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2 The Newi-Review, Roiebur9, Or. Wed July 13, 1955 Hang Blonde Divorcee ;ed In Britain For Killing Lover ' By JIM KING LONDON I Huth Ellis, beauti ful blonde mother of two children, was hanged today for the Easter Sunday murder of the lover who jilted her. The 28-year-old divorcee, a for mer model and night club hostess, was the 14th woman to be hanged in Britain this century and the third since World War II. Her sea tencimr revived a nationwide con troversy over capital punishment which conunuea unaoaiea uxiay. A crowd of 1,000 persons some weeping, others laughing stood in the grimy north London street cut side the ivy-covered, red-brick Holloway Prison as hangman Al bert Pierrepoint pulled the death trap. Its slam resounded through the building, touching off hysterical cries from the other inmates. Reports from inside the prison said the icy calm Mrs. Ellis had maintained during her trial in June and ever since finally broke last night. Prison sources said she sobbed herself to sleep, scream ing, "I don't want to die." . Samurai Sword Murderer Must Hang For Crime TACOMA Wl Convicted late Tuesday night of first degree murder for the samurai sword slaying of an aged motel operator last March 21, Harvey John Col lins has been ordered hanged for the crime. A Superior Court jury returned the verdict and ordered the death penalty shortly before 10 p.m., 29 Hours alter receiving tne case and five hours after asking for addi tional instructions. Collins, a 29-year-old decorated Marine veteran of World War II, hacked Andrew Stolen, 74, to death , and critically Injured Mrs. Stolen ' while robbing the elderly operators of the motel near Tacoma. Ho had pleaded innocent by reason of insanity and contended his actions were the result of battle neurosis after action on Iwo Jim a. The verdict was received un smilingly after Collins' jaunty en try into the courtroom, marked by cheerful greetings to relatives and acquaintances seated there. Collins' jaw muscles worked and his gaze shifted across the court room, to the judge and then to the jury of eight women and four men. He strode from (he room after the verdict and had to be slowed down by several police men. Several persons sobbed quiet ly as Collins left without a glance at those he had greeted when he arrived to hear the verdict. Geddes Demands Public Hearing On Nighrcrawler (Continued from Page One) jor population, Industrial and eco nomic areas of the state and that the freight revenues derived by the company from this area con stitutes one of its major sources of income." He went on to say that "it would appear under the law, the South ern Pacific Co. should be obligated to furnish reasonable passenger service to the area as part of its public service and that it should be required to bring lis service up to reasonable sianaaras oi puuuu convenience." He said it was Drobable that a "considerable portion of the loss of operating revenue is due to fail ure of the company to proviae reasonable service and proper schedules rather than lack of in terest on the part of residents of the area to patronize the railway passenger accommodations." In a letter to lleltzcl Lowry sug gested that the commissioner call it on his own motion. But he said that if lleltzcl does not wish to, his letter could be regarded as a complaint under Oregon law. Heltzel said Monday that if a formal complaint were filed, the Public Utilities Commission would try to determine whether it has a right to order the railroad to con tinue the service. Lowry asked Sens. Gene Brown, Grants Pass, and Paul Geddes, Roscburg, to join him in the move for a hearing. Heavy Business Slate Faces Board A host of business will confront District 4 school hoard members when they meet Thursday at 7:45 p.m. at central junior High School. They'll open construction bids lor fiucrcst Elementary school and the Joseph Lane Junior High School addition, following the first ucm or business which is the offi cial swearing in of new board member Dudley Walton. The construction bids will be opened In the conference room on the second floor of the junior high school at 8 p.m. Other items of business Include presentation of the annual finan cial report prepared by School Clerk V. J. Micelll and review of bids submitted for supplies needed by the district, according to Acting Asst. Supt. Clifford Nor-ris. Riddle School District1 To Cer Federal Funds Sen. Richard L. Neuberger has advised the Riddle School District it has been awarded a. tentative entitlement of $15,515.03 by the of fice of education of the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. The district was certified for an Immediate payment of $11,73;, Ncuberger said. A treasury check for that amount nas been sent to the district. The funds are