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Ninety Miles Of New Electric
Lines Will Be Laid Next Year
To Serve Lower Umpqua Areas
Douglas Cooperative Will Supply
Bonneville Power Via Reedsport;
Substation Near Oakland Erected
By JEROME SHELDON
Nw,-Rviw Pmiuh Editor
Ninety miles of new lines will be constructed by the DougUl
Electric cooperative In the coming yeer, to tep virgin territory
in the Smith River velley, Loon lake, end lower Umpqua ereai,
which have never before been served with electric power.
Harold 8acken, manager of the Douglas Electric cooperative,
said today that this new construction in the rugged western
portion of Douglas county will be the major project of the
organization in 1950. I
The Smith River valley ii a
rich dairy country, Backen
rmtnted out. Farms and ranches
;
there as well as around Loon I
lake, which may have electricity j
now, obtain it Irom home power ;
plants, he said
Power lor this area will be ob
tained Irom the new Bonneville
Power administration substation
to be built at Reedsport. The proj
ect has been waiting completion
of this new substation.
The Citv of Reei sport Is served
by the Central Lincoln P. U. D, i, Mvrtle Creek tavern owne
which has a line along the coast, i $700"in fines when they pleaded
Backen explained. The Central guilty to gambling charges be
Lincoln P. U. D. has no extension, j fnre justice of Peach Ward C.
however. Into the area to be Watson at Sutherlin.
served by the Douglas Electric Xnev WPre arragined immedl
cooperative, ately following the raid at 10:27
In the past year, Backen said, p m according to Deputv "Red"
the Douglas Eleciric cooperative Eckhardt. who with Deputies
has constructed 52 miles of newDaHag BennPtt and Ira Byrd,
lii .s in the form of short exten- made the iwoop.
sions throughout the system. The deputy did not name the
The cooperative has had an In- card plaver, involved in the
crease of 440 consumers n tl"" gambling' charge, but named the
Pastyp-a and now erve, , m- I 'aided place as Kenny's Tavern,
of 2,3o0 consumers, including , loca,ed in ,.,.... Crepk. Kennv
farms, homes and industrial j
plants. The average consumer has
used 383 kilowatt hours per
month.
The amount of power dis
tributed has increased 38 per cent
in the past year. Backen said.
Substation Completed
Construction nas neen
COm-lf:
pleied on a new 2.000 kva substa-
Fon for the coope rati two , m les ;
r. ral areas around Sutherlin, Oak
land Umpqua, Millwood and Kel
logg. Backen reported.
Next major project for the co
operative, he announced, will be
the construction of the new of
fice building on the Pacific high
way, north of P.oseburg. Con
tractor for the Job is Settergren
Construction company, Portland,
which submitted the low bid of
Sfil.338. -
Backen said the new office
( Continued nn Pae Two'
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE news spotlight shifts back
to China for a change . . .
communist troops have Just com
pleted control of the China coast
line from Canton clear to the
north . . . remnants of the na
tionalist government have re
treated again to Chungking.
IV Chungking, Nationalist Presi
dent LI Taung Jon calls des
perately for political reforms to
spark new life In the dying gov
ernment . . . "We can turn the
tide against the communists," he
says, "if we renovate the govern
ment and renovate it without
delay ... If we doji't our position
will be hopeless."
He charges that the commu
nists, under Soviet direction and
leadership, intend to turn China
into a Russian vassal state."
NOW for the cap sheaf:
Rumors have cropped up al
ready in China that Generalissimo
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FIXED WAGE SCALES HIT
Labor Contracts Prevent
Hiring Of Skilled Crews,
Lumberman Points Out
Fixed wage scales provided by union labor contracts prevent
loggers or sawmill operators from hiring good crews, declared
William C. Lindsell, local lumberman, at the Rosebun' Toart
masters club Tuesday.
He said the same wages are provided whether emi'.oyes are
"fair" or "exceptional" in their Jobs, and that there is not enough
differential between skilled workers (such as sawyers) and com
mon laborers. I
If he were speaking to a group ! continued.
!r,rThVlnM,lpSi "The lumber Industry should
i h'l iJSn ,Z l '"'ht fur this-now." he said,
to as much return from their la-
rir as from their other assets. I Other speakers at the Toast
With Northwest lumbermen ' masters meeting included Phil
having to compete against the low 1 Harth, who told of an audience s
w.tges of the South and low responsibility in being attentive
stumpage prices in Canada, the to speakers, with the topic,
industry here ought to be able to "Heckling, afld. C. O. Slabaugh,
set up a minimum wage for each ho declared tnat a responsibility
Job classification, with no limit .of citizenship is to vote and par
tr the amount skilled workers , tiripate In elections. In order that
could earn. Lindsell said. a"0 'ce holders may be chosen.
