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DALLAS, Nov.. 28 Rain dampened plant for a parade hut It didn't dampen the enthusiasm of these
three little Dallas (iris when flying Santa j Clans paid an early call at Dallas Friday in connection with
Christmas opening. The beaming youngsters! are from the left Emily Jo Friesen, Sharon Van Brocklin
and Darlene Friesen. Emily Jo and Darlene are the daughters of Mr. and; Mrs. Henry F. Friesen of Dal-
- las and Sharon Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Van Brocklin. Bad weather forced the Santa
Clans reception Into the armory after parade plans were canceled. (Statesman photo.)
$116 Million in Projects
Scheduled in Northwest
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'Army, to )pen Bids on 7 Detroit Bam projects
Bids for seven portions of the Detroit dam project oo the North
Eantiam Tiver will be opened during; the first half p 1950, according
to a schedule released Saturday by the corps of engineers. The com
prehensive schedule for the north Pacific division shows new con
struction work totaling approximately $116,000,000 to be contracted
during the period.
People have been deeply stirred
over the orgy of sex crimes chron
icled In recent weeks. Letters to
the editors, telephone calls, con
versations with acquaintances and
callers Indicate the high degree of
local Interest, aroused particularly
over reports of local offenses. The
natural Inquiry is, What can we do
to avert such crimes? '
No single, simple answer to that
question is possible. If there were,
surely it would have been found
long ago. Literature of the ancients
tells of crimes of rape and Incest.
Civil law and moral codes have
not succeeded in eliminating these
offenses. In recent years the num
ber of reported cases has increased
and the late wave of murder of
victims has been so atrocious as to
shock society. We are then driven
to fresh studies of this phase of
human relations.
: The subject of sex, long held in
considerable taboo, lately has at
tracted much scientific attention.
Dr. Alfred Kimsey's -Sex Behav
lor of the Male" . was a report
based on interviews and dealt pri
marily with the normal rather than
the abnormal aspects of the sub
ject Dr. Sigmund Freud's theories
in psychoanalysis emphasized, and
probably overemphasized, the in
fluence of the libido in develop
ment of the mind. We still have
far to go to build up dependable
body knowledge of the psychology
as well as the behavior of sex.
One axiom is that the sex im
pulse is both instinct-
(Conttnued on editorial page 4)
Bridges Asks
For New Judge
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26-(V
Counsel for Harry Bridges moved
today to disqualify Federal Judge
George B. Harris from continuing
to hear Bridges' perjury-consplra
cy trial. -
5 Australian - born Bridges, head
of the CIO Longshore union, is
charged with perjury in swearing
at his 1943 naturalization hearing
that he had never been a commun
ist He and two union aides are
charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the government (A digest of
Bridges' life and career appears in'
today's Oregon Statesman feature
section.)
' la an affidavit accompanying
the disqualifying motion and filed
with the federal court clerk. Brid
ges accused Harris of "expressed
Bias and prejudice against the de
fendants'
Willamina Area
Denied New Bridge
ItaUsuua Kwi gtrrlce
I WILLAMINA. Nov. 26-WIlla
mlna will get no new bridge over
the South fork of the Yamhill ri
ver on its east side in the immed
late future.
The state highway commission
lent this information to City Re
corder S. J. Ellis today. The com
mission said funds are not avail
able for the project and that re
alignment of the highway would
Bypass the bridge. -
The present bridge Is so nar
.row that it is Impossible for two
trucks to pass on it
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Only one of the Detroit Jobs is
estimated to be in excess of $1,
000,000. the powerhouse, for which
bids will be advertised In May
and opened in July. The seven jobs
total about $4,000,000.
The others, and their planned
bid-opening dates, are a 325-ton
bridge crane, February 8: outlet
gates, January 13; IS permanent
houses and utilities, January 10;
Big Cliff powerhouse turbine of
28,600 horsepower, February 24;
Big Cliff powerhouse generator Of
18,000 kilowatt capacity. May 12;
Big Cliff; powerhouse' bridge crane,
July 14. i $ l
One other project in this area is
breakwater, mooring basin and
mooring; wall at Depoe Bay, to be
opened about February 15.
