United Kingdom was among1 the countries invited. Copies of the note were handed to correspondent at a newa con ference in the soviet Foreign Min istry conducted by press . chief Leonid F. Ilylchev. The note wfTl be broadcast Sunday and published In Sunday's Moscow newspaper, It was released while representa tives of the Western Big Three were meeting in London to draft an answer to an earlier Soviet pro posal for a Big Four meeting on Germany. The note said Its purpose was "to prevent the complication of the situation in Europe .wmcn- in creases the dangerof war." -, SECURITY PROGRAM . (The new notes parallel those of July 2 and Aug. 4, in which the Soviet Union made almost exactly similar proposals. The Wee tern powers rejected the idea' Own -al most out of hand, regarding it as an attempt to kill, EDO; The Idea of an all-European collective secur ity 'program including Russia was first advanced by Soviet For eign Minister V. M. Molotov at the Berlin four-power conference early this year. He first wanted to bar the United States, but later gave up that position, (Revival of the idea probably re sults from the fact that the Paris- London accords to free and rearm Western Germany and tie her Into NATO are nearlng the ratification stage. The Soviet Union's aim is to block these accords in some fashion, as EDO was blocked.) US Announces Aid To Japan WASHINGTON liB The United States announced Saturday an agreement under which it will provide Japan with 100 million dollars worth of surplus agricul tural commodities. The announcement said com modities with a market value of 85 million dollars will be sold to Japan for local currencies, most of which will then be loaned to Japan for use in economic.; im provements in that country. An other 15 million dollars worth will be provided as a gift for Japan's school lunch and clothing pro grams. The State Department an nounced details of the agreement as Japanese prime minister- Yo shida prepared to return to h 1 s country after six days of confer ences here. , v? w , The commodities were under stood to include cotton, wheat, barley and possibly rice.' . Peron Battles With Church I BUENOS AIRES Argentina !, A demonstration in Cordoba caused mounting tension Saturday In the dispute between President Juan D. Peron snd members of the Roman Catholic clergy he has accused of trying to undermine his regime. Federal police : prevented a church ceremony at Cordoba, capital of the central Argentine province of the same name, planned in honor of the Most Rev. Fermin Lafitte. the provincial srchbLshop. Archbishop Lafitte is one of the 34 clergymen Peron has charged with attempts to un dermine the government and in filtrate the Peron-controlled Gen eral Confederation of Labor .- Shortly before the Incident oc curred the archbishop left by train for Buenos Alrcc, where he may ask Santiago Luis Cardinal Copello, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, to summon a meeting of all Argentine Bishop; and Arch bishops to consider Ptron'i charges. ... . . - . Europe Anns WeatUer HCB,cins '" JLJ i tW li 1 FORECAST Klamath Fall and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with a few scatter showers through Sunday. Hlxh Sanaa? 45: I w Saturday nlfhl JS. High yesterday .43 Low last night . XX Former POW Officer To FORT SILL, , Okla Wl Ma, Abrose H. Nugent, Ft. Sill Army officer accused of collaborating with the enemy while a Korean prisoner of war, declared his In nocence Saturday but declined to discuss the charges. Nugent. 44, a resident of Merrill, Wis., said any comment should come from the Army, I am a part of the Army, and I believe that any comment in the case now and after the investi gation - should come from the Army,", he said. He- said he be lieves a full investigation "will clear me of all the charges." . An investigating officer will be appointed by Ma, Gen. Ed. ward T. Williams, commanding general of the artillery center. Ft. Sill. The appointment is expected to be madt, quickly, probably ear ly next week. The charges, read' to Nugent Friday by his commanding officer, allege that be offered intelligence to the enemy. Impeded the es cape of fellow prisoners of war, permitted use of his photograph and signature on surrender leaf- let . and collaborated with the enemy. In a formal statement, Nugent denied any sympathy with Com munism and pleaded that every thing he had done had been to help fellow prisoners, Nugent was captured the first day America entered the Korean fighting, July 5, 1660, and was released in September.. 