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MISS ROSEBURG 1957, Judith Goye Hensley of Sutherlin, was crowned by Jaycee Bill
Kramer. As winner she was presented with a bouquet of red roses, and a wardrobe
to take to the Miss Oregon contest ot Seaside July 25-27. Also see page 3. (Paul
Jenkins)
Judith Hensley, Sutherlin,
ecomes
By SHIRLEY STONE
Staff Writer. News. Review
.,..,,.. . .
r irst Miss Roseburg Pageant in
nine years concluded last night
with the selection and crowning of
Judith Gaye Hensley of Sutherlin
as "Miss Roseburg of 1957."
Miss Hensley is 5 feet, 2 inches
tall, weighs 100 pounds, measures
34-21-3-1, and has short light-brown
hair. For the evening gown com
petition she wore a three tiered
while, ankle-length evening dress
with small scatttered pink flow
ers. She twirled batons as her tal
ent entry in an interpretive dance
of a farmerette on a picnic, dress
ed in blue little-girl shorts, white
blouse, big straw hat and carry
ing a picnic basket.
ludith chose a white bathing
suit with green polka-dots for the
swim suit competition. She w a 8
presented with a bouquet of red
roses and a crown of while carna
tions by Bill Kramer.
Winston Girl Second
Pamela Ann Ferguson of Wins
Ion was runner-up. She is S feet,
3' a inches tall, weighs 123 pounds,
measures 36-24-371., and has short
light brown hair. She wore a coral,
ankle-length evening dress, pre-
Boy Is Knocked Down
When Hit By Pickup
An ll-,vtar-old boy, Kim John
Curtis, 434 NE Cummins St., was
treated for scratches and bruises
afler he was knocked down by a
pickup truck . on Diamond Lake
Boulevard near the county shops
Friday afternoon.
The pickup driver, Clyde Edward
iM, 'inning, Oakland, told the sher
iff's office that the boy rode out
onto the boulevard on his bicycle
in front of the truck.
The boy was taken to Douglas
Community Hospital by Mohr's
ambulance.
Bids Called By County
For Pleasant Street Job
Bids for improvements of Ea:.t
I'leasani sireei, norm ot Hosemn g, ;
east ol Jiignway 9 UK, were called
lur by the County Court Friday.
Specifications for the street call
for grading, draining, and paving ,
1.110 feel. The surface will be two
inches of asphalt concrete. Dead
line for bids is Aug. 2.
County Court Accepts Bid
For Transport Truck
The low bid of $15,996.71 for a
transport truck was accepted Fri
day by the County Court from
Mack Trucks. Other bidders were
Sig Fett, Canyon Motors, A. B.
.Scarlett, Automotive Equipment
Co., and Gunderson Bros.
The Weather
Cloudy with occetionel rem this
afternoon; showers tonight. Sunday
cloudy in the morning, tunny in the
afternoon.
Highest temp, la it 24 hours
Lowest temp, lest 24 hours
Highetl temp, eny July
Liweit temp, eny July
Precip. last 24 hours
Precip. from July I
Precip. from Sept. I . .. -
Defic. from Sept. 1
Sunset tonight, 7:5) p.m.
Sunriie tomorrow, 4:45 e m.
85
55
.. 10?
... 40
.. .04
.04
29.47
.63
Fire Weether i
Low fire danger in Coast range
and Northwest Oregon through
Sunday. Humidity above 30 per
cent, scattered, light showers. I
Moderate, but decreasing, fire
danger in interior Southwestern
Oregon, Cascades nd eastward,
miss Roseburg'
,srnled a song from the second act
of Madame Butterfly in the talent
competition, ana wore a Dlue swim
: su,(
I ., ' j , , , . nun
i "rd PLancei.we-ntft",Lu,c1lla
'tt who ; feel 3'. a inches
j a "d w'?55, Punt- he
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i,iai.i nail, one muse a Wdll&i
length gown of light green tiered! Pamela Claire Trenholm of Myr
tulle. She presented a bare foot 1 tie Creek is 5 feet, 9 inches tal!
interpretive dance to "Birth Qi
the Blues m a flame colored jer
sey dress. She wore a pink and
white swim suit.
