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2The Statesman, Sdeau Oregon, Tuasdayv Tuns 5, 1951 Negro Rebukes I Chest X-Ray -Judge After Exoneration DETROIT, June 4-(SVA young negro who by his drunkenness was spared a 35-to-40 year prison term stepped before the sentencing Judge today. Bitterly, be declared: t have returned from the dead." The central figures In this dra matic courtroom scene were Aug ustus Ford, 21. and recorder's (criminal) Judge O. Z. Ide. Ford had Just been freed, on recommendation of the prosecut or's office, of a charge of raping and robbing a 52-year-old negro woman a year ago. He established his alibi only by proving to War den. Garrett Heyns of the Ionia state reformatory that he was in the Detroit Jail as- a drunk when the attack occurred. NeinteS Judge Ide s at- RllSS tO HaVC tempted apology, Ford shook his . ; finger and said; ?MftnftWjlt-t "I nearly went Insane tmnjongi v? v v v bout this. You offered false evi- 1 Salem Organization Incorporated 1 Articles - of incorporation, and by-laws for the newly organized Willamette Valley: Chest X-Kay, Inc. were adopted Monday! night at a meeting held in saiem.; The organization plans to fpon sor a non-profit chest x-ray pro gram which would include every nerson in the eight Willamette ralley counties of Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill, Manon; Polk, Benton, I .I nn and Lane. I Progress reports on fund rais ing camDaifins in the various counties were given at the Mon day nieht meeting. The Marion county coal is $12,800. , Th mun failed to decide o !- 1 .! K V..41!I.IH Vint I BlCSti. i null n , nrowyv . ------ indicated that Corvallis or Salem I bo). orland. CaU&. Elmer Bo) and I wraild he the membershiD choice. Ralph Bole. Salem: also aeyaral niece PZDEKSON Nela Pederson. SS. lata resident of 4155 Center tt at a local hospital May 31. Survived by the widow, Mrs. Elsie Pederson of Salem: daughters. Mrs. Walter Means. Mrs.' Minard Allen. Gloria Pederson. Shirley Pederson and r-ral Pederson. all of Salem: sons. Everet Pederson and Melvln Pederson of Salem. Laurence pederson or taura claw. Wash- and Kennet pederson. &a lent: slaters. Mrs. Ida Bruninf. Grand Forks. N. D. and Mrs. Benny Hoff. Minneapolis. Minn.: brothers, Arthur Pederson. Minneapolis. Minn, and Ole Pederson. Saskatchewan. Canada, and 10 grandchildren. Services will be held In the Powell-Edwards chapel Wednes day. June S. at 1:30 pjn.. with the Rev. Dudley Strain officiating;. Interment wiU be in City View cemetery.' LEX Mrs. LoretU Lee. 'late resident of Salem route Sunnyside district, at a nwmrton. Wash., hospital June 1, Survived by husband. Orton M. Lee. Bremerton. Wash.: mother, Mrs. Maude SUverton: sister. Mrs. uon brothers. Herman Strike Remits from fnessee j Cancer Victim's DisputeOvm Navy Hospital uccua " f j j s a late resident ox Aui bout this. You offered false evi- -ml '-T ? j? She was the mother of c dence to the jury. I was railroad- KlnTIPS 1TI - 1 Pfll f Jefferson. Oregon, Trans: td by the police and the prose en tor's office so they could get a conviction. Thank God I was lucky enough to have been in jail at the time, or no one" would ever have believed me. I'm glad Michigan does not have capital punishment, or I probably would be dead." and nephews. Services will be held at 1-30 n m. Tuesday. June a. at me doufh-Barrick chapel Interment will be at Belcrest Memorial park, i.ne bxy. L W. Holly wiU officiate. mm LydU A. SUers. at 233 ft. Cottar st, June 1. at the age of years, so lis a late resident of Aurora. Oregon. She was the mother of entries oners. &. busts ox ley - X. SUers of unrn Hin. calif, Timers! aenu.es will ne neia luewir. am aei vices la Belcrest CHATTANOOGA, Term- June 4 -Ufh- Controversy following the slaying of a negro passenger by driver has resulted in a strike com pletely paralyzing Chattanooga's city bus -system. ' ; , . The strike was called yesterday -by about 300 members of the AFL Street, Railway and Motor Coach Employes. In their first state ment since the strike began, the workers today blamed ''arbitrary' company action against Operator Walter K. Crownover. 