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Raymond Earl Walters, 48,
died in the Ashland Community
hospital early this morning from
an abdominal wound, sustained
late Tuesday in a brush with
two state policemen and a de
puty sheriff, sent to investigate
threats Walters had made to kill
residents of the Dead Indian
district. The officers had a war
rant for Walters' arrest, signed
by Mrs. Minnie C. Henry.
Walters was shot, according to
county authorities, while seek
ing to avoid arrest. He sighted
the three officers, Deputy Sheriff
Vern Smith and State Policemen
Charles Johnson and William
Jungwirth, and raced for a tree
where he had a rifle. Several
shots were fired over Walters'
head in an effort to stop him.
Walters then raced toward a
rocky formation. Another shot
was fired by Deputy Smith, and
Walters disappeared. Later it
was revealed he had been shot
through the lower abdomen, the
bullet piercing a small intestine.
Walters made his way
to the
road where he hailed D. H. Cad
mus who was in an auto. He was
rushed to the Ashland hospital.
District Attorney George W.
Neilson said today the grand
jury would be called to hear
pvirfpnffl in tho raca no ennn a.
Bruce Bauer, foreman, returns !
from Portland where he is re
ceiving medical attention.
The district attorney also re
ported the rifle in Walters' pos
session had been stolen from a
resident of the Dead Indian dis
trict, and further stated an in-
4h rf ;. . .'
capee from a California institu
tion. Walters, according to a state
ment by Mrs. Minnie C. Henry,
called at her home Tuesday
morning and threatened to kill
her, her two daughters, and "all
cops." Other Dead Indian resi
dents also reported threats made
by Walters.
Records of the district attor
ney's office show that Walters!
was first committed to the State
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Nazi submariners cringe on conning tower of this U-boat as D. S. Army and Navy planes, somewhere In At
lantic, rain lethal shower of depth bombs. .A few minutes after this picture wns taken, a depth charge dropped
by one of the Army B-25's and Navy PB4Y's, exploded within a tew feet of the submarine's bridge, sent ship
and crew to bottom. O. a. Navy nhoto.
hospital in 1939, and later escap-
ed. He was discharged in May
1940. He was again committed
in 1942, and paroled in Decem
ber, 1943, to a brother in Cali
fornia. He returned to the Dead
Indian district three weeks ago,
and has been living near the
home of his brother, Marion4
Walters.
OLIVIA PROTESTS
Hollywood, Sept. 21 CU.PJ
Actress Olivia De Haviland to
day told the district court of ap
peals, that Warner Brothers
studios had served general no
tice to the movie industry not
to hire her until her contract-
breaking suit terminated, and
said she wanted an injunction
to stop it, "They're holding me
as a slave," Miss De Haviland
complained.
Daily Weather Report
Forecasts
Mtdford and vicinity: Partly cloudy
to cloudv with scattered showers to
night and Friday. Little change in
temperature.
Oregon: Scattered thunder showers
casional light ruin west oi Cascades.
Latue change in temperature.
Local Data
Temperature a vear ago today:
i Highest, 68; lowest. 49.
i Total monthly precipitation, T. De
' ficiency lor the month, 35 inch.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 19- 4. T. Deficiency for the
i season. .33 inch.
I Relative humidity at 4:30 p. m. yes
terday, 20; 4:30 a. m. today, 35 ;0.
I Tomorrow
I Sunrise 6 38 a. m.. sunset 7:09 p. m.
Past 24 hours: HiKh Low Prec.