1953. Arthur , Cavaneugh, . . Nugent's attorney,' la , a companion state ment, said the officer had been starreda - beaten, tortured, inter rogated tor long periods without Test and otherwise harried by his captors. The attorney said Nugent Is anxious .to "meet the issues head-on" and Is confident of ao- qutttal. ; ' Wool Growers Given Advice ROBEBURO Wl The Oregon Wool Growers Assn., holding its annual meeting here, was told Fri day that U. 8. wool producers are malting a mistake in not "giving the clip the care that they give toward, producing a fat lamb." James Coon, Portland wool deal er, said: "The question now is whether growers want to continue treating their wool as a by-product and continue the downward trend rn well-prepared wools. The time is here when the wool grower must get every dime out of his sheen Dusmess if he is going to stay in it." He also urged producers to do a better job of selecting foundation flocks. That is necessary if U. growers are to compete with the top product which foreign countries now are exporting, he said. . J. L. Van Horn of the Montana State College agriculture experi ment station said recent experi ments showed that winter feeding of high protein diet supplements did not Increase the value of sheep. V Dr. A. G. Beagle, veterinarian in charge of the Portland U. S. Department of Agriculture animal disease eradication branch, report ed that scrapies, a sheep disease, has been traced through blood lines. Infected sheep In Illinois and California have been found to have common ancestry in Eng. land, he said. . , - The convention was to close Sat- urday.. " - US Mine Bureau Office Planned WASHINGTON The Pacific Northwest regional office of the Bureau of Mines will be established at Albany. Ore., the Department of the Interior announced Friday. The Albany regional office, one of five In-the nation, will serve Alaska and the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. OPERATION LONDON ''.TI Augustus John, famed British painter. Is a patient at Ouy's Hospital, where he re cently underwent an operation, the hospital announced Friday. John will be 76 in January. The nature of his illness was not announced. ShowsMinor , Boom Trend v te?m4k vvviii.iiv.im i s . , , , , -A' iSClilSh NEW YORK W Signs of a minor post-election boom popped up this week In several key areas of the nation's business. The rising trend was apparent in steel, textiles, construction, and retail trade and In the production and sale of 1955 autoa. Stock: values surgca' w new w vear highs In a burst of bull mar ket enthusiasm. Commodity prices stiffened. Most of the leverage seemed to come from Detroit. The U.S. Department or Laoor said increased hiring by the auto industry had more than onset a usual seasonal decline in factory emolovment. In the one-month oerlod ended Oct. 15. auto-maiers called back so.uou worxers. Demand from the auto industry mished steel production (estima ted at 77.2 per cent of capacity) to Its highest level in nearly year and helped boost electric power output to an all-time rec ord. Biggest auestlon racing the in dustry was: How long would the new car boomlet last? Some deal ers, fearing overproduction, naa misgivings. One off-key develop ment was the appearance , of brand new 1955's on used car . lots, st below-llst prices. In department stores and spe cialty shoos there was evidence that at least some people were heeding retailers' advice to do their Christmas shopping early, Several big chain stores report ed a noticeable pickup in October business. ' Real estate and construction gained momentum, too. The Fed' eral Housing Administration' told of being swamped last month by home buyers seeking FHA-lnsured mortgages. How do businessmen feel about 1956? Dun Si Bradstreet asked 1,309 executives how they thought business would be in the upcom ing first quarter. The majority view: A "definite upturn", is ex- SHOOTING HOURS Oregon November 14 OPEN CLOSE 6:25 ' ' 4:32 November 15 OPEN CLOSE 6:27 4:31 California SEASON CLOSED Open December 6 : " V -- I". - i i i fin 5 IT'S GREAT WEATHER FOR DUCKS! st the happy expression of this out-of-town duck hunter testifies. Hera from North Bend for some of Klamath's excellent hunting is Frank Whit lock, right, who mixed business (duck hunting) with pleasure, end stopped for a chat with an old friend, Paul Matthews, accountant, 123 North Sixth Street, WARRANTS WERE SERVED on Florin fCurley) Coon, center,' and Leo Allen Akin, right, by Sheriff Murray Britton following grand Jury action yesterday. Coon it charged in the slaying of hit wife and Akin faces a count on e sex offense. Also charged by the grand jury was James Anderson, Beatty, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Richard David Miller. - ' ' OTI Employes To Retire Two retiring employes of Ore gon Technical Institute, both of whom have been at the school since its inception in 1947, were honored at a farewell dinner at Log Cabin Friday evening. Honored were Henry o. Doerr, business manager, and Carl Over- eem, storekeeper, Doerr. a native of Minnesota, was affiliated with banking in that state for a number of years. He came west in 1931 and prior to employment at OTI was business manager of tne state ruDercuiosw Hospital In Salem. . His retirement Is effective Jan uary 6, following which he plans to move to cnico, caiuornia.. Overeem is a native of Missouri, His first job was as a coalmlner wltn John L. Lewis while the labor leader was iust another worker Overeem later finished college and was employed in accounting, lumber- sales work and warehouse managing in Colorado and :Kansas. Prior to coming to OTT he was at the Portland shipyards during World war n. His retirment Is effective. De cember 31. following which he plans to travel. Reduced Produce Rates Reported Klamath County Chamber of Commerce traflic department to day announced a reduction In freight rates on frozen fruits and vegetables. Through cooperative efforts with Southern Pacific and Great North ern railroads, commodity rates on frozen fruits and vegetables