4 . , Crownover Is charged with mur der in the slaying of Milton B, Sims, 28, last Tuesday. Sims was shot in the city bus office after leaving Crownover's bus to report the driver for .ninning off and leaving me. j Crownover. who had ; followed Sims into the office, claimed he fired in self defense after the negro "reached into his pocket.' He charged the negro became abu sive after entering the bus and complaining he had been left at another stop. Ask Dismissal The local organization of negro ministers 'adopted a resolution : Gigaret Tax Referendum Petitions Start PORTLAND, June 4 UP) A campaign to invoke a referendum j on the recently enacted 3-cents-a- pack cigaret tax got underway here tonight. Delegates to the Portland Cen tral labor council, sponsors, of the campaign, were . the first to sign the 2000 petitions. -. Some 16,000 names will be re quired to Invoke the referendum and prevent the levy tram becom ing law unless it is approved by the voters of the state, i r - i Thursday demanding dismissal of I navy cancelled his leave. This was icrnans CI Rose Festival Skip PARIS, June 4 -()-Russia p-nv from the w. T. Ridon chapel agreed today to hold a foreign with the Kev. Dudley strain offlciat- minlttore meeting in Wasbineton ln- toncnioins; but added an "if so big that .nvtam d:nlnmti aaM it lmfflint. I ewrrrw 7i rVT - t vinnle 1. Smith, late resident of cu U) icjcvuim. i . ItT. H, thU eit June S at the ace A Soviet note, handed to deputy 1 7i7MoUer of DarreU Jamison. San futtllUl IlllllilllM .if llin TTnltrrt ri i ilinn Calif., and Donald Jami- T -Rritsin and France in I son. San Mateo. Callf4 sister of John Paris, : Sal tjOViefc-Jt OreigU Win- V&. Lyons, all of Salem, and Mrs. J. Morits and Mrs. Cath rmi all of Salem, and Mn ister Andrei Vishlnsky would gO I Mart Bosch. Brooks. Member of the to Wauthfagton -without delay- 1? srTs!! . W e faiie, enAAMVIir ttIA iWnni. I . Z . m w Services will be hew weonesoay. une a big four meeting on the condi tion that the ministers discuss the North Atlantic pact and U. S. bases m EuroDC. i ' . i ' C -The four deputies hav been deadlocked on whether the agenda should include western defense Dreoarations. : i ' t ' i . . ..... Western delegates promptly toia Salem's Cherrians will not par ticipate in the Portland Rose Fes tival this week end, it was an nounced Monday night at a meet ing of the group. The fact that entering a float in the parade is required for par ticipation was cited as the reason for rejecting the Portland bid. The Cherrians studied bids from other Oregon summer festivals and accepted two at the meeting. They will participate in Phil Sher ldan Day festivities at Sheridan June , lo ana win d escorts irrTT the queen and court at Albany's I I hTrtlVTI (. at 2 pjn. from the Weddia onapei tat Stayton wltn tne liev. lcddub officiating. Concluding services at City View cemetery in Salem. Please omit flowers. Those who desire to are asked to contribute to the Methodist Com inanity churcavat lymM. McKay 'Loses $100 on Quiz Gov. Douglas McKay was be moaning the "loss" o $100 Mon day. ' . The governor said he was call ed by telephone at midnight Sat urday and asked who was the fifth president of the Unitedl states, lie was aavisea tnat tne call came from the "Pot of Gold' radio program. Neither the gov ernor nor Mrs. McKay could give the answer. James Monroe was the answer. unmf Mrs. Chloe T. Moore, st the Td- Gromyko they would forward .his tZ Bach.rVK note to their governments, but that Morgan. Cokk. Mrs. John Zurawskl. f WomniTnie 1a a wfrjsal Of tne I Salenw Mrs. FTana, hoobt, unano, Soviet government" to attend the foreign ministers conference. ; $ Lyons Caliif eon. G. H. Mull. Monmoutn; brother. Cecil Shakleford. Garden firm. Calif-: also 14 a-randchUdren and IS great-grandchildren, funeral services will be held Wednesday. June