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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Beck Berated By Judge;
Then Fined, Sentenced
TACOMA, Wash. (AP Former. address the court. But later he
Teamster Union President Dave
Beck received a five year sen
tence and IfiO.noo tine Friday for
income tax evasion, plus a double-barreled
denunciation from the
judse.
The exposure of Mr. Beck s
told reporters, "I am not the first
innocent person to be sentenced
nor will I be the last
He said he had authorized his
attorneys to push the appeal, filed
last week.
Boldt said Beck s rise from a
Insatiable greed, resulting in his j laundry truck driver to milhnn
fall from high place, is a sad and aire labor leader was a better
hocking story." said U.S. Dis-lra2s-lo-rirhes story than any of
trict Judge George Boldt, in a Moraiio Alger's plots. But he said
scathing. 20-minute lecture before
passing sentence.
Beck quickly posted $70.9fil to
cover the fine and court costs and
was released. After his conviction
Feb. 19, Beck spent a night behind
bars for the first time in his life
before appeal bond was set.
A motion for a new trial was
denied.
The government could claim
more than half a million dollars
from Beck.
He was charged with evading
$240,607 for the years 1950-53. hut
the government raised its esti
mate of the amount actually owed
to I258.63S. In addition to the fine
nd court costs, a 50 per cent
fraud penalty of 1129.318 and
tM.9 in interest at 0 per cent
brings the total to $55,911.
Beck. 84. stood calm and quiet,
one and clenched behind his back
and the olher in a trouser pocket,
as the judge began his denounce
ment.
"Beck must take first place
among the more than 50 tax evad
ers 1 have sentenced."
"Mr. Beck plundered his union,
his intimate associates and in
some instances his personal
friends, most of whom quite read
ily would hav" given him any
thing he asked, the judge said.
Other excerpts from the judge's
speech
"Mr. Beck's willful evasion of
taxes and his stealthy and circuit
ous appropriation to his own use
of funds were in large amounts
and continued over a period of
years.
"Actually, the evidence of the
incidents of fraud involving rela
lively small amounts show the
avarice and culpability of Mr
Beck with striking emphasis.
"Mr. Beck cheated every last
humble American who pays
come taxes by attempting to
evade his personal taxes and thus
least his share of the tax burden
He refused two invitations to on his fellow citizens.'
Lieutenant Has Hunch
Russians Snapped Cables
ARGF.NTIA. Nfld. (API The I cooperative spirit and that noth-
O.S. naval lieutenant who ing was found to show any other
searched the Novorossisk says theiohject than fishing
Soviet trawler "probably quite
likely had something to do with
breaking transatlantic cables
But, he emphasizes. "1 don't
know whether accidentally or in
tentionally."
Lt Donald Sheely of Falls
Church. Va.. told a news confer
nce here Friday night that the
Soviets offered no resistance to
his boarding party on Thursday
and sailed away on being told to
leave the Grand Banks area
where five cables were broken
In Sydney. N.S., the Kastern
Telegraph and Telephone Co. said
a patrol plane had sighted about
10 trawlers 15 of them Soviet
till operating In the area Friday
The pilot said the ships "just ap
Bear to be fishing."
Rough seas and drifting ire held
Up repairing of the cables. Two
Western Union cahleships are
Handing by hut the weather fore
fast was gloomy for beginning
work for some hours
The Soviet Communist parry
newspaper Pravda called the
boarding illegal and the official
Soviet news agency Tass de
scribed It as the "unlawful action
of the American naval fleet In the
open sea."
Neither gave any Immediate in
dication whether the Soviets in
tend to make a formal diplomatic
protest. If they do. they face a
rebuff.
U.S. Slate Department press of
ficer Lincoln While said in Wash
ington "1 don't think any apology
Is involved in any way. shape or
form. This was not a hostile ac
tion, hut an Investigation clearly
provided for under terms of a
treaty."
The Soviet accounts of the
hoarding in the Grand Ranks fish
Ing grounds off Newfoundland
made no mention of the 1RR4 trea
ty which permits inspection of the
documents of ships suspected of
damaging oceanic cables, inten
tinnally or accidentally.
Moscow Radio, in a newscast to
the Soviet people, tended to treat
the hoarding as a routine story.
