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Newspaper Page TextPAGK 4 A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. fWsdav, March 3. I960 o MARKftS and FINANCE i - U r- Stocks OOCJ WALL STREET NEW YORKAP - The slock market plunged to an exception ally wifeless today with prices t their worst at the close. Trad ins Mas active. Volumjfcwas estimated at 3.000. 000 shares compared with 3.110, 000 Wednesday. concerned with the action of the rails. They broke through a pn( vious resistance level, a disturb ing matter to chart followers. Baltimore and Ohio, New-York Central and Ajitic CoastsCine fnll mnre than a nninl. Chpsa pcakeQind Ohio dried more than 2. Freight car loading fell in week ended Feb. 27. O iwutuia nee uiinviiicu ujr '"Li ' F backs, ford dropped 2 and Chrys.f&ocraioice TroKr lambs ti Mn. ...... i.n. n,,1nrj k,. ler 1. Arlion of the motors hurt i Hg), although a few steel issues resisted selling. Hcnublic Steel was unchanged. (J NEW VORK STOCKS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Admiral Corporation A. J. Industries Allied Chemical Allis Chalmers Alcoa American Airlines American Can 19 4( 54 51 '. 35 87 20 .', o AmericanCyanamide ArocriciT)! k Fdy American Motors 'riW-' American Smelting w American Tel & Tel American Tobacco American Viscose AisVonda Copper Armco Steel Atchison Railroad 52 03. 42 87 ( 106 V4 5.S 61 24 3. Bendix Aviation Belhlchaa Sicel 71 li O O 47 4. Boeing affpmie d c6 (JBordcn Co. O 27 'B 44 41 V'4 29 V, Borg Warner Burrouglis Corp. California Packing Canadian Pacific Caterpillar Tractor - fYi'.,. a toaajati O ""Chrysler Corporation" "S3" Cities Service 42 O 61 43 O 45 39 '.i 871. 0225 Su v, O 28 i 14 Hi CsolidaiH Edign Continental Can .Crown Zcllerba4 Turtiss fl ight Douglas Aircraft Dt0 Cnical du Pont de Nemours Eastman Kodak FJ Easo NG O lViCtson Radio Firestone Tire First America Corp. Ford Motor General Dynamics General Electric General APods ("Georgia Pac Cp Goodyear Tiro Great A. & P. Great Northern Great ojest. Sugar Gulf Oil Co. f)o Power O Illinois Central O International Bus Men International Nickel international Paper niternation T & T Johns Manville Kaiser Aluminum OKennccott CorAr Libby, McNeilF & Libby Lockheed Aircraft Minnesota Mining Monsanto Chemical Montgomery Ward National Cash Reg. Q New York Central fWrtliorn Pacific Pacific AmedYm Fish Pacific Gas & Electric Pacific Tel & Tel Pan American Airways Penn Dixie CemQt Penney (J.C.) Co. PennsylvaiO R.R. A Ttf Cola Co. w Philco Corp. Phillips Pet. ' Polaroid Puget Sound P & L Radio Corp of Ainer Rayonier Incorp. Raytheon Republic Steel Reynolds Metals Richfield Oil Safeway Stores Inc. St. O'gis Schonley Distillers Scott Paper Co. Sears Roebuck & Co. Shell Oil Co. Sinclair Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Pacific SperryQiand Standard Oil Calif. Standard Oil N.J. Studebaker Packard Sunray Sunshine Mining Swifl 4 Company Texaco Thompson, R.W. Timken R Bearing Transamerica Corp Twentieth Century Fox Union Oil Company Union Pacific Ujiitcd Air Lines United Aircrafl0o United Corporation United States Plywood United States Smelling United States SieeJ Walgreen Stores Warner Pictures Western Auto Supply Western Union Tel. Weetinghouse Air Brake . Westinghous Electric ' Wheeling Steel 4i 26 .i 7V 45 48'.. 40 !, 45 V, 30 28 'i 47 h 412 '.a 100 110 't 33 49 i 44 H 80" 10 '4 .j, 17fi 42. 