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The Weather Forecast; Increasing cloudiness tonight; rain and cooler Wednesday. TMEPERATTRB Highest yesterday 78 Lowest this mornlnc .. 43 Get a Surprise Then are many attractive pro- posltlona offered today by Mafl Tribune classified sda. It may pay you to turn to these ada and look them over. You might get a happy surprise. Medford Tjjbune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937 No. 187. NO 9G0AL i ..i .i - i ii i ii - i .i I Mm 4 j 4 Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. EXPERTS SAY PROSPERITY ONLY BUDGET BALANCER LESS REVENUE, MORE SPENDING SEEN AHEAD CORN LOAN PROPOSAL' MARKET SLUMP CITED McCARL AIDS PROMOTERS OP CHICAGO SUBWAY WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. There Is a Itttle group of long-Jowled, long-time planners In Washington who are pre dicting1 that, unless a certain old man who. they say. Is not lurking around the corner, actually shows up. there'll be no budget-balancing act on' the New Dears program next year. He Is the fellow Hoover said was there and wasn't. Taking an upside-down view of the financial situation as well as a long time one, these prophets philosophize: "You can have prosperity without a balanced budget, but you can't have a balanced budget without prosper ity." This Is the picture as they paint It: The president had hardly admitted that this year's budget was $700, 000,00 out of balance when up bobbed the corn loan talk. This loan, added to other expenditures that the next congress may well authorize, might run the red figures up to a billion. This wouldn't be so bad If the stock market hadn't kicked up and scared off Old Man Prosperity. But it did, and that spoiled everything: The rosy prospects of Increased rev enues, the hope that recovery would cut down expenditures, lessen tho burden of relief. The crash, with $25,000,000,000 loss In stock values In two months, will mean that Income taxes will go down proportionately. Of course, there's a big farm ln- Continued on Page SU.) BIG STEMS E NEW YORK, Oct. 3. Dlreo tora of United States Steel corpora tion today declared a dividend of $1 on the common stock. The corporation announced the election of Benjamin P. Fairies, president of Camegle-Illlnols, aa president to succeed William A. Ir vln, effective January 1, 1038. On that date Irvln will become vice-chairman of the board. Myron O. Taylor, chairman. Informed hla board he would not accept re-election aa chairman at the next annual meeting. April 4. 1938. It la planned that Edward R. Stet tlnlus, present chairman of the fi nance committee, shall succeed Tay lor as chairman of the board. Net Income for the September quar ter was (30.617,638, equal to $3.78 II common share. This compared with 36. 15.682 for the June quarter, or 3.43 a ahare, and 13.636.177 or 84 cents a share for the September quar ter of 1936. For the nine months ended Sep tember 30, the corporation's net In come waa I95.352.853 against -9.-874.904 for tho first nine montlfe last year. CLIPPER FOGBOUND OVER ALAMEDA BASE AIiAMEDA. Cal.. Oct. 26. (API The Pan American China clipper, tog bound for three hours, landed at 12:0S p. m. today at Its Alameaa base. I SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Admiral Ernie West rounding up spealtera for Navy day. Bill Eberhsrd. the Ashland acrtoe. packing up for Portland and a United Press Job. Dean Pleper conducting a one man search for the name of a news paper in Coqullle. Bert On getting so wrapped up m a davenport sales talk as to be late fot lunch. Owner Patton lauding at -ntlflc rasslln at the armory. Stan Kunaman showing kn tn tarest in tbi rumens ampu Hot. EXPENSE IS REPLY TO PLEA Governor Says Present Pen sion Legislation Co incides With Federal Pro gramReferendum Cited SALEM, Oct. 26. (P) Oov. Charles Martin announced last night he would not call a special session of the legislature to consider Increasing old-age pension payments, as request ed In petitions, bearing 85,000 signa tures, submitted by Townsend organ izations. In a statement accompanying the announcement, the governor said so cial security legislation enacted by the last legislature coincided with the federal program, that payment of a $30 a month minimum would Jeop ardize federal contributions totaling $5,594,400, and that the Oregon con stitution prohibits enactment of a revenue measure with an emergency clause attached to prevent the refer endum being Invoked against It. . . Referendum sure "A referendum on a revenue meas ure at this time would certainly be Invoked," the governor said, "as It would require only 12.513 signatures, and for that reason the calling of a special session would Impose a heavy bill for legislative expenses on the public which would be thrown away." A delegation representing the peti tioners, he pointed out, had recom mended a 3 per cent transactions tax, estimated to produce 920,000,000. Diversion of $1,000,000 from the highway fund, as waa also suggested, would result tn a loss of $4,350,000 annually from federal grants, the governor asserted. 