It quoted Adm. Jerauld Wright,
commander of the U.S. Atlantic
Fleet, as saying "The skipper of
the Soviet trawler showed a
friendly attitude and acted in
Cmdr. F.rnest .1. Korle of U S
Navy radar picket ship Roy 0
Hale, who sent the party aboard
the Soviet trawler said the cable
breaks occurred in about 175 fa
thorns of water about 180 miles
due east of Cape Ronavista. Nfld
Radioman 3 C. Roland A. Pnulin
of Chicopee. Mass.. who acted as
interpreter for the five-man board
ing party, said the trawler's jour
nal "Indicated she had been op
erating In the area where the ca
ble was hroken.
The U.S. Navy men led by
Sheely Inspected fishing equip
ment and anything aboard the
Novorossisk which looked capable
of cutting cable.
"She had been fishing on the
hnltom and there was a break in
her trawling cable that could have
been caused by snagging of the
bottom." said Sheely. "The ship
was about one-third full of fish.
Sheely said "I believe It defi
nitely possible and probahly nuite
likely the trawler had somelhing
to do with breaking the cables I
don't know whether accidentally
or intentionally.
Sheely disclosed that the day
before his men went aboard a
plane was sent out by the cable
ind telephone companies warning
Ihe trawler away from the area.
The plane s crew dropoed
message written in Knglish and
Russian which, he said, advised
the Soviets in effett "Stop fishing
here. You have cut the cable four
times Stop fishing here and go
south."
The Soviets got the message.
Sheelv said, and showed it to the
hoarding party on request hut the
trawler did not leave the area un
til directed to by the U.S. Navy
the next day.
The Soviets, he said, showed no
hostility but "thnv were not so
cially inclined: they made us no
offer of such things as cigarettes
or coffee."
Sheely said the trawler "car
ried equipment yon would expect
to find ahoard such a vessel."
The only things that seemed un
usual to him were a sounding ca
ble 2..VM to 3.000 feet long and the
nmount of radio equipment. Rut
authorities later discounted any
significance to the sounding cable.
Full-Scale Taipei Shelling
Would Not Be Surprising
CITY BRIEFS
Henley Bethel No. 51. Interna
tional Order of Job's Daughters,
will have a dinner for the bethel
daughters and fathers at 6 p m.
Monday, March 2, at the Henley
Grange Hall. All daughters and
fathers are urged to attend. Fol
lowing the dinner, a stated meet
ing will be held at 7:30 with Hon
ored Queen Becky Short presiding
DAR Kulalona Chapter, DAR.
will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, March
2. at the home of Mrs. R. K.
Wright, 635 Alameda. Mrs. Paul
Deller will present the program.
Midland Grange Home Ec Club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Ralph Benoist Tuesday, March 3,
at 1:30 p.m. All Grange ladies are
invited.
Licensed Practical Nurses will
meet at the county library on Mon
day. March 2. at 7:30 p.m. There
will be a speaker and all members
are urged to attend.
Honor Roll Helen Henris. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Pan-American
Averts Strike
NEW YORK (AP) A federal
mediator announced Saturday that
threatened strike Monday by
8.000 employes of Pan American
World Airways has been averted.
Agreement in principle was
reached after an all-night nego
tiating session, according to Fran
cis A. O'Neill. Jr., a member of
the National Mediation Board.
He said Ihe Transport Workers
Union negotiating committee will
have to vote on the agreement,
which will then go before the
membership for ratification. No
date was set for the ratification
vote.
O'Neill said the agreement con
cerns "wages, rules and working
conditions, but would not specify
further. A shorter work week was
a major object of the union hut
there was no indication whether
or not the agreement provided for
a shorter work week.
The union, which represents
ground and air personnel such as
stewards, stewardesses, mechan
ics and pursers, had made plans
to strike at midnight Monday.
The union maintained a shorter
work week was needed to offset
what it predicts will he a de
crease in employment because of
Ihe replacement of conventional
planes by jets. The workers in
volved now work either a si't or
a 40-hour week.
The jets carry more people
faster, requiring fewer aircraft,
and smaller inspection and main
tenance crews, the union held.
Weber, 4740 Laverne Avenue, was
on the first semester honor roll
at Pacific University, Forest
ijrove. miss Henris is a
mathematics major.
Correction Inadvertently names
were reversed under two cuts in
Thursday's Herald and News. Jim
Mosley. who has relumed to Klam
ath Falls to manage the Eighth
Street Safeway Store, is at left
and George Kirkpatnck. trans
ferred from downtown to manager
of the South Sixth Street store, is
at right.
