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.1 TWO ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG,. OREGON,- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, r94i. Bids to Execution Of Killer Issued SALEM, Ore, Oft. 27.--(API Black-bordered Invitation lo the execution next Thursday morning of James Harvey Thorn ,bs, 1!), will bp mailed by the state -prison tonlfjht tu newsmen ami ; oilier witnesses. Deputy Warden E. C. Hallev said today. li.iticy said tn.it i nomas, cm vlcted of slaying Douclas Smith, salesman, near Arlington, Is 'honrine up well, although lie was ."pretty nervous" Saturday nlRht. Smlth, when shot by Thomas, Swas on his wny from Idaho to Aberdeen, Wash., where hi mother wa on her deathbed. Smith had picked up Thomas, a , hitch hiker and deserter from the navy. o- Thomas will he the third per- ;sn to cue in the lethal gas "chamber unlet Governor -Spraime commutes the sentence ;to life In prison. Governor SpraKue has no com ment other than that he Is study ing the cake. Thomas' parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Thomas of Jlolyoke, Utah, are In Salem and have made several apix-als to the Jjovornor lor clemency. OUR BOARDING HOUSE ; ARTHUR CEARV TO SPEAK Arthur M. Geary will speak In Jloseburs on Friday, October 31, Jevcr KKNK, 1:15 to 1:30. His talk will be In support of the Ujtransportatiun plan of the de fense transportation group of Quick : Courteous Service rV Two-One ff X Vtaxi l co. ?, CALL 21 I I r . i. WHERE WILL VOU SET TKE POWER FOR VOUR AUTO MATIC DOOR MAT, MAJOR f A DIRECT OVER LAND HOOKUP WlTtA BOULDER I? AFTER VOU GLORIFY THE DOORMAT, VOU CAM GO ON TO GREATER THINGO WOW ABOUT EQUlPPIMG THE UMDERPRN LE6ED J "SOUND EFFECTS. WI,hM.i.rHpl.USEaqesDow Many Nazi Planes fawyou honking GEE&E VMllL CHANGE VOURTUNJE VJHENJ VOU BEHOLD MV NfcAJ DEVICE SPlNMlKi6 Or4 EYERV PORTICO IN THEUXD ' . ' i ,: C MvERELW ATRIvJiAL DETAIL 1 r C IT CAN fiiKS RV KTEPlsl A 'RSE Ni THE CELLAR the farm rale council, i On-won, Mae Wesf Asks Divorce Washington, Idaho and Mon-I tana i. The plan was formulated ' From Frank Wallace by representatives of the. farm-1 tr union, manna and livestock' shipper league. Interests. Sprague Asks Observance Of Civilian Defense Week LONDON, Oct. 28. (API-Pilot Carroll Warren McColpin of Buffalo, N. Y., a member of the All-American Eagle squadron in the RAK, baRKed two German planes on a sweep over northern franco yesterday, the air minis try announced. He attacked six -Messer-liciu.iins. McColpin has now shot down five planes and ranks with Pilot Officer Gregory A. Daymond of Van Nuys, Calif., among the Eagles. Pilot Officer W. R. Dunn, whose nearest relatives live at Dallas, Tex., also has shot down five in aerial combat and two while a ground gunner. McColpin, flying with two oth ers of the squadron, became sep arated from them in a rain squall, but continued on a solo sweep over France while the oth ers returned to their base. When he saw the six Messer schmilts 500 feet above ground, he dived on them "and in a mat ter of seconds one had blown up and the other had dived Into the ground," the air ministry said. During the sweep seven planes, including the two destroyed by McColpin, were shot down, the ministry ndded. The seaplane base at Ostend was silenced, gun posts were attacked, and a fac tory and barges hit. Suicide Verdict Filed In Death of Soldier FORT LEWIS, Ocr. 28. (API The army announced today an officers' board of Inquiry had re turned a verdict of suicide in the death of Corp. Frank Church, 24, of Prosser, found shot through the temple In a barracks' shower room Saturday. The board's findings showed Church to have had an excellent army record. He was inducted in to service a year ago and was with Company A, 161st infantry regiment, 41st division. There were no eye witnesses to the death. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Harry Partch, of Prosser. Suit Demands $1,250 on Loss in Pinball Machine SALEM, Oct. 29.--IAP) Suit to recover $1,250 which he claims to have lost In a pinball machine was filed in circuit court here by L. T. Groves against Charles A. Johnston, operator of Chucks tavern, and N. J. Arnold, agent for the company which distri butes the machines. He said he lost the money be tween March 1, 1940, and Octo ber, 1941. REPAIRS! Let's prepare now for next spring and summer. Order your repairs NOW! They are often slow in com ing, and getting slower. DOUGLAS COUNT? Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch. Rottburg, Oregoa Cotton moth, insects that grow as large as bats, breed In the tron- lea, fly north In autumn, and die, there of cold. I SALEM. Oct. 2'J. -I API -Gov ernor Sprague. in a press state ment loday, asked Oregon citi zens to observe the period from November 11 through November 16 as civilian defense week. The governor ujgeil that "ev ery effort be made to stimulate Interest In civilian defense, to inform people how they may en roll in the Oregon civil reserves and serve in this patriotic pro gram, aim in nring nome ine!n.. realization that the only effective i answer to total war is total de fense." - . LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2U. I API Man West, buxom stage and screen across, i,icd suit yes terday to end her 11)11 marriage lo actor Frank Wallace -a mar-1 r'-M-e she for years denied took j place. ner suit, charging cruelty and grevious mental suffering, was i tied as a cross-complaint to Wal- i lace's separate maintenance ac- nun. i ne uivorce suir specinerj no instances of the cruelly it al leged. Wallace, now a resident of On tario, Calif., Instituted his action ill ,San Bernardino futility. Su perior Judge Allison denied his plea lor 81,000 monthly main tenance pending trial, comment- The highest building in North America is the rest house atop Mount Evans, Colorado, 1-1,260 feet high. 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