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    The Annual Christmas Season Outcry Against Traffic in War Toys for Kiddies will This Year Resemble a Whisper Trying to Drown Out the Roar of a Volcano.
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 2SCr
Highest temperature yesterday S4
1owcst teinpentturo lust night 53
I'recipitutlun last 24 Hours ....... 0
I'rei lp. since, first of month 0
J'ri-clp. since Sept. 1. i'Xiit 1)2.18
Deficiency since Sept. , J!i:i9 M
Fair and Warmer.
ENGLAND
Her air force is hilling hard at
Humum cities, according to ber
cluiuis. indicating that her pro
claimed offensive is on In earnest.
Follow NKWS-IIEVIEW nowa dalljr
for big war smashes.
yOU. XLV NO. 100 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL. XXVIII NO. 308 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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ITALY iH reported to he rushing
in "token forces to help in the
battle of liritaiu. (A loken force
Js olio just large enough to show
that you're In on the doing.)
One of the first laws of gangster
dom is thai If you're not in oji the
doing you can't he in on the CKT
TINII. . pi(;ilT or the nniiim'u 25 lnrg--"
est cities lost population in
the past ten years. The automo
bile, making It possible lo live in
the suburbs anil work in the city,
is of course responsible.
Thirty years ago, when the au
tomobile first began lo be a real
factor In American life, there
were predictions thai this would
be ihe case, but it is only in the
past leu years that they have be
gun lo niaterlali.e.
Dig shifts In people's living ha
bits take time.
A I. SMITH and Samuel Seabury,
big shot democrats, announce
that they are tor Winkle and may
even campaign for him.
With due deference to Smith
find Seabury. who have a liberal
background In politics. II isn't the
big shot domocrnts wIioro deser
tion of the third term gets the
headlines thai will count.
U Willkie is elected, it will be
1he voles of everybody, run nr-the-mill
independent thinkers that
will I urn the I rick.
JJRNTtV Tnln reached bis TTIlt
birthday on Tuesday In ex
cellent physical condition and
more optimistic (ban ever ti bunt
Hie future.
"I was never more confident
than 1 am today." he (old an inter
viewer. "Hint Hie future will brine
happiness, contentment and pros
perity to our people."
(lood for Henry. If there was
ever a lime in our history when
a little genuine optimism was
needed, it Is NOW.
There are too many pessimists
around.
tUt Will-: we'd belter define the
"kind of optimists we need.
Ve DON'T WANT those who sit
Continued on page 2)
I SAW
By Paul
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1 'X . j
HARRY WELDON, nuove. retir
ed newspaper reporter now living
in (ilendale. "I hnve lived here
for Ihe past four years." he inform
ed me. "and you couldn't drive me
away with a club. 1 like the peo
ple. I like the scenery and I like
the climate."
As near as 1 could judge the
people down there like him. too.
Hurry began report ing in the
early nineties for Ihe Associated
Press, and his assignments with
that famous organization took him
to all parts of the country. Per
haps his most outstanding scoop
during those years was his report
of the McKinley assassination.
September 6. 19'H.
"I was the fourth person stand
ing from Ihe president's side as
h- spoke that day in Buffalo," he
told me. "When Czoleosz shot him
the confusion was terrific; but 1
broke my way throuch Ihe mill
ing crowd to a telegraph wire with
the message, '.McKinley assassin-
Plan to Limit Conscription
To 900,000 Men Rejected
Enlistment
Amendment
Also Spurned
Committee Retains Original
Bill for Senate Verdict;
Selective Training U. S.
Need, Roosevelt Asserts.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. fAP)
Kliorily after President Hoosevelt
declared Hint a system of seleo
tive training was "essential to nde
quale uiiiioiinl defense," the sen
ale in i 1 1 1 i v committee rejected to.
day a proposal to limit compulsory
service at ibis time lo Hoii.nun men.
The committee voted down, 7 to
2. an amendment to Ihe Ilurke
Wardsworlli bill, offered by Sena
tor I.ee (II.. Okla.) which would
have limited Ihe number of men to
he drafied between October 1 ami
April 1, 1941, to -lOO.nno and be
tween April 1 and October 1, 1941,
to Boo.oon.
This action nnd rejection of an
amendment by I.ee for a OO-duy pe
riod of voluntary enlistments seem
ed to have cleared the way for n
filial committee vote on the legisla
tion next Monday.
Mr. Roosevelt's views on the
fluestion of compulsory training
were expressed at n press confer
ence nt- which he said:
"I inn distinctly In favor of n se
lective service Irnlnlng bill nnd I
consider it essential lo adequate
national defense."
