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No Substitute! You'll find bo newspaper Weather Cloady with rain today nd Sunday;- snow over mountains. Max. temp. Fri day S3, mln. 40. River 18.0 ft. Booth wind. give more real utixf ac tion than your LOCAL MORN1NQ PAPER, with its WORLD NEWS and HOME COMMUNITY NEWS. 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem. Oregon. Saturday Morning, February 10. 1940 Price 3c Newsstands 5a No. 275 POUNDDO Indue Ear.. - Paul Mauser' Column When Homer P. Whittle was six months old he smashed the living daylights oat of his crib. J It was the be-1 ginning of one! of the most de-l structive careers" in the records. At the age of 18 months Ho mer, or Angel. at hli mother called him," had broken one eom-J nlete set of ri a Hnr- Spode dishes, glasses too many to count. Jumped on his Uncle Mor timer's bifocals, and hammered the stuffing out of all his sister's dolls. It was wonder he lived to the ripe old age of six after breaking" nearly every window in the neighboorhood. At that period his doting father gave him a set of tools and be Im mediately pat them to work In reverse English. Destruction, not construction, was his line. Before some far-seeing citizen finally stole the tools the neighborhood was a shambles and insurance rates had gone vp 15 per cent. He survived a riotous childhood and adolescence during which his parents were forced to move from neighborhood to neighborhood by the hde and cry of an outraged citizenry. When the Whittles moved into a neighborhood prop erty values moved out. There wasn't anything young Homer couldn't wreck if he put his mind to it. And he had a very active mind. When the high school burned down, from a cause that was mys terious to everyone but Homer, six months before his graduation he Was sent off to college, by a family that, on the whole, was glad to see the least of him. During four years in college Hemer smashed vp five auto nehlles, the . college laboratory, a j fraternity, three sororities and 15 beer parlors. He was graduated cum laude and went on for new fields to conquer. He found a nice, quite graduate school and became a doctor of philosophy, bat not before he was nearly expelled for driving his car through the library. After he got his Ph.D. little was; heard of Homer for some fears. He was back in the papers nly the other day. "-r ' A "learned society gave- him a great prize for a contribution to science. He smashed an atom. And now comes de j lnxe service in the tele- phone office with re i ports given n weather, . roads, time and what c have yon. So that now r before planning a trip f the weather can practic i ally be placed In a bag i with the lunch goods. Okeh. if you care for soup. There's nothing like truth in advertising. A certain local men's clothing store advertised the oth er day as follows: 75 pair ox fords, $2.00 pair These won't last long! Consider the case of Mr. Lawrence. Mr, Lawrence decid ed to 'end his days and got a gun forthe purpose. To nerve himself he also got a bottle. When the bottle was unloaded be loaded the gun and emptied It. He fired six shots into what he thought was his head. When they found him bis head was all right . . . bat the tip of bis nose was gone. Toledo MJ Hits At NLRB's Order TOLEDO, Ore,, Feb. 9-;p)-The Industrial Employes' union pro tested Its disestablishment at the C. D. Johnson Lumber company In a telegram today to the house committee investigating national labor relations board activities. The local IEU, one of three af fected in the northwest, claimed a "huge majority" at the John son plant. The protest, approved by the 400 IEU men attending a meet ing last night, said: "Compliance with the board's order will de prive us of free choice of union at guaranteed under the Wagner act.; We urge you to take Imme diate steps to Investigate this mat ter so the board's attempt to co erce us will not prevail." Crittenden Files, Commissioner Job C. II. Crittenden tiled for the republican nomination tor Marion county commissioner yesterday afternoon with the promise to "tend to the business of Marion county fairly, squarely and with dispatch to the best of my abili ty." . He Is the second candidate to enter the race for the position now held by Commissioner Roy S. Melson. Crittenden, a Hubbard resident and former school teacher, la now engaged in real estate operations and farming.. . . nsnwa"assssssassasm",wanamMS ' Tweedsmiiir Better MONTREAL, Feb. A "slight but definite" Improvement was reported tonight In the con dition of Lord Tweedsmuir, gor-ernor-general ot Canada, follow ing the second operation of the day tor the relief ot a grave brain concussion. - ' - Two Nazi Subs Claimed Sunk; Attack Convoy One Destroy Russians s It; to Crack o me Sumner J3 ' . Is Sent to Eur :o tuay Peace l-rospect (By The Associated Press) The destruction of two German submarines by one British de stroyer as