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John C. Mann Dies
In Sudden Illness
Sunday Afferoon
Weil-Known Merchant
Lived Here Since 1910
John C. Mann, head of Mann's
Department store since he estab
lished it here in October, 1910,
died in' his sleep at home yester
day afternoon following a brief
illness. He recently observed his.
87th birthday.
Mr. Mann was probably the
best-known of the older resi
dents of Medford. He arrived
here on what he thought was
to be a short visit in 1910, when
the city was in the midst of its
biggest boom. He had no thought
of remaining at the time, and
later said, "I had a return trip
ticket iiv my pocket."
But, except for brief trips, he
spent the rest of his life here,
and was an active force in the
merchandising field of the city,
and was also prominent in civic
and fraternal affairs.
Store Now Largest
Under his guidance, Mann's
store grew to be the largest in
southern Oregon, from the ori
ginal 50-foot front store he pur
chased the year he arrived.
Mr. Mann was born in Gode
rich, Ontario, Canada, on March
28, 1865. He lived there until he
was 17, part of that time clerk
ing in a store at $5 per month.
Later he spent 20 years in a
store in St. Paul, Minn., before
coming to Oregon.
His affiliations included the
Masons, the Shrine, the Elks
club, and the Medford Kiwanis
club, of which he was a charter
member and former president.
A member of St. Mark's Episco
pal church, he had served on
the vestry on several occasions,
and had also been a warden of
the church. He was one of two
men to have the honorary title
of warden emeritus.
Served City
Mr. Mann also had served
terms on the Medford school
board and the city council. He
was one of the founders and di
rectors of the Jackson County
Federal Savings and Loan asso
ciation, and was its president at
the time of his death. He was
a past president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his wife,
I Margaret; two daughters, Mrs.
Janet Crawford, Medford, and
Mrs. Margaret Holmgren, Tulsa.,
Okla., and five Crawford grand
children and two Holmgren
grandchildren. Mrs. Holmgren
was to arrive here this after
noon. Funeral Wednesday
Funeral services will be held
at St. Mark's church at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, with the Rev.
George R. V. Bolster officiatin.
The family has requested that
no flowers be sent, and that
those wishing to honor Mr.
Mann's memory make, instead,
a donation to Community hos
pital for the establishment of a
new bed there.
Interment will follow at Sis
kiyou Memorial park. It will be
a private service. Perl's funeral
home is in charge of arrangements.
Prisoner Uprisings '
Said Crafty Scheme
Munsan, Korea (U.R) Maj.
Gen. William K. Harrison said
Monday the Communist prisoner
of war uprisings were "craftily
designed" as part of a master
plan to embarrass the United
Nations Command in the truce
talks.
Harrison, new Allied senior
delegate, returns to Panmunjom
Tuesday to resume negotiations
after a three-day "cooling-off
period" which he suggested to
give the Communists a chance' to
consider the U.N.'s final offer.
He said in an interview that
the Koje and Pusan incidents
were designed to obscure the
fact that almost 100,000 Red
prisoners, of 169,000 held by the
Allies, refuse to return to Com
munism. The Allies never will
bargain on that issue, he said.
WAREHOUSE ENTERED
Vandals entered the Half
Moon Fruit and Produce com
pany, 334 East McAndrews road,
Saturday, and broke the glass in
two platform scales, according to
Medford city police. The ware
house was described by police as
in "extreme disarray."
TAIPEH, Formosa (U.R) A
series of earthquakes shook east
ern Formosa Monday, driving
panicky residents from their
beds. There were no reports of
casualties or damage.
Weather
FORECAST: rtr and warm
through Tuptdir. Possibility
of thunderstorm! In moun
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tonight 4i, Hlfh Tundar 9.
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JOHN C. MANN
Store Owner Passe
Camp White Fund
Request
Reduced,
Sen. Cordon Says
Funds requested by the De
partment of the Army from the
federal Budget Bureau for the
rehabilitation of Camp White
have been reduced by $161,700,
it was reported today by Sen.
Guy Cordon in Washington,
D. C.
The reduction is in funds re
quested for a railroad spur from
the present Southern Pacific
spur at White City to the ware
house area on the proposed camp
site east of the Crater Lake
highway. A report from Cordon's
office last week stated that $415,
900 had be requested for the
railroad, but the amended re
quest is for $254,200.
