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A. GILCHRIST
Winston A. Gilchrist has been
appointed Roseburg's new city re
corder, to assume office May 1, ac
cording to City Manager M. W.
Slankard.
Gilchrist replaces William Boll
man, who leaves May 3 for Spring
field, where he will serve as re
corder and municipal judge for
that city. Gilchrist was named from
13 applicants for the city position.
The new recorder comes to Rose
burg from Browning, Mont., where
he was employed as business man
ager for a mercantile firm. How
ever, he is no stranger to Douglas
county, having served as superin
tendent of Sutherlin city schools
se--eral years ago. He also served
Estacada schools in a similar ca
pacity and was formerly business
manager for Lewis and Clark col
lege of Portland.
Gilchrist is a gruadate in law
from the Detroit (Mich.) College of
law and was granted an M.S. de
gree in school administration and
public finance from the University
of Oregon.
Gilchrist said be and his wife
Intend to make Roseburg their per
manent residence and are now.
looking for a home here.
Cops Find $250,000
In Stolen Goods
CHICAGO, April 27 -UP) More
than $250,000 in what police said
was stolen merchandise was con
fiscated yesterday in northwest
aide warehouse.
DeDuty P o 1 1 c Commissioner
Timothy O'Connor, who estimated
the value of the goods, said it was
the largest stolen merchandise haul
in the police department's history.
- .Three large vans hauled the mer
chandise, to the central police de
partment garage. It included more
than 2,000 men's suits, women's
apparel, furniture and a variety of
articles ranging from sporting
goods to knick-knacks.
Police seized Arthur (Fish) John
ton, 48, an ex-convict and once a
contact man for the late gangster
John Dillinger. O'Connor said John
son had been operating for years
as a fence (a receiver of stolen
goods) on a national scale. He was
held without charge.
Police said Johnson told them
when he was seized: "You fellows
finally hit the jackpot."
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
GLFANINGS from the teletype:
In Los Angeles over the week
end "wolf packs" of youths wield
ing tire irons and c'ubs roamed the
city beating people up without ap
parent provocation. Some 10 per
w.
sons are reported as having been
. so handled.
Four of these kids, rounded up
and Jiiled, explained to the officers
that they lad no specific grievances
against the persons they worked
over with their tire irons.
"We were just mad at the world."
they said.
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nF I had been going peacefully
i bout my business and had
been set upon by these young
thugs, I think I'd have been pretty
mad AT THEM.)
IN North Fork, California (I'll
have to admit I don't know what
part of the state that's in) a guy
who fought the war in the army
was dancing with an aunt of a
couple of marines on Saturday
night. He maintained (I presume;
the dispatches aren't wholly clear
on mat point) tnat the army won
the war. The lady insisted that the
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TRUCKER KILLED
COTTAGE GROVE, April 27
A 'ld haulback chain brought
instant death Wednesday to Foy
Clayton Smith, SI, in a woods acci
dent. Smith, employed by the Wood
ard Lumber Co., as a truck driver,
was standing by his truck when
t s e-ap broke and hit him on
t left tide. Ha diea instantly.
TIm Weather
Occasion a( thaw art and part
ly cloudy taaay. Considerable
cloudiness tonight aad Thurs
day. Sumot today 7:0t p. m.
Sinwita tomorrow 5:12 a. m.
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Flood Control Plans Draw
Approval And Opposition
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Fish And Game
Units Protest
Proposed Dikes
Reprtsentativts Of Four
County Localities Offer
Views On Local Projects
Representatives of three fish
and game agencies went on rec
ord Wednesday as opposing Ump
qua river drainage system flood
control projects which might prove
detrimental lo ine river a fishery
resource.
C. J. Campbell, representing the
Oregon State Game commission,
submitted a brief to the corps of
engineers ai me conclusion of the
public hearing Wednesday after
noon containing suggestions as to
how the project should be carried
on to provide maximum safety to
uic river s lisn me.
The brief, prepared with the
cooperation ot ine State Fish com
mission of Oregon and the National
risn ana wuaiue service, con-
isinea tnree principal recommend
ations: Involving upper stream projects.
work should be carried out in late
summer months when few migra
tory fish are present, materials
for levees should be removed from
above mean flow linn anH
should be taken to prevent intro
duction of foreign materials into
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Davis, Car Maker,
Accused Of Theft
LOS ANGELES, AprU 27 -WV-Gary
Davis, who created quite a
ur in ine automotive world two
years ago wnen he -exhibited his
new three-wheel Davis automobile,
has been charged with grand theft
of $60,000.
