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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.
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west. Rent a Snlnet
piano. Rental pur-
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CANDIDACY FIKI.D
SEATTLE 1 State Ren. Thor
O. Tollcfson Saturday formally
announced his candidacy ior the
Republican nomination for gover
nor of Washington, the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer reported lr. edi
tions of Its Sunday paper.
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