45 '.5 56 4 24 42 12 28 4 17 29 14 V, 38 32 43 Vt 184 V, 31 65 20 V4 44 63 59 71 38 41 27 76 47 33 42 37 20 22 42 m 15 22 6 47 73 52 55 25 33 33 28 28 !, 36 7 47 72 83 i 51 39 31 47 H 2D 49 SI V4 .OG30 STOCKTON IUPI f'SMNSf -Livestock: Cattle salable 25; ggs fgpble 25: calves and sheep salable none. No price tests. PORTLAND (API - USDA- 'Cattle salable 39? includes one Kkbd good fed steers unsold: lest on any clav week good-choice icalcrs 28.00 I3.00; few head 34.00: cull and utility 14.00-21.00. Hogs Qlahle 100: no test of market; earlirt-lhis week U. S 1-2 butchers lfrt35 lbs 16 75-17.00: No. 2-3 grades 16.00-16.50; mixed grade sows 280-550 lbs 11.00-13.50. Khpon cnlnhln nnna marlrol nominal; earlier in the wet(2j choice and prime wooled and fall 19.00. DRAINS ClIICAfJfr'lAPl - High Low (Ctose Prev.Close Mar I.Ofl'i 1.97i 1 !)8'4-Ji 1.971 May 2O0'.0O 2.00H- .Jly 1.84'M.83'4 l.BV't-'.'t 1TJ Sep 1.8(i'. 1.86 I.8C2 1.86 Dec O.mt l.SO1. 1.91't 1.91 Corn Mar-sl.l3'4.12"'1.13Vi 1.13 Mayl.I7'!ri.l6'j l.ff4-;, 1.164 Jly 1.20 1.19" 1.2U 1.194 1.17'i 1.17'a 1.11 1.17i l.U'j IJi l.UH-V l.ll1. Sep Dec Oats Mar May .73"4 .75'k .75'i-'.'4 .75 .74 .Wt ,74'4 .73; .63 .67'.j .680 .67- lly P .68 .67' j .67 ICC .70'i .6907l U Rye Mar 1.21'i 1.2V 1.21-'i 1.20 May 1.24 1.23'. 1.24'i-H 1.24 1.24 1.23 1.24 1.23 1.25-)r1.24 1.23"4 1.25 Jly Sep Dec lai'Tl'i 1.27' j 1.27W Soybeans PCTXTOEt CHICAGO (API - PotaloM ar rivals 46: oCtraclt 217: totarU S jipmenls 603; supply moderate: demand light; market about steady; carlot trackQa1cs Idaho resets 5.50-5.65; Idaho Bakers 6.25: Idaho utilities 4.60; MiOeso- rcy North Dakota Red River Valley T'ontiacs 2.60-2.75. SAN FRANCIS PO (XPI Potatoes: n ft Ru.sr.iii. Klamath U.S. 1A 5.00 ' S. 1 5-ounce minimum 5.50-5.75. LOS ANGELES tUPI FSMNS)- Polaloes: RiSsets Klamalh U.S. 1A 4.10 Central Oregon U.S 1 6-ounce min imum 5.50. ANCHORAGE, Alaska tAP) 'I never Aought we haAa ch Ae It seemed one chance in 10 mil- 0un '": itocue jjidiie wuiu niaxii it Gordon M. astman of Omak Wash., fold lsday of how he and AnSorage uicWarrcn John son spent three days and nights on thin ice in the Chukchi Sy. Their plane plunged thiQigh an ice floe after running out of gas rnas they wei returning from a polar bear hunt l. Friday. whey scrambled onto the ice just before the plane sank. Then thcxt walcrtfd as a Diane with bicir two hunting companions aboard, also out of fuel, landed on another ice floe. The second plane also sank The Air Force put fqjjr planes ana a ncucopier into tne search Tuesday for its two occupants. "The last we saw of them they were on top of the aircraft with their sleeping bags," said East man. A bush pilot. Nelson Walker, re ported receiving a radio Qiessage Tuesday from one of the men. pilot LeRoy llolen Of Anchorage Holcn's wife. Mrs. Erma Holen and his mother, Mrs. Sever Hoge. live in Bremerton, Wash With Holen was george Bau- maim 01 ivevaaa, mo. . tasiman and Johnson were spotted from the air and flown lo Kotiebue Monday. Both were hospitalized for frostbite, but Eastman was released from (he 1. sr. i i- i.. nusuiai iiit-suuy. 9 OBITUARY RAKER Jennie Elaine Baker, 64, a na live of Wisconsin and a resident of this city since 1951, died here March 2. She is survived by the widower, Arthur. Klamalh Falls six children. Evelyn Thompson, Heuiah Albers. Klamalh Falls: Raymond Baker. San Angclo, Tex as, Joyce Fee, Beryl Lowe Hen- ly. Robert Baker. Seattle: a sis ter, Elsie Baker, Richland Center, Wisconsin, also 20 grandchildren and three gieat-grandchildrefi In terment will be made in Klnath Memorial Park O'Hair's Memori- al Chapel will announce fuperal n n mar 2. 