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PASADENA, Calif, t Jimmy
Roosevelt testified Monday his
wife broke, into his office files on
a Sunday last August and docu
ments have since been missing:
Earlier, as the Roosevelts, re
sumed their temporary support
battle, her attorney introduced a
torn-up document referring to a
$2,500 trust payable on demand to
Irene Owens.
Tornado Hits
Arkansas City
CLARKSVILLE, Ark. MV-About
20 homes and a college gyrana-
sium were wrecked here Monday
night when a vicious tornado
lashed this small city.
Dr. Don Hamm, Red Cross di
saster chairman for Johnson Coun
ty, said 20 persons were injured,
but there were no deaths. He said
5 of the injured were released
after receiving first aid, but that
five were retained at the hospital.
Dr. Hamm said the twister hit
the gym, causing the roof to col-
lapse.
The Rev. Troy Clinesmith, a stu-
dent at the college, said the storm
1 dropped the roof almost to the
floor of the gym. He said the fall
ing roof was stopped by bleacher
seats, allowing students still in the
building to escape.
The storm apparently centered
around the college, which is just
a few blocks north of Clarksville's
main business district.
Winter Heat
Wave in East
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A winter heat wave spread over
the nation from the Mississippi
River eastward to the Atlantic
Coast Monday, breaking tempera
ture records for February in sev
eral cities.
It was warmer in New York
City and Chicago than it was in
Phoenix, Ariz , and Los Angeles.
The two northern cities reported
65 and 69, respectively, while Phoe
nix had 53 and Los Angeles 56.
South Bend, Ind., with 65 and
Chicago with 69 reported all-time
highs for February.
From the Plains States westward
to the Pacific Coast temperatures
ranged from the 50s in the south
to around the 20s in the north.
No severe cold was reported
anywhere in the nation.
Hardboard
Plant Planned
SWEET HOME Ufl Construction
of a plant that eventually will be
come a hardboard factory was an
nounced Monday by John Tyner,
Sweet Home.,
Tyner. president of Willamette
Fibre and Chipboard, Inc., said
the initial construction is for a
chipper unit on the highway be
tween Sweet Home and Lebanon.
He said it is a $60,000 unit. The
plant ultimately will be a $750,000
investment, he said.
Other officers of the company
are Hobart i McQueary, Sweet
Home, and W, Gordon Allen, Sa
lem, vice president; and C. W.
King. Portland, secretary-director
and counsel.
STEEL POLES STOLEN
Two nine-foot steel poles about
four inches in diameter were stol
en from the back yard of H. 0.
Given, 1267 N. Commercial St,
early Monday afternoon, city po
lice reported.
FACTORIES BURN
EMERYVILLE, Calif. Ji A
fire of undetermined origin Mon
day night destroyed the Tecumsah
Manufacturing Co. plant ind dam
aged the Albert Wright Screw and
Machine Works here.
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Put
Trust
in
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The . attorney. j Arthur Schiffer
man, told a reporter later that
this is Gladys Irene Owens, one
of ' three women named as co
respondents in the ' separate main
tenance suit of I Mrs. Romelle
Roosevelt, who jaccuses her hus
band of adulter; with 12 women.
Schifferman said . he understands
she formerly wafc employed by one
of Roosevelt's irisutance firms.
Another highlight Monday was
reference to a 2.S3-carat. $3,000
diamond ring Which Jimmy told
the court he bojught for his wife
last November, three months after
they separated. But one of her
attorneys told newfmen she never
received it and it was not her
size.
Roosevelt alsoj
denied, in answer
Schifferman, that
to questions by
he scuttled a multi-million dollar
business deal dutfof jealousy to
ward his late (partner.
Roosevelt on Stand
The eldest soft of the late Presi
dent Franklin SD. ! Roosevelt was
on the stand all day as a hear
ing on his wife's demand for $3.
500 monthly support for herself
and three children resumed after
a 10-day recessj She asks the sum
pending trial of the couple's sep
arate maintenance suits
Schifferman introduced the torn-
i up document j reassembled under
clear plastic sheets for im
peachment to show self-contra-rfirtnrv
statements'
The documen
in longhand and
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signed by Atty
John K. Sloan of
Los Angeles, said ,he was holding
in trust $2,500 payable on demand
to Irene Owens. 3
For' His Use v
Roosevelt sa d he placed the
$2,500 in trust with Sloan "to try
and safeguard some of my pos
sessions which ". believed were be
ing tampered ritli" He said the
money was foi his use and not
someone else's He added that
Sloan has repaid him the entire
amount. I
He accused hs wife of breaking
into his office When asked by his
attorney, Samuel fi. Picone:
"Why did ydu take the $2,500
I and deposit it j with Mr. Sloan?"
