Blonde Divorcee Pays
With Life for Murder
Of Lover in England
. London (U.R) Pretty Mrs.
Rush Ellis, 28, a platinum blonde
divorcee and mother of two, was
hanged at grim Holloway Pris
on, today for the Easter Sunday
murder of her lover.
.The one-time model and night
club hostess broke down as she
went to the gallows for a crime
of passion that provoked the
greatest outcry for mercy in re
cent British history.
Despite thousands of petitions
for a reprieve, inexorable Brit
ish law sprung the gallows trap
beneath the feet of the beauti
ful blonde exactly on schedule.
Ho Excuses
Convicted of slaying David
Blakely, the 25-year-old play
boy lover who jilted her, Mrs.
Ellis made little effort to save
herself.
' She admitted at her trial that
she shot him six times and meant
to kill him. She insisted until
her final hours that she wanted
to die in return.'
. But a person who visited her
aeain ceu Deiore ner execuuun
on this hot and misty day said
"she was really broken down
this morning."
"She had been calm until this
morning," the visitors said. "But
now the strain is too much for
her and she has gone to pieces."
More than 1000 spectators
jammed traffic and jeered at
police outside the gates of the
dingy, castle-like jail in a grimy
downtown section of London's
north side as hangman Albert
Pierrepoint did his job.
Lending a macabre note to
the scene outside Hollowa? jail,
the lilting- strains of a Bach
composition played by a street
violinist floated above the babble
of voices as Mrs. Ellis died.
Just as the moment of death
came for the young blonde mur
derer, sad-eyed, 52-year-old vio
linist Godfrey Seloc- started
playing Bach's "Bist Du Bei Mir"
(Thou With Me) outside the
gates.
The crowd was silent for a
moment.
At exactly &:18 a.m. a prison
official fulfilled the medieval
rite of posting the death notice
for all to see on the oaken gate
of the prison.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
' Hollywood (U.R) L. J. Thi
bodeaux, a former gas company
worker in Bunkie, la., put a
r h y t h m-and-.
blues record,
"Rock Around
Clock," on his
phono graph
today.
His three-year
boy, Keith,
toddled over
to a set of
drums. He beat
' Alia Meek? out the rhythm
in perfect time, including proper
bangs on the cymbal and bass
drum.
Little Keith can't read or
write. He can barely talk. But
he's the newest . sensation on
television, although .he has a
hard time keeping awake on his
show.
Bandleader Horace Heidt dis
covered Keith in Louisiana on
his touring "Amateur Hour"
NBC-TV program. Heidt was no
amazed he signed the baby to
a contract, making him. the
youngest steady coast-to-coast
performer on TV.
"He started beating knives on
the floor when he was a year
and a half after he'd seen a pa
rade," shouted his father while
Keith beat his drums. '-
"Five months later we noticed
he had rhythm. He wanted San
ta Clause to give him a drum so
we Dougm a J une. oui nc
knew it wasn't a real drum so
we got a $15 snare drum. He
still don't like that so," he
sighed,, "we bought a $50
drum."
; The baby was asked to appear
n a charity event in Lafayette,
La. Son he was the toast of the
State on TV and radio.
"Jackie Gleason wanted him
out we got a better offer from
Heidt," said the young father.
'1 quit my job to take Keith on
tour. We're keeping his salary
in trust for college."
I asked little Keith what he
thought about his new career.
T don't wanna go to school,"
he said shyly.' "I wanna play
drums!"
However, the pint-sized per
cussionist has competition in his
own family. During our inter
view his two-year-old sister and
one-year-old brother took over
the drums.
"Sometimes I get so nervous
from the noise," Keith's mother
said over the din.
When they're not touring with
Heidt. the Thibodeaux live in
one of the 10 modest guest cot
tages Heidt built for his regular
Flerfronir Dp.vifft
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Chicago (U.R) An electronic
device that sounds a siren warn
ing when drivers exceed speed
limits has been developed for
school zones, recreation . areas
and congested sections, the
American Public Works Associa
tion reports.
z The sirens will be installed at
the extremities of speed zones so
speeding vehicles will set off the
alarm when they enter the zones.