'This would mean that 75 per cent of the extension and development work of the state highway commis sion would be stopped and the com mission would be forced to operate on a bare maintenance basis," he said. (Continued on Page Six.) ALBANY. Ore.. Oct. 26. fAP) Linn county school officials found their own difficulties paralleled else where In Oregon today and warned that a crisis exists threatening to eclipse the worst depression condi tions. Prank M. Bennett, Albany school superintendent, told board members from Lebanon, Sclo, Harrlsburg and Brownshvllle last night that the problems arose from' restoration of salaries, re -establishment of courses eliminated during depression years. Increased enrollment, the addtton of new teachers, and the cost of equip ment. The district representAtlves agreed that the situation can be met only by boosting the county's common school fund levy. Virtually all the districts, Bennett said, are handicap ped by a depressed tax base and the 8 per cent limitation law. Firemen Helpless As Man Burning BALTIMORE, Oct. 2fl.(AP Wil liam Schlarb, 66, burned to death today, Just Inches from firemen cut ting away a door they couldn't open because his body blocked It. The man, trapped by flames in a basement, collapsed against Its only door. Firemen heard him plead tor help and were able to see his ires as they chopped hinges from the door. Japan Apologizes For British Death LONDON. Eng., Oct, 36. (API Ja panesc Foreign Minister Kokl Hlrota handed an official apology to the British ambassador at Tokyo today for the machine nun death of a British soldier st Shanghai lait Bun Ciy. Pear Markets CHICAOO. Oft. 29 (AP-USDA) Pear auction: Five Oregon .-srs ar rived. 4 Washington: 33 on track; 1 car sold. Oregon Bnrtletts. 631 boxes fancy 1.3525, average $3.05. NEW YORK, Oct. 36. AP-USDA) Fear auction: 33 cars arrived, 3 Cal ifornia, 14 Oreeon, 4 Washington un Inaofd; 40 ears on trsrk. Oregon Bflrtlrtts. 1045 boxrs extra fancy $2.153.75. average 13 42: 1465 boxes fancy I2 05 ?3 40. averasre $2.23 D'AnJous. 30 box unclassified II 80 f3.O0, averse UM, Ashland Truck Sheriff Passes -hcrirr K. II, Lister, All, lor years jneppmnc county peace otri cer, who died In Orants Pass Mon day after a week's Illness. FAILS TO CHOOSE PORTLAND, Oct. 36. (T) The state board of higher education con cluded its regular October meeting without acting upon or discussing publicly the selection of a successor to Dr. Valentine Boyer, who recently resigned as president of the Univ veraity of Oregon. The board disclosed that enroll ment increases of 1 and 0 percent respectively in the university and Ore gon State college necessitated the ex penditure of approximately $37,000 for salary Increases and additional equipment. The state college supplemental re quest for $20,000 Included provision for the addition of six staff members. The university sought an additional $11,000. Costs of research scholar ships were approved for both schools. Tho gift of a bust of the late Gen eral Ulysses Grant McAlexander, valu ed at $1 ,000, to be placed on tho state college campus, was acknowl edged. Mrs. Frances T. McAlexander, the general's daughter-in-law, was the donor. Howard Hobson, University of Ore gon basketball and baseball coach, received a $300 a year salary Increase, setting his Income at $3,300. The board Increased the salary of John Warren, freshman coach, from $2400 to $2600. THREE KILLED ON SALEM, Oct. 26. (AP) Three persons met death and a fourth was injured last night when the automobile In which they were rid ing collided with a pulp-wood truck In a fog on the Dallas highway three miles west of here. The dead: Mrs. Clara La Chapelle. about 43. who lived near the scene of the crash. Vera La Chapelle, about 11, her daughter. Joseph Milton Noyea, about 