Locals il
Monday max. 92, min. 55
River today -1.9 ft.
Dance, Armory, Wed. night,
172
Shirley Bier, age 8',-i years,
slightly injured in a triple auto
mobile bump on Court street
Monday afternoon was a passen
ger in the car driven by Stella
Pearl McKillop, 670 Union, and
not in the one driven by Doro
thy Mae Anderson, 1940 Capitol
street.
Prescott's accommodation bar
ber shop. Late srevice, 1064 Oak
St. 172
U Rev. Howard Cole, who grad
uated from Salem high school
and Willamette university, has
resigned as field secretary for
the Northwest Christian Endea
vor, effective September 5, and
will become pastor of St. John's
Christian church in Portland.
It costs no more to use the
best! Re-roof now with Pabco
Roofing. No down poyment, 12
months to pay. Phone 9221 R. L.
Eifstrom Co., 375 Chcmeketa.
Lutz Florist, 1276 N. Liberty."
The fire department answer
ed two alarms Tuesday, the first
to 365 Hickory where an old
mattress was blazing and threat
ening a barn, and later to a
grass fire at Union and Capitol.
Dance, Armory, Wed. night.
f 172'
Erwin Frank Fields, 47,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
shipping an obscene motion pic
ture film in interstate com
merce when he was arraigned
Tuesday before Federal Judge
James Alger Fee in Portland.
The film was sent by railway
express from San Francisco to
Salem, the court was told.
For Home Loans see Salem
Federal, 130 South Liberty.
Wanted: Hsehld. furn. P. 5862.
175
Rockaway, Oregon's newest
incorporated city, has a popu
lation of 616, Secretary of Slate
Bob Farrell announced today
after his department took a cen
sus. The census was taken so
the city could participate in the
distribution of liquor and high-
ay fees.
o
While summer weight blan
kets, 65 virgin wool. Better
Bedding Store. 173
Dance, Armory, Wed. night.
172
Joe Damm has been spending
a few days with his mother,
Alma Damm, 1465 Center, and
his sister, Crystal Damm. He
Is working on a large stock
ranch near Prineville. He will
be accompanied home by his
brother, Raymond, who will al
so be employed on the same
"anch.
Dance, Armory, Wed. night.
172
Miss Mabele E. Bean, who
was born In Salem, was buried
this afternoon at Eugene where
she had made her home the last
ght years. Burial was in the
driest Haven memorial park. She
died Sunday.
Feet hurt? See Dr. Williams,
313 1st Natl bank. Ph. 5115. 172
Congressman James W. Molt,
who is spending the summer at
his country home near here, set
up a temporary office in the
downtown section Tuesday in
charge of Dorothy Woodring, his
secretary. He expects to remain
in Oregon until September and
during the rest of the summer
will visit virtually every section
of his district.
Eola Acres, Florist. Ph. 5730.
172
County Judge Murphy and
Commissioner Rice are making
on Inspection trip this after
noon of roads in the Turner and
Stayton sections flanked by ir
rigation ditches. The trip is
jcade in connection with peti
n of the Willamette Valley
Water company asking for fran
chises to maintain such ditches,
hearing on which is to be held
Safe deposit boxes. Economic
al, convenient. Pioneer Trust Co.
177
- The Salem Lions club placed
first during the fiscal year
1942-43 in the matter of secur
ing new members insofar as
District 36-R (western Oregon)
is concerned, according to in
formation received from Melvin
Jones, international secretary
general. Jones sent Monroe
Townsend
Clubs
Townsend club No. 16 will
meet at the home of Mrs. Ar
nold, 2256 Ford street. Thurs
day evening ol this week.
Cheek, who was president: of
the Salem club, a letter of con
gratulations and informed him
that a plaque, bearing the or
ganization's code of ethics is
being sent to the Salem den.
Cool, comfortable Mark Twain
rayon sport shirts S2.95 & $3.45.
A. A. Clothing, 121 N. High. 172
The county court has signed
contract of sale of lot 1, block
2, Settlcmeier's addition to
Woodburn to James W, McClain
for $400.