Other Oregon projects for work
on which bids are slated include
McNaryj, dam, Bonneville dam,
Umpqua river jetty,! Meridian re
servoir. Cottage 3r0ve reservoir,
Fern Ridge reservoir.
The tabulation by the engineers
was issued principally for conven
ience of, contractors
2-Car Wreck
Sends Mother,
A Cottage Grove mother and
her five-year-old son were treat
ed at Salem General hospital Sat
urday following a two-car colli
sion at the intersection of Liberty
and Norway streets shortly after
noon. J . If
Frances McGuire, 26, was treat
ed for a head bruise and her five-year-old
son, Darrel Dean Mc
Guire, was checked for possible
Injury to his recently operated on
eyes,, Both were released after ex
amination, i; f
The two were passengers in a
car driven by Warren Dale Mc
Guire, Cottage Grove, when it
collided with a machine operated
by John Edward. Phares, Eugene.
Both icars were considerably dam
aged Sin the accident city police
reported. The driver; and four oth
er passengers of the McGuire car
were! uninjured. I
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Law Strikes
Close t&Mome
You might call It a court battle.
but not! in the ordinary sense of
the word.
Gloria Robinson, deputy Marion
county i district icourt constable.
was scheduled to appear in Salem
municipal court Monday after she
had posted $73 ball for alleged
J, .i i l l' 2 f
pirung , violations-
Miss Robinson! was required to
post that amount to get release
for- her Car after it had been tow
ed away on city Dolice order Sat
urday. She told police she thought
her car was exempt from over'
time tickets because she used it
for court business,
Soil to Hospital
Interfraternity Meet Asks Members
To End Race, Religious
! By Sterllnr F. Green
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -(JPh
In an abrupt reversal of its stand,
the National Interfraternity con
ference today utged college fra
ternities to erase; from their char
ters any1 racial or religious bars
to membership. !
Twenty-four hours after the is
sue was I ruled off the conference
program," an anti-bias resolution
was brought to 4 vote. It carried,
SO to S.jNlneteen fraternities did
not votei I I
Most of the 88 fraternities be
longing to the conference have no
restrictive membership laws. But
the conference ii; sensitive to cri
ticism which has Arisen when some
Burglary Nets
Loss to Burglar
KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 28
(JP)- A burglar broke into a dry
cleaning firm here :and wound
up with a net loss., :
Surprised by Owner Loulyn
. Lambert the intruder ran down
the street with $1 in pennies.
But he left behind a pair of
pliers, a ball point pen, and
one glove.
Missing Girl
Searchers found no trace Sat
urday of a 20-year-old girl who
jumped from the center span of
the Marion-Polk bridge about
12:45 a.m.
The girL identified- as Geral
dine Menard, 642 Edgewater st,
apparently leaped from the bridge
following an argument with a
male companion, William Town
er. The pair, with another couple.
had been on a party Friday
night, but the girl left prior to the
incident ... . . v. , 1 .jy .
Edward Noeske, 713 Klngwood
dr., who was walking across the
bridge at the time, prevented the
girl from crawling over the rail
ing once, only to have her break
away and go over the north side.
He was not a companion of the
girl, as stated in a previous story.
Kenneth Pinner, 391 Gerth St.,
also walking across the bridge,
witnessed the lead as did Steven
Walcott RickrealL Walcott saw
the girl Jump as he drove his car
west across the bridge and noti
fied police, who made search of
the river immediately after.
Wreck Sends
7 to Hospital
THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. 26-)
A two-automobile collision south
of Biggs in Sherman county sent
seven persons to a hospital here.
One of the injured was critically
injured.
State police said Fred Woitt 28,
Madras, driver of one car, was un
conscious from a cerebral conces
sion. Riding with Woitt were Mr.
and Mrs. George W, Pomeroy and
their daughter, age 11, of Madras.
In the other car were Warren
Kaylor, 29, Malin, the driver, Mrs.
Kaylor, their son, Lee, age 10, and
Mr., and Mrs.-Lee Bowling, and
daughters, 9 and 8.