11- z.uu'i z.rr"4.k z.iu1 ncjs-are c..,:n;u - j 90 i. - wm.io biinku uniuiv.A u U May 2.14 2.1?A 2.14- 2.12 Ward at the corner of Mai3 and nZ JJy 0J16''i14" 2-16H--4 2.f? Seventh streets where thev were Z? i 210.09 2.10 2.10 trying to start a motoreyefe. Po- Argument Over Herd Law Resolved YiavCompromise TheDairy Precinct's disput over ffTicrd law was resolved into a compromise Wednesday by pro ponents and opponents of the measure. The compromise will (1) seek lo remove a herd law proposition from Dairy Precinct ballots, and '2 establish a committee to en SyEgwaESSfc kept nignways. Friends and foes of airoposed herd law met bcQe the counly KF Medics Remove Eye Surgeons at Klamath Valley hospital removed the left eye of a man believed to have been slashed with a broken bottle in the men's room of a tavern on Main Street Wednesday afternoon The viairnrvwas Robert Bi(C) nam, jh, 01 umioquin. He also sui fered deep gashes over the injured eye and on Jhe left temple. He was rushed UiV the hosnilal. Po lice said an artery appeared be sevttan on the tcruJe. Bicklmri was saiiHo be In fair conditieV Thursday morning. City police arrcstedittvo vovfhs t.--.,w,,, ouopvvv w (lie cuaauii ;lfhey are Oonald Huitt Switlick. 20, 2219 White Avenue, and Robert Roy Ward. 20. 2148 Hope Street, Both 'Wre booked for idle and dis solute vagrancy. They have not admitted the assault, police said Two witnesses said they saw the. pair run out of the men's room, one with blood on his cloves and shirt. BickhaQ was found shP.ly afterward collapsed ant)bleeding in ine roor.j and blood-smeared gloves on the seat. O Ikham told officers at the hos pital he didn't know who assaulted Inm and What he prefers not to press charges. In other a(9rn, cilv police, are investigating ST report by a locd woman who said a voune man tried to assault her aCkhe walked on Owens Street near Vine Ave nue on her way home from a movie Wednesday niWl. t She said the man was strong, but that he released her and fled when she sjamod. Officers also investigated a mi nor accident involving cars driven by Mrs. fxine Liskcy Wirth of Klamath Falls and BVnath M. Morgan of Medford Wednesday af- Atcrnoon at the corner of Eldorado Avenue and Earle Slreet. Morgan was charged with mak ing an utinper left turn. HeTaid ne was zoning lor street signs and turned too wide. Damage was slight and no injuries resulled. W A Fir fcxh'ngaisbd C.4f firemen extinguished two car fires Wwtmvcriav A FinhrA' iiolsum Bakery truck caught fire at 100 Spring Street at 2:04 p.m. Damage was slicht. A 13i7 sedan owned by Gerald Knapp of Klam- am rails ignited at the 1600 block ' iffregon Avenue at 1:06 D.m uamage was heavy. Both fires were caused by shorted wiring circuits, nromen believe. PpTATO MARKET (Furnished by Momttinej News Service) O POTATOES RAIL AND TRUCK SHIPMENTS (CL EOU3V.) KLAMATH IASINV Oregon Rail C Oregon Truck Calif. Rail Calif. Track OTHER OREGON P R.il COLORADO IDAHO Rail (WASHINGTON Rail U.S. TOTAL Roll SHIPPING POINT PRICES: (SKD. PER CWT) FOR KLAMATH RASIN PTS: NETTED GEMS U.S. Na. 1-A U.S. No. LAS-Hot. U.S.2 2" mill. NtT PRICE TO GROWER RULK AT CELLAR: NETTED GEMS U.S. Na. 1-A 2" min. FOR CENTRAL OREGONTS. RUSSETS U.S. No. 1A U.S. No. 1-A 4-14ot. min. U.S. 2 2" of; 4 01. min. 50 lb. NET PRICE TO GROWER . BULK DELV D. WHSE RUSSETS U.S. No. 1-A U.S. 2 2" or 4 01. min. IDAHO PTS: NET PRICE TO RUSSETS U.S. Na. 1-A 0 U.S. No. 2 4-ox. POTATO 31 CITIES Rail Unload Truck Unload Total Unload com Mdnesday for the second public hearing. A group of Dafly comilUlnity residents, backed by a petition with 26 Signatures, had sought to, place a proposition on the ballot 10 estab&h a livestock district. L'nder'such a law, livestock own ers would be responsible for wan-, considerable fencing would be re quired over the precincQof some 160,000 acres. Opponents brought forth an op position pctftn with 55 names, and