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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1949)
nm?1?? n7nn n ncn) tmn iTroicairw, rTr' riTirprpTr 0 B By I RANK JKNKINM AVER Uie Ulree.day Labor Day week-end, win WO Americans lot Uiemaelvce killed In violent ac cidents. Nearly 4U0 of thrrn lost their Uvea In automobile nuliaM. Looking over this somber rocoid In the raid, ry lulu ol the morn Inf eflcr. Ned H. Dearborn, preal Unit or the National Hafcly Coun ril. says It la "enough to maka vary daeant American alck at heart and bollliif mad." Ha adds bitterly: "A nation posing ka civilised hai Just liven ona of tha most shock ing peacetime exhibitions of mass IrulUferenco and reiklca craving to ahow off Uia world haa aver eeen." WITH roniplrla reipect for hU opinion and framing fully hla right to esiircM it. I d Ilka to dif fer villi him. Whrn 100-odd mil llun Americana cut loose and PLAY for three tlaya In tlie uninhibited ay thai Americana have alwaya I Played. 500 violent deaths ln t any- IMnt particularly unusual. Kcmcmbcr A million la a thnuoand thou aands. Bo a TIIOl'MANI) violent death. In a population of a mil lion would be only ona death per thouaand. Thera muM hava been at leut a hundred million of ua playing around over the Labor Day week-end. Considering the wsv that Amrri rana play. Id aav that we got olf pretty well when only 500 of ua dta violently over a three-day holi day. a a THE aama atory that tella of the nearly 400 of u that got killed In automobile arridenta adda tluit an estimated TIIIHTY MILLION" automoOllea "crowded tha nation's highways." Thirty million automobiles could and probably did carry nearly a hundred million persons. That would be only a Infle over three persona to tho car. Considering the nature of the automobile luelt and WHAT IT DOKS TO Ua. I nil think that a total of around 400 rieatlia CAL'HKL) BY THIRTY MILLION AtJTOMO WI.Krt AND TIIK1K DKIVKRH Is raute for wonder at the smallnese of It rather than at tlie hugenraa of It. TITS roiulrirr fur moment what tha automobile doea to ua. It puta the power of too horaei under our throttle foot. la It etrange that command of a hun gered horara by the mera movement jt ft to shoold tend to Ineptrw ua with dangtroua dehulona of gran deur? Remember that up to a genera tion or ao ago, the command of loo horsemen waa responsibility for good and evil for which men muni be trained with, meticulous car for ft third of lifetime. Otherwise, they might ABUSE this responsibility. Ml of ua climb Into the driv en aeat of car CASUALLY and with little thought. If any at all. of the responsibilities for good and evil that we auume when we take command of hundred horsepower. MO, all In all, It Un't aurprtstng that nearly 400 of us got killed by the thirty million automobiles w drove on crowded highways In the course of the three play-daya that came to an end at midnight last nighL US Military Might Shown In Germany NUERNBF.RO, Germany. 8ept. 6 ("l Amrrlra'i fighting; strength was unleased at dawn today In the greatest postwar display of military power against a mythical foe from the east. It waa the first maneuver under .the unified command ef Ihe three 'services, with more than 119.000 t'.M. soldiers, aallnra and airmen taking part. The "aggressor army" launched an attack at daybreak from the east with a striking force of la.ooo first division to the Rhine river. The offensive forces are made up of men bent on plowing through the U.S. constabulary, "The maneuvers, known as "exer cise harvest," were planned to si mulate actual wartime conditions, with plane strafing the ground tnr res and artillery and Infantry fol lowing through. Giant Storm In Atlantic MIAMI. Fla., Bcpt. 6 (At A glnnt tropical hurricane with winds up to 130 mllrs an hour churned Ihe AtUnllc some 400 miles south southeast of Bermuda today with vlrluslly no forward movement, (irsrly Norton, chief storm fnrreasler here, aald the gar gantuan elnrm "apparently la Just wallowing around hundreds of miles from anywhere." "From Information we now have It appears Unit the storm hssnt tiKivril more Ulan one degree of liitlimte In the pa.it 24 hours," aald Norton. I Hurricane) pi remit Inns w ere ad vised In the Bermuda area. t.laa A i r i esi i in. i i i ! i I ' I :, I'HK'K KIVK CKNTH KLAMATH FALLR, OHKCiON. TI'KHDAV. HfTTKMBKE f. Ult Telephone till Ne. tell j . l Holiday Beath Total Truman Said Planning '50 Stump Tour INDKPKNDKNCE. Mo. Hent. 6 WV-Tnp ranking advicri