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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1958 Korean Boy Charges U.S. Personnel With Brutal Treatment In Theft Case SEOUL W-A Korean boy who was nailed into a box and flown 25 miles by U.S. Army men charges he was stabbed three times, beaten and his hair cut and tarred, the Army said Saturday. The lirst report in the Army's continuing investigation of the case said Kim C'hoon II, 14, charged that Capt. Marvin E. Kemp of Kilmichael. Miss., beat .and stabbed him and an unnamed "soldier also beat him. The report made no comment cm the accusations. Gen. George Becker, U.S. commander in Ko lca, said Wednesday he regretted the situation and promised "ap propriate action." The boy was pronounced in sat isfactory condition after an exam ination Thursday at an Army hos- Soviets Push Power Plans WASHINGTON Russia may soon surpass this country in the development of hydro electric power. Hep. Robert Jones ' U-Ala said Saturday. He said Russia is laying t h c . foundation for future industrial supremacy by building power plants which dwarf some of this nation's bignest projects. Jones, a member of the House Public Works Committee, Baid in a statement: r "We still boast of the Grand Coulee Dam, which has a capacity of 1.9 million kilowatts, but Rus sia now has 10 plants which can produce from 2 to 6 million kilo watts." The Alabama congressman said Russia has a new power plant on the Ycnesey Hivcr which when completed will have a 6 million kilowatt . capacity. All power plants at dams built by the u.S Army Corps of Engineers In its history can produce only 5.25 mil lion kilowatts." he said. Russia now is building in Si beria five power stations which Jones said, will have capacities 50 per cent higher than the power dams of the Tennessee Valley Au thority, the Bureau of Reclama tion and the Army combined. Testimony of the Soviet proj ects was given by Gen. E. C. Itschner, cl)ief of Army Engi neers, at a recent Public Works Committee, hearing. Jones said "Russian develop ment of power for industrial use is alarming because It is the an nounced poliuy (ot Die Kremlin not only to equal but to outstrip us as an industrial power." Farm Prices Show Gain WASHINGTON lift Secretary of Agriculture Ucnson was cheered Saturday by a government report that farm prices increased 2 per cent in February to the highest level since May 1954. The prices were up 8 per cent from a year ago. Aides said the secretary ex pressed hope flic price report, is sued Friday, would help soften some of the criticism being di rected at him and his policies by a group of mlclwcstern Republican congressmen. Advances in farm prices this year have been particularly sharp in the livestock field. Hogs brought 20 icr cent higher prices in Feb ruary than a yenr earlier. Cattle prices were about 27 per cent higher. But these increases did not ex lend to dairying or to most crops. All grains were down from a yenr ago. Poultry prices were up slightly The over-all increase in farm! prices was olfset in part by an advance of one-third of 1 per cent in level of prices paid by farmers for goods and services used in production and in family living. pital. The Army said Kim was caught early Tuesday with stolen items at the 81 h Army aircraft maintenance center at Ascoin City. The report said Kim charged that Kemp "hit him numerous times and stabbed him just below both knees and in the arm with the point of a knile. He also said another U.S. soldier mistreated him by striking him." The Investigation disclosed that Kim's hair was cut off by a pair of electric hair clippers and tar-like substance was daubed on his head," the report continued. The the boy was ordered into a box used for transporting airplane parts. The Army said earlier it was 39'i by ffi'i by 13 inches. "It alleged that M.Sgt. Robert E. Widensaul of Pottstown, Pa., nailed down the lid," leaving some breathing holes. Several nails protruded Into the box. not deliberately, but did not touch the boy. the Army said. About five hours later "it is al leged Maj. Thomas G. James of Plymouth, Pa had the box moved to a helicopter" and flew it to an Army airfield at Uijongbu. He "notified the I'ijonbu airport by radio that he had a box of spare parts nnd on landing it was taken to the supply room," the re port said. "There a Katusa soldier (Ko rean training with the Army) heard whimperings from the box and he and a U.S. soldier opened it, dis covering the boy." "According to the investigation Maj. James entered the supply room at this time qnd stated this was a 'slicky boy' and that he was to be escorted from 'the airlleld "Slicky boy" is slang for boys adept at thievery. Auditions For Pelicana Set A second date for the Pelicana auditions has been