The president made the state
ment after a reporter said n re
port was going around Unit the
chief executive was "not so hot
ahoul conscription."
The president leliod thai it all
('.epcnilcd on which paper you
nail, lie also announced Dial he
and democratic lax lenders in con
gress were agreed that nil excess
profits tax should be enacted with
out delay.
All manufacturers working on
(Continued on page 6"i
Three-Way Traffic Law
Breaker Gets the 'Works'
POrtTI.ANn. Aug. 2. (API
Municipal .fudge Colin presented
Ihe "works" two years in the
county jail and Sinuit in fines to
Kllis 11. Suavely. 34, convicted on
three major traffic charges.
lie was accused of driving an
automobile while drunk, falling to
stop at the scene of an accident,
nnd operating a vehicle while his
permit was under revocation. His
license was suspended for a year
after a drunk driving conviction in
November. 19'!!!.
Jenkins
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u. iiiiciiu oi any uiiii-i im
porter!"
l or three years Harry a at. a
reporter on the San Francisco
Chronicle and for many years aft
er that he was with the Los An
geles Kxaniiner.
With the exception of army
service in Cuba during the Spju-l-b
American war. he has beer. n
, .u u...,r u-m-lt nil his active life.
"If I had II to do over again
I'd prefer work on a country daily.
Reporting for the big papers Is ex
ciilng for a while. I'll grant," he
went on to explain. "Hut even
binnd nnd thunder, when too often
seer., becomes boresome. I'm sure
thnt here In the country you fel
lows have ten pleasant contacts
with real friends whom you
know well, to any one I may have
had."
Perhaps he's right. After all.
hi personal friendships are what
n.ake life worth living to the av
eiiigc man.
First Woman !n
Top Flier Rating
trif-i " : - .
First woman in the United
States to qualify, Evelyn Kilfore,
above, has received from the
Ryan School of Aeronautics an
advanced flying instructor's rat
ing. She owns her own airport in
San Diego.
Homes Threatened
By Burning Grass
Garden Valley Flames Subdued
After Destroying Barn, ,
Hay, Shed and Chickens.
A grass fire, which burned over
n bout liuti ui-res along the tlarden
valley road yesterday afternoon,
created much excitement when II
threatened numerous farm homes
and dairy barns. The blaze, how
ever, was brought under control be
fore any great amount of dumage
was caused.
A barn belonging lo H. P. and
.lay Conn, located on the Kenney
place, which the Conn brothers re
cently purchased, was burned. The
barn contained about seven Ions of
alfalfa bay belonging lo John Wil
liam tolierisou and Jerry Horn. A
turkey shed on the same property
also was burned, hut the fire was
turned away from a sheep barn and
grain shed.
A chicken bouse and a number
of chickens belonging to K. A.
Cardiner were destroyed on Ihe C.
IC. Marks dairy farm.
The fire started In tall grass ad
joining the roadway at the school
fcouso nt t lie Intersection of Ihe
Curry road wllh the (larden valley
road. On several of the fields com
bluing recently had been completed
and the fire raced through the
loose straw with great rapidity, be
ing fanned by a stiff breeze.
Residents of the entire area join
ed in fighting the flames and were
aided by volunteers from Poseburg
nnd by n crew from Ihe Douglas
Forest Protective association. Nu
merous homes were threatened, hnt
concentration of fire fighters saved
all buildings except for a few
sheds.
200 Portland Teamsters
Strike for Wage Boost
PrTlTI,An. Ah". 2 fAP)
I wo lititHlrnii API loninMi'i's
si nick nt four flfnnn-il Tr:insfir
comnnnins inln nftnr rnlhipsn of
romnirt nocotiiiMnns with tin Port
Inii'l Drn nion'H nssncintion.
Tho nsHOfintion has 21 othr-i nf
Cli.'iM'il mmpftniofl with a, ion I S10
flnvortv ni! I mined lately affected
ny inn walkmil.
Jnck Selilaht, financial aeeretary
for Teamster local So. 102. satd the
union firpt demanded a 20 per cent.
wnee increap hut nnrl to mm
nromfse. The proposal was re
incleil hv Hie employers, he added,
Ni'jmtiatinns for a contract to re
placo thp nne expirinc March 1,
1 5 10, beiran seven months ano.
Pension Boost for Aged
Of Oregon to Be Asked
SALEM. Atlir. 2. (API The
Orecon pension federation will nsk
the 1 f4 1 !eei slat ure to Increase obi
ase pension", the bill to include nil
putdlc employes, the federation
said tndav.