"A keen man should he paid ! Jack Myers, ow ner of Thunder
much -nore than a common man," j Mountain lodge, was Inducted into
he declared. ' membership.
"Labor has been put up on a ; Plans were announced for a
pedestal during the past 20 years j e lest night r.ext Tuesday, with
of the Democratic administration ' prospective members to be In
and should now be brought down j vited. The Roseburg Toastmaster
off the pedestal." with proper In-. club has several vacancies. Men
cenrives provided good workers interested In self improvement
to earn higher wages, Lindsell ' are invited to attend.
Fines Result
From Raids On
Two Places
A surprise raid by sheriff's de-
nutipfi last nirrht mr iv mm xnH
!,..-.. onerator of the tavern.
paid a $250 fine, while the six
other persons arrested each paid
$75. said Eckhardt.
The officers continued th Mr
raid with a sweep north. Four
miles east of Sutherlin, three
girls occupying a boarding house
"j -u ; j ,,n
"'y to vagrancy
$r$tyJ
were ordered to leave town. The
landlady was fined $25 for har
boring the alleged vagrants.
Both raids were made at the
direction of District Attorney Ro
bert G. Davis, who said he
had received private complaints
against the two places during the
day. The house east of Sutherlin
had opened for business only
yesterday, Davis said. He ac
companied the offlceik 'a.'id the
prisoners to the office of Watson
at Sutherlin, and prepared the
complaints for the arraignments.
Girl Kills Mother In
Dispute Over Boy Friends
OAKLAND. Calif., Oct. 20
(.) Deputy District Attorney
Folger Emerson said early today
a 15-year-old high school girl
confessed stabbing her mother to
death during an argument over
boy friends.
Mis. Celeste Morrow, 41, wife
of a steamship engineer, was
found lying on a bed in their
home at nearby San Lorenzo.
Oakland police said a bloody
butcher knife was found near
the body.
The prosecutor said the girl.
Celeste called Molly by her
school chums reported the
slaying to a hoy friend who in
turn notified poiice.
Emerson said the pretty sopho
more, held "for investigation."
sobbed out a hysterical story of
living in a "loveless home with
a drunken mother. They gave me
no affection."
MIRACLE SAVES TRUCKER
WARRENTON. Oct. 20 -.Pi
When James Wheatlev's logging
truck blew "a tire and careened
off the Sunset highway, Wheai
ley dropped to the floor Just
ahead of a log that rammed
through the cab where he had
been sitting.
The truck was demolished, but
Wheatley wasn't scratched.
The Weather
Fair ond continued cold to
night and Friday.
Suns today 5:23 p. m.
Sunrise tomorrow 4:33 . m.
Established 1873
Annexation's
Advantages
Told Suburbs
City Manager Slankard
Details Information In
Advance Of Election
Roseburg Is the "largest small
city in Oregon," states City Man
ager M. W. Slankard in a circu
lar being distributed to residents
of West Roseburg, Millers addi
tion and Sleepy Hollow tract.
These are the areas which will
vote Nov. 1 on a proposal to be
come part of the City of Rose
burg. The city manager's state
ment has been issued to clarify
the issues Involved. The statement
follows:
"In 1947 the tax rate within
the city was 20 mills, the assessed
valuation was $5,107,975. The
operating budget that year was
'just enough to get by on' to do
the things that were absolutely
necessary. There was no money
for improvements. The annual
budget for that year was $162,
000. It was discouraging to note
the improvements needed with
no funds to do them with. The
personnel was unable to cope
with the problems at hand.
"Roseburg was booming! The
areas outside the limits of the
city were growing without
thought of future planning. Plats
were being developed hy every
one who had acreage in the areas
adjacent to the city limits. There
was no planning commission to
regulate plats or demand that
widths of proposed streets he
layed out to meet the future needs
of the area. Septic tanks were
installed, due to the lack of sew
ers. "These areas grew overnight,
so to speak.
