XTEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1942.
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91STARJILLERY
Officer Wounded in Argonne
Decorated For Gallan
try, Merit In World War I.
Brigadier General Edward
Stanley Ott, transferred from
the war department general
staff In Washington. D. C, ar
rived at Camp White Monday
to assume command of tht 91st
Infantry Division artillery units.
Immediately upon outbreak
of World War I General Ott,
then a senior at Louisiana State
university, entered officers'
training school and received the
commission of second lieuten
ant. He went overseas with the
10th Field Artillery, Third Divi
sion, as communications officer,
and served under the division's
commander. "Fighting Joe"
Dickinson.
Wounded In Argons
General Ott was wounded at
Champagne-Marn and In the
Argonne, and in recognition of
his exploits was awarded the
ilver star for gallantry in ac
tion and the Order of the Purple
Heart with oak leaf cluster, for
military merit.
In 1921-23 General Ott served
as an artillery brigade commu
nications officer in Hawaii. In
192S he was graduated from
the field artillery school at rt.
Sill, Okla., and remained there
as an instructor until 1929.
From then until 1933, at the
time a captain, he was R.O T C.
Instructor at Alabama Polytech
nic Institute in Auburn, Ala.,
where he combined various
civic activities with his college
duties, being commander of the
Auburn American Legion post
in 1931-33, chairman of the dis
trict Boy Scout committee and
president of the Auburn Rotary
club in 1932-33.
General Ott attended the
command and general staff
school at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
from 1933 to' 1935, and after
graduation remained as an In
structor until 1937, when he
was selected to attend the army
war college In Washington. D. C.
He was promoted to the rank of
major in 1933 and to lieutenant
colonel in 1940. t
For the past three yeari Gen
eral Ott has served on the war
department general staff In
Washington as chief of the oper
ations branch. In March of this
year hie was given charge of
the operations division, army
ground forces, on the staff of
Lieutenant General Leslie Mc
Nair. Born December 30, 1893 at
ML Herman, La., General Ott
comes of a long linr of fighting
men. Two of bis most treasured
possession! are the commissions
of his grandfather, John Gaff
Legget, as a captain in the Con
federate army, and of his great
grandfather, Benjamin W. Leg
get, as a captain In the Seminole
wars.
Prior to enrolling in the
school of Journalism at Louisi
ana State university. Gen. Ott
attended the University of Illi
nois for one year. At L.S.U. his
scholastic career was outstand
ing. He edited the university
newspaper and acted as an as
sociate editor of the university
annual. He is member of
Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa
Phi. Scabbard and Blade, Omi
cron Delta Kappa, Sigma Delta
Chi and Mu Sigma Rho, the lat
ter an honorary scholastic and
historical society.
General and Mrs. Ott have
two sons, both of whom are ca
dets in the U. S. Military acad
emy at West Point One of them
is fifth in his class, which rates
him as "distinguished cadet."
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Alexandria. Ind. (U.B It's
been a futile spring for hens near
the National Gypsum plant here.
Blasting in progress at the plant
apparently kills the egg germ
upon which the hens ara hope
fully sitting, and baby chick
production is almost down to
xero.
CONVENTION AT TOKYO
Oakland, Cal. u.R The Fra
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posed of glider pilots who are
in training for tha armed ser
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place for their first annual con
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4-1 CLUBS SELL
Through efforts of th 4-H
clubs In Jackson county a total
of $10,089.70 in war bonds and
stamps were sold during June.
Of this amount $9.R30 was in
war bonds and the remaining
$239.70 In war stamps, L. E.
Francis, 4-H club leader for
Jackson county, said today The
sales were the result of a contest
sponsored for 4-H club mem
bers with the winner to receive
a $J5 bond, second winner $10
in war stamps and third winner
$3 in war stamps.
Joan Doran, of tha Table
Rock club won first prire; Bev
erly Force, of Eagle Point sec
ond prire and Loree Brcnnes-
holtz of Table Rock third prize
The Table Rock 4-H club also
won a U. S treasury department
minute man flag for selling the
largest amount of war stamps
and bonds, their club total being
$7,775 in bonds and $108.10 in
stamps.
Members of the Table Rock
club working on the war bond
and stamp project were Loree
Brennesholtx, Wayne Smith, Er
nest Smith, Albert Allen, Jr.,
Jean Hamilton, Ernest Hamilton,
Lucille Smith, Glenn Torry.
Joyce Russell. Neil Glenn, Lyle
Glenn, Margaret Reed, Joan
Doran and tha club leader, Mrs.
Frank Myers.
Mr. Francis said that although
the contest occurred at a time
when many of the club members
were participating in harvesting
the showing made by the clubs
vAs very good. The Minute Man
flag will be presented to Table
Rock 4-H club at an appropriate
ceremony by W. A. Gates, Jack
son county war bond and stamp
sales chairman.
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OF
TURNS SLEUTH TO
Phoenix. Ariz. (U.R An old
sea-dog. who refused to take his
losses quietly and let the law
take its course, can sit back in
the sunshine again, smoke his
pipe and smile with the satis
faction of keeping a promts to
himself.
Louis Van Rlllaer, a retired
sea captain from San Francisco,
was swindled out of $7,700 in
a horse race bunco game on
Nov. 28, 1939, while he was
vacationing in Phoenix. He
vowed he would never rest until
he had put the swindlers behind
bars. - r- .....
He became an amateur Sher
lock Holmes and began a long
and sometimes discouraging
search, but he always remem
bered his vow that he would
locate and prosecute the confi
dence men if it took him to the
ends of the earth and the re
maining days of his life.'
Searched Vs Years
His perseverance won out.
As the result of his determina
tion, all three members of the
bunco gang who fleeced him out
of his hard-saved cash are now
serving sentences In the Arizona
state prison.
The amazing story oi sieuuv
ing and tracking down members
of the gang covers a zwyear
period of travelling throughout
the United States.
Van Rillaer located one of the
trio. Max Kaplan, in Florida
after a year of searching and
caused his arrest. Kaplan was
returned to Phoenix for trial.
A Jury found him guilty after
five minutes deliberation and
Kaplan was sentenced to from
five to 10 years Imprisonment.
- The retired sea captain-detective
then took up the trail of
Edward Price and finally caused
his arrest in Portland, Ore.
Price, who also used the name
Phelan as an alias, pleaded
guilty after being returned to
Phoenix and was sentenced to
from two to five years in prison.
"Good Faith" Scham
The third man, whom author
ities said was the "payoff" or
head man of the trio, still con
tinued to elude Van Rillaer.
Finally, through the efforts of
Sheriff Lon Jordan of Phoenix,
Florida officers apprehended
Harry Lewis, 58. a man with
11 aliases, and he was brought
here for trial.
Just as Lewis was to go on
trial, he entered a plea of guilty
and was sentenced to serve from
four to eight years in prison.
Van Rillaer said the bunco
scheme involved a horse racing
betting system which would
bring fabulous profits. He said
he was convinced so thoroughly
that he made a special trip to
San Francisco to obtain the
$7,700 and returned to deliver
it to the trio to show his "good
faith" so he could share In the
horse race winnings.
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