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, PAGE FOUR tlERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30. los. Mar jorie Smith Denies Murder Plot Knowledge McMINNVILLE, Ore. HI Mar Jorie Smith, 34, dissolved in tears Saturday us she told o her hus band's death a death the stale says she master-minded. Late In her second day on the stand in her own defense lirst degree murder charge, her voice broke and she cried. This was a return to the nervous ness which marked her appear ance early in the trial. The trial opened Monday in this community 40 miles distant irom Portland where her husband, Oliver Kermit Smith, 34-year-old attorney, waa killed by dynamite rigged in his automobile. Mrs. Smith was tense but Urm voiced early in the day es she denied wolnt after point In the rtory told by a man who says he was her lover and rigged the bomb that killed her husband. Victor Laurence Wolf, 4J, has confessed the killing and he is the state's chief witness in its effort to send Mrs, Smith to the gas cham - ber. - Led through events of last win ler, when Wolf says he and Mrs. Smllh were Intimate nnd plotted to kill her husband. Mis. Smith said there was no trulh in Wolf's story. "Mr. Wojf has said." questioned 1'er attorney, Bruce Spauldlng, "that on one occasion he had sex ual Intercourse with you. Is this true?" "No. it definitely Is not." she replied. . And akcd if she had said, as Wolf testified, her husband was worth more dead than alive, she nld with force, "No, I did not.' Then for the first time in the day her voice broke. She regained her composure ana began to tell the story of the night of April 21 when her husband was killed as he got into his car at a Portland country club. He had called her, she said, alter having played cards for the evening and said be would be home in 10 minutes. Sne turned on the porch light, she said, and le: Smith's Collie dog Into the yard She began to cry softly as she told of this. When he failed to arrive In half hour or so she began to worry, she said, and then Just before mid night a newspaperman phoned her nnd said there had been an ac dept. Mrs. Smith said she telephoned police and learned nothing, then phoned the country club. Then she put ner neaa in ner hands and wept. Her attorney turned to questions on other matters. Tim was the sixth day of the trial after selection of the jury. At the outset Circuit Judge Arlle O. Walker said he would nold court Mx days a week to expedite the trial, moved here became defense attorneys said newspaper coverage of Ihe case had made Portland a dlfficu.t place to got an unpreju diced Jury. Mrs. Smith also denied under oath that she had ever discussed plan tor slaying her husband with Thomas A. Martin, a Port. land area horsemeat packer. Mar lln testified earlier that she had asked him to aid the slaying and that be had refused. She told of ner early llfo lr. Crockett and Carme), Calif., In Tacoma, Wash., and in Portland and of her marriages to Merrick Hersey and Michael Brandt, both of which ended In divorce. She was to continue her testi' mony Monday. 'Everyone Benefits' Says U'F Winq Commander Beach Everyone benefits through Unit ed Fund. This positive statement was made by Wing Commander Bob Beach Saturday as he reviewed the services provided by the 20 youth, health and welfare agencies served by united Fund. Klamath County children dally are given opportunities tor char acter development through the lo cal organizations of the Boy Scoute, Girl Scouts, YMCA, Salvation Army youth program and the Camp Fire Girls. Less fortunate children are given care in the Mate wide agencies. Everyone benefits from the strides made in research by na ttonal and stale health agencies, Both adult and Juvenile cases from the county are referred by ihe courts or by other interested , parties to state welfare agencies, ' Last year, state wide agencies gave 12,071 days of child care to Klamath County cases alone. The state pooling together to meet ' these needs makes the best pos- nolo facilities available facili ties that would run our county ' dozens of times more than It now ' costs If there were no state agen ' cles. ! State child care agencies include the Albertina Kerr Homes. The Louise Home gives care to un ' fortunate, delinquent and way ward girls between the ages of 12 and 21, Albertlna Kerr Nursery provides homes for unwanted chil dren and maintains adoption serv ices. : Boys and Qirls Aid Society plac as children for adoption. Catholic Services for Children coordinates the work of other Catholic charities and provides for adoption. Molotov Turns Into Charmer OENEVA Ml Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov the gilin Nyct-man of many International nirctiiiHs is behaving at Geneva 1 like a jolly Volga boatman un a Saturday night oil. He smiles. He laughs. He even makes Jokes. "I've never seen him so re- laxed." said an American delegate who has known Molclov for at leas', i nine years, "and while he still says nyet' (No), he says it with a unlle." "I've watched him at lllAMV pnn. feiences." said a French delegate. I "and he's never betoic behaved ; like this. He acts as If he hasn't a care in the world," British Foreign Secreury Harold ! . MacMillsn lb rrported to have I commented to his ministerial col leagues about Molotov' easy man-; ners around the conference table ' and his mellowness In the confer nice bar. After MacMillan followed French Foreign Minister Anioine 1'iiiay In ihe conleieiicc chairman's chair.' Molotov i, reported to have quipped: "Mr. M.icMillnn Is a beller chair-man-he let's me talk. Mi. pinav i tnuui me up. ' A'.k.