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2 Tha News-Review, Rjseburg, Ore. -Thurs July 13, 1950 Boy Accidentally Kills Two Girls LONGVIEW, July H T..rfi.llv 7-vear-old boy told authorities last night he had ac cidentally fired the shot which ear-old boy told etao shrd shr shrd lulled two young girls in a one room cabin 10 miles southeast of here. The victims were I.inda Ray, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray of Tumwater, near Olympia, and Jeannette McCoy, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McCoy of Route 2, Kelso. The two youngsters were playing with Marty Doble, 7, a neighbor of the McCoys and Linda's uncle, in the Doble cabin. Youne Doble told coroner Gor don Quarnstrom and sheriff C. W. Reynolds that he was attempting to shoot a crow through a cabin window when the 12-gauge shotgun accidentally discharged. The McCoy girl, one of a family of nine children, was struck in the neck. She died en route to the hos pital. The Ray girl died two hours after the shooting after pellets penetrated her right lung. Texas Peace Officers Settle Feud With Guns PAGE ONE MINELOA, Tex., Jyly 13 -P)-Two feuding peace officers shot out their differences on a down town street yesterday. One was killed, the other critically hurt Killed was constable Will Whit tle. Injured was acting police chief Wesley Taylor. Police Chief C. M. Barnett, who had turned his office over to Tay lor in order to run for the office ol sheriff, said the two officer had argued over a minor traffic case. Barnett said the two men met yesterday morning in the business district and scuffled briefly. A by- r G v 03. -b , Monument To Be Unveiled To 6 Persons Killed In Lake County, Ore., By Jap Balloon KLAMATH FALLS, -4JP) A stone and bronze monument to six persons, the only continental United States victims of enemy action in World War II, will be unveiled in a pine forest ceremony August 20. The six, all residents of Bly, in Klamath County, were killed in an explosion of a Japanese balloon bomb May S, 1945. Weyerhaeuser Timber company Local News , $&tf Wr it i-mm;m -: AJ1 tfjte- '.A jaV Cioppino Crave do itr ASK TOR LIGHT, DRY jCMEBEER O I9S0 Actnt IrtwMitS ''"' is erecting the monument at Salt .Springs a mile east of the Klamath-Lake county line in Lake county, the spot where a church picnic group found the bomb. The location is on a Weyerhauser pine tree farm. Governor Douglas McKay, high army officials and persons connected with the tragic war incident will take part in the public unveiling ceremony. The six persons a minister's wife and five children died at a tune when the United States was concluding the war against Ger many. The fighting in Europe stop ped two days later. The six, with the Rev. Archie Mitchell of Bly, had gone into the woods on a picnic and the Rev. Mr. Mitchell was parking his car when one of the youngsters spotted a strange object on the ground and called tne otners to come take a look. As the Rev. Mr. Mitchell approached, the object exploded. He was the sole survivor. His wife and the five children were killed almost instantly. Ntws at First Suppressed News of the tragedy in the forest shocked southern Oregon but mil itary security was clamped down and newspapers forbidden to spec ulate on the cause of the explosion. At that time rumors of balloon Jay Gifford, age 13 Edward Engen, age 13 Dick PaUke, age 14 , Joan Pauke, age 13 Sherman Shoemaker, age 11. The American "battlefield" will be named Mitchell recreation area in memory of the Mitchells. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell is now a missionary in Indo-China; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patike, parents of Joan and Dick, live at Bly; Mr. and Mrs. Nick Clifford, parents of Jay, live in Klamath Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Einar Engen, parents of Edward, live at Canyonville; and Leo Shoemaker, father of Sher man, lives at Oroville, Calif. F. A. Alldridcje Funeral Will be Held At Elkton PreH Andrew Alldridge. 37 of Elkton. who was killed in a log ging accident July II, was born in Bristow, Okla., Feb. 17, 1913, and came to this state about eight years ago. He was married in Roseburg, May 31, 1936, to Lila L. Miller. Besides the widow, he is sur vived by four children, Clifford D., Robert L Karen L., and Ron-! Id. Also four sisters anu mice , SKeiion oi Reported Better Marjalee Coons, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elburn Coons of Roseburg, is reported improving at Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene, where she has been receiving medical treatment. Home From Hospital Mrs. Bob Shoemaker and baby son, Stephen John, have been released from Mercy hospital and are st'vinc with Mrs. Shoemaker's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiley. Return South Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Peacemaker and four children have returned to their home near Marysville, Calif., after a brief visit with