the nail craft attacked a convoy was announced Friday night by Britain's admiralty short ly after the nazi air armada hurled Its fourth blow in 12 days at British shipping lanes. A terse admiralty communique gave no details of the twin tri umph. In fact, it said the unusual factor of one destroyer sinking two submarines was the only rea son any announcement was made. The admiralty usually does not disclose the sinking of an enemy submarine but unofficial estimates say at least 4 0 U-boats have been sunk since the war began. fvpn Afc the two wars in Europe aT f w suddenly became accelerated on land and sea, the Lnlted Mates took long steps looking toward peace abroad. Welles Goes Abroad To "Study Conditions" President Roosevelt announcea that Undersecretary of State Sum ner Welles had been directed to en to Italv. France. Germany and Great Britain for information "as to present conditions." vVelles will sail February 17.- At the state department, Secre tary Hull said Informal conversa tions had begun with neutrals re lating to a "sound international economic system" and to "world wide reduction of armaments." He excluded "matters involving pres ent war conditions." London circles greeted Mr. Roosevelt's announcement with "satisfaction" and said Welles would be given all available infor mation. Berlin called the step "very interesting." DNB, the official German news irsniv ald Tinxi nlanes sank or destroyed eight British or Brit ish-convoyed ships, boosting to to the total ships the Germans re ported sunk or destroyed in the four raids. The British took issue with the Germans and there was no con firmation of the DB report. Britain said her planes shot down a big black Heinkle bomber which swooped down too close to the Firth of Forth, damaged two more bombers and chased others out to sea. The Germans admitted the loss of one bomber. Scottish Freighter Explosion Victim One casualty of "enemy ac tion," however, was the Scottish freighter Chagres. 6 4,096 tons, of Glasgow. An explosion whether (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Goodman First to Ftte, Gty Office Seeks to Retain Council Place ; Frank Mogan in for Recorder Frank W. Mogan, who several days ago indicated he was "con sidering" running for city record er, yesterday became the first per son to file for that office. Mogan's declaration followed shortly on the filing of Ross W. Goodman for reelection as alder man from the fifth ward. Good man's was the first filing for a city office. Mogan, who lives at 2050 Myr tle avenue, said in his statement of principles that he would "con duct the office of city recorder in a clean, honest, efficient and business-like manner and in the best interest of the people of the city of Salem." His slogan is "A fair, square and businesslike adminis tration of an important city of fice." Mogan's filing may touch off what promises to be the hottest political campaign in city circles. With A. Warren Jones, present recorder, likely to run for reelec tion and Hannah Martin, present state representative, among sev (Turn to Page 2, CpL 3) Turkey's Purge Said Due to ISTANBUL. Feb. .-(iPr-Tur-key today struck her second hinw in as many days against Germans, her allies of the World War, In swift action with au thoritative sources laid to expo- tir. s m iridMnrMil nasi nlot for sabotage and terrorism in the near east. nn anndred German techni cians were ousted from their Jbs in the war and naval minis tries and given 48 nours to quit FAnntrr a riav after Turkish occupation of the German-owned Krnpp shipyards on we uoiueu Horn. . - Thirty Germans In the Krnpp works were supervising comple tion of two submarines f or the Turkish navy. Authoritative military sources k . tnnifht reoorted addition ally that evidence has reached the Turkish government that He's Governor For a Weekend 1 SK " "5 r r ERNEST R. FATLAND Fatland Becomes Acting Governor Signs Moleskin Pants Writ for University Men as 1st Official Act Oregon acquired a new gover nor yesterday, Ernest R. Fatland, Condon, speaker of the house of representatives, as Governor Charles A. Sprague crossed Into Washington on his way to deliver a Lincoln day address in Seattle tonight. The pro tern governor found as his first official duty the signing of a proclamation authorizing so phomore men students at the Uni versity of Oregon to abandon their traditional moleskin trous ers, class garb, for denim Jeans, true western garb. The reason for the change, It was explained by Alan Siewert, who presented a petition to the acting executive, is that the war in Europe makes it difficult to obtain moleskin trousers. On his arrival Speaker Fatland announced he would not be a can didate to succeed himself as state representative from Gilliam, Sherman, Morrow and Wheeler counties. He Is now serving his third, term in that office. Insurance Office Safe Burglarized Combination Is Picked by Nocturnal