12 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tunday, Kept. 27, 1949
IF HE IS ALIVE
Ronnie, '44 Kidnap Victim,
Should Be in School Now
Daytnn, O., Sept. 27 Wi Little Ronnie Thompson, victim of a
Mark market baby kidnaping five yean ago, started to (chool
this fall somewhere.
That is the hope today of the little boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Thompson, as the fifth anniversary of the lad's disappear
ance nears.
Ronnie disappeared with a
new nursemaid October 7, 1944.
The trail wandered to Detroit,
to northwest Michigan, then
vanished. Police said he was
taken by a ring operating a
black market in babies.
The Dayton baby a towhead
with a round, smiling face was
18 months old when he vanish
ed. Now he is 6, if he still is
alive.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are
certain Ronnie is alive. Their
unflagging hope resulted today
in offer of $4000 In rewards for
Information loading to Ronnie's
return.
Montgomery county commis
sioners are offering $2500, Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson S1000 and
private detective Russel Pfauhl
of Dayton $500.
Pfauhl bolstered the parents'
hopes with his offer of $500.
Pfauhl was a detective In the
Dayton police department when
Ronnie disappeared. He worked
on the case then, and still thinks
Ronnie is alive.
"We have never given up
hope," said Mrs. Thompson. "We
just know Ronnie is alive some
where." The father also shares Mrs.
Thompson's confidence. He Is a
factory worker; Mrs. Thompson
a part-time nurse.
The Thompson's troubl
gan when a woman of about
40 years old and calling herself
Mrs. Mary Wilkey answered
Mrs. Thompson's advertisement
for a nursemaid.
The day she took over her
duties, both she and Ronnie dis
appeared. Witnesses on bus
routes led police to Detroit, then
to Ashton, Mich. The trail van
ished there. In Detroit Paul Je
vahirian was kidnaped by
woman answering the same de
scription. Both the Thompson and Jeva
hirian families received tele
grams from the abductors tell
ing them not to worry. The ba
bies would be leturned, the
wires said.
The hue-and-cry raged for
weeks. Gradually It died away.
Police said the babies were
stolen by a ring which operated
a black market In children for
adoption.
They theorized Ronnie would
be sold Into adoption, perhaps to
some couple that couldn't find
a legal means of adopting a
child.
Children began going to
school in Dayton a few days ago.
The Thompsons watched these
children. They remembered
their Ronnie would have been
going to school this fall for the
first time.
"I still hope," said Mrs.
Thompson today. "Someday,
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She has 'Borrowed' Bone Mary Robins (left), 6, of Chi
cago, laughs happily as she shows Nurse Betty Ann Armstrong
how she takes her doll's temperature at Children's Memorial
hospital, Chicago, 111. Mary is recuperating from surgery to
correct a fusion of the spine. In the operation a bone pro
vided through a co-operative bone bank was used. Mary is
one of the first patents to benefit from the bank established
by two Chicago hospitals. (AP Wirephoto)
Boys in Gray May
End Meets in 1950
Little Hock, Ark., Sept. 7 UP)
Eight of the heartiest survi
vors of a fast-vanishing army
are expected to attend the an
nual reunion of Confederate vet
erans here this week.
perhaps, we'll find Ronnie. I
wonder how he is, if he is well
If"
They represent about one-
fourth of the living members
of Gen. Robert E. Lee's gray-
clad legion in the historic 1861
65 campaign. The average affe
of the Confederate veterans is
10.2"i years. j
The reunion, which probably
will be the semi-final meeting
of Confederate veterans, opens
Tuesday and runs through Thurs
day. The veterans are expected to
vote to hold a final reunion
next year at the scene of the
11 AirFnrrpMen
Killed in Guam
Guam. Sept. 27 U Eleven
men were killed and three were)
critically injured when a B-29j
crashed at the North Guam air
force base Friday night, the air
force said today.
Witnesses and survivors said
the Superfortress crashed when
the engine failed on a routine
takeoff, causing the plane to
explode. I
The dead:
Aircraft Commander Capt.
Frederick L. Mantle, Sacramen
to, Calif., First Lt. J. L. Bertie.
29, bombardier, Morgantown,
Va., First Lt. Theodore R. Quln
to, 27. co-pilot, 924 49th street,
Brooklyn, N. Y., First Lt. Jo
seph O. Segal, 30. navigator. 135
Charles place. Atlantic City, N.J.
S'Sgt. Victor G. Samford, Jr.,
23, radio operator, Kilgore; Tex.;
Pfc. John F. Oleis, 20, North
River road. Auburn, Me.; Sgt
Norman C. Vivian, gunner, Chi
cago, whose father, Norman Viv
ian lives in Bayfield, Wis.; Pfc.
Joseph J. McKenna, 21, elec
trician, 2843 North 4th street,
Philadelphia; Cpl. Richard L.
Spaulding, mechanic, Washing
ton, Ind., whose father lives at
420 Oak street, Tyrone, Pa.
Cpl. Jack E. Wells, 20, me
chanlc. 136 East Harrison, Pales
tine, 111.; SSgt. Blllie L. Ho
gan, gunner, Danville, III.
The injured;
Lt. Col. Clarence G. Poff, pi
lot, Roanoke, Va.; First Lieut
Daniel J. Hasson, 30, observer,
Portland, Me.; MSgt. Carlos Fay
Moody, flight engineer, 5427
Hoffman avenue, Riverside.
Calif.
Faye Denies Report
To Wed Soon as Free
New York. Sept. 27 (U Pi Ac
tress Faye Emerson Roosevelt,
estranged wife of Elliott Roose
velt, denied today radio col
umnist's report that she would
marry a New York newspaper
man as soon as she is free to
do so.
Miss Emerson, who announced
earlier this month that she would
seek a divorce from the late
president's son, said of the re
port: "There Is no truth to It
whatsoever. That's an absolute
flat denial."
WHO'S SWITCHING
TO CALVERT?
Folks everywhere
have switched to
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it tastes better!
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Firemen at Lebanon
Subdue Two Blazes
Lebanon Two fires on Sat
urday were subdued by the Leb
anon department. A spectacu
lar blase occurred during fha
morning when a poison oak fire
ignited a tall pine on Russe'l
road. Fire swept up the trunk
to the top where It burst Into
a giant conflagration among the
bushy needles. Firemen played
water .on the 80-foot high
branches, quenching the blaze.
Saturday afternoon tha rural
trucks were summoned to Mc
Dowell creek where a slashing
fire was burning.
Tree roses Shrubs Bush roses
Why wait for Wet December planting (normal for these
shrubs) when we offer hundreds of rose bushes, tree roses
and flowering shrubs in gallon and five gallon containers
which are available for Immediate planting while working
conditions are still pleasant?
See them ot our downtown lolesyord.
Tulip bulbs 85c doien. Crocus bulbs 35c & 40c di.
Yellow jasmin vine $1.00 Wistaria $2.00
Purple clamatit ... $1.25 Honeysuckle vine . $1.00
Knight Pearcy Nursery
375 S. Liberty St.
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A'rr rerce Indian who died in 1904 near the site of the
dam. lie was born in 1840 in the Wallowa region and held
the profound respect of both his tribe and the white man.
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