2 Capital Journal, Salem,
Ray Rice Slashes Neck
In Attempt at Suicide
Ray Rice, baker at the Senator hotel, was transferred to the
'Oregon state hospital Wednesday after treatment for slashes on
, his neck and wrist which were apparently inflicted in an early
t morning suicide attempt.
: Rice was found in a small basement dining room of the Sen
. ftor by Clarence Rayless, a ho
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New More lor
Shopping Center
Another business firm In the
Capitol shopping center is soon
to open its doors for business.
Latest addition to the growing
group is Margwen's, which has
'tentatively scheduled its "open
r house" for the night of Novem-
' ber 16 and plans to open for
business the following day.
J Operated by Mrs. William L.
Allen and her daughter, Mar
garet Allen, the shop will han
dle exclusive infants' and chil
dren's wear, gifts and toys. The
Aliens already operate a down
town store, the Moderne, which
'is a gift and specialty shop,
f Located immediately north
-of the new Kress store on Capi
tol street, Margwen's has over
3,100 square feet of floor space
'and entrances on both Capitol
Jstreet and the parking lot in the
'rear. Two modern all-glass en
trances have already been in
-stalled in front.
! The shop Is air-conditioned
and the walls, 'fixtures and light
ning will be in blending shades
rof stone, leaf-green, flame,
'sprout, swect-pink, citron, sand
8 1 wood and ruby. Each depart
:ment is to have. Its own' color
scheme.
m Exhibits
At Bush School
' 4-H achievements of Marion
;eounty boys and girls during the
past year is the highlight of the
annual Marion County 4-H
'.Achievement Week program,
Thursday, November 10. The
meeting this year to be held in
the auditorium of Bush school,
.University and Mission streets,
starting at 8 p.m. with the pub
lic invited.
t Winners will be announced In
Hhe special county contests in
cluding the Denver Young Sheep
Special, George Eyre Trophy
Mary L. Fulkerson Trophy, Haag
Soil Conservation Trophy and
the Elmer Klein Ayrshire Spe
cial.
i County extension agents in 4-H
Anthol Riney and Anne Berg
holz who are arranging the pro
gram stress the point that com
petition has been keen for many
of these special awards.
State Fair and Pacific Interna
tional premium checks have ar
rived along with the sales checks
from the recent Pacific Interna
tional and will be passed out.
I The Rhina Kramer Trophy,
perpetual since 1940, to the win
ding 4-H livestock judging team
at the Pacific International will
be presented to the Middlegrove
Swine club led by Mrs. Emory
Coodo. The Judging team was
composed of Lewis Patterson,
Wayne Goode and Marshall Jcl
'derks. This is the first time a
Marion county team has won this
contest.
" Medals will be presented to
the county winners in several of
the national contests.
, Floyd Fox, Jr., Silver Cliff.
viho represented Oregon
rlub members, along with three
other members at the 1949 Na
tional 4-H club camp in Wash
ington, D C. last June will he
present to show slides and tell
of his trip to club camp.
In the estimation of Mr. Riney
and Miss Bergholz, this has been
big year for for Marion Coun
ty 4-H members when the
achievements are counted.
Jaycees Bring Boss
Home to Dinner
The time-honored Idea of :
cringing the boss home to din-
tier was carried out Tuesday
right by members of the Salem
Junior Chamber of Commerce
when employers were invited to 1
a "bosses night" banquet.
' The dinner, staged at the May
llower hall, was prepared by
members of Ihc Jayccettes. an or
ganization of wives of mem
bers of the Jaycees.
'; Frank Ward, president of the
unit, acted as toastmaster for the
night with Ted Lovelace, Al
bany, a vice president of the state
organization, at guest speaker
. Both Ward and Lovelace
atresscd the idem that employ
er! benefit from employe par-js
COMPANY "B
BENEFIT DANCE
Friday, Nov. 11, 1949
Time 9:00 p.m. to 12 p.m.
SALEM ARMORY
GLENN WOODRY'S ORCHESTRA
Public Invited Adm. Gentlemen 1.00 Ladies 50c
Or., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1949
tel employe, who immediately
summoned police. When officers
and first aid men arrived Rice
was found to have walked to
the furnace room of the build
ing.