The federation said it would not
approve-an initiative which would
legalize and Uceiine many form of
enmhtiuc, the proceeds of which
would be used for pensions.
Roseburg Unit
Ready to Join
0. N. G. Trek
Local Guard Company to Leave
Sunday for Ft. Lewis, Wash.,
Where 40,000 Troops Will .
Train for Three Weeks.
f nmpany I). Ki2nd Infnnlrv. Hose
burgs unit of the Oregon iiatlonnl
guard, will be mobilized Sunday,
Aug. -I. for Ihree weeks of Intensive
training. The company will par
ticipate in the Kourtli Army mun
euveis to be held at Port l'wis,
where .Hi.oiHi men from Ihe regular
ai in y nnd national guard will par
ticipate In the largest military con
centration ever held in the Pacific
northwest.
I lie lloscbiirg company will as
semble nl II n. in. Sunday. Follow
ing an Inspection of packs and
personal eiiiipment, bedding rolls
and packs will be prepared nnd the
compauj'B baggage will be loaded
on cars which will be spotted on
the local railway tracks.
The company, which numbers 82
enlisted men and lour officers, will
enlrain nt 5:3 p. in. The troop
train will atari from Kurekn, Cali
fornia, and will pick up companies
at .Miulford. ('rants Pass, lloseburg
and Kugene.
Allioregon national guardsmen,
excel Jl llui 24!lth coast artillery and
a small group of suite slaff mid do
taclim'tit oll'icers and men, will lie
iucluile.d lit the movement.
3 Weeks' Training Set
Heretofore national guard camps
have been held for periods of two
weeks only, but this year, ns a
part of preparations for national
defense. Ihe training will bo ex
lemieil for three weeks, continuing
from Aug. -I to 21.
Local officers nisi have been
notified that the units will In
trained under n phut of simulated
warfare ill which they will go
through nctllul battle practice. Only
cue parade formation. It Is stated,
has lieen scheduled for the entire
three weeks' period.
'Ihe linn men of Hie 2l!lth coast
artillery regiment have already had
their field training for litis year.
fCnntinued on pago
Campus 'Reds' Get
Divided Decision
PAN FTIAXOISCO, Aup. 2.
f AP) Communists were permit
ted use. of n Ilerkeley school build
ing but denied permission lo meet
in the civic auditorium here in re
spective rulings by t lie Berkeley
hoard of education nnd the San
Kranctseo superior court.
Over vigorous protests or the
Kast Hay Veterans' organization,
the school board voted 3-1 in favor
of mantini; the campus branch of
the Youutf Communist league n ner
mit to meet Friday nlKht hi a bun
Kalow unit of the Ilerkeley high
school.
Superior Judge Alfred J. Fritz of
San Francisco ruled In a suit
uwilnsl city officials by Anita Whit
ney, slate secretary of the com
nnniiri parly, that authorities had
the rfuht to deny use of the civic
auditorium to Die communists.
Dr. II. W. Shepherd, I'niversily
of California professor and leader
of the opposition against the school
board's action, served notice the
board's stand "will not settle the
matter."
"We are going to clean house In
fjerkeley," he said.
"It's better to allow the commun
ists to meet in the open than in
secret " replied Hoard President
Dr. TyOiiIse Heeler.
JudK" Fritz held there was no
law under which ihe communist
party could compel the city to
grant it use of the ntiditorlum.
U. S. Jury Indicts Jap
For Narcotics Smuggling
RAN' FRANCISCO, AtlR. 2t
(AI'I The Japam-sn sonmaii
rniii'lil Willi Si iKiiinils nf ronlia
baml naicolii'8 worlli approximate
ly $:ioo moo In a raid July 2n on
Ihe Japancsci frolclitpr Nanmaii
Mum. was under Indlotnient today
for violating the fedsral narcotics
laws.
The Indictment, returned yester
day by a federal erand Jury, ac
cused loshlmolo Wada of Import
in?, roncealinK and facilitating
transportation of Ihe narcotics. His
bund was fixed at JIO.OOO.
Issues Above
Party Lines,
Willkie Says
Nominee Thinks 'Independents
; Will Decide Presidential
Race; Shipstead's Return
to G. O. P. Pleases M'Nary.
(moitAno spnixos, roto..
Auk. 2. (AIM Wendell U. Will
kie thinks the coming election
will lie decided on issues rather
than party linen.
