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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1941)
Monday; April 21, 1941 The Capital Journal, Salem; Oregon Thre Eloping Bride Jilts Fiance on Wedding Eve Roseburg, Ore., April 21 (P) Lois Eileen Chambers, 21, who eloped to Keno and was married there Sat urday to Franklin Lee Renlck. 22, U. of O. student, Jilted a suitor of a year and a hall on the eve of marriage and fled with an ac quaintance of only a few days, It was revealed here today by tiie girl's father, L. R. Chambers. Mr. Chambers, a Roseburg automobile dealer, had the couple detained by police at Reno In an effort to halt the runaway wedding, but his ac tion was too late and upon his re turn here reported that the couple had been given parental blessing. Miss Chambers, who has been employed as an office worker by the International Harvester com pany at Portland, was to have been married at a home wedding in Roseburg Sunday to a fellow em ploye, Chambers revealed. She left Portland early last week to return to her home In Roseburg to prepare for the wedding, but stopped en route at the campus of the univer sity of which she is a former stU' dent. Introduced to Renick by mutual friends, an attachment was quickly formed and Miss Chambers fled to Reno leaving her fiance with a newly furnished apartment In Portland and scores of wedding gifts, Chambers revealed. Renlck and Miss Chambers were accompanied to Reno by Stan Short, 24, Roseburg, U .of O. stu dent, and Braunda Conn, Roseburg beauty parlor operator, who also were married In the Nevada city. Continuation of Quarrel at Tobruk from page 1 Thirty-three German and Italian tanks have been destroyed or cap. tured and 24 German planes have been shot down over the Tobruk area. The big attack today waa started about 2 p. m. Twelve German heavy and cruiser tanks broke through the wire. They cruised about Inside the wire, shooting at defense points and strong points. There was a swirling dust storm which limited visibility to about 20 yards. The tanks would loom up suddenly before the denfenders. Infantry followed the tanks. They came within 800 yards of the outer wire through which the tanks had passed. But the British artillery opened on them, and they withdrew. Three of the tanks were knocked out by anti-tank gun and rifle fire. An Australian crawled up along the blind side of a fourth and stuck a piece of angle Iron In It track. The siege of Tobruk entered Its eighth day today. The Italians and Germans are employing big aerial bombs, delayed action bombs, 30 ton tanks, armored cars and artil lery to aid their Infantry in repeated attacks. No ground has been yield' ed, however. Life goes on normally within the defenses and morale Is high. Quilters are Busy Wheatland There were nine members and three guests attended the all-day quilting of the Wheat' land Social Service club held at the home of Miss Virginia Magness. Mrs. Harry de Ralsmes, Mrs. Floyd Rutherford and Miss Hazel Swan- son were the guests. The eight - pointed star pattern quilt In varied colors was completed Miss Magness served light refresh ments following a no-host luncheon at noon. Trolley buses are supplanting street cars in Spain. M- Mm ' A I XJzJ t in i in is lima 'i mir atY In Church Death Case Detec tives searching furnace ashes at North Hill Methodist church In Akron, O., found remains of Miss Ruth Zwlcker (top), 24, music teacher, and Inspector Verne Cross said Albeit B. Lu kcns (lower). Janitor, had con fessed Incineration of the body but contended the young woman had died accidentally in a scuffle. Associated Press Photo. MlMMgrip,irK;.l,.7i,",v' l""i 'V "i-nni w 'l''"'wasaaaaaaaMajaia, 1 T'i;T""Tll V ft ' '" ' 1 K2L,6ltmZa& n mr-'r"'- ' ... . -JAJ BOAT OUTGROWS C E L L A R Klddlnr from his neighbors was Inevitable when Victor V. Martinson (sitting on boat) and his son, Victor, started chippinr away part of the Martinson house In Glassboro, N. J., so that the complete hull of a 35-foot eabln cruiser could be taken out of the cellar. The men have been building the boat for three rears. Now they'll use cellar as a garage. ' HEADING FOR THE NAV Y After commissioning In Bremerton's Puget Sound yards, the Fuller (above) will be a navy transport. It formerly was 8,378-ton steamer City of Newport News. Discuss Carving Of Yugoslavia Berlin, April 21 (U.R Count Ga leaaso Clano, Italian foreign min ister, has arrived In German ter ritory to discuss with German lead ers the future of Yugoslav terri tory, It was said today in reliable quarters. Earlier, nazls had made It known that King Boris of Bulgaria had visited Adolf Hitler Saturday at the nasi fuehrer's field headquarters in the Balkans, and had returned to Sofia yesterday. It was assumed that Boris had discussed the future of Yugoslav territory. There have been reports of a con ference, probably at Vienna, In which Yugoslavia would be carved up and divided among its neigh bors. Hungary and Bulgaria already have occupied parts of It and a Croat separatist regime has been formed. Nazis refused to say whom Clano would meet or where meetings would be held. It was assumed he would see Jo achim von Rlbbentrop, nazi foreign minister, probably outside Berlin. Well Informed nazls said Clano would discuss "the boundaries of the territory formerly covered by the Yugoslav state; and the politi cal shape of the new Croat state. Escaped German Prisoners Caught Peninsula, Ont., April 21 W) Three escaped German prisoners of war were captured near this Cana dian Pacific railway station house In the night and observers here said they believed that only six of the 28 men who broke from the Do minion's most isolated Internment camp