For sale by owner: 4-rm. hse.
with nook & bath, $1850 cash &
$2000 terms. Shown Fri. bet. 4
& 8 p.m. 248 S. 25th. 1 blk. from
Stale. 172
Permits have been issued by
the county court as follows: To
A. W. Blankenship to lay a 1
inch pipe line across county
road No. 822; and to Andrew
Hacre, C. A. Johnson and Les
lie Brown to move combines
over certain county roads.
The Wooden Shoe, 1391
Broadway, will close week nites
at 7 p.m. Sat. nites 1 a.m. 172
Miss Elda Russell, superin
tendent of Hillcrest school will
discuss the "Rehabilitation of
Delinquent Girls" during the
Salem Lions 'club luncheon at
the Marion Thursday noon. A
representative of the American
Can company will talk on the
program of preservation of food.
Wanted: pipe machine operat
or, steady work. Oregon Gravel
Co. 1405 N. Front St. 172
Reinholdt & Lewis, 2330
South Commercial, report to po
lice that a spare tire was stolen
from one of their trucks over
the week-end while it was
parked in the Gabriel Supply
Co. garage, in the 600 block on
North Capitol street.
Monsignor Burke
Pleased at Bombing
Hackensack, N. J., July 21
(A) Monsignor Eugene S. Bur
ke, former rector of the Ameri
can seminary in Rome, today
in an interview with the Ber
gen Evening Record, expressed
satisfaction that American avia
tors had bombed that city, at
the same time voicing gratitude
that care had been taken to
spare non-military -structures.
Now pastor of Holy Trinity
church, Hackensack, the Mon
signor said:
"The axis may no longer hide
behind the walls of the eternal
city. Probably the pope was sit
ting in the Vatican thanking
God that Rome had at last been
bombed. He would realize that
while innocents surely would
suffer as a result, that it is
necessary in order to rid the
world of fascism. It was a mili
tary job and a well done one."
Engineer Examiners
Re-Elecf Officers
Portland, July 21 U.R All
executive officers of the state
board of engineering examin
ers were re-elected at a recent
meeting, opening of the ballots
disclosed today.
They are Prof. S. H. Graf,
head of the mechanical engin
eering department at Oregon
State college, president; John
W. Cunningham, Portland, vice
president; Archy B. Carter,
Portland, secretary.
A certificate to practice pro
fessional engineering in Ore
gon through reciprocity with
Washington, was granted to Rae
L. Johnson of Longview.
Oldest Utah Person
Dies by Hip Fracture
Ogden, Utah, July 21 (IP)
Mrs. Mary Field Garner, 107,
believed to be Utah's oldest res
ident, died last night, a day after
she fell and broke her hip.
A native of England she came
with her parents to the United
States at the age of five and
crossed the plains to Utah with
an emigrant wagon train in
1856.
Proufy Funeral
Set for Thursday
Astoria, Ore., July 21 (U.B
Funeral services were to be
held here tomorrow for Walter
Irwin Prouty, 59, well-known
lumberman of the lower Colum
bia region, who died in an As
toria hospital Monday.
Prouty had been identified
with the Prouty Lumber and
Box company for 25 years.
He was born in Iowa and mov
ed to Bellingham, Wash., dur
ing his 'teens. He attended
the Bellingham high school and
for several years owned and
operated a grocery store there
before he founded the lumber
company that bears his name.
TO u o" j
Bombs Prepare Catania Airfield for Invasion (VP) Bombs from U. S. army air force planes ex
ploded on the airfield of Catania, Sicily, in a daylight attack before the invasion of Sicily was
launched. Since then the British Eighth army was reported near Catania in its drive up the cast
coast of the island.
Crave Says Fly
Too Dominant
Washington, July 21 (IP) T.
A. M. Crave, member of the
federal communications com-
miss"ion, told the Cox invesitgat
ing committee today that FCC
Chairman James L. Fly largely
dominates commission affairs.