-d If anyone nt the corner-! ence table lias questioned Ihe Sov. let foreign minister abjjt Ins re . ported Intention to reveal l tie ' neva his plans about retiring the spokctninn lor the American dele gation said: "No, that question hasn't come tip. Christie School for Girls rehabil itates court referred cases; pro vides guidance and. counseling for deserted children. Alcoholism and Its immediate result lack of responsibility in the family ana towards society bring many of the children' there. Children's Farm Home is almost unique In that it keeps children of families together who are re ferred from broken homes. Our Lady of Providence Nurs- try gives care to Infants to five years whose parents are unable to provide family life, either through disease or other reasons. , St. Mary's Home for Boys serves children referred by county public welfare agencies, courts of domes tic relations, or other interested groups In cases where family or financial difficulties prevent prop er parental supervision. St. Rose Industrial School pro- vioe care tor court committed cases of girls termed Incorrigible. Salvation Army White Shield Home gives care to unmarried mothers in their "hours of awful need." Volunteers of America Mothers' and Children's Home provides care for mothers and their families When a crisis strikes the home. Waverly Baby Home gives med ical earn and services for physic ally handicapped Infants whose families cannot provide the nec essary services. Klamath County donated dollars make possible advances In re search by the Mental Health As sociation, the Arthritis and Rheu matism Foundation. Multiple Scle rosis Foundation, and the Oregon Heart Association. The Oregon Prison Association works toward delinquency preven tion and crime control. It seeks to improve Oregon's correctional sytcm through fair discipline. The YMCA Youth and Govern ment program gives junior citi zens an insite into the workings of government through mock par ticipation. The uso provides a home away from home ior servicemen and women through organized activi ties and facilities. The American Red Cross activi ties are as varied as are needs. It provides a program for disaster relief, aid to servicemen and their lamillcs, first aid and life aavlng classes, water safety training, a blood program, to name oni a few. "Through your United Fund you are able to help all these agencies and through them you are bene lilted.' Reach concluded. Schools Slate National Week Klamath County's public schools will jcin thousands ol schools throughout the nation in observ ance of American Education Week. November 6 through November 12, whose theme this year is: "Schools Your Investment in America. The week, especially designated to accentuate the importance of all facets of education in a nation whose rising birth rate has brought problems to all school systems, will emphasize this year the role of citizen responsibility toward the public schools of Amer ica. The special woek was founded In 1921. when the American Le gion, noting the education defi ciencies of World War I, wished to promote greater public attention to the program of the nation's schools. dp-sponsoring the week at the national level, in addition to the legion, are the National Education Association, the U.8. Office of Ed ucation and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Klamath County schools partici pating this year are: Chiloquin elementary and high, Keno, Bly, Peterson, Henley elementary and nign, Bonanza elementary and high, Ferguson. Fort Klamath, Shasta. Falrhaven, Malin elemen tary and high, Merrill elementary ana nign, uucnrist, sprague Riv er, Altamont elementary and Jun ior high, Crescent, Lake, Conger, Falrvlew, Klamath Junior High. Mills, Pelican,- Riverside, Roose velt and Klamath Union High School, 'Answering the Skeptic' fE5r Hl&H TAXES.' WHY ( ' fJ SHOULP I SUPPORT) II &C-Z'JI ( Me THE TWO ARE cWw I ENTIRELY Ml YEEMTWTERSy I YES. THE "UNITED FUND" agencies, with their particular activities, do a number covered by taxes. Charitable work of their personnel, many w, in viii unaiu, agno wirnour increasing rne rax ouroen. ong exnerience in f vital lobi not Democrats, Republicans Get Into McKay Statement Fight UN Pleads Dispute End UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. WV The United Nations called on Egypt and Israel Saturday night to halt reprisal raids and warned that grave moral responsibility would rest on tne country ma takes offensive action in the Iron tier hostilities. U. N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold Joined Ala), oen E. L. M. Burns. Canadian super visor of the U. N. truce set-up in Palestine, in a strong appeal to both countries to avoid action "which' may result In, the gravest conseojUences." Burns addressed a letter to Is raeli and Egyptian officials here but noted that he was authorized by Hamr.iarskjold to say that the appeal is also made in his behalf. Robbers Shoot Bank Teller ALBANY (UP) A 26-year-old bank teller was in critical condi tion today after he was shot by one of four men who attempted unsuccesslully to hold up a Bank of America branch here. The four men fled without loot when one of the robbers upset ap parently well-lara plans by snoot ing Ronald A. Hawthorne when the young teller refused to take the thugs seriously. Bank officials said a preliminary check indicated no money was missing. Hawthorne was hospitalized In critical condition with a bulle: lodged near his spine. ponce said the bandits cut through 120 telephone cables four blocks from the bank, knocking out tne banks burglar alarm. Witnesses said two of the men remained in their car in front of the bank while the other two. wearing masks, entered the bank announcing: "This is the real thing. Get the money out.'' One gunman stepped at Haw thorne b window and yelled at him "Gimme your money, or I'll blow your head off." The young teller hesitated a sec ond and the gunman fired, witness' es said. As Hawthorne slumped to the floor, the bandits marie a wild grob at some money and fled from the building. Assistant manager Adrlen Ou denmuth said he thought the rob bers got some money, but a later check indicated none wa3 missing. Hawthorne, who had been under going executive training at the bank since June, is married and l.as a young daughter. Plane Deaths Reach Nine NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Calif. Tne death Saturday of 9-year-old Patty Marchica raised to nine the number of deaths from the ficrv crosh of wealthy Joel Thome's plane Jnto an apartment house Oct. n. Thorne. who was flying alone. and two other persons were killed and seven persons were critically Injured, mostly from burns, at the time of the crash. Six of the Injured have died. The seventh, Michael Preston, 31, is still in critical condition. WASHINGTON ID The Demo crats and Republicans got into a "he did-he didn't" argument Sat urday over whether Secretary of the Interior McKay said in 1933 that "we're here in the saddle as an administration representing business and industry." it was a veritable battle of mimeographs, with a tape record ing getting into the act of showing jusi wnai ne did say. The Republican National Com mittee, on its part, said there were u outstanding misstatements" in an article In the November Issue oi the Democratic Digest. As No. 1, it listed the Digest's statement that early in 1953 Mc Kay told the U.S. Chamber of Com merce: "We're here in the saddle as an administration representing business and industry." Andrews Probe Demanded WASHINGTON Iffl Rep. Eber harter ID-Pa) Saturday called for a congressional Inquiry Into Rev- er.ue Commissioner T. Coleman Andrews' actions In a nendinn five million dollar tax suit against an insurance firm he will head. Andrews replied that he had a "limited" connection with the case and would welcome the proposed inquiry ny tne House Ways and Means Committee, of which Eber- Karter is a member. As a matter of fact." the reve nue commissioner said In a state. inent. "maybe an Inquiry by the Ways and Means Committee would be a good way to establish the facts of this situution and put an end to the false, damaging and Ir responsible discussion that has been going on about it." Andrews is stennlnir out of office Monday and will become chairman of the board of American Fidelity and Casualty Co. of Richmond Va.. his home town. The firm has a dispute over back taxes now pending in the courts. CAR ACCIDENT IRVINGTON (UP) L. E. Grli fcn. 23, Irvington, a garage em ploye, was killed enrly today when his car went out of contiol on the Missicn San Jose-Irvlngton road, crashed into a tree and two power poles and was demolished. A com panion suflercd slight injuries. Harold Stassen To Visit Geneva WASHINGTON ufl Harold E. Stassen, President Eisenhower's special assistant for disarmament. will leave Sunday night for the Bisj Four foreign ministers' meet ing at Geneva. The White House said Stassen will fly to Geneva 'sptcificallv for the n, misters' forthcoming dis cussion oi disarmament. Midwest Farmers Uphold Surplus Land Proposal "The statement has been wrenched out of context and is mis quoted," the Republican committee said. What McKay said, according to the official transcript made by the chamber of commerce, was: "Tne thing I want to say to you busi ness men and women today is that as an administration representa tive of business and Industry we are here on trial and all of you folks In business must be very, very careful to see that the United States businessman only asks for his fair share of the profits of busi ness. That is one thing I am ter ribly concerned about." McKay