Others entered in the contest
were:
Bergisa von Koppelow, 5-foot, 6-
Cancer Takes Life
Of Plucky Girl, 16
ENCIN'ITAS
Calif. I Irene
jaroncyK, le-year-old cancer vie
tim who was not expected to live
past last Christmas, died Friday
night.
Her father, William J. Jaroncyk.
said the plucky girl succumbed
to the disease 25 minutes after
her doctor had visited her and
said the end was in sight.
Last rites of the Catholic church
had been administered to the girl
Friday afternoon.
Irene attracted the sympathy of
,i.- .1 ... i J ,1 .,m.
much it. Mna idinu-u iiiui uuciurs
said she would die of cancer of
the liver before Christmas. Stories
of her plight were carried on news
wires and published in news
papers. Irene received more than 1(1,
000 pieces of mail from well wish
ers in all parts of the nation.
She not only lived past Christ
mas but seemed to do well for a
time earlier this year. She then
began wasting away.
HEARING WAIVED
GRANTS PASS (.fi - Felix Jor
dan Brame, charged with first de
gree murder as a result of the
shooting of his estranged wife
here Wednesday, waived nrelim-
inary nearmg on arraignment be
fore R. E. Smith, justice of the
peace, Friday.
Brame, retired Army
maior,
by the
was hound over for action
Josephine County grand jury, at
a special session to be called soon.
Retail Gasoline
Shaken; Union
By JIM VANCE
Staff Writer, News-Review
Gasoline prices at four Union Oil
!Co. stations in the Roseburg area
were decreased late last evening
marking the first breach in the uni
fied front against retail gasoline
price reduction established by the
Umpqua Retail Dealers' Assn.
The reduced advertised rales
brought l.'nion Oil Co. station prices
near the price-level of Shell stations
in the area. Shell has been selling
ethyl and regular gasoline at lev
els of 33.9 cents fur regular and
37.4 ethyl. The Union Oil drop was j
to 33.9 for regular and 38 4 for I
ethyl.
Union Oil's reduction marked the :
first renewal of price-slashing lo-
cally in gasoline since the initial,
outbreak by Shell more than two;
months ao. At that time, Shell;
stations lowered their prices bv '
some three cents per gallon
both grades of gisuhne.
inch tall German girl, measured
:i6-21'a-36 and weighed 109 pounds.
She wore a blue ankle - length
gown and a blue, green and white
swim suit in the competitions. As
her talent entry she did an inter
national ballroom dance.
Sing's Religious Sona
and weighed 135 pounds. She mea
surcd 36-25-36V2. She wore a blue
green evening gown, a white
swim suit, and sang "Bless This
House."
Sandra Marie Howlelt. is 5 foot'
fi'a inches tall and weighs lis'
pounds. She measures 35-21-3S and j
has extremely long light brown
hair. She gave a reading, "What
Is A Boy." and wore a white and
green ankle length evening gown
and a green and white swim suit.
Judges were Elaine Dill, fashion
pnnrrlinnfnr frnm Ali,r ft- Ft'iin!-
!m. Salem- Vernnn AT lUni-Hnnli
sr., tormer make-up artist for 20ln
Century Fox; Laverne Patterson,
Charles of the Rilz Consultant,
Miller's; Carol Kerr, women's di
rector, KPIC-TV; and Leroy Hiall.
president of Douglas Broadcasters,
Inc., KYES. Arthur W. Lamka,
Jr. was vote auditor.
The judges met the contestants
at a luncheon Friday to help them
judge on personality, friendliness
voted' on s,para,ciVi three
and poise, Each competition was
finalists
I chosen, and a final vole cast
Questions Asked .
The top three girls were asked
the following questions: 11 1 Next to
parents, whom do you admire most
and why? (2) what does the tide
Miss Roseburg mean to you? (31
if you win a scholarship as the
result of this contest, what will
you use it for?
