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Willie, the Actor Can't Gripe
He's Never Been Wanted
By JOHN RANDOLPH
New York, March 11 VP) Willie the actor ran't complain he's
never been wanted.
He's been "wanted" for most
slickest stickup men In the business, and a prison escape artist
to hnnt.
And he's wanted more than
ever today as the No. 1 suspect
In yesterday's butter-smooth,
hour-and-a-half robbery of a
branch bank here that netted a
haul of $63,000 in untraceable
small bills.
If police ever catch up with
Willie they'd also like to chat
about that $1,500,000 Brink's
robbery in Boston last January
Dog Show Will
Start April 1
What is expected to be the
largest and most comprehensive
of the dog shows presented in
recent years by the Salem Lions
club will be staged at the State
Fair grounds, April 1 and 2
The show will be conducted
under American Kennel club
rules and four judges will be
employed.
Deadline for entries for the
all-breed show has been set for
Monday noon, March 20. They
may be filed up until that time
with Harry Willett at the Capi
tal Drue store, 405 State street.
The judges include A. A. Le-
Pine of Carrolltown, Ohio; Reg
dnald H. Livsey of Milwaukie,
Ore.; Roy H. Hatfield of Port
land and Mel C. Wilgress of be
attle. Hatfield wiH have charge of
the obedience trials and Wil
gress will judge the children's
handling classes.
Officers of the Lions Kennel
club include J. H. Willet, presi
dent; Stanley Smith, vice presi
dent; W. E. Kimsey, treasurer;
Ed Majek, secretary.
The bench show committee in
cludes Stanley Smith, Fred Star
rett, Robert Fischer, W. E. Kim
sey, Hausmer Siefarth and Ed
Majek.
Donna Lee Plymale
Gets Parshad Prize
Lebanon Donna Lee Plymale
has been made a first-prize win
ner of the preliminary Parshad
award contest, according to an
nouncement made this week by
the Oregon Council of Churches.
The Parshad award is present
ed annually by the United Chris
tian Youth movement and is
based on: life purpose, school
and study interests, local church
activities, community work, and
a 1500-word essay on the
"Churoh's Responsibility in My
Community."
Richard T. Scott of Salem,
took first place in the boy's di
vision. The papers of both Scott and
Miss Plymale will be entered In
the national contest.
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Boys Rescued From Icy Creek Francis Strom, Rochester
Minn., fireman, carries the unconscious form of Richard
Loomis, 9, while other rescuers (background) bring in
Jimmy Costcllo, 12, after the two boys were tossed into the
icy waters of Bear creek. Richard's mother, Mrs. Stephen
Loomis, stood neck-deep in the stream for nearly an hour
to save her son, while shouting encouragement to other
boys in the party of five, thrown into the cold current when
a small boat capsized. (AP Wirephoto)
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Ore., Saturday, March 11. 1950
of the lajt 33 years as one of the
biggest cash holdup in U. S
h 1 s t o r y and a not-so-small
$562,000 stickup of a Havana
Cuba, bank in 1048.
Willie's real name is William
Sutton. But at one time or an
other since 1917 he's answered
to Julian Loring, George Hol
land, Richard Courtney and
Richard Loring flossy names
from the English gentry.
On the whole, however, he's
best known as Willie the actor,
having won the title for the dis
guises he used on various jobs,
One of his favorites was a police
man's uniform. It inspired con
fidence. When police passed around a
mug shot of Willie yesterday, 11
of 17 employes of the Queens
Boulevard branch of the Manu
facturers Trust Co., named him
on the spot as the gang leader.
The leader had a thin dark
moustache, while the picture
had none. But police said an eye
brow pencil has been in Willie's
bag of tricks for years.
Willie if it was Willie and
two other gunmen hit the bank
before opening yesterday morn
ing and forced their way in
with the first employe to ar
rive. The others walked In one by
one, were caught in the mouse
trap and made to sit down. Then
as soon as the time locks opened
in the vault doors, the gang
cleaned out all the paper money
on hand and disappeared, spurn
ing $11,000 in silver. Police be
lieve two others were involved
in the getaway although the
trio might have escaped by sub
way. Police paid grudging tribute
to the flawless execution of the
90-minute robbery.
Police Commissioner William
P. O'Brien had a hunch who it
was he even had the mug shot
with him with a number of
others when he reached the
holdup scene.
In addition to robbery, "Slick
Willie" as they call him in
Philadelphia has an impressive
record as an escape artist.
He Is one of the few men to
make good an escape from Sing
Sing New York's tough pris
on on the Hudson.
Later, he almost escaped from
the eastern state penitentiary in
Pennsylvania through a 60-foot
tunnel he and several other
convicts had even lighted elec
trically. Two years after that, in 1947,
he actually did escape from the
Holmesburg prison in Philadel
phia by scaling a wall.
He has not been seen since
although police have been sure
from time to time that they
spotted his fine hand on a job.
Small and dapper, about 50
years old, Willie is no pushover,
"He must be regarded as al
ways ready to shoot to kill,"
O'Brien said.