Details were not learned tonight
police said. The cars were operat
lng In opposite directions.
Sammons Treasurer
Of Sen. Morse Campaign
PORTLAND, Nov. 2MjF)-E. C.
Sammons, president of the U. S
National Bank of Portland,, today
was named treasurer of Sen. Way
ne u Morse's campaign lor re
election next year. - ,
Asked whether he expected op
position in the primary election,
Morse said he was "organizing my
campaign to meet it if it should
arise."
chapters, after pledging negro
members, were penalized by their
national Greek - letter organiza
tions. An undergraduate movement
which started in New England
caused the conference turnabout
The northeastern schools ' were
joined by some of the midwestern
"Big TnH universities and other
colleges during the three-day
meeting here.
The students heads of Inter
fraternity councils on their respec
tive campuses have no vote at
the Interfraternity meeting of
graduate delegates. But they held
a rump caucus, and drew up a
resolution. Official delegates then
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Power Failure
Near Silverton
Laid to Wind
High winds with gusts up to
58 miles per hour buffeted the
Salem area Saturday night on the
crest of the season's worst storm
which was wrecking havoc
throughout the northwest. )
No major damage bad been re
ported in the city from the gusty
winds which were accompanied
by frequent downpours. Only .38
inches of rain had fallen to 10
pjn. Saturday but in the next hour
and a half to midnight .30 inches
felL
Transformer Blows
The high wind was blamed for
a power failure in the Silverton
area where poles carrying. 1200
volt lines blew over creating a
short and blowing a transformer
The short set a pole afire on Para
dise Alley road "and blacked out
a large area for several hours. Re
pair crews were attempting to re
store power latef Saturday night
Only inconvenience reported in
Salem was inability of city patrol
men to keep flare pots burning
around street excavations. Despite
the unlighted projects, no acci
dents were reported.
A tree was blown across the
Santiam highway between Detroit
and Idanha, but traffic wai able
to get around it state police re
ported.
While western Oregon was pla
gued with wind and rain, moun
tainous areas to the east were
Warned of possible blizzards. As
sociated Press reported. Snow had
begun falling above the 4,000 foot
level Saturday night
Winds Batter Coaat
Steady winds of SO miles an
hour with gust up to 65 battered
the Oregon coast all day Satur
day. The Columbia river ferry-to
Megler, wash-, was closed and one
tanker was held at sea off the
mouth of the river. 'Power break
downs blacked out Astoria twice
during the night
Some easing of the storm In the
coast area is expected today. But
another storm, bearing down from
....
Aiasxa, promised to take over
where the one from the south left
oft Strong winds and more rain
were forecast for the northwest
Youths Held,
Thefts Cleared
SILVERTON, Nov. 28 Theft
of shells, money and other items
from the Izaak Walton League
club house in the Bethany district
November 5 was cleared up today
with the arrest of five Silverton
juveniles.
The youths had broken a win
dow at the club house and broken
a padlock to. get at the stolen
items. Two were lodged In the
juvenile detention ward in the
Marion County courthouse and the
other three were retained in Sil
verton for further questioning.
GOP PUBLICIST DIES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -(&)
wiuiam c Murphy. lr.. 51. di
rector of publicity for the repub
lican national committee, died
early today of, a heart seizure. A
veteran Washington newspaper
man before his employment by
the republican organization in
1843, Murptiy also was a con
tributor to several national pub
lications. -
Restrictions!
took over, bringing the issue to
the conference floor.
The version finally adopted rec
ommends that fraternities which
restrict membership no a sectional
or religious or other qualifying
group take such steps si they may
elect to eliminate such selectivity
provisions.
The statement emphasizes that
many fraternities have no such
barriers, that the Interfraternity
council has no authority over the
rules of the affiliated fraternities,
and that membership questions
are strictly matters for the frater
nities to decide. The resolution,
therefore, is purely advisory.
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Re-Arrest U.S. Aide im
Solon Tells
Atomic Secrets to Britain
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 HP-
charged tonight that David E. Lilienthal is the ringleader in a "nefar
ious" plot" to give Great Britain the secret of an American supers atomic
bomb. ;
Johnson asserted that working
of the atomic energy commission,
and publications in this country.