argued against the measure last Friday before-the court. Cat tlemen maintained that most of the precinct doesn'Ong a herd law. A' the suggestion of the county 1 1 I lore the court again Wednesday Included were three spokesmen for a herd law, three Dairy Pre cinct residents against the herd law, ma three precinct landown ers who live outside the precinct but are against a herd law Don Rice, operator of a store in Dairy, fought a pared down boundary proposal which cut linv its of a proved livestock district from the uncle precinct lo about 5.000 acres around the Dairy com munity. Q Because theOffgumMt for and against a vote cWihrd, County Judge Bob Walker escorted the visit'A to the third floor Jkurt- room in the courthouse, to reach an agreement among tTiemselves, The delegates agreed to witSi . . .... f- f araw,e petition loiMi vote, and to establish a committee. .-Committee members, represent iirg opinion both m( and s&ainst the origiil proposM, are tester Jones of Bonatfea, John Urbach of Dairy, Lloyd Hankins Bo nanza, Mrs. Maude Liskcy of Klamath Falls, and William Mar shall of Poe Valley. Their i net ion is to hear re port of wandering cattle and ring these to the attention of authorities. withdrawal petition seeking to re itove the proposal from ballots. Under law, a petition once filed cannot be withdrawn unless more persons sign a withdrawal pell' ion than were required to enter the original petition. The required number vay; six; the petition was signed by 26 persons. Rice said eight pcrstft; had signed petitions both for and against a ballot proposition. That left 14 legal signers, so his with drawal 1 petition must bear a minilnose who assisted., of nine name? 1 mum Rice said letters explaining the compromise aclion , wot4M be mailed Tf Dairy Precinct voters and landowners, SeanrteneiBtg KB'cp YREKA Sentencing of Luther J. Kirk, 48, Klamalh Falls, on charges of manslaughter and driv ing hile under the influence of alcoholic beverages involving a fa tality a felony), has bei delayed for three weeks. Kirk has a historii. of arrested tuberculosis and Judge James M. Allen of the Siskiyou Counly Su perior Court granted time for tests to determine if Kirk's has become an active case. The Klamath alls man was charged after an accident at Dor ris, November!!, in which Mrs. Grace Lalo, 48, Chiloquin, pas senger in js car, was killed. FdtrolStcM 3-2-40 lO 489 1,434 1,392 2,334 1,892 1.354 1,325 4,321 4,223 3,373 4,008 24,244 33,809 9.101 4.707 117.730 114,940 o Wednesday 7 11 24 150. 4 03 2" or 4 ox. min 4.25 4.45-4.75 2.75 3.40.3.50 1.40-1.75 4.10-4.20 4.50-4.45 2.75-2.90 Too few to quote GROWER. Unreported Unreported UNLOAD Wed. Week Ago 335 383 184 242 519 425 Basin Donors . a. Lummciiucu By RC Aide The fine contribution of blood donated in the March 1-2 Red Cross Bloodmobile operation by Klamath Basin donors was coOi mended by E. L. Slick, assistant Blood (.enter, Portland. Dongs gave 525 pints, 50 more than the goal of 475. In a Inng distance telephone call to Ms. Virginia Dixon. Klamath Basin Chapter executive director, this morning. Slick said the !zenerousft)ntribution U 525 pints collected in the two-coy op eration came at a critical time when the state's blood supply was at a dangerous low. Mrs. DimidStyV ftrfPP time in many years that a blood mobile ota has thus been ex ceeded. The operations were sponsored by Klamalh Falls Lodge. No. 1247 BPOE, and Kingsley Field Air! Force Base personnel. L'lb. jMiimiilalul OQ1 .ml, l tio(j..m.i, mi puna the temple theQirst day and ijym im0f addition the lodge was credited wiHv 38 pints, dr.On at the coun ty jail from prisoners w volun teered to donate, making a total of 329 pints for the lodge. The 0lge also provided sand wiches and all refreshments for (he volunteer Red Cross workers who were on duty from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. through meal hours. 