The smaller amount will pro
vide for some 11,000 feet of
track, the report said.
To $3,616,000
The total fund request was
reduced from $3,777,700 to $3,
616,000. The report from Senator Cor
don also explained that the funds
requested for land acquisition
are for the purchase of 1,324
acres in the area, of which part
are now owned by the White
City Lumber company, and part
are owned by C. C. Hoover and
sons. The exact boundaries of
the camp were not available.
Last week's announcement
said that Budget Bureau ap
proval of the request for funds
is expected this week, and that
contracts were to be let within
30 days. Other funds would pay
the cost of building a telephone
and telegraph building, and re
habilitating existing utilities and
roadways.
Ike's Supporters
Eye Delegate Lead
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's politi
cal backers are confident that he
will pull into the lead early this
week in his neck-and-neck race
with Sen. Robert A. Taft for del
egates to the Republican presi
dential convention.
The Eisenhower forces expect
to win most, and possibly all, of
the 22 delegates to be chosen by
the Connecticut GOP State con
vention Monday and Tuesday.
Eisenhower, wtih 380 delegates
in the United Press tabulation,
needs 12 to overtake Taft, who
is credited with 392.
Eisenhower closed the lead on
the Ohio senator over the week
end when he picked up 20 dele
gates in the Washington State
GOP convention to Taft's four.
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Fremont Russell Sanford, 43,
Jacksonville, suffered severe
head injuries today while work
ing on a bridge near the Butte
Falls fish hatchery, according to
Conger Morris ambulance atten
dants. He was hospitalized about
1 p.m. today at Community hos
pital. No further details of the
accident were available at press
time today.
County Budget FinishedTotals 32,270,572
Jackson county's 1952-53 bud
get will total $2,270,572.02, an
increase of $503,115.14 over the
current fiscal year, according to
the figures released today by
County Judge J. B. Coleman.
No special election will be
necessary. Judge Coleman point
ed out, as the 6 per cent increase
limitation will not be exceeded.
The completed budget will be
published following its signing
by all committee members. A
hearing will then be set, the
Judge explained.
Levy S598.621
The proposed budget Included
a net tax levy of $598,621.82, an
Increase over the 1951-52 levy
of $25,765.39. Estimated receipts
and cash on hand for the next
fiscal year total $1,671,950.20.
A recapitulation of the 1952
53 budget by departments fol
lows: County Court, $15,510; circuit
court, $9,725; district court, $13,-
Oregon Accidents
Claim 14 Lives
During Week-End
Highway Mishaps
Account for Four
By UNITED PRESS
- Fourteen Oregonlans died vio
lent deaths over the week-end in
one of the largest non-holiday
fatality lists on record. Four
died in highway accidents, six
were drowed, one died in a burn
ing home, one was gored by a
bull, one was crushed to death
by a tractor, and one died in a
mill mishap.
Merlin Paul Simmons. 20, and
his 16-year-old sister, Carol
Grace Simmons, both of Gold
Hill, Ore., were killed instantly
when the motorcycle they were
riding hit a car, bounced into a
truck and then back onto the
car, north of Central Point Sun
day afternoon. ,
Wreck Claims Two
At Riverton, Ore., Al Morrey.
49, and his son-in-law, Donald
Herbert Hall, 23, both of Ban
don, were fatally injured late
Friday when a loaded log truck
and trailer that was passing
another truck crashed into Mor
rey's car.
The bodies of four Warm
Springs Indians were missing in
the waters of the Columbia riv
er near The Dalles. The four be
lieved drowned are Leonard
Polk, 38; Charles Tufti. 38; Tur
man Clarke, 15, and Roosevelt
Suppah, 30.
Boy Drowns at K.F.
Michael Savage, 14, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Savage drowned
Saturday while swimming with
friends in the headwaters of the
Link river near Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Karl Geissle, an invalid,
was burned to death at Pine
Grove, several miles southeast of
Hood River, Saturday when
flames destroyed her home.
The body of Raymond Utley,
68-year-old rancher at Lorealla.
was found early Saturday by a
neighbor near the Oregon-California
border. He had been badly
gored by a bull and authorities
did not know how long the man
had been dead.