set for Tues day, March 4, 6:30 p.m. in the girls gym of Klamath Union High School. Those attending the pre vious audition Inst Friday need not be present for this one. How ever, the auditionist must bring the costumes and accompanist they intend to use the night of Pelicana. Pelicana Is the largest annual project of the Script and Micro phone' Guild of KUIIS and as in the pad Is sponsored by the Ex chanieClub.'"' ' (Hngat Walkley is the student chairman of this production and Charles "Woodhouse, director of the radio and television services of Ihe Klamath Falls public schools, is the producer. Two auditions are being held this year to get a better cross section of the talent of the Klam ath Basin. GRADUATION completed one year of Intensive training for this group of women who ore now licensed practical nurses and all employed. Capping followed their successful completion of state examinations and satisfactory studies at Oregon Technical institute under instruction of Mrs, Natalia Reichenberg, instructor-coordinator at OTI. The capping ceremony, held February 24 at the First Christian Church, was sponsored jointly by the Klamath County Medi cal Association, District No. 8, Registered Nurses and OTI. Left to right are Frances Little, Teddy Neiswanger, Robbie Coffman, Dona Miller, Gertrude Wickline, Carmel Scott, Janette Sanders, Lenore Steen, Grace Lanier, Lois Reynolds, Myrtle Allen, Oma Lowe and Mildred Lelivre. REV. CLARENCE A. KOFP Masonic Head Plans Yisit CITY BRIEFS Three Injured In Auto Accident Three Klamath area women suf fered light injuries Thursday aft ernoon when the car in which they were riding left the highway and crashed into a pole near Pelican City. I'eaee Ambulanc e brought t h e following to the Klamath Valley Hospital for observation nnd treatment: Geraldine Chocktoot, Bernndinc Watah, and Lilly Mil ler. Geraldine Chocktoot was report edly driving Ihe machine. Library Fund Boost Asked WASHINGTON I - A House Appropriations subcommittee was urged by Rep. Ullman (D-Ore) to more than double the administra tion's request appropriation for Ihe rural library services pro gram. lhere are few programs of greater importance to rural Amer ica," he said, In expressing disap pointment "to find the adminis tration again requested only three million dollars for the coming fiscal year . . . ruther thnn the 7'i million dollars which hns been fully authorized." I am quite frankly unable to understnnd," he said, "the logic which prompts the present admin istration to lament the current state of American education while at the same time seeking to scut tle a program which would bring books to rural America. "One can only draw the obvious conclusion that the pious plati tudes are empty verbalisms,' Ullman said. Rev. Clarence A. Kupp, La Grande, grand master of Ma sons in Oregon, with members ol his official family, will pay his of ficial visit to District No. 21 on Monday, March 3. Announcement nt the plans was made by Theo dore II. Hughey, District 21,Ulep- uty grand master. ( The meeting at 8 o'clock to be held in the Masonic Temple on Klamath Avenue, will be preceded by a 8:30 p.m. dinner al the Wi- noma Hotel. Rev. Kopp, rector of Ihe La Grande Episcopal Church, is active in civic and fraternal af lairs in his home city. uislrict No. 21 Is comprised of seven lodges, three in Klamath Falls. A.F. and A.M. 77. 220 and 211: one in Chiloquin, No. 197: Malin. No. 194: Paislev, No. Mi and Lakeview No. 71. Strongarm Bandits Rob Local Resident A Klomath Falls man was strongarmrd late Friday, knocked unconscious, and relieed of his 17-icwcl Voyager pocket watch The irlim, (turn Undue ol 2111 Qak Slreel, told investigating city police that t ho incident occurred near the inlei section ol East Main and Radchllc .streets, and that his assailants were large and in their laic teens or early 2u's. One man is described as a blond, about 6 feet 2 inches, and weighing about 2oo pnds. He was wearing a blue Jacket. I.imtn Macks, and black shoes. The other iitlaeker is described as having red hair, about feet tall, and wearing a black jacket. The victim was reportedly not seriously injured. He listed the serial number of his watch as 102-57-89. Portland Police Members Resign PORTLAND cfi -Three police men Friday resigned from the Portland police department just a day after they were booked on burglary charges. The men were Warren L. Moore, 33; Donald E. Roberts, 29; and Fred Matlhies Jr., 37. Police Chief William llilbruner earlier said all three men had admitted participating in a burg lary of nearly $3,000 worth of merchandise from an appliance store here. The three men are free on bail. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lanning, Spearfish, South Dakota, who are old schoolmates of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Jinnette of Klamath Falls, have been visitors at the Jinnette home here. Style Show For reservations to the sixth annual Beta Sigma Phi tea and style show to be held March 15 at the Willard Hotel call Mrs. William Perrin, TU 4-7189. Meeting of Eulalona Chapter, Daughters of the American Revo lution originally scheduled for Mon day evening. March 3, has been postponed until Monday evening. March 10. The meeting will be held at the KJamath County Museum and the curator, Ray Carlson, will speak on "The Value of the Mu seum to the Community." Infant clothing dating from 1860. owned by Mrs. Bert Thomas, will be on display. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Royal Neighbors Ada Barleen and her committee were honored recently for having brought in the most new members to the local chapter of the Royal Neighbors Lodge of America. The five com mittee princesses honored with the Funerals KAHN'S I'm ate funeral servic es for Wil lis Karrts, fits, who died here Feb ruary 27. will take place from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home on Monday, March 3. at 10:30 a in., with Ihe Rev. James Overdorff ofllciating Final rites in Klamath Memorial Park. Wood Alcohol Death Toll Up NEW YORK ifv-The death toll from wood alcohol has risen to 19. Fifteen other persons are under hospital treatment. This is the highest toll in the city from bootlegged booze since prohibition days. Police Saturday arrested two men in connection with two wood alco hol deaths. Ordered held on homi cide charges, they were identified as Norberlo Diaz. 33, and Jose Uillido, 42, both of the Bronx. A hospitalized victim of the deadly drink was said to have identified Diaz, owner of a candy store. Blllido was picked up in the store after Bronx detectives con fiscated 10 gallons of raw alcohol in the basement of a Bronx apart ment house. Late last night police reported mat nalt the cache was wood alcohol. Hillldo's alleged partner. Anna Jackson. 45. Negro, was also picked up (or questioning. She is superintendent of the building. Police said a number of the vic tims had attended a party of Puerto Ricans in East Harlem last weekend. Horsemanship Meet Slated LAKEVIEW 'An open meeting will bo held Monday. March 3, at 7:30 p.m., in the Westside Grange Hall for the purpose of discussing Uie 4-H horsemanship project, and organizing the Westside and Thom as Creek groups, according to Al Haslebacher. county club agent. The Westside club will definite ly organize that night and if enough prospective members are present from Thomas Creek, that club will organize too. Interested youngsters who cannot make this meeting should call the Lake Coun ty Extension office and turn in their names. Following this meeting, the horse project in Lake County will be off to a start for its first year in the county. Jean Carter Is al ready leading a project in Adel. Al Heckadahl and Ed Garrett will lead the Westside club, which will be divided into a senior and junior group, and Jim Ogle will lead the Thomas Creek club. The project will include fair par ticipation in the parade and a horsemanship contest. ACCIDENT A young hoy escaped serious in jury late Friday allernoon when he ran into the side of a moving automobile in Ihe 1300 block of Obituary MARSH Arthur B. Marsh, 68. died here March 1. He was a native of Wich ita. Kansas and had resided in this community for the past 23 years. He is survived by his wile Dora, of this city, one brother, Claude, of Downey. California, and two sisters, Helen Killer of Fresno and Zeltie Couraud of Del ta. Funeral services will take place from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home on Mon day, March 3, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Otis Bell ol the First Chris tian Church officiating. Final rites and interment in Klamath Memori al Park. winner were Helen Dixon, Thelma Colvin, Chloe Pride, Julia Wil liams and Kate Hogue. During the meeting it was decided to send a delegation to the state convention at La Grande on April 18. Mam ie Cammock was in charge of the program. Refreshments were served by Ella Pauley, Martha Baker, Abbie Landrie and Frances Killian. Klamath Falls Garden Club meets Monday, March 3, in the city library auditorium at 2 p.m. Mrs. Will Blackman will discuss narcissi. The landscape group will meet at 11 a.m. under the direc tion of Mrs. Hugh O'Connor. Job's Daughters Klamath Falls Job's Daughters Bethel No. 61 will hold a school of instruc tion on March 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Scottish Rite Temple with in spection by the deputy grand guardian of Oregon following at 7:30. All girls must be present by 6-30. Buena Vista Home Extension Unit will meet Wednesday, March P. at 10 a.m. at Joan's Kitchen