1 The warning serves three pur
poses, the association said. It lets
pedestrians know there is a ve
hicle coming on at an excessive
speed, it alerts drivers to the fact
that they're speeding and it
draws attention to traffic vio
lators and thus helps law en
forcement officials.
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performers on his estate.
"Keith leads a normal life,"
his father said. "He enjoys play
ing. We don't tell him to he
does it of his own accord.
He added, "Our little girl can
sing any tune. Heidt wants her
on his show, too."
"This noise!" Mrs. Thibodeaux
said again, "t hope my youngest
takes up something quiet like
the piano. Or, preferably, nothing."
Mcleod
McLeod House guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Young on Rogue river is Mrs.
Wilma Eckert, San Francisco.
Mrs. Eckert is the president of
the Eckert Cold Storage plant
at Maneteca, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Larsen,
Vancouver, Wash., has been the
house guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Rodgers.
News has come from San
dusky, O., of the death of Mrs.
Lottie Congdon, who was the
sister of Mrs. Bruce Grieve. Mrs.
Congdon was well known here as
Mr. and Mrs. Congdon were care
takers for several years at "Katy
did", ranch near Prospect. They
also were-members of Upper
Rogue Grange.
Neil Price, Eureka, Calif.,
visited a few days at the home
of his sister and brother-in-law
on Butte creek, Mr. and Mrs.
George Tockstein.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Houghton
are spending their vacation in
Missouri visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mattson
and three children are vacation
ing in San Francisco. - -
House guests of Mr. and Mrs.
O. E. Stone are Mr.- and Mrs.
Alvin Jackson and Mrs. Daisy
Olson, all of Baker, Ore.
Mrs. Ralph Ellis, Medford,
spent the July 4 holidays at
"Harding's , Paradise" on Butte
creek, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Harding Sr.
Mrs. Donald Vaughn was
hostess to a birthday party Sun
day, July 3, at her home honor
ing her son Wayne. Those at
tending were Miss Loni Miller
of Shady Cove, Miss Jacqueline
and Josephine Hume of McLeod,
Miss Susanne and Johnny Rog
ers, Walt Friday, Kern and Scott
Grieve, Billy ' Betts and Robbie
Green, all Prospect. On Tues
day, June 28, Mrs. Vaughn gave
a party honoring her little daugh
ter Sonda. Those present were
Mary Sue and Ronnie Bastiani,
Jim and George Rogers, Bill and
Bob Bennett, Wendy and Penny
Green, Nadine Blaine, Paul
Stuart and Mike and Jerry Bev
ins, all Prospect. ,
Mr. and Mrs. William-Paul,
Sierra Madre, Calif., are spend
ing the summer at the home of
their daughter and family, Mrs.
Madeline Halley.
Floyd Weston and Mrs. Maggie
Bernard, Long Beach, Calif.,
have been the house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding on
Butte creek.
Mrs. Lewis. Dussenberry had a
picnic at her summer home in
Woodruff Meadows on Wednes
day, July 6. Those attending
were Mrs. Donald Vaughn and
son Wayne and daughter Sonda,
and Mrs. Arthur Hume and twin
daughters, also Lan and Jan
Dussenberry, who are twins. .
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Ander
son of San Jose, . Calif., have
been the house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Herb Carlton, but now have
left for a tour of the United
States and will return to their
home sometime in the fall.
Lt. and Mrs. Norman Smedes,
Yuma, Ariz., have been the house
guests of Mrs. Smedes' parents
at "Folding Hills" ranch, Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald AxtelL
Mrs. Florence Stewart of Can
ada is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lawrence Congor.
Mr. and Mrs.. Harry Harding
were dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Carol Richard
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRXBUHE-THRER
Texas Up in Arms Over Editorial
Tirade Against 'Herb of Alamo'
San Antonio, Tex. -(U.R) The
San Antonio Chamber of Com
merce, up in arms after Harper's
magazine editor John Fischer
called Davy Crockett a liar, has
invited Fischer to San Antonio
to be "brain-washed of your
Yankee associations."
Fischer recently wrote in Har
per's that the current idol of the
nation's small lry was a "liar,
bum and juvenile delinquent."
This was followed by the ap
pointment of an anti-Davy Crock
ett editor by the Indianapolis
Times.
