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4 (Soc 2) Statesman. Salem. FBI Agent's Notebook t . r , . , ; x - III. " , " i A i "v ( i f V- ;-:- :.: ,... : . t 7. :1s:) An FBI agent's notebook draws some intense study during the meeting of Oregon district attorneys Thursday in the capitol building. Left to right are Donald E. Roney, Portland FBI agent; Robert Anderson, deputy Marion County district attorney; Attorney ueaerai jiooert mormon, ana &cn neth Brown, county district attorney. ; - D,Ms Told State's Agriculture A butcher ' who '' is caught adulterating his hamburger with flour deserves more punishment than a warning letter, Assistant Attorney General John D. Nichols said Thursday as he addressed a group of Oregon district attorneys who are meeting in Salem. Nichols' subject was the state agricultural laws. He said that in one year the department of agriculture discovered 10 cases of adul teration in a district but that not a single prosecution, resulted. The district attorney indicat ed that he preferredT to send warning notices,' he said. - , The state-wide conference of district attorneys, - which opened Thursday, will, continue until Saturday noon.' Nichols addres sed the group Thursday morning In its meeting headquarters on the third. floor of .the : capitol building.. - , i Not Typical ! V - "The violations of which I am speaking are not typical of food producers and processors in this state," Nichols said. They re present only a small fraction of those on the market" He told the district attorneys they : had an obligation to take vigorous ac tion against those who violate the state's food acts. I Nichols said there are a total of 54 state laws which must be J enforced by the agriculture de partment "I .would think ; that aside from the state police prob ably no other state agency calls you so frequently as the depart ment of agriculture,' he . said. The talk followed discussions of FBI operations and of the pro blems in prosecuting cases involv ing medical practice. r FBI Agent Talks An FBI agent, Donald E. Ro ney, told .the district attorneys of the facilities the FBI can make available to them. These include laboratory work, identification services, training programs and crime records; be said. - Roney is the assistant agent-in-chsrge of the Portland FBI of fice. , . " . " " . Howard L Bobbitt, special as sistant attorney general, spoke on "Problems in Medical Prac tice Cases." Afternoon talks at the meeting were concerned with welfare and family support prob lems. . Scheduled for Friday morning at the district attorneys' meeting are talks on the examination of witnesses and on the usefulness and limitations of grand juries. This afternoon the prosecutors , will hear discussions of law en forcement problems and of pre senting cases in court At 5:15 p. ra. they will move to Paradise Is land for a picnic with attorneys from the state department of jus tice. 1 I' " : A feature of the picnic will be a Softball game between the dis trict attorneys and the justice de partment lawyers. Hurry! Hurry! Get A P0PPHI-PETE . EIECTRIC , CORN POPPER The Popper With A Personality . 4.50 Value 2.39 While They last r jf Penny Saver Stamps Open oil Fabulous Friday Til 9 P M, I Ore. Friday, July 9. 1954 Laws Bloodmobile Cets 73 Pints of Blood - - - : I. -. Seventy-three pints of blood were collected Thursday by . the Marion County Red Cross blood mobile at the Assemblies of God district headquarters near Brooks. All the donors were members of the congregation which is con ducting its annual state meeting at tne Brooks site this week. Red Cross officials said the next drawing in this county would be July 14 at St. Paul High School irora s to 7 p.m. ft ii I N i i ' TO SATISFY THE TERRIFIC gm demand We once again Z&$k: OFFER YOU A . . . n Matching Joan -Marie Short I j J , Sleeve Slip-On II WSS With Each m?&&7 wasnaoio R Mf ; Orion Pleated Plaid W$ mI ' New Shipment Popular Fall Colors v Ii n .$(S). M P SORRY""NO IAYAWAYS jj ' OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT TIL 9 1 tX 42' COURT ST. Xxli4SS; r3 -"t ism'aW.