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PAGE TWO THE NEWS ANT THE' HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. March fl. ID II AIRPORT LEVY PASSED HERE runways will be paved, drainage insulted, boundary, range and beacon lights set up, and other work done to permit the landing of fast military aircraft. The army engineers are construction, agents for the project. I The CAA work, however, wil KIT1LT0 GO TO JURORS could add to the Jury's know ledge of the Important elements of the case. Van Vactor replied that If the defense had "thought it would do them any good, they would have had Mrs. Kirk here if she had had both legs broken." The young Indian womun came Into court on crutches, STAYS CLOSED (Continued from Page One) . tn..r,i (Continued Krom Pa One! not alter the status of the Klam-. the shooting in Um street in fronti L" " lriiv ,j w..rl...r. i n, alh airport as a public field. It of the Coppcrfield house at Bo- V"n u,"mo-. and asking for recognition. Kal- can be used for commercial lines nania. In low throaty voice she ''"' iciU asked for proof In ; and private flying. The construe-1 "Out of All- ' .rjwerrt scrl "of auctions form of union carvla in order (Continued From P;e One) t,on will permit the l.ndinp of Van . .tor asserted the de-. '""J to make . check against their Wednesday, however, will per-! commercial planes which cannot fCnse had -pulled a knife , " " , , ," , ,1 pavroll mit purchase of sufficient land at present use the field on an all- a pi to develop ultimately a Class 4 ; year basis. placed them in the hands of John (highest type) airport. and Coppcrfield in order to hoi- Public Field Under the CAA appropriation. Looking for Bargains? to the Clarified page Turn STARTS SUNDAY MIRTHFUL . . MERRY AND MILITARY! IT'S THE FIRST AND FUNNIEST ittc Screen Goes Wacky fn Khzkl I It's the first army camp comedy... with your favorite radio funstcrt and melody maidil V V STRANGER THAN FICTION "DIPSY GYPSY" Color Cartoon LATEST NEWS 'TIGHT FISH FIGHT" ON THE SPORTS PARADE Continuous Sunday from 72 Noon m7TTTT . - - i mi mm ster a self defense plea In the shooting rase. "I am Just as sure Leonard John didn't have a gun as I am that Nathan Coppcrfield didn't have knife." said Van Vactor. "I am sure that you would never find justification for the killing of Leonard John." In his final argument for the defense. Attorney O'Neill charged the district attorney's office with unfairness in its pros ecution of Kirk. O'Neill said that it innnirl trt him Vmii Vaitir k n.i h, i..i .. .i i were going to kill him. cutor because the state needed' K,rk " low h" '" to bolster a weak case. In answer;!0 Q"" P" V .P'' to that. Van Vactor on rebuttal i Srou0n A,to.rn ' said he had prosecuted cases inV,?r "c 'd " w" co"' the court here before a. a deputy I f"5ed , " ,cl dcU,, concerning district attorney, that his emu ct,on ''w "'"' P' ployment as a special prosecutor ? !he ",u" snoot,n,t; Slcverttl was orderly procedure and hr'?' bfn ',red " was eating within the laws of beton J". ,urn'd nd the state ' young John on the road in O'Neill went on to say that the ' ' to9Wr,?'d ''"s' defendant should have had the"" B""- " J '"' .., Mt-tt u i.n..nmeiuber putting another shell same protection under the laws'. ... ,.n r . . ,. . of the state as any other c.tuen 'n.thL " rat1'b hf and inferred he had not received .S "r "P I IrVIU CVrlrlClllCJU I1U WUIIII 1 J : ... ... . j , i mill uuriiijc mc uru- have been made by Mrs. Gladys;- .... . , . . . . , . .. . , . , house but denied he had used Jackson Kirk, the defendants , . . , common law wife, which he h"n$Kli the defense should have een per-l " Thr ' muted to see. i. .. .1.. j ,u. . . w i i in c ui lin til ma ments made earlier by Kirk. SliC: The unionists refused to corn testified she "got drunk' on the ply, the statement said, and upon night Coppcrfield and John the refusal Don K. Drury, plant came to the house, and could not manager, suggested a dla recall many of Die incidents of interested party be named to that night. make the check. Several names Kirk was on the stand when were advanced by Drury but all court opened Wednesday, and were turned down. A union pro- hc asserted repeatedly