t. at 230 jn. from the dough-Barnes: cnapei. rt I l p.m. from tne cwugn-BamcK cnapei IJl an I interment in Belcrest Memorial park. Car in Wreck A Lyons woman was hospitaliz ed at Salem General 'hospital Monday night after she was j thrown from an auto in a collis ion at Chemeketa . and Cottage i streets. : - I Mrs. Hazel Deweerd, 53, was re ported in "good"; condition at the Council Discusses Silverton Budget SILVERTON. June 4 Silver- ton's proposed $223,198 city bud get was discussed tonight at a meeting of the city council here. It was indicated 1 last year, the excess above the six suffere .head to31 th;8:5 per cent umitauon would De aDout S3 nnn w The budget cornmittee compos- P8"80!; to a 1941 Buick cpej d nf PoheH whh m HtiKS. ated by William B. Marshall, Ly Earl Adams, L. F. Tucker, Elmer ons route 1. when it coUided with Johnson, George Christenson and 1949 Nash driven by John S tap Lloyd Larsen will be Thursday at jtpn Caughell, 340 N Cottage st 20 p-m, to pass on the proposed The woman was hurled out of the Duaget. MTT.T.TrR Olo Miller, at the residence at zzzs State st.. June 2. Mother of Loreta Miliar Rnsheim. Salem: sister of Mrs. C. A. Bartell. Areata. Calif, aunt of Marietta Rough. Denver. Colo. Services will be held at 1030 s.m. Wednesday. June 6. at the W. T. Rigdon chapel with the Kev. BrooKS aaoore oinciai- tag. Ritualistic services by Chadwick chapter 37. OES. Concluding services at Belcrest Memorial park. r.ni.nRnin Mrs. Kate Goldberg. 535 N. Summer ut, at a local hospital June S. Survived By Brother. Ben r. s-osier, mo ran rfun r.Kf . and iwnhnr. Harry For PORTLAND, June MffV-That "Pot of Gold" question that Gov. McKay couldn't answer Saturday night was probably . somebody s : practical Joke. , Portland radio stations said to day the program was ruled off the air six years ago because it was lottery. (Md Injured In Car Wreck Carma Jean HderiedgeJ 9, Sa lem route '2, box 456, suffered minor facial lacerations and bruis es, when a car operated by Mary Ellen Elderiedge collided with another at 15th and Ferry streets Monday evening. - Police said the Elderiedge car collided with one operated by Dor othy Marie Bousquet, 685 Waldo ave., at o:3T- pjn. Both cars were that though the Ported in "good"; condition at the ster. Denver. Colo. Announent of fc "'-iw " cars were ; U &fl hospital late yW:gX2T by Howeii-rdwards I vUydg in accident The girl was slammed against the windshield when the ear roll ed onto the lawn at the 1498 Ferry st, residence, police said. The budget was prepared City Manager R. B. Bourland. left rear door by the impact police said. : I S I 4 Ien Iissing as 'Supercarrier' Explodes in Midair Portlan Fatal to Woman chapel. wrr.T. Edward T. B. Hill, at the residence, 1660 Fir st, June 2. Survived by his wife. Elsie Liopold Hill of Salem: daughter. Miss Edna Marie Hill. Sa lem: sister. Mrs. J. A. Richardson of Toronto. Ontario. Canada: three bro- r?: wT& - HlttisTTSa Dedicated to MacArthur 1 r it. Hill of Montreal, canaaa: also several nieces and nephews. Ser vice will be held Tuesday. June 5. at S pjn. from the Virgil T. Golden chapel with the Bev. Brooks Moore officiat ing. Interment In City View cemetery. VAmVNASBTT ' Era TarnasKy. late resident or uauas route X In this city June S at the age of 89 years. Survived by sons. Gideon Tarnaskv. Dallas, and Dan Tarnasky. Lodi. Calif.; aaugnters. uannan nauz, Kulm. SJ) Lydia Fercho. Streeter, Sarah nlS. Walla Walla. Waslu Rebecca Roesler. Pendleton. " Aphaha West Point Yearbook NEW YORK, June 4-VThe 1951 yearbook of the U. S. Military Academy is dedicated to GenJ Douglas MacArthur. Academy spokesmen said the yearbook board of cadets decided on the dedication last September, NAZIS DENIED REPRIEVE WASHINGTON, June 4 -Chief Justice Vinson of the su- PORTLAND, June 4 -WV An Rieker. Tigard; s tap-children. William I preme court tonight refused a fur- Tarnasky. Jamestown. N.D.. Michael Tarnasky. Jr.. Streeter. NX), Martha