Boise 80 51
. Boston v 73 V3
Chicago 82 2
Denver 85 60
Eureka 52 49
Havre M 69 44
Los Angeles 70
52
59
67
58
62
60
46
CO
51
57
57
48
70
50
Mfdfo.d 87
New York 77
Omahn 84
Phoenix !t8
Portland 78
Reno 80
Roseourg . 82
Salt 1-ake 82
San Francisco 63
Seattle 71
Spokane 69
Washington, D. C. 81
Yakima 76
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MEDFORD OREGON
Army, Navy Planes Sink Nazi
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Prospect Soldier
Among Commended
For Aiding B-29's
Prospect, Sept. 21 Pfc. Wel
don Zundel, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Weldon Zundel, Sr., was one of
the group that received a letter
of recognition and commenda
tion from Brig. Gen. Wolfe, head
of the XX Bomber Command, in
India, for the long hours of hard
work endured by this group in
setting up a depot. The letter
stated, in part: "From the stand
point of supply and maintenance,
a difficult mission, the bombing
of an important installation in
Japan, has just been success
fully completed. The- diligent
work on the part of the 22nd
has been a large factor In mate
"Xro Whir,
ing it possible for bombardment and Leonard Bernstein, assistant
groups to complete the mis- conductot of the New York Phil
sion over the target with such 1 harmonic Symphony
outstanding success." A column1
of honorable mention was given
the 22nd air depot group, of
which Pfc. Zundel is a member,
in the India edition of the "Bak
sheesh Bugle," of July 8. The
paper was precensored for over-
seas mailing, and stated that the,
above-mentioned successful mis-1
sion over Japan was a Super-
fortress attack on the Japanese
Yawata steel mills.
A few days ago Mrs. Zundel
received a box of gifts from her
son, including a beautiful brace
let of silver filigree butterflies,
with n matching necklace, hand-
J K.. 4Un nn4!,,.D nnrl alen !
handmade cashmere shawl of
striking design and colors.
HOP DRIER BURNS
Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. 21
(U.R) Fire today destroyed the
hop kiln and 350 bales of new
hops at the I. D. Wood ranch
near Santa Rosa In the third
such disaster of its kind in this
area within the past ten days.
Damage was estimated at
$50,000.
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Young Americans
Organize to Help
Roosevelt Remain
New York, Sept. 21 (U.P.)
Formation of Young Americans
for Roosevelt, described as a
nation-wide, non partisan move
ment for the re-election of Presi
dent Roosevelt, was announced
today by Barney Ross, marine
hero of Guadalcanal and former
lightweight and welterweight
boxing champion.
Among founders of the group,
which is working to enlist 1000
young people throughout the
country, Ross named Motion
Picture Star Olivia De Haviland,
Radio Writer Norman Corwin,
Novelist Howard Fast, Patricia
Peardon star of "Junior Miss."
Fleet Operators
To Sign Coupons
Operators of fleets of com
mercial motor vehicles that do
not bear fleet rlpsirmnrinnc uill
enc0-se their gasoline coupons
after Oct. 1 by writing their
names and addresses on the face
of the coupons, under a change
In endorsement requirements
announced today by the district
OPA.
. Previously, the "T" coupons
issued to a fleet of commercial
vehicles that did not have a fleet
designation were endorsed with
the operators certificate of war
necessity, OPA states. The
change is made to facilitate trac
ing of coupons through the en
dorsement. John Smith explored New
England for the Plymouth com
pany in 1614.
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Delicious old fashioned peanutbutter cookies
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One of Fluhrer's Old English Fruit Cakes
Wrapped and ready to mail $1.10 and larger
KLAMATH INDIAN
Klamath Falls, Sept. 21 A
manslaughter verdict was re
turned Wednesday against Imo
gene Fisher, Indian woman, tried
on a charge of the second degree
murder of Watkin Davis during
a fight on June 24 in an auto
wrecking yard near the viaduct.
The jury decided that the stab
bing of Davis by Imogcne had
been "without malice or express
purpose, on a provocation ap
parently sufficient to make the
passion irrepressible."
Testimony showed that Davis
was killed in a fight that grew
out of a drinking bout.
Davis, it was testified, attack
ed Zctta Williams, an Indian
woman, pulling her hair and'
beating her head on the ground.
When the Williams woman call
ed for help, Imogene Fisher is al
leged to have assailed Davis with
a knife, after he had twice struck
her.
Prospect
Prospect, Sept. 21 A group
of P.T.A. members have been
working in the school kitchen
part of last week, and this week,
and they canned 1800 lbs. of
peaches, and 1000 lbs. of toma
toes, which will be used for the
P.-T. A. school lunches this win
ter. A large amount of pears and
apples will bo canned within the
next few weeks.
Lawrence Tribett, of the U.