Roosevelt saiq he had lost con
fidence that his wife would not
withdraw the Entire amount they
had in a joint account in New
York. j l
Put Into Evidence
The torn-up idocument put into
evidence said:
"I am holding in trust" here
a piece was missing "Irene
Owens in my (trust account No.
20202 in the Seventh and Olive
branch of the! Bank of America
the sum of twenty-five hundred
dollars $2,500 i I
"I shall pay ill for any part"
another piece missing "to Irene
Owens on demand."
It was signed "John K. Sloan "
An accountaitsl statement
showed this afterrioon that Roose
velt's expenditujres were more than
twice his receipts an 1948 and also
were considerably! higher than in
come-m 1949 nd 1951.
Questioned by Schifferman, he
denied he paid expenses of any
one else on to Strips to Mexico
and others to Loiumbus, unio.
In 1948 Roosefvelt's receipts were
listed as $31,217.88 against ex
penditures of $70,686.75. In 1949 his
income was $39,673 01 and expend
itures amounted to $54,731.33.
His 1950 income exceeded ex
penditures by pbdiit $3,000, which
Schifferman sarcastically charac
terized as "4 itrange circum
stance." The exact figures were
not given in testimony.
The 1951 income was $51,386.98
against expenditures of nearly
$80,000.
Monday's session was a resump
tion of an earlier j hearing 10 days
ago. 1
The Rooseyelts, solemn-faced
for the most part, sat at opposite
ends of the counsel table.
MORE SABOTAGE
LONDON m 4 Sabotage inci
dents reported aboard British na
val vessels during the last nine
months reached 17 Monday when
the Admiralty disclosed that anti
aircraft guns aboard the 36.800
ton aircraft arfier Eagle had
been damaged i
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PI Exposition to
Get Building Back
PORTLAND m I Use of the
Pacific International Livestock Ex
position building fas a vehicle
storage warehouse by the JJ.S.
Air ''orce will end within six
months and the building will be
turned back to the exposition.
Exposition officials said they
would make no statement on pos
sible future use of the building un
til after the May primary election
when Portland voters will pass on
a bond issue to (finance a new
multipurpose coliseum and .expo
sition center. I
Edward Roth
Candidate for
City Alderman
Newest city candidate to file
officially for office is Edward F.
Roth, wholesale grocer, who
signed Monday at City Hall his in
tention to "en for alderman of
Ward .
Roth lwes at 175 N. 21st St
Another candidate foi Ward 6
is Donald Madison who filed ear
lier and brought n his completed,
verified petitions with the re
quired 50 signatures Monday. In
cumbent A'derman Thomas Arm
strong will run for county com
missioner this year.
Roth's ballot slogan was listed
as "cleaiu progressive govern
ment for our growing city' .-.
In his 'iling ! statement Roth
said his decision; on public issues
would be "based on a fair anal
ysis of the fac' ?nd not on the
basis of personal prejudice or in
fluince of any particular person
or any pi essure; groups." .
Preliminary
Brickeij Plan
Vote Tallied
WASHINGTON' fun Debate on
the controversial? proposal by Sen.
Bricker R-Ohio) to limit the Pres
ident's treaty j making power
reached the preliminary nose
counting stage in the Senate Mon
day. Voting on a proposed change in
Bricker's legislation by Sen. Fer
guson R-Mich Vindicated a solid
bloc of about 20: senator? oppose
any change in the federal Consti
tution right now.jThe vote was 62
20 in favor of Ferguson's proposal,
which merely added words ' to
Bricker's resolution.
Democrats ridiculed another
I Ferguson proposal to make x the
resolution require a rollcall vote
on any treaties. Sen. Douglas D
111) said the same thing could be
accomplished through a change in
Senate rules. j
Corvallis Liquor
License Issued
PORTLAND (In The State
Liquor Control Commission issued
another liquor-by-the-drink license
for Corvallis Monday. It went to
the Peacock Cafe there.
Lester Ireland. Hillsboro, became
commission chairman, taking over
from W. A Spangler, Klamath
Falls, who resigned from the com
mission. The new commissioner,
Lowell Seaton, Albany, was sworn
into office. J
TIM KELIHER DIES
CHICAGO UP) I Tim Keliher.
generally credited with cleaning
up the last of the train robbers of
the old West, died Monday night
He was 86.