Raid to- I day Hre.deiit Truman mill upear hrad tho democratic rampalgn I n next yrar'i ctmgreU)nal election I bt personal appearance In key alatea. Theae prealdrnllal aioorlate, un quotable by name, aatd Truman a Labor llay apeechea yeaterday wrrt Jut a aample of the technique he will use In a rear platform atump ing tour In Mot of them were agreed that Mr. Truniaii u undecided whether l.e mill arek re-elecUon in I9U. Tliey bIm) rtt that he will make no de rlklrm until after Uie rrlurna are in from next November vottng on arnatora and repreaentatlvea. The president atarted b I I9M campaigning early by lashing "or I a a I a e d special IntereaU" I speeches at FltUburgh and Dta Moines. He sought to drum up support for i enactment of tha bratinan produo i lion payment plan and for rrpeal of the Taft-lfarllrv Ubrtr acL I He defended the democratic con - trailed rst congreaa for repairing tK)P.dominall Wlh aid. but nt'1'"?, trapped Six hours in O added "there are still snany reartlonary aewatoea and repreaenlaltvea la eonsreaa. but they are aa lamer la control aa they were last year and the year before. 'They are still doing all they eaa to slow wa our arocreaa, but they are not able to atop rt." The president Hew into Mluourl last night Immediately alter his ad- dreu to Uia American Veterans World War II lAmveUI at Monies. lie !s living back to Washington today. Truman eyed a tighter farm la- Imp Intr. 1 n llLlO in hi. Uet Moines sneoch and ui an earlier one at Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh he spnke at the Allegheny county free fair grounos neior. a pouro There, Ibe president accused his opposition of trying to block Ihe -fair deal" program with a -scare word campaign. " (landless Yet Amyet Leader 1 DKS MOINF-S. I a . Sept. Harold Riusrll. the handless war veteran who owns a motion picture academy award. Is the new com-1 mander of the Amveis. I The national convention of the A as v e t a I American Veterans of World War III yesterday elected RusselL 32. of Waterlowa Mass, aa , the erganlsalion'e chief officer. He holds aa -IHrar" for the film "Best Veara of Our Lives." showing how ho overcame the handicap ef Ihe loos of both hand.. 1 Mrs. Cliff Lairitson of Waterloo.) Iowa, waa elected president of the Amveis auxiliary. 8 h e was un-, opposed. The week-end was a bad one Irom In a final bu.lneu scion yealer- ,ne Inre.,t fire standpoint, but luck dsy, the Amveis refused lo recon- j Uy ,u nm vere KrnsiU ones and aider a resolution passea ono.j adilng a federal bonus up lo S4S99. The bonus had been opposed by the Amveis leadership. The convention also adopted reso lutions asking congress lo boost OI home loan guarantee from 141)00 to 'iMH): urging a Pacific pact; asking that shipments ol all goods Irum this country to Russia and her sat ellites be prohibited, and calling lor registration of all communists I n the United Slates. Busy Council Meet Tonight City councllmen are expected to wade through a large pile of busl nesa tonight when Ihey meet at 7:30 In the council chambera after a two weeks' layoff from official business. Bids on a dump truck for the street department and on a tractor with a shovel-loader attachment will probably be oiienrd. Mouth-end report from cily de partments will come up for the con altlerBtlon.of the city dads. A recommendation from Ihe Klamath Memorial cemetery com mittee is also en Ihe council peg, calling for Ihe selling aside ef U lots In Ihe burlel grounds for Ihe Interment or non-Caucasians. The city dada will be asked lo approve setting aside of these Iota In Ihe Fir firove section ef the cemetery. Two ordinances up for final read ing are one calling for prohibiting elrctrlo and barbed-wire fences III Uie city, and the other an ordinance authorising the cily to order property-owners to build sidewalks where It feels such are necessary. Both ordinances have been pre viously Introduced. . o 1 1 ww$y i t : PULLED FROM WELL Eugene Sanders, 17-yeor-old Chicogo youth. monoged o smile os he wos houled to the surfoce offer foot well. The cave-in occurred on a farm ot Bristol, Ind., just as Sanders and a helper hod finished digging the well. Sanders was pulled to the surfoce through aid of a nearby fire deportment. Huge Plane Loses Motor, Makes Port HONOLULU, flept lPr-The huge flying boat Philippine Mars' landed aafely here today with lt , M pngera and crew after drop- ping an engine 440 miles out to sea. ! The Haw all sea frontier aald the, four-engine craft landed at Keehl lagoon, Honolulu. ! II was convoyed by aa air-ara ! , '. , ,, rescue flying forlrea. from Hawaii aad a Fan-Americaa otml.