John W. Michael,. 65-year-old
Lane county farmer died late
Friday when his tractor appar
ently toppled on him as he was
using it to pull a pipe out of the
ground.
Six-year-old John Beals, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Beals, drown
ed Sunday evening in Tumalo
creek near Bend.
George H. Patrick, 39, of Eu
gene, millwright at the North
west Forest Products Co. plant,
was crushed to death late
Saturday while oiling machin
ery under the mill floor.
Motion Picture
Censorship Forbidden
Washington (U.R) The Su
preme Court Monday forbade
states and cities to censor mo
tion pictures on grounds they
are sacrilegious.
In another far-reaching deci
sion, it upheld the legality of
radio broadcasts on street cars
and busses.
The court thus- cleared Its
docket of all major cases except
the biggest of all the steel
seizure case. It probably will not
rule on that historic issue until
at least next Monday.
Idaho Prisoners
Undergo Questioning
Boise, Idaho (U.R) Prison
officials started man-by-man
questioning of convicts at Idaho
state prison Monday, searching
for ringleaders in a riot that
broke out Saturday.
Nine felons already were In
the prison's "Siberia," and War
den L. E. Clapp said the same
treatment would be given oth
ers who had leading parts in the
five-hour riot.
338.28; Justice court, Ashland,
$4,960; justice court, Gold Hill,
$2,547.80; sheriff, $62,048.16;
clerk, $49,396; treasurer, $8,
104.10 (down $262,401; school
superintendent, $15,744.
Assessor, $98,918 (up $38,650);
court hou?e expense, $38,534.72;
jail, $10,185.20; county farm,
$54,147; general assistance, $10,
500; same, medical supplies, $6,
900; dependent children, $27,
840; same, medical supplies, $1,
950; foster home care (children),
$7,200.
For Assistance
Old age assistance, $123,750;
same, medical supplies, $6,900;
blind assistance, $1,440; same,
medical supplies, $150; aid to
permanently and totally dis
abled, $14,688; same, medical
supplies, $2,400: special relief,
$52,552.74; miscellaneous relief,
$1,000.
County compensation, $360;
Red Cross, $1,500; Indigent vet
Medford
L'niltd Pru Full Lad Wirt
47th Year
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MOTORCYCLISTS KILLED
Brother and Sister
Die Instantly; Hit
Car, Truck in Road
Trailerhouse Blocks
Traffic on Highway
Two Gold Hill young people
a brother and sister were kill
ed instantly yesterday when the
motorcycle they were riding
crashed into a car and truck, ac
cording to reports from state po
lice and the office of the county
coroner.
Killed were Merlin Paul Sim
mons, 20, and his sister, Carold
Grace Simmons, 16, both of
route 1, box 314, Gold Hill. ,
The accident occurred on the
first curve north of the Toto ov
erpass, near Blackwell hill, at
about 1:15 p.m., the police re
port said. The investigating offi
cer reported that a house trailer
had lost a wheel, and had skid
ded sideways across the high
way, blocking traffic. Several
trucks and cars had been halted.
Hit Car, Truck
The motorcycle was coming
south from Gold Hill, and police
said it was going too fast to stop.
It struck the bumper of one
stopped car, bounced into a
truck, and then bounced back in
to the same car, the officer add
ed. The boy and his sister are sur
vived by their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Simmons. Mrs. Sim
mons is living at the Gold Hill
rural address, and their father
has been working in Myrtle
Point. An older brother . is. em-.
ployed in Alaska.
Funeral services are pending,
and Conger-Morris funeral home
will be in charge.,
Two Bodies Found
After Tankers Crash
Wilmington, Del. (U.R) Two
unidentified bodies were recov
ered from the lower Delaware
river Monday and eight other
men still were missing after two
tankers collided in a driving rain
storm and burned furiously.
The 10,441-ton tanker Michael,
en route from the Persian Gulf
with a load of crude oil, was
steaming upriver and the 240
foot coastwise tanker -A. C.
Dodge, carrying 630,000 gallons
of gasoline, was headed toward
the Atalntic when the accident
occurred Sunday night off Au
gustine Beach, 22 miles south
of here.