Why Elaetien Failed
"Through the presentation of
petitions an annexation election
was held by the city. This was
done by request of the citizens
of the areas. Through adverse
publicity the areas voted the pro
posal down. There were two
reasons why the election failed:
1 The publicity by persons llv-'
lng in the area that was given
out was untrue. Numerous stories
were circulated regarding the fi
nancial condition of the city and
the additional amount of tax
ation that these added areas
would be required to pay. The
proposed areas were too large.
People with large acreage did not
want to be annexed.
2 The city in 1947 was In no
financial shape to offer any im
provements or maintenance. The
budget was low and the few dol
lars were needed to maintain
the city itself, which It was un
able to do. Roseburg had been
let run down, due to the war
years and Its sudden growth.
The citizens and personnel were
'far behind.'
"The 1949 operating budget has
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Recaptured Jail
Breaker Will Go
Back To Prison
District Attorney Robert G.
Davis and Deputy Ira Byrd of the
sheriff's department made a trip
hy air to Stockton, Calif., leaving
Monday and returning Tuesday,
to confer with authorities relative
to Chester William Clark and Lar
ry Leslie Kierstine, recaptured
fugitives from the Fouglas coun
ty jail.
They stated that Clark Is to be
returned to Folsom prison, from
which he had been paroled from
a life term. It is not certain as to
the disposition of Kierstine. He
was arrested with Clark on
charges of grand theft, involving
an automobile and conspiracy to
commit armed robbery, according
to Davis and Bvrd.
They reported the two men had
allegedly stolen the car In which
they were arrested, after the
woman who owned the auto had
spotted It across the street from
a restaurant that Clark had once
before held up near Stockton.
They had in their possession, said
tne onicers, a sawed-off shotgun,
which they reportedly acquired
j after working two days in a grape
j yard.
A hold order will be placed
ok""". win iiit-ii ny iJougias
county, In case charges are not
pressed in California.
Ex-Medfordite Demands
$250,000 In Slander Suit
RIVERSIDE, Calif.. Oct. 20
(P O. D. SanHpritr fwlr.,rH fit.
ed a $250,000 slander suit against
H. W. Dill in court here yester
day. Sandefur charred that Dill, his
ex partner In the Rogue River
Lumber company at Medford.
spread false information about
him In Medford and Injured his
reputation.
AUTO THEFT CHARGED
Deputy Sheriff Ira Byrd went
to Albany Wednesday to return
Lawrence Edward Spittler,
charged with larceny of an auto
mobile. Spittler. formerly residing
in the Sutherlin community, was
arrested on a warrant at Lebanon,
said Byrd.
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ROSEBURG,
Gullible Trio
Yields $6,000 To
Gypsy Woman
Local authorities are on the
lookout for a Gypsy woman who
reportedly absconded from this
vicinitv Wednesday with more
than $6,000.
State Police Sgt. Lyle IlaTell
said the Gypsy, whose name was
given as Mary Williams, set ip
a stand at 1945 N. Stephens
street, outside the city limits.
She termed herself a phren
ologist, or palm reader, who gave
advice on love and marriage, as
well as all matters of past,
present and future, said the offi
cer. Her tactics, said Harrell, was
to gpt people to leave large sums
of money with her overnight,
with the story that she could
best tell their fortunes in this
manner.
Three persons, who filed com
plaints, claimed thev were fleec
ed of over $6,000. W'hen they re
turned to learn their fortunes
and to recover their money, they
found the Gypsy gone, they told
tile officers.
The woman reportedly was
accompanied by a man and four
children.
Poultry Plants,
Groceries Struck
PORTLAND, Oct. 20 -a
Members of two AKL unions weie
scheduled to picket three poultry
plants two of them upstate and
six wholesale grocery ware
houses here in wage dispute
strikes.
The walkouts followed a hrek
down of negotiations yesterday
after previous strike postpone
ments. S. W. Barker, secretary of lie
AFL Egg and Poultry Workers,
said pickets were to be assigned
at the Columbia Produce Co.,
Portland: Marion Creamery and
Poultry plant, Salem, and the
Junction City Produce plant.
Junction City. He said the union
offer to arbitrate was rejectel
by the Oregon Egg and Poultry
dealers association and the Ore
gon Turkey Growers.
Federal mediator Leo Kotm
said an estimated 100 AKL office
workers were Involved In the
wholesale grocery dispute. The
union had asked a fivecentan
hour wage Increase.
Youthful Bandit Loses
$2 In Gift Shop Swap
SEATTLE, Oct. 20 UP)
Crime doesn't pay note:
A youth walked Into a women's
gift shop late yesterday, bought
a box of stationery and a gift
card, and preferred a $5 bill In
payment.