He was immediately rushed
to Salem General hospital for
treatment, and despite the loss
of great quantities of blood, he
rallied to such an extent that
no transfusions were necessary.
In reconstructing the various
attempts at suicide made by the
baker, police presumed that he
first slashed his left wrist in
a small washroom. They found
a pool of blood there.
Next, Rice was believed to
have decided on another meth
od, and wandered to the dining
room. There, police found a
bloody towel which had been
knotted over a sprinkler system
pipe. A belt was found on the
floor along with a twisted buckle
which had apparently been jerk
ed off by the force of an at
tempted self-hanging.
Blood was splashed about
the room and a large pool was
found on the floor It was here
thtt Baylcss found Rice.
By holding his own wrist ti
staunch the flow, Rice regained
his feet during the time Bayless
summoned authorities. He wan
dered to the furnace room where
he finally collapsed.
n small injector type razor
blade, found in the dining room
indicated he may have slashed
his neck at that stage of his
wierd basement journey.
Information given police bv
icquaintances indicated that Rice
frequently talked of suicide and
that he had committed himself
to the state hospital for a brief
period in June of this year His
address listed by police was 404
South High street
Coach at Loss
For Defeats
Even though his team has
completed all of its games but
two, he still is unable to rate a
player in any particular depart
ment higher than another. Coach
Chester Stackhouse of Willam
ette university. Informed a Ro
tary club audience Wednesday
noon.
This situation, the coach said,
was unusual to say the least and
he is at a loss to find the reason
He said there was no problem
of morale, that their cooperation
with the coaching staff was all
that could be hoped for and that
the men got along well with
each other.
The problem now, Stackhouse
stated, was that the players may
doubt the ability of the coach or
the performance of the punter.
the ball carriers or the blockers.
'Some teams grow more deter
mined the more they are beaten;
outers merely get softer," the
coach added.
Speaking of next Friday
night's game against Whitman, a
traditional rival, the coach
pointed out that each club was
in the process of learning a new
system under a new coach.
Coach Stackhouse praised
Willamette as a university with
a good program and with an ex
cellent student body. He said
jlhc hoped to be able to make the
next talk before the club under
more favorable conditions as to
wins and losses.
ticipation in the Junior Cham
ber. City Manager J. R. Franzen
was a guest of honor.
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Legion Requests
Stores to Close
Members of Capital Post No
9, American Legion in a resolu-
toin adopted at their regular
meeting this week requested the
closing of Salem stores and oth
er merchandising establish
ments.
The resolution addressed to
the Retail Trade Bureau states
"Be it resolved that Capital
Post No. 9, American Legion,
hereby respectfully requests the
cooperation and assistance of the
Retail Trade Bureau and its
president, James R. Beard, in
urging the closing of the stores
and other merchandising estab
lishments of Salem on Friday,
November 11. 1949, in patriotic
observance of Armistice day."
The letter further points out
that Armistice day is a legal
holiday and that several veter
ans organizations in the city
plan full day celebrations, as
well as participation in the par
ade that starts at 10 a. m.
It also states that in observing
Armistice day, they not only are
observing the armistice that end
ed the first World War but giv
ing thanks for V-E day, term
inating the European phase of
World War II, and V-J day
which ended World War II in
the Pacific, adding that World
War II veterans have adopted
Armistice day as their day for
commemoration and celebration
the same as it is observed by
veterans of World War I.
Following the formal observ
ance with Governor Douglas
McKay speaking, a buffet lunch
and open house for all veterans
will be held at the American Le
gion club on South Commercial
from noon to 4 o'clock.
A revised list of section lead
ers for the parade assembling at
Marion square at 10 o'clock will
be Jerry Anderson, commanding
the first section; Ken Potts, sec
ond section; Mel Clemens, third
section and Paul Tharclson the
fourth section.
660 Enrolled in
Adult School Classes
George Porter, director of
adult education for the Salem
public school system, disclosed !
Wednesday that registration fori
night school classes reached 660
when 62 persons enrolled in up
holstery classes.
In addition, Porter said that
others were expected to join the
new instruction groups and that
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I Salem High School Auditorium
Thursday, Nov. 10,8:00 P.M.
! Sponsored by Salem Optimist Club
The Salem High School Spanish Club held a banquet in the
school cafeteria Tuesday night to initiate new members.
All new members were required to wear Spanish costumes.