Visitor, $25.57 Taken Police were wondering yester day how a safe robber who took $25.57 from the safe of the Pru dential Life Insurance company office in the Breyman building, 180 North Commercial, Thursday night entered the office without jimmying the door or disturbing dust outside the windows. The burglary was discovered by Pauline Craven, cashier, when she returned to the office at 10: SO Thursday night to leave her skates after going to a West Sa lem skating rink. She found the door of the office locked, but the safe open and its contents, other than money, strewn about the room. Miss Craven called Jesse Mc Neill, manager, who in turn called police. Police found the safe combina tion, which McNeill said was un usually difficult to open, had been picked, apparently by an expert. There were no "Jimmy" marks on the door from the corridor and dust outside the two office win dows, which were not locked, was undisturbed. The windows open on a roof between two sections of the building. Leg Is Fractured As Pedestrian Hit Fred Hall, 69, of 254 Front street, suffered fracture of both bones of the left leg last night when struck as he was crossing Capitol street at Tile road, by a car driven by Elmer Raymond Wood of 108 Birch, Dallas. Hall was taken to the Salem General hospital for treatment. Wood was cited to appear In mu nicipal court. of Germans Sabotage Plot Soviet Rossis is pushing . con striction of fortifications on her Caucasian frontier with Turkey, to defend her oil fields from any Anglo-French-Turkish attack. Several hundred thousand work ers have been dratted by the red army for the building of de fense lines and military roads, these reports said. Reverberations of the German-British-French war at the same time concerned leaders In south western. Europe and elsewhere in the near east where Britain and France have concentrated pow erful armies, authoritatively re ported to total 500,000. Authoritative sources said the Turkish government has uncov ered evidence of a network of nasi agents throughout the near east ready on a signal from Ber lin to sabotage communications and precipitate a reign, of terror. 1 Soviet Critics Ejected From Youth Session Attempted Introduction of Resolution Brings Ouster, 2 Members Issue to Be Made; Talk by FR May Result in Hint of Attitude WASHINGTON, Feb. Two youths who attempted to in troduce a resolution "condemning rape of Finland by Soviet Russia' were forcibly ejected tonight from the American Touth Con gress. Stephen McArthur, who said he was a young democrat from Kearney, N J, and a member of a bloc attempting to get the con gress to expel alleged "commu nist front" organizations, was the first ejected. McArthur interrupted an ad dress by Jack McMichael, minis terial student of Quitman, Ga., and chairman of the congress. He was ruled out of order and was hustled down the aisle as dele gates booed and hissed. The second man removed by congress attendants and labor de partment guards was Peter M. Tropea, another young democrat of Jersey City, N J. Archibald Roosevelt Also Stalks Out The meeting was held In the labor department auditorium and was attended by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who has defended the organization against charges that it was red-dominated. As the two youths were put out of the hall, Archibald B. Roose velt, described as a grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and a mem ber of the anti-communist bloc, arose from a seat near Mrs. Roo sevelt and stalked out also. The congress, under a heavy fire of charges that It is communist-controlled, heard Attorney General Jackson deride those who view it as "a symbol of dark and nightmarish plottlngs against government." Jackson suggested, however, that "before you look so wistfully at any other form ot government, let's see what we- can do with this American government . Communist Isane May Come to Head Congress leaders hoped to ex clude legislative action from the four-day meeting here, hut it ap peared that the question of com munists within the organization might come to a head. President Roosevelt hinted to day that he would express his views tomorrow on the Question whether the congress, long de fended by Mrs. Roosevelt, should expel "red front" groups from membership. An anti-communist bloo has drafted an expulsion resolution and hopes to obtain consideration of it. Weisner, Lebanon, Shot by Neighbor Bullet Fired From Inside House Accidentally, WPA Man Avers LEBANON, Ore., Feb. .