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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1951)
Thm Cftrtaemrm. Solan. Oraqoau Police, Stores Combine to Foil L..--- .-. CheckPasser Quick action by Salem modi iu and city police detectives put an accused bogus -check artist in the Marion county jail where he was held Saturday night in tieu of fUOOO ban on charge of ob taintaf money by fa!se pretense. The city plainclothes squad was alerted by calls from local merch ants Friday that checks signed "B. William," which they had carted. were called fraudulent by local bank officials. Two hours later. Detective Wayne E. Parker ar rested suspect Jack J. Keller as he came oat ol Good Housekeeping -store on State street with an elec trie iron he had purchased with check. . : . ' Parker said he had been alerted by another store owner, who said the man had Just left his establish merit. Keller, who cave his address as Eunice, Ind., was bound over to the grand Jury Saturday in Mar lon county district court after pleading guilty to a charge of ob taining money by false pretenses. Parker said Keller bad admitted passing checks in Indiana. Utah and California before coming to baiem. - i Final Services Tuesday for 1 W. P. Sheridan tequiem mass for William P. Sheridan, 71, Salem native and Marion county farmer and dairy man most of ' s life, will be held a; 9:30 a. -n. Tuesday ir St. Jo seph's Catholic church. Recitation of the rosary will be at 8 p. m. Monday at Clough-Barrick chapel Interment will be in St. Barbara cemetery. Sheridan died Friday after a stroke while apparently driving from Salem to his home in the Kickey district, east of Salem Fri day afternoon. His auto -left the road beyond Lancaster drive on Center street He was taken by City Ambulance service to Salem General hospital where he died while being admitted. He was born September, 13, 1879, in Salem and spent, his en tire life in Marion county. For the past 29 or 30 years he had resided in the Rickey district at Salem route 5 box 507. In par tial retirement for the past 10 years because or ill nealth. r Sheridan once operated the White Fir dairy, then sold it and fanned for a time. In 1830 he established and operated the -Ha zel DeU dairy until 1941 when ill health forced his partial retire ment. He was a member, of St Jo seph's Catholic church and had been active to several dairy or ganizations. , i Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna Wolff Sheridan; three daughters. Mrs. Mary M. Robin son and Mrs. Leva" M. Jory, both Salem, and Mrs. Hazel D. Hardin, Portland; son, Lawrence G. Sher idan. U. S. marines; sisters. Mrs. Nellie J. Ferguson, Salem, and Mrs. Julia Sullivan and Mrs. Mar tha Benedict, both Portland; three granasons. Triplet Calves Born to Holstein GRACE, Idaho, Aug. 18 -?V bometning that happens once in C.700 times has haimened H-ro Black Diamond, a Holstein cow, gave birth to triplet calves. The calves are thriving, hut their mother died. The owner. narru suciceisen .said sne was In jured in a rait DrJ Carl Harden .a PocatellA veterinarian, said the chances of triplet calves being born are one in o.uu ana tne chances of their living are even less. Georgian Wins cee Title DURHAM, N.C, Aug 18 -Ph ixuig sanaers, 1 8-year-old high cnoot senior rrom Cedartown. Ga today chipped and putted his way to me u. junior Chamber o Commerce national Junior golf ti tie. Th llS-rw-uin4 fUnnisn trim 1 med Don Welch of White fish, Mont, 9 and 3, in the 36-holft fin- . ais. MAN G SUM TO DEFElim FORT WAYNE. Ind An 1 Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago wiu oeiena nis title in the $15, 000 Fort Wirne men rolf twim ment Aug. 23-28 at the Elks Coun try cMio, u was announced today, For Gifts Everyday of tho Year . J. LOQn TO Wonderful Array of Gift Wrapping Materials Complete Party and Picnic Headquarters ; A Greeting Cord for Every Occasion ' . ' ' Many Fine, Useful Gifts for All Ages . f HONS 1 Sandfly. JJagnrt 13, 1IS1 En3. Robertson i . . . ... ' --. - - a ' Finishes Aircraft Carrier Course Ens. Charles G. Robertson, Jr., formerly of Salem, has completed his aricralt carrier aualiflcations and been sent to advanced train ing at Carpus Christ!, Tex, it was learned here Saturday. Robertson, son of Capt. and Mrs. Charles G. Robertson of -the U.S. naval amphibious base at little Creek, Vjl, attended Salem schools and graduated from the naval academy at Annapolis fh 1950. He has been at Pensacola, Fla. In Texas he Iwill take a four- months syllabus in combat-type aircraft before receiving a navy pilots wings.f - Permanent i i ! Senate Crime Probe Sought WASHINGTON. Aug. 18-tfVA permanent senate crime investi gating committee was proposed today, by Senator Wiley (R-Wis.), member of; the special crime committee that expires ; Septem ber 1. iTbe crusade against crime has only begun; it cannot be allowed to die" Wiley said. t i He proposed that ,- the senate interstate commerce committee or a subgroup take over and carry on the sensational Investigation handled for 15 months by the special committee under leader ship of senators Kefauver (D- Tenn.) and O Connor (D-Md.). X Such a group could hunt down criminals and key witnesses who have been hiding out to avoid tes tlmony before; the expiring com mittee. Wiley said. . In a letter to Chairman Edwin C "Johnson (D-Colo.) of the com merce committee, Wiley suggested these three "assignments' for fu ture crime inquiries: --;.'. $ ?l.-fThe incredibly odorous sit uation along the New York-New Jersey waterfront ... where or ganized piracy exists on a 'scale that would make Captain &idd green with envy, where all the evils; of narcotics traffic, labor union violence! policy rackets, and other crimes abound.' J 2. "The current gangster effort being made to? invade the Team sters union in! Chicago . . there have been a series of outrageous bombings, beatings and - murders in Chicago teamster circles which have indicated: that there is being attempted a repetition of the Ca pone mob muscling into unions of the 1920's. I I 3. A complete probe of inter state angles of crime in the Dis trict of Columbia" including testi mony about I Highly profitable numbers operations." ? Accountants Elect itey si James E. Keys. Salem nubile ae countant and! March of Dimes chairman last -year, is newly- elected president of the National Sodetv of Public AiTTHmtantc nnn in session at iiinneapolis, Minn, it was learned in Salem Saturday. sjs.eys served as vice president of m organization last year and 1 past president of the Oregon as sociation of public accountants. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Falls City Dump j " i ' I - MtUtau Nwi Srrlc ; DALLAS A danun ciiit'a.V ing $3,000 from the city of Falls City which alleged damage to pri vate property near the city gar bage aump, was dismissed Friday by Circuit s Judie Airlv Walker. The suit was brought by Ward K. Kicnarason. ? l Jud Walker ar1i hi1 rfi.e- ed to issue an iniunction which would have prevented Falls City rrom using the dump. J ranxxrs in custody f Joseph, Theddore Phillips. Sa lem, r- was -reported by i Marion county sheriffs office to be in custody of Waxhlnrton countv authorities at f Hfllsboro. : Be was wanted in Salem on a charge of larceny by bailee on a- district court warrant? with bail set $t,000. :- ;( at KOKEAN VET DUE DOME SEATTLE. Au. 18-?JIUTh NS Sylvester Antolak arrives here Tuesday with 1,430 Korean com bat troops. Included is PTC James tu atweenngen, 1004 North Sweet Home. I . - ir CG03E! 3-4404 Three Nurses Added r Three arses have been added to ment staff. Here at work at : i J. A q Barters la the retake efflee are, from left, Laella Fnawder, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Etta Mae Detering, Chehalis, Wash, and Muriel Ward. Independence. Mrs. Detering was with the county health department several years age. t Insanity Plea Requested Rapist-Killer CHICAGO, Aug. 18 -Ph The attorney for rapist-killer Harry Williams said today he will seek a new trial and enter a plea of in sanity for his client in an effort to save v him from the electric chair. . Williams was seized on a street car Thursday night after a spec tacular escape over the wall of the Cook county," (Chicago) Jail. The husky -201-year-old Negro beat to death a tower guard after scaling the wall.' He had 47 hours of f ree domv. ' .. , Despite having one appeal al ready turned down, - Attorney George N. Leighton said he will fue a writ of error in the state supreme court sometime during the first week of September" al leging several errors In Williams' previous trial. Williams is scheduled to die September 14 for the murder of a Negro woman in a purse snatch ing. He has confessed to several rape attacks. ' The ten death row prisoners in the jaU who went on a hunger strike yesterday ended it today. They were irked by tighter disci pline imposed after Williams' es cape, but they ate their breax fasts of coffee, rolls and cereal this morning. ' Sheriff John E. Babb, who has charge of the jaiL had served no tice that the prisoners could "eat or damn well starve to death. LAMB CROP SHIPPED PRINEVTLLE, Aug. 18-6rVThe 1951 lamb