orig inating in Klamath Falls and des tined for Portland and Seattle have been obtained. The reduced rates, to be effective 45 days from Friday, will cover the needs of the frozen foods In dustry, utilizing Klamath Falls' unique distributive advantages. l' 'ill- .J" r vi .Ai. . - III VlftlMi 1 fi III JMI IMIIIIIMMII t-tl.ll I County Grand Jury Indicts Coon, Anderson For Murder By LYLE DOWNING Florin M. (Curley) Coon, 53-year- old barber, accused of beating his wile to death, headed the list of persons indicted by the Klamath County Grand Jury who appeared for arraignment Saturday before Circuit Judge David R, Vanden berg. - i Seven persons were indicted by the jury which reported to Judge Vandenberg Friday night. Attorneys - U. 8. Balentlne and George Proctor ware appointed by the court to defend Coon who Is charged with the second degree murder of his wife, Lily, 52-year- old waitress, during a sex and drinking party October 11 in a downtown hotel. Coon Is reported to have admitted to Police Chief Orvllle Hamilton that he had beat en his wife. - .. Judge Vandenberg gave the at torneys until November 33 to study :.".v.- Forest Rental Funds Shared SALEM W Thirty-one Oregon counties are getting 14,998,306 as their 25 per cent share of federal forest reserve rentals for the year ended last June 30, Secretary of 8tate Earl T. Newbry said Friday. The total la about 11,000,000 less than the allotment, a year ago. Lane County got the largest amount, $1,030,350, and Douglas was second with $553,834. Amounts given to other counties: Baker $77,128. Benton $7,818. Clackamas $297,307, Coos $16,387, Crook $168,328, Curry $110,346, Deschutes $387,718, Grant $194,601, Harney $128,257, Hood River $114,- 116, Jackson $171,313, Jefferson $46,744, Josephine $83,487, Klamath $383,819, Lake $333,360, Lincoln $73,338, Linn $386,693 Malheur $408, Marion $151,478, Morrow $3,597, Multnomah - $37,211, Polk $1,801, Tillamook $41,739, Umatilla $13,010, ' Union $63,353, Wallowa $55,013, Wasco $113,793. Wheeler $50,645, and Yamhill $13,456. U.S. Studies Russian Plan WASHINGTON Wl Russia's latest proposal for a European security conference whs put undir detailed study by State Depart' ment officials Saturday. Their first reaction was that It consti tuted simply another effort to blow up the new German rearm' ament program. At the time public announce ment of the Soviet move was made in Moscow, officials here still were waiting for the official text to be transmitted from the Amer ican embassy there. The embn.uy received the note about noon, Mos cow time, four hour before It was made public. The fact that the Soviets held a news conference a highly un usual procedure suggested they were aiming their blow more at the peoples and the parliaments than at the governments of West ern Europe. Priaulx Rites To Be Held Funeral Services for Edouard Pierre Priaulx of Chlloquin will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. The Rev. Edmund Stanton of the Community Methodist Church of Fort Klamath will officiate. The body will be forwarded to the Poole-Larsen Funeral Home at Eugene for final rites snd inter ment In that city. the Indictment and prepare the de fendant for pleading. Coon Is held without ball In the county jail. Tne grand Jury also Indicted. James Clinton Anderson, 33-year-old Beatty rancher, on charges of urst degree murder snd assault with intent to commit murder. At the request of Defense Attorney Robert ,F. Welch of Lakeview, ar raignment on both charges was postponed until November 33. Anderson Is accused of the shot gun killing of Richard David Miller, 25, scion of a wealthy former Tucson, Arizona family in Beatty. Anderson also is charged with the night of terror" assault undh Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sidney Menasco Jr. of Grants Pass. Thev were waylaid on the Klamath Reserva tion and subjected to almost con stant gunfire throughout an entire night. , ... Also arraigned on a grand jury Indictment was City Fireman John D. MtteheiT, ti't accused of- man slaughter. He Ss alleged to have driven an automobile under the m fluence of liquor on the wrong side of Highway 97 when. the machine struck another car and fatally in. Jured Mrs. Edna Jullanna Evan- son of Modesto, California on Oc tober 30. After District Attorney Frank Alderson read the indictment to Mitchell, the defendant's attorney, J. C. O'Neill, attacked the validity of the proceedings. He said Mit chell was charged with another of fense in district court on the same set of facts and that that action was still pending. The other charge is a traffic violation. After hearing heated arguments by the prosecutor snd the defense lawyer. Judge Vandenberg post poned indefinitely the time for plea to the manslaughter charge. Wesley Bryan Baker, 45-year- old construction worker, charged with burglary not in a dwelling, was given until November 32 to enter a plea. He Is alleged to have stolen a safe from the Spud Cellar In Merrill. Baker Is represented by Attorney Balentlne, Others indicted Included Leo Al len Akin, 53, charged with a 'sex crime involving a juvenile, and Vernon Lee Joe, 18, and Rodney Richard Lyon, 18, charged with en tering a motor vehicle with Intent to steal. Attorney Clarence Humble was appointed to represent Akin. He will plead