Walker. Leahhirn. Sask- Canada; brother, Carl Steinhauer in Canada; sister. Caroline Meier. Aeampo. Calif4 also SS grandchildren and IS great grandchildren. Shipment has been made to Walla Walla by the W. T. Rigdon company tor set ices ana interment. JACKSON. Tenn June 4 fJPUl elderly woman, overcome by An air force "supercarrier" with smoke, died today as flame swept seven men aboard apparently ex- through a catholic charities ware plod ed In midair and crashed-on house, I a farm near here tonight. Six persons were working In the Four of the crew were missing, building, two of them on the sec- The pilot, shaken and bleeding when broko after parachuting to safety, said Siw wlfViS headnj the faintest idea what SSM 'JSJFZi 222S 1 ? roner'si offlc. riporti Brewington of Nashville Tennlu 1. 7 ? w w . i rre1 asymond, Portland; and sisters. rTvTrtP leniu bums, that caused Mrs. McArth- Louise Caspar; Portland, and Mary rSSfiff- ,,..,,. UT-S death. 5 9 h- S Diego; also one grand iu-iuuiii iu cap- a. match dropping into a paper tain, were rushed to a hospital ghredding Tnachmewai bfeUeved here, where attendants said their to have started the fire, i which TTl IS V1 A SI tiin Sm h km . - ther stay of execution for seven nasi war criminals whose present reprieve runs out tomorrow morn ing. The convicted men art due to hang. StATafONT Joseph Henry Raymond. late resident of 767 N. Liberty tt. In this city June 4 at the age of 74 years. Survived by widow, Margaret Raymond. Salem; son, James W. Riley, Depoe Bay; brother. Fred Raymond, Portland; and sisters. child. Funeral aei sices will be held Thursday. June T. at 10 am. at St. Joseph's Cathollo church. Interment In St. Barbara s cemetery under the direc uon of tne w. T. mgdon company. MATLOCK " I ! Marie Evelyn Matlock, in this city June . as vne age oz si years. An nouncement of .services later by the w. a. nigiwn company. : NORFOLK, Va- June 4-(JPh? heartsick sailor, confused by the misfiring of bis plans to wed an incurably in cancer victim, was admitted to a naval hospital lor treatment today. - He was put to bed at the air station dispensary on his return from emergency leave. The navy declined to comment .on his con dition other than to call it "a case of nerves.' : The sailor. Thomas E. Amburn. 19. of Sioux Falls. S. D- had been given a 30-day leave last week to go to the bedside of the sdrl nhv- sicians give only four months to live 18-year-old Betty Thomp son of Atlanta, Ga. Tom saw Betty at Atlanta. Then he flew to Sioux Falls, to clear things with his parents. And the Crownover. The company announced after the slaying that Crownover had been relieved of all duties. ine crivers contended In a statement they were told by South ern Coach Lines, bus operating company, that unless Crownover resigned he would be fired. They add, Jo- Conn Guild, jr.. company president, said "regardless of the outcome of the trial,"-Mr. Crown over was through and would never work again for the company." Ask Suspension The drivers contended Guild's attitude was "one of setting him self up as judge, jury and execu tioner ... and of completely ig noring the contract with the union." They asked that Crown over be suspended until guilt or innocence is determined by the courts. They added they are "ready to return 10 worn the moment the company .expresses willingness to let the courts not company offi cialsdetermine the guilt or in nocence" of Crownover. , Guild said the driver violated the law in carrying a pistol on the bus ana on company property. umio aiso cnareed the union has shown "inexcusable judgment ana a aisregard of its obligation toward the public" He contended the contract provides the dis charge can be made a subject of grievance and if the company is found wrong the driver will be reinstated. done, the navy said, because Am burn went to Sioux Falls after giving East Point, Ga as bis emergency address. Last nicht the sailor said clans for the wedding had been post poned indefinitely. In Atlanta. Miss Thompson's family said she was calm about developments and still has her chin up. She has lost a leg due to can cer. Now it has attacked a lung. DRIVES ARKESTED Kenneth Albert Tracy. 