The district attorney's office is
sued a complaint charging 28 counts
of grand theft against the 45-year-old
manufacturer who is president
of the Davis Car co.
Deputy District attorney Mark
Brandler said the complaint was
issued after a five-month investi
gation of the finances of Davis'
company.
Brandler said Davis collected
$1,200,000 from the sales of dealer
franchises all over the nation be
tween August, 1947, and January,
1949. He added that Davis' com
pany only produced a few hand
made models of the unconventional
three-wheeler and that no assem
bly line operation was ever started.
Turkey Growers Facing
Loss In Market Glut
PORTLAND, AprU 27. UP)
More turkey on the family meat
platter will be urged at a meeting
of growers and traders here to
morrow. William T. Geurts, Portland, re
ported yesterday that the market
lis being glutted. He said yearling
turkeys are arriving on the mar
ket at a time when cold storage
s'ocks are double those of a year
ago. He said the growers face
selling at below cost unless more
people eat more turkey.
Liberty Bell Replica Slated
For Two Visits In Roseburg
Facsimile Of Freedom Herald
Will Spur Savings Bond Drive
Douglas county residents will have two opportunities to see
replica of tho nation's famed Liberty Ball.
George Mimnaugh, stato manager of U. S. savings bond
sales, told members of tho Douglas county bond committee
that on of tho 52 replicas of the famed bell will bo in Oregon
throughout tho Independence bond campaign, starting May IS.
Tho bell will bo in Roseburg May 23 for a special school pro
gram, and will bo returned for tho annual Sheriff's Posse rodeo,
Juno 24-25.
The forthcoming savings bond
campaign is to be built around the
Liberty Bell theme, Mimnaugh
said. The 52 bells, one for each
state and territory, are being cast
in France and are exact duplicates
of the bell which rang in the na
t i o n ' s independence. People
throughout the nation, he said, will
be shown an exact duplicate of
the Liberty Bell, toned with the
same voice as the original. Muted
in 1835 when it was cracked while
being tolled during the funeral pro
cession for Chief Justice John Mar
shall. The bell, after use in the saving
bond drive, will be permanently
placed on the state capitol
grounds.
Pared Planned .
First showing generally, it was
reported, will be exclusively for
school children. Tentative plans,
however, rail for a publie view
ins in Roseburg, in connection with
City Election
On Budget Open
To 5,039 Voters
How many of Roseburg's 5,039
registered voters will turn out to
vote on the city budget next Tues
day, May 2?
This is the question city officials
are asking. They want a good turn
out so that the outcome of the
election will be decided by the ma
jority, rather than a mere hand
ful, as in many past city elec
tions. The surprising number of reg
istered voters living within the
city was announced today by Coun
ty Clerk Roy Agee. For the last
election the number was around
3,300. However; a portion of the
increase can be attributed to the
fact West Roseburg, Miller's Addi
tion, Sleepy Hollow and smaller
districts have been annexed to the
city, and their voters are included
in the total.
The election will be held between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
daylight saving time, announced
City Manager M. W. Slankard.
There will be four polling places.
Residents of ward 1 vote at the
courthouse. Those of ward 2 vole
at the junior high. Ward 3 resi
dents will vote at the Roseburg
hotel, and ward 4 residents vote at
the city hall.
All persons living west of the
Oak Street bridge and north of
Harvard avenue will vote with
ward 2 at the junior high. West
Roseburg residents living south of
Harvard avenue will vote with
ward 3 at the Roseburg hotel.
The vote will not be on the budg
et itself, but rather upon the
amount of $71,997.17 outside the six
percent limitation. The total budg
et is for $301,695. The tax ba.e is
$55,017.83, and the amount inside
the limitation figure is $81,497.83.
Elevator Strike
Hits Manhattan
NEW YORK, April 27 UP)
Elevator operators and other ser
vice employea the people who
make apartment life comfortable
began walking out today in a
strike that threatened to affect
250,000 residents of the city's sky
scraper dwellings.
The cliff-dwellers of Park avenue
and many a less fashionable street
agreed life wasn't so luxurious
without them.
At 8 a.m.. 15,000 employes In
about 1.000 apartment buildings in
all sections of Manhattan walked
out.
