WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1962
Police Press Hunt
For Killer in Case
Of Basement Grave
San Francisco-OJPD - Police
intensified their search for a
woman murder suspect today
after her two grandchildren
with whom she had been seen
recently, were found wander
ing on an Oakland, Calif,
itreet.
Oakland police said the two
youngsters were picked up
Tuesday afternoon as stray
children. Efforts to identify
them and find their parents
led to the connection with
Mrs. Iva Kroeger, 44, wanted
as a suspect in the slaying of
two persons whose bodies
were uncovered in basement
graves here.
Seen With Children
Police were combing the
East Bay area where the chil
dren were found. Other re
ports said Mrs. Kroeger was
seen with the children in ban
Francisco last week end. They
were reported to be the sons
of a Florida man who was
Mrs. Kroeger's son by a previ
ous marriage.
Oakland police said the chll
dren were identified as re
lated to Mrs. Kroeger through
pictures. They were being
cared for at the Oakland Juve
nile Hall but officials there
declined to give their name's
' or ages.
Mrs. Kroeger's husband,
Ralph, 61, was booked on
suspicion of murder. He de
nied any knowledge of how
the bodies of a Santa Rosa,
Calif., couple . were buried
under concrete in his base
ment.
The body of Jay Arneson
70, a semi-invalid, was found
in the modest Kroeger home
Monday night. Late Tuesday,
police found another decom
posed body in a steamer trunk
b.uried a few feet from the
spot where Arncson's remains
were discovered.
Strangled with Bait
Coroner's deputies said
Arneson apparently had been
strangled with a belt which
was found about his neck.
They were anlayzing the re
mains of the second body to
day to determine whether it
was that of Arncson's ex-wife.
Mildred, 58.
The Arncsons, who had
been friends of Mrs. Kroeger,
vanished six months ago from
the motel they operated at
Santa Rosa, Calif., where
they lived in separate rooms
alter divorce.
Police said the Kroegcrs,
using the name "Long," sub
sequently took over operation
of the motel.
A warrant was filed
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Mrs. Kroeger by the FBI
charging her with unlawful
flight to avoid prosecution in
another case. A warrant seek
ing her for assault with a
deadly weapon was issued in
Santa Rosa in May of this
year after she threatened a
bill collector with a. gun.
Mrs. Kroeger was seen last
in a neighborhood depart
ment store Friday.
Boarded Bus
She had with her a blond
boy about three years old and
said she was caring for him
for a neighbor. The woman
and the boy were reported to
have boarded a bus toward
downtown San Francisco.
A chance remark by a con
struction worker, Walter
Hughes. 38, led to the discov-
ery of the bodies In the Kroe
ger home. He was questioned
by police and released.
Hughes casually remarked
to another Santa Rosa motel
operator, Mrs. John Dodge,
that he had driven Mrs. Kroe
ger and Arneson to Mrs
Kroeger's home last January
and had dug a hole in the
basement floor there "for
some plumbing" at Mrs. Kroe'
ger's request.
Mrs. Dodge recalled that
Arneson had been missing
since mid-January and called
Santa Rosa authorities, who
alerted San Francisco police
They entered the Kroeger
home with a search warrant
Monday night and found
Arneson's body one hour and
45 minutes later.
Mrs. Arneson was seen for
the last time Dec. 15, when
she had a deed on her prop
erty notarized supposedly as
collateral on a loan of $10,
000 to Invest during a project
ed South American trip.
Police said the deed subse
quently was recorded by Mrs.
Kroeger, under the alias,
"Long."
Mrs. Kroeger fled from
Santa Rosa in a taxicab after
the gun-wielding encounter
with the bill collector, police
said.
A wanted circular issued
by San Francisco police July
13, at the request of Santa
Rosa officials, described Mrs.
Kroeger as having a "bad
temper, and a proverbial liar
and confidence woman."