distributed to school districts under the program to provide financial assistance for schools In federally affected areas. For Riddle, the crowding of schools was Increased by the nic kcl development there. Yoncalla To Stop Livestock From ' Running At Large It's going to he tough on live stock owners in Yoncalla from now on. The City Council this week pass ed an ordinance prohibiting cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, swine and other livestock from running at large in the city limits, renorts correspondent Mrs. Oeorge Ldes The penalty for violation if con victed will be not less than $10 and not more than $25 for the first offense and not less than $25 and more than $75 for subsequent offenses. At the same meeting, the coun cil discovered a fire deoartmcnf fund it had forgotten about. At the meeting were Harry Abbott and Delbert Dickey, custodians of the fund that had been forgotten for some time. It is deposited in the Drain branch of V. S. National. The council voted to use the mon ey to buy new hose. The council also voted to secure insurance on the police car and fire trucks. Members also discuss ed cleaning out the alley behind the Bowman Garage, the Ed Kel so home, the Methodist Church par sonage and the John Wykowski homes so the fire truck can get through. Drinking Trucker Kills Two, Wounds Two Other Persons FLINT, Mich. Ifl A 30-year- couples were only enjoying them- old truck driver wound up a tour of ban by shooting and killing two women and a man iuesday night ,n irritation over tneir laughing and giggling." Police said the truck driver, "out for a good time'' after a de livery trip, (Deliberately emptied a pistol into a tavern Doom occu Died bv two couples. The tavern proprietress said the Bible Quiz Winner Decides On Moderation NEW YORK W Mrs. Catherine Kreitzer look a cue from the Bible and last night declined to risk her $32,000 TV quiz show winnings on the chance of doubling her money. Her knowledge of the Bible had given the 54-year-old grandmother from Camp Hill, Pa., answers to questions that enabled her to ac quire the $32,000 in three previous appearances on the CBS show The $64,000 Question. She said that sue would heed the biblical quotation "Let your moderation be known to all men" and would be satisfied with the $32,000. Trans-World Airlines Training Plane Crashes KANSAS CITY lfl A Trans- World Airlines training plane and a light single-engine plane collided Tuesday killing two men aboard the smaller craft. The airlines' plane, which also had two men aboard, landed safely. Killed were Thomas D. Jones. 28, a flying service instructor, and Samuel Hoyte Rempel Jr., 26, a TWA student co-pilot. Occupants of the other craft, DC3, were H. D. Orr, Mission, Kan., the pilot, and R. L. Horton, Kansas City, the first officer. Nei thcr was Injured. They said thev did not see the other plane until alter tne collision. Unemployed Man Admits Slaying Mother, Child JAMESTOWN. N.Y. (M An un emoloved taxi driver has admitted the rape slayings of his sister-in- law and her 19-monin-oid aaugn ter. oolice sav. Joseoh Rcade. 26, who described himself as a "damn maniac," wa charged with two counts of first degree murder. At his arraign ment Wednesday he waived ex amination and was ordered held for grand wry action. The stocky, sandv-haired Reade signed a statement, police said last night, admitting he strangled and bent lo death Mrs. Beverly Rcade, 26, and her daughter Cheryl Lynn early yesterday. .' "Inwardly I feel that I want to be the best Christian in the world and outwardly . I'm a damn maniac," he told police. "I can't control the outward part and I don't know why. Francis Reade. '24, the husband and father, found the nude bodies on a blood stained mattress in a bedroom of his four-room apart ment as he returned home from work on the night shift at the Jamestown Metal Specialties, Inc. Hear With Your Glasses fid.: ',-;V. ;:,v i' t - ' ' j. 'V , Com an St ntt md '"S"V " tomJorlMt It nwr Now a single unit helps you see and hear better! 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Some members said chances for approving the tax increase plan wore improved by the vote against the bond financing proposal. The vote against the bond plan was almost solidly along party line. Only one Republican, Rep. Alger of Texas, voted to oppose it. One Democratic member, was absent hut the other 18 voted solid ly against it. The committee also approved the first section of a 47 billion dollar federal stale road building pro gram over the next 13 years. Delayed Swim Program To Start Again Monday The Red Cross swim program which started June 20 and was canceled because of poor weather will he launched again Monday, according to Douglas County Chap ter Water Safety Chairman Leon Mulkcv. It will be held through July 22, Mulkey