The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 27, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text.. 1 t r 1 1 1.1 11 1 1 N " ' 1 j 1. I ' ' ! 1 . 1 1 1 " 1 . 1 , , " ' imii i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o :. ; ' I Is i i x ; NUIETXrOUBXH TEAK ' "lOPAGi3 - iWu.OtKon. Tvmwdarr Moniiiig; Jun 271SU Pric rWM1 1 11 11 ' 1 'J rs'S. ' 1 1 1 1 "' - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . ; biarging iaed Avmis ' - I . O ! ' ' Soviets Encircling three i German Bastions f bi?s yesterday captured .Vitebsk; and Zhlobii northern and rrr souincrn ancnors oi ine vaumea uerman lat&eriand line in wnue cassia, &na piunging ionrsra ii a miiMn-nour cup i were well on the way toward encirclement of three remaininj: I bastions of the German defenses along, a 250-mile front, a f eoviet "communique annonneed ) "An unprecedented'number : than 1700were liberated in t eive as foot red armies left Vitebsk and Zhlobin to be mopped SSIHZDDB UUUUD1 A returning traveler is expect ed to 'say that he .is "glad to be home,", as In' general truth he is. The weariness of traveling, added to a sense of nostaliga makes him happy . to get back' where he can - ! alip into old grooves. i l . fr 'Too often however this under s standable'.Ieeling of rheimwehr or. j0 vr.pf home s accompanied . by . invidious comparisons with . other, regions which; . have '.been r . visited. The traveler . complains .. . of ,the climate in those . parts, of the people; of the customs, - or .of ; the inconreniences of travel the . i last is ..the current 'favorite. . In I theTglow, of his Joy "over -being 1 home again he finds if easy to tra due those "places where he has 1 sought .temporary, hospitality. , Back from my rather .. hurried -1 1 trip across, the continent . (and -' "glad to be back-) the impression I have is ' of. the greatness of America and of its unity in Its di versity. . Our : people are V pretty much the. same though they bend the mother tongue differently in different section s.V Their re sponses and attitudes are ' quite similar. Tne: business' structure is the same all over the country banks, iasurinceT retail "stores, manufacturing, the differences de ' pending largely, on the size of the ; community.". We are pretty well standardized In the USA. In t Washington - city-- as in Oregon . "chickeu -in -the-rough- dining , places iave, pretty well succeed . ed id the "dairy lunches" of 40 ; years ago. Traffic rules,' females ; in-r lacks, , kiddier . in shorts, the street, scene .will do as well, for Raleigh as for Tulsa or Sheyboy- ; gan. .'.'- - ,:, :; . ' . And what a marvelous produe fag organism this USA is! Cross- ing the ' vast , Mississippi valley ' from the short-grass grazing coun- try of Wyoming to the placid old r farmsteads of eastern Ohio one ' cannot but exclaim over the truly enormous food manufacturing plant of that' great basin. The manufacturing enterprises of the - Great Ikes and eastern states matdi in productivity the great agricultural regions. Geared now I to producing for war it Is no won- I der that the enemies who, have seen the size and might of our in- , vasion fleets and armies have seen : the certainty of their own doom. v The enormous producing machine ry of America ; Joined to that of 1 other countries Is . (Continued on .t Editorial page) Mac Reveals NeivMrArm w . ALLIED nSADQUARTESS IN AUSTRALIA, June 27.-(Tuesday) -.T-Gen. Douglas llacArthur an nounced today the creation of a " r.ew air arm to be known as the f-r eastern air force, wiii fcead I ouarters In Australia. - ( ,. , . The new organization combines . C.e Tilth: army air : force, which K-i titrated in Australia and 2;aw Guinea, end the Thirteenth army a'r fores, which battled through . C-a Ec!c3ons carapaii and Into v-t Kibaul and Kavieng cam- 'Z rr.v force will be headed 1 r.t. C:n. Cscrr C. IIcr.r.ey, 5 -r.:r.2 cf allied air forces in t'::i :' -.trr tlnct 1212.' Remaining last night. " ; y-. i u f at -populated places more the' path' of the gigantic of fen- up. and plunged westward toward Germany itself. -- ?; The remnants ef flTe German divisions, possibly 45,tt0t men.' trapped In and around Vitebsk, were beinf wiped oat. sal4 broadeast-bnlletln recorded by the soviet monitor. The Soviets captured Obol, 40 miles northwest of Vitebsk and only 20 miles from Polotsk, Ger man base 15 miles from the old Polish border. The line of this new front a lon e extended 53 : miles southward to - captured Chereya, 58 miles southwest of Vitebsk. - "' "Red troops, storming toward the white Russian nasi bastion of Orsha. 