Then he told Mrs. Bessie A.
Freeman, the proprietress, to
"stick 'em up I'm sorry, but
I need the money."
He took SI from the till and
$2 from her purse, then fled.
Mrs. Freeman still had his $5
bill.
Net loss: $2.
Azales Child Dies After
Drinking Dad's Medicine
GRANTS PASS. Oct. 20.
( Venita Irent Worlay,
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leslit Worley of Azalea,
died early Wednesday In Jose
phine General hospital from
swallowing medicine intended
for treatment of her father's
heart condition, Coroner Vir
gil Hull announced.
The mother discovered the
child playing with the medicine
bottle late Tuesday but did not
know her child had swallowed
the contents until she became
ill a short time later.
COMMUNITY CHEST HEADS MEET Five members of the Rote burg Community Chair planning group met last nigh ratify
committee appointments in preparation of the forthcoming Cheit drive, to start Nov. 7. Above left to right are Harriion
Winiton, president of the Roieburg Community Chest; Art Lm, secretary, Roseburg Chest; Harold Hickerson, chair
man of the campaign's steering committee; Marian Yedar, co-director of the Community Chest campaign, and S. J. Shoe
maker, chairman of the Roseburg Community Chest campaign. Absent from last night's meeting was Rollie Quam, co-director
with Yoder. (Staff photo).
OREGON THURSDAY, OCT.
Community
Chest Drive
Plans Made
Committees Appointed,
Beneficiaries Listed;
Goal Above 1948 Figure
Groundwork for the 1949-50
Communllv PriAr rnmiulun waa t
laid last night with the ratifica
tion of committee appointments
.... .u-,i ii iwnuui meal
planning group.
Aitenoing the ratification meet
ing were Harrison Winston, presi
dent of the Roseburg Community
cnesi campaign. Koine yuam, co
the Roseburg Chest; Harold
I Hickerson, chairman of the cam
'paign steering committee; Marlen
I Voder, co-director of the Roseburg
Chest campaign and S. J. Shoc-
maker, chairman of the Roseburg
! chest campaign. Rallie Quam, co
j director w ith Yoder, was absent
irom tne meeting.
The campaign starts Nov. 7 and
will continue through Nov. 19.
Thi year's goal is $26,550. This
amount is $2.j75 greater than last
year's goal of $23,975.
Advance gifts totaling $200
have already been received, Shoe
maker reports.
Beneficiaries of the Commu
nity Chest are the YMCA, Boy
Scouts of America, Girl Scouts,
Campfire Girls, Salvation Army,
and all 15 agencies participating
in the Oregon Chest.
The latter Include The Alber
tina Kerr homes, The Boys' and
Girls' Aid society of Oregon, The
Children's bureau of Catholic
charities. Christie home for girls.
Our Lady of Providence nurserv.
St. Mary s home for boys, St. Rose
i Industrial school, the Children's
harm home, the Salvation Army
White Shield home, The Volun
teers of America mothers' and
children's home, The Waverly
baby home, the Mental Health
Assn. of Oregon, the Oregon
Prison Assn., youth and govern-
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Roseburg Poultry..
Houses Affected
By Wage Dispute
Threats to "close down the tur
key Industry" In Oregon have
been made by employer repre
sentatives. In contract renewal
negotiations with the AFL Poul
try Workers union, said H. E.
Smith, business representative
for Local 231, in Roseburg today.
Smith said the union opened
negotiations with the poultry em
ployers group in July, at Port
land, seeking to hold to the pre
sent wage scale of $1.07 an hour
minimum for workers in poultry
houses.
Three poultry houses In Rose
burg are invloved in the Indus
trywide negotiations, said Smith.
These Include the Northwest
Poultry and Dairy Products com
pany. Oregon Turkey Growers,
and Pacific Cooperative Produc
ers association.
"The Pacific Cooperative gave
us an offer of a seven and a half
cents an hour Increase straight
across the board, which we are
willing to accept," Smilh said.
"But the others have refused
even to arbitrate and have
threatened to close down the en
tire turkey Industry," Smith de
clared. Smilh said a strike Is In effect
against the Columbia Produce
company at Portland and that
he did not know If this would
spread to other cities, Including
Roseburg.
Smith said union contracts with
the poultry houses were up in
June and that negotiations have
been carried on since July. He
said the employers have sought
a cut in the wage scale.