Home Mrs. Mary Lewis. 5648
Denver Avenue, has returned from
two weeks' vacation at San Fran
cisco, Watsonville and Sacramento.
Bandages There will be a can
cer bandage rolling session at the
Episcopal Church on Thursday.
March 5. at 1:30 p.m. A film on the
subject will be shown. All are welcome.
Roosevelt PTA study grouo will
meet Monday. March 2 at 1:45 in
Room 118 of Klamath Union High
School for a discussion on "Human
Growth and Heredity."
When Ultimatum Expires WW II! Could Commence
PROMOTED
Maj. William E. O'Brien, U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve, has been
notified of his promotion to the
rank of lieutenant colonel.
Colonel O'Brien teaches English
in the junior high grades at BIv.
He is the son of the late Thomas
W. O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien.
BERLIN lUPlt-Wiu will hap
pen on the lifelines to isolated'
West Berlin May 27 when the
Soviet six-month ultimatum ex-
senior pires?
No one knows for sure, but all
responsible d i p I o mats believe
something is going to happen.
And that "something" could start
World War III.
Will East German Communists
armed with new control powers
reluse to pass Western allied mili
tary traffic? Will they make de
mands the Americans. British and
French will not accept' Will they
attempt to interfere with commer
cial air traffic in the city?
Diplomats here believe these
questions have brought the world
closer to war than it has been
since the beginning of the 1948
Berlin blockade.
In other recent East-West crises.
the United States and the Soviet
Union did not clash directly. True,
the danger of war existed in the
Quemoy and Lebanon crises.
Rut there was one great differ
ence between those trouble spots
and Berlin. No Soviet troops were
committed at Quemoy or Ibanon.
In East Germany, 300.000 Soviet
troops stand ready to go into ac
tion if the Soviets consider East
Germany's borders violated.
The Soviets and East Germans
have not spelled out in detail what
they have in store for the West, ning at least the East Germans .that would be raised If only paper
might merely insist on the right were snown.
month'to check Western allied travel doc- Nevertheless, the whole Berlin
uments as tne Soviets aireaay aa.iprbiem appears to revolve around
on May 27.
On that date, the six
deadline set by the Soviets for
conversion of West Berlin into
what they call a free, demilitar
ized city expires
However, the Western allies do
not recognize East Germany and
they have said they will not allow
border check-
The Soviet plan calls for thelEas Germans at b
,i J .,i.r. 11,-1 points to control W
withdrawal of Western allied P0'"1
troops from West Berlin and trans
fer to East Germany of authority
over Western allied military traf
fic through the Soviet zone to West
Berlin.
Western diplomats have been
able to piece together from East
ern statements the plan's rough
outline.
They have reached these con
clusions: The Soviets will not use force
to attempt to get the U.S.. British
and French garrisons put of West
Berlin.
There will be no immediate
blockade of vital German supply
traffic to the city.
Any interference with traffic
at the beginning will be confined
to Western allied traffic. But as
time goes by the Communists will
institute blockade measures
against the German civilian sup
ply traffic that keeps West Berlin
alive.
It is thought that at the hegin-
estern allied
traffic in any way.
Such a stand could put the West
ern powers in a position where
they might appear to be blockad
ing themselves.
"Show us your papers and you
can go through." East German
border guards might say on May
17.
The Western, allies then could
either show their papers, or refuse
to go through on such a basis and
push through East German bor
der controls instead.
Some diplomats think it will he
difficult to explain to the world
why it would be considered neces
sary to break through barriers
just this point.
RED VISITS INDONESIA I
JAKARTA. Indonesia UP) i
President Ho Chi Minh of Com-1
munist North Vietnam arrived
here Friday on a 10-day visit to
Indonesia.
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Breakfasts
Aid Learning i
PEARL RIVER, NY. (API -!
Pupils at the Pearl River Junior
Senior High School seem to agree
that a hearty breakfast may aid
learning.
As the climax of a two-week
nutrition drive, the school held a
mass breakfast Friday. Of 64(1
students, about 400 showed up and
consumed an "ideal" morning
meal of juice, cereal, milk, toast.
jelly, and an egg. Cost: 15 cents.
Most of the food was contributed
by local concerns.