47 . miles south of Vitebsk, took the town of Pish, chaleve, less than two miles north: , of . the Orsha, and the . process of encirclement wa un der w'ay Other' troopa were tt miles ' northwest of Orsha, and ; other eoIamns-rat the . Orsha- Borisov' and the OrshaLepel bixhway and railway lines, nasi ! escape routes to the west of the eity.-- ; , i, Mogilev, another German stronghold, also was being encir- ( Continued on page 2) ' ' Allies Qose On Mogaung From 3 Sides LONDON, Tuesday. June 27 (aVA Reuters -" dispatch from ' Chungking today said that Brit ish and Chinese troops had oc cupied the town of Mogaung in - northern Burma, key Japanese base 40 miles west of the be- sieged enemy stronghold of My- itkylna. SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND HEADQUARTERS." Kandy. - Cer- Ion. June 2fl.-0Pr-Mogaung. one of three main Japanese bases in north Burma, appeared tottering tonight under the weight of sav- ae allied blows from three sides. Chinese troops swept through the southern half of the town and attacked its northern strongpolnts, While MaJ. Gen. W. D. A. Len taigne's Chindit forces stabbed an- other 400 yards from the east, a communique from Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's headquarters said. - The principal Japanese Burma bastion of Myitkyina, where fight ing already raged within the city on the southern side,' was under strong American attack from the north. . This force was near ...a Junction with . Chinese attacking the western ' outskirts, the com munique announced. South of Kiaalng, third enemy stronghold which already has fall en, Chinese troops pressed a new advance. In India, the Japanese 58th reg iment and a battalion of the 124th virtually have been wiped out and the Sixth regiment has lost all its guns. The British drove west of the cleared Kohima-Imphal road into the ManJpur hills, where en - emy parties were reported disor ganized and in bad physical con dition. Dr. Smith Gets Doctor Dcfrce, USC Sunday ; ;, While 57 members of the Wil lamette university spring gradu ating class were receiving their bachelor's decrees here Sunday and the Methodist institution was conferring the decree of doctor cf science on Contractor Guy Atkin son, the university's president. Dr. G. Herbert Smith was in Los An gsles for the graduation exercises cf University of Southern Cali fornia, there to receive the hon - crary desree of doctor cf laws. . fogy's Secret Weapon- Flame and smoke pour from the In this elofeup jview made over sociated Fress 'photorrapher.t waited three , days to get this pie. . ture. (AP Wirephoto.) 4 Mdrixm - - j ' : -I. -- Bond i sales ; inr- Marion ' county mounted to $1,275,000 Monday and the "Miss Oregon' contest closed so far as contestants are concern ed. But When Supt Frank B. Ben nett of $alem public schools gives the bond report to Marion county at 12:45 pi4 today over I KSLM he'willnot be telling the" name of the winner in; the war 'finance committee ' advertising., stunt. F 7 For' the name j of the" girl who will ' represent Marion county's bond buyers In Competition with fair ", songsters frm' over . Oregon in the fall will not be announced before Wednesday; night's j million dollar' bond premiere at the Elsi nbre" theatre: ;;. "j. l" 'Appearing on a; 3:30 p.m. broad cast Monday J from bond headquar ters, seven contestants were in troduced by! Bill Talbot, J master of ceremonies. Their songs were judged by a panel of three, whose names have been! kept secret Carl WernerJ of ,he pregon war fi nance . ' committee; , came to Salem from Portland, however' to. assist the group with the balloting. ; Meantime, members of the Mar ion committee are preparing 'for the free ' show by performers ! of the Clyde iBeatty-Russell ; Bros, circus tiiis noon at the f victory center on, the 'courthouse lawn nd for, the appearance in Salem on "Wednesday morning of. Jack Dempsey, ; former heavyweight champion fighter; Coming as the guest of the war ; finance committee, Denapsey