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DENIES URGING 'MERCY MURDER'-n?Bln1i Borroto (left), accompanied by hl attorney, j. Murray
Oevlne, leaves court In Manchester, N. H., where he denied he ever pleaded with Dr. Hermann N. Sander
to end tali cancer-tortured wlfe't su.'ferfwr. Borroto was the states eighth witness In the "mercy mur
der" trial of Dr. Sander, charged with slaying Mrs. Abble C. Borroto, 59.
Question Of Air Injection Presents
Big Problem In Dr. Sander's Trial
By Paul F. Ellis
United Press Science Editor
Manchester, N. H., Mar. 3
(U.R) It was a bigger question
than ever before today as to why
Dr. Hermann N. Sander injected
air into the veins of Mr. Abbie
Borroto.
His defense counsel has an
nounced the doctor will go on
the stand in his own defense and
will testify that he waa "sure"
his patient was dead when he
injected the air.
Then why the injection?
And why the notation on the
progress report that she died 10
minutes later?
Mo 111 Effects
Meanwhile, in Baltimore, Dr.
Harry M. Robinson, a physician
and professor of dermatology at
the University of Maryland, said
he is willing to have air Inject
ed into his veins perhaps not 40
cubic centimeters. Robinson said
that he bas injected 10, 20 and
30 and perhaps more to pa
tients in presence of itudents,
and that none of the patients
had any 111 effects. He said he
was confident that many pa
tients had received air with no
ill effect! during blood transfu
sions. Pathologists, , however, say
that the lethal idose of air de
pends on the condition of the pat
tient, and whether the nir is
given rapidly. Mrs. Borroto was
in a dying condition when she
received the air injections, but
tha defense now maintains that
she did not receive 40 cubic
centimeters.
Question Grows BIjjgor
The question of why Sander
Injected the air and made the no
tation grows bigger as the de
fense presents its case. Around
Manchester, there Is some feeling
that Dr. Sander did it well know
ing that it would bring "mercy
killing" out in the open for great
public discussion. In that, he
appears to have succeeded if that
was the Intention.
Trial observers have- been of
the opinion that Sander would
have to go on the stand to clinch
the defence contention that Mrs.
Borroto was dead before the in
jections were made.
It was felt in Manchester that
even though the Jury were con
vinced Mrs. Borroto was dead
and that no murder was com
mitted, the Jury would want an
explanation of the injection. And
that would have to come from
Dr. Sander in person.
Three Holdups Net
Money In Portland
Portland, Ore., Mar.. 3 IU.RJ
Three holdups last night, one by
an unidentified, apologetic man.
netted robbers an undetermined
sum of money, city and county
police reported today.
County police sairUa man be
tween 21 and 25 years of age
held up a tavern and apologized
to the manager and his wife as
he scooped $57 out of the cash
drawer.
"I need it for my wife and sixlcraft will form a protectice chain
kids, and your Insurance will along the 90-mile overwater
Portland Aviators
En Route To Havana
Jacksonville, Fla., Mar. 3
(U.R) Eighty small airplanes
from Portland, Ore., climbed in
to the murky sky today en route
to Havana. Cuba, on a 7.500
mile round-trip from the west
coast city.
The group of airplanes, carry
ing some 230 persons, arrived
here yesterday from New Or
leans. The flight is called "the
world's most ambitious air tour."
Chamber of commerce officials
and local aviation followers en
terlained the visitors with
cocktail party last night.
Included in the group is Ore
gon State Sen. Angus Gibson. 61
a World War I fighter pilot who
learned to fly all over again
three years ago.
The fliers brought along mem
bers of their families. One hod
his two-year-old child and anoth
er his 83-year-old father.
Navy and coast guard surface
Rangoon, Burma, Mar. 3 (U.R)
Police reported today that Miss
belma ftlaxvuie, u -year-old cal
ifornia missionary, has been kill
ed along with 12 rescuers who
attempted to release her from a
kidnap gang.
Miss Maxvile, a Baptist mis
sionary who has spent 40 years
in Burma, was abducted bv in
surgent bandits while riding in
her car about 100 miles east of
Rangoon.
The bandits demanded $4,000
ransom. The Rev. G. A. Soord.
head of the Baptist mission, said
he was unable to pay it because
mission policy forbade use ol
mission funds for ransom.
A crouD of Burmese natives
who were friends of Miss Max
ville organized a rescue party
and succeeded in freeing her
from the bandit hideout. How
ever, the party of 15 was am
bushed while making their
escape and all but three killed.
Miss Maxville was killed by
machinegun fire.
Barrymore Daughter
Weds Young Writer
Hollywood. Mar. 3 (U.R) A
daughter of the late John Barry
more disclosed today she was
married secretly to a young
writer because her mother
objected.