All of them, Johnson said, are "ac
tively engaged in a conspiracy.
The senator also linked the
Washington Post to "this unwise
scheme." He made his charges in a
letter to the Post replying to a Post
editorial critical of him. Johnson
made the letter public. .
Lilienthal could not be reached
for comment "
To Print Comment
At the Post an official said the
newspaper was reserving comment
today but that it planned to print
the letter and an editorial regard
ing it on Monday morning.
Johnson s accusation came after
a high government official had said
privately that the senator's discus
sions of atomic weapons on a tele
vision program were a big factor
behind President Truman's crack
down on talk about defense secrets.
Mr. Truman yesterday ordered
Attorney General McGrath to
tighten the safeguarding of atomic
and other security information.
The president's action is under
stood to have been directed mainly
at Johnson, a member of the senate-house
atomic energy commit
tee.'; - !
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Johnson repeated today, how
ever, that he does not believe Jus
telecast remarks had anything to
do with the presidential directive.
And he said again that he talked
about nothing which had not been
disclosed previously. ;
On the I television program,
which emanated from New York
on November 1, Johnson took the
position" that there has not been
enough secrecy about this coun
try's atomic program. During the
telecast he said the United States:
1. Had developed an atomic
bomb six times ' more ; powerful
than the one dropped on Nagasaki
in 1945.
Super Bomb en Way
2. Has made much progress in
work on a bomb 1,000 times more
potent than the Nagasaki weapon.
3. Is well on the way toward de
velopment of a device which would
explode an enemy bomb before
it reaches the target
In an editorial November 21, the
Washington i Post criticized John
son for his television remarks.
In his letter today to the editor,
Johnson said "probably the Post
is nettled by my statements that
certain politicians, scientists and
publications in this country, head
ed by David E. Lilienthal, are ac
tively engaged in a conspiracy to
disclose to England the secret pro
cesses relating to the manufacture
of the so-called super bomb."
70 Students Suffer
Food Poisoning
At Klamath Falls
KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 26-(JP)
Some 70 grade school youngsters
were recovering today from food
poisoning, which the county sani
tarian said apparently occurred
at the Altamont elementary
school.
The turkey dressing served
during the Thanksgiving dinner
at the school, was being invest!
gated to determine whether it
was the cause.
County Sanitarian John Edge
said some youngsters fell ill at
the school, and other had to be
put to bed when - they reached
home. One first grader collapsed
in a yard, a few blocks from
school.
No dangerous Illness was re
ported.
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r a. SicNary field, Salem): Contin
ued cloudy today, tonic ht and Monday
with bowers and qualla today. Show
n Monday. High today near 6S. Low
ocugnt near .
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Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo)
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with Lilienthal, retiring chairman
are "certain politicians, scientists
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Forest Fires
In Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 26 -(JP)-A
total jof 784 separate forest fires
had burned over 13,952 acres ! of
woodland up to dusk today ; in
Mississippi. '
- State Forester Albert Legett
said many small fires .with unes
timatedj damage also are buring
in "unprotected' counties, where
no community-state-federal con
trol plan is in effect '
- The state forester renewed his
plea fori residents of affected areas
to volunteer as firefighters. The
entire crew of 300 men of the state
department is on the job already.!
Farmers "burning out" ' boll
weevils j have caused some of the
fires, Legett asserted. Careless
hunters and smokers also were
blamed: I
The fires are largely In central
and east Mississippi.
Mrs. Barkley
May 'Outrank
Husband Soon
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2Hff)
Vice President Barkley soon may
be calling his attractive bride "Ma
dame President.
Undeif time honored tradition,
the newt Mrs. Barkley can become
president not vice presidenU-of
"the senate ladies, if she wants
the posiitlon and title.
This is an exclusive group made
up of wives of United States sena-t
tors who devote part of a day
each week when congress is in
session 1 to Red Cross or other
charitable work. . i I
The top office always is offered
to the wife of the vice president
or the other top-ranking senate
officer, put is not always accepted.