Miss Hensley answered the
questions as: Abraham Lincoln;
being chosen to represent Douglas
County would be an honor; furth
er her modeling career.
Miss Roseburg will receive a
wardrobe, donated by local mer
chants, to lake with her to the
Miss Oregon contest as Seaside
July 25-27. All contestants were
presented with bracelets inscribed
with Miss Roseburg Pageant, 1957.
Entertainment between each
competition phase was presented
by the Sally Hilt Hawaiian Dance
Studio. Bob Grant was master of
ceremonies and Jennie Amorde
was organist.
Retellers Stand Firm
Following the Shell bolt, the 0-! time. He denounced them fori local retail gasulinu dealers' as
cal retail gasoline dealers'' associ- i "forcing a price-cut on the dealers" sociation also took the offensive in
ation fell solidly in line against any I a,d bringing about "a loss of about i seeking federal government and
price reduction at other stations!
here. The line held until Friday.
The immediate reaction of other
dealers and in Ihe spoken words
of the association president, Ken
Gilkeson, was that Friday's break
through would force most or all
dealers In the area to "meet the
price."
"This is the first break in the
solidarity of the dealers' associa
tion," observed Gilkeson.
"Before the day is over," he
predicted, "it is very likely that
many stations will come out with
lower price signs,
are insisting that
The suppliers
retail dealers
meet competition."
Coersion Charged
Gilkeson, a strong critic of the
original price-cutting move by Shell I
two months ago, lashed out seere-l
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Established 1873
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Operation Alert
Still On Today
After 'Bombing'
(Also set page 3)
SALEM wt State civil defense
continued round-the-clock opera
tions Saturday following the
make-believe nuclear attack on
Portland Friday in the national
civil defense exercise.
The only major problem in the
state operations was a break
down in radio communications to
the state's counties during the
day.
Planet Pass Over
While Portland officials were
able to plot the make-believe path
of attack, the state officials didn't
discover the planes had crossed
the state until they were in Cali
fornia. The simulated bombing, involv
ing a two megaton ii-bonib on
the heart of Portland and a one
megaton device on the Portland
international airport, came at
10:22 a. m. At Portland civil de-
Ifonse figured they were overhead
I at 10:23.
However, the state headquar
ters didn't know of the attack un
til the envelope disclosing tire
place and time of attack was
opened just before noon Friday.
Portland officials reported that
such an attack would have taken
40,000 lives but state officials
placed the figure at 150.000. State
civil defense said it figures the
bomb caused greater destruction
to a greater area.
The 'Portland fallout pattern ex
tended northeastward into Wash
ington and the San Francisco pat
tern reached southeastern Oregon,
but was not of a high radioactive
content.
Portland Sergeant
Acquitted By Jury
PORTLAND Kf) - Portland
po-
lice Sgt. Robert Sprague Friday
was acquitted by a circuit court
jury on a charge of lying when
he denied the accusation of giving
payoff money to a fellow officer.
The jury deliberated only 21
minutes before declaring him in
nocent by a vote of 10-2.
Sprague was among some 4(1
persons indicted on more than Kill
charges in the year-long vice in
vestigation here.
His chief accuser at his trial
was Jack F. Olsen, who said he
: had received payoffs from
Sprague, intended to keep him
from enforcing vice laws.
Spokesman Reports Aly
Cave Up Title For Stable
GENEVA if) The director of
the late Aga Khan's stables said
Saturday Prince Aly Khan has in
herited them and, at his father's
riniiMl cnfrififpH the Ipnrlershin
of 20 million Ismaili Moslems loHiver.
manage them. i
Mrs. Germaine VuiUier, who
managed the Aga's vast racing
interests, said the stables and Hie
breeding farms with their stock,
were worth "hundreds of thou
sands of pounds."
"The Aga asked Aly to keep
them running," she said in an in
terview. "He told his son no one
man could do both. Therefore he
asked Aly to sacrifice the position
of Imam (spiritual leader of the
Ismaili Moslems) and run the
stables."