-crulter. j The slrata-erulser sighted the Mars 'after the big ahlp aeat aa argeat ' i mewsage U HawaiL Tlie Hswallan sea frontier said the plane radioed that Its No. 1 engine fell off at 4 SS am. tHono :i ; lulu time i. I There were 40 passengers and crew of 14 aboard. There were no civilians among the passengers. Fire Danger Still High confined to a minimum of dsmage to woodlands, Klamath Forest Pro tective association officials aald to day. Fire danger la atilt extremely high. KIP A said, with forests dry aa tinder. Approximately 160 acres near the old Maxwell place one mile north of Bonaiuut burned over before It was brought under control b y KFPA, the forest service and So nants people Sunday. ( suslng mere concern wss a blase that broke out in a heavily timbered area along the C I e v er creek road near Hprncer creek. A Utile under two acres waa burned off. A Weverhaeuaer camp 4 crew assisted KKPA fighters. Early tills morning, two reports of fires came in. one near camp 6 which was speedily controlled by csmp 0 men and KFPA crews, and the other north of the Copco power plant about a half-mile across the California Hue. Crews from both Yreka and Penny springs went out, and soon had Uie fire controlled. Oregon Escapee To Be Returned SALEM. Sept. ( (At William P. Benson, who went over the state prison wall with lifer John O. Pin son last Memorial Day, will be re turned here from Columbus. O., as soon as he recovers from a suicide attempt. Warden George Alexander said last night that Columbus police would advise him as soon as Ben son was able to make Uie return trip to prison, Hrnson was picked up In a Co lumbus alley Riinday. He had taken poison and when questioned In a hospital, said he was suffering from cancer and was going to die anyway, COve - in Ot the bottom of a 20- Taft-Hartley Act Must Go, Says Tofofn n n . . . m ! nr Tlhor M.nV .1 -rV! W,: 'JJS. ST7i.T department la going to "redouble , .i t.i, u.-i.. ... , Tobia aald Ihe Us must be re. sealed "kuause H t. a rrnnrllitl.o . . . . " - r " Bpeaklng at Ubor Day exerclw 1 on historic Boston common, the for-1 mer Massachuwtts governor said: : .." .""'. peoples : the Inlled Stales will realise that b . punlth . ,,,,. .lrtivg uatoaa, not to improve the re- I lalians between unions and manage , "'"V TrslSin etesirl (lids-as pas ir.j4 ioi Inn. I thtl lne thnml o( , preon U , disappearing. Beauty Battle Pits 52 Girls ATLANTIC CITY. N.J., Sept. Pi Fifty-two blondes and bni' nrttes but no redheads today be , m the annual battle for the Miss i America crown and all that goes with It. I- For a week Ihe girls will com ' pete In various phases of Ihe con test. And the final Judgment en beauty must be on the up and no no f aisles" or psddlng In the bath ing adita la allowed. Contestants cannot drink Intoxi cating liquors or see their boy friends during the contest under the Miss America rules. Each will be chaperoned by a local hostess. The pageant opens this afternoon at 3 p.m. with a Mnrdl Oras pa rade on the boardwalk. During three nlrhls of prelimi naries the girls will be Judged on their figures In bathing aulla, their poise In evening gowns and their talent. Personalltlea will be as sessed by the Judges at brrakfaata each morning. A $5000 scholarship goes with the proud title of Miss America. The 14 runnrrs-up will share another IJO.OOO In scholarships. 2 US Youths Still Held By Russians HKI.8TF.DT, Germany, Sept. (flt The Russians today were reported to have postponed Indefinitely the llbe.otlon ot two American youths they have held In Eastern Germany since late In July. No reason waa given for Ihe post ponement ef Ihe release of Warren Oelsner. 29. of Oy.ler Bav, N. Y., and Teler H. Hellers, IS. ef Philadelphia. American authorities were In formed early today that the two youths would be released at 4 a. m. PDT). More than five hours later Russian authorltlea failed to keep a border rendrxvous with U. 8. mil itary police sent here to receive Uie youths. The two boys were on bicycle tour of Germany when they were reported seised in a Russian (one town for taking pictures. Hewrd High Four Children Die In Flames As Home Burns SAGINAW, Mlrh, gept. A' Four ynung children burned to death In their home early today after 1 1 a m t a repnUed their BDOiher'a rearue attempt. A fifth child jumped from an upataira window and