43, of Chehatia, Wash. Ernest La Chapelle, 44, husband of Mrs. La Chapelle. was taken to a local hospital, suffering from bead laceration. K. C. Laudahl, 33, Dallas, driver of the truck, was uninjured. Bank Robber Given 65 Years in Prison CLEVELAND, Oct. 36. ( AP) Fed eral Judge Paul Jones today sentenced James Wldmer, convicted murderer, to 65 years for robbery of two Cleve land banks. Federal suthorltles said Wldmer, who pleaded guilty, would be taken at once to Alcatras Island, wst coast prison for desprate criminals. Jtioe Jones also sentenced lO-year old Hoy Sbaurer. of Lorain, to 30 years after 8be.uvrr pleaded guilty to robbing a Woodvllle. Ohio, bank of 12,100 last September 7. War Admiral Wins Churchill Handicap LAUREL. Md., Oct. 36 (API War Admiral 3-ycar-old rhamplon, return ing to the track after a five months layoff be-rauai of a hrokn hoof, captured the $1,200 Churchill hand! cajsi mlit and ;itath feature today. aa!5R),ii Cak. -aaJa CIO PEACE PLAN IN CONTROL AFL Delegation Suggests Crea tion Of New CIO Depart ment Within Federation AFL Group Delays Reply. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. The Committee for Industrial Organization proposed today a reconciliation with the American Federation of Labor on a basis which the C. I. O. leader said probably would give John L. Lewis control of the federation. Lewis' 10-man delegation, negotiat ing for peace with the federation, suggested creation of a new C. I. O. department within the federation which would bo authorized to organ ganlze workers In mass production, marine, public utilities, service and basic fabricating Industries. The A. F. of L. committee, without an immedtato answer to tho C. I. O. proposal, announced shortly after the meeting recessed that It "anticipated" It would be prepared to reply tomor row when the session la resumed. On a basis of membership claimed for the rival organizations, the C. I. O. would have 3,718,000 members In the federation, compared with approxl mately 3,200.000 workers the federa tion now claims. "This eema to us to be a case where we would control the federa tion by sheer strength of numbers," said Lee Pressman, C. X. O. genera counsel. "We think this proposal puts final settlement of the Issue up to the other side. The federation conferees cannot afford to accept or reject our offer Immediately." The peace proposal brought a recess of the conferees until tomorrow, apparently to give the A. F, of L. delegates time to study the C, I. O. plan. O.S.C. STUDENTS CORVALLTS. Ofe., Oct. 36. (UP) A wholesale desertion of the Oregon State campus Monday for an Inva sion of the Oregon campus at Eugene In celebration of a football victory was In violation of orders from Presi dent Pcavy, who was In Portland attending a school board session. President Peavy telephoned the school to warn that no classes were dismissed. His orders were disre garded. Students paraded the campus as early as 7:30 In the morning bear ing placards reading "no classes today." Those who attempted to attend lectures and laboratory sessions were outnumbered when serpentines of college student paraded through the buildings, making class work im possible. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 36. (API John A. Collier, an attorney, surren dered Keylor Noland. 23-year-old vio linist, to police today for questioning tn connection with the milk bottle slugging of Winifred Avers, assistant history Instructor at Reed college. Captain of Detectives John J. Kee gan said he had filed no charge. The case, he added, is before the county grand Jury. A pajema-clad Intruder struck Miss Ayers on the head last week. Police believe the attacker was Interrupted by the Instructor as he sesrehed a college dormitory for a co-ed who Jilted him. Only Three Nations Still Fit to Live In NEW YORK, Oct. 36. (API Bruno Frank, expatriated Oermao author, reached New Tork on tne way to Hollywood today and as serted. "The United Slates, France, and England are tho only decent places left In which to live. The world "a gradually narrowing down against liberalism." The author of "Lost HerltagtV' and "The Msn Called Cervantes." 