crop, in excellent con dition is being shipped to markets from central Oregon. Some 1,500 went to California markets at 33 cents a pound. Another 1,400 went to Idaho's Sun Valley district. . r .1 -I' the Marion ceonty health depart the Willamette valley Xray head- Statesman photo).. Qaerr Bus-Hearing . Set for August 27th j SUtesmaa Newt Strrie . DALLAS - A public hearing will be held at 10 ajpu. Monday, August 27, at the Public Service building.; Salem, concerning the application of Jake A. and Arthur F. Classen, both of Dallas, for permit to operate a common car rier of passengers from Dallas to Salem each year between-July and September 30. Ji All interested parties are entitled to be present and heard, according to George H. Flagg. public uul ities commissioner. - " ? ' ! ' Lee Meets with; Farm' Federation Dairy Committee .A Reports of dairying around' the country were" brought . to Salem, Friday by Gerald - Lee, former Oregon' resident .who now heads the American Farm Bureau feder ation's dairy department in Chi' cago. He met with the Oregon feder ation's dairy committee,: headed by John Gale of Canby. Lee urged the group to develop opinions re garding milk inspection on the city level in preparation for policy ac tion by the federation. Gale, recently appointed to the national dairy committee to rep resent Oregon, Idaho, California Washington and Nevada, also asked the board for its thinking on dairy matters. The committee discussed inter state shipment of milk and heard reports that the picture of brucel losis control is favorable in Ore gon, i . GDZL'S LEG BSOKEN Susan Dyrud, 8, of 1775 Sag! naw st, fell with her bicycle and broke her . right lower leg Satur day noon, ambulance attendants reported. She was taken to Salem Memorial' hospital" by City Am bulance service, j It's Smart, to Visit Erich of New; York Regularly for Your : Beauty Needs - j OF NEW YORK A COmETE EEAMTY. INS 131-11 Umry Demo Leader 1 i 1 - Qiidles Warden 'i ForFoodRule POBTLAND, Aug. lS-LTVDem- aeratie I Stat Chairman William L. Jos&tin today criticized Warden George! Alexander for withholding food from nearly all the Inmates of. the Oregon state prison. - Jossiin, a member of .the state parole board for tour years dur ing Gov. Charles EL Martin's ad ministration, said only about 800 were involved in the sit-down strike, yet all are being punished. - TThei decision of Warden Alex ander to punish: the innocent for the misconduct Of the guilty vio lated the most fundamental prin dlple of civilized Justice,' he said. f Warden Alexander has de clared that the instigators of the strike are among the men who were not assigned to job. He has also stated that j if any important segment of the .men, whether they happened to be i assigned to Jobs at the time of the strike or not, want to work, they can eat) Jossiin said in his statement that Alexander was not suited for the job) as warden. I Wrecks Claim Br the Associated Presa Accidents claimed the lives of five persons in Oregon hv the past two days. Nine others were in jured. Traffic mishaps caused the deaths of four while the other died in : a logging accident. Laudie Sanek. 32. Eugene, was lulled yesterday when his car col lided with a truck on highway 38 nine miles east of Beedsport. His wjf e and five children and a friend were injured and taken to a Coos Bay hospital for treatment The friend, George Henry Ap p legate. ! 59. Springfield, was the most seriously hurt, sufferings a Allan Clive Kershaw, Coos Bay, the truck driver, was cited for having sj load that was too wide. Henry; Rose. Florenoe. was kill ed! and fus wife seriously injured yesterday in a traffic accident five miles east of Idanha. Mrs. Rose was unconscious when brought to St. Charles hospital here. (Story on page one). State police had only vague de tails, but it . was believed the car hit a logging truck. - . , ors. Carrie E. Heitman. 71, died Friday tight in a hospital of .in juries sikffered Aug. 11 when she was hit by .a car while crossing Portland street.? Her death was Portland's 24th traffic fatality of the yean. v- : ..'., - Welvih Minthortfe. 