Altogether, the wage-hour dis
pute involves 18,000 employes and
the landlords of 2,000 apartment
houses.
The union demands a wage in
crease of $2.75 ' weekly, a cut in
the work week from 48 to 40 hours.
and a welfare plan. Present avages,
says Uie union, are from $45.50 to
$50.32 for a 48-hour week.
The organized landlords say
they can't take on any added ex
pense while rent controls continue
In some ot tne larger apart
ments private operators at tele
phone switchboards joined the
walkout.
Many private maids stayed away
from work in sympathy.
a school children's parade. Tie
bell will be returned for a two
day stay during the annual rodeo
in June.
Theme for the campaign, said
Mimnaugh. will be "Save For
Your Independence Buy Saving
bonds.
The campaign will open May 15,
with President Truman speaking
from Pendleton, Oregon, as a pro
gram feature. All business estab
lishments will be asked to display
flags, while church bells, whistles
and sirens will be sounded at noon,
marking the start of the drive.
Particular emphasis, it was
stated, will be placed on expan
sion of the payroll deduction plan
of systematic saving.
Local arrangements are to be
directed by County Chairman H
O Pargeter, who called the meet
ing of his committee at the Hose
hotel Wednesday
ROSEBURG, OREGON
New Addition
To Be Opened
Soon To Public
Area Neighboring S. Kane,
S. Main Streets Will Be
Platted For Residences
Contracts have been let for the
Improvement of Hawthorne Ter
race addition, a new development
located up the hill from South
Main St., announced the promot
ers of the project, L. E. Henninger,
A. G. Henninger, Gordon G. Carl
son and Spencer W. Yates.
Contract for the construction of
two streets, with curbs and side
walks, were signed yesterday with
the Roseburg Paving Co., and an
additional contract for the installa
tion of sewer work has been let
to Erwin & Denslow of Eugene.
Ben B. Irving is the engineer.
The improvements will include
the construction of Hawthorne
drive, a distance of 1030 feet S
shaped up the hill. It will be an
extension of Harris street, which
starts at South Main.
Included also will be the con
struction of South Kane St., from
the intersection of Harris to the
north end of the development. Kane
St. from there will be paved under
the direction of the city of Rose
burg north to the present paved
portion.
The streets will be paved with
asphalt 38 feet in width, with con
crete curbing. A five-foot concrete
sidewalk will be placed along Haw
thorne drive and along the west
side of Kane St.
Both sanitary sewers and a storm
sewer will be constructed to serve
the area. .-
Lets Te Co On Markat v
The owners announced that 23
lots will be available for sale as
soon as the improvements are in
stalled. It is anticipated the work
will be completed by June 30.
They announced the lots have
been carefully divided to fit the
contour of the terrain to assure
each one an unrestricted view over
looking Roseburg and the Umpqua
valley. Each will provide ample
building space, together with facil
ities for landscaping. Protection
covenants in the deeds provide
permanent assurance the resi
dences will be of the finest type,
the owners state.
Western Union Accused
Of Helping 'Bookies'
(Br The AuocUted P remit
The state of New Jersey, carry
ing on its own campaign against
bookies, charged the Western Un
ion Telegraph Co., yesterday with
bookmaking and operating a gam
bling house.
State Deputy Attorney General
Nelson Stamler announced the
charge after a raiding party had
swept down on a Western Union
office in Bridgeton and arrested
the manager and a woman clerk.
Stamler said the raiders found the
office was doing 80 percent of its
business with out-of-state bookmak
ers. He said that if the company is
found guilty of the gambling
charges it could lose its New Jer
sey franchise.
Australia Bill Aims To
Outlaw 'Commie' Party
CANBERRA, Australia, AprU 27
UP) Prime Minister Robert G.
Menzies introduced a bill in the
House of Representatives today to
outlaw the Communist' party in
Australia. -
The sweeping measure orders
the party dissolved, provides pris
on terms for Communists who re
fuse to cease party activities and
bars Reds from holding jobs in
the government or in private firms
vital to the nation's security.
Labor party leaders, swept from
power in the December elections,
will meet May 1 to decide whether
to support or oppose the bill sub
mitted by the Liberal-Country par
ty coalition government. The Com
munist party is strong in several
Australian unions.