Dealer Price Front
Oil Posts Reduc tion
,lv at the suppliers in general this
- P- vein oi me uenn-rs pii
mm Kill.
While the general trend of busi
ness is down m all local industry,
Gilkeson eluded the suppliers are
justifying their pn.'-cut move by
pointing to any decreased business
turnover and blaming it on "un
competitive prices."
Shell Oil Co. stations here orig
inally reduced prices on May 10 on
the basis of meeting "competition"
created by the prices advertised
by "cut-rate" stations in the area.
The price decrease here follows a
general trend throughout the slate
: which has seen gas "price wars"
crop up and spread from locale
to locale, sometimes working hack
to near - normal conditions and
sometimes not.
nveitlgetisn Aiked
During Iheir two-month
fight to
ROSEBURG, OREGON
First Rain Since June
Recorded In Roseburg
The first traceable precipita
tion to come to Douglas Coun
ty in almost a month dewed
gently from the skies early
Saturday. Recorded at the
Roseburg weather bureau sta
tion was four nne-hundreths of
an inch of rain. The rainfall
was the first here since June
15 when .02 of an inch was
recorded.
Temperatures dipped some
30 degrees during the night,
falling from Friday's high of
85 to 55 during the night.
Saturday's rain was part of
a general coast weather front
which has brought dampness
on coastal states all the way
from Seattle to Aracata, Calif.
Occasional rain is in prospect
this afternoon and showers to
night. But after a cloudy pe
riod Sunday morning, the fore
cast is for a sunny afternoon.
Chicago Awash
After Downpour
CHICAGO Ml Boats plied
flooded streets Saturday in the
area after a 8.24-inch rain took
at least three lives and drove hun
dreds from their homes.
The downpour, concentrated in
1 severe six-hour electrical storm,
flooded tens of thousands of base
ments, blocked streets and under
passes, and cut power and com
munications lines.
Air Traffic Stopped
In Chicago, itself, aiHine traffic
was halted at flooded Midway
Airport where at least 1,000
stranded passengers and motor
ists spent (he night, splashing
barefoot in waiting rooms er cat
napping in chairs or atop news
stands and counters.
Joliet, a city of 51,000 just
southwest of Chicago, 200 persons
were taken from their flooded
houses by boat, and a refugee
center was set up in the veterans
of Foreign Wars hall. Coast Guard
craft were trucked to Wheeling,
northwest of Chicago, where a
number of houses were inundaled.
The bodies of three persons
were recovered ' in flooded base
ments. William Leen, 38, was elec
trocuted in his flooded basement
on Chicago's south side. Atella
Toney. 7 months old, drowned in
shallow water that covered the
floor of a basement apartment.
Oregon Mineral
Production Rises
PORTLAND Wl Mineral pro
duction increased 7 per cent in
Oregon last year to a record 34
million dollars, the federal Bu
reau of Alines and the slate De
partment of Geology and Miner
als reported Friday. .
The major gains were in nickel,
chromite and mercury. Greater
production of cement more than
offset a decrease in sand, gravel
and stone.
The big reason for the decrease
in sand and gravel was the com
pletion of concrete work at I ho
Dalles Dam on the Columbia
Camp Fire Girls Slate
Camp Tyee Registration
Camp Fire Girls registra
tion for Camp Tyee, which
opens Sunday, remain open, it
was announced loday.
Weeks open for registration
Include July 21-28 and July 28
Aug. 4. Blue Bird weeks are
filled up, but they may go the
weeks of July 28-Aug. 4.
Aug. 4-11 and 11-18 are the
regular Blue Bird weeks.
i hold the price line, members of the
't nu my ii'iy. n
tilioned the aid of Oregon Gov,
Robert Holmes a,nd then wired to
the FBI in Washington, D C. At one
tune, Roseburg Mayor Arlo Jacklin
sat in mediation with a Shell Oil
Co. representative, discussing the
gas price sanation.
