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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Wed.. June 13, 1962 Pace 5A YMCA-Beer Nippers Lose Contest on a Technicality By EDDY GILMORE Of th Auoclmted Preis LONDON The World's oldest military regiment has been defeated in a beer-drinking contest by the Young Men's Chris tian Assn. And the YMCA team included a girl. The humiliating defeat took place at the Old Southwark Fair, staged for charity in Shakespeare's part of London. In the semifinals of what was advertised as the world's beer-drinking championship, members of the Honorable Ar tillery Company crossed tankards with a team from the Cen tral YMCA. Teams of three drinking a pint each in relays faced one another to decide the championship. The YMCA team included a girl named Sue Flynn, the wife of the Y's team captain, Michael Flynn. The Y's team downed their pints in 15 seconds, four seconds faster than the soldiers. This put them in the finals and the Honorable Artillery Company in a sudsy doghouse. . In the finals, the YMCA team was defeated by a rugby football team called the Newts. But the Newts won on a techni cality. After both teams had finished twice in a dead heat, one of the Newts pointed to a wet spot on the shirt front of a YMCA drinker named Tiger Martin. The referee exonerated Martin of deliberate spillage, but he awarded the championship to the Newts when he spotted a few drops of beer on the bottom of Martin's glass. The Honorable Artillery Company bases its claim to being the world's oldest regiment on its charter granted by Henry VIII on Aug. 25, 1537. The wording of the charter implies that it existed as a fighting outfit long before. Artillery in those days meant archers. Among its many offshoots is the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, Mass. Timber Ills Blamed On Administration SEATTLE (UPD The Kennedy administration was condemned for the timber ills of the Pa cific Northwest here Tuesday by the Republican National Committee. The committee, which con cluded its meeting here, ap proved a resolution which said the present situation in the for est products industry was a seri ous threat to employment and the economic welfare of the area. The resolution called on the people of the Pacific North west to condemn the inaction of the administration in this economic area. Dismal Failure In another resolution the GOP group hit what it called the "dismal failure of the Kennedy administration to make any ef fort to effectuate its pre-election promises in the field of civil rights except a few appoint ments of Negroes to public of fice." National Chairman William E. Miller criticized the administra tion's handling of international affairs and pledged that "the GOP will not stand idly by and let such matters as Berlin, Laos, Cuba and Red China become dead issues." Majority Possible Earlier Tuesday, Sen. John Tower of Texas said the party had an excellent chance of cap BEMEMIB --MB . .' . and at the Man's Shop you will find all these superior brands. You will always receive the best fashion advice, so stop in tomorrow for those gifts to make dad happy all summer. DRESS SHIRTS by Arrow SPORT SHIRTS from Stradivari and Da Vinci SUITS Kuppenheimer Kingsridge Don Richards JEWELRY by Swank o Alpaca Sweaters 9 Dobbs Hats Sport Coats and Slacks . . ond or do it turing a majority in the Senate in 1964. He gave his party lit tle hops of reaching that goal in elections this fall but offered a dash of optimism by predict ing upsets in some Southern and border states, traditionally Democratic strongholds. "Keep an eye on some South ern and border states this year," he said. "I think we have an excellent chance of getting some seats there that we least expect." WASHINGTON W Presiden tial negotiations with Canada have been called for by Rep. Walt Horan, R-Wash., with an eye toward splitting the United States softwood market between Canadian and U.S. lumbermen. Horn said Tuesday the action is urgently needed to help the stiff competition from Canada, domestic lumber industry meet He also urged the imposition of a temporary quota on im ports of Canadian lumber, amounting to 10 per cent of the average quarterly domestic soft wood consumption in 1959, 1960 and 1961. Horan's plan for stop-gap aid was embodied in a resolution he introduced in the House. The resolution was endorsed by Mortimer B. Doyle, executive vice president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. TIES many, many other Father's Day gifts, the eosy woy with a gift certificate. Grand Jury Calls Estes To Testify Panel Investigating Death of Official FRANKLIN. Tex. (PI Billie Sol Estes, looking serious and businesslike, arrived for his ap pearance before the Robertson County Grand Jury Wednesday and went immediately to the chambers of Dist. Judge John Barrow. Estes, accompanied by his at torney, John Cofer, arrived in a white Cadillac. They went into the courthouse by a back door. The Pecos, Tex., financier whose farm enterprise dealt n millions of dollars, is to appear before the grand jury which has been investigating the death of a cotton allotments official. When Estej actually testifies before the grand jury, what he says may not be made public under Texas law holding secret the proceedings of a grand jury. Dist. Judge John M, Barron Instructed the grand jury before it went into sessions with Estes that if the West Texas financier invokes the Fifth Amendment "his claim under the Constitu tion shall not be considered of having anything to do with his guilt." The grand jury is seeking to determine whether Henry Mar shall, 52, was slain or took his own life on Marshall's ranch June 3, 1961. The death was ruled a suicide at the time. The grand jury re opened the case three weeks ago when it was revealed that Marshall had been investigating Estes' cotton allotments. Marshall had been shot five times. A bolt action rifle was found beside the body. A pathologist studied the ex humed body two weeks ago and said Marshall probably was mur dered. Marshall was state chief for Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Injured Woman Dies in Salem SALEM Wl Mrs. Olive Dam itz, 51, Roseville, Calif, died Tuesday of injuries suffered Monday in an accident on the Salem Bypass. She was thrown clear when a car towing a trailer plunged down a 20-foot embankment. Po lice said the trailer began to weave shortly before the car went out of control. Mrs. Damitz' daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joan Marie Damitz, 34, and two daughters of Centralia, Wash., were treated at a hospital and released. The victim's husband, Wayne, did not make the trip. He oper ates a restaurant in Roseville Fashion Craft Valet for Accessories Dad will like to put his wallet, change, keys, etc., in this container. B - :i "vfiv ' xir" I'"' 4E ' 1 Si.Tr t-.. .. .iuMtni. . .