18, a Uma tilla Indian from; the Pendleton area, was killed yesterday when his car jwent over m 40-foot bank east of The Dalles. Thrown from the car. he was crushed as it roll ed over j him, state police reported George nines, zo, ceuio, was treated at a hospital and leleased. Nearaj Logsden, 15 miles north east of! Toledo. Ore. Charles H. Hunter, 54, Corvallis, was crush ed under a log he was topping. He and his son, Charles S. Hunter, were falling and bucking logs. Blurphy 4 Pounds Ovei for jBattle GREENWOOD," LA K E, N. -C?P-IriBh Bob Murphy boxed six rounds today ai.d finished the workout weighing 179 pounds four poimds over , the light heavy weight j limit Murphy; must get down to 175 by Wednesday, when he meets light heavyweight Cham pion Joey Maxim in a 15-rouader in i Madison Square Garden. Most feshlorvconscfous women of the! WUIamette Valiey -find a visit to our salon . I : . - v - most rejuvenating . -end stimulating "experience. We boast that we have ' among our patrons the most attractive women of, this beautiful! valley. We extend ' to you an invitation to bring your beauty problems-to us. "-. , Gsnsultations are free. - ITUTION fhene 3-3921 Five. Oregon Lives in 2 Days I ---ir - - i - i S . v:n,,";.; : t r - J Slicker Steal ii, Grease RAVENNA, 13c Aug. 18 tfySome slicker made off with' a greased pig at the Ravenna fair. - The little porker was to have run down the midway of the fair. . .- The crowd was all lined up last night raring to go. or at least watch the fun. The pig was released. , Then . an unidentified man, waiting rUht by the gate, just reached down and swooped up the young porker and dashed off with him Teachers Elect Ruth Bedford PORTLAND, Aug. lMr-Ruth Bedford, Salem, was elected secre tary of the Oregon Music Teachers association at its annual meeting here yesterday. Ruth Arcand, Portland, was elected president, Eugene was chosen as the site of. next year's meeting. The gathering was held in con nection with the convention of the western division of the Music Tea chers National association. SKeizerLads On Star Crew ALBANY. Aug. 18 - (Special)- The Champion Eugene entry, with five selections, dominated the State Midget tourney All-star team picked tonight. Second-place Albany and third-place Keizer each landed three men. and West Salem Lumber had one . player named. ' '. . j. The team: - Pitchers- Ron Johnson and Ed ThenneL Eugene; Catcher - La Vern Bradley, Albany; 1st base Red Rose, Keizer; 2nd base Twink Pederson, Kei2er: third Dave Shelby, Albany: Short Jerry Gregg, West Salem; Ut. In field Jim Hennen, Eugene. Outfield Herb Triplett, Keizer; Bun Doerfler, Albany; Larry Kadamas, Eugene; Joe Gorsline, Eugene. . ! (See story on sports page.) SPOKANE VICTORIOUS SPOKANE, Aug. 18 -JPh Night game: Tri-City 200 000 Oil 4 II Spokane .311 200 lOx 8 12 Stone, Brewer (3) .and, Pesut Palm and Sheets. : i BETTER WAVE WINS SEATTLE, Aug. 18 (JPh Better Wave lived up to his- rating as favorite today, to win the $2,000 feature miler race at Longacres track. Time was 1:38. Sir Rah was second. New Clipper third. Better Wave paid S3.30, $2.80 and sz.su. dPig Cottage! Farm Fire Threat To Buildings . tMtMum Kws SrrV . FOUR CORNERS A brush and grass fire threatened two buildings on the hill above Cottage Farm. three miles south of here, Satur day afternoon, but four fire de For a I Limited Time. Only! 0 S9i I - - . - Joie i - - Natural Estrogenic Hormone Cream - i -i v z : a ?t V i . -. Enriched with natural crystalline estrogenie substance, Joie de Vivre is an invaluable aid id helping to restore a youthful appearance -to flathy necks and sagging chin-lines., . NoW, this sale is your opportunity to buy ! it at substantial savings. 1516 oz. Formerly 3.50 ..... Now 2 oz. . . . Formerly 6.00 . . . . . Now 4 ozi . . Formerly 10.00 ..... Now 7.95 7 oz . . Formerly 17.50 . .... Now 13.95 rut ouisfMfiir cotNtt eouw 4 coMnnoM m MfOICAt CfNIfl SMI9CN WM Wa ItifM 4 1 Ul 'ft I j i Kef partments brought it under control before appreciable damage could be done. Four Corners fire depart ment reported.' T; ' i . - . :iThe fire spread -. from a trash burner on property thought to be newly-purchased by R. E. Foley, . Detroit dam worker. They ' were said to be living la the old Wit zel school huildins while buildini' a house adjacent. . Fire equipment from AumsvUlo, state forestry department and the state hospital at Cottage Farm joined the Four Comers Volunteer fire department in Controlling the . blaze. i -:,- 6. Regularly 5JI 975 Naw Jj nmT 2.7S 4.75 ' . 5- rrioM flm MS 'UlCLtd st operate hs cm f -" . We're not prone to boast,' but we've lost bur headi , ; . ever the sparkling new R&K dresses for fall., I - "" ,-.- .... t In the dress illustrated,' R&K sends the skirf whirl ing from a stitched, i shaped hip yoke. ! All part of a wonderful noon to , . moon dress done , . in rich rayon faille alpaca, touched with velvet, buttoned with brilliants. In deep dark shades. Sizes 10-16 J 1 19 464 State Ptien 3-7691 Open T.3 9 F. IX Friday ,p V i vro s nffirc o o o o -i. It .