continued, in an attempt to pass the beginning and inter mediate swimmers who started originally. An additional beginner's class will be held July 18 through 25. Another beginners' class will start Aug. 1. Mulkey said a final class for make up work would be scheduled not later than Aug. 15. Red Cross volunleer workers will he calling parents of youngsjers scheduled lo start Monday, the chairman added. There was one dark cloud in his report. Because of pool capacity. limited number of Instructors and poor weather. Mulkev said, regret- fullv, mat the Kcd Cross would he unable lo accept any more regis trations from swimmers this year. Myrtle Creek Seeks Settlement Of Right Of Way The Myrtle Creek City Council's street committee Tuesday night was authorized to make an immed iate settlement with L. R. Wine trout to secure a right-of-way on Riverside Drive. The council was Informed the matter must be settled next week because the county is scheduled to start construction on River side Drive next week. . The property was formerly own ed by P. R. Weaver and a settle ment could not be reached between him and the city. Weaver then sold the corner property to Winetrout and two other men, who intend to construct a new garage, re port correspondent Ruth M. Ev ans. Meanwhile, Douglas County has offered to raise and pave the road in the city limits and construct a steel bridge across Myrtle Creek if the city will secure a right-of-way to allow log trucks to turn off Highway 99. Members of the street commit tee are: "Bud" Groom, chairman, Ken Winston and Homer Abbott. The next meeting of the council u scheduled Aug. z. selves and had not been offensive The victims included a man and his wife and a second woman. The second man was badly wounded but was expected to recover. All four, strangers to their assailant, were shot in the head. Kenneth Kunzer, 30, of Detroit, i College student, Was BCItCU ,IJ IM HULK BI1UI t time later near Pontiac, 25 miles from the scene. Police said he readily admitted the shootings and could give no explanation except the irritation other patrons caused him. They said he had been drink ing but was not drunk. Said Farah, 26, of Flint, and his wife Jeanmne died minutes later. Farah belonged to a promi nent Flint family that operates a grocery chain. Mrs. Margaret S. Cross, 37, a divorcee, died two hours later in a Flint hospital. James Dollars, 26, who was with Mrs. Cross, was reported in a criti cal condition. He is a Flint Junior Children's Home Inmate Admits Attacking Child FREMONT, Neb. W Police said a 13-year-old inmate of a- children's home admitted carrying 4-year-old Susan Cline into a wooded park, wrestling with her, ripping her clothes and choking her. She suf fered a broken leg in the scuffle. She was-in satisfactory condition at a hospital today. Held for action under Juvenile laws was Harry Avery. Bean Scales Testing, Licensing Scheduled Bean scales will be tested and licensed July 20 in Roseburg. The Oregon State Dept. of Agri culture has requested all bean growers in the area to bring their field scales to the Paulus Bros. Packing Co. receiving station. The station is located at the Pierce Auto Freight warehouse. W. W. Maltby, district fieldman for the state department, will con duct the testing and license bean scales. State law requires that all scales over which pickers' jiay is determined must be tested and li censed, Maltby said. CREWMAN MISSING PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad to- One body was recovered among 21 crewmen missing from the freighter Geologist following a col lision Wednesday with the freight er Sun Princess, a - carrier of bauxite ore for aluminum. The dead seaman was identified s from Barbados. The rest of the missing included 15 West Indians and five Europeans from a crew of 42. LAST RITES HELD SIOUX CITY, Iowa (PI The sorrowing parents of Donna Sue Davis attended last rites for their 2 - year - old daughter, Wednesday. FBI and Sioux City officers, mean while, continued intensive sifting of clues in their search for the wan ton kidnap - killer of the curly haired child. Mill And Pine Streets Will Be Made One-Way In a move to relieve traffic con gestion on South Stephens Street City Manager George Farrell said Tuesday afternoon that Mill and Pine streets between Mosher and South- streets will be made one way as soon as possible. Preparations are being made now to place one-way signs along both streets, and Farrell said it's likely the changes will be made early next week. Mill Street will be reserved for northbound traffic and' Pine for southbound. The city manager said it's ex pected that the move will make access and egress to 'and from j West Roseburg easier in that traf fic win have a direct snot from South . Street to Oak on Mill and vice versa on Pine. At the same time, he