Willkie made that clear In n
joint, press eonfiMeneo with Wil
liam Allen White, the Emporia,
Kan., editor.
Quest loncd by reporters, Will
kie said ho believed "hilly half
the voters are independent llicy
cross purty lines very easily."
"There used to he prido nmou?;
ninny people nlxntl their parly
partisanship," Willkie continued.
"Now they are proud of their In
dependence." While expressed n similar view,
lelliiiK reporters that independent
voters would aid Willkie in Ihe
November election.
"The general lHt' is toward lis.
I think it is in the stars." White
added.
; White was n sited whether bo
meant that Willkie would he el
ected. He replied that the repub
lican nominee "or someone equal
ly pnod will he elected."
"The general drift Is toward
us." White concluded. "I have
been convinced that voters don't
just Imntf on to parlies.
"The independents are n blR.
definite minority that miht he
come a majorily In any election."
Willkie made public n tele
Rilini, from llepresental Ive llnbert
(!. Allen n Tenn.). n third fenh
opponent, pledKiritf Willkie "lull
support ."
McNARY GLAD OF RETURN
OF SHIPSTEAD TO GOP
WASHINGTON. Ann. 2. (AP)
Senator C. h. Mr Nary, republi
can vice presidential n o m i n e e,
said today the return or Sena I or
Sliipstead of Minnesota lo the re
publican parly w o u I d help
strengthen the parly in Ihe north
west. In a statement commenting on
Stilpst end's net ion In filing as a
candidate for the republican sena
torial nomination, the Oregon
senator said he congratulated him
and the COP. Sliipstead has rep
resented Minnesota. In the senate
for IS years as a fartnerdabor
Ite. "I am glad Senator Sliipstead
has returned to the republican
parly where he may continue his
work nmong the liberal elements
of Hie party,' McNury declared.
"The senators counsel is much
sought In the Semite, and Ills re
turn to the republican fold will
be a source of strength lo the
patty throinrhouf Minnesoia and
Ihe northwest states."
McKELLAR, COOPER WIN
AT TENNESSEE PRIMARY
NASHVIUJO, Tenn., Aug. 2.
(AP) A landslide d e in o cralh
primary victory headed the veter
an K. D. MrKellnr today towards
a fifth consecutive term in the
t'nlted Stales senate.
Hacked by the powerful Mem-
(Contfnueit nn pace f)
Swatiska Waves
jfn.P,mmm'':TT n III ll I li.il .lli-liilillr"
. rjjjtef will ?li r I'Hr ' '
jS. M 1 Z, lir5
r'Mum tjsa,"j. .wt iffTJ um "-m-vr i
The red, white and black German war flag flying over first bit of
British soil to fall to German hands. Nazi-censored photo shows air
port control tower on Channel Isle of Guernsey, which, with Isle of
Jersey, German air units recently occupied, unopposed.
Army Driver in
Tragedy to Face
Court-Martial
Tames Berkeley, colored driver
of a ;ioth infantry transport truck
which collided near Sulherlia Wed
nesday with u logging truck, result
ing in (lie death of William Dale
Witcher, 10-year-old Sutherliii
youth, was today scheduled to
stand nrmy court-martial on a
charge of involuntary inutiRlnugh
ter. Ilerkeley appeared in the Jus
tice court at Itoseburg Into Thurs
day, waived preliminary examina
tion find was ordered held for the
county grand jury.
Agreement was reached between
District Attorney J. V. Long and
Major 10. M. Sutherland of the U.
S. army, that Herkcdey should he
taken before nrmy court-martini,
where disposition nf his case will
he handled within a week, Ixng
said he was informed. In (he event.
the court-martial fails to result In
conviction it still will be possible,
the district attorney said, to press
the charge through the circuit
court, it the grand Jury should ro
turw an indictment.
Nazi Agent Forced to
Yield Driver's License
NKW YOftK, Aug. 2. (AP)
Dr. (ierhardl Alois West tick, spe
cial commercial agent for the Gor
man government, was instructed
lo give ill) his driver's license to
day pending hearing on charges
that lie falsified his application.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Carroll Mealey, after n conferenco
with Dr. Weslrlck, said the Ger
man official had promised to send
in his license tomorrow although
he claimed diplomatic immunity.
Hr. Westrick is accredited to the
German embassy as coium.'rrtul
rojinsellor.