Now, the San Antonio Cham
ber of Commerce has issued the
battle cry of "Remember Davy
and the Alamo," and is planning
a week-long birthday celebration
for the "king of the wild fron
tier" starting Aug. 17, Crockett's
birthday.
Fischer was given a special in
vitation to come to the big cele
bration "to see and -learn the
true Davy Crockett story and be
scome brain-washed of your
Yankee associations.".
Copies of the tentative pro
gram are being sent to the
"Yankee" editors to show them
the Texas-size birthday party
planned for Davy.
"Texans throughout the nation
are up in arms in defense of
l Davy and the Alamo," Jim Bat-
tersby of the Chamber of Com
merce, said.
"The Indianapolis Times has
been swamped with wires, phone
calls and letters."
Dwight Allison, managing edi
tor of the San Antonio Light,
sent the following wire to the
Indianapolis Times, which was
reprinted on the Time's' front
page:
"San Antonio shocked by re
ports by Crockett revolt in In
diana. Mammoth celebration
planned here August 17, Crock-
Hornbrook
Hornbrook The regular
meeting of the Hornbrook
Grange was held Friday, July 8,
at the Grange hall. After the
regular business meeting instal
lation of new members was con
ducted by District Deputy Of
ficer Vayne Ralston of Grenada.
New members initiated were
Mr. and Mrs. Dilley, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Baer and Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Watt.
Hornbrook elementary school
teachers hired for the coming
year are C. L. Stratton, Duns
muir, Calif , as principal; Mrs.
Marjorie Purdin, Ashland, Ore.,
and Mrs. Lorin Cummins, and
Mrs. Edward Smith, Hornbrook.
Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Smith and
son, Davis, Calif., are visiting
at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edw. Smith.
" Mr. and Mrs. - Wilf ord ; Men
donza, San Francisco, returned
home this week, having been
guests of his mother, Mrs. Anna
Coppen the past three weeks. .
. Miss Salley Jeter was home
over the week end from Chico,
where she is attending summer
schooL .
llr. and Mrs. Frank Henley
and son Earl returned last week
from Oklahoma where they
spent a month's vacation.
Mr.' and Mrs. Frank Freitas
and family spent the holiday
week end Visiting Mr. and Mrs.
George Slack at Napa, Calif.
They also visited in San Fran
cisco and returned by way of
Reno and Carson City, Nev., and
through Lassen National park.
Guests at the Carroll -Funk
home last week end were Mrs.
Funk's sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Westons and son
of Alruras, Calif. '
The Rolland Hougham fam
ily have moved to Areata, Calif.,
where they . will make their
home. "
A reception was held Sunday
evening in the recreation room
of the Community church to wel
come the Rev. and Mrs. C. C.
Addington.
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Court Records
POLICE COURT
Arthur Bernard Scarseth, failure
to atop (sign). $5.
Harry Gallup Sanford Jr violation
of basic rule. $10.
Lynn Curtis Butterfield. failure to
stop (sign). $5.
Robert Vernon Jones, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Robert Donald Sefarly. failure to
stop (sign), $5.
Harold Lester Hinds, expired li
cense tabs. $5.
Donald J. Tye. no operator's li
cense. $10.
Ernest William Hinkle, violation of
basic rule, $15.
Gerald Keith Perkins, violation of
basic rule, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Nila M. Hornecker, failure to op
erate motor vehicle on proper side
of highway, $10.
Albert F. Ciauss. failure to operate
motor vehicle in single lane of traf
fic. $6.
Harold E. Ashton, angling in closed
area. $30 with $15 suspended.
Neil E. Jackson, failure to stop at
stop sign. $10.
Tom E. Eddington. defective head
lights, court costs onlv.
James H. Wallace, failure to stop
at stop sign. $10.
$158rl W' Garncr" improper muffler,
David W. Moore, angling without
license. $30.
James A. Lewis, overload. $47.
Robert A. Minkler. four in driver's
seat, $20.
CIRCUIT COURT
Thelma I. Hall vs. Frederick Gor
don Hall, divorce complaint.
Orvella Emily Glass vs. Wheldon T.
Glass, divorce decree.
Charles B. Cook vs. Helen Cook,
divorce decree.
Sleatha Marie Donaldson vs.