We certainly hope Mrs. Bark
ley will take it" one senator's wile
active ii. the group said. "She is
charming and it would give all of
us a chance to really know her.
"We usually meet about 9 o'clock
in the morning Tuesdays and work
until S o'clock that afternoon roll
ing bandages, knitting or doing
some similar work," she said. "We
each bring a sandwich or box lunch
for ourselves and eat that to
gether."! Truman to Get !
Empty Stockings j
LONG BEACH, Calit, Nov. 2
UPh SeVen thousand empty stock
ings wiljl be sent to President Tru
man thks Christmas by workers
of the Long Beach naval shipyard.
Jack Horner, manager of Long
Beach jRetailers associated, said
the stockings would be enclosed
with notes saying "our stockings
wii be empty this cnristmas un
less he rescinds a navy economy
order closing the shipyards June
30. I
Bills Directed
Prepared for
Bills ! directed at taxlcab
pany operations in Salem,
com
as : an
outgrowth of the recent morals
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case involving several drlvers,fsswre detail in applications, photo-
have been prepared for dty coun
til action Monday night by City
Attorney Chris Kowitz.
One proposed order would call
owners jof the three cab companies,
Yellow,! Capitol and Shorty's, and
the drivers charged with statutory
rape orj contributing to the delin
quency of a minor, to appear De
cember! 12 to show cause why they
should riot lost their licenses. ;
Also drawn, la the bill ior an
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Storm Washes
Out Bridge at
Vancouver. B.C.
By The Associated Press
Gales and torrential rains lash
ed the Pacific northwest from Bri
tish Columbia to southern Oregon
Saturday, claiming ten lives and
washing out a bridge to isolate
thousands in suburban West Van
couver, B. C
Gusts tip to M miles an hour
were reported between 6 and 7
p. m. (PST) in Aberdeen, Wash,
on storm-tossed Grays Harbor
near the Pacific ocean.
Six lives were claimed In the
capsi7ing of a tugboat near Trial
island, a lighthouse post 10 miles
northeast of Victoria, B. C.
The seventh life was believed
claimed in West Vancouver, an
across-the-harbor suburb of Bri
tish Columbia's largest city of a
half-million population, where
thousands were stranded.
Police reported an unidentified
workman, helping in repair work
on the washed-out bridge over the
ordinarily sleepy Capilano river,
fell into the turbulent stream and
was being sought They had no
other details.
In Tacoma an elderly pedestrian
was killed during a blinding down
pour of rain.
Earlier Saturday, a tug boat
crewman tumbled into the Co
lumbia river and drowned. He was
identified as Ray Ana kin, Trout-
dale, Ore.
At Ever son. Wash an unidenti
fied man was instantly killed
when he walked Into a . downed
power line.
SmaU Ships Assist
A smau armada of harbor craft
assisted in the Vancouver, B. C
emergency and tonight police said
only about 150 persons still were
marooned.
Meteorologists said 1.8 Inches
of rain feU in the 12 hours up to
9 am In Vancouver proper and
"probably three times that much"
fell on West Vancouver.
Falling trees clogged highways
and tore down power and tele
phone wires outside Montesano,
Cosmopolls and 10 miles north of
Quinault
Charles Hoffman, general fore
man in charge of operations ior
the Pacific county public utility
district at Raymond, said winds
of 53-60 miles an hour knocked
38 trees across power lines dur
ing the day.
Banters Cling to Snag
Four duck hunters, three of them
from Seattle, narrowly j escaped
death in a storm-whipped bay
South of Mt Vernon. Two reach-
ex. Baiciy iu uicix bhulu biuii
through high waves. Two others
clung to a snag for 11 hours after
their boat capisized before they
were rescued.
Winds estimated In excess of 40
miles an hour through .Tacoma
and outlying districts Saturday
night causing damage of several
thousand of dollars.
CONSTITUTION FOR INDIA
NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 2MA)
-The constituent assembly adopted
by a voice vote today a constitu
tion making India a soveriegn re
public. The assembly already had
approved a London agreement by
which India may stay In the Brit
ish Commonwealth, though a re
public. '
CZECH 'SPIES TO DIE
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia,' Nov.