The testimony prompted E.
L. Carey, committee counsel, to
charge that Fly "assumes and
usurps" powers that should be
exercised by the full seven-
member commission.
Chairman Cox (D., Ga.) told
the committee has was getting
information daily that "broaaV
casters big and little live in mor
tal fear of the commission" and
that its licensing powers are be
ing used "to destroy free radio
and free speech." Carey re
marked that commission activi
ties are affecting the free press
but did not amplify his observa
tions.. Mule Skinner Dies
San Bernardino, Calif., July
21 (IP) Edward I. Stiles, 85,
born in a covered wagon near
Salt Lake City in 1858 and later
one of the famous "20 mule
team" drivers in the early Borax
mining days of Death Valley,
died yesterday.
The fire department was call
ed to 365 Hickory street yester
day afternoon to extinguish a
barn fire.
Circuit Court
Involuntary non-suit on motion
of the defendant was Rranted oy
Judge Page Wednesday morning in
the damage action of Robert Lee
Gabriel bv his Ruardlan ad litem.
Stella Gabriel, vs. Allen Clifford
Jones. The case had been on trial
before a jury and the Jury was
dismissed.
Writ of mandamus has been filed
in the case of W. L. Creech and
others vs. Coos Bay Farmers Co
operative and others in which the
defendant cooperative is directed to
submit its books, records and files
to plaintiffs for examination be
fore Judge Page July 29 at 10 a.m.
Amended complaint In the case
of Warren L. Callaway and James
Callaway as administrators of the
estate of Mamie A. Callaway vs. W.
A. and Mrs. W. A. Cummings asks
$9211.05 damage as outgrowth of an
accident at Chemekcta and High
streets December 19, 1941.
Answer to the amended complaint
in the case of Hazel Meyers vs.
Robert Poindexter bv his guardian
ad litem. Loren A. Poindexter. al
leges negligence on part of plaintiff.
William Teasauw. whose parole
was revoked May 8 and he began
a two year sentence on a charge of
forgery, pleaded guilty Tuesday to
a polygamy indictment and was
sentenced by Judge Page to a year
in prison, the sentence to begin at
the expiration of his other sentence.
Neil Hartwick was sentenced by
Judge Page Tuesday to six months
in jail on a charge of obtaining mo
ney by false pretense and ias par
oled, one condition being he refrain
from excessive use of liquor.
Order renewing judgment has
been entered in the case of F. E.
Sylvester vs. A. E. Torgerson and
others.
Motion to allow the Oregon state
board of control to intervene has
been filed in the case of Helen Hil
ler. trustee, vs. Herman Parrls and
others.
Order of dismissal based on stip
ulation has been filed in the case
of Lester A. vs. Arloene Cole,
Transcript from justice court has
been filed in the case of Credit Bur
eaus vs. H. L. Stort.
Authority has been granted to re
lease an exhibit in the matter of
Mabel Schloneger.
The name of Robert Smith has
been added to the honor roll in the
circuit court room of department
No. 1. listing- attorneys who are
serving in the armed forces.
Complaint by A. K. Pixler as
Alert Collection anency vs. Joseph
S. Plrkl seeks to collect 220. 86 and
in teres talleged due on a note.
Satisfactions of judgment have
been entered in the c&ses of Valley
Court News
Bratlie Brothers
Mill Burns Down
Ridgefield, Wash., July 21 UP)
Fire destroyed completely the
Bratlie Brothers lumber mill
here late last night and slight
ly damaged the shingle plant.
J. L. Bratlie, president, esti
mated loss at $150,000.
The fire broke out of the dry
kilns and got a roaring start.
The Ridgefield volunteer fire
department was unable to reach
the mill at once because the
road was blocked for 20 min
utes by two logging trains
Gendron Approves
Generator No. 7
Portland, Ore., July 21 (VP) A
war production board authoriz
ation of construction of Grand
Coulee dam's No. 7 generating
unit today drew approval of U.
J. Gendron, assistant Bonne
ville administrator.