City Budget Meeting
Tomorrow Postponed
The Medford city budget
meeting scheduled for tomorrow
evening has been postponed, ac
cording to City Superintendent
Robert Duff.
He said the council wants to
meet once more, probably Wed
nesday, before it discusses the
completed budget with the com
mittee. He said the 6 per cent
Increase limitation would not be
exceeded.
New York (U.R) Portland's
own special crooner, Johnny
Ray, was honeymooning Mon
day with Marilyn Morrison,
daughter of a California night
club owner.
erans, $l,9uo; coroner, sauu;
Juvenile, $14,475 (down $450t
20); health, $74,660; surveyor,
$4,220; water master, $13,744
(down $1,455.50); district attor
ney, $4,625; fruit Inspector, $5.
730; county agents, $15,862;
county insurance. $2,600; fire
patrol. $125; election expense,
$13,880.
Auditing, $1,500; advertising,
$2,500; bounty, $8,040; county
land sales, $800; herd inspec
tion, $8,000; publicity, $3,000;
weed control, $5,000; O and C
land expense, $2,000; miscellan
eous expense, $200; retirement,
$17,000; tax discount 3 per cent,
$15,000; range seeding, $1,000.
Other ExpantM
Experiment station building,
$4,166.66; .social security, $14,
000; Keep Oregon Green. $100;
veterans service officer, $5,730;
constable, $6,540 (down $840.)
The'total figure for the gen
eral county fund il $838,633 92
with net levy needed of $202,-
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26,
REDS BOW TO ORDERS North Korean Col. Lee Hak Koo, leader
of compound 76 on Koje Island, is returned to his area after con
ferring with Gen. Boatner, U. S. commander of the prisoner of
war camp. The meeting was at Lee's request. Gen. Boatner told
Lee that Red posters "must come down" and that Geneva Conven
tion rules require that "prisoners of war must act in a disciplined
respectful manner." Col. Lee said that the POWs were now
"willing to obey orders!"'
32nd Annual Session
Of F i re Chiefs Opens
Here This
The 32nd annual convention of
the Oregon State Fire Chiefs
association opened here this
morning. The meeting is being
held Jointly with the Oregon
Rural Fire Protection Districts
association for the first time.
President LeRoy Fox, chief of
the Bend fire department, called
the meeting to order at the Holly
theater, and the morning was de
voted to greetings and talks by
officials.
The Right Rev. F. P. Leipzig,
bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Baker City, pronounc
ed the Invocation. Bishop Licp
zig is unofficial chaplain of the
Chiefs association and came here
especially for this purpose.
Welcomed To City
Others speaking this morning
included City Council Chairman
Paul Selby, who welcomed the
firemen on behalf of the city,
and Salem Fire Chief William
Roble, who responded to the
greeting. Robert Taylor., stale
fire marshal, represented Gov.
Douglas McKay, who was sched
uled to address the meeting, but
Phoenix and Talent
Paving Bids Opened
Portland (U.RI Bids we.,
opened by the Slate Highway
Commission Monday on $3,500,'
00 worth of highway projects,
some of which are major links
in the program for 1952.
Bids included:
United Construction Co., Port
land, with $24,218 was low for
grading and paving .59 miles of
streets in Phoenix and Talent
in Jackson county.
823.72. The general road fund
has a budget of $573,120, no levy
needed; market road fund, bud
get $243,560; levy $178,540;
county library fund, budget and
levy $11,550; emergency fund,
budget and levy $12,000; civil
defense fund, budget and levy,
$7,735.
Sinking Funds
Sinking fund for construction
of county roads and bridges, bud
get $200,000 (covered by O and
C revenues); sinking fund for
constructing and equiping an ad
dition to Jackson county court
house, budget $200,000 (covered
by O and C revenues); county
school fund, budget $166,310
(levy on 16,631 children at $10
each); county library fund, bud
get $1,663.10 (levy on 16,631
children at 10 cents each); and
Jackson county historical fund,
budget $18,000 (the same levy
or one not to exceed one-half
mill of the valuation as found by
tht assessor In 1952-53 tax roll).
ill '
Morning
who was prevented from atu..,d
ing by an emergency budget
meeting in Salem. Taylor also
gave the annual report of the
state fire marshal, speaking of
the problems which are common
to city and rural departments
and to the state organization.