'ho has become a British cltlcn. ia he will do "rrativa work" for Us uo Oold w j a- t-Uysr . Driver Killed Instantly in Crash GEORGE PLEDGES BRITAIN TO SEEK E King Opens Parliament With Promise Of Air Raid Pro tection' For All England, More Aid For Needy. LONDON. Oct. 36. (jp) King George VI, an earnest figure In the splendid trappings of Britain's anci ent majesty, pledged his government today to attempts to restore peace to China and Spain. At the same time, the monarch promised air raid protection for all England and forecast morn help for England's needy families. Ho opened his first parliament from the throne dais tn the somber house of lords with Queen Elizabeth In a chair of state at his side and con cluded with this unusual benediction: "I pray that under the blessings of Almighty God the outcome of your deliberations may advance the happi ness and well-being of my people and the peace of the world." Usually the king merely Invokes a divine blessing on parliament's "la bors." Otherwise, however, the speech delivered to the associated members of parliament In the musty grandeur of the house of lords hewed to the usual formula. . , H peak of War. .. It bejan with: '"My relations with foreign powers continue to be friendly." ... It told the legislators that the mon arch had Invited Belgium's King Leo pold to visit him In November and Rumanla'a King Carol next spring. Then It dealt with the spectacle of war on two continents. "My ministers hsve followed with growing concern tho continuance of conflict In Spain. It Is their aim to do everything which lies In their power to assist toward restoration of peace among the Spanish people. "They believe a atrlct application of the International policy of non-; Intervention In Spain will materially contribute to this end," the king de clared. "TM position In the far east will continue to engage the earnest at- (Contlnued on Page Five ) FOR FILM BEAUTY HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 36 (AP) It will be a Christmas wedding for Vir ginia Bruce, widow of John Gtlbert, and J. Walter Rubin, who fell tn love when he started directing her In a motion picture. The blonde actress said today the ceremony would be performed In Hollywood sometime during the Yule tide season. Rubin, divorced last year from Mildred Stephenson Rubin, has known Miss Bruce casually for sev eral years. During the current pro duction of "The Bad Man of Brim stone," however, his romantic Interest developed. A classic beauty, reputed to be heart-free since Otlbert's death In January, 1035, Miss Bruce recently bought a two-acre site and planned to build a $60,000 home. She and her 4-year-old daughter, Susan Ann Gilbert, Inherited approxi mately $250,000 from Otlbert's $400, 000 estate. She was ths late actor's fourth wife. ED KELLY NAMED AS PORTLAND. Oct. 36. (AP) Claude C. Hockley, regional director of the public works administration, announced completion of reorgan ization of the Oregon, Washington and Idaho offices as region No. i under ths new, consolidated set-up. Appointments Included Eugene Hoffman, now Washington state di rector, aa assistant to Hockley; Ross A. Orldley, engineer inspector Tor Alaska, aa engineer, and Edward 0. Kelly, counsel for the stats of Oregon, as counsel. Stata offices will ,be abolished No vember S. Three thousand promts with a total estimated cost of aa.ooo.uw now under contract or for which funds have b-wn allotted, will be assumed frf U regional tfio few Securities Commission May Act for Stabilization Of Stock Market Is Hint Hyde Park, N. Y Oct. 26. (AP) Chairman William O. Douglas of the securities commission said today the commission may have something to my "before long" on the stock market situation. He made that statement, answering i a newsman question, soon after a call on President Roosovelt at the chief executive's family estate here. Douglas said, however, he did not discuss with the president the matter of the commission Issuing such state ment. Joseph H. Kennedy, former secur ities commission chairman and now maritime commission chairman, was another caller at the temporary White House. Both Douglas and Kennedy said they had discussed general business conditions with Mr. Roosevelt and Douglas added he talked with the president about tho stock market sit uation "in a very general way." They had separate appointments with the chief executive. Doiglas was asked by a reporter If he had anything to say about the market. "Nothing right now," he replied. "We may have something before long we may as a matter of routine and check up." He explained the "we" meant the commission and that In using "check up" he did not mean a check up of Individuals or specific concerns. "Wo are