The decision was announced
by J. A. Krug, director of the
WPB office of war utilities.
Gendron said Bonneville had
waged an unceasing fight to get
the unit approved.
"WPB has assured us that ev
erything possible will be done
to make materials available and
to schedule fabrication in a way
that will permit initial opera
tion of the unit in 1945," Gend
ron said.
Oldest 8
Mexico is mining more coal
than a year ago.
Credit Service vs. Alfred B. Young
blood and same plaintiff vs. Ernest
W. Croshaw.
Mandates from the supreme court
affirm and reverse in parts the case
of Velma E. . Prime, appellant, vs.
Mary Jean Prime. and others, and
affirm the case of W. T. Radcr vs.
B. B. Barncr, appellant.
Probate Court
Pinal' decree has been granted
Hazel Mae Patterson as adminis
tratrix of the estate of Pearl Pat
terson. Grace Hussey has been named
guardian of Jessie B. Locke.
The estate of S. W. Holmes and
One Anes Holmes, each valued at
$10,000. have been admitted to pro
bate with Amanda A. Muncey nam
ed administratrix and Ernest A.
Miller. Roscoe Tartar and Vivian
Hendricks named appraisers in each
instance.
Oran Leon Dick Polk has filed
petition to have his name changed
to Richard Alan Polk.
Pinal order has been granted in
the estate of Arthur W, Keil.
The estate of Cora Raines Ueh
llnger has been appraised at $7500
by M. L. Larson. George James and
George Turner, final account show
ing receipts and disbursements of
$2347.85 and final hearing is set for
August 28.
Police Court
Juanita Hinkle Stevens. 595 S.
15th, charged with disorderly con
duct, fined $50 and 10 days in Jail,
suspended upon payment of fine
and released.
Failure to stop. Charles A. Lethin,
Rt. 4. box 74 A. and Dean Richard
Smith. Independence, bail $2.50.
VBR. Gerald Cornel Oldenberg,
Jefferson, car held, and Cecil Lloyd
Pettit. Rt. 7, box 103: bail $7.50.
Charles Temby Zander, Jr., 570
Locust, arrested on bench warrant;
defective brakes. Given until Mon
day to pay fine.
Muriel Elmer Cluck, 325 W. Wil
son, no muffler.
Curfew violations, four.
Justice Court
Oscar R. Whiteford, obtaining
property under false pretenses.
Bound over to grand Jury after pre
liminary hearing. Ball $750 not fur
nished and commitment papers is
sued. Albert R. Medford. no PUC plates.
Pleaded guilty, fined $10 and costs.
Betty Sharpneck. no operator's li
cense. Pleaded guilty, fined $1 and
costs. Fine suspended, costs paid.
C. R. Hoover, speeding with truck.
Pleaded guilty, fined $5 and costs.
Halifax Couple
Leaving Today
Portland. July 21 (u.R) Lord
Halifax, British ambassador to
the United Slates, and Lady
Halifax prepared lo leave here
for Otympia, Tacoma and Snat
tle, Wash., late today after a
final appearance this- noon at
Portland's Victory center.
Meanwhile, 10,000 Kaiser
Vancouver shipyard workers
still talked of the christening
by Lady Halifax yesterday of
the U.S.S. Tacoma Bay, escort
carrier originally designed for
the British government.
At the launching of the car
rier, eighth such vessel to be
built by the yard, Lord Halifax
said the shipbuilders and their
work had convinced him the
United Nations would be able
to obliterate the submarine
menace and keep the supply
lines to Great Britain function
ing. "Ships such as this one," he
said, "are making it possible for
the necessities of life to reach
the people of my country."
Other speakers at the launch
ing included Gov. Earl Snell of
Oregon, Dale McMullen, repre
senting Gov. Arthur B. Langlic
of Washington, and Edgar F.
Kaiser, general manager of the
Kaiser shipyards.