28 -VP)- Four Czechs accused of
spying for the United States were
sentenced to death and: IB others
drew prison terms today. Two of
the death sentences were com
muted to life imprisonment.
at Taxi Firms
ion
ordinance tightening requirements
for obtaining cab-drivers' licenses.
This would include, said Kowitz,
graphs on applications and In each
cab, and requiring each driver to
stay In or beside his cab while
waiting for fares, rather than
"loitering" nearby.
The council also Is to consider
a bill for Interim zoning of the
recently annexed West Salem area,
pending preparation of a perman
ent ronfog plan for both West Sa
lem and Klngwood Heights, which
came into the dty earner.
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Mukden
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Blockade
By Navy-
Proposed
Assistant to
Consul Ward
Arrested as Spy
WASHINGTON. Novi 28 -Off
Chinese communists have sudden
ly seized another American dio
lomat at Mukden Angus Ward's
top aide. A republican congress
man Immediately proposed that
the United States navy blockade)
the China coast until jhe Js !re
leased. - f ,-' '
- YThe communists arrest of Vice
Consul William N. Stokes in con
nection with "spying charges" was
made known today byj the state
department. It ordered "the
strongest protest" to the red com
manders In the Manchuriao Hty.
That was not enouah for Ben.
Judd (R-Minn), a member of the
bouse foreign affairs committee.
He suggested the blockade. ,
"We should have beeun a' naval
blockade a year ago wheri thev
first started this line Of action.1!
said Judd. a former medical mis
sionary in China. Failing this,
we should have mobilized 1 the
forces of world ooinion -something
we didn't try until a few
days ago." - i j t
Asks Pressure Brooghtf -If.
The state department; last week
asked 30 nations to bring pres
sure on the Chinese reds before
they freed Angus Ward, Mukden
consul general. ; What effect this
appeal had was not clear,!
Rep. Mansfield (I-Mont)j who
also Is a member of the foreign
affairs unit suggested' that the
state department immediately lay
the case before' the United; Na
tions and ask prompt I action to
get Stokes freed. f I f
Stokes was the' chief lieutenant
of Ward, who was released only
this week after a month's! im
prisonment by the communists on
charges which the state depart
ment declared . were i entirely
trumped up. f l
Unexpected Move ' , i i
The new seizure' eame j with
stunning unexpectedness at a time
when American officials believed
the worst was over in the Ward"'
case. They had assumed It would
be only a matter of days before
Ward and his staff would be)
allowed to leave Mukden. U
Rep. Judd told a reporter he
was not demanding direct ; mili
tary action against the Chinese
communists. But he said: i
There are types of action that
can be taken snort of j war and
we had, better take those stepe
if we want to keep the respect I
the Asiatic people.'
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Love Doesii'ti
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Run Smooth I!
TAP AP.nZA. Snaln. Nov. ik-(jn
Everyone knew Salvador Sanches
had a fierce, quick temper. But n
one believed he would go complet
ely berserk In an argument with
his prospective in-laws. !
He was quarreling ! with bis
nrth.arf', fathr nvmr Itie 4fawrv
he thought he should receive.
When the lamer rerusea to agree
to his terms, Sanchez shot and klU-Va
Mi his weetheart and her father.
mother, aunt and one brother. He
seriously wounaea two ower Bro
thers and himself. - . ! 1i
Sanchez was taken to a hospital
under heavy police guard. .
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Death Beats
!
Santa to Boy
WILMINGTON, Del-! Nov. 2.
(AVThe premature Christmas par
ty planned for seven-year-old Eu
gene Metts in Memorial hospital
was cancelled today, j i
Death beat Santa CUus to the
youngster's heart- : N
A tree was being decorated,
presents were being wrapped when
little Eugene barely; conscious
but anxiously awaiting the party
succumbed to leukemia, a - blood
disease. ' i ;
The youngster. waxtaken to the
hospital Tuesday night The party
was planned for 4 p. m. today aft
er a radio station broadcast; Eu
gene's last wishfor a Christmae
party. t ?
Death, however, came to Xugene
at 10 a. m. 1 ;
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