Principal Walter Reiner said
teachers have complained that
pupils showed restlessness and
lack of attention during late morn
ing class sessions.
Reiner, hoping good breakfasts
would eliminate that fidgety feel
ing, said: "Now it is up to the i
parents and students to carry the
hall."
Commented 7th grader Barbara
Alper. 12 years old. "I sure ate
more than I usually do and it.
tasted good " !
It's a very good idea." de
clared tumor Patricia Martin. 16.
It made us all realize what we
should do before we dash olf to
school."
.buildup, they declared.
Deaf Mute
Gets Divorce
WASHINGTON (UPD - Amer
ican officials said Saturday they
wouldn't be surprised if the Chi
rese Reds resume full scale bom
bardment of the Nationalist-held
offshore islands.
These officials spoculalcd the
Communists might consider this a
food time to step up their agres
sion In Ihe Far East. The Reds
thus could take advantage of Sec
retary of State John Foster Dulles'
Illness.
The Western Allies recently
have been centering most of their
attention on the tense Berlin situ
ation. State Department officials said
Ihe Chinese Reds have maintained
at peak strength the massive as
sault buildup of last summer on
the mainland opposite Ihe Nation
alist held Quemoy and Matsu is
lands. Russian-built jet fighter
and bomber planes have been
kept on the coastal airstrips to
support any renewed threat of In
vasion of the islands.
Th long range coastal artillery
ha continued intermittent bom
bardment of the islands on alter
nate davs. except for a lull dur-
ing in . v. . "" ton. her husband in
Chinese oew lear earner mis
month.
On Jan. 7. about Mono shells
were fired at the isUnds in four
hours intense as any shell
ing last summer before the Reds
backed off their Invasion threats
In face of the firm U S stnnd for
mulated by Dulles
Most of the everv-otherlav
bombardments have w time
lighter - from I
rj. i n
regular reconnaissance probes o( srwnCQ rQll
frogmen and planes. n.-L A J
V. S. officials here said they lewv.n MCCOrQ
have received no Intelligence in
dicating additional military build
ups recently opposite Ihe offshore
islands, the Red forces already
are strong enough for crisis mili
tary activity without further
SANTA MONICA. Calif. lAPt
Singer Sammv Davis Jr. and his
estranged wile. Lor ay, have
reached agreement on temporary
alimony, reports Davis' attorney.
The agreement was announced
Friday when Mrs Davis' request
for temporary alimony was to
have been hoard in court. The
court was informed that Davis
would not contest the divorce suit
in which he is charged with ex
treme cruelty. Mrs. Davis is ask
ing $2,000 a month alimony. The
amount agreed upon temporarily
was not disclosed.
ALBANY, NY. I API-Beatrice
Carpenter, a deaf-mute, used sign
language to tell a judge her hus
band was unfaithful. She won a OPPOSITION
d,Vori- . . RAGl'IO. Philipmnes H'PH -
Mrs. Carpenter accused her Opposition Sen. Rogelio De I.a
husband Aloruo Sr.. also a eal-, Mvs Pr.drlll r,rWl p
mu.e. oi aouuery. me oniy gro inn ; .dmintstntion has acted
"like a spoiled brat" in its ef
torts to obtain V. S loan
"If. instead of acting like a
spoiled brat. Ihe Garcia Admin
istration had t.iken steps to detorm
by throwing out all the gratters
and influence peddlers and insti
tuting sincerity and efficiency in
the government. I 'm sure it
ould have obtained loans from
for divorce in New York. Her tale
ol marital inlidelity was interpret
ed by her son. Alonzo Jr.
The couple was married in 1931.
None of their three children are
deaf mules.
Mrs. Carpenter lives in Castle-
Rensselaer
Justice Herbert D. Ilamm of
State Supreme Court granted the
divorce. He called the sign-language
trial unprecedented. ,
the I'. S government." La Rosa
told a student group here Fndiy
SPITMK STIII. SENDING
MOSCOW i Pl Russia says WFSTFRN MI'SKl'M FLAWED
ils Sputnik III. launched on May! FORT WORTH. Tex ilTI'-.
l.V Ins, is still sending signals
to. earth
1aTap Agent y said the
ita me cnmpietrd its 4 00,h trip ihe sort worth Mar Telegram r
mm) fjuund the earth fnday. the time of his death.
million dollar museum of wester
art wih be built here with mow
left by Anion Carter, publisher
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