In regard to the recmest of the
FBI that it check into the alleged
efforts of Shell Oil Co. "to coerce I (he I'nion in 1HIH.
to control and fix dealer margins,")
the local and state retail gasoline
dealers association members who' BAIL FORFEITBO
originated the request are still:
awaiting action. I Elmore Leroy Hill. 39, of 837 SE
Gilkeson says that several long-1 Huberts Ave., forfeited a total
distance phone calls have taken jof $85 in hail Friday after his ar
place with the Small Business Ad- rest on charges of being drunk and
ministration of the FBI in wasn -
Mngton, D C. "and we have b e e n
told," Gilkeson stated,
that we
are justified and that
ment may be probable.'
i indict-
SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1957
Local Lumberman Claims
Cruise Of BLM Trespass
Shows 400,000 Foot Error
By CHUCK GRELL
City Editor, News-Review
A timber cruise on an area, over
which the Bureau of Land Man
agement several months ago charg
ed a lumber company with tres
passing, contains nearly 400,000 less
board feet than the BLM claimed,
it was said Friday.
The area is on Rcslon Ridge
about 8 or 9 miles north of Camas
Valley, where the BLM said the
Paul B. Hull Lumber Co. in De
cember 1955 cut over a section line
into O&C timber.
The BLM, which last October an
nounced it would demand treble
damages from the Dillard com-
panyr claimed that 958,000 board
feet of timber had been downed.
W. O. Kelsay, partner in the
company, said lnday that the
R. & J. Slandley Logging (Jo., La
mas Valley, contract logging for
the Hult firm, actually downed
506,348 feet ot timber.
Private Cruise Made
His statement was based on a
subsequent cruise by Masun, Bruce
and Girard, Portland, whom Kel
say described as a peer in forestry
consultation.
The bureau said the timber was
worth $35,883.77. Because of the
trespass nature of the case, treble
damages could be collected, mak
ing the sought-atter damages by
the Dept. of Interiur $107,051.31.
Kelsay said that would average
out about $39 a thousand board
feet for the felled timber, based
on the BLM estimates.
Actually, he said, the private
cruise showed that the logs were
peelable No. 2 or less, worth only
about $23 a thousand. That would
make the net worth In the neigh
borhood of $12,500.
Worth Said Lower
Based on the BLM figures on vol
ume and the Mason, Bruce and Gi
rard account of log class, the tim
ber would be worth about $21,000.
Kelsay said the case now is in
the Dept. of Justice after investi
gation by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
He said that the logging company
actually did encroach onto federal
land, but that the mistake was un
intentional. The area being logged
was on a steep slope near the sec
tion line.
When the mistake was discover
ed, the logging company and Kel
say brought it lo the attention of
the BLAl, he said. That was about
in February 1956. Only about 8,000
feet of logs had been moved lo
the Dillard mill.
Later in the spring, the company
was informed that damages would
he sought.
Politics Enters Case
Then, in October, the incident
was injected into the news when
Sen. Goldwater (K-Ariz) brought
up the matter.
Kelsay said it was brought to
public attention only as a mutter
of political expediency. He said
it was an attempt lo aid in (he
defeat of Sen. Alore (D-Ore.), then
running for re-election against for
mer Interior Secretary Douglas
.McKay. Morse was re elected.
Part of the political angle, Kel
say said, was Republicans' objec
tion to Hult employes working part
of a Saturday during last fall and
contributing their earnings to the
Morse campaign.
Kelsay first divulged the infor
mation on the private cruiso Thurs
day in a meeting between a group
of lumbermen and the Douglas
County Court. The lumbermen
were seeking the court's help in
correcting what they termed "over-
Roseburg Man Appointed
To County Commission
SALEM Wl Gov. Holmes Frl-
aay appointed two more memners
. . . i
of county welfare commissions.
Charles W. Lynch. Roseburg.
was named to the Douglas County I matically reassigns all pupils to
commission, succeeding Nelson i their present segregated schools
Gruhbe, Sutherlin. The other ap-iand provides that any new assign
pointmenl was Mrs. Martha Ann'menls occasioned by promotion
Adclsheim, Portland, to the Mult-! or transfer would bo by the
nomah commission, succeeding
Mrs. Stanley G. Jewett, also of
Portland
Lynch is an official of the Inter
national Woodworkers of America.