Multnomah Democrats
Have Registration Lead
POKTLAND. Aug. 2. (AIM
Democrats lead republicans by .'(202
reglst rat Ions in Miilluomnu couu
t.v. llegifdrur Cleanou nniiotiuccd to
day. When the July hooks were closed,
Ihe loials were: democrats Si.!iSti,
republicans m;.?'(I. Iteglst rat ions
during July Included 7S!l democrats
and TiSl republicans.
Train-Truck Collision
Brings Death to 6 Men
CANAAN. N. II.. Auk. 2. ( AP)
Six men wi'i-n Idlli'd tmlny when
a Iriiik iinil a lliwliin ami Malnu
t rii in cnlllili'il at a bmiicIi' cnissini;
In West Canaan.
Till. 1111-11 WIT!" llll'llllfll'll us IC-
liirt llollck of Wi-sl .li'ffi'iniiii, N.
('.. now lorciiiaii; Waldo lli'aiil.
clilvor of 1 1m Irurk, anil Holii'l t 1..
Mallli.'WH. biilll of lllllsboio. N.
II.; W'iilliT lik'U of Cohli'Klcill. N.
Y.. ami Willis LiiRan ami Hay
nionil llanliiiini, limit nf l'ly
inoiitli, N. II.
Changes Suicide Plan
After Leap Into River
POKTI.AND, Auk. 2. (AIM A'f
lor li'iipliiK from tl lUirrislilo
briilKc ililo Mm Wlllaini'llo llvi'r. ll
iliyiiiriilil ni-ally iIii-ksi-iI woman
chaiiKi-il hi-r iiiiinl alioul pulrlil'-yi-HH-i-'lay.
Kim was n-soiii'il by
iiaibor imlioliiii-n wllild BwllillllillK
tnwaf'1 Kltori-.
Over British Soil
Hamburg Reported Almost
All in Ruins; Bremen Docks;
Airplane Plants Damaged
Fliers Also Rain Tons of Bombs on Cologne and Scores
. Of Other Localities, London Says: Give and Take
Warfare Continues Over British Channel and
Islands; Italians Claim Hits on British Ships.
LONDON, Aug. 2. (API Crippling blows -from BrifisK
bombers on vital German centers were reported authoritatively
today as givo-and-take air warfare still surged over the English
channel. '
British fliers, raining tons of steel and explosives on mortf
than 100 German cities and towns, an authoritative British source
said, have laid the port of Hamburg almost entirely in ruins and
havo scored heavily on the docks and airplane factories of Brem
en and the communications nerve confer at Cologne in the past
throo months.
Death Decreed
As He Fights On
Gen. Charles de Gaulle
Cl.rcn.MONT FEW! AN li, Franco,
Auk. 2. (A!') (lenoral Charles de
llaulle. this French officer who
lonned a provisional French com
milleo in London to curry on the
t'ii-li t. iiKiilnsI (lerinany, wiih con
demned to dealli today by a mill
tiny court which liied him In lib-
sent la.
Mrs. Anna Marks
Dies Suddenly
Over-Exertion and Excitement
While Fighting Grass Fire
Cause Matron's Collapse.
The fire which niRed over np
proximately 300 acres of Ihe HIv
ersdale dlstrlcl yesterday was
blmneil Indirectly fin- Ihe sudden
death Inday of Mrs. Anna Marks.
Ill, wife of John Marks, well
known dairy fanner.
Mis. Murks suffered n sudden
colliipiie Mils iiionilnK nnd was
ninlicd In Mercy hospital where
she died ii limit Iwo hours after she
was stricken. Overexerllnn and
exciiemeiit caused by Ihe flrn
was believed in have eontrllmled
lo the condillon which resulted In
her sudden death.
Mrs. Marks apparently was In
normal health yesterday and spent
Hpvcrnl hours at Ihe Koseliurit
Country cluli, where she has been
one of (he most active members
and n trophy holder. When fire
yeslerday aftcrnoim Ihrpatened
ilie fnrmlne cmnmuiilly In which
her borne Is located, she joined in
actively fiKbtliiK Hie blaze and is
believed to have hmiieht on by
over exertion (be condition which
caused her death.
Horn in Nebraska. May 12. ISfll.
she bad spent the greater part of
her life in llouirliis roiinly. She
was a member of ltiversdale
Krance.
Sinvlvlnc are her husband; (wo
sons, llarrv and John Jr., and a
daughter, Mildred, all nt. home,
and the following brotliers ami
sisters: Dora Cnwltr. and Rnsle
Story, Sweet Home. (IreKon: John
Johnson, Laplne. Orefron; Frances
Hedirepath. Centrnl Point: Ruth
Jenkins, William Johnson nnd An
drew Johnson, all of North fiend.
