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4 1 Murder Complaint Due Against Student for Slaying of Socialite Lot Angeles !U.R Detectives indicated today that black mail and net unrequited love led to the slaying of a socialite 'di vorcee by her former houseboy. The detectives said police have possession of letters in which John B. Crooker Jr. threatened to bare alleged intimate relations with the socialite. Mrs. Norma T. McCauley. "I wonder what your husband and parents would think if they knew." one of the letters was quoted. Detectives said this letter was dated shortly before Crooker stabbed Mrs. McCauley to death in her fashionable Bel Air home. Police said Crooker admitted the 33-year-old divorcee had given him $300 three weeks ago and had been generous with lesser sums over a period of time. Crooker denied blackmail or extortion had anything to do with driving him to slay Mrs. McCauley. Lo Angeles (U.R) District Attorney S. Ernest Roll said a formal murder complaint would Coos Bay Union Files Suit for Employees - Portland (U.R) An officer of the Coos Bay local of the CIO Woodworkers union has fil ed suit in Federal Court, here for $15,936 in back wages alleg edly owed 330 employees of the Coos Bay Lumber company. The suit, filed by local bus iness agent Dave Rice, arose out of last year's three-month-long lumber strike. Rice claimed the lumber com pany had refused to honor an agreement to make the 7V-cent hourly wage increase granted in the industry-wide strike retro active to the date employees re turned to work. Rice said the employees re sumed work Sept. 13, 1954, while the so-called governors' fact finding board investigated strike issues but were granted the wage hike effective Jan. 1, 1955. FOX AND GOOSE Narragansett, R.I. (U.R) A fox in search of dinner made a dash for a goose standing with soma colleagues on a frozen pond. The fox drowned. The gees were standing around a hole in the ice. line Sundav OanlftMf Saturday: 1 a m MrmHav r londay: other days 5:30 previous day Soon Monc be issued today against law stu dent John R. Crooker Jr., 34, confessed murderer of Mrs. Nor ma T. McCauley, 38-year-old socialite divorcee. Roll said the nearby Santa Monica district attorney's office would issue the complaint and that the confessed slayer would be arraigned in West Los Ange les Municipal Court. Killing Confessed Crooker, after 14 hours of in tense questioning by relays of detectives broke down Wednes day and confessed he killed the society matron in a fit of rage because she spurned his love. The law student, a former house boy at Mrs. McCauley's home, said he became infuriated early Tuesday when the attrac tive woman fell asleep while he pleaded with her in her fashion able Bel-Air home to resume their alleged love affair. Screamed Before Death He said he grabbed a kitchen knife he pieviously had picked up and stabbed her five times. Then, the Maine-born former sailor said, he took her white lace stole and twisted it around her neck until he was sure she was dead. He said she tried to fight for her life, bit him, scatched him and screamed be fore she died. Mrs.- McCauley was divorced last March from Frank E. Mc Cauley, a former Air Force ma jor. They were the parents of three children. She was the daughter of J. Arthur Thompson, millionaire electrical contractor. SLAYING ADMITTED Los Angeles police say John R. Crooker, left, a houseboy and law student, stabbed and strangled, Mrs. Norma McCauley, right, Bel Air socialite, to death. A broken romance was assertedly the cause. In and Around Jacksonville Jacksonville On Friday, July 1, the regular potluck dinner was held at the Rebekah and Odd Fellows hall. Twenty-six members were present. Guests from Medford lodges included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dyer, Mr.: and Mrs. Floyd Murry and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scriptner. Two old time members, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hawkins, were also present, having returned from Portland after , two years ab sence from Jacksonville, They will reside at their former home on Bishop creek. . The Rebekahs announced that a rummage sale will be held at the hall on July 14. Miss Donna Whiteley, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Church man, 105 Winema Way, Medford, 0) 1 Y Q CEG5 (3S3D dD 33ZESZZQa33 Cgpj H3i ' Pay as Little as V fesS oS? A Day! Hotpoint "Eye-Hi rolls forward and backward easily . . . for house cleaning, floor waxing, decorating! Toe-tip action lever locks rollers firmly in position. EXCLUSIVE! ONLY HOTPOINT HAS IT We Invite You to Come In Today and See This Beautiful New Refrigerator! CityApjp lance; "MEDFORLVS EXCLUSIVE 'HOTPOINT' DEALER" 127 No. Central Ave. Across From Pennes Phone 3-5743 Don't Forget To Enter Our FREE RANGE Contest- was married on June 24 at Mid land, Nev., to Richard Leon Teal, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Teal, 409 Sterling rd., Jacksonville, The newlyweds are temporarily residing at Stokes Auto court on South Riverside, Medford. Miss Joyce Sandell, Oakland, Calif., daughter of Emil Sandell, formerly of Jacksonville, return ed here for a visit with Miss Rita McBeth and Miss Clara Mae Anderson after they had spent a week's visit in Oakland with Miss Sandell. Mr. and Mrs. George Christ, Santa Rosa, Calif., left Tuesday after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pence and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rhoten