will go out. to the penitentiary, at; 11 ajn. to congratulate inmates on their participation In the war ef fort through! blood donations and bond purchises.iHe will appear fori the general Salem public and other Marion - county v residents . . ' R -' ,f . ' '. i . -('- 4 Sgt; Nevhbuse Dies in Action! DAYTON Mri and Mrs. C. B. Newhouse have been notified that their son. Kcrt. I Ruiuell Clinton I Newhouse, Was killed during the action on Bias: island of the north east coast of New Guinea. Sgt. Newhouse, born July .23, 1920, near Dayton, was a member of the 1 41st division and - went overseas in 1942.1 He graduated in 1939 from Day ton Union high school and was a member of Day ton Evangelical church and Sun- 1 day school i In addition to his parents, he is survived by two; brothers, Leland Newhouse of the Webfoot district and John D, Newhouse of Pleas antdale, and two sisters, Mrs. Glen McFarlane of Pleasantdalo and Mrs. John Alison of Fairview. Memorial $ services 1 are to 1 be held at a date to be announced later at the church of which he was a member, k :x:& K : J li 7eatiier - ' 'Maxisaum temperature Monday 71 degrees; minimum 45; no pre cipitation; river -2.1. : T,: .Fair Tuesday, and Wednesday except Scattered jthowers cast por- ition Tuesday; wanner east por I tica. - - -t - J Captare :itelbk9 . r v. X i H exhaust, of a German ."flying bomb? southern EncUnd. Mike Nash As 1 ;i who can get into I the city at that hour during the noon program at the victory center. -s Preparations are , also - going ahead apace . for the free, .barbed cue the afternoon of July 4 at Marion square. Claude. SteuslofX and the VaUey.Jpiackmg'Cahavt donated a 1200 pound steer for the occasion which, . the war finance committee, hopes may mark' the finale of a successful ' bond cam paign. . ' - From: July ,4 to the official closing date of the Fifth War Loan campaign, bond salesmen hope to build Marion "county's participa tion to a point above the minimum quota. ". v- j By that date, for instance, Salem r (Continued On page ' 2) ? - ; - CO For Rbasevelt ,r ;r-,t .- --' 4; r ALBUQUERQUE, NM, June 28 Cff)-New Mexico democrats hold ing that "no president has faced such grave tasks nor accomplished so much" today added the state party's ten votes tin the national convention at Chicago next month to those already pledged to Presi dent Roosevelt's renomination. The convention," concluding its business in the record time of slightly more; than? three hours, selected a 20-member delegation, named Gov John J. Dempsey as national committeeman,' -and adopted a state platform provid ing, among other things, for pref erence ,to war veterans in filling state jobs. V ,. . . . i f ;." WU Alumni Celebrate 102nd Commencement Election of officers, plans for homecoming and a reunion of the class of 1919 highlighted the fes tivities of the Willamette univer- sity alumni assoclation during the Methodist institution's 102nd an-f hual . commencement a c t i v i ties Sunday, :i i I i ' f4 Mrs, Floyd Utter took office as president .The alumni elected Roy Harland as president-elect while Beryl Holt and 'Neil Shaffer were chosen as alumni members of the board of trustees. ! Walter Erickson was elected to the executive com mittee and Sybil Spears was elect ed secretary at the first meeting of the committee. " . Homecoming date t was. tenta tively set for September IS when the i Willamette Bearcats " play Whitman. More than 124 gathered for the luncheon at Lausanne ball. Miss Mary Paranouglan spoke for the class of 1919 as the 25th an niversary of that class J was cele brated at the residence of Dr. Rob ert M. Gatke Sunaay.l This country will have "A New Birth of Freedom" alter the close of th current war only if it works to guarantee "freedom to the peo ples of 'the -world,": Chancellor Frederick VL Hunter of the state system of higher education main tained at the ccrrjnenxeent cere monies.-He rjrrrsteJ a mln.rum Hears Give kHey Sat to vMiimti-MiPifa&ir- . r CHICAGO STADIUM,- June bent ron inaking' Thomas E. DewrreiStotheir convention hali tbrUghtfand -hW GcvT MWarren! It Odi- iornia preaici m. party: victory in vciuu .wuiiu xur vuieia turn ucgiu wiut us. . . $ i Whooping", hollerinf and fairly rattling the roof beams of j this huge inclosed bowl, the. dele- gates indorsed by sound Warren's contention - that republicans.