Dolores Ethel Blyth. 10
daughter of Barrymore and
Actress Dolores Costello, and
Thomas Alexander Fairbanks
24, were married in San Ber
nardino, Cal., yesterday morn
ing.
They returned here to stay
temporarily at the home of
Fairbanks' father.
The bride said they hoped to
keep the marriage a secret be
cause her mother objected to the
romance.
"After our families get to-
a gelher. we hope to have a church
wedding, she said.
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Sir Harry Lauder Laid To Rest
Beside Mother In Family Burial Plot
PLAYS LEAD Robert Pa-
quln, above, will play the male
lead in tonignt s zu-au ciuo
drama festival production of
"Fair and Warmer." He is in
his third season with the Civic
Drama Guild of New York and
when not on the road with guild
performers he is kept busy fill
ing picture and television com
mitments in Hollywood. He ap
peared last year on Broadway
with Ethel Merman in "Annie
Get Your Gun." Curtain time
for tonight's play is 8:15 p.m. in
the senior high school auditorium.
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scot
land, March 3 (U.R) The bag
pipes were silent and the gray
skies dripped rain on the "Bon
nie Banks o'Clyde" while Sir
Harrv Lauder was laid to rest.
The kilted minstrel with the
sparkling wit was buried beside
his mother yesterday In the aus
tere burial place of his family,
less than a mile from the banks
of the river Clyde which he im-
Roseburg Woman's Body
Is Found In Woodshed
Rosebure. Ore.. Mar. 3 (U.R)
The body of Mrs. Vila Belle Gal
lop. :, was iouna weanesaay
hanging in a woodshed at her
home, state police said today. A
12-year-old son, Dale, found her
on his return from school. Au
thorities said she had been des
pondent over poor health.
MORE POWER AVAILABLE
Portland, Ore., Mar. 3 (U.R)-
Army engineers said today an
additional 58,000 kilowatts of
hydro-electric power will be
available for Pacific northwest
power systems sometime Sunday
evening when the No. 5 genera
tor at Bonneville dam is return
ed to service.
A Nichols' Worth of
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press 'enure Writer
cover the loss," he said
The loss was covered by insur
ance, police said.
In a related double robbery.
one man robbed a service station
of an undetermined amount of
money. Then he and his accom
plice stepped across the street
and stole another sum of money
from a grocery store.
None of the robbers was
captured.
Bad Knee Cause Of
Man's Broken Arm
Salem, Ore.. Mar. 3 (U.R)
Bpcause of a bad knee, L. M.
MeComber went to the hospital
with a broken arm.
MeComber, who lives in Sa
lem, was going to enter a veter
ans' hospital In Portland today
for treatment of his knee. But it
gave out on him Thursday night
and he fell at his npartment,
breaking his arm. He was taken
to a hospital here where his con
dition was reported good.
NEW SPEED MARK
Miami. Fla., Mar. 3 (U.R)
Delta airlines claimed a new
commercial speed record today
for a DC-6 with 37 passengers
aboard which made it from Chi
cago to Miami in three hours,
eight minutes and 48 seconds.
flight from Key West to Havana
tomorrow. The group will spend
the night in the Florida Keys.
Only One-Seventh Of
Winter Pears Unsold
Less than one-seventh of the
1949 pack of the nation's winter
pears remains unsold and most
of these are Medford anjous, the
Oregon State college extension
service reported today. "Very
few" northwest winter nelit
pears have moved but California
is nearly clean of all varieties,
the extension service said.
Pear auctions have turned
weaker during the last 10 days
but shipments are beginning to
taner off. Only 94 cars were
billed the past week and of
these, 80 were from Oregon.
The United States department
of agriculture reports fancy Ore
gon anjous hit a peak in the New
York auctions on the 10th
last month when 1.000 boxes
averaged $5.36. Offerings in
creased last week and the aver
age for 2.900 boxes sold on the
February 26 was down to $4.31.
Some recovery was shown the
last two days of the month when
averages for fancy anions climb
ed to $4 45 a box. Cornice also
shared In the slump
Highway Association
Man Dies In Eugene
Eugene, Mar. 3 Harvey
Blythe, 47, died here last week.
He was manager of the Oregon
U. S. Highway 99 association.
For many years he was a mem
ber of the University of Oregon
faculty as an instructor in mili
tary science.
In addition to his work with
the 99 highway group, Blythe
was a memoer oi xne naimnai
executive board of the Boy
Scouts of America and of the
Oregon Trail council.
Blythe was well-known in
Medford. .where he was a fre
quent visitor in behalf of the
highway association.
Firemen Arrive Blaze
Before It Gets There
Williamstown, Mass. (U.R)
Firemen set some sort of record
when they reached the scene cf
a fire before the fire itself got
there.
