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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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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