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Iron Curtain
Jokes Lampoon
Government
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Washington i Probably
people have joked about their gov
ernment ever since j they set up
their first one. j
So it's a relief to know the same
thing still goes on behind the Iron
Curtain, even though the jesting
may be grim and dangerous.
1 nyon- who escapes from a
Communist controlled country is
asked, among other' things, what
stories are going the rounds. And
some of them, it turns out, aren't
tod bad. j
For example: I
A Soviet officer was explaining
tof a Czech peasant how Russia
could deal with the United States,
'We could pack 20 atom bombs
ins 20 leather suitcases," he said.
"and distribute them all over '
America." j
The peasant looked doubtful.
"fcTiat's the matter?" asked the
officer. "Don't you believe we Rus
sians have 20 atom j bombs?"
N Suitcases :
i'Oh, I wasn't thinking of that,"
the peasant said. "I, was just won
dering where you'd ever find 20
leather suitcases." j
Or this:
A couple of friends in Eastern
Europe are getting by through pay
ing lip service to Communism. ;
They meet, and j one asks the
other: "How goes iit with you?"
"Like a radish," says t'other
friend.
'What do you mean like a rad
ish?" S'Red outside, white in."
Then there was the MVD agent
who put on a disguise and went
oiit to discover what the people j
really thought of the Communist
regime. j
Just Complaints
The first day was tough. Nothing
but complaints, complaints, com
plaints. But finally he found a la-
borer who spoke highly of the Com
munists. 'People can say what they like
about the Communists," the labor
er! said, "But as far as I'm con
cerned, I'd rather work for them
than anyone else.":
f'Fine, fine," said the agent.
"And what type of work do you
do?"
f'Me?" said the laborer. "I'm a
grave digger."
pr the fellow in the Hungarian
cafe. He pointed out that the Com
munists had promised to raise liv
ing standards 50 per cent by last
May 1.
"They've done it : all right," the
fellow said. ' Earlier the workers
were starving and shivering. Now
it's May 1st, and they're only
starving."
,01d jokes never i die, as every
vaudeville fan learns when he buys
his first television set. This is an
oldtimer, but it bobbed up recently
in Eastern Germany.
A man was standing by the riv
er, ready to end it all. A political
agitator dashed up and shouted:
'Things can't be that bad. Come,
let's talk it over."i
JYou doubtless know the kicker
line. Two hours later they come
back and both jump in.
Cen. Weyland Says
French to Repel Reds
i TOKYO W America's top Air
Force general in the Far East
said Monday after visiting Indo
china he looked for the French to
turn back the Communists with
the help of U. S, military aid,
including small, twin-engine bomb
ers Gen. O. P. Weyland emphasized
hi a statement that America's role
was non-combatant
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Ipswich Bandits
Grab 364,400
On Main Street
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IPSWICH. England W) Three
masked . bandits snatched 23,000
pounds ($64,400) from a delivery
truck on Main Street Monday.
Wearing the blue and white
scarves of Ipswich football club
boosters, the bandits rammed their
car into the back of the delivery
truck, grabbed suitcases full of
money and roared away
The money was bound for a
bank and was mostly in one pound
notes, and thus easy to spend. The
precision-timed daylight raid fol
lowed the pattern of a countryside
mail truck ambush last week when
masked raiders made off with
registered mail worth several thou
sand pounds.
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Woman Loses
Damage Claim
Against Police
PORTLAND (JV A circuit court
jury in a verdict announced Mon
day refused to award damages to
a woman wounded as police ar
rested her husband here in No
vember, 1951.
The woman, Dorothea Linn, had
asked $75,000 damages from the
city, asserting she was wounded
by policeman Ross H. Buzzell, who
with other policemen had been
called to her apartment on a re
port an armed man was holding
her prisoner
The armed man was her es
tranged husband, Thomas Reames. j
After an exchange of shots and a !
chase, he was captured and con- j
victed of armed assault. !
Another policeman testified that '
he also fired in the shot exchange, '
and that there was no way to de
termine now whose shot hit the
woman. The sealed verdict wasi
returned last week and opened !
Monday.
The couple has been divorced
since the 1951 incident.
French Forces
Repulse Attack
SAIGON, Indochina WV-French
forces beat off a fierce two
pronged Vietminh attack eight
miles north of imperilled Luang
Prabang Monday. Military ob
servers said the Red invasion
force appeared to be moving in
for an assault on the royal Lao
tian capital.