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'New Look' for
Navy Uniforms
Washington, March 11 (ff)
Irs to be zippers loose cuffs,
belts and new pockets for the
navy bluejackets.
The new look in the blue go
ing ashore uniform of navy en
listed men was okayed today by
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief
of naval operations.
He made his decision after
sailors modeled the old uniform
and the new in his office. The
new togs are to be available
July 1, 1952.
The new uniform differs from
the old in four respects:
1. A full cuff in place of a
tight fitting button cuff.
2. A zipper pants front in place
of the 13 button broad front now
in use.
3. Slash and hip pockets in
stead of the present two small
pants pockets.
4. The pants are held up by a
belt instead of by a corset type
lace in the back. ,
The new uniform has been
the subject of some controversy
largely involving the material to
be used. Navy officers who at
tended the showing in Sher
man's office said that Melton
cloth was selected.
Sound Company
Explains Cracks
Seattle. March 11 im Th
manaeer of the SnunH rnndnip.
tion company said today that he
naa not been advised of any or
der bv the Oregon board of enn
trol for a delav in npppnlannp
of the new state office building
at baiem.
Manager W. R. Johnston said
'more cracks thnn normal" liaH
appeared in the building, possi
bly because of last April's earth
quake. He said his understand
ing was that renair nf ihpm wae
to be finished by the middle of
next week.
He said plaster cracking is
normal in buildings in which
there is a large concrete mass
without metal lath. He said rp-
pairing is a simple job and the
cracking ends when normal heat
ing is in the building.
Salem Heights
School News
By JOHN HARVEY
Salem Heirhis spfinnl Attafl-
ed Libertv schnnl 1 ft in id ;n
a DasKemau game at Liberty
last Monday. It was a thrilling
game, the score being 6 to 6 at
the end of the first nerinriV and
Liberty leading 8 to 6 at the
nan. n was io to 10 at the end
of the third quarter.
At the start of the last nimr-
ter, Salem Heights scored four
quick iiem goals and kept the
lead. Salem Heights scorers
were Darrell PonsfnrH .Tom
Carleton, 6, and Duane Smith
and John Hammcrstad, 2 each.
All of the Salem Heights fifth
and sixth grade pupils went to
the game. Patty Marggi and
Carol Beard were cheer leaders.
The three chamiiinn snnlW
of the school were chosen this
ween to take part March 21 on
iiOAUJ spelling contest,
"What's the Word." TIipv r
John Hammerstad, sixth grade;
John Harvey, fifth grade, and
Sally Ricwald, fourth grade.
Liianene uriffith, sixth grade,
won first prize this week on
KOAC's "Land of Make Be
lieve" Drosram. Jennptte Har
rison, fifth grade, also won a
first prize, and Sally Ricwald
took honorable mention for
fourth graders.
The fifth erode is ftnishinr
posters for the chicken dinner
to rje served by the Mother's
club.
Leila Burger, fourth Grade, is
the latest whooping cough case.
Mrs. Farrand's first cruris is
doing stick printing.
Mrs. Green's first vriirlp has
made a book report chart to en
courage reading of library
books.
Julian Thurston. Thnrmnn
Krater and Donna Jean Whit-
acre, sixth graders, won a
troDhv at the Kiddie Knrnivnl
They dressed in costumes.
Claude and Carol Beard have
returned to the sixth grade af
ter having their tonsils out.
The sixth grade is studying
Canada. Charlene Griffith and
Donna Zch having been working
on a map of Canada.
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Prisoners Die A flash fire of unknown origin swept
through this barracks type prison at Sandia special weapons
base, near Albuquerque, N. M., killing 14 trapped prisoners
and critically injuring two others. Two guards and five
other men were overcome by smoke. The prisoners, locked
in three of four cellblocks, were members of the - armed
forces. (AP Wirephoto) '
HOLLYWOOD AGAIN!
Non-Stop Gagster Wins
Fans by Screams, Squirts
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Hollywood, March 11 u.R) A man who thinks anything can be
funny even an ashtray, if you give it half a chance is "out
screwballing" screwball Hollywood these days.
The natives hereabouts (who aren't always noted for their sane
and sober antics) are flocking to see this guy who calls himself
"Hornsby" and goes around forf
five solid ours hollering "creesh
and squirting dry ice at the cus
tomers.
They started out thinking he
wacn't real. And by the time
they decided he was, they had
the "Hornsby habit." And Char
ley Foy's supper club never
coined so much dough from the
big-names around town.
Hornsby is strictly a charac
ter. Does a five-hour nostop
show without a break. Has
his meals served on the stage
and munches apple pancakes
and potato chips while he
reels off his inexhaustible
supply of gags.
Every 30 seconds he bellows
out creesh! And if a lady cus
tomer appears juttery as he
swing over her head on a high
trapeze, he booms out: " Don't
get nervous. I know what I'm
doing."
Two minutes later, like as not,
he has her up on stage for a
magic act where he finishes her
off good. His favorite gag is to
tie two scarves together and
tuck 'em down her neckline.