20, 194?
Homer Grow Is
New Member On
County Fair Board
Homer Grow
The Douglas counly court has
announced the appointment of
Homer Grow to the County fair
board. Grow succeeds Roy E.
Bellows, who resigned Aut. 25.
Olher members of the board
are J. D. Myers, chairman, and
Cleo Tipton. Grow's apivointment
Is to till the unexpired term of
Bellows, who resigned Aug. 25.
1950.
Grow, long Interested in agri
cultural development in Douglas
countv. is agriculture instructor
and Future Farmers of Amer
ica advisor at Roseourg Senior
hleh school.
Born in New York, he came to
Roseburg 21 years ago, alter
teaching agriculture previously
at lndeiiendence. Ore.
He is a member if the Kiwa-
nis club, and chairman of the
club's rigrtcultt.re committee. He
has directed hbA participation
In county exhibits and commu
nlty fairs, and was active in the
promotion of the recent county
fair, Roseburg'a first in many
years.
He has long been an advocate
of a county fair, in the interest
of promotng agricultural devel
opment through a competitive
spirit Some of the youths he has
directed In FFA work hive
made wry substantial showings
In their efforts to learn produc
tive farming, and have built up
considerable farm holdings of
their own while sjudents.
Two Boys Arrested On
Bicycle Theft Charges
Arrest of two Roseburg youths
on charges of stealing bicycles
was reported Wednesday by Po
lice Chief Calvin H. Balid.
One of the boys, a 15-year-old
former inmate of the Boys' State
Training school at Woodburn, has
been returned to Woodburn lor
violation of parole. The other
juvenile, also 15, is being held
by city police.
Chief Baird said arrest of the
two Juveniles climaxed a lengthy
investigation, following seve t.1
reports - of stolen bikes. Accom
panied by officers, the two boys
Tuesday showed officers where
two of ihe vehicles had been dis
posed of at Tenmile.
BALER HURLS DEATH ROCK
THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 20
(P) - A rock thrown out by a
hay baler caused Ihe dcalh yes.
ti'iday of Isaac Lane Johnson, 28.
He suffered a skull fracture and
died Ihree hours later.
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Truman Yill
Renew Urge
For Tax Boost
No Other Way To Meet
Government Deficit, He
Tells Press Conference
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. (JP
President Truman made it clear
today he will ask for an Increase
In taxes at the next session of
Congress.
He told a news conference, un
der questioning, that Ii anybody
cm tell him any way to avoid tax
increases to meet the deficit, he'd
like to be told.
Congress went home last night
but will come back in January
Mr. Truman last January asked
for $4,000,000,000 more taxes, but
did not get them. He dropped the
demand during the summer be
cause of the business turn-down
that had set In.
The statement of new plans to
seek a tax increase at the next
session grew out of questioning
about the $5.00C,00.000 deficit
which Mr. Truman said he had no
plans 'to meet.
Blames Republicans
He blamed the deficit on the
Republican-controlled 80th Con
gress which he said passed a rich
man's tax reduction bill.
Told that Dr. Edwin G. Nourse,
resigning chairman of the Econ
omic Advisory council, had said
he was unhappy over deficit fi
nancing, the president said he was
just as unnappy, as w no isn i.
1 he president said ne tloesn t
believe in deficit financing. But
he continued that there is a flat
charge of $35,000,000.00 against
tne government and ne nas no
recourse but to -meet It the best
wav he can.
Then someone asked If he had
any remedy which would Involve
a request for a revision of the tax
structure.
He said It may require a raise
tContlnued on Page Two)
Monthly Building
Permits Reported
City Inspector C. If. Boniols'
report on building permits sun
milted to the city council show
ed construction amounting to
$53,730 for September. In addi
tion the permits included $1,140
for electrical work and $1,240 for
plumbing.
Broken down, 10 commercial
repairs totaled $24,100: two nrw
dwelling permits were Issued for
a value of $27,500, and two dwei.
ling repair permits totalled $1,
050. and one garage for $700.
The major permits Included tne
Hansen Motor Co., building im
provements at Stephens and Oak
streets, at an estimated cost ol
$20,000.
Permit was granted to B. C
Elliott for a new dwelling at 1314
Madrone street for $12,500 and to
Clifford Aten for a residence on
Harvard avenue to cost $15,000.
Fire Claims Lives Of
Two Sleeping Children
BREMERTON. Oct. 20-' .11
Two sleeping children died last
night when fire destroyed their
small alley home in which they
slept alone.