- are Just as capable as the democrats of winning the war and guarantee ing k peace' that will endure. M ' ' "CHICAGO, Jane Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New .York, may fly to the republi can convention here for an ac ceptance speech Wednesday ishtif he should be nomina ted for, the presidency early la theday.j.r - : ' The word came from a spokes man in Dewey convention head a.aarters. who said the governor . would not - leave -Albany - rnntil notified of hi "nomination. He added: r:;i:;:;: ; "Mr. Dewey will ! every-. thing hnmanly possible to servo the , interests of : the delegates and sot . keep them here any , lonser than absolntely j neces- : sary - : -p; ' lt previously had been plan ned f6r Dewey to abpear Thnra rday. ' " fc. t - . - But from Wendell L. WillkIe' in New York,', the party presidential nominee in 1940; came a; dissent ing note on foreign policy Jplans which . spreadl speedily -I through delegates on the floorl: What it might foretell of WUlkie's "course in the presidential campaign" was a question many, asked, i Willkie alone , appeared to ' nave ! the an swer. f :' .V.- 4-1-' :.i The resolutions committee had worked out. a tentative plank pro peeing Americari participation In some - international organization employing "peace forces" to guar antee the future security- of the world."" - '! ! - WUlkie dtdat like it He U saed a . statement saying , the plank had been read to him by telephone and that It brings Into' being "no effective international . force for the suppression of ag 'aTesslon" ' -. . : ..- - " .'' :.. Under it, he said, a republican president could declare ! with measure of integrity. that his coun try Would not enter any world or ganization in i which "sovereign power would be used to eliminate aggression. ! , - ; :"V' Willkie proposed immediate cre ation of a United Nations council as a first step informing a general international organization; but he . (Continued on page 2) of three conditions lor achieving the purpose of the war after the military victory: t "L Permanent full employment throughout this nation and among all free peoples. j "2. Effective Implementation of local self-government to; perform the greater, proportion of services required for modern living. "3. The establishment of a sys tern of world cooperation to-meet the requirements of maintaining the peace of the world ahd grap pling with its' international, eco- nomls and political problems." Guy F. Atkinson, contractor for the Grand Coulee and various other' western; dam projects, was the recipient of an honorary de gree of doctor of science at the commencement exercises: Sunday v Atkinson was so honored for distinguished service to the na tion in wartime. He personally- di rected the construction of the Roosevelt naval base rt Los An-' geles for wh i c h bi3 firm was awarded the army-navy fE."-Atkinson" was awzr-2d the navy's medal for meritorious service." His firm's projects are widespread, stretching frcu the western Aleu tians to Texss. lis Is the second member of his family to receive a derree frcn " Willamette. . hi, - - (Continued cn jazi 2) . ZHoMm to : , i rarren note. Aets .! ' Z. .irvnK-. j i 2.-C-Republican delegates, ttovemoer ana proclaim that "A GOP Platform oice CHICAGO. June 24--Reoub-1 can platform makers lengthened their tentative draft (today to promise i the nation's soldiers and sailors a voice in foreign policy and i to ; assure tnat the peace treaty will be subject to senate ratification. -'. Another . clause . in the , plank continued to draw, .the fire of some- republicans. Gov4 Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut teamed with; Gov, "Walter Edge of New Jersey to lead a fight for sub mission to the convention tomor row ; xt 4 a simplified statement calting, i of ri&teQvm Internal anil cooperation ' to ; preserve " future Baldwin told a reporter he un derstood', that the plank, . which pledges .American participation in world . organization, employing "peace forces.to .thwart aggres sion, "means all things to all peo ple and thus means nothing at all.' What we should do,w he said, "is to' set forth' the" principles of international . coUaboratioa in Dare, piam language. ne oemisi ofniiaUonan