Jack A. Hayes, slate director
of civilian defense, who has
long been associated with the
Fire Chiefs association, spoke on
the purposes of the convention.
Others Introduced Included
Medford Fire Chief Gordon Ba
ker, official convention host;
Pendleton Chief William Batch
elor. first vice-president -of the
Pacific Coast Inter-Mountain
Association of Fire Chiefs, and
Glenn E. Leininger and Harold
A. Rosebraugh, president and
treasurer- of the rural district
association.
Memorial Service
A memorial service for fire-men-who
have died In the line
of duty was conducted by the
Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rec
tor of St. Mark's Episcopal
church In Medford.
Afternoon sessions todffy were
to include a number of talks by
various experts in technical as
pects of fire fighting, including
a discussion of county rural fire
protection districts by Loren
Bush, chief engineer of the board
of fire underwriters of the Pa
cific, San Francisco. Fire codes
for rural districts will be discus
sed by Attorney Frank Sever,
Portland.
Other sessions will include a
party at the Elks club tonight,
and further business and educa
tional sessions Tuesday and
Wednesday, with the concluding
business session Wednesday
afternoon.
Tomorrow the rural district
groups will hold separate meet
ings. Arrangements for the en
tertainment of visiting ladies
have also been made.
Competitive Drills Set
A demonstration nf equip
ment, and competitive drills, will
I be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at
j South Grape and Melrose street -.
The public Is invited to watch
the drills, which In the past have
frequently been spectacular ex
hihifs nf fire fighting skill.
Dr. F.lmo Stevenson, preHeiit
of Southern Oregon colleee, will
be principal speaker at a loin!
banquet tomorrow night.
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No. 56
Western Germany
United With Allies
By Historic Pact
Pact Further Binds
Against Russians
Berlin (U.R) The Commu
nist East German government
declared that direct and dras
tic measures will be taken
against West Berlin because of
the signing of the West Ger
man peace treaty.
Bonn, Germany (U.R)
Western Germany Joined the
Western Allies in a historic pact
against Russian aggression Mon
day.
The United States, Great Brit
ain and France signed a separate
peace treaty with the Bonn Re
public. Under it 48,000,000
Western Germans, enemies of
the Allies in World war II, get
back most of their sovereignty
They pledge in turn to rearm
and provide 12 divisions total
ling 300,000 men to serve in a
six-nation European army.
Sober Occasion
It was a sober occasion, there
was no rejoicing in Western
Germany. The provincial gov
ernments In the Bonn Republic
refused to make today a holiday
in celebration of the signing
The powerful West German So-
cailist party boycotted the pro
ceedings.
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son, British Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden, French Foreign
Minister Robert Schuman and
West German Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer signed the 400
page German peace treaty in the
Senate chamber of the closely
guarded West German Parlia
ment building here. Acheson
took off later in President Tru
man's personal plane Indepen
dence to attend Tuesday's Army
agreement signing in Paris. Ach
eson hailed the treaty signing as
an effort to ensure peace.
New Partner Welcomed
"The Federal Republic is at
taining the independence In for
eign affairs and authority in do
mestic affairs which befit a free
state," Acheson said after the
signing.
"The United Kingdom, France
and the United States, together
with the other free nations, are
welcoming a new partner in
their great effort to establish
peace and security in the
world."
The strokes of the pen con
verted Western Germany from a
defeated nation under occupa
tion Into a powerful independent
ally of the West and raised Ger
mans to equal status with 500,
000 U. S., British and French oc
cupation troops who came here
as conquerors seven years ago.
Ridgway Sees New
Korea Push Costly
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway has told
senators a new United Nations
offensive in Korea would result
in tremendous Allied casualties,
according to a reliable source.
The former 8th Army and
Far East commander cautioned
the senators against a new of
fensive in secret testimony last
week to the Senate Armed Serv
ices committee. Ridgway said
U. N. forces would suffer big
casualties because the Commu
nists are well dug-in, their troops
have been reinforced, and they
now have great concentrations
of artillery, a committee source
said.