speaking," he said, "in terms of economics and the general financial situation." Douglas described his Interview with the president aa "a rather gen eral discussion of affairs pertaining to the fi. E. O. and Its relations to out- problems under the three stat utes, the securities act. the exchange net and tho public utilities act." In answering newsmen that the stock market was discussed generally with the president, Douglas asserted that "nothing as specific" as the pos sibility of manipulation was taken up. 200 SEElTf DIVE TO DEATH FROM TOP OF EMPIRE BUILDING NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (AP) Wit nessed by 300 horrified sightseers, a well-dressed youth plunged 65 stories to his death today from the obser vation platform of the Empire State building the world's highest building. In his vest pocket, police found a small piece of paper on which was written the namo "Arthur Marullo" and an address in New York. The death plunge came as 300 sightseers stood on the outdoor plat form with a uniformed guide. Suddenly the young man left the crowd, walked briskly to the four-foot parapet and hurtled over. In falling, his body described an 85-foot outward arc, clearing 12-foot setbacks at the 62nd and 70th floors and a 60-foot setback at the 60th floor. He dropped more than 1,000 feet to the glass and chromium marquee over the 34th street entrance. It was the fifth fatal plunge from the skyscraper, three persons having fallen from the 66th floor and an other, an employe, from the frame work on the building before It was completed The youth had 85 cents In his pocket. RECEIVER NAMED FDR STATE OIL 8 GAS CO. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 38. (UP) John B. Look waa today appointed temporary receiver of tha State Oil & Oaa Co., Inc. to protect property of the corporation during -reoelver-ahlp. O. W. Clark and the corpora tion, of which he la prealdent, are under Indictment In Lane county. The appointment of Look waa made by circuit Judge James W. Crawford on petition of Harley C, Weeks, who alleged In hla complaint that the company, thrown Clark, mlaappro prlated and mlaapplled funda, and that the company waa Insolvent, Clark purchased five acres from the company In Harney county. Dead Doe in Auto Costs Autoist $25 Charged with killing a doe, Jonn Wrilry Argrevea, 48, of Klamatn Palla, waa fined 136 and coeta ol MAO by Juatlce of the Peace H. O. Rrd in Oold Hill laat night. Argrevea waa arreeud by Mate police on the Cralr Lake highway during a road check. The deer waa concealed In tha car, atat polloe STEELS, MOTORS ACT AS DRAG ON STOCK RECOVERY NEW TORK. Oct. 3S. (API Steele and motora dragged the itock market down fractlona to a dollar to ,17 or so today. Througnout the session traders Jumped nervously from the buying to the selling aide and bewildering price awlnga resulted. 1 At the start stocks slumped on slow dealings. Later a brisk advance brought net gains of around $1 to $S or ao In a rush of buying which left the ticker about four minutes behind trading. In the late afternoon decline aome Issuea held gains. " The erratic price gyrations were tied to no special nows developments from trade and Induatry,. brokers said. Financial men satd Indlcatlona there would be no lowering of mor glna In the near future prompted some aelllng. . Lowers were U. 8. Steel at $68, Bethlehem 147.60, Allied Chemical $158.80, Oeneral Motora 140.90, Chrys ler 189, Montgomery Ward e.40.35, Consolidated Edison 24.75, Anaconda S29.25, Kennecott 1,15 00, DuPont 154.76, Santa Pe 40.80, and Now York Central 10.00. Issuea which had limited gains at the finish were Saora Roebuck st 87.36, United Aircraft 117.76 and North American 18.03. Transfers were around 1,000,000 shares. Today'a closing prlcaa for 33 se lected stocks follow: Al. Chem. Je Dye w.. I6B14 Am. Can - 80 'A Am. & Pgn. Power . 4V4 A. T. c T. 161 Anaconda 30 Vi Atch. T. & 8. P. . 40 'A Bendlk Aviation 13'. Beth. Steel . - 4714 Caterpillar Tract. SO 14 Chrysler .-.. 9 Coml. Bolv -ft Curtlss-wrlght .-. 3','t DuPont - 133 Qon. Electrto 41 Oen. Poods .... B2Yt den. Motors ,-..-...- 40Vj Int. Harvest. . 76 I. T. at T. - 8 'A Johns-Man. ...- 86 Mont. Ward 40 North Amer -. 17 Penney (J. C.) - 7914 Phillips Pet. 434 Sou. Pec. - 30H Std. Brands .... 10 Btd. OH Cal ...... 8-V4 Btd. OH N. J. . - 60V Trana Amer. 13 Union Carb. 19 '4 United Aircraft -- llVt U. 8, Steel . 