of Jacksonville Hill. Mrs Christ is a cousin to Mrs. Pence and Mrs. Rhoten. Mrs. Lizzy Hodson has return ed to her home here after a two month visit with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hod- son, Spokane, Wash. Lee Hodson, another son, also returned this week from visiting his son Jack and family at Westminster, Calif, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Rock and son, Joe,; 01cVStagerd., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Christean, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Legg and son. Charlie, returned the evening of July 4 after a four-day deep sea fishing trip . at Crescent City, Joe Rock was reportedly best fisherman of the crew. ' Mrs. H. C. Penick, Medford, spent July Fourth weekend at the home of Mrs'. Ida Wright. , 1 Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Fretwell and daughter, Bennie, and Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Simon, Portland, were weekend guests at the home of Mrs. James Fretwell and daughter, Joan. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bradley and two sons, Linn and Eddie, and daughter, Mary, Cottage Grove, were week end visitors at the home of Mrs. Bradley's mother, Mrs. Yinn Rumley. Linn Bradley will remain with his grandmother for the remainder pf school vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee Jr., and son are visiting Mrs. Lee's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Serry, Jacksonville,' and Lee's father and family on the Apple- gate. The Lees are from La Grande, Ore. Recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hewlett were his sister, Mary Rehr, Wasco, Ore., and her nephew, Loren Mitchell, Troutdale, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hackert visited over July 4 with their son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Hackert, Albany, Ore. While there they attended the Timber carnival. ' Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Jcrdon and two sons, David and Harold, left last week for a month's vacation trip to Hanna, N.D. In their absence Richard Gravelle is taking charge of their service station. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Groves are the new owners of a 15 foot trailer, house in which they had mm BEWARE OF IttlTAWHS LOOK ton THE HAPPY imuooG ttapfl TOPSINQUAUTY! LOW If pniCE Allied War Prisoners ThursdayJuly, t. 195s MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Moved To China Province Taipei, Formosa (U.PJ Some 50 Allied war prisoners, includ ing "a number of American and Canadian officers, : have been moved from Manchuria to the Fukien Province on the South China coast last month, accord ing to the Nationalist Tatao News Agency. The agency, organ of the Min istry of Interior, said the pris oners had served with the Chi nese Communist artillery for "quite a long time." It did not elaborate. a camping trip at Union Creek over the July, 4 week end. They were joined there by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hewlett, Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jones have returned from a two week visit with relatives in New Meadow, St. Marie and Boise, Ida. Miss Grace Hamaker, Horse Creek, Calif., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Hamaker, visited last week in Jacksonville at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Noble, and also at the homes of her aunts, Mrs. Carl S. Hoskins and Mrs. Milton James. She returned to" Horse Creek Saturday with another aunt, Mrs. C. M. Smith, 215 North Colum bus ave., Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sharp and sons, Jerry and Gary, In dependence, Mo.; were recent guests at the Carl Hoskins home. Mrs. Sharp" is Mr. Hoskins' sis ter whom he hadnt' seen for 20 years. ' PI Uninterested In Downtown Center Portland U.R) The Pacific International Livestock Exposi tion.told Portland's exposition recreation commission yesterday it wouldn't , be interested in a downtown site for the proposed civic center. Officials of the PI said that the Delta Park, or East Vanport, site would be preferable. The commission received a re port in six of eight proposed sites for the center with con clusions and recommendations delayed pending study of the other sites. Lost Fishermen -,; Walk To Safety Vancouver, Wash. U.R) Paul Schemchek, 26, and Ralph Conway, 15, both of Vancouver, were safe today after being re ported missing on a fishing trip. They had gone fishing Tues day on Swift creek, in rugged country about 30 miles north east of here. They were reported missing after two other fisher men said they failed to keep a rendezvous Tuesday night. Relatives notified the Lewis river ranger station late yester day that Schemchek and Con way, had. walked .out to a high way. ; . . . g UillTED... Fastest along tho Coast csd to too East! SAW FRIUXISCO SEATTLE 3' fcrs. DRIVER 64 hrs. I O'4 . 10 'j hrs. - Two flights daily both North -and South in the world's most advanced' twin-engine airliner United's Mainliner Convair. Iff II 7l"l -flfY)! Airport Hrminol. IN MEOFORO QlG) QlfiJ& , wu d-ej or an avtnorwM flrovof O0ont. To Buy or Sell - Use Tribune Classified Ads IBdDUJILIEWA DD ' Jack and Mollie Young Proprietors 842 SISKIYOU BOULEVARD - PHONE 7041 6 Open 8 Mi to 0 PH. - Seven Days a Vieek WE GIVE AND REDEEM GOLD ARROW STAMPS SHOP OUR STORE FOR WEEKLY SPECIALS lmiri colors? 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