Mrs. Peacemaker's un cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallace of Roseburg. Leaves For Week Miss Lenta Wilson, deputy In the county clerk's office, left Wednesday for points in Washington and British Colum bia to spend a week vacationing. Visitors Leave Mrs. Estelle Woods and Miss Pat Woods have returned to their home in Stav'nn. following a visit of several days in Roseburg with the former's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs William C. Woods, and family. Sen It Barn A son, David Mar tin, was born July 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Addison of Valseti, Ore., formerly of Roseburg. Vacationing Miss Joanne Blak ley of the News-Review front of fice staff is taking her vacation. Return From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Alva Laws and son. Boh have returned to Roseburg from a vacation in Iowa, Illinois and Can ada. They visited relatives enroute and enjoyed points of interest in Canada on their way west. On Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Al bert R. Kronke and daughter. Kar en, are enjoying a vacation at points in British Columbia. Vliitine Here Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton Murphy of Portland are vis-ting Mrs. Murphy's sister, Mrs. H. Preston, in Roseburg. Spending Vacation Here Miss Jane Irving, who is employed by the chamber of commerce in Ber keley, Calif., is spending two weeks vsratinnine in Roseburg visiting her mother, Mrs. Lois Irving; sis ter, Mrs. Robert Helliwell, and brothers, B. B. Irving and Robert Irving. Another brother. John Irv inff farmerlv of this citv. is now residing at Tule Lake, Calif. Miss Irvine was accompanied here by her mothei who returned to her home in Koseburg, tonowing a month in Berkeley. Grange te Meet South Deer Creek Granee will meet at 8 o' clock Saturday night at the hall. Refreshments will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Melton, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Webb, Mr. and Mrs Joe Brumbach and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bailey. ! West Germans Hoarding Oils, Fats And Sugar FRANKFURT, Germany, July 13 .? War jittery west Germans are threatening wesi uermnjr food supply by hoarding oil, fats and sugar. In Duesseldorf. the wholesale trade organization for dairy prod ucts said hoarding buyers, alarmed by the Korean war, had created a difficult Situation in uie m mar ket It was hoped, the association said, to overcome the present short ages by importing iaru uum uie U.S. In French-occupied South Bad en, Dr. Eduard Lais, state minister for economics, said several food retail shops had been bought out by fearful citizens. From Los Angeles Mrs. Harry Dutton and grandson, Stephen, of Los Angeles, are visiting Mrs. Dut ton's father, George Weber at his home on Winchester street. Home From California Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Patterson have return ed to their home in Laurelwood aft er spending several weeks in Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. Rummage Sale The Eagles aux iliary will sponsor a rummage sale Saturday on the downstairs floor of the Eagles hall on Cass street. The sale will open at 9 30 a.m. Matting Planned Members of Navy Mothers club will meet Monl day. July 17. at 8 p.m. v ith Mrs. -Frances Crawford at the home of Gladvs Strong, 426 South Main street. All members and eligible members are requested to be present. .i ' i C l i i . ... . nrn nprs Mrs. r nomos, reieasea oy tne Jaoanesc "V" M M c PoWers, Ma Aer, Calif.: Mrs. Kalpn rium to be carried across the Pacific by wind currents, were as prev alent as flying saucer stories today, but censorship kept any authentic information about the bombs from the public and from the Japanese. On May 31 the government sud denly lifted the censorship and confirmed that the Lake county ex plosion was that of a balloon bomb and that the six deaths were the only ones in this country attribut- anie to nirect enemy action, mer, RoseDurg; mrs. n Bates, Des Moines, Iowa; George Alldridge, Cottage Grove; Samuel Alldridge, Drain; Harvey Alldridge of Elkton. He was a member of the Chris tian church and IOOF lodge of Elkton. Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Christian church of Elkton. with Rev. William New- The Weyerhaeuser monument i land officiating. Vault interment will bear the names of the six , will follow in the Scottsburg cem dead: etery. Arrangements are in care of Elsie Mitchell, age 26 I Stearns mortuar;- of Oakland. WAR SITE TO BE DEDICATED On August 20 Weyerhaeuser Timber company will placo and dedicate this plaque monies on trea farm land near Bly, Klamath County Oregon. Site will be war shrine end commemorates scene of Jap bomb deaths during Werld War II. standcr separated them and tool: a gun from Whittle. Later at about 11:15 a.m. they met In front of the justice ol the peace office, which was clos ed. The shooting followed. 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