Then he mutters "creesh . . .
creesh," pulls out the scarves,
and there where the knot use
to be, is a brassiere. He does
the same thing on her hip,
yanks the scarves away, and
nothing happens.
"Ooops!" Hornsby shugs. "No
lingerie."
He has a life-sized blonde
model behind him at the mike
and, whenever the mood strikes
him, he whirls around and slaps
her in the mouth.
He sings, he plinks a mean
piano, he plays records, he
swings from the rafters, he dives
off a life-raft suspended from
the ceiling. And if he isn't the
craziest thing turned loose
around Hollywood in many a
moon, he'll do until somebody
crazier comes along.
Hornsby's the first to admit
it.
"The theme of my comedy
structure is constructive escap
ism," he said. "Only I call it
'crccshism.' That means any
thing can be funny in the
proper situation."
Even his "tickie-tickic"
machine. This is a Buck-Rogers
contraption with red lights, blue
dials, and green knobs. Hornsby
hollers "creesh creesh" over it
a couple of times, munches a
handful of potato chips, and out
flies a bombardment of tiny rub
ber cones.
As they sail through the air 1
From rPo7as? up
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Lots of Free Parking Space
Wc Give S&II Green Stumps
he scoops 'em up in a butterfly
net, hands 'em over to the
customers to examine, and
mutters:
"Falsies for midgets."
And he's only 26. Gosh only
knows what he'll think up when
he's been around longer.
Council Makes Sale
Of Bancroft Bonds
Albany Sale of $45,000 in
10-year Bancroft improvement
bonds in another deal highly
favorable to the city topped ac
complishments at this week's
meeting of the Albany city
council.
The issue went to the First
National Bank of Portland, only
bidder, which offered $100.02
for each $100 par value at IVi
percent interest.
The proposed ordinance parti
cipating the city in the contem
plated joint city-county airport
zoning board failed of final pass
age for lack of a unanimous
vote so passage was delayed un
til the next meeting of the coun
cil. Daylight saving was discuss
ed but left without action.
Signatures Are Sought
Unionvale Mrs. A d o 1 p h
Schutz and Mrs. Clarence Lau
ner of the Pleasantdale district
were working in the Unionvale
district soliciting signers for el
derly people to attend the T-B
X-ray mobile chest examination
at Dayton March 21 to 23.
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Three Justices
Are Unopposed
Supreme Court Justices Hall
S. Lusk, Arthur D. Hay and
Earl C. Latourette will have no
opposition in the May primaries.
Three candidates have filed
for Position No. 3, now held by
Justice J. O. Bailey, who plans
to retire at the expiration of his
present term. They are Judge
Walter L. Tooze and Robert F.
Maguire, both of Portland, and
State Senator Austin Dunn of
Baker.
Circuit Judge Rex Kimmell is
likewise without opposition.
Judge Kimmell was appointed
to the circuit bench by Governor
Douglas McKay following the
elevation of former Judge E. M.
Page to the supreme court. Sub
sequently Justice Page retired
and Justice Latourette was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walk
er, who presides in the 12lh ju
dicial district comprising of
Polk and Yamhill counties, will
also be without opposition in the
May primaries.
Living at Brogs
Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter M. Brog have a new dairy
man, L. R. Thomson, who with
his wife and three daughters,
Rosella, Sandra and baby now
occupy the tenant house left
vacant when Jeannie and Alex
Smith moved to Salem to live
with their brother Jim.
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'Marriage' Between Penicillin
And Streptomycin Effective
By PAUL F. ELLIS
(United Ptcm Selene. Editor)
New York, March 11 U. Three west coast scientists reported
today that a "marriage" between the drug penicillin and strepto
mycin results in a super drug more effective than either when used
alone.
They based their findings on a laboratory experiment in which
the drugs were tested on nine
strains of streptococci bacteria,
a type of germ that causes seri
our disease in human beings.
The scientists, Drs. E. Jawetz,
J. B. Gunnison and V. R. Cole
man of the University of Cali
fornia medical school, San Fran
cisco, said in Science magazine
that populations of the bacteria
were rapidly killed off when
penicillin and streptomycin
were working as a team.
They pointed out that peni
cillin alone did a eood iob m
killing off he germs, but that
its peak performance might be
increased as much as ten-fold
with streptomycin in on the act.
Streptomycin, working alone,
did not equal the performance
of penicillin, the scientists said.
In scientific language, the
harmonious and cooperative ac
tion of two or more agents is
known as a synergism, and the
coast scientists believe that their
experiments, which were con
ducted in the test tube, have
proved that there is a "true sy
nergism of the two drugs."
The experiment also showed,
the scientists reported, that
cloromycetin, another so - call
ed "wonder drug," had some ef
fect on the streptococci bacteria
when mixed with penicillin but
that the action was not as great
as performed by penicillin
alone.
Thus the scientists believe
that cloromycetin "somehow in
terfered with, the early bacteri
cidal effects of penicillin. The
phenomenon was observed with
all nine strains of the bacteria,
but not in the same degree, they
said.
The scientists' work is signifi
cant in that it may lead to a
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