S. N. R., who is spending part
of his leave with friends here,
received a promotion recently,
while stationed in Scotland, from
signalman second class, to sig
nalman first class. Tribett's leave
will be up September 30, and
San Francisco is now his home
port, instead of New York, where
he has been shipping out of for
the past 2V years.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Conger
have received word from their
son, Robert, that he is In the'
armnroH fnrnp nnr! stnlinnpd nt t
Fort Knox, Kentucky, for basic
training.
Mrs. Huston of Gold Hill, who
has been making an extended
visit with a daughter in Cali-:
fornia, is visiting her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Middlobusher.
Mrs. Millie Walker of Port
land visited September 18 with
her friend, Mrs. Frances Pear
son, and other friends here.
Mrs. Una B. Inch, county rural
school supervisor, from Med
ford, visited Prospect schools,
September 18.
Mr. and Mrs. James Heston
Grieve, and their house guests,
Wendell Vaughn, S. l'c, spent
the evening of September 18 in
Medford visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fraedrick,
Jr., motored to Medford, Sep
tember 16, where the former had
dental work done.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace W. Din
kens moved from the local Co
pco to one of Mrs. Pearson's
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houses that was occupied by Mr.
ana Airs, naroia Davidson, at
Prospect, over the week-end. The
Davidsons moved to the house
in the Red Blanket district that
they recently bought from Nick
Freed.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sherman
who received word that their
son, Ronald, freshman at Can
yonville Bible Academy, was ill,
motored to Canyonville Septem
ber 19, and brought him home.
Two Kruggel Boys
Now Serving With
Army; One In Italy
With the call to the colors of
Robert KruRgel on September 7,
both sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
E. Kruggel, Medford, are now
serving in the army. Robert's
older brother, Fred, Jr., private
first class, is a machine gunner
with an armored infantry unit
fighting in Italy. He took part in
the battle for the Anzio beach
head, and later was wounded in
the drive north toward Pisa.
Now fully recovered, he is again
in action in the assault on the
Nazi Gothic line in northern
Italy.
In a recent letter to his mother
and father, Fred told of a two
day leave spent In Rome sight
seeing, of a visit to Vatican City,
and of seeing Pope Pius XII.
With it all, however, Fred de
clared in the letter, there Is no
place like home, and his one
thought is of his return to Med
ford and again take up his old
job assisting his father In the
operation of their service station
at 600 East Main street.
Riviera
Riviera. Sept. 21 Foots
Creek Sewing club will meet
Wednesday, St-ptembei 27, at the
home of live chairman, Mrs. John
Barnes.
Several properties have
changed hands the past week.
The Evergreen Motor Lodge, the
Clara Wi.ite ranch and the Wil
son ranch were sold. The Wil
sons moved into their new home
the first of the week.
Mrs. Florinne Hlgtnbotham
and infant daughter Barbara
Ann returned home from the
Josephine hospital Sept. 1 S.
Mrs. Millie Walker of Port
land Is visiting her sister, Mrs.
R. L. Mil'er.
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ThurtdaT. Sept. Jl, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNETHREE
New Legion Leader
Long Prominent in
Veterans' Affairs
Chicago, Sept. 21 U.R) Ed
ward N. Schciberling, of Al
bany, N. Y., the new national
commander of the American
Legion comes to that position
with a long record of leadership
in Legion affairs.
His election Wednesday was
an advancement from his for
mer position of vice chairman
of the National Legislative com
mittee. The organizer and first com
mander of Capital City post In
Albany, Scheiberllng later be
came commander of the New
York state department and
while in that position took a
leading role in legislative af
fairs pertaining to veterans. He
also served on many national
committees.
A graduate of Union Univer
sity's department of law, he is
the senior member of the Al
bany law firm of Scheiberling
and Schneider and is known to
legionaires as "Judge."
In the first World War he
went to France as a first lieu
tenant of infantry and parttei-
j patcd in the St. Mihiel offen
I sive, was commissioned a cap
1 tain and then served in the
I Mouse Argonne offensive.
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DEATH PARTS TWINS
Muncle, Ind., Sept. 21 (U.R)
The life-long companionship ot
Thomas P. Murphy and Joa
Murphy, 85-year-old twins, was
ended today. Thomas died last
night. The twins, who wero
born In Philadelphia and cams
here 49 years ago, shared a
common house and even a
common pipe. Neither was
married.
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