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California Man
Receives Plaque
From AETA Group
Eugene The American Ed
ucational Theatre Associa
tion's Citation of Merit
Award Plaque, highest honor
bestowed by the group, was
given this week to Sami'cl
Scldon, head of the depart
ment of theatre arts at the
University of California, Los
Angeles.
The award and several oth
era were made at an awards
luncheon held on the first
day of the 26th annual AETA
convention at the University
of Oregon. The luncheon fol
lowed the opening session of
the convention.
Seldon served as president
of the association in 1060. He
has written more than 50
articles on the theater for
leading national and foreign
theater periodicals, and has
written, or had a part in the
writing of, 11 books.
Before assuming his present
position, Selden was chair
man of the department of dra
matic arts at the University
of North Carolina, and was
Director of the Carolina
Playhouse.
Delegates Welcomed
Oregon Gov. Mark O. Hat
field welcomed delegates to
Oregon at the first general
session. Another speaker was
Miss Peggy Wood, president
of the American National
Theatre Academy. Arthur S.
Flcmming, president of the
university, gave the keynote
address.
Noting the convention
theme of "theatre of distinc
tion." Dr. Flemming praised
the group for criticising
mediocrity, and admonished
delegates to "help build lives
that are dedicated to the pur
suit of excellence."
He blamed the willingness
on the part of some educators
in the past to settle for
mediocrity for two big weak
nesses today: inability to com
municate effectively with one
another, and the lack of crea
tive energy and original
thought.
I believe that those who
have devoted their lives to
educational theater can make
contributions which ian lead
to the substitution of excel
lence for mediocrity," he
said.
Sequoia Singers
Entertain Rotarians
The Sequoia High school
madrigal singers from Red
wood City, California, enter
tained members of the Med
ford Rotary club Tuesday at
the Rogue Valley Country
club.
Members of the talented
group, featuring the romantic
style singing popular in Eng
land during the Shakespear
ean era, presented the pro
pram nt. a luncheon meeting.
They are currently appearing
at Ashland during tne snaKe
spearean Festival.
Vnunpslor who won spe
cial honors during the city re
creation baseball program
this summer were presented
trnnhine Iw .Tnhn Kovenz.
Mcdford High school baseball
coach and head of the sum
mer baseball clinic here.
Thne who won awards
were Steve Cox, Jack Mullen,
Rick Lewis, Mike Farthing,
Brad Thompson, Dick Boltger
and Bruce Bcrtrand.
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MLDFOHD
Decisions
In ROTC
Br APRIL W. STONE
United Press Inttrnational
Washington (UPD - The first
of a four-part study of man's
decision-making ability was
completed here recently.
The Initial phase of the pro
gram involved 202 Ai? Force
ROTC cadets and took 18
months to complete at the
Catholic university of Amer
ica here.
The cadets were subjected
to a multitude of personality
and intelligence tests and
then given the "decision mak
ing ability test," a scries of
numerical problems, each re
quiring a decision.
.The number of "good,"
"fair" and "foolish" decisions
made by each subject was
scored and this data was re
lated to his "personality" as
determined by earlier person
ality and intelligence tests.
Subjects were classified as
(1) fast deciders. (2) interme
diate decision speed and (3)
slow dealers. They were also
rated as (1) high anxiety and
(2) low anxiety..
Findings Told
The Catholic university re
ported these major findings:
-"Snap" decisions are usu
ally bad decisions. Subjects
who consisently made "good"
decisions were those who used
all the time available before
signifying their choice.
-Intelligent persons make
better decisions. It was found
that individuals with a high
degree of intelligence were
capable of absorbing and eval
uating more information in a
shorter time than the aver
age. -Vocations are unrelated to
decision making ability. No
relationship was found to ex
ist between a man's occupa
tional interest and his ability
to make decisions.