The victims were Identlfed by
police as Raymond and Nancy
Kellv, ages 7 and 8. Firemen sa'd
they believed the children were
overcome by smoke in their
sleep.
The mother, Mrs. D. .1. Kelly,
arrived at the home sfter the
children were taken to a hospital.
They were pronounced dead
shortly after arrival.
Mrs. Kelly said her husband
lives in Los Angeles.
Session Ends
Amid Joy Of
Both Parties
Neit Session, Slated
In January, Faces Huge
Carry-Over Of Issues
Bv JACK BELL
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 UP
With a 7.day breather ahead,
members of Congress went home
today to listen to the voters
ideas about how to run the
country.
Behind they left, along with
their accomplishments, an im
posing array of Issues settled
only temporarily or not at
all - In 289-day session of the
democratic-controlled Congress.
But it had been a busy, if
sometimes an acrimonious, ses
sion, and the lawmakers greeted
adjournment Joyfully on both
sides of Capitol hill.
There was some horseplay;
there were a few notes of
criticism. And there was a con
gratulatory message from Piesi
dent Truman to send the legisla
tors on their way.
The President noted In letters
to House Speaker Rayburn and
Vice President Barkley, the Sen
ate's presiding officer, that it
had been a long, nai daession.
Then he added: .e
"I am confident that the
American people will agree that
the results have been well worth
while."
Heavy Carry-Over Awaits
The lawmakers face a heavy
schedule when they return In
January. Awaiting them will be
such warmed-over international
problems as that of extending
Ihe European recovery and for
eign arms assistance programs,
as well as such recurring domes
tic issues as rent control, exten
sion of the low-rent housing
program and repeal of the Taft
Hartley act.
But some of these may have
to yield the spotlight to more
controversial measures.
Among those certain to be re
submitted by Mr. Truman are
firoposals for compulsory health
nsurance and enactment of civil
rights legislation.
He also might ask for an ex
tension of the military draft,
which has not operated for sev
eral months, in addition to a
test of the Brannan farm sub
sidy payments plan.
Here's a score sheet on what
the first session of the 81st Con
gress did with President Tru
man's "fair deal" program:
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Taxes Plea for $4,000,000,000
tax hike ignored. Repeal of fed
eral levies on oleomargarine ap-
f Moved by House, but no action
n Senate.
Housing Approved lone range
firogram to spur construction of
ow-rent public housing units and
provide slum clearance aids.
Labor Laws Repeal of Taft
Hartley act and substitution of
revised Wagner act sidetracked
by House. Raise In minimum
wage standard from 40 cents to
75 cents an hour approved, but
undetermined number of workers
removed from wage-hour act cov
erage. Antl-lnflatlon Request tor
standby wage and price controls,
plus allocation authority refused.
Congress also let federal curbs
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Two Wives Have
Unusual Peeves
Against Spouses
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 20 IM
Mrs. Leona Schluessell, 23,
told police that her husband went
"dear" hunting instead of deer
hunting and then married a
teen-ager in a shirt Mrs.
Schluessell had made for him.
Bus-driver Francis Schluessell.
25, was hooked on suspicion of
bigamy yesterday on his wife's
complaint. She said that he left
home Oct. 7 to go hunting but
instead wed 16-year-old Carol
White In Las Vegas, Nev., the
next day.
"What makes me the mad
dest," Mrs. Schluessell told of
ficers, "is that he not only wore
a new white shirt I made for
him to marry this girl in but
also had the nerve to ask me to
finish a pair of slacks for him
too."
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 20 A
Marlon Jane Renner, 20-year-old
housewife, said her husband
so egged her on that she was
forced to scramble their mar,
riage.
"If I'd break a yolk while
cooking eggs for my husband
he'd make me eat the egg," she
told the court yesterday.
"I had to eat five eggs one
morning.
"When I fixed his eggs sunnv
side up perfectly, he would only
cut them up and eat them any
way." Superior Judge Charles C
Johnson thought that was carry
ing a yolk too far and gantei
her an uncontested divorce from
William Renner. 22.
Livfty Fact Rant
tfUr. Resaenstein
Portland water data attests
that more of her citiiens era
taking baths and taking them
oftener, Commissioner Bowes
declares. This upsurge In cleans
lng spirit augurs ill for Sheriff
Mike Elliott's chances in to
morrow's recall election.