First Lady Tells of
Son's Narrow Escape
Seattle, July 21 0J.R) Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt told an in--jured
flier at the Seattle naval
hospital "it was all luck" that
her son, Col. Elliott Roosevelt,
had escaped a similar injury.
She told R. L. Carmine, 19,
aviation radioman third class,
of San Antonio, Tex., that she
had received a letter from her
son describing two close shaves
he experienced recently.
"Fifteen minutes after he
landed in England, the tail
dropped off his plane," she said.
"And then on the return trip
to Africa, the wind blew his
plane into a transport ship, de
molishing it. Elliott escaped
safely each time."
Carmine escaped injury in
one Aleutian plane crash last
month, only to break his log in
a second crackup three days
later.
Plane Carries Crew
To Fight Forest Fire
San Francisco, July 21 UP)
The U.S. forestry service re
sponded quickly to a call for
fire fighters to combat a series
of fires in remote Siskiyou coun
ty. Forestry officials arranged
with United Air Lines to send a
transport plane to Reno, Nev.,
yesterday, pick up a waiting
crew of 18 men and fly them lo
the fire area in California.
The plane landed at Montague,
east of Yreka. The fires were be
lieved caused by lightning. Ex
tent of damage was not known.
Two Feared Lost
Return Safely Home
Nampa, Idaho, July 21 UP)
Dr. Lyle Stanford of Caldwell
and Clyde Krebs of Nampa,
feared lost during a boat trip
down the rough Owyhee river,
returned home early today.
They left Rome, Ore., last
Thursday and when they failed
lo arrive at Leslie Canyon, 50
miles downstream on schedule,
a search was organized.
Arriving more than two days
lale, they explained they were
delayed by unexpected difficul
ties along the winding stream.
Matty and Joe
Eve Keene's Job
Two men, well versed in phy
sical education and coaching ac
tivities and well known in the
northwest, are in a receptive
mood insofar as the position at
Willamette university made va
cant through the induction into
the navy of Spec Keene. is con
cerned, it was learned today
from sources pretty close to the
situation. One is Joe Kasbergcr,
coach at St. Benedict's prep
school of Newark, N.J., and the
other is R. L. Mathews of Port
land university, who was in
charge of Willamette's athletic
program a number of years ago.
Kasbergcr is a graduate of
Oregon State and during the
summer makes his home at The
Dalles. He was Coach Keene's
assistant for a brief period a
number of years ago. He has
been entirely successful at St.
Benedict's and was responsible
for sending a number of his gra
duates to Willamette. These in
clude Johnny Oravec, Dick
Weisgerber, John Kolb, Larry
Drury and Lawrence Lonergan,
all outstanding athletes. Kasber
gcr is a bachelor and is an ex
pert gardener.
Mathews has had a wide ex
perience in coaching, gaining
considerable fame for his open
style of play at the University
of Idaho. It has been reported
that Portland will abandon its
football program during the war.
The matter of a successor lo
Coach Keene, who is expected lo
be given a leave of absence by
the trustees, will be considered
during a conference between
President George Herbert Smith
and the executive board in Port
land Friday.
Salem Sailor
Among Rescued
Guadalcanal, July 21 (u.Rt
The following are the survivors
of the American light cruiser
U.S.S. Helena, who were taken
from a Japanese-held island af
ter the ship was sunk. (It is
not a complete list of the ship's
survivors):
C. A. Hamilton, Salem, Ore.;
W. D. Morrow, Seattle; E. A.
Seth, Seattle; Ralph L. Davis,
Tigard, Ore.; R. P. Brown, Wal
la Walla.
Transport Crashes,
Four Aboard Killed
Portland, Ore., July 21 (VP)
Portland arm air base officials
investigated today the unex
plained crash of a two-motored
transport that plummeted in a
sharp dive onto a Columbia
river island near here, killing
the four men aboard.
Witnesses said black smoke
was seen to pour from the plane
shortly before it crashed from a
height of 700 feet yesterday.
The wreckage burned.
The air base said two offi
cers and two enlisted men were
aboard, but names were not
disclosed at once.
