Timber and Land Swindle Ring in Northwest Cracked by FBB
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Tacoma -(UPD-The FBI
Wednesday it had cracked a
swindle ring involving timber
and land transactions with the
indictment of six men by a
federal grand jury here.
Three of the six men in
volved were under arrest.
Warrants were issued for the
other three.
The six were accused in a
15-count indictment of con
spiring to violate five differ
ent criminal statutes of the
federal government including
the National Bankruptcy act.
Eight counts charge violation
of the law against interstate
transportation of funds, mon
eys or securities obtained by
fraud or inducing persons to
travel in interstate commerce
in connection with a scheme
to defraud.
The grand jury returned the
indictment Tuesday.
Arrested were Anthony Fer
nandez, 40, of Lonpview and
Kelso; Raymond Thomas
Dual, Longview, and Reuben
G. Lenske, a Portland, Ore.,
attorney.
Long Investigation
Indictments were published
against Carl G. Pratt, a Port
land accountant; Joseph P.
Delay, a Spokane attorney,
and Burl Elton Dalgliesh, a
former lumberman and miner
of Winnemucca, Nev., former
ly of Baker, Ore.
J. E. Milnes, special agent
in charge of the Seattle FBI
office, said the indictment was
the culmination of a long and
extensive investigation.
Fernandez, a long-time resi
dent of the Longview-Kelso
area, was charged with caus
ing the transportation of Wil
liam E. Belcher, Days Creek.
Ore., between the states of
Washington and Oregon and
Canada in connection with a
scheme to defraud Belcher
and his wife, Jean, and the
Grants Pass, Ore., branch of
the U. S. National Bank and
the Gresham State Bank of
Oregon of $40,000.
Same Violation Charged
Fernandez and Delay were
charged with violating the
same interstate transportation
law in connection with obtain
ing a $25,000 certified check
by fraud from the Trail, B.C.,
branch of the Royal Bank of
Canada in July, 1958.
Fernandez and Dual were
charged with transporting
$61,000 in securities obtained
by fraud from Edwin Cone,
of the Cone Lumber Co., Eu
gene, Ore., in March, 1959.
The three Fernandez, De-
lay and Dual - likewise were I
charged with obtaining $20,-1
000 by fraudulent sale of tim- j
berland to Stevenson Co-Ply , against him and Fernandez
Co., Inc., Stevenson, Wash., went into involuntary bank
in May, 1959. ruptcy in Tacoma. Several in
In May, 1961, Fernandez, dictments against Fernandez
Dual and Pratt were alleged charge him with violation of
to have caused the transporta-j the National Bankruptcy Act,
tion of John L. Castcel of: including a charge that he
Creswell, Ore., between Ore- concealed facts from the court,
gon, Washington and Nelson, made false claims and took
B. C, in an attempt to de- false oaths.
fraud Casteel of timberland
which the FBI said was re
ported to be worth millions of
dollars.
Involuntary Bankruptcy
The FBI said that various
creditors of Fernandez, includ
ing the Dickman Lumber Co.,
Tacoma, in August, 1969, ob
tained a $538,000 judgment
Among other things, Fer
nandez and others caused the
filing of a $575,000 mortgage
l which was alleged to be fic
titious and was alleged to
have been filed to prevent
Fernandez' assets from being
acquired from the bankruptcy
court.
Reuben Lenske was alleged
to have particips'cd with Fer-. in a firm known as Merrimac
nandez in the concealment Inc., of which Lenske Is presi
through the purchase of assets I dent.
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Delay also was alleged to have retained his house and
have participated in the furnishings in Longview, val-
scheme. ucd at $75,000, through this
Fernandez was alleged to device, the FBI said.
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SECTION C MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1962 PAGES 1 to 10
SCHOOL NEWS
Phoenix High School
Edited by Jan Stone and
Lorna Fowler
Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Mata
prepared an authentic Mexi
can dinner for the Spanish
club recently in the home eco
nomics room.
Eighteen members from the
Spanish club, including Mr.
and Mrs. Reno Offutt, at
tended. Entertainment includ
ed skits by the second and
third year Spanish classes.
Senior princesses chosen to
reign over "Blue Rhapsody"
were Bonnie Faytinger, Sandy
Dickinson, Linda Ray, Chyrl
Bowman and Dianne Carter.
The Junior-Senior banquet
and prom was at the Rogue
Valley Country club.
Construction of decorations
was headed by general chair
man, Carol Anderson. Writing
the prophesy was the job
undertaken by Teresa Diede
rich, while Richard Coulter
and Sandra Holt designed the
banquet sequence, and Sally
Strong, program committee
chairman worked with mem
ory booklets and dance pro
grams. Darlene Coffman, with the
aid of Betty Roberts and
Laura Griffith, planned cor
onation of the queen, while
John Kearns and his commit
tee selected suitable enter
tainment. Invitations were sent by
Donna Hill and her committee
to seniors, school board and
faculty members.