at the fairgrounds. The lesson will be designs for dress. Oldtimer dance Saturday, March 1, at the K.C. Hall, 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Public welcome. Meeting Licensed Practical Nurses will meet Monday, March 3, at the county library at 7:30 p.m. There will be a speaker and all members are urged to attend. Slide Rule Class The first meeting of a slide rule class at OTI will be held Monday evening. March 3. at 7:30 in Room S in Nickerson Hall. It will be a 20 hour course. Approximate cost from $5 to $7.50. Harold Bailey, math instructor at OTI, will be instructor. Attention OTI Student Wives, Steve Peters, hairstylist of the Charm Center, will be our guest at the Wednesday evening. March 5 meeting. Please plan on attend ing. Court Slams Door In Face Of Convicted Killer With Refusal To Alter Sentence LOS ANGELES ( Chessman's hopes for avoiding execution in the gas chamber were all but gone Saturday, but not his grim determination to stay alive. "Are you giving up? a report- or asked Friday after a coun ruling slammed shut the door of the death cell Chessman. 36. had pried open a crack through 10 years of legal maneuvering. Tm not noted tor mat, ne re plied. The convict-auinor win return Caryl .within 10 days to Sair Quentln's death row to await a siaie su preme Court review of his 1948 HEADLINING the "Grand Old Opry" troup which will, be here Saturday, March 8, in the Old Armory is "Little" Jimmy Dickens. Featured with Dickens will be the Country Boys; Stonewall Jackson, Buddy Emmons, Honey Hayes and a rock and roll unit featuring Jimmy Du pree and his Dixie Rockers. The two bands, the Country Boys and the Dixie Rockers, will furnish music for the dancing. The show is a Baldy Evans presentation. Police Given Knife Story Ray Dean Brown, 21, of 1414 Wiard Street, told investigating city police Friday evening that he brought a knife into action during a February 21 altercation in wnicn Peter Fielding. 20, of Klamath Falls, was stabbed in the chest. Fielding is convalescing at t h e Klamath Valley Hospital. Brown told police that the "beef" got underway at a drive in when a group of Fielding's com panions and some of his friends decided to go to Stukel Park to have it out and settle an argu ment. Brown told investigators that the Fielding forces were . getting the better of the park fisticuffs and that some of Brown's friends be gan pulling out. Brown said the Fielding battlers then concentrat ed on him, that he had an injured leg and couldn't abandon ship, and that he pulled his pocket knife out after a beer bottle bad hit him in the chest and someone began beating on his head with a flash light. Other witnesses to the nark hat- tie said Fielding was stabbed when he lunged at Brown to take com mand of the knife. Fielding previously told investi gating city police that he would not sign a complaint against his assailant, and that he did not know by whom he had been knifed. No citations have been issued and no charges have been pressed. conviction on 17 counts of kidnap ing, robbery and sex ottenses. The high court has already up held his conviction and death sen tence, but by questioning the va lidity of the 10-year-old trial tran script Chessman won the hearing climaxed by Friday's .ruling. In effect H turns back 'the clock to 1948 and makes another Su preme Court review necessary. During the 14-weck hearing Chessman argued that the tran script, prepared by another court reporter after the original one died, was inaccurate and not suit able as the basis for an appeal. Superior Judge Walter R. Evans ruled against him. Chessman apparently is re signed to another adverse ruling from the Supreme Court. "I've been transformed into a symbol of criminal evil and the courts in California are committed to this view," he said in an inter view. The onetime juvenile delinquent who has written four books while in prison, added: "I had a full and fair hearing. I felt that on the bas is of the evidence I had won de cisively. There really wasn't any doubt in my mind when I entered the courtroom that if a reasonable decision were brought in it would be in my favor. "I'm in the position of Sisyphus of Greek legend, who was con demned to try to roll a huge stone to the top of a hill. I got my stone to the top but today it rolled back to the bottom." Stabbing Victim Said Improved A Klamath Falls man who was stabbed early Saturday morning is reported in satisfactory condition at the Klamath Valley Hospital. The victim is Fred Harrell, 54, 501 Broad Street. The stabbing was reportedly at the hands of a woman companion, and followed a quarrel between the couple. Harrell told investigating i city police that he will sign a com-1 plaint against his assailant. The man suffered chest wounds j not