0 Les Tinker was the Elks blood drive chairin. At Kingsley Field donors from all units stationed at the field gave a total of 196 pints. Some tjlta) ler units gave almost 100 per cent. " Capt. Frankie Kelley was charge of the program at Kis ley Field. Juice for the donors was pro vidfd free of charge by Medo- Land Creamery; milk by Crater Lake Creamery; ice by Klamalh Ice and Storage Company; type ' writer' tAy 5naw"'SIan6riefy: Ihe sound truck was doilated by George F. Connor's Service Company. Les Tinker and Robert O'Dell, a blood donor for many years, operated the sound equip ment. In announcing success of the March operation, Mrs. Winston Purvine, chapter blood program chairman, and Viifinia Dixon, chapter executive director, ex pressed deep appreciation to all Air Squadron To Play Host Kingsley Field's 322nd Fighter- Interceptor Squadron will play host tWs weekend to 30 members of t Oregon State College AFROTC drill team. The cadets will inspect the F101- B "Voodoo" and also view ex hibits of modera survival and flying equipment. Director for the tour is Capt. Dale B. Peloquin, 322nd pilot. "We want to give the cadets an insight into the workings of an Air Force base. Captain Pelo quin saia. "Alter mis tour, we hope thgy will be better prepared to Become officers" AFROTC ca dets are commissioned ft second lieutenants upon graduation from college. - The drill team was originally invited here to appear during half lime at the Klamath Union High School basketball game Saturday night. They will also demonstrate then; marching routines at Kingsley Field Saturday morning during ceremonies honoring Brig. Gen. Curtis R. Low, deputy Qpmmander of Western Air Defense Force. The trip was coordinated be tween Col. Ralph L. Oliver, pro fessor of air science and tactics at Oregon State College, and Lt. Col. Wilson tf. Edwards, acting commander of Kingsley Field. Preliminary Hearing Asked Gertrude Mobley, accused of stealing two watches from the home of a Southern l&icific em ploye at Mowich, asked for a pre liminary hearing on the charge Thursday in district court. Judge D. E. Van Vactor sched uled the hearing for 10 a.m. March 9. Mrs. Mobley, also known as Ger trude Moore, was accused of steal ing the watches from Juan Moralez Rodriguiz February 18. Trial Dates Set In Tbef t Case Trial dales were set in district court Thursday for two Klamath Falls youths accused of stealing hubcaps from a car parked near the skating rink last weekend. Trial for Raymond Gregory, 23. was scheduled for March 10. and trial for Donald Ernest Brailler. 22, was .scheduled for March 24. Both men asked for trials with Charge Of Attack Denied By, Resident Charles Junior Hood denied at his IrfSl Thursday that he had at tacked Cecil Bierle with a wine tyil lie or that he had awakened merle at a party andeasked for money. Hood,o29-year-old Chiloquin resi dent, is on trial for assault with a dangerous weapon upon Bierle at a drinking party near Chiloquin NovemCtMOil.Oleod and Corns Gib bons, 27, were accused of beating Queen's Ball Set Saturday CHILOQUIN The Fourth An- Qial Queen's Ball is slated for Saturdav March 5. from 10 p.m. lo 9 accofSii 9 Dance Chairman Bill Norval of the Klam alh Reservation Jaycecs. Three aspirants to the title of the 1960 National Invitational All- Indian Basketball Tournament, scheduled for March 16 through 19, will be presented