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Ward of Juvenile Court Detained In Child's Death Salem (U.R) Marion coun ty District Attorney Kenneth Brown said yesterday a 17-year-old ward of the Marion county Juvenile court is being held for grand jury investigation in con nection with the death Aug. 4 of four-year-old Kenneth Brown, also a ward of the court, who lived at Pratum. Kenneth was taken to a Salem hospital July 31 after he had become unconscious, and died three days later, after he had been placed in an iron lung, without regaining consciousness. Changes Story Brown said: "The 17-year-old, who was the only one at home during the day, at first told first aidmen and investigating Marion county sheriffs deputies that Kenneth fell on a sand box. Shortly after the little boy died the teenager' changed his story and signed statement indicat ing he had mistreated the youngster. Brown said the 17-year-old signed a statement that he forced "the youngster to get in a swing which Kenneth was afraid of. The teenager said he swung 5 little boy higher and higher and he fell out. Later the four-year-old com plained of a headache, but the teen-ager said he forced him to box with him. He said sometime during the day be became irri tated with the little fellow's cries, and while washing his face, he put the washrag around his neck and twisted it. Both boys were living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A Williams of Pratum. The older boy had been there for seven years and the younger, for a month. L.A. Bank Robber Once McNeil Inmate Los Angeles (U.R) The critically wounded bank bandit who attempted to hold up the crowded California bank has been identified as Lewis W Hemmert, 34, an ex-convict re cently released from McNeil island federal prison. TBI agents - said Hemmert staged half a dozen holdups in Oregon and Washington and was sentenced to eight years at Mc Neil. Hemmert was shot twice by a bank guard when he attempted to hold up the California bank in downtown Los Angeles yester day afternoon. He was reported in "critical" conditions from stomach and throat wounds. Washington (U.R) The Boeing Airplane Co. has an nounced that it is building two new types of high altitude reconnaissance planes for the Air Force. 6.95 '6.95 Labor Day Safety Service Special Take advantage of this Special for your safety and insure against costly repairs. 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Two of the 17 were sent to Letterman General hospital in San Francisco, while six others left for service hospitals in San Antonio, Tex., and Anniston, Ala. Six others left yesterday for hospitals in Pennsylvania and New York. Another man will leave for Denver today. The men, 14 of them tubercu lar and three mental cases, ar rived here Wednesday aboard a C-54 hospital plane from Tokyo. They were the advance guard of a 3,313 former prisoners of war soon to return home from Com munist stockades. Talent Feed Store Enlarging Quarters . Talent The Talent Feed store is currently enlarging its quarters to include a separate hay shed in the rear, according to Mrs. Harry Stebler. The structure will be 34 by 34 feet and will hold baled hay, giving the new main building more space for other commod ities. The main building, which was moved into the middle of May, is located at the inter section of the Old Pacific high way and Main st. It is 38 by 70 feet, of aluminum material. The new location features front and side loading docks. The store features grains, hay, poultry, diary and garden sup plies. Filbert Moth Spray Application Heeded The second filbert moth spray should be applied immediately, according to C. B. Cordy, county hortlculturalist. Recommended application is 3 pounds of arsenate lead to each 100 gallons of solution, the agent said. A smaller spray application would be a heaping tablespoon to each 3 gallons. This is the last application for the moth this year, he added, and it should be thoroughly ap plied, soaking all the leaves and nuts. The spray controls the worms, which destroy the nut portion. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1953 Staff Outnumbers Students At Australian Canberra. Australia (U.R) An unusual type of university is growing up in Australia's na tional capital, which 40 years ago was just so many acres of sheep country. Unlike the country's five oth er universities located in the different state capitals, the Aus tralian National university has its students outnumbered five-to one by the faculty and research staff. The National univesity is es sentially a research institution. It now has an academic staff of about 200 and less than 40 pupils. And the university in tends to keep the proportion that way, because it is to be the coun try's top research center. University Part of Plan A university was part of the original plan for Canberra de signed in 1909 by a Chicago ar chitect, Walter B. Griffin. But it was not until 1948 that parha ment passed a bill to establish the National University. Actual work started in 1949, when ad ministrative headquarters mov ed into a temporary building on the site allotted the university. One of the National Univer sity's purposes is to provide fa cilities for star graduates irom other universities to do their post-graduate work in Australia instead of going overseas, in many cases Australia's best brains and talent never came back. That's why the student minority at ANU is made up of honor graduates from other Australian universities. Four Schools Present students are studying for doctorates in philosophy, and the university expects to turn out its first Ph.D s by the end ox 1953. A well-known nuclear physi cist, Prof. Marcus Oliphant, is the present acting vice-chancellor of the National university. He took over when the first vice- chancellor, Sir Douglas Copiana left Australia v to become high commissioner to Canada. The National ' University has four schools: medical researcn, nrial sciences. Pacific studies and physical sciences. The last is the "glamour" school because of Nashville. Tenn. (U.R) Post master Lewis Moore proclaimed "sport shirt day" in his domain because he said it's time males follow the distaff lead in cooler summer working attire. How ever, Moore restricted his stamp tellers to sober, solid colors be cause "I don't want them to out shine the stamps." co University its association with atomic re search, which may mean tre mendous changes for Australia because of recent uranium dis coveries. Will Develop Research The school of Pacific studies will develop research into Paci fic anthropology, demography, economics, geography, history and political science. The government has spent about 3,000,000 ($6,720,000 on the National University so far. Running costs for the current fiscal year are estimated at 600,000 ($1,344,000) which does not includeU.000,000 ($2, 240,000) spent on buildings, lab oratories and equipment. 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Trio After Auto Stolen Three men were picked up by city police Thursday following the theft of a car belonging to Robert LeRoy Merrill, box 163 Central Point. The three men, Allan Brtmun Kitchen, 36, Hollywood, Calif, David Andros Crockett, 39, 272 Maple st, Ashland, and Earl Fredrick Van Blaricom, 49, Ore gon notei, MedTord, allegedly took the car from the lot behind Crater Lake Motors at 9:45 a. m. Thursday, police said. Man Denied Smoke on Bus Takes Own Life' Twin Falls. Ids (U.R) AH the way from Salt Lake City. Henry Chartier. 73. complain ed because he wasn't permitted to smoke on the bus. When the bus stopped. Chartier was heard to say: "If I can't smoke. I might just as weU end It alL" He pulled a revolver from his pocket, held it to the side of his head, ad fired one fatal shot. He was on his way to Salem. Ore. II II IV m d. mm mm aw mwi by .,: - - m Oil Drillers Dig Hole 13,245 Feet Deep Port Moresby. Papua (UJD Engineers searching for oil in New Guinea recently bored the deepest hole in the Southern Hemisphere 13,254 feet deep. Thats' almost 2Vi miles deep. The hole, at Omati, Papua, is deeper than a hole drilled in Barzli which previously held the record. What's more, the Omati hole still is going deeper. FAST FLIGHTS DAILY between 30 WEST COAST CITIES -Above SOUTHWEST AIRWAYS TELEPHONE 2-5851 VOUI NISOMAl MIU CONTAfNtt Sandy CJJJ Jaruee Oersh- kovitch, 69, founder and leader of the Portland Junior symphony orchestra for 29 sessons, died at his summer home her Wednesday. FARMERS! Nave Teer Seat and Haaa tares ea rear Jlaca tm4 Te Ow fleet far aa POLAR COLO CO. Phot 2-5990 aff fly