Lost Houseboat
Drifts Downriver
Portland, July 21 M If the
party who lost his houseboat
will call for'same at Hageman's
moorage on the Willamette riv
er below Linnton, he may have
it back with Mrs. Dean Elliott's
thanks.
Mrs. Elliott said she saw the
houseboat drifting downriver
yesterday. Her son towed it to
their own houseboat and tied
it up.
The boat showed indications
of recent occupancy. A slip of
paper found among dishes and
a man's personal effect bore the
name Bernard Slock, but offi
cers have been unable to locate
him.
Two Salem Farmers
In Water Hearing
A hearing to determine whe
ther one man's livestock drink
ing from another man's spring
constitutes appropriation was
opened yesterday with State En
gineer Charles E. Stricklin act
ing as referee.
Claims and contests in a Mar
ion county circuit court action
involving E. D. Cochran and
Yale Farr, both Salem district
farmers, were presented.
An un-namcd spring which
arises on Farr's land is Ihe basis
for the suit, evidence in which
was directed by the court to the
state engineer's office for sum
marization and opinion.
Speaking in abstract terms on
Kiwanis and its membership in
relation to community and
world affairs, Frank Bennett,
superintendent of public schools,
gave an excellent address to the
Kiwanis club Tuesday noon. Ed
Grady, chairman, announced
that the annual picnic of the
club would be held at Hazel
Green park August 3 and that
no noon luncheon would be
held on that date.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.,
Paid Advertising by
Government Favored
Washington, July 21 UP) Paid
newspaper advertising by the
government to aid the stabiliza
tion program and the war ef
fort is strongly favored by Sen
ator Clark (D., Mo.).
"It is ridiculous to say this
would be a subsidy or would
lead to government control of
the press," he declared in re
marks inserted in the Congres
sional Record.
State Win
Buy Used Cars
The state board of control to
day authorized S. B. Gillette,
state purchasing agents, to be
gin buying used automobiles for
state departments.
Gillette reported it now is
impossible for the stale to ob
tain new cars. He said at least
25 automobiles would have lo be
bought for. the state within the
next six months.
The board decided lo renew
the $412,000 insurance on the
state flax plant at the state pris
on, the premium amounts to
$10,000 a year and the present
policy expires September 1.
The board took out the pri
vate insurance last fall after a
series of disastrous fires which
were set by convicts, the board
finding that the stale restora
tion fund, which is the state's
own insurance system, did not
contain enough money to stand
further losses. This fund now to
tals $190,000.
The state unemployment com
pensation commission asked the
board to increase from 4 cents
to 5 cents the mileage allow
ances given to employes to use
their private cars in state busi
ness. The commission said the
employes lose money by using
their own cars, and that several
have threatened to quit their
jobs because of the mileage rate.
The board instructed Slate
Budget Director George Aiken
to investigate the cost of in
creasing the allowance for all
state departments.
Old Minister Would
Join Wife in Death
Saugaluck, Mich., July 21 (IP)
Ignoring pleas of relatives and
friends to break a month-long
fast that has left him perilously
weak, 85-year-old Charles H.
Horswell, prominent 25 years
ago in Chicago church circles,
continued today lo wait for re
union in death with his wife,
who died at the age of 81 five
weeks ago.
Horswell founded the Union
church at Kenilworth, a Chicago
suburb, in 1005, and was its pas
tor until 1917. He formerly was
a member of the faculty at Ham
line university, St. Paul, Minn.
Coos Bay Disputes
Eugene Hen Record
Marshficld. July 21 U.R
When Mrs.. Walter Hoffman of
Empire read in the Coos Bay
Times the United Press story of
wartime production among Eu
gene hens, she felt that her
fowl were being slighted.
And rightly so.
The lloffmans' hens not only
speeded up production but
launched eggs a la Henry J.
Kaiser.
The largest eggs reported in
the Eugene area was one meas
uring 8 xk by 7 inches. Mrs.