-(&)-Ernest Weisner, 28, Lebanon, was shot in the abdomen late to day by a gun which Sheriff Her bert Shelton said was in the hands of a neighbor, Baite Bode, 5 4, a WPA worker. Bode told Shelton the shot was accidental but Shelton Jailed him for questioning by the district at torney. The shot was fired inside Bode's residence and shattered a window. Weisner was at work in his garden at the time. Lebanon hospital attendants described Weisner's condition as. fair. Hill not Decided On Treasury Race Representative Earl Hill, here yesterday from Lane county, said he had not determined definitely whether he would he a candidate for the republican nomination for state treasurer at the primary election. Hill said he was now on a tour of western Oregon conferring with the Toters. I hare received much encour agement," Hill said, "hut it may he several days before I reach a definite decision. Hill has served . several terms In the state legislature. Walter Pearson, democratic in cumbent, announced recently that he would not seek reelection. Non-Resident List High in January Nonresident motor vehicle reg istrations in Oregon during Janu ary, 1J40, totaled 5184, an in crease of 107 oyer those tor Jan uary, 13 9. Secretary of State Earl Snell reported Friday. The city ot Ashland, which reg istered IS per cent ot the 149,502 nonresident ' vehicles in IS 3 9, continued to lead other registra tion stations with 1050 registra tions during January this year. State to Rest Case 'Against Drager After One More Day 1940 Tax Roll Up $75,229 in Marion County Total Tax Bill Fixed at $1,787,658, Assessor Shelton Reports City, School and State Levies Rise; Funds for Roads Cut Marion county property owners will have to grimace and bear it when they face the tax collector, this year their bills generally in creased over those for 1939 de spite a slight gain in the county's, assessed valuation. The total tax roll for 1940 will be 11,787,658.82, a $75,229.21 ad vance over that for 1939, County Assessor R. "Tad" Shelton an nounced yesterday. The tax for state and county government purposes alone will be $702,395.12, a gain of $18. 398.33, accounted for principally by levy of a state general fund tax of $15,799.60 for the first time since 1937. While the in crease in the county-state tax bill is 3.7 per cent, the county's as sessed valuation has gained by only .9 of 1 per cent. The assessor's tabulation of the tax roll shows these signif icant changes this year: Market road tax cut flO, 53.86 and general road fund reduced f 098 1.24. Old age pension tax increased 919,95033 and relief and as sistance fund raised by S5, 434.26. Aggregate of local school dis trict taxes increased S2t.337.81. Cities' own taxes raised by $21,041.75. rh school tuition, tax in creased S6600.ll. The new tax roll will not be turned over to the sheriff's tax de- (Turn to Page 2, Col. $) Late Sports SEATTLE, Feb. .-PWIdaho snapped its 22-game Pacific coast conference basketball losing streak here tonight by upsetting the favored University of Wash ington quintet, 47 to 37, with a last half spurt. Idaho had lost nine straight northern division conference games this season on top of 18 losses last year. PORTLAND, Feb. .-tfVPort- land university maintained its speedy basketball pace tonight, running over Mount Angel col lege, 44 to 23, to even up the four-game series that will decide the Northwest Catholic college championship. Mount Angel won the first game, 31-30. It was Portland's 10th victory In 13 starts. BERKELEY. Calif., Feb. 9.- 6ip)-University of California edged out the second-place Stan ford Indians, 38 to 36, In a Southern division coast confer ence basketball game here to night. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 9.-OPI- Southern California's Trojans continued their march to the Pa cific coast conference, southern division, basketball championship tonight by walloping the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles, 60 to 26. CALDWELL, Idaho, Feb. 9.- (;P)-College of Idaho Coyotes won their first Northwest conference basketball game here tonight, de feating Linfield college of Mc Minnville, Ore., 41 to 28. Linfield led at half time. 16 to 15. Williams, Idaho forward, led scorers with 15 points. Monroe was high for Linfield with 9. HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 9.-(JP-Junior Munsell, 187, Oklahoma City, registered a technical knockout over Arne Anderson, 196 Sweden, tonight, the ref eree stopping the bout after the second round because the for eigner suffered a badly cut eye. SAN DIEGO, "Calif., Feb. 9. (JP) Johnny (Bandit) Romero, San Diego southpaw, .knocked out Babe Daniels, Denver negrb light-heavyweight, in the second round of a 10-round bout here tonight. High School Basketball (By Associated Press) The Dalles 40, Hood River 16. Corbett 32, Canby 19. Tillamook 40, Albany 34. Rainjer 19, Scappoosse 38. Estacada 33, Parkrose Is Forest Grove S3, Sherwood IS. Corvallis It, Oregon City 14. $208,000 Put in Relief . Fund From Liquor Fees The state liquor control com mission Friday turned ever to the state treasurer $208,000 ot license fees to he used for pub lic assistance. This was the first turn-over of liquor receipts for the year 1140. Marion County Petitions Assure McNary Place on Primary Ballot .". Petitions bearing 2067 