Shown here serving Miss Naida Carrol, adviser, and Beverly
Folston, president, is Othelene Lee, sophomore, who is dressed
as a Spanish senorita.
By-Pass Bridge
On Drift Creek
The county court Wednesday
declined to grant a request for
the construction of a by-pass
bridge over Drift creek about
three-quarters of a mile from
the new Union Hill school where
a new bridge is being installed
Work on the new 60-foot re
placement structure was due to
start Wednesday.
The petitioners said that
school buses and milk trucks
carrying grade A milk have to
pass over the creek at this point
and especially it was asked the
by-pass bridge be put in to serve
the children.
Court members said that the
cost of a by-pass bridge at the
point would be prohibitive. In
stead a catwalk will be put
across the stream so the chil
dren can walk from the school
bus to the school, about throe
quarters of a mile. The bridge
is expected to be completed in
10 days or so and they think
the heavy expense of a by-pass i
could not be justified to the tax
payers considering the short dis
tance and short time the chil
dren will have to make the walk.
Also, it was stated, there is not
too long a detour for milk trucks
available.
the classes would be divided in
to three classes to meet next
week on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday night. Registrants
will be advised to which class
they have been assigned.
The number of 660 registrants
in adult education represented a
new high since the peak of en
rollments 750 was attained
during the various veteran pro
grams conducted by the depart
ment. John Schukart is in charge of
the new upholstery classes.
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OSAA to Decide
Corvallis Fate
Thursday Morn
Coos Bay, Nov. 9 (JP A de
cision on when to reinstate
Corvallis high school in the Ore
gon School Activities association
will oe reached by 10 a.m. to
morrow.
Leonard Mayfield, school sup
erintendent here and head of
the association's board of con
trol, conferred by telephone to
aay with other members of the
board. In the conference hook
up, he said, a motion was made
and the members are to send
their votes to the association's
office in Portland by 10 a.m.
tomorrow.
Mayfield declined to say what
the motion was whether to re-
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Gas Chamber
For Girl Slayer
Portland, Nov. 9 W Twenty-two-year-old
Morris Leland will
go to the Oregon prison gas
chamber for murdering a 15-
year-old high school girl last
August.
A circuit court jury this
morning returned a verdict of
guilty after considering the case
since early last evening.
It made no recommendation
That made death in the gas
chamber mandatory.
Leland. who admitted holding
Thelma Taylor overnight in a
secluded spot in Portland's St.
Johns area then bludgeoning
and stabbing her to death the
next morning, had pleaded In
sanity.
Throughout the six-day trial
Leland rocked back and forth in
a chair at the defense table, his
eyes half closed, showing no
emotion.
After the verdict was read, a
reporter stepped up to Leland
and asked him if he had any
thing to say. Leland gestured
with his right hand said: "That's
my business."
The girl had left her home to
go bean picking when she met
Leland and he took her into
brushy area. He said she went
willingly but admitted she tried
to leave when he attempted to
rape her.
She was beaten with an iron
bar and was stabbed. Her body
was discovered when Leland
told police about the killing
when arrested on a car theft
charge, and led them to the
scene.
The U.S. supreme court, estab
lished in 1789, first occupied
quarters in the basement of the
Capitol and after 1860 met in
the old senate chamber. Thei
court didn't get its own building
until 1037.
instate immediately, to reinstate
after a later date or to defer ac
tion. Tom Pigott, association sec
retary, will announce the result
of the vote.
Corvallis was suspended auto
matically yesterday when it was
learned that Corvallis students
had painted "Beat Albany"
signs on Hudson field, Albany.
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lo, Shelton, Washington, on a
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980 acres of denuded forest land
in the Tillamook burn. The an
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day by George Spaur, acting
state forester. This is one phase
of the $10,000 state rehabilita
tion project now under way.
The second low bid on the
project, $13.85 per acre, was
made by Western Reforestation,
Olympia. Washington. Other
bids included 'Robert Jeibman,
Portland. $18.70 per acre; Port
land Construction company,
Portland, $21.00; J. A. Walsh,
Marshficld, $28.50 and R. W.
Case, Portland, $39.90.
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north of the Wilson River high
way near the Owl camp and un
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bidder will be required to plant
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spacing which means 908 trees
per acre. The work is to start
within the week and it is expect
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