Thomas Donaldson, divorce complaint.
ett's birthday. Sincerely hope
diplomatic relations will not be
broken."
Govs. Allan Shivers of Texas
and Frank G. Clement of Tennes
see, Crockett's native state,, both
were invited to the celebration
and were urged to defend Davy
George Isbell, secretary of
Southern Steel Corp. in San An
tonio and a noted student of his
tory, issued a two-page, point-by-
point rebuttal of Harper's tirade
against Davy.
As for the anti-Crockett editor
of the Indianapolis Times, who
chose to remain anonymous,
children and adults alike are
making it rather uncomfortable
for him.
Publie Reaction
Here, according to Battersby,
are excerpts from some letters
to the harassed anti-Crockett edi
tor:
"You filthy tramp, probably
no one will listen to your hog
wash."
"You are probably trying to
make yourself famous, or. a fast
buck or two; but apparently you
don't realize how important it is
to the children of America."
"You are always talking about
us kids being delinquent and one
day somebody writes a song
about a man named Davy Crock
ett and what do you do run him
down J Why did you have to print
that about him and break us kids'
hearts?" '
The Chamber of Commerce
plans to name a special commit
tee "to educate and entertain"
Fischer and the anonymous anti
Crockett editor of the Times if
they accept invitations to come
to the celebration.
Old Davy mmself, if he were
here, probably would flash one
of his famous grins "that could
kill a ba'ar" over the whole controversy.
Witnesses Tell Of Letters Urging Dodging of Draft
Brattleboro, Vt. U.PJ A
44-year-old Vermont housewife
opens her defense today against
charges that she urged youths
to turn their draft cards over to
her and dodge military service.
Attorneys for Mrs. Lucille S.
Miller declined to say whether
the chubby mother of - three
would take the stand in her own
defense. Mrs. Miller said she in
tended the trial to be a test of
the constitutionality of drafting
men in peacetime. :
11 Witnesses Called ..f
The government called 11 wit
nesses in its presentation which
was concluded yesterday in U.S.
District Court before a jury of
sevenwomen and five men.
Nine witnesses, three of them
Army privates( testified they re
ceived, letters from Mrs. Miller
in which they were asked to
turn in their draft classification
cards' to her in return for her
help. Mrs. Miller admitted
through defense counsel Maur
ice Broderick that she signed
five letters introduced as evi
dence. ;
. The letters were read in court.
They were attached to copies of
the Green Mountain Rifleman,
an anti-Communist mimeograph
ed publication issued by Mrs.
Miller. -
As each letter was read, Brod
erick intervened and quoted ex
tracts from the Rifleman publi
cation. Critical of Hersher
. The quotations from the Rifle
man were strongly anti-Semitic
and severely critical of Selec
tive Service Director Gen. Louis
B. Hershey. Excerpts read by
Broderick referred to "Ike and
his. Jews" and "Gen. Hershey,
a pompus Chocolate Soldier." -
Among charges, the Rifleman
accused Jewish interests in the
federal government of ordering
non-Jewish servicemen to over
seas assignments.
In cross examination, Broder
ick asked several of the govern
ment witnesses' if they had any
objections to serving outside the
Continental Ignited States in
peacetime. The replies all were
negative.
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Southwest Boundaries
Answered by Books
Los Angeles (U.R) There is a
man in California who believes
that the true boundaries of the
Southwest can be answered only
by books and not maps.
He is Clark Powell, librarian
on the Los Angeles campus of
the University of California.
Powell, now compiling a bib
liography of 120 novels which
he feels represent the truest pic
ture of the Southwest, believes
that he can demark the area by
the books he has read.
The northern boundary of the
Southwest, he believes, is repre
sented by Zane Grey's most fa
mous western novel, "Riders of
the Purple Sage," whose plot is
laid in southern Utah and north
ern Arizona.
He locates the eastern bound
ary in Tom Lea's "The Wonder
ful Country,-' set in the 1 Paso,
Tex., area.
West "Crazy W e a t h e r," a
story by Charles McNichols set
in the Colorado River country
below Hoover Dam.
South "Journey of the!
Flame" by Fierro. Blanco (pen-i
name for Walter Nordhoff), a
story set in Lower California- of
the 1850's. v
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