at this Kill They are Jane Mg)ie Jackson, 16, Chiloquin; Rose Nealy, 15-year- old KlamaQ Falls girl; and Ra mona Soto, 16J(JHS sophomore. This will be the lirst opportunity for the jSges to observe the can didates for their poise and per sonality. Tickets to this dance, as well as to the tournament, are on Vale now h.v the candidates, Jaycee members,and at Arrins' Drug Store in Chiloquin. Selection of the queen is based 25 per ct on tickets sold by the candidates or credited to them then pur chased Iron Jaycee members or at the drug store. Anyone pur chasing ticke:4 should indicate preference for queen. Thp dance will be held in the ichiloquin Community Building and will fe.Oure the music of Jim Young's Diplomats. Price of tick ets are $1.50 single or $2.50 per couple. mousTnai Exhibit Set The new Klamath Art Gallerv will offef its current industrial ex hibit each Sunday (torn 2 to 5 p.m. for another month. Gordon Kensler, Klamath A r t Association member in charge of the exhibit, said the gallery will be opened at other times for groups or organizations which request the service and make ap pointments. That can be done by callias .Mrs. Kensler at TU 4-9573. Organizations such as garden clubs and "rockhound" clubs are invited especially to make appoint ments. The gallery is booked for exhi bits from now to July, Kensler said. The current exhibit features more than 57 paintings and draw ings of local mills, businesses and landscapes. . ah were done by lo cal artists, and nearly all are for sale. However, no art may be re moved 'until the exhibit is com pete. IJZj 525 Main . if! Of Chiloquin Bierle wf?n a stovP poker and a bottle alter he failed to produce money when asked. Gibbons was convicted Tuesday night of a lesser charge, aggravat ed assault. Hood's trial opened Wednesday. Questioned by Defense Attorney Glenn Ramirez, Hood denied ask ing Bierle for $2. "I didn't have any reason," he said. "1 had mon ey of my own." He also denied attacking Bierle, lo which District Atrorncy Arthur Beddoe asked: "Mr. Bierle start ed this whole thing, then? He at tacked you and then he attacked Mr. Gibbons?" "He got up first," Hood replied "He hit me. Pdidn't hit him." Asked if Bierle starled the fight with Gibbons, whom Hood said hit Bierle with a rCfcer. Hoodan- swered, "They starteir toEetrav.' Hood was (he lirst witness for the defense. State witnesses heard Wednesday were Bierle and Oiil oquin oolica Oflicer Kenneth Schoonovcr. Jurors hearing the (rial before Circuit Judge David R. Vanden berg are Theima Clugston and George Brothanek of Malin, Cecil Palmer of Chemult, and C. M Gillmore, Louclla Kepley, Ralph Bilyou, Charles W. Davis, Miles Cain, Vivian Boivin, Gladys M Cogburn, Ben G. Stone, and Wan da Heath, all of Klamath Falls Lake Lawyer Seeks Post LAKEVIEW Robert L. Welch 45, Lakeview attorney, announced Wednesday he had mailed his fil ing as candidate for circuit judge for Lake County to tlf) slate March 1. He will oppose the incumbent judge, Charles H. Foster. Welch is a native of Lakeview, graduate of Lakeview High School, and of the University of Oregon Law School. -He has prac 1 im '1m. 21 years. The last five years he has been associated with his fath er, Herbert P. Welch. Following his seool years he workea as at torney . for Ihe Soil Conservation Service for about 18 months His t!ee-term job es disSict attorney for Lake County was in terrupted by 20 months in Ihe Navy. He served for a year as a member of the State Bar As sociation Board of Governors when appointed to the term vfcat ed by the death of Paul Farrens of Wamath Falls. 