names, all from Marion county, provided Sen ator Charles McNary with twice the support necessary to place his name on Oregon's primary ballot as a candidate for the presidency. From left. Grant Murphy, Marlon county McXary-for-President .committee chairman; Glenn Wade, committee executive secretary, handing petitions to Dave O'Hara, in charge of the elections divi sion in the secretary of state's department. Statesman staff photo. First McNary Filing Twice Number Needed But County Committee of Petitions, Total for State May Reach 15,000, Friends of Senator Assert Presence of Senator Charles L. McNary's name on the republican primary ballot in Oregon for presidential prefer ence was assured on Friday through the filing of petitions containing 2076 names, all of them the signatures of Marion county republicans. Twenty nine different precincts are represented. Only 1000 names are required O but many more petitions from Marion, the senator's home coun ty, and petitions from other coun ties calculated to swell the total to around 15,000, are to be filed before the closing date for can didacies, according to Kern Cran dall, state chairman. Grant Murphy of Stayton, gen eral chairman of the Marion county McNary-for-P resident committee, and Glenn C. Wade, executive secretary of the com mittee, filed this first petition at noon on Friday. Chairman Murphy explained that there has not been a general call for petitions to be turned in and that those circulating them will not be asked to terminate their labors and send In the last completed petitions, for several days yet at least. Elliott Denies He Voiced Prediction FORT WORTH, Feb. 9-JPy-Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, denied today having said at Chicago that he thought his father should not seek a third term. "I was misquoted," Elliott said, adding: "However, 1 will say this: "The only person who can de cide such a question as a third term is the president himself, and none of the family should try to make up his mind for him. "No members of the f a m 1 ly hare any indication as to how he feels toward the third term question." Elliott Roosevelt addressed an Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers' association meeting in Chicago. Dalton Heads for Reserve Conclave Captain Kenneth Dalton, Salem, president of the Oregon depart ment of the Reserve Officers asso ciation, will leave Salem today for Washington to attend a national conference to consider require-1 ments of national defense. White-Garbed Garage Looter Eludes East Salem Pursuers A prowler specializing la ga rages stirred up residents of North 20th and 21st streets, was chased by W. 8. Reed, 365 North 20 th and finally eluded house holder and police Thursday night. Reed, coming home about S:3t, flashed a man oat of his backyard and gave chase, but lost the tralL He described the prowler as about 18 years old, slender, and wear ing white painter's coveralls. On returning to his home, Reed found the lock on his garage had been picked and a hunting knife, threewooxes of .22 shells, a drill, a padlock and a new pair ot buck skin gloves missing. Only a few minutes later W. J. McKenzle. 243 North 21st street, heard a noise la his garage and 1 I , ' t Will Continue Circulation LaGuardia's Name Filed in Illinois Garner Also Is Candidate There Against Chief; Nebraskans Busy (By The Associated Press) Two great tests of political strength in early April between the forces seeking to renominate President Roosevelt and those favoring Vice-President Garner were virtually assured by devel opments Friday. The name of the vice-president was filed in the Illinois presiden tial primary alongside that of Mr. Roosevelt. Unless the presi dent orders his name withdrawn before the April 9 primary, a di rect contest between Roosevelt and Garner forces will ensue. The names of both men are now on file in Wisconsin, where primaries are held on April 2. Meanwhile, 60 demo cratic party leaders in Nebraska author ized the circulation of petitions to place Mr. Roosevelt's name on the primary ballot of that state. Illinois, moreover, s h o w ed signs of. becoming a battleground for republican candidates for the presidential nomination. Petitions entering the name of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardla of New Tork were entered in the repub lican primary of that state last night. The names of two others, (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Body Identified As Newberg Man VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. f - 0P) - Coroner R. E. DuFresne said today the body of a man recovered from the Columbia river Wednesday had been identified as that of Ole H. Wang, 74, New berg, Ore. Wang, reported by his son-in-law, August Weyland, to have left home on a visit to Phoenix, Ariz., wired a stone to his neck and leaped Into the river, the coroner said. came out. He asked a neighbor, V, J. Bell, 2CS North 21st street, who was putting tip his car,' to flash his car lights In the garage. There was no one there, but a locked trunk had . been opened, spparently with a cold chisel, and its contents were scattered oa the garage floor. - Bell went to his house and en the back porch found the pair of buckskin gloves which had been stolen, from the Reed garage. ' Mrs. " Jsmes McClelland, 205 North 21st street, reported to po lice she heard. someone stealthily come ap on her porch and then enter a fruit room. She locked the doors of the house and later heard footsteps leaving. There was nothing missing... . 