The body has been removed lo
the ItoseburK i'ndertnklnn com
pany parlors. Funeral nrranee
inciits have not lieen made.
Onn Cernian bomliPl was bellov
eil by observers to have been
brought down In tbo sen off tho
northeast coast of Scotland uflor a
mixl BiHiiadron had dumped nlna
hlKh explosivo anil -10 Incendiary
bombs mostly on a Rolf coursa
outside of town thin morning.
Kye-wHnoHBCs said they saw Ilia
piano fall Into tho water ntlor Brit
ish fighter planes bad spluttered It
with tracer bullets.
No casualties were reported front
(ho Oe.rniun uttack although tho
bombs blunted, c rut era -10 feet wida
and 21) foot deep.
Bombardment of a wireless ula
tlon and crippling of a 4,000-ton
Cicrmnn supply ship In ulr opera
tions off tbo Norwegian coast wore)
reported by the admiralty. Tho
ship was being abandoned by its
crew when tbo JIAF Mors loft thd
scene.
The air ministry said a "success
ful" daylight raid had been, mada
nlso yesterday on the Oermnn-helil
nil-port at Cherbourg, France. It
nclinowleilKeil, however, that Ihreo)
of a strong force of coastal com
mand wnrplnnes failed to return.
Ruhr Region Lashed
Tile HAF has struck night nnd
day In the Industrial HuIii which
corresponds somewhat to the Pitts
burgh urea of tho United States, It
was said.
"Within n gigantic circle." (his
source said, "wo bnvo inflicted Ir
reparable damage on such placed
as liiiisherg, Uusseldorf, F.ssen and
Wesel" in this area ns well as nt
Dortmund, which occupies a posi
tion of Importance In feeding the,
Comma canal system.
Hamburg, wllh its oil refineries,
munitions factories and dock-,
which nrp in ihe center of the city,
this source said, lias been "pulver
ized again and again."
Blitzkrieg When?
rtrllons. wondering whether the;
nazl blltzekrleg would come soon
or at. nil puzzled over a "tabloid'
leaflet raid by German bombers
iasl nlcbl. Some conjeclured that
Adolf Hitler may ho planning tha
slow war of blockade Inslead of tho
lightning ladles ho has used be.
fore.
Leaflets, captioned "A last ap
peal to reason by Adolf Hitler."
fluttered down In Ihe nre-dnwn
darkness In southern nnd south
western parts of F.nglnnd. Air raid
wardens and conslnbles. hustling
ntiout with torches, gathered up
Ihe papers by ihe fb'oiisand.
(Continued oil pago R)
Oregon Bandit Gets
Away in Gun Fight
CAXVOV CITY. Oro.. An?. 2.
fAP) A lopm Immlit who robltfrt
Mrs. M.i in in Taylor, oppralnp of tlm
MiUm flprvici station on tho Pixta
mountain wart, hftwonn John Dnv
nnil Unkop last nlcht nnd pcnppl
In I ho briiph with M00 rash loot
and potno rhocka aftor n rminini?
enn ffirht wilh Mrs. Taylor's hus
hnml nnd Don Isnn. was Rotittht to
dnv hv (ho fltato noliro nnd Bhorlff'a
officr.-rH nf eastern Orofron ponn
1 ins.
Hhorirf T. Tl. TTanolUno. win spoil
lo tho rppiio soon nftor tho hohiujt,
pnfd tho man, nf mhhllo airo, nhout
K.o ponnds nnd drospod in hakhl
shirt and dark troiisors, ontorod tho
station nhinit R o'rlork. nold n ro
vnlvop on Mrs. Tavlor and rom
nmndod hoi to nnon tho onsh draw
or. whd'h Blm did. ,
roup Ioccoih from nn Oroirnit
runhop rompanv rnmn in nrnl tho
handit. hidintr his wonnon. toM
.Mpb. TvIop ho v.'onld kill hor it
Mho intimntnd IiIh hiifllnoBfl. Tho
Inpiron Pnon loft.
Ah the bandit waft cloanincr out
tho till. Mrs. Tnvlor rnn to tho
Tnvlor home across the rnnd. Mr.
Tavlor and Ison, prabhinp riflert,
mot tho bandit i ho was lonvlni?
tho ntntion nnd etnlrt "hands nn." A
burst of revolvor flro met thorn, ad
tho hoi i Inn flod.
Thov rirod sovoral shotR with
tholp riflos nnd envo pbnsp hut tho
bandit escaped In the bniBh,