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10 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 13, 1950 Mew cars Come Down Not the price, diu 14 new cars themselves, tumbled down at this Victoria, B. C, agency when the roof collapsed. A salesman escaped by diving beneath one of the eight used cars crushed below. Cause of the col lapse has not been determined. (AP Wlrephoto) Nespecfial Arrested On Felony Charge Silverton Held In Marion county jail in lieu of $5000 bail to await district court action is John Joseph Nespechal, 30, of 509 Jerset street, Silverton, charged with threatening to commit a felony. A shot was al leged to have been fired into the house occupied by the wife of the accused man. Silverton police who made the arrest reported a bullet had been fired through the wall of the Nespechal home after seri ous arguments between the man and his wife. .Harley DePecl of the local po lice force relieved the man of the German weapon as he stood on the porch of the house. .pfficers found the bullet had curved off a wall and hit the floor near Mrs. Nespechal's feet. She had accused her hus band of threats and said that she had hid a part of the weapon but on his promise to get rid of the gun had returned the parts to her husband and shortly after this, the shot was fired. Little Garden Club Holding Plant Sale Salem Heights Mrs. Floyd McClellan was hostess to the Little Garden Club of Salem Heights at her home on Ratcliff drive. Mrs. Ed A. Carleton as sisted. Reports on the third district meeting was given, and it was decided to have a paid luncheon and a plant sale at the next meeting March 23 at the home of Mrs. E. O. Welling on Boone road. Named on the committee were Mrs. Virgil Sexton, Mrs. Carl Harris, Mrs. Paul Acton and Mrs. Ed A. Carleton. Mrs. C. A. Kells sDoka on plans and planting, care of flowers, . growing flowers and Top Post to Kent Myers Salem high school senior, Kent Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs Arthur V. Myers, received a top position in the annual YMCA Oregon Youth and Government legislature assembly which is to convene in Salem April 28-29. Myers was elected speaker of the house for the mock youth sessions Saturday at a prelim inary session in Eugene in which the topics of bills, parliamen tary procedure and various oth er subjects concerning the state government were discussed. In Eugene about 65 Hl-Y boys and Tri-Hi-Y girls from one of the state's four districts heard state- officials tell of their du ties in the legislative proced ures. Also on the agenda Satur- da" were several University of Oregon speech students demon strating the handling of a bill as in a house of representatives. Other officers elected Satur day included Bill Reeves, Springfield, clerk of senate; David Blackmer, Salem, and Janet Elliott, Roseburg, report ers for the sessions. The duty of the reporters is to write the story of the affair and send it to all newspapers in their respective districts. Black mer was house of representa tives reporter in the 1949 legis lative assembly. Each district will have two officers and two reporters as well as a limited number of senators. Delegates not elected senators by drawing from a hat automatically become represen tatives. Senators chosen at Eugene Saturday were Bob Meaney, and Chuck Wilhoit of Salem, Heike Ohling of Albany, Vic Senders of Roseburg, Lynn Johnson of Eugene and Bob O'Conner of Springfield.. Myers is an active student. He is a member of Able Gregg chap ter of Hi-Y, National Honor so ciety, and ticket chairman for the annual Civics club carnival. He also participates in track and golf. Myers has been Salem high school's yell king for the past two years. He was honor ary Rotarian for the month of February by vote of the stu dent council. trees from seed. Mrs. Virgil Sex ton gave Dr. Krause of Corvallls report on the culture of chry santhemums. Guests were Mrs. Lyle Zobel and Mrs. D. V. Ran dolph. km. Vr&r S Vuf fc , V?) Hi 5 6 Singed Cat This is the housecat, an unnamed female, that according to a Minerva, Ohio, veterinarian. Dr. Wil liam Orr, and a plant superintendent, Joe Bucare spent 36 hours inside a fiery brick kiln. They say she came out singed and dehydrated, after surviving temperatures ranging upward from 400 degrees. Dean W. R. Krill of the veter inary college at Ohio State university, commented "it's Impossible." (AP Wirephoto) Barber's Scissors Sets Off Battle Over Waist-Long Curls Pleasantville, N. J., March 13 UPl A barber snipped off little Helen Marie's waist-long golden curls and then the trouble started. Magistrate A. H. Keller freed Barber Edward Anzalone, 57, on $500 bond Saturday, pending grand jury action on a charge of malicious injury to personal Blast of Gas Kills Woman Martinez, Calif., March 13 Cff) A freak explosion of a cloud of low-hanging gas killed a woman and seriously burned two men yesterday. The blast occurred over the highway along the east shore of San Francisco bay at ..nearby Oleum. Highway Patrolman Gor don Campbell said the gas ap parently escaped from an over head pipe carrying waste from an oil refinery to a dump. Three automobiles caught fire after the explosion. The blast was believed set off by exhaust sparks from a car, or an ignition spark. Mrs. Ursula Adams of Alame da, Calif., was killed. Pvt. Bur nett Hale, 21, and John Esta of Berkeley, Calif., were burned. Hale, attached to the Fairfield Suisun airbase, was burned pull ing Esta from his blazing car. They said that, shortly before the explosion, a fog seemed to be hanging over the highway. Scio The new Baptist church parsonage is progressing rapidly. Rev. Elvin Fast and his father are doing most of the work. property, brought by her father. Alfred Wilkins of Northfield said his daughter's hair "was our pride and Joy." Mrs. Wilkins testified that six- year-old Helen Marie accompa nied her older brother, James, when he went to get a haircut at Anzalone's shop. Anzalone testified that he "felt sorry for her and thought she must get headaches with all that hair hanging down. Besides, it is more sanitary cut short. I thought maybe the family could not afford to have it cut. I was doing it out of the goodness of my heart." Mrs. Wilkins said the barber walked over to Helen Marie and snipped off her long curls. She began to cry. Anzalone gave her some candy, he said in court. Church Holding Dinner Scto A potluck supper Is planned for the members of the Baptist church on the evening of March 31. This will be the an nual election of officers for the church. Letha Lynch is the chairman in charge of this event. Bendix Service Oil Burner Service Division Chairman Head ing the utilities division in the Red Cross fund campaign directorate is T. W. Lowry. Quota for this division is $600. The campaign swings into its third week here, Monday, with committee workers out to raise the county quota of $42,000. Third report session will be Friday noon at the Senator hotel. (Bishop-Mod-erna picture) Royal Arch Masons Hosts for Official Woodburn A district meeting of the Royal Arch Masons will be held at the Woodburn Maso nic temple Tuesday evening with the local Royal Arch chap ter No. 29 as host. This will be the official visit of, the grand high priest, Robert E. Dodge, who will be accompanied by sev eral of his grand officers. Chap ters participating will be Inde pendence, Dallas, Salem and Woodburn and between 65 and 70 visitors are expected. The event will begin , with a dinner at 7 o'clock. Percy H. Seely is the local high priest. 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