He came to Oregon ill HMO and
since has been an employe of Ump
qua Plywood Corp. A Democrat,
ho was active on the Slate Com-
i mitten of Political
Education for
l disorderly in the Hotel
Cmpqiia
I Thursday morning. He
was ar-
'rested hv llnsehnri! nolire. who
j said Hill struck at them when he
was put under arrest.
163-57 PRICE 5c
cruising of O&C sales areas by
the BLM.
Timber Left Unsold
The "ovcrcruising," they said.
has resulted in 40 million board
feet of timber being left unsold
during the last 90 days in the Rose
burg BLM district.
the BLM cruise, Kelsay said.
showed that there were 891,000
board feet of Douglas fir, 18,000
feet of white fir, 46,000 of incense
cedar and 3,000 of sugar pine.
the Mason. Bruce and Girard
tally showed 526,323 of Douglas fir,
16,753 of white fir, 20,542 of in
cense cedar and 2,730 of sugar
pine.
ihe lelied timber, except tor the
8,000 hauled to Dillard, still is ly
ing where it was cut.
Girls Saved
At Reedsport
After Dunk
REEDSPORT Itfl An explosion
on a fishing boat threw two
Eugene girls into the ocean Fri
day, but the Coast Guard brought
the girls and their parents to
shore safely.
A flooded ' carburetor was
blamed for the engine explosion
on the 23-loot vessel Flunky J
three miles off Winchester Bay.
Leonard Kroblan of Eugene
jumped into the water to try to
rescue his daughters, about 12 and
14 years old. lie pulled one to the
side of the boat and held her
there. Crewmen of another fishing
vessel pulled the other girl out
of the water. Kroblan's wife
mained aboard the "Flunky J,"
which did not catch fire and was
otherwise undamaged.
A 40-foot Coast Guard boat
arrived, put the Kroblan family
aboard the "Flunky J" and towed
them into port here.
The Coast Guard said the boat
is owned by Robert L. King of
Sinlaw, Ore.
Camas Valley Man
Delivers Own Son
Mrs. Jerry Dancer o Cam
as Valley and her 8 - pound
son arc doing fine in Douglas
Community Hospital today.
That isn't unusual, but the
way the baby boy, still un
named Friday, was delivered
is. His father did the job in
Ihe family car 10 miles from
the nearest hospital Thursday
night.
Dancer stopped at Ted Heil
man's Camas Valley store
about 9 p.m. Thursday to re
quest Heilman to phone ahead
lo the hospital. His wife, out
side in Ihe car, was having
the baby. Then he sped off.
Mr. and Mrs. Dancer made
it as far as the Broekway slore.
Dancer slopped in front of
the store, where there was a
light, delivered the child, then
sped off for the hospital again.
The child Is the fourth for the
Dancers.
Appellate Court Rules Virginia's
Placement Act Unconstitutional
RICHMOND, Va. I A fed
eral appellate court Saturday
threw out as unconstitutional Vir
ginia's pupil placement act de
signed to maintain racially segre
gated schools.
The act of 1956 creates a threa-
mun iiiir nn.-irfi flminmiwi iiv nil-
, " ";- , ' n , ,,n
ssigIimt.n( pow(.r, formerly held
: hv Incut nehnol boards. It auto-
I Sl.-ite board for many
inthur than race.
reasons
Upholds Decision i The commonwealtn ana iortuik
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court ol and Newport News school boards.