Northwest Population
Count Reveals Big Gain
SEATTLE, April 27 (PI
Two Pacific Northwest states al
ready show population counts
greater than the 1940 census al
though the current tabulation is not
yet complete, Gene H. Harris, area
census supervisor, savs.
The increases, shown by Wash
ington and Oregon, had been anti
cipated. Thus far. Harris said,
more than 4.000,000 persons have
been counted in the Pacific North
west and Alaska.
Enumerators have listed 1,870.
000 persons in Washington and 1,
204.000 in Oregon. The 1940 popu
lation of those two states were
1.736.191 and 1 ,089,884, respectively.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1950
EMBRYO VTAfESMbN These Roseburg high school Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y members will represent
tho school at the YMCA Youth Legislature in Salem Friday and Saturday. Left to right thay
are Vie Sanders, senator; Janeth Elliott, representative and journalist; Willa Wilihire, and
Tom Brady, representatives. Tho Roseburg Lions club for tho boyi and tho Zonta club for tho
girls are sponsoring tho trip. The local reproientatives will report activities to tho school
and to local clubs upon their
Slayer Of Wife
Faces Death Chair
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. April 27
UP) The former owner of a fash
ionable country club today faced
death in the electric chair for the
slaying of his wife whom he once
described as a "happy little bird."
Marshall W. Cox, 60, of Concord,
was convicted yesterday of first de
gree murder by a superior court
jury. Judge Joseph L. Hurley im
posed the mandatory death penalty
but aet no date for execution.
The prosecution introduced testi
aiony that Cox killed hia wife by
clubbing her on the head and then
stabbing her with an ice pick as
she sat at a piano playing a Mo
tart sonata in their home two years
ago.
Police testified that Cox told
them he killed hia wife because
he didn't want her to worry about
the cost of repairing a roof which
caved in at his Stow country club.
The job would have wiped him out
financially, he said.
Witnesses quoted Cox as saying
it "seemed like a mercy and kind
ness" to kill his wife whom he
termed "a bright and happy little
bird" because she "wouldn't be
able to take it."
The defense argued for acquittal
on the ground that Cox was insane
at the time of the killing. He spent
a long period in a mental hospital
after the slaying before being de
clared sane.
Doukhobors Burn More
Houses As 'War Protest'
NELSON. B. C. April Zl.-ilP)
War-protesting Doukhobors burned
the homes of two more sect mem
bers yesterday, bringing to 15 the
number of dwellings put to the
torch in the last 10 days.
The latest demonstrations oc
curred at Krostova and at Shore-
acres. The Krestova dwelling was
owned by George Woykin, a Sons
of Freedom sect member who was
arrested last Saturday.
The fire raida have been de
scribed by participants as a pro
test against "a Third World war.
New Fullerton Grade School
Plans Meet Board's Approval
Job Start By June 1 Desired;
Alternate Bids Will Be Asked
Details have been completed for the purchase of tho new
Fullerton grade school property
tho Roseburg school district board has accepted final plans
of Architects Freeman, Hayslip and Tuft for construction of
the new school, announced Superintendent Paul S. Elliott.
The board held several meet-
ings last week and this week,
with another meeting -acheduled
Monday night May 1, to work out
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final details to advertise for bids
etrly in May.
The bids will be advertised with
two alternates. The first will be
foi 15 classrooms, with one mul
tiple purpose room for gymnasium
and lunch room use, offices, health
rooms, lavatories and heating
plant. The second alternate will be
for 19 rooms.
19 rooms.
Elliott said the board hoped to
solicit bids in time to award a
contract by May 26, thus being
able to have a contractor on the
job by June 1.
Conversion Task Small
The conversion of the old Fuller
ton school for high school use will
be a very small job, said Elliott
It will involve primarily mov
ing of the seats and desks to the
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Drunken Driver Fined
SI 50 In Drain Court
Pete Antony Maio. 35 of Port
land, received a fine of $150 and
had hia operator's license revoked
for one year, following a plea of
guilty to drunk driving charges,
entered in the court of Justice of
the Peace A. J. Leonard, Drain.
Maio previously entered a plea
of "innocent" to the charge but
changed hia plea, Leonard said.
Sherwood Struck
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By $100,000 Fire
SHERWOOD, Ore., April 27-4JP)
A quarter-block on the main
street of this small town southwest
of Portland waa wiped out by swift
racing flames early today.
Three frame buildings containing
six business firms were destroyed.
Several others were damaged.