Four students maintained
a 4.0 grade point average for
the fourth six weeks. These
included one freshman, Linda
Cauthon, sophomore, Micheld
Dube and seniors, Bonnie Fay
tinger and Linda Tompkins.
. Students receiving a B or
above in academic subjects
for the fourth six weeks were
Sande Beddoe, Barbara Beer,
Dianne Carter, Dorothy Cot
ton, Kay DeMers, Fletcher
Fish, Norma Glasscock, Bar
bara Jacobs, Steve Kesler,
David Kinser, Carole Morin,
Nancy Sciber, Rick Seymour,
Sharon Vick, Pat Bentley,
Richard Coulter, Teresa Die
derich, Laura Griffith, Doro
thy James, Rick Jennings,
Saundra Nelson, Gail Scharfe,
Judy Stewart, Jan Stone, Bob
Barrentine and Danny Coo
per. Others receiving a B or
above in academic subjects
were Betty Jo Howell, Teresa
Mata, Nellie Morris, Linda
Mullin, Lois Rasmussen, Dick
Sanders, Fred Swingle, Karen
Baker, John Barker, Sharon
Bergren, Cheryl Bolz, Jim
Consbruck, Paul Diederich,
Steve Dube, Tim Faytinger,
Greg Goodrich, Dan Grabher,
Eugene Hill, John Homer,
Charles Martin, Pat McAl
aster, Lois McDowell, Dale
O'Hara, Jay Thomas and
Larry Thrapp.
Students maintaining a B
average in academic subjects
for the fourth six weeks were
Chyrl Bowman, Mike Cons
bruck, Terry Hanson, Darilyn
Popow, Jim Schwietert, Frank
Thorpe, Carol Anderson,
Penny Blacketor, Robert
Hunter, Bill Illingworth,
Penny Simmonds, John Fos
ter, Lorna Fowler, Pam
Grove, Janie Suit, Sharon
Baker, Mary C a r p e n t er,
Kathy Fisher, Rosa Hite,
Jeanne Holley, Ramon Mata,
Kenan Smith, Judie Tilford
and Terry Caster.
Future Nurses of America
recently changed their name
to Future Health Careers.
This change was made in the
hope that students interested
in other medical fields, be
sides nursing, would join.
Sixteen girls and four boys
interested in health careers
will take a trip to Portland.
April 13, and stay until the
following Sunday. They will
select three fields of study
from dental hygiene, dentistry-basic
science, dietetics,
medical psychology, medical
technology, medicine basic
science, nursing, occupational
therapy and x-ray technique.
First three places in the
annual high school mathe
matics contest, taken by stu
dents in algebra II and ad
vanced mathematics, were
won by Stephen Kesler, Chet
Caster and Dorothy James.
man's stock trailer, Gary Mc
Garity's tool cabinet and Bill
Breese, Jerry Moore and Boyd
Lockwood's hay trailer.
Phoenix - Talent Parent
Teacher's associations, variety
show was held two nights in
the Phoenix High school gym.
This was a show for the
whole family consisting of
comedy, music, pantomine
and novelty acts.
Future Homemakers of
America planned activities for
the National FHA week April
2 to 7.
One of the plans made by
the club was to send money
to Care for needy families
abroad, and bringing help
closer to home, they will help
a needy family in the valley.
Drama productions are un
der way as the casts for the
two selected 1962 plays busily
memorize lines for the com
ing event. On April 27, the
annual spring Mask club pres
entation will include a melo
drama and a comedy.
"High Window," as . the
melodrama attraction, will
feature seniors Chryl Bow
man as Emily, an invalid,
and Fletcher Fish as Walter,
the nephew! Linda will be
played by Lynn Eilers, Judith
by Penny Simmonds and the
Judge by David Kinser. Dari
Popow is make-up chairman
for this play.
On the double bill is a
light comedy entitled "Three
on a Bench." Bonnie Fay
tinger will act the part of
Betty with John Morrison as
her boyfriend Harry. Marj
Brood portrays Mrs. Moore
who believes herself to be
cupid's little helper. Tom
Baer, in the role of an Irish
policeman, completes the cast.
Make-up chairman is Barbara
Watson.
Rick Breese and Garold
Bell recently completed the
stock trailer they started last
year. Building the trailer was
done as a service to the PHS
Future Farmers of America.
Painted a light blue, with
collapsible sides and front and
end gates, Rick and Garold
both agree that the trailer
should be beneficial to the
local FFA chapter.
Other projects in agricul
ture class include Butch Bow-
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