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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1942. PAGE SEVEN STAGE GUN DUEL AFTERLONG ROW Santa Barbarans "Shoot It Out". As Climax To Argu ment Over Home Guard. Santa Barbara, Cat., April 3. W) Two retired majors cli maxed a prolonged feud over respective merits of the state and home guards In a deadly gun duel last night. Mai. William H. Wenstrom. 43, was killed on the porch of his home. He was shot twice Just over the heart. Maj. Buell Hammett, about 42, shot in the hip, was given a chance to live after a blood transfusion. Mrs. Evelyn Wenstrom, the slain officer's widow, was ser iously wounded. A bullet tore through her Jaw and her pal ate, emerged just below her eye. Differed On Policy The two officers, both social ly prominent, had organized a home guard unit here. They disagreed on policy and Major Wenstrom stepped out Wen-1 strom repeatedly criticized the unit; advocated affiliation with the state guard. He wrote let ters to the Santa Barbara News Press. Last night, after a particu larly violent criticism had ap peared under Wenstrom's name. Hammett telephoned to demand that he cease his attacks. Police Chief Fred Hoelscher said Wenstrom replied: "If you come over and tell that to my face I'll knock your beak off." Hammett went, armed with two .43 caliber automatic pis tols and with a hammer stuck in his belt, Holscher added. The chief and Deputy District Attor ney James Chapman pieced to gether this meager version of the encounter: Hammett walked up to Wen strom's porch and talked with Wenstrom, who had a .38 auto matic. Mrs. Wenstrom came out. 'Guns Blase Suddenly guns blazed. Wen strom slumped forward, dead, on the porch. Mrs. Wenstrom, hysterical, leaned against a porch pillar screaming, until she dropped, unconscious. Hammett was lying In the driveway, 20 feet from the porch, when neighbors rushed up. Hammett did not tell offi cers who fired first, or why his hammer was found on the porch. Mrs. Wenstrom, only other Medf ord Greenhouse 1005 E. Main Phone 4840 Under New Management Visitors Welcomel 200 BLOOMING PLANTS . TO CHOOSE FROM Select your Easter Gift from our fine array of assorted CUT FLOW ERS and CORSAGES. OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS We Give S & H Green Stamp , "Hopalong Cassidy" Rialto's Star i LMaBaaa Sl II ll I 1 William Boyd, as Clarence E. Mulford's "Hopalong Cassidy," forestalls a bit of gunplay in "Secret of the Wasteland," which heads the double bill opening for today and Saturday at the Rialto theatre. Brad King. Andy Clyde and Barbara Brltton have supporting roles with Boyd. "Freckles Comes Home," star ring Johnny Downs as the immortal Gene Stratton-Porter character, plays aa the added feature. witness, was unable to talk be cause of her Jaw injury. She has two sons, David, 2 years old, and Donald Lincoln, 2 months. Major Hammett has a wife, Harriett Cowles Hammett, and two sons, Danny 6 and Larry 9. YREKA TEACHER WINS S. P. SUIT San Francisco, April 3 OP) Gladys Viola Haight, Yreka, Calif., grammar school teacher, won her fight in the U. S. cir cuit court of appeals yesterday to collect a $18,300 judgment against the Southern Pacific for injuries she suffered in 1935 grade crossing accident. The court upheld the Judg ment. She was riding with some friends in an auto between Yreka and Klamath Falls, Ore., when the auto was struck by a train at a crossing during a snow storm. TRUCK OVERLOADS CHARGED TO TWO Amber F. Wanker and John J. Renzema, both of Ashland, Range Buster Dave Y. Gould. 223 West Jackson street, and Gail St Arnold, 828'j North Riverside avenue, were injured Wednes day evening when Gould's panel truck overturned one mile north of the Four Comers Junction on Midway road. StArnold. who was thrown clear, received severe cuts about the head and ligaments In Gould's right leg were torn loose. Both men were treated by a physician and StArnold is confined in his home. Gould said today that dam ages to his truck amounted to more than $400 and might run up to $700. He remarked that his machine rolled over twice after hitting a deep hole In the road. The Jolt broke a spring. he said, and locked a front wheel. Gould stated that he was traveling about 40 miles per hour. Leek of marking of a road hazard was blamed by Gould for the accident. He said that neighbors put a lantern at the place yesterday. The mishap occurred at ap proximately the same place three cantonment workers were Injured last Saturday. I The Ranee Busters go Into action and blast a phantom kill er in "Saddle Mountain Round up," which plays tonight and Saturday only at the Roxy the atre. Ray Corrigan has the lead as one of the "Range Busters." "Navy Blue and Gold, ' star ring Lionel Barrymore. Tom Brown and Robert Young, plays as the companion feature. and Elmer Lewis of Eagle Point, all charged with operating trucks with overloads on the Crater Lake highway were scheduled to appear in Justice court here tomorrow morning. Edward P. Ripley, charged with driving with void license plates was assessed $1.50 and costs, and Frank W, Hardin, Cascade Gorge was fined $1 and costs for improper clearance lights. Closing tlm. for ClaaalfliKl Ads 0 l. m. Too law to ClMslf; 12 40 If you're partial to Pilsner, Iroraro Derby Rflan! you're a To you dyed-in-the-wool Pilsner (ana, good beer has a light and lively goodness. Its haunting flavor is delicate ... always refreshing whether served with food or to quench thirst These very qualities of old-world Pilsner are the , reasons youH enjoy Brown Derby Pilsner. Our Brown Derby Beer Is made to our own exclusive Pilsner formula. It Is brewed with costly malt and with hops selected for deli cacy of flavor. 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