be workwi r,rUZ of following provision .was , added, ! according to authoritative reports: "In all -of these undertakings we favor the .widest ' consultation ' of i the ', gallant men - and women in our armed forces who have . a special "right to , speak 1. with au thority in behalf , of ; the security and liberty for which they, fight" This reportedly was culled from the party's Mackinac Island decla- rations and added to the plank at the Insistence of Sen. C. Wayland Brooks of Illinois, as was the fol lowing: . "Pursuant to the constitution of the United States, any treaty made on behalf of the United SUtes with any other nation or any as sociation of nations shall be made only by and with the advice and : . --- . M'-.. ,, 1 conaenvox me senate oi umo SUtes, provided two-thirds of the senators prcBent cuntut, Detcey Has No : . r Offi(M(Vbice OnlPlatform " ALBANY, NY, June 26-(-De pile nouDuni tciwuiiij., irov. Deweyj would be nominated for President Wednesday on the first republican ballot he has had date no official voice in drafting of the party, platform; the exe cutive office said today. Dewey conducted "business as usual today, while m Chicago the repuoucan j nauonar convenuon resolutions committee, wrangled Promises Vets n it "it roucv v over a foreign policy plank and I ueuy. ww w reiaoiuiai delegate pledges to New York's to hundreds of homeless. . eovernor n-dW ., - : . r I - Many victims, some In serious - ' - ------;-"-.. : -. r.!" i.u.cr: ".rr ; rr ,4ths) --death list during the day. To- giaa w acuss ua vicr. py ie- phone with Sea.. Robert A, Taft, oeaa . i. , ue resotuuun. wmoui- tee. : The. stement came alter - six additional deaths were re nerbert Brownell, , jr delegate ported at Shinnston, W Va, area from tne lBtn new xorx congres - sional district and, Dewey's guher natorial campaign . manager in 1813, said he believed the gover nor would confer with the com mittee. . Y -By. James SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EX PEDITIONARY FORCE, 7:16 a m. (1:.6 AETT) Tuesday, June 27 (AP) -Capture of Cherbourg by American doughboys was officially announced early today-a victory that gave the allies their first great port to funnel troops and supplies into France. ;: ' .. ' ' " With bayonet and grenade US troops tackled the last few pillboxes and Germans fighting in the dry's arsenal area last night. t:$y: & f ' s Fall of the port third largest mo . " "Ti'V- ' ' ' , Frwce, came just three weeks af- iu uc csriy nours or June 'Succ'enfuT completion of the as t Pa he; port was. ani J. "Flash Cherbourg fallen." t " u ibbt , years , ( oay . since Adolf HiUer proclaimed in 1941, af- tee successfully nlnagl n'g throvgh France, thattbo war U toe west b finkhed." .With Cherbourg's big docks In allied hands,' the way ' is opened for a mighty new allied offensive from the west to regain, the ter ritories that Hitler won. The end of the . difficult 1 days of .landing men and supplies on beaches now is in sight From now on the alhed schedule for. movement of suppUes wul not w w iiiutu uic mercy 01 me weather. ; - -T - , ' . Leading the American doarh beys In their conqaest of Cher- bomrr . was Li. Gen. v Omar N." Bradley, whe, a 1 s t was with them tn some of their greatest victories fat North Africa over Marshal Erwin KommeL : v r I While the Americans were clear ing the enemy from the "great port, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's un. oir oenuru xaonigomerys l vavvsju.u au isa. asvr UiiClUlVC All tiie JTilly-SurrSeulles sector west of Caen toward , the eastern ' end of .the Normandy battleground. ; Associated rress Correspead- envnea Whitehead, ta a'dls- jpatcbu froaa Cherbocrg at 9:12 .tSn. (22. p. m. Eastern War time) said that as the saop-p smads. aaovedt h r a g h Jh amoke-fUled streets shells whis tled Into the city from German positions farther west onCap I TUcwa. Sir J--,-.: - To rout Germans from cliff po- v ' - f rtntlrml rwi naff Ig i-lifYj"'''' J ltalMn BCtted .v Ui) Bombers Pouiiiii Vienna SUPREME HE A DQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June - 2.