-...v.,'-.--- . rWn Bin i t (APWtrtphoto) Three officials o the Commercial Solvents Corp., the firm which D 1 J financed Billie Sol Estes' fertilizer empire in Texas, pose at the DclCKCCl witness table before answering questions Wednesday at a House Government Operations subcommittee hearing in Washington. From r StP left are Ward Jackson, vice president for sales; Maynard C. J-iOIUO Wheeler, president and director, and William S. Leonhardt, finan cial vice president and treasurer. Corporation Head Says Estes Just Customer-and No More' WASHINGTON Wv Maynard C. Wheeler, president of Com mercial Solvents Corp., said Wednesday his company's rela tionship with Billie Sol Estes "was that of customer and sup plier and no more." Testifying before a House Gov ernment Operations subcommit tee investigating the Estes case, Wheeler took issue with testi mony given by Frank Cain, a finance company lawyer, before a Texas court inquiry. "Most of Cain's testimony is false and defamatory," Wheeler said. Cain, a Dallas lawyer repre senting Pacific Finance Co., had testified that Estes had told him, "They want to put me into busi ness in Brazil." He said Estes was referring to Commercial Sol vents Corp. The chemical firm which Wheeler heads had financed Estes' dealings in anhydrous ammonia a part of a many sided business enterprise that collapsed when Estes was in dicted for fraud last April. To secure his borrowings, Estes signed over to Commercial Sol vents the payments he was to ZY 1 ' H kV-v-rW MaBBMHHHBaVBMHI LADIES' VINYL SHOES Assorted colors, full size You would expect to poy ELECTRONIC BUG 13 On u:f twtficicnt fr 15.000 noma. $pi'ii of We stock REFILLS in store. REFILLS VALUE IS GREAT mm receive from the government for surplus grain storage. Wheeler denied that he had said anything about establishing a business for Estes in Brazil, or had offered to help him with secret deposits in a Swiss bank. Explaining how Commercial Solvents persuaded Estes to sign over payments for surplus grain storage, Wheeler said: "The customer wanted credit and the list of collateral that CSC obtained from Estes indi cates how prudent the corpora tion was in demanding security as a condition of continuing business relations." In addition to his huge deal ings in surplus grain storage and cotton allotment transfers, Estes built up a flimsy pyramid in the liquid fertilizer business, trying to corner the market in West Texas by cutting prices below cost. The fertilizer was anhydrous ammonia, use of which has be come a way of life for farmers. The fertilizer is in sausage shaped 1,000 - gallon tanks, mounted on wheels for easy movement. 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Bernard Coy and Paul Cret zcr, who had successfully challenged seven other pris ons before they were trans ferred to Alcatraz, fashioned a wrench from toilet fixtures to spread the bars in their cells. They slugged a guard in the main cell block and , taking his keys, climbed to the bar red cage that protected an armed guard. They used their wrench to get into the guard tower and overpowered the guard, taking his gun. They they liberated about 30 pris oners. The first officer who was slugged was later killed for refusing to tell the where abouts of the keys to the main cell block. He had tossed them into an empty cell when the riot began. Marines stormed ashore, while Coast Guard patrol boats blockaded the island. The Marines dropped tear gas shells through a hole in the roof of cell block D and, after a gun battle, the riot was over. Coy, Cretzer and a third in mate were found dead. Two guards were killed and two other inmates, who were in on the plot, were later exe cuted. 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Dressed in his uniform, he calmly boarded an Army launch as it pulled away from the prison headed for Angel Island. But a head count at Alcatraz disclosed one miss ing man, and another count on the launch showed ona soldier too many; Giles was greeted by guards at Angel Island. The most recent major out break occurred Sept. 29, 1958, when Aaron W. Burgett and Clyde M. Johnson overpow ered a guard and tried to swim for it. Johnson was found hiding on the island and Burgett's body was dis covered two weeks later, float ing in the bay. The island took Its name from the pelicans that ones inhabited it Alcatraz means pelicans in Spanish. But it's a tougher bird that makes his home there now and one convict spoke for them all when he commented: "The trip to Alcatraz is the fastest boat ride in the world 10 minutes to get there and 20 years to get back." Mrs. Lee to Lecture At Portland State PORTLAND Wl Former may or Dorothy McCullougk Lee of Portland will become a lecturer in political science at Portland State College next fall. Presl-. dent Branford P. Millar an nounced her appointment. Mrs. Lee was mayor in 1849 03. She was appointed to the federal Board of Parole in 1953 and to the federal Subversive Activities Control Board in Washington, D. C, In 1958. She recently announced a decision to return to Portland. 9.95 mm j.j.7leujfcenAiico- downtown 966 Willamette st. 979 Willamette St. Eugene Dl 4-9011 open fridoy nights