Appeals handed down its decision defendants, had argued that tho
here Saturday in upholding Dis- cases should be dismissed or pro
t rift Judge Walter E. Hoffman of.ceedings stayed until admimstra
Norfolk in his decision in Nor-! live remedies had been exhausted
folk and Newport News school : under the pupil placement act.
segregation cases. Hoffman held
the act unconstitutional and ruled
that schools must be desegregated
in the two cities by this Septem
ber. ". . . this statute furnishes no
adequate remedy to plaintilfs
(Negro parents and school chil
dren) because of the fixed and
definite policy of Ihe school au-
jthorities with respect to segrcga-
lion and because ol lite provisions
'of (1958 Viruinla law) which pro-
vide for the closing of schools and
'withdrawal Iherefrom of stale
Woodrich Says
Matter Needs
Serious Study
(See story, Page 2)
By LLOYD ROGERS
Staff Writer, News-Review
The Ott dependency hearing
ground to an end Friday afternoon
hut a ruling will not be made be
fore July 22.
This was announced by Judge
Charles S. Woodrich who had been
hearing the matter since Tuesday.
When final arguments ended, he
said that the matter is "extremely
serious and not to be disposed of
lightly or without due considera
tion. Woodrich said because of
this he would not rule from the
bench but would attempt to render
his decision July 22.
To Visit Home
He then asked the attorneys.
Robert G. Davis, chief counsel for
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ott. and Dis',
Atty. Avery Thompson, who had
petitioned the court to remove the
three foster Ott children from their
home, to accompany him on a visit
to the Ott home. This, and a visit
with the three youngsters, had
been requested by Davis.
The final arguments displayed a
marked contrast in tone as well
contention. Thompson almost
shouted his denunciation of the
Otts' treatment of some of the,
children they have taken into their
home. Davis kept his voice moder
ated and attempted to show
Thompson's charges to be illog
ical.
Thompson contended there is a
pattern of cruelty to certain of the
children the sickly, the helpless,
the teen-ager. He claimed there is
another pattern that of injuries
that two of the children had re
ceived severe head blows. These he
identified as Gregory, an adopted
boy later released from adoption
by the Otts, and Wendy, a TCoreau
orpnan wno died June 14. The dis
trict attorney stressed that he was
not inferring that Wendy's death
came about by a blow on the head.
"Not A Fiend"
Saying ho would not indulge in
any "shouting or table thumping,"
Davis set forth to agree that there
is a pattern but that it is part of
the fabric of a loving mother not
a fiend as painted." He called the
care and devotion shown the Ott
children the "pattern and fabric
of a Christian family."
Thompson's charge that the Oils
are very religious and go to "un
conventional churches" dealing in
"emotions" and "frustrations" was
scored by Davis. He declared that
"we're all somewhat entitled to be
lieve as we wish" and that our
country was established for this
reason. "How unconvention
al Christ must have seemed to go
to the cross and accept death,"
said Davis.
'The Otts go to church regular
ly. If they want tot do so and take
their children to Sunday school I
see nothing wrong with it. Through
out this country we could stand
more of it," Davis maintained.
Claims Sacrilege
In Thompson's argument he had
referred to one of the Otts' wit
nesses, Mrs. Harry Holt, coming
to the witness stand carrying a
Bible. He said he thinks it is "sac-
riligeous" for a witness to come
into court and lay a Bible on her
lap.
Ih Bible is the ' cornerstone of
the courtroom," contended Da
vis, and pointed out that in many
courts, although not here, a Bible
is used in administering the oath
to God to tell the truth. "If Mrs.
Holt wants to come to court carry
ing a Bible she is not out of place."
Davis stated, and maintained that
the American system has failed
when she is criticized for doing it.
GASOLINE STOLEN
Gasoline from trucks of Ihe Pat
terson's Baking Co., 1345 SE Short
St., was stolen during the night,
the sheriff's office was informed to
day. '
funds upon any departure from
this policy in any school," the cir
cuit court said.
Refers To Act
This was in reference to Vir
ginia's appropriation act which
provides that all state funds shall
be cut off from elementary or
! hieh rhnls of a local school di
i vision if one elementary or high
school in that division admits a
single Negro child.
The pupil placement act pro
vided for a system of appeals
from the assignment board to the
governor and from the governor
to the state courts up through the
Slate Supreme Uourl.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Relzenstein
Said the undertaker to the
insurance executive, comment
ing on the Fourth of July
death toll: "One man' lost
it another man's goipr"