he shot; posat suggesting Gerald L. Mur John in self defense. i ray, Klamath juvenile officer. Events following the shoot- was then accepted, the stocky at ing were told by Kirk under j torney's statement went on, and cross-examination and through- j a deadline of noon Tuesday, Feb out his testimony he continued 1 ruary 23. set for the check, to state that he fled from both I Short of Majority John and Nathan Coppcrfield! Murray s check was made at because he was "afraid they the aunointcd hour and .,,mm.. REND E THAT BULBARS 'MAY SUFFER' that protection by the prosecu tion. He complained about Broke In O'Neill averred that Kirk was j the victim of circumstances be- shooting Kirk said Leonard John was about 10 feet ahead of Nathan and that he yond his control on the morning , to John.. oi iovemoer iv, wnen iwo men came to the house where he was "wanted He then demonstrated how he whirled (Continued From Page One) aniied equipment, was spread ing out In all directions to llul garia's frontiers Wednesday. Heavy mechanljed equipment Including army trucks with huge caterpillar treads clogged the main streets of Sofia for the first time, a few hours after the sev ering of diplomatic ties between Britain and Bulgaria. Until Wednesday the Germun army had avoided Sofia, except for small units and staff officers, but the city tonight had the ap pearance of a nasi fortress. By Rendel's action Wednesday in severing all diplomatic ties Bulgaria became "only a atci from war" with Great Britain. Nasi Vassal Rendel's note, addressed t Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff I hi delivered to a grim-faced Pre mier Filoff because I'upoff is ill bluntly asserted Bulgaria has become a vassal of the nasi reich "His majesty's government can only conclude the Bulgarian gov ernment, so far from desiring to maintain neutrality in the pres ent conflict, is now prepared to cooperate actively with Ger many." This statement made It clear ; Britain not only looks upon Bu gatia as a partner of Hitler hut rl.imin. . m.i.-,.v .nrf lt.l I milu.rjr ...x real., .,,y ,m- tion revealed the plywood coun cil was slightly short of having a majority. Then, according to Ebinger's story, union men went out to the Kalpine operations and, representing to the men they already had a majority, ob tained the necessary signed cards to complete their total. These were accepted by Mur ray, who was not aware of the absolute deadline, the release continued. Shortly afterward sev eral men who had signed cards after the deadline came to com pany executives saying they had learned they had been misled by the union representations In IIoiim 4'roii OkuvN SiiIVn (Continued From I'nge One) gaiiiations charging thai a sates tax affects persons lcn-d able to pay. Ill IIKItl, the people wilrd in7.:il! to 32.1118 ugiilnst a sun liar proposal. It is the first tax measure ol the present session to be sent to Mm Hour with coiniiillli-e up I proval, hlnce Governor C'liui W-s ! A. Spraguc told the legiliiliiir i there should be no new t.ixes because of heavy government ; taxes that are cxia-cled tHmtic of rearmament aelivily The house deleatetl yc.-itrrdny a pro Ihised J ier it-nl tax on thtl I denils of nut-of stale enriHira I tlons doing bilHtui-KS in (in-guu. 'which would have raised JVoti, j OUO a year for pensions. GREEK-BRITISH STAFF AGREES .L ! (Continued From Page Onel at length Mr. Kden expressed ad i mlriillun for the hemic re I siMutirc and victories of the I Greek troops I "Premier Korlsls expressed the tlt-cp gratitude of the whole i mtlion und the royal government ' fur the invaliiuble assistance rushed by Britain to the Greek people in their fight against the ( unprovoked aggression of Italy ' to which Greece fell victim. Watch the Classified Paqel to turn in their cards. to aid him with force of arms. (Continued From Page One) that there were no signs of life In the vicinity of the wreckage Marltnck took oif with six coua-cl. and a proposal made byoU,cr Pll",s Saturday on a flight the company to hold a consent i au - election under the auspices of This, said the Kalpine state- ,,v llol ment. put the company in the'"""- , ... situation of not knowing whether I rOUIltl I'lmiPtl or not the CIO had an actual In riM'kniS' siKiivu inajuriiy so mey couia not grant recognition to the union. The negotiating committee was advised of this fact in a meeting last Monday, stated the Kalpine Anrl fivH h hnt w Mimit fair sleemng with his wife, broke into m im ,wo had the back door ; got the defendant sufd him lnto the road. oUl o. , uaim pursura ana t .lconard mM np d knl ir.reaieneo mm. wny p n..ra mnoi n, uie ae- -Wn did ca . gun?. fense counsel asserted, he did!,sked Van Vactor what any reasonale man wouldj .