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I (Arm Tflfnhntn i WHERE 32 BURNED TO DEATH Fireman peers grimly into the twisted, seared interior of Chicago trolley in which 32 persons were trapped and burned to death after the trolley crashed Into a truck trailer loaded with gasoline. The driver of the truck was also killed and 50 other persons injured, 10 seriously. White object (atrow) is the skull of the motorman, apparently one of the first killed as the flaming gasoline enveloped the trolley. Sheriff Would Compel Prison Cons To Be Witness at State Executions New Orleans (U.R) S h e r i f f John J. Grosch, who used to coax confessions out of drug ad dicts with a gold-plated hypo dermic, would like to make at tendance at executions compul sory for every convict in the Or leans Parish prison. " Every thief in here," Grosch Fred Alton Haight Teacher of Piano Classical and Popular Studio, 318 Leverette Bldg. said, "is a potential murderer. If they had to look at a man get ting 2,700 volts in the electric chair, they'd think a long time before returning to crime when they got out of jail. If they did go back to crime, they wouldn't pack a gun. Prison Made Attractive Grosch keeps an average of 500 prisoners, some for as long as two years in his prison. He has the walls painted in orchid and blue, the floors waxed and flowery drapes over the bars, be cause he believes a model jail helps reform prisoners. But at the same time, Grosch said, he is convinced that a pris oner ought to leave jail with a memory that will last him a life time, and seeing an execution probably would make a more lasting impression than pastel decorations and shiny floors. All the cell blocks in the parish prison loog out on the prison Roosevelt, Warren Anxiously Waif Outcome of California Primary Vote Sacramento. June 2 (U.R) New York born James Roosevelt and native son Earl Warren wor ried today which way Califor nia's 1.250,000 new voters would go in the state primary election next Tuesday. Roosevelt and Warren are seeking nomination for the state governorship. Roosevelt is a democrat and Warren, now in his second term as governor, is a republican. But they are com peting directly against each other for both democratic and repub lican nominations. SO Per Cent Gain The state has gained around 4 million new residents since 1940. a gain of more than 50 per cent. Since 1942, 1.250.000 new persons have become elig- courtyard. Therefore, Grosch said, all he would have to do to make prisoners attend executions would be to hold them in the courtyard. "Some people tell me that the prisoners would look the other way when they put the man in the chair," he said. "I don't be lieve they would; I think they would look. Why, every time we have an execution, we turn away 2.500 people." Matter of Psychology Grosch said that what he was proposing is simple psychology. He said he learned about psy chology when he was chief of detectives in New Orleans for 16 years and caught 13,000 crim inals who were convicted. Twenty-seven of them were exe cuted. "When I was a detective." he said, "I took enough hypoder mics and dope from hop-heads to go into business. Filially, I got a gold-plated hypodermic and it started me thinking. "Everytime I got a hop-head I suspected of something, I put him in the cooler for awhile. Then I'd lay my gold-plated hypo dermic out on my desk and have him brought in. He'd take one look at that hypodermic and tell me everything he knew. Some Oppose It "After he got through talking, I'd give him a shot of pure warm water. He'd get a big smile on his face just like it was the real thing." Grosch said there was no law to prevent him from holding exe cutions in front of his prisoners, as long as six official witnesses are present. But he said he had public opinion to consider and persons he had talked to about the plan were about half for it and half against it. ible to vote, 900,000 of them since 1946. Roosevelt hopes they vote the way they did before they came here, because a fair majority of them apparently are democrats. And Warren hopes they fit into the usual California pattern of voting democratic in national elections and republican for state candidates. There has been no real test of the effect on the migration to California on the state voting habits. In 1946 Warren swept both republican and democratic nominations in the primary and had no opposition when the heavier voting of the general : 4 election came along. Republican Get Votes Republican candidates for oth er state offices piled up good majorities that year in such "rap id growth" areas as the San Joaquin valley. But two years later the same valley went for Truman and ousted a republican congressman. One theory Is that the newcom ers will" give Roosevelt, thgir sympathy. He established' Cali fornia residence in 1938 and there have been attacks on him though not by Warren as carpetbagger. Warren Has Background On the other hand, there's a theory that the newest Califor nian is the most vociferous Cali fornian and will vote for a native-born man. Warren has back ground in three of the most im portant areas of the state. He was born in Los Angeles, grew up in the" San Joaquin valley and went to school and worked in the San Francisco bay area. Democrats have outnumbered republicans in the state for 20 years. Right now there are about three democrats to each two re publicans. The ratio was about the same in 1942, indicating new comers have also registered in that ratio. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads Friday, June i. USD MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Grants Pass Newsman Going to Modesto Grants Pass, June 2 Vincent E. Vandre, news editor of the Grants Pass Courier for three years, left today for Modesto, Cal., where he will be employ ed on the Bee, one of the Mc Clatchey newspaper chain. He was accompanied by Mrs. Van dre and their children, David, eight, and Melody, seven months. Replacing Vandre will be Ralph C. Curtis, well-known Oregon newspaperman, who re cently has been on the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier. He is former published of the Ontario Argus and former assistant pub lisher of the Oregon Statesman. Curtis has a son and two daughters, and two grandchil dren. He will reside in an apart ment at 710 East J street. Vandre was an employee of the San Francisco Chronicle be fore coming to Grants Pass, and is a navy veteran. Dead line Sunday Classified te el Noon Saturdays. Demonstrations of Home Freezing Slated A demonstration nroeram to help homemakers with food freezing problems has been set for next week at four Jackson nonntv nhrlc with Pnnntv Agent D. Eula Wintermote fur- nisning tne answers, ner demon strations will deal with quick freezing processes for fruit, vege tables, meat and chickens. All four programs will begin at 1:30 p.m. and are expected to be of interest to homemakers who freeze their food in home freezers or who rent food lock ers. Miss Wintermote will be at Prospect high school Wednes day, June 7; Rogue River high school, Thursday, June 8; Shady Cove school, Friday, June 9, and Gold Hitt high school, Wednes day, June 14, Colonial farmers and t h 1 r families used to make nails in their homes during long winter nights from iron furnished by local forges. Roller Shades Wakefield Drapery 2nd Floor Medford Furniture 6th I Bartlett, Ph. 2-6010 . Tv - (Arm TeUphoto) HETEROCHROMATIC Norma Eborhart. 10-year-old model who gained fame because of having one blue eye and one brown eye, has inked a movie contract with Universal-International In Roily wood. Normal's normal in all other respects. Check These . . . 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