Hoffman remained silent when
her New Hampshires and White
Brahmas layed eggs measuring
IVi by 6tt and 8 by 6',i.
This week one layer hit the
jackpot a king-sized master
piece measuring 9 by fi'.i and
weighing 4 xh ounces.
Son of Rickenbacker
Enlists in Marines
New York, July 21 UP) Da
vid Edward Rickenbacker, 18-year-old
son of Capt. Eddie Ric
kenbacker, is off to carry on the
family traditions in this war,
but he'll do it in a marine's uni
form on the ground. He was
sworn in as a marine corps pri
vate yesterday and will report
for basic training at Parris Is
land, N. C, in two weeks.
ELFTKM'S
for
Floor (Coverings
RUGS
CARPETS
LINOLEUM
It. L. ELFSTIIOM CO.
375 Chemekcta Phone 9221
Wednesday, July 21, 19439
Lewis Calls
Wage Session
Washington, July 21 (U.
John L. Lewis today summoned
his United Mine Workers policy
committee lo another meeting
tomorrow to discuss the outlook
for a new wage agreement for
coal miners under government
imposed restrictions.
The meeting was scheduled
amid evidence that coal oper
ators were seeking the basis ol
an agreement which would sat
isfy both Lewis and the war la
bor board.
Lewis must decide soon what
action lo lake if the administra
tion should return the mines to
private operation. The anti
strike law requires that seized
properly must revert to the pri
vate management not more than
60 days after production returns
to normal.
The union also must decide
whether to continue seeking por-tal-to-porlal
pay for under
ground travel through negotia
tion or to press its claims in
court under the wage-hour law.
Operators appeared in agree
ment that they wanted a wage
contract with Ihe UMW, even
if the government returns the
mines and the miners continue
working without a contract. But
they were not in agreement- as
to how to agree with the UMW
on a contract. ''One operator
source said many "feelers" were
being extended to the union but
that apparently none had crys
tallized. Police Hold
Gun Suspect
Roseburg, Ore., July 21 (IP)
Leslie Ellis, 43, of Myrtle Cre,ek,
was in custody here today,
charged with assault with intent
lo kill and carrying concealed
weapons. Officers were investi
gating his possible connection
with a gun duel last May 18. in
which State Policeman William
Bcttis narrowly escaped injury.
A bullet tore the heel off the
state policeman's boot on May
18 while he was guarding the
highway bridge at Myrtle Creek.
The officer and the sniper, the
latter hidden by brush across
the river, exchanged shots a(ter
Bettis, an ex-marine, dove -for
cover following the first sfyot.
State policemen last Sunday re
covered a rifle from the South
Umpqua river at the scene of
the shooting, State Police Ser
geant Paul Morgan reports, and
the weapon was identified as
the property of Ellis, who had
been unreported since the date
of the duel. He was located yes
terday at one of two of his re
mote farms and arrested.
Ellis was allegedly carrying
a pair of brass knocklcs at the
time of his arrest, District At
torney J. V. Long reported. The
prisoner denies having attacked
Bcttis, claiming that his rifle
had been stolen from his cabin.
Ellis served six months in the
penitentiary in 193!) for armed
assault on a neighbor. He also
served a previous term in the
county jail for game law viola
lion, Sheriff O. T. Carter re
ported. Case Written Off
As Murder-Suicide
Portland, July 21 UP) Police
wrote off today as murder and
suicide the deaths of Mrs. Pau
lina Pavlovic, (12, and John
Schmidt, 75.
They found Mrs. Pavlovic's
body in her home late last night,
her head crushed by a hatchet.
Neighbors said they had heard
violent quarreling, followed by
a scream.
A search for Schmidt, who
had roomed at the Pavlovic
home for two months, ended
with recovery of his body from
the Willamette river. He was
seen to jump from a downtown
bridge.
Corporation Commissioner
Lloyd R. Smith yesterday re
ported Blyth & Co., Inc., of Port
land, had been issued a registra
tion certificate for $10,000 of
common stock of Buda com
pany. The stock would be used
for investment purposes.