9 1 Spears9 Story Of Accusation One Highlight Defendant Said It Must Have Been His Deputy Witness Declares Trial Will Recess Until Tuesday ; Discovery Gets Attention Special Prosecutor Francis E. Marsh indicated last night that he would rest bis case against County Treasurer David G. Drager, charged with larceny of county funds, next Tuesday after testi mony of Leroy Hewlett, former county commissioner, has , been heard by the court. No trial ses sions will be held tomorrow or Monday, a legal holiday. The announcement was made following an afternoon in which Marsh brought to the stand Con nell C. Ward, former accountant and deputy in the county clerk's office; C. C. Spears, special Inves tigator who assisted in tracking down shortages on the county treasurer's books; Warren Rich ardson, brother of Drager's for mer deputy, and his temporary substitute in the treasurer's office during 1922 and 1924; Robert Amos, state auditor who assisted in the 1938 audit of county books; and S. W. Starr, supervisor of the state division of audits in general charge of the researches which re vealed the shortages on the trea surer's books. From each the prosecutor elic ited evidence as to the treasurer's reaction when confronted with the shortage as revealed by the state audit in 1938, his explanation of how the shortage occurred, and his denial that he knew of its ex istence prior to learning of the results of the state investigation. Drager Reactions Recalled by Spears Brought to the stand on the conclusion of cross examination of Floyd Bowers, deputy chief of the audits division who has offered the bulk of the state's testimony since Wednesday, Spears, a for mer FBI Investigator, testified that he had been present In April, 1939, when Marsh, Bowers and ethers interviewed Drager and his former deputy, W. Y. Richardson, at the ttate auditor's office In the state house. The conversation at the time, he testified, was in respect to the shortage. "Mr. Marsh wrote down five possible ways in which the shortage could be accounted for," he said. "These were: (1) theft; (2) a bookkeeping shortage; a r i cash shortage for which (3) Dra ger or (4) Richards6n or (5) both were responsible. "Drager and Richardson both denied that the money might have been stolen by an outside person, and they also said that a book keeping shortage might account for $1000 or S2C00 of the defi ciency but that the major part was an actual cash shortage." In response to a question by Marsh asking what explanation the treasurer and his deputy gave for the shortage, Spears said, "The final explanation of Drager was to deny that he took the mon ey and to say that Richardson must have taken it. Richardson said that he took none; yet both agreed that no third person took it." Richardson Claims He Mentioned Shortage The witness further testified that Richardson had said he had known of the shortage as early as 191 or 1917, a year or two after coming to work for Drager. "He admitted that he kept track of it In a personal book, but he denied altering endorsements ea the back of tax vouchers." The state had earlier asserted that the dates marked on the re verse ot vouchers cashed at year ends were changed .to make those actually cashed in December ap pear as though cashed In the Jan uary following In an effort to eon ceal the shortage from year te year. Richardson's record bookef the shortage had also been intro duced during the morning session. "Richardson said that he told Drager of the shortage In It IS or It 17," Spears continued, "but the treasurer denied this during the conversation at the statebouse and challenged Richardson to tell hlra of 'one time' when he said any thing about the shortage. "Richardson answered many times' but the defendant denied this statement." George Rhoten In cross examin ation asked whether the men ap peared angry or hitter over the statements made about the short sge. Ts this the witness respond ed that he saw "surprise" and , "indignation" ; on Drager's . face when Richardson claimed having told the treasurer of Its existence , on many occasions. - - No Checkup Means Possessed by Clerk- Connell C" Ward, whom Marsh . called to the stand following. Spears' dismissal, testified thai according to records filed In th , (Tarn to Tags 2,. Co!. 1)