Markets To Operate
On Summer Schedule
By UNITED PRESS
Maior securities and commo
dity exchanges will begin their
summer schedule of long week
ends this week with a three-day
shutdown beginning with the
Memr.rinl Day observance Fri
day. On Friday only the London
and Canadian mxrkets will oper
ate. On Saturday all markets will
be closed.
The New York Slock and
Curb exchanges and the Mid
west exchange will c'raene the
Saturday shutdown through
Sept. 27.
Kangaroo Court
Sentences Lead To
Prisoners' Deaths
Reds Arming Selves
Inside Compounds
By RICHARD APPLEGATE
United Press Correspondent
Koje Island, Korea (U.R)
Kangaroo courts run by Commu
nist prisoners of war have sen
tenced to death and executed at
least 115 of their fellow captives,
it was disclosed Monday.
The disclosure coincided with
an American officer's statement
that Koje prisoners, practically
all violently pro-Communist, are
arming themselves for battle
with a deadly collection of home
made weapons.
Operate at Night
The toll of dead from kanga
roo court executions since July
2 was higher than the number
of prisoners known killed by
United Nations guards. These to
taled 103 in three riots on Koje
and one near Pusan.
Kangaroo courts operated in
side the compounds, usually at
night, while UN guards wera
helpless to interfere. It was un
derstood most victims were anti-
Communists, many of whom had
surrendered voluntarily to tha
Allies.
First Lt. Robert L. Stock of
the 187th Airborne Regiment,
major guard force here, said a
Communist arsenal was operat
ing in one compound. The prison
ers were "presumed" to be mak
ing small guns to resjst any UN
effort to enter the compounds.
Bloody Fight Seen
The officers report made it
appear virtually certain that any
UN attempt to regain control in
side the compounds would re
sult In a bloody fight.
It was disclosed that the re
bellious captives also have built
battlefield type defenses inside
the compounds and stocked a
supply of home-made weapons
including gasoline bombs.
Army engineers plugged an
escape tunnel to the outside from
Compound 66. They made ready
to collapse another leading from
66 to- the notorious Compound
78, where Col. Francis T. Dodd
was kidnaped May 7 and held
hostage for 78 hours.
Sounds Like Forge
It was in this compound, Stock
said, that the Communists are
turning out knives, tomahawks,
steel-tipped spears and gasoline
"Molotov cocktails."
An officer said there were
"sounds , like a forge" coming
from Compound 76 Monday.
Three Men Sentenced
To Penitentiary Terms
James Turney Eakln, 707
Clark street, was sentenced in
circuit court last Saturday to
five years In the state peniten
tiary for grand larceny, accord
ing to Deputy District Attorney
Bob Dickey. .
Eakin had pleaded guilty to
the theft of a movie projector
from the First Presbyterian
church on May 8, and had ad
mitted a number of other burg
laries. He had a prior criminal
record.
Also sentenced on Saturday
were Edwin Raymond Phillips,
33 Norlh Front street, and James
Leonard Henning, route 2, box
168, Central Point. Phillipi
plead guilty on May 2 to obtain
ing money under false pretenses
and wa: given a three-year sus
pended sentence. He had a prior
record. Henning was given a
three year suspended sentence
for forgery and is to be delivered
to Pixley, Cal., authorities where
he is also wanted.
Sharp Fighting Flares
On 155-Mile Korea Front
Seoul, Korea ' (U.R) Sharp
fighting flared at several points
along the 155-mile Korean
ground front Monday and Allied
battlefield commanders stepped
up their patrols after rumors
of an impending Communist of
fensive. American Sabrejets swept
"M1G Alley" all the way to the
Yalu River boundary of North
Korea without sighting Com
munist MIG -15 planes. They
downed four Red MIG-15s Sun
day and damaged one.
Spokane (U.R) Deputy Cor
oner Arthur Lien said Monday
Mrs. Lydia Blessing, 26, acciden
tally was electrocuted Sunday
when she apparently touched an
electrical outlet while taking a
bath.
BULLETIN
Minaral Walls, Tax. (U.R)
San, Hobari A. Taft's forces
won tha firit iast of strength
in the Ttxas Republican Con
vention Monday whan the
state GOP executive commit
tee voted to seat the contested
Taft delagalion from Jeffer
son County (Beaumont).