4Jelch has a wife, Inez;' and a son, Larry, who is a senior at Lakeview High School. AnoBier local filing here dur ing Ihe week was by Joe Banascp of Plush for county commissioner. Banisco promises fairoand im partial consideration for all peo ple of Lake County. He 4B a Re publican. .Zane Gray, Democrat, as filed for his fourth term as county clerk, and Thomas S. Elliott, Republi can, has filed for sheriff. Elliott has been sheriff since his appoint-; ment in 1948 following the resig nation of H. A.aCasiday, and was subsequently elected for each te term. m f ";j f J J 26.98 Larcenist Given Term By Judge LAKEVIEW Melmon W. Fletch. cr was sentenced to an indeter minate term in the slate peni tentiary, not to exceed 10 years, by Judge Charles H. Foster in circuit court here March 1. Fletcher had entered a plea of guilty lo a charge of larceny by embezzlement and the court was awaiting a presentence report from the State Board of Parole. The report had been submitted lo thiPcourt and to the defendant and his counsel, Forrest E. CoCJer. The latter accepted it as factual, objective and clear. Fletcher had ncQing to say on his nun hphalf Rp-aii .ha n-a RJP law es iSt allow the lo impose a set sentence as such in the case of a (clony, Foster staled that the timevspent in the penitentiary depends on the Ore o's StaO Board of Parole. JChe IO-iiar period was the maxtftium allowed. Wednesday, March 3, the de fendant again appeared before the court on chafes of thh degree O arson andor uttering and pub lishing forged checks a) whia he had previously pleaded ot guilty. Cooper asked that the defendant be allowed To withdraw his plea and he entered a plea of guilty'-' to the indictment by the grand i on third degree jrson. Ad ditional time for sentence was waived by Ihe defendant and he was informetPby ne court that Ihe maximum penalty was three 0 years in the state penitentiary Sentence was set for an indeter minate period not to exceed three years irQ'he stale njitentiary to run concuOey w.i the previous sentence. On the third charge Fletcher indicated his willingness towaive grand jury ijdiclmcnt and, on fil ing of an iniormalion by District Attorney Chick Chaloupka. ar-. raignmcnt proceeded and he en- mil a nleji. of guilty lo. the cnarge ol torgery. Uemcnce on tins charge was lor an indeterminate period not to exceed 10 years in tBe state penitentiary, 1 run con currently with the other two sen tences. Fletcher was serving lime in the county jail uder a one-year sentence and a $500 fine in the justice court ( one misdemeanor coarge of larceny by embezzle ment. However, Judge oFoster aid Fletcher's original plea of guilty on the other embezzlcme chargehad a priority over any sentence in any other court be cause it had Sjon entered previous to that lime, and he ordered the psoner remanded to the sheriff tor transfer to the penitentiary as soon as possible. a Charges against Fletcher grew out of his employment as hook- ecper for the Lakiew San4 facturing Company. DUTY, OF COURSE HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. UPll A winter storm that dumped 11 inches of snow here yesterday had little effect on vot ers who slogged to the polls in record numbers to .legalize the sale of wine and beer. Youthfcraft's Spring Jacket Tops Everything! Non-stop coat , , . dashing in thi brief, hip-tip o edition. Wear it vacaflbn ing, shopping, hiking there's a world of living awaiting this ageless topper! Straight-line set-in sleeves, high welt pockets angling their way, are Youthcraft's perfect accent for this brief 22 inches of fashion. 100 wool Honeyejmb. Sizes 5-17, 6-18. Made with ARMO Construction. arrangements. M jury. 1