Friday night were still at large today. Ottawa officials said they had heard of the capture of only 16 of the Germans, three of whom were wounded, but an official of the In. temment operations branch said "information Is coming In slowly." The new captures brought to eight the number caught near this wlnd-and-snow swept point be tween Schrelber and White River and an unofflbtal list of 19 In cus tody. Reports here said three oth ers were killed when they fled on being challenged by armed search $410,000 Reduction ForPP&L Customers New low electric rates that will save $410,000 a year for Facifc Power & JLight company customers in Oregon and Washington were announced here today by Ormond R. Bean, state public utilities commissioner.' They will be effective May 22. Bean characterized, the new schedules as representing a major step toward attainment of the Bonneville objective rates by a private utility. The reduction is the largest of three system-wide rate cuts totaling more than 11,000, 000 made by the Paciflo company since 1936. The rates were filed by the com pany In line with the public utili ties commissioner's program of continuous investigation of utility earnings to determine promptly when reductions are due for the benefit of electrlo users, Bean pointed out. After the initial charge, which Is reduced from $1 a month to 85 cents, residential users In Astoria, Bend, Hood River, Pendleton, The Dalles and Seaside will pay a top rate of only 3.8 cents per kilowatt hour, with the cost dropping to 2.5 cents after 60 kilowatt hours and to 1.5 cents after 200 kilowatt hours. Customers with automatic elec tric water heaters will be able to buy a block of 500 kilowatt hours at a rate of only 7 mills per kwh under an optional one-meter ser vice arrangement provided In the new residential schedule. Sepa rately metered water heating ser vice will continue to be available at the present 8-mlll rate. Rural customers In Oregon will have their initial charge reduced from $1.50 a month to 95 cents, after which the top rate will be 4.6 cents as compared with t cents now. For all use above 60 kilowatt hours a month the new rural rate Is identical with the urban. Commercial customers will save between 10 and 15 per cent for most uses, with some savings run' nlng as high as 20 per cent. Ad ditional benefits to power users are also contained In the new sched' ules. Ping-Pong Player Receives Injury Jefferson Wanda Glaser, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glaser, suffered an Injury to her knee re cently while playing ping-pong In the school gymnasium where she slipped and fell. Mrs. W. O. Chrlstenson and chil dren, Joan, Catherine and William of Toledo, visited from Thursday until Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Vail. Mr. Chris tenson came Saturday night and his family returned with him Sun day afternoon. Other guests at the Vail home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. A, Rieke and children of t-banon. Pierce Jacob made a trip to Mew- port Saturday after fish. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Porter of Vancouver, Wash., visited Porter's grandmother, Mrs. McNeal, from Saturday until Monday. Miss Addle Llbby has received word that her brother, Wirt Llbby, of Springfield, who has been In 111 health for a long time, is somewhat Improved. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Burton and family and Miss Carol Morton of the Green's bridge district, were Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Burton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Douglas. Complete Satisfaction IBohtmiatt Glut) HAfURI LASER BEER mwco v iohcmian amwiinu, inc. spokanc A GERWIN, Distributor Phone 7114 Hungary plans to greatly develop its government railways. ENVOY-At the request of F.D.R., Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., will tour South American coun tries, to foster belter Inter American understanding through theatrical arts. OX the 1,387,897 annual death to tal, as reported by last census fig ures, only 1,922 resulted from ty phoid fever. Mother, Daughter Banquet Planned Lyons Mrs. Floyd Bassett and Mrs. Ivan Day were hostesses for the meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service, which was held at the community hall. Mrs. Ru dolph Brader was In charge of de votions. Plans were made for the mothers and daughters banquet, which will be held at a date near Mother's day. rhe committee on infant quilts for the Doernbecher hospital reported 10 quilts completed. Refreshments were served by the hostesses to Mrs. Oral Toland, Mrs. Robert Fetherston, Mrs. Hugo Hal lin, Rev. and Mrs. William Hamil ton, Mrs. Marvin Toland, Mis. G. Paul Johnston, Mrs. Daisy John ston, Miss Fannie Wilson, Mrs. Ray Nye, Mrs. Rudolph Brader, Mrs. Lyle KInzer, Mrs. Joe Weitman. Mrs. Melbern Rambo and Mrs. Carl Reld. The pie social sponsored by the grandmothers of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service netted them over $7. The social was held in the community hall Wednesday night, with the following program: Song, led by Mr. Clipfell; reading, Mrs. Anna B. Julian; reading, Wil liam Fetherston; composition, "The Way Grandmother Cooked," Mr. Clipfell; reading, Garnette Bassett, and song. Albert Julian was auc tioneer for the pies. Presbyterian Church Circle Entertained Dallas Mrs. Vern Smith honored the members of Circle "C" of the Presbyterian church at her home on Wednesday afternoon. Sewing was enjoyed by the group and plans for the next meeting, a covered dish luncheon at the home of Mrs. George Kurre on May 7, were dis cussed. Members present were Mrs. O. J. 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