to the charge November 23. The arraignment of. Joe and Lyon was postponed until Novem ber 18. KF Resident Misses Death James Warthen, 39, 1416 Gary, narrowly escaped electrocution when his shoulder, came in contact with a blgh voltage, power line1 while he was on top of a house being moved Friday morning. According to the story told Ore gon State Police by Ervin Grlna, 2351 South Sixth, who was follow ing the house In a flag car, War then was on the roof of the house to . raise telephone wires as the house, being towed on a trailer, passed undeineath. The accident occurred . on the west Langell Valley road in front of the Jendrzejewskl ranch. War then was slldlny a phone wire along the roof when his Tight shoulder accidentally touched a 12.000 volt power line. Contact with the power line set Warthen's clothes afire and he slid down off the roof to the pave ment where Grlna and Lloyd M. Miller, operator of the truck, ex tinguished the flames. Warthen was brought to the Klamath Valley Hospital where he Is being treated for burns on the face and hands. Voltage from the power line apparently did not en ter his body, hospital authorities reported. He Is said to be In satis factory condition this morning, Protests From Demos Overridden WASHINGTON OH Overriding Democratic protests, the Senate- House Atomic Energy Committee voted Saturday for an Immediate go-ahead on the controversial Dixon-Yates power project. The vote was 10-8. following straight party lines with Repub licans solidly backing the admin istration. The decision was a Tie tory for President Elsenhower, who had urged the speedup so that construction could begin as soon as possible. - DECISION The effect of the committee de cision is to permit the Dixon-Yates private utility group to proceed at once with final plans without waiting until 30 days after the In coming Democratic controlled 84th Congress meets. Under the contract, the Dixon Yates group is to build a 107 mil lion dollar steam generating plant at west Memphis, Ark. The plant would feed electricity into the lines of the Tennessee Valley Authority to replace power supplied by TV A for atomic plant In Paducah, Ky and elsewhere. Before actual work can be start ed. Dixon-Yates must obtain SEC approval on financing plans in volving Issuance of bonds and stock for the company which will be set up to handle the actual operations. . COMMITTED VOTE ' The committee's vote Saturday waived a requirement of the atom Ic energy law for a 30-day wait ing period while Congress Is in session. The delay, if it had been enforced, would have laid the con tract over for consideration by the Democratic-controlled - 84th Con gress meeting in January. Tne committee vote was de layed for a time when the com mittee agreed to reopen publla hearings for testimony by Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn), a foe of the project. Kefauver labeled the contract "dishonest," "fantastic" and un truthful. He predicted the contract would be Involved in litigation for in terpretation "time and time and time again." But when he finished, the com mittee returned to executive ses sion and gave Its approval to the plan. Eugene Dog Races Planned PORTLAND Ml The Stat. Racing Commission reported Fri day that a Eugene group has ap plied for a license to hold dog races In Lane County next summer. The group is headed by R. E. Toner. They want to build a $320,000 track -which would seat about 6,000 on an 86-acre tract four miles north of Eugene on the Pacifio Highway. David K. Funk, who is connected with a syndicate which operates tracks at Phoenix and Tucson, Aril., and Tiajuana, Mex ico, would manage the proposed 00-day meet. The commission, which will act on the application after all appli cations for 195 racing meets ars received, advised the six men to seek approval of the Lane County Board of Commissioners for the ' project. Representatives of , the sroun. known as Greyhound Park, ap peared before the board this week. The commissioners told them they could make no immediate decision. New Mail Rule Questioned WASHINGTON Wl Extension to West Coast trunk airlines of the experimental movement of regular mail by air has stirred up a dispute on the Civil Aero nautics Board. Josh Lee, a board member and former Oklahoma Democratic sen ator, accused his fellow board members Friday of exposing rail roads to possible "Irreparable in Jury" by the diversion of 3-cent mall to the airlines. The CAB majority approved a temporary rate of about 19 cents a ton-mile for the Pacific Coast trial, starting Nov. 22. The experi ment of speeding un regular first class mall already is In effect be tween Chicago, New York, Wash ington and Florida. Lee said the legality of carry, ing 3-cent mall by air, when Con gress has decreed 6-cent nostaze for such service, is open to ques- nun, Lee said the railroads contend that the move may deprive them of so much revenue that they may navo to cut down on train service and employment. Small Japanese TV Set Offered TOKYO 11 A popular size television eet going on the mar kct next, spring may put TV Into a largo number of Japanese homes, Kyodo News Service said Saturday. ' The receiver, with a 10-inch screen, will cost about 50.000 yen ($180). Japa.i has less than 34, ooo television sets, mostly Jo the Tokyo area,