1897 S. 12th sL, was held in. the Marion county jail Monday night in lieu of $250 bail following his arrest by city police on a charge of driv ing while intoxicated. : Rogers Takes Aim at Bniiig Qaim9; Racket Congressional action against persons or firms which file "min ing claims" on timber land only to sell the timber was urged -here Monday by Marion County Com missioner E. L, Rogers. - 1 Refers had! Just returned from the regional meeting of the Inter state Association of Public Land Counties. Rogers is a member of the public lands committee of the Oregon? Association of Counties. !These so-called mining claims have cost the northwest yr"H"ris of dollars," said Rogers. "Under the guise of filing a claim with the government . these outfits log off the timber and then abandon the claim.";, 'I t v' : . ,k Rogers said, that other western states, including Washington and Idaho, have .had similar recent ex periences. Her said that these states will ask congress to amend fed eral laws 'governing ruining and timber landxi Sheriff to Return Man from Montana . .. . i Denver Young, Marion county sheriff, will i leave JSalem this morning for ButteMonl, to re turn Tommie AKimery, wanted in Marion county on a charge of threatening injury with intent to extort. i Klmery Is charged with threat ening the life of a Mill City man in order to get $1,500 from his wife. - Berg Elected ' nitarians BvU Alan B. Berg was elected pres ident of the Salem' Unitarian fele? lowship at the annual business meeting held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Smithson,' Berg replaces Mrs. Robert Rusf sell who will now serve as vice-' president Also elected was Rob ert RusselL treasurer, replacing David Duniway. Mrs. Eugene Han-' neman was reelected secretary. Committee members to serve: wim tne new officers will be ap pointed in the near future. Last Times' Tonitet Open S-Starts at Dusk! FTCE PONY.R1DES1 ' ElizaoeUi: Taybr Spencer ': Tracy Jeaa Bennett Tothtr'at UtSL O Harold Ueyd Mad Wednesday" BS' oo 2 Gty Hall Prisoners Get Change of Scene - The city's prisoners got a change of scenery Monday when they were moved from - the city hall bastille to the Marion county jail. A project to alter the city jail to increase space necessitated the move. The addition of city prison ers brought the county jail roll to 39. highest of recent weeks. snerurs uepuues reported. - Valley j Obituaries Mrs. Bessie Ranxland - ' SILVERTON Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Bessie Raug land, 80, at 2:30 pan. Wednesday in Immanuel Lutheran church with Rev. A. W. Nelson officiating. Mrs. Raugland died in Eugene Sunday. She leaves one sister, Mrs. T. T. Shell, Eugene. Burial will be in Valley View cemetery. Thrond P. Slattum SILVERTON Thrond P. Slat tum, 80, died In a Salem hospital June 2. Mr. Slattum had lived In Silverton for many years, coming here from Bushxord, mititi. He leaves a son, Julius, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Hilda Ziebert of Salem: three brothers, Hans and Ole Slat tum, Fort Ransom, N.D., and Jens Pederson of Canada, and seven grandchildren. Funeral announce ments will be made later by the airman jrunerai cnapei. ; FAIR GROUNDS Twic Dcdly 3 & 8P.M Tiiun. JDIIE spread swiftly through the struc ture housing clothing and furni ture gathered in the St. Vincent de Paul society's charity salvage prott am. The building was valued at be tween $50,000 and $60,000 and the contents at $20,000. , . The state flower of both .'Wash ington and West Virginia lis the rhododendron. Must End Tonight; Alan Ladd in Appointment With Danger "WOIim LASGEST TRAINED WILD AH1MAL SHOW 'i "Ni i i . f f l 0 mm I2E1Y T0DAY1 The Laughs Are On The Way!: L ) M6D15-CKB0: r l fHXIITT fICTum WOOWCTWt axa tssa suet Bm . 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