-(ff)-US Hying Fortresses and Liberators 500 to 750 strong . roared from Italian j bases to the Vienna area today through the heaviest opposition in recent weeks, attacking oil refin eries, railyards.j and an aircraft plant Poor weather meanwhQe halted temporarily the " pounding from ?a. -n The . Fortresses and-Liberators and their escorting' Mustangs,! Lightnings and Thunderbolts shot rr. :t""" , " 1 piancs on me route uj ine Vienna headauarters announced. f .truck eflnerit at Sch wacht, ten miles southeast of Vi enna; Winterhaf en, ; five m lies, southeast;' LcubOu, - seven miles southeast; Floridsdorfer, northeast of the .city; Korenenberg,' seven miles north, and Moosbierbaun, 22 miles northwest- - A Heinkel as sembly . plant at Schwacht and rail - yards - at Floridisdorfer also were hit and "good results' were observed at all targets. i ; . ;- ;11 1 ' 01711 U 6 (it 1 1 I tT,f7 UZ0 TjQ X V s ilHi) JLUW . HTSBURGILJune Si.-CflPJ-The death toll from a tornado which slashed through narts of West Vir ginl. Pennsylvania and Maryland i 7 w ujuuj while relief,forces pursued ener- s a.;..iv av. m .v.vnii.i I ujtit.. - s 9 e ra.v five more names were added to vj fee fatalitT fl2urM itood: West Virginia 1C8, Pennsylvania j 2, Maryland J. --: ; 1 hardest hit by the tornado., with the recovery of four bodies frcj the We st'Torkriver and the deaths of two persons In a Clarks burg hospital. ; One woman died in a IIcKecrport, Pa., hospital. BL ling . ces Onlv i es; From Florence ROME,' .; June . 28-(-American and Trench .troops have' slugged tteir ..way within less '.than 15 miles' of the inland city of Siena and within miles of Florence after Yank forces roIling up the west coast captured the port 'of Piomblno without a fight, allied ,. headquarters announced today. , ', German , resistance continued spotty, in the coastal sector,' de spite fresh reinforcements of 60 ton Tiger tanks . brought from - France ;. within the past three weeks, but the eighth army; was meeting stubborn o p p osition on both sides of Lake Traxuneno near the center of the long fighting . front-?' "'" . j ; Capture of Piomblno gave the -(Continued on page 2) - Chinesb Hold frt i o ! gf ? CHUNGKING, June 28.fi5V Chinese' troops havehel4theJr ground in bitter fighting around Hengyang, . and American' planes.. have -been thrown into the battle around that vital rail Junction and elsewhere in Hunan province, it was announced tonight? - ": 4 Little change in position was re- ported ! around Hengyang, 'where j the.lnvader last was placed about I fn ' iViiIm " rA kIv milM northeast of the city. The Chinese high command. gravely concerned by the attack all along the CantonHankow rail way probably aimed at splitting China in; twoi confirmed tonight the .'fall, of Hengshan Saturday. This , was the last major barrier before .Hengyang." Loss of Heng yang would open the way for a drive of less than 200 miles along the railway Into the maritime pro vince of Kwangtung and the Can ton aresu.H - - The bulletin also admitted-the fair of jYuhsienV 4S miles, north east' of the beleaguered city., '. J Cf J EJxJI alt kJlllxZ . - ; 129 Complete V WASHINGTON, June War bond sales In . the fifth war loan drive totalled f 4,59 1,000,000 or 29 per cent ef the drive quota the' treasury department an nounced tonight. - - v ., i Sales to Individuals at the end of the 12 day, June 24, totalled $1,710,000,000 "or 29 per ceht of the individual quota. ' r, Tne first day's report of cor porations and other non-bank in-'-vestors show sales to date of 22,- 875,000,000.14 r ' 1 Ted R. Gamble, national war finance director, making the first' announcement of , these new fig ures said, "We are slightly above where we were at the same period in the: fourth war loan drive in relation to the respective quotas, but not far enough ahead for com fort in this ' gigantic financinc task." i " t- The campaign is scheduled to end July . Robert HotdlkisS i , t Snfe at Hoitlft - Robert Eotchiisa, 18, was safe and at home Monday night after having been lost for eiht hours since early morning In the heavily wooded district on the Little North Fork of the Santlam . 'Ilotchxlss had reported for work at the Matchman' Logging company camp on the Little North Fork tut did not resca his post as whistle "punk. An organized search, headed ty Deputy Sheriff George"; Fery, was conducted throughout the rcr.si.ider cf the day but was in Vila, llctchkiss found his way ta a rcM and caught a ride ttne. uuearcr 40 Uill T. a. -