The firemen were waiting at
the railroad station when a
freight train arrived with a blaz
ir; box car.
ihe fire had been noticed by
a resident of Hoosick Falls. N.
Y., 206 miles back on the train's
route, and railroad officials tcle-
gf phoned ahead to give the alarm. '
if.5 JfcO
Washington. Mar. 3 (U.R)
This won't set very' well with
our lovely women folks, but
you ve got to
face the facts.
The National
Geographic so
ciety says that
American
brides come
c h e a p- on a
down payment
basis, that is
c o m p a red to
their less civi
lized sisters in
the grass skirt
sets in primi
tive lands.
HarmiD Nichols If the Ameri
can lover has S2 or so in his
jeans he can buy a marriage li
cense and trot his girl off to the
altar. There, after pledging to
love, honor, and obey, he can
slip the parson whatever he can
afford and be away on his honey
moon. But that's not so in other
lands.
The N.G.S. has looked into the
matter and comes up with some
interesting data.
Take New Guinea. There the
native swains find a price tag of
S600 on their lady loves. True,
they can go into the woods and
pluck a few wild flowers and
maybe spear a wild boar for the
wedding feast, but there still re
mains the original cash outlay.
Looks Control Price
In Nigeria, the high cost of
brides Is causing a fine old to-do.
Among the Ibo-spcaking people
oi tne country, a snapely, pretty
gal may win her pappy as much
as $250, while the parents of a
homely girl with skinny pipes
and buck teeth would have to be
satisfied with three mangy goats.
Around the world " where
bride-buying is an accepted cus
tom, a girl must hide her head
in shame unless she earns some
thing for papa. In the society of
tne Kaffirs, members of the Ban
tu races of South Africa, a cirl
who is not bought with cattle is
dubbed an "old cat" by her
campfire sisters. An "old cat
down tnere adds up to one
word worthless.
Fire-water Used
With the Kuki-Lushai people
of Assam, India, a young man
is expected to give a few gourds
of fire-water to his sweetheart's
parents when he calls to ask her
to be his own.
If the folks accept him, he
moves in on the girl's father
and goes right to work. He be
comes a servant in the house
hold for three years. Then, if he
has kept his nose dry, clean, and
has otherwise behaved, he is
free to wed. But another two
years of servitude is required
before he can go into the woods
and cut down the material for
his own thatch hut.
In Alaska, the situation is dif
ferent. A hopeful suitor of the
Kenai doesn't bother to ask for
parental consent. He slips silent
ly Into the old man's igloo and
begins to cook, clean and take
care of steaming up water for
the baths. If he does a good job,
he is allowed to work on for a
year, then he can marry the girl
and start igloo-inhabiting on his
own.
All of which makes America
a wonderful country.
We fellows expect, bv tradi
tion, to have the papa-ln-law
foot all of the bills for the wed
ding, give us a set of sterling
and maybe a new house for a
wedding present and to leave us
forever alone once we settle
down.
mortalized In the song "Roamln'
in the Gloamin'."
Likened To Burns. Scott
Humble miners in shabby rain
coats jostled shoulders with
Scottish peers as the Rev. T. F.
Harkncss Graham likened Scot
land's greatest minstrel to Rob
ert Burns and Sir Walter Scott,
the poets of the past.
"His popularity was world
wide" said the pastor while the
organ swelled in the familiar
melody of "The End of the
Road," one of the 150 songs Sir
Harry wrote.
It was raining as- Sir Harry's
neighbors gathered at Bent cem
etery to pay their last respects
to tne worid-renownea minstrel
who died Sunday at the age I
of 79.
Flowers ranged from a great
sheaf of arum lilies and iris, the
remembrance of wartime Prime
Minister W inston Churchill and
his wife, to a bouquet of violets i
sent by a child admirer of the I
Scottish minstrel. i
Hymn Repeated ,
Services were held in Cadzow
parish church before 800 mem-:
gers of the congregation and oth-
er guests. Mourners joined in
hymns and some repeated the
lines of Lady Grizel Baillie's
ballad:
O were we young as we ance
hae been
We sud hae been galloping
down on yon green
And linking it ower the lily
white lea,
But we na my heart light I
wad dee."
Shasta Dam Water Mark
Reaches AH-Time High
Redding, Cal., Mar. 3 (U.R)
The water mark In Shasta dam
was expected to reach tha 3,000,.
000 acre-feet mark today, an all
time high for this date.
The mark would be 600,000
more acre-feet than last year at
this time.
The all-time capacity mark
was reached last June X when it
stood at 3,807,700 acre-feet of
water. '
NEW LEAGUE FORMED
Salem. Ore., Mar. 3 (U.R)
A planning committee of the
Oregon Mint Growers association
met here Thursday and formed
the Oregon Essential Oil Growers
leugue, a research and educa
tional group.
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