spoke before the chamb er April 2S, 1953. The Democratic National Com mittee, in a rebuttal, said it based its digest statement on an Associ ated Press dispatch which said in part: - j "Saying ho is proud to be a bust nessman and a member of a busi-1 ness team, he (McKay) admon ished: 'We're here in the saddle i as an administration representing business and industry." t ! To get the thing settled, the AP j went to the chamber headquarters ' Saturday. There, a tape recording j made of McKay's speech as he de livered It, contained these words: i "The thing I want to say to you 1 business men and women today is that we are in the saddle at the , present moment as an administra-', lion representative of business and j industry. It Went on to sav Hint "we're ! here on trial" and that business men should not ask for more than ; a -lair snare of the profits of busi ness." 1 I The AP quoted these words about i protits In the first paragraph of Its story. The Dsmocratie. Direst did not mentl-m thpin I In addition to the tape record ing, the chamber has a printed transcript of speeches nnd proceed ings at Its meeting. This trans criDt does not contain the "in the saddle" phrase. The transcript dif fers in minor ways on other parts of the speech: as compared with the tape recording, but these dif ferences arc concerned mainly with smoothing out language. Benton Courthouse Closes Saturdays - CORVALLIS li The Benton County courthouse will be closed on Saturdays, beginning Nov. 19. The county court ordered t h e closure after a hearing in whict) no protests were heard. The onlv objection came earlier In a letter filed by two chapters of the Farm ers Union. The closure had been requested by courthouse officials and employes. By OVID MARTIN MINOT, N. D. Wl The idea of a multl-mlllion-dollar rental pro gram to take part of the nation's surplus-producing land out of pro duction has gained a strong hold on Midwest farmers. This was the conclusion mem bers of the Senate Agriculture Committee came up with after hearing nearly 300 farmers give their views at hearings this week at St. Paul and Worthington, Minn. Des Moines, Iowa, Brookings, S. D., and here. The committee is touring major farm areas seeking recommenda tions for ways in improving a fal tering agricultural economy, It will hold hearings in the Pacific Northwest- arid in the Southwest next week. - j The senators found a sharp divi sion on price supports. Sen. Schoeppel (R-Kan) said there is no conclusive demand for a change In the flexible system. He said that he bad heard nothing that would lead him to vote for a change. On the other hand. Sen. Hum phrey (D-Minn) weighed the testi mony as favoring higher supports which he said he will fight for in the coming session of Congress. But both' Schoeppel and Hum phrey as well as Sen. Thye (R Minn) and Young (R-ND) agreed there was an "almost unanimous" sentiment among farmers that price supports alone be they flex ible or high are not enough to restore Income and prices'. All said they were convinced that farmers, in this region are willing to accept control in order to get supplies in balance with require ments. However, most farmers said they would need returns of some kind from land Idled under a crop re- uucuun piusram. uuierwlse K. romps wnnlH mntini, - . ' I . . ... UL LU QA satisfactory. A suggestion which all menu,, ol the committee regarded u !! haps the most significant wa. by President Howard HIU 0f ih! Iowa Farm Bureau Federati Des Moines. """ation Hilt suggested that the gove ment make a rental payment land diverted from production )u said such a payment should Z large enough' to cover taxes, cw of seeding the land to soli rebS - - s-mtn ice oi a tA 7 per cent of the productive vln. of the land. v," Such a payment would vary u course, by regions and tjueY , farming. It would be higher E nwer in afae if vl He estimated that payments In xuwa, vi cAu.upie, tmouia averi around $25 an acre. Hill ..... Bam BIO a program would cost from o - uuiwu uuuars a year an amount which,, he said wona t no greater than the cnt .v present program. But he explained it would hive advantages of channeling supple, nentat income into far ets while they were adjusting pro.' On the basts of mpiniwr rt:.. to the first week of hearings, 11 t.iJHcnicu iu ue guoa speculation that any new major farm legisla. Hon enacted at the nnmlnt, ocoaiuD would be limited largely to the linj cniai ana payment program. As to the fffpctft nt farm a:. snff-fntillon on futur Rfannhiu.. chances in this region, there wy general agreement that party ; has lost ground since 1952. But the Republicans described the situs. tlon as "retrievable." Tht firms lilted in this directory recognize that even olonq with observance t the Sebboth there is a community need for the commercial services they offer. Hammond Organ Chord Organ largeat tfork lead In make oiano In this part of the west. Rent a Snlnet piano. Rental pur- ?nse plan. LOUIS R. MANN PIANO CO. 120 N. 7ra CANDIDACY FIKI.D SEATTLE 1 State Ren. Thor O. 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