The Union command said troops
were rushed north from the Luang
Prabang garrison to block a Viet
minh battalion which slipped
across the Mekong River and
stabbed at the French defenses.
The communique said the Reds
were thrown back after fierce
fighting marked by losses on both
sides.
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After 46 Years
SEATTLE CP Herbert Spring,
bewildered and confused by a
strange, free world, arrived here
Monday night en route to a new
life in Alaska one devoid of
the dull routine of prison existence.
Spring, completing his first day
of freedom in 46 years, had trou
ble locating his baggage when he
stepped from a plane here after
flying from Joliet, 111
"You know, when you make one
trip in a lifetime, you don't know
how ; to travel.", the 67-year-old
former lifer told reporters.
And he hastily added. that this:
would probably be his last trip, j
a one-way trip to Alaska.
He leaves here on the last lap
of his journey from Illinois to
Alaska at 7:30 a. m. Tuesday.
"I 'couldn't sleep a wink Sunday
night waiting for morning." Spring
told reporters at Joliet Monday.
Like; Being Rebon
" "It was like being reborn. I sat
there chewing tobacco and IH bet
I was awake 50,000 .times."
He walked out of the Illinois
prison, spry, curious and gray. He
strolled freely into the wonderful
warm winter day.
A murderer, he had been behind j
bars since he was 21, except for I
two brief, harried flights from de
tention. He escaped for three days
in 1919, and got away for one day
in 1920. After that, a day-by-day
ticking off of a life sentence.
For Spring, there was little from
the outside to make him feel that
there was any world beside State
ville Penitentiary. He never heard
from his brothers, and his parents
now are dead. In all the long years
of his imprisonment, he received j
only one letter and one visitor, i
From Fairbanks I
The letter came from Ross E. j
Kimball, operator of the Interior j
Equipment Co. of Fairbanks, Alas-1
ka. Kimball had read an article
about Spring's work on the pris
on's flower gardens, and moved
by the man's plight, decided to
help him. Kimball was the first
and only person to visit Spring,
when he came to Illinois last year
to continue his plan to help the
man.
Prison officials said the elderly
prisoner, like most long-term con
victs, had petitioned for parole on
scrvel occasions. When Kimball
entered the picture and I assured
authorities Spring would have
work, the parole was granted.
For Spring, the new world of
sleek cars and television and wide
open doors' will be centered in
Fairbanks. Kimball will be wait
ing there for him, ready with help
and a job.
TO RETURN PWS
PANMUNJOM ( The Indian
Custodian Command will return to
the U. N. Command Thursday 17
antiommunist prisoners of war
being held for murder trials, an
Indian spokesman said Tuesday.
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WHEATON. I1L un I Police
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turned clergyman who! they said
netted more than $75,000 passings
worthless checks. j
He was arrested at the home
of another clergyman as he tried
to get the minister's wife to en
dorse some bad checks j they said.
The FBI said the man, Alex
ander George Patterson. 57. of
Cincinnati. Ohio, became a parson
after leaving prison in 1947.
(Salem detectives said Patterson
came through Calem a few weeks
ago, stopping long enough to talk
the Bible Book House 150 S. Lib
erty SL, out of $154; worth of
Bibles as well as to pass a bogus
$75 check.
Police said the owner of the
Salem stcre had known Patterson
when he was pastor of the First
Baptist Church f Gooding, Idaho,
and accepted his story that he
needed Bibles for a church he
was going to in California.
( Patterson arranged to buy the
Bibles on time and then asked
Young Claims
Advantage in
Rail Battle
NEW YORK UFi Robert R.
Young said Monday the odds favor
him three-to-one as he arrived
from Florida to launch his proxy
war for control of the mighty New
York Central Railroad;
The scrappy, Texas-bom finan
cier dangled the hope of huge in
creases in dividends before the
eyes of Central's 44,461 stockhold
ers whose allegiance hei seeks.
"New York Central jstock," he
said, "should be on a $7 to $10-a-year
dividend basis and it would
be if it had the right kind of man
agement." He reiterated claims that 90 per
cent of the stockholders are for
him, saying he would wage his
fight against "a small clique of
banking interests, the same group
that brought on the 1929 crash " .
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that the $75 be cashed. The check
bounced at a Baltimore, M4,
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He was seized on a Baltimore
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Patterson had convinced, the min
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with her husband in the mission
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home at the time. The police de
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his wife.
Guy Banister, Chicago FBI chief,
said Patterson has a criminal rec
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he became an ordained clergyman
after his release in 194? from an
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