City Water Supt. Albert Zimmer
man said owners' estimatea indi
cated losa of about $100,000.
One volunteer fireman, Tom Jcf
fers. suffered a leg fracture in a
(all. . .
The fire started in the Bargain
City Market. Cause was uncertain
altnougn Zimmerman aaia u was
thought to have been either from
an electric motor or from oil
drums set off in an unexplained
manner.
The firms In the burned-out build
ings were the Bargain City Mar
ket. Knottv Pine tavern. George
Stiles clothing store, Marult's meat
market, a ahoe store and Walter
Korb'a insurance office.
The Bargain City Market was in
a two-story building. The others
were one story.
CRASH KILLS TWO
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 27
UP) An air force transport
service plane crashed and exploded
near here yesterday, killing two
officers.
The victims were identified as
Capt. Alvin J. Ziegler, 30, Eliza
beth, N. J., and Capt. Roland Gas
paris, 30, Portland, Ore.
Wives of the two men live here.
west of Coates addition, and
new grade school building and re
placing them with seats large
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niuuKH iui iiikii sinew tuuciun.
, furnjlurei bulletin .,,,
and ,em, for gride Khool use
only will also be removed.
Principal changes in the high
school building will be removal of
the cafeteria to be used in the old
Fullerton school, and conversion
of the two rooms being used as a
cafeteria for a biology department
Two small conference rooms are
to be added to the principal's of
fice, a door will be added to a
room made last year out of part
of the old study hall, and book
shelves are to be removed to con
vert the library to a regular class
room.
The library, home economics de
partment and art department will
be moved to the new library arts
building, and three class rooms
will be provided there.
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Excise Tax On
Cabarets Kept On
Committee List
WASHINGTON, April Zl.-AP)
The House Ways and Means com
mittee voted today to keep the
20 percent excise tax on night
clubs and also the imposts on coin
operated devices, bowling alleys,
billiards and pool tables. v
Mowing down Its excise trim
ming process at least temporarily,
the committee also voted to con
tinue the 20 percent tax on club
Uues, Initiation fees,- and aafe de
posit box leases. '
Tho committee thus held the
line at about $578,000,000 in cuts
of excises so far. But when it
turns to the levies on travel tick
ets, freight and long distance tele
phone and telegraph the total
may be boosted above $1,000,000,-
000.
President Truman haa proposed
a $655,000,000 limit on excise cuts
and. unless the committee finds
new revenue in other taxes to cover
the excise losa, the bill may bump
into a veto.
While approving continuation of
several excises in today's action,
the committee made some excep
tions to eliminate itema from the
imposts.
It proposed dropping the tax on
bowling alleys, billiard and pool
tablea owned an operated by nun
profit organizations. The tax is (20
on each alley and billiard and pool
table. ...
Moreover. It voted to exempt the
impost on one-cent coin operated
amusement devices. The tax is $10
a year on each coin operated
amusement device and $100 a year
on each gaming or gambling de
vice. The night club are cabaret tax la
collected on the total bill of pat
rons at placea where there la
dancing or entertainment, such as
floor shows.
Theaters' 'Bank Nights'
Draw Suit For SI Million
ALLIANCE, O., April 27.-UP)
A man and his wife sued Alli
ance's three movie theaters today
for $1,000,000 on grounds that their
"bank nights" were illegally tak
ing money away from their cus
tomers. Attorneys for the couple
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Williama
of Alliance called their suits the
first of their kind anywhere. Wil
liams sued for $500,000, claiming
bank nights is a lottery. His wife's
petition waa for $500,000, too. She
called bank night "gaming." i
60-Day Jail Term, Fine
Meted To Drunken Driver
Irving Mathew Dows, 32, of Si-
lets was sentenced Tuesday on a
drunk driving charge to serve AO
dsys in the county jail and fined
$250, reported Justice of the Peace
Fred M. Wright ot rteeospon.
Justice Wright also reported 'hat
Marshall Henry Shade. 33, Reeds-
port, was sentenced on a vagrancy
charge to serve 90 days in the
county jail.
Both Dows snd hnaoe were
brought to Roseburg Wednesday by
Deputy Sheriff Cecil never.
Rich Widow Reports Loss
Of Gems Worth S69.000
PALM SPRINGS. Calif., April
27 A1 Mrs. J. Fred Zimmer
man, former actress and wealthy
widow of a Philadelphia theater
man, has reported to police that
$69,000 worth of jewelry ia missing
from her winter homo here.