Four Airmen
Test Reaction
To Bright Light
San Antonio, Tex. - (UPD -Anyone
who has ever looked
at an exploding flash bulb
and then tried to read his
watch can sympathize with
four U.S. Air Force volun
teers helping in space flight
research.
They participated In initial
experiments by eye specialists
at the U.S. Air Force Aero
space Medical center to deter
mine how long it takes for
a space pilot to read his con
trols after being temporari
ly blinded by the sun.
Capt. Sanford L. Severin
of the ophthamology branch
at Brooks Air Force base test
ed four volunteers by dazzling
them with a flash of light.
It then took the volunteers
six to 30 seconds to regain
sufficient vision to see small
blinking lights on a testing
machine. There were varia
tions according to the intensi
ty of the flash and the bright
ness of the test lights.
Face Situations
Severin's report said astro
nauts and pilots face many
situations where they have to
discriminate details of a dim
ly illuminated object short
ly after exposure to a more
highly illuminated field.
"The pilot of a high per
formance jet bomber must be
able to read his instrument
panel even if exposed to the
flash of a small atomic weap
on," he said. "And as astro
naut who Is dazzled as his
space craft enters the bright
portion of the orbit must re
tain visual discrimination."
Severin warned "if instru
ments cannot be read during
a critical phase of t lie mission,
the results may be disastrous."
He said the experiments on
two flight surgeons, a pilot
and a staff opthamologist
prove the reliability of testing
equipment. Results also prov
ed that recovery from dazzle
is consistent and repetitive.
Severin said more experi
ments are needed to clearly
definp the ability of a person
to recover from a dazzling
flash.
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD,
Studied
Research
-"Drive," or energy, does
not indicate a good decision
maker. - Mildly maladjusted indi
viduals are capable of making
sound, fast decisions. "A ma
jor finding of the study," the
Catholic university said, "was
that the adjustment or malad
justment of individuals is not
related to the goodness . . .
(or) confidence they have in
their decisions or other as
pects of their decision-making
behavior." .
Highar Slakes
- Adventurous individuals
will risk higher stakes than
stay-at-homes.
-No i n t e r-relationships
were shown among the fol
lowing factors: intelligence,
decision time, sequential ef
fects of successes and failures,
confidence in one's decisions
and probability of winning
preference.
The project is being carried
out under a cooperative re
search agreement between
Catholic university and Amer
ican Car and Foundry com
pany. Phase two of the program
is now under way. This part
is concerned with whether
man can learn to make good
decisions. If the human vari
ables that contribute to an
individual's decision making
ability can be man-modified,
then man ultimately can be
trained to make sound deci
sions under all circumstances.
Dr. John Townsend, director
of Catholic university's psy
chology laboratories, said.
"The implications of this re
search are enormous," he
said.
vuu u
should
on nuns.
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Forest Service
Laboratory Opens
At Oregon State
Corvallis - (UPD - The U. S.
Forest Service's new half mil
lion dollar Forestry Sciences
laboratory opened formally to
day at Oregon State univer
sity.. The functional wood build
ing was dedicated in cere
monies attended by officials
representing the university,
state, forest service and lum
ber industry.
The structure is the first
unit of a laboratory that ulti
mately will cost $1.5 million.
Surrounding a courtyard on
three sides, it contains an in
sect research wing, a plant
disease research wing, and an
administrative wing. Its staff
of 35 includes 24 forest scien
tists. Directed by Robert W. Cow
tin, the laboratory's program
will include research in forest
economics and management,
forest utilization, fire preven
tion, watershed management,
range, wildlife and recre
ation. The laboratory and the uni
versity will cooperate.
Those taking part in the
dedication included OSU Pres
ident James Jensen; Dr.
George Jemison, deputy assis
tant chief for research, from
the Forest Service, Washing
ton, D.C.; Charles R. Hollo
way Jr., vice president of the
state Board of Higher Educa
tion; and Clarence W. Richen
of the Western Forestry and
Conservation association.
The laboratory will have an
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