announced that two-hour parking will be en forced on South Stephens Street from the vicinity of Woodward Street south in all unmetered zones. Mill and Pine streets will be come throughways, with stop signs posted on all lateral streets. The one-way street signs former ly in use downtown in the grid system will be utilized on both streets, Farrell said. Plywood Union Schedules Vote On M&M Offer PORTLAND I AFL Plywood Workers at M and M Wood Work ing Co.'s five plants in Oregon and California are to vote Thursday on a company plan aimed at getting the strike-bound plants back in operation. The comoanv announced that it had offered to extend the present contract for 30 days while negoti ations on a new agreement arc resumed. M and M offfcials announced earlier they wanted to make three changes in the present contract elimination of the compulsory arbitration clause, inclusion of all side agreements in the contract, and clarification of the, vacation clause. The union, contending this would eliminate previously won gains, refused to sign and workers walked off the job when the contract expired at midnight June 30 at plants in Portland, Albany, Lyons and Idanha in Oregon and at Eureka, Calif. The union wants the present contract renewed without change. , Wages were not at issue in the dispute. Business Agent Smith Denies Dealer Claims (Continued from Page One) NON-SUPPORT CHARGED Sylvester L. Richardson. 30. Idle- yld Rt. Box 119-B-20, Tuesday was arrested by Roseburg police on a warrant from San Rafael. Calif., where he is wanted on a charge of non-support. He is accused of fail ure to provide for his five children since October HI53. Bail has been set at $1,500. He is being held in the county jail for California po-July 12 or 19 "should come in lice. i men 164 Children Receive Salk Polio Inoculations A total of 164 youngsters receiv ed Salk polio vaccine inoculations Tuesday at the Douglas County Health Office in Hosbeurg. For 159 of the children it was the second shot, For five it was the initial inoculation, according to county health officer Dr. E. J. Wainscott. The health officer reminded par ents today that Tuesday, July 19, is the final session for administer ing second shots. He stressed that boys and girls who didn t come OLCC Turns Down Two Taverns' Applications Two taverns which recently ap plied with the Oregon Liquor Con trol Commission for liquor-by-the- drink licenses in Roseburg have been turned down, according to Police Chief Stan Olson. They are the Windmill Tavern, 1645 Harvard Ave., and the Idle Hour Tavern, 568 N. Jackson St. Both rejection had been recom mended to the OLCC bv the Rose burg City Council under its policy of maintaining a maximum of nine liquor-by-the-drink establish ments in the city. meeting far enough ahead so I can arrange for free time to be there, I will be there." He con tinued that he had other territories to serve and consequently had to apportion his time. The latest move by retail deal ers came Tuesday when Al Hen ninger, chairman of the local em ployers committee announced the employers will submit a "final wage proposal" to the union "sometime this week." No details of the new offer were reported, but Carlson said the pro posal would provide the highest weekly wage scale paid in the state for meat cutters. He said the annual wage for journeyman would exceed $5,000. The previous offer bv employers was $96 for a request are for a 40-hour week 48-hour week. The union's major and fringe benefits. Smith said the present Roseburg scale is just under $1.90 per hour, while the Portland scale is almost $2.19.. Carlson also said he was confi dent membership of the local un ion would approve the new pro posal "if they are given the oppor tunity to vote." Smith said they would be given the opportunity, "but I can't just come over at the drop of a hot potato." In a parting statement, Smith said: "It has never been our intent to strike the independent merchant." Fredrickson Completes 30 Years At News-Review (Continued from Page One) Wolf Creek Logger Hit By Rolling Log Herman (Dutch) Stewart, 43, Wolf Creek, was reported "okay" at Josephine General Hospital in Grants Pass Wednesday, following a logging accident near Azalea. Stewart was reportedly struck by a rolling log on a Robert Dol lar Logging operation at Pow ell Creek about 8 a.m., according to News-Review correspondent Mrs. G. B. Fox. Hospital person nel said he suffered an injured pel- as the major job of distributing a 1926 New Year special edition of 80 pages. But one of the tough est tests was in the late Twenties when a mass quarantine was call ed among the city's youth because of a spread of infantile paralysis. This left the paper without news- . boys, and the adults of the plant had to deliver them. 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