-V .ii " ... m f mm , -.r. t t J Studied Aurora Man Sentenced on Check Charge Paul Gordon Ferguson of Au rora, was sentenced to 30 days in the Polk County jail after he pleaded guilty Thursday in West Salem Justice. Court to passing a check with insufficient funds in the bank. The sentence was suspended and Ferguson was taken to Wood burn Thursday afternoon by sher iffs deputies to appear in Wood burn Justice Court on a similar charge. There he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 days in the Marion County jail. Woodburn Justice T. C. Gor man said the sentence was de layed 10 days to permit Fergu son to make good the Woodburn check. The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is 767 feet square and 479 feet high. Investigation Continues on Knifing Here Investigation continued Thurs day into a knifing near a local hoj tel late Wednesday night wmcn hospitalized, two men. . ;'; One of the two men allegedly nvolved, Everett Eugene Carpen ter, 54, .was arrested by -city po- ice on a vagrancy charge follow ing his release' from Salem Mem orial Hospital Thursday morning, after he had been treated for' wounds about his face and hands. The second man. Jack Melvin, was still confined in the hospital with severe lacerations on v the neck, face and hands. His condi tion Thursday night was reported satisfactory. ' " . : . In a tape recorded statement Thursday, Carpenter told police he blacked out" about 5:30 p.m. and could remember nothing of a knif ing, according to police. Investi gating officers quoted him as say- he "came to" shortly before midnight while being loaded on a stretcher by the Willamette Am bulance Service at the police sta tion. Melvin,' who was picked up at hotel by city first aidmen and taken to the hospital, told police in a recorded statement he was walking along S. Commercial Street when he met a man he identified as Carpenter, police said. An argument ensued about Texas and the knifing followed. his statement to police explained. Officers said the district at torney's office will hear the state ments .today. Carpenter was lodged in jail on the vagrancy charge. , Petty Larceny Charge Against Man Dropped Rodney Im HaH, Brooks, was re leased Thursday by Marion County District Judge Val Sloper after a petty larceny charge against him was dropped. Hall was accused of stealing lin en from Salem General Hospital, where he was formerly employed as an . orderly. He pleaded inno cent to the charge. Officials of the hospital withdrew their complaint after the linen was returned by sheriffs officers. j miey V I CARNIVAL GREEN SUN FLAME MARIGOLD CARIOCA RED CANDY PINK SEA MIST TROPIC BLUE IPEMEY QUALITY- GUARANTEES : EXTRA WEAR DIVIEDETDS ! Traffic Law Violations in State 59,353 Oregon drivers were convicted of 59,353 traffic law violations during the first lix months of this year, driving license bureau offic ials reported here Thursday. Convictions during the same pe riod in 1953 numbered 29.409. Of ficials cautioned the increase does I not necessarily mean drivers are violating laws more frequently. Much of the increase, they said, was due to improved court report ing of convictions to the State De partment , Included in the six months re port was a listing of driver li cense suspensions. Topping the list was driving while intoxicated which resulted in 1,415 suspen sions. Oregon law calls for man datory suspension after courtton viction in a drunk driving charge. A total of 1,124 persons lost driving license privileges on 134 miscellaneous traffic charges. These included 292 for reckless driving, 237 for failure to report an accident 195 for violation of the basic rule, 43 driving record, 21 for disregarding a signal and 20 for violation of instruction per mit . - Seventy-nine licenses were can celled because of violation of li cense . provisions, withdrawal of parents consent, or court recom mendations. TRANSFER ANNOUNCED PORTLAND (UP)-Transfer of Frank M. Lewis, Bonneville dam project engineer for the past eight years, to the operations and main tenance branch of the North Pa cific division of the Army Engi neers was announced here Thurs- nay. Clothes Pins Reg. 35c 3 pi 13c " (Limit 3 Dozen) ll ho 6 II O u Buy for cash, or buy on Lay-Away-but BUY NOW! Tate advantage of this tremendous value, specially offered to launch Penney's July Blanket Event! Save on warm pure wool blan kets, 72 by 84", bound with acetate satin. 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