Police Captain Orest Johnson,
to whom she reported the losa last
night, said the uninsured gems in
clude a $24,300 necklace of 101
pearls with a diamond clasp and
another tt-pearl necklace worth
$20,000.
Ho Commies
In State Dept.,
Brovder Says
Alleged Meeting To Give
Lattimore Order Never
Held, Senators Are Told
WASHINGTON, April 27. (JP)
Etrl Browder, former Commu
nist party chief, told Senate inves
tigators today that "To the beat of
my Knowledge and belief" there aro
no Communists in the Stat de
partment. Browder, who was expelled from
the Communist party in 1946, said
that if he knew of any Communists
in the department he would aay so
but that he doesn't know of any.
Edward Morgan, counsel to a
Senate foreign relations subcom
mittee, asked him if he would give
namea if he knew them.
Browder said: "No, I would not
give you the names."
Morgan: "If you know there were
any Communists in the State de
partment would you tell me that?"
Browder: "Yes. To the best of
my knowledge and belief there are
not any in the State department."
Browder also told the committee
that he has never met Owen Latti
more but knowa him by reputa
tion "as a person of anti -Communist
views of a very profound char
acter." udent Contradicted
Browder specifically contra
dicted testimony from Louis F.
Budeni, also a former Communist,
that Communist party tasks for
Lattimore were discussed at
meeting of party leaders in New
York City in October, 1937.
There never was such a meet
ing. Browder declared.
He said "it is hard to Imagine
how even a professional perjurer
could think up" testimony such ai
Budent gave a Senate foreign rela-
uuiib suocommiitee.
Budeni, former Communist
editor who renounced the party.
testified last week that Browder
and other party leaders told him
'.attimore was a member of a
"Communist cell." He said that at
a 1937 meeting there it was agreed
that Lattimore ahould direct tho
organisation of writers to put
across propaganda that Chinese
Communists were agrarian re
formers. At ha home In Tuckahoe, N. Y..
Budeni declared today that he had
not auggested Browder as a wit
ness who would confirm his testi
mony. Rudem' statement added:
"I stated specifically he would
be a hostile and reluctant witnxM
at the inquiry but that from him
might bo elicited Important Infor
mation that would, with my testi
mony, confirm what I said.1'
Browder, 59, waa expelled from
the Communist party in 1946. The
party's national committee said he
was booted out because he had
"deserted Comnraniat duties and 1
responsibilities, and for betraying
the principles of Marxism-Leninism
and deserting to the side of the
class enemy, American capital
monopoly."
Baby-sitter's Boy Friend
Accidentally Kilts Baby
PITTS riELD. Mass.. Acri! 27
(-TV-One of a young baby sitter's
inree ooy mends accidentally
killed a sleeping three year old
child while playing with a shotgun
last night.
Police Chief Thomas Calnan said
the blast "nearly blew off the
head" of Jane Ellen Fowler as she
lay in her crib.
The 15-year-old sitter and the
three boys two of whom were
15 and the other 16 all were
hysterical and were held for ques
tioning. Their names were with
held. The shotgun, the chief said, be
longed to the baby's father, Lin
wood W. Fowler, a General Elec
tric company employee. Fowler
was at work and hia wife, a nurse,
was on duty at St. Luke's hospitaL
Star Athlete, Sought By
Police, Commits Suicide
RICHMOND, Ind., April 27 UP)
Fred Stark, star athlete at Cam
bridge City, Ind., high school,
killed himself Wednesday after ex
changing shots with officers hunt
ing him for the wounding of an
advertising executive.
The 17-year-old youth, only Negro
pupil in his high school, died in
a hospital two hours after firing
a .22 caliber rifle bullet into hi;
temple when police cornered him
in an oat field.
Stark was a basketball and track
star in his school.
Irving Berlin Picture '
Draws Communists' Fire
BERLIN. April 27.-tfl' German
Communists today branded Irving
Berlin'a musical "Annie lei xour
Gun" a "warmongering play.
They called filmdom's Annie,
blonde Betty Hutton, a "grinning
monster."
Tacking on those labels, Neues
Deutschland, organ of the tier
man Socialist Unity (Communist)
party, captioned Miss Mutton's
picture "warmongering with sex
appeal."
The paper urged Germans to
bovcott the film if it appears here.
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