-For protectlon answered do he shot in defense of him- Kirk who w ,vident,y be. self against two men who were coml v thf o( inrpaieninf ooonv narm. i -i . O'Neill warned-the jury not to Ted tha he il"ul i ZZZTL compromise its verdict, stating inff WMtvm .ncl iH that'.- """"Ins mo""n P'cket that "this man is either guUty of "w ear TTSAmT he had ' ""C "T 2? pl"", ,he ,,tor first degree murder or he isn't I nad when the two'D''5' ' 'it.h"1 ,hC guiltv of anvthine" I j Ji , .1 ,w? i being put up for mass considera- gumy or aninmg. men chased him from the yard. o( ,i wnrRpr On one occasion. Court Re- Klrk prevtouSly had testified The KnZo, r!n porter Al Brandt was called ! h. . 1h. "n rarvH I . Kalpine - CIO squabble upon to read the record In con-lw outside the house and took I T. i?, 1 labor ,rouulc ln nection with the attorney's .rU. h?ln,pr5 " ba" in 19' d ments. Van Vactor had said that ;, in the back tnat would 1 1!1' t,r.St. prolonged Kirk had said nothing of a pistol not be in the way when he1 " . in Lamm Lumufr in direct testimony, but thel,jrove j company s woods operation last record was read showing that in I i ,nswer to the question ,5!summ-r- ' the Lamm dispute answer to one question he had:t0 why he had run If he hadn't 1 a comProml agreement was said he saw what he thought wasiknown he had ,hot John. Kirk I w,orlt1 out nearly 90 days a gun in me hand ol John just rppijP(j ne wa, , (rajd theyl "mp loiencss. .Dinger also before he shot. I would shoot him He uiri I ' ie counsel for Lamm. Argument me. i the National Labor Relations I shot," said Kirk, board. This was agreed by the union group with the promise to present it to a meeting of the en : tire local for vote, the Ebinger story said, and the conference all flying the Harvard trainers on a routine delivery trip to Canada. The oilier six landed safely in Salt Lake City but Mar tinek failed to arrive there. Hu is a former TWA pilot with thousands of hours to flying tune to his credit. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY W ANTED TO UF.NT 3 or 4 room house with 3 or 4 acres Furnished. Call B33. 3-H A FEW MONTHS" spent at the Interstate Business college a.v sures you a good position. 4.12 Main. 3-S LOST Man's Illinois watch. No 4109391. Reward. Finder please write Box 12.19, News Herald. 3-8 Leonard John had a nixtnl in ! There was some argument be- his hand at th time Th nistnl land that he didn't want to -.nu. tween O'Neill and Van Vactor; was not mentioned in direct ex- j his friends any trouble. lircult Judge David R. Van- over the appearance Of Gladys aminatinn and srii inlrivliirod Kirk as a state rebuttal witness. I for the first time at this point. O'Neill said he had not called Klrk said he hadn't innc for Mrs. Kirk as a defense witness the officers because he thought because there was nothing she i the two men "would cool down" denberg ordered the informa tion In regard to previous con victions of Kirk stricken from the record. FOR SALE BY OWNER 40 acres free soil and free irriga tion. Pacific highway, 2 miles south Ashland. Modern 7 room house, large barn, other out-buildings. Fine shade trees around house; all in crop Price $7850. Federal Land Bank loan of $3000. Can give immediate possession. B. J . Palmer, Route 1, Box 177. Central Point, Ore. 3-11 EIGHTY ACRES eight miles out. Lays good, fenced. Trade for residence. Would assume or pay cash difference. A. B Moore. Baldwin hotel. 3-7 Here's tha V' plays Saturday . , V. - I X ' ' I MIDNITE SHOW ONLY! J" real smoker s cigarette V doors open at ims, JZK .'e fop V good smoting$p k W?) jfk gf I i Hi for sntokers like us VT . 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