sufficiently deep to injure vital I internal organs. Forest Road Suit Planned SALEM If A suit that would block a new formula for appor tioning federal forest highway funds is planned by Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton. An aide here said Thornton went to the nation's capital Friday to file a temporary restraining order to delay application of the for mula, which lie feels would mean loss of revenue to Oregon. Under the present formula, a state gets funds for building roads in or adjacent to national forests in proportion to the size and value of its forests. The new formula reportedly would switch the emphasis from value to needs of funds. Thornton believes this would injure Oregon financially and favor some other less heavily forested states. Apportionment of funds under the present program is handled by the secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce. Fire Claims Seven Lives DEKALB, N.Y. !.f - Seven members of a family burned to death early Saturday when fire wrecked their two-story home in this northern New York hamlet. Five other members of the Lloyd Van Ornum family and a house guest escaped. The dead were identified as the father, 44: his wife, Geneva, 43; and five of their children: Lionel. 7: Fern.sB: Carol, 10; Laurel, 5, ana uonaia, is. Those who escaped were Lloyd Wayne, 23; Alberta, 15; Albert, 14; Jane, 12: and James Van Ornum, 19, and Jane Barden, 15. of nearby Dekalb Junction. Miss Barden was Lloyd Wayne Van' Ornum's liancee. County sheriffs deputies said they believed the fire started in a chimney in an upstairs bedroom. Land Lease Bids Received A total of 65 bids were received February 26 for the leasing of 12 parcels of public lands for agricul tural and grazing purposes, an nounces D. A. Gray, project man ager of the local U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The parcels are lo cated in the League of Nations, the Frog Pond, the Henzel Strip, and the Southwest Sump regions of the Tule Lake portion of the Klamath Project. The successful bidders and the annual rental amounts are as follows: James W. Humphrey, 12.800: Al bert Simon. $2,566; Clyde E. Todd, $2,859; Claire H. Duncan, $2,713; Arthur R. Hanna, $1,648; Isom "Pat terson, $2,576: Peter A. John, $2. 379: Henry O'Keeffe, $3,042; Georee M. Yost, $2,941; Dale E. Walker, $4,399; William Crawford, $4,340; and J. H. Snyder, $4,212. i . SENTENCED A 43-year-old Klamath Falls man, charged with misrepresentation and false statements as a means of ob taining state unemployment com pensation, was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail and fined $200 when appearing before District Judge D. E. Van Vactor Thursday. Sentenced was Nicholas N. Bar rett, 43, of Route 3 in Klamath Falls. Accident Victim Reported Better 1 Elder Ronald Kegley, critically injured in a truck-qar smash near Weed two weeks ago, was trans ferred to the Klamath Valley Hos pital from the Mount Shasta Hos pital Friday by Peace Ambulance. The church official was reported ly in a greatly improved condition. Elder Kegley is head of the Klamath Falls Seventh Day Ad-' ventist Church. He suffered a brok en pelvis, broken legs, a crushed chest and internal injuries. Other persons in the truck and automobile were less seriously hurt. TUNE-UP SPECIAL All Mokes All Models Appointment! Ir detlrt DICK B. MILLER CO. Ih It Klmth Ph. TU 4-41M O Newspaper SPOT ADS are inexpensive repeated daily Ne W NEW ROTARIANS J. i Bill l Owsley and Stanley Siskiyou Avenue. The youth. John 'Miller became new members of Hicks of 1H25 Siskiyou Avenue, suf fered minor cuts and bruises and was treated and released at the Klamath Valley Hospital. Driver of Ihe car was John Edge of the Klamath Falls Rotary Club last week. Owsley fills the classifi cation of accounting service, for merly held by J. P. Ilatthews. now senior active. Miller's classi- Route 2, Klamath rails. Investi-1 fication is additional active to Rating city police issued no cita-1 Howard Perrin's classification of lions. architecture. FIRF.S City firemen were called o H t twice over the weekend to tend minor uiates. I. ate Friday morn ing the fire crews went to 2041 Sargent Street to lend a flooded oil stove. No damage w as reported. In a Saturday morning fire a lavj I'lyinoulh was damaged in the gar ace at the Howard liilig home, 3.11 llaskms Street The garage was not extensively damaged. REMODELING REPAIRS GOOD TERMS AVAILABLE PLANS - ESTIMATES FURNISHED Wm. B. POWELL TU 2-4576 PRECISION BUILT HOMES Lamb 1 Creep Feed Early growth en young Iambi is cheap growth because it tokei lets feed. Young ani mals ust do a better job of converting feed to gains. Thot's just one reason why it's money in your pocket to creep feed lambs. 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