6 PARIS, Oct. 38 WPr-Tbs death of the Duke of Talleyrand In his Paris home on Monday waa announced today. The duke, 78, waa married to Anna Oould, daughter of the lata Jay Gould, after her divorce from Count Bonl de Caatellane. Servants aatd they found the head of the famous family dead In his bed on Monday morning. Phystclana said death waa caused by a heart attack. The duka waa a descendant of Charlea Maurice Talleyrand-Perlgord. the French diplomat and statesman who played a prominent role In the French revolution of the 18th cen tury. Jane Addams Left Estate of $15,097 CHICAGO, Oct, 38. (AP) A final accounting of the estate of the late Jane Addama, founder of Hull House, which waa on file In court today, listed Its value at I6.0B7.3.. Mlsa Addams died May SI, 1036, at the age of 74. Her nephew, Professor Jamea Weber Linn of the University of Chicago, fllrd the accounting. Two nephews and a niece were be queithed portloni of the net astate at tu,u.a. EVERETT SPRINGER IS THROWN UNDER WHEELBYJMPACT Accident Occurs On New Stretch Of Highway Eas Of Talent Victim Born In Talent 30 Years Ago, Everett Nathan Springer, 80, ej 316 Gresham street. Ashland, mat sudden death at 6:30 p. m. yesterday when the truck he was driving collided with one operated by Xvaa Paul Williams, of 163 Granite street, Ashland, on the now atretcb of Pw clflo highway under conatructlo eaat of Talent. Deputy District Attorney Oeorgaj Nellson stated today there would probably be no Inquest, aa Investiga tlon by atate police revealed tbf traglo mishap was entirely sodden tal. Funeral services, In charge of UM J. P. Dodge and Sons chapel ta Ashland, are pending the returq from Tule Lake, Cal., of the ylctlmH father, F. E. Springer. They will M announced later. Crashed By Wheels Springer, a truck driver employee by Jacobson and Jensen, Portland contractors In oharge of the com atructlon project, waa killed whc4 he fell from the cab of hla truce) aftor the collision and waa crushed by the right rear dual wheel n the truck driven by Williams, stata polloe said, Ono tiro' passed ovef hla . cheat and one over hla bead. The accident occurred about one) mile north of the southern Inter section of the new road with und present Pacific highway route. According to the Investigating state police officer, Springer wad driving south In an empty White truck and Williams was traveling north In a Chevrolet dump truoi loaded with gravel and road ma terial. Both drivers were alone. lilt Head On Williams told state police he wad traveling about 30 mile an houd on hla own aide of the road when auddenly tho approaohlng truck op erated by Springer swerved to tnt wrong sldo of the road. Wllllaind then swung hla own vehicle to thd lert to avoid a crash, he reported, at the earns time Springer twisted back to hla own aide. The trucks crashed almoet head-on, and as tnd White truck reeled around after t) lmpaot; Springer fell from the cad door directly undor the back wheel of the heavlly-ladon Chevrolet, Wll Hams told atate police. There wero no eyo witnesses d the crash, according to state police. Williams immediately telephoned Deputy Coroner Will Dodge of Aah land, and the latter removed Springer to the Dodge funeral home. (Contluned on Page Seven.) MERCHANTS PLAN PORTLAND, Oct. 36. (AP) Tn Oregon Merchants Leglalatlva leagtst authorized Its attorney, Walter W Tooee, to prepare and aubmlt tha executive committee an inula tire meaaure to amend the atatsj constitution to permit operation od "trade stimulators" such aa plnbalt games. The committee waa authorised td file tha petition and take steps d bring the Initiative to a vote. Too re. addressing the league ses sion last night, satd the program was not Inspired by a profit motive, but to "provide a basis lor stats) legislation dealing with gambling and alleged gambling" for the pui pose of reducing gambling practlod to an "Irreducible minimum," pro tecting youth from all forms of gam bllng, and deriving from it lunoa to pay for policing and aid In pro- Tiding social and economic seoui- Ity. School Distaste Leads Youth, 16, To Kill Himslef PITT8 FIELD, K. R- Oct. 3S (AP) Lewie P. Ledue, it, waa dead today because he didn't want to go to sohool. The boy'a father, John, told au thorities Lewis went to hla room last night after an argument with hla parents about continuing hla classes In high school. A ahort lime later, the father reported, a rifle shot waa heard. Lewis died Instantly a bullet through hta brain. 4