died a few boura later at a local faoapitaL Vlrtlnw were namuel Walter. H; hia aitera. Mary, 12, and Ancrllne, I, and hia brother. Ceorge, 4, and Halter Jr, S. Deaths May Bring End Of Air Races CLEVELAND. Sept. ii Sport 1 flying s richest and toughest race - faced a new threat to continuance ' causes. I today with the death of distance 1 The fatalities In an Associated j flier Bill Odom and two suburban i Press survey covered the period residents. from p.m. (local ume Friday to Odom death plunge into a midnight Monday. Berea home during the second lap , This year's Labor Day total eoaa- ' of the Thomasoa trophy event yes- I pared with the preitoas high of tZM terday revived the protests of area aver Che 1937 Labor Day holiday. I residents against the low firing The record-breaking toll for a La speedsters, shrieking aver their bar Dav holidav week-end followed homca at tat miles aa hour. The I ; dark green raeer. a converted fijht er. ripped through the house, kill- , Ing Mrs. Jeanne Laird, 24, and her I year-old eaa, Craig. I rn-. ... 1 ... T I . . , Z'JT S''".'. , IcoThran. Some 30.000.000 automobiles t ook l leland of Cleveland, for- ! croa " nation a highways, the asor navy fishier pilot, took tho ntelr councu '"nted. aa the na i Thaatasoa trophy and (1S.1M with i tlon orved the final holiday a new record speed of 1 miles eek-end of the summer season. aa boar. He also won la 1M7 with i "Ul(r neneraUy was fair. I a record of tN miles per hour that pl,ne crashes figured In the fa I stood until yeaterday. i Ulltlea. Included I n the plane ! The Labor Day tragedy, killing deaths was BiU Odom. the famous ' one of Uie nation's best known 111 - .v.. mima .ww uctautj. UUCU(Uieca 1 ,tn " !. brought an emer- of the Berea pro - greoslve citizens league to draft a : Protest to state, county and nearby I "l ,!c . tti.cvua; miu uirw an 0111. ciauv rcuoricti aiicruiance oi more than 170.000 persons. Elliott Said In Baltimore To Save Bond PORTLAND. Sept. iw Sheriff Mike Elliott was reported to be in Baltimore today, seeking to con vince Uie Maryland Casualty com- pany that it ought Dot cancel his 9110.000 bond. The cancellation waa recommend ed br State Treasurer Walter Fear s' . son. who as aa Insurance agent ar ranged for the bond, and other lead Ing democratic party members. A friend1 of the sheriff's last night delivered to the Oregonlsn statement from Elliott in which he said he believed the company ought not cancel his bond. The friend said Elliott telephoned release of the statement after flying to Baltimore. In Baltimore today a company of ficial declined to comment. Elliott was not registered in any of the leading hotels, and could not be reached for comment. IXtiKNF. MAN HELD MADERA, Calif.. Sept. ,P)Wll 11am M. King, 31. Eugene, was held there today on charges of contribut ing to the delinquency of a minor and ot violating the Mann act Po lice said he was with an 11-ycar-old Eugene girl. He was booked for action by Eugene authorities. British Want Free Hand In Marshall Plan Spending WASHINGTON. Sept. (if) Britain will ask permission to spend Marshall Plan dollars anywhere she likes not Just in the United States as one way out ot her financial crisis, officials said today. Diplomatic authorities aald Brit ish Foreign Minister Bevin on his way here for three-power talks on Britain's economic plight la con vinced hia country shortly will have ta dip Into her dwindling reserves for millions of dollars unless Mar shall Plan policies are relaxed. Bevin and 8lr Stafford Crlpps, chancellor of the exchequer, are due In New York tonight aboard the British liner Maureutanla for the critical Britlsh-Amerlcsn-Cana-dlan financial conference opening tomorrow at Uie slate department. Top diplomats of the three gov emments hope to devise a series of atop-gnp measures at these dis cussions to keep Britain's condition from getting worse. But they are reported pessimistic about finding an Immediate formula for solving Accidental Death Toll Exceeds 500 By The Associated frei The nation today grimly counted a record breaking accidental death toll for the three-day Labor Day holiday. The fun count ef fatalities waa net yet tabulated but the awe than SM Benoae wbe last their lire in aecidenla erer the extemlee holiday ; waa the Uneat for any Labor Day I week-end In bistort. The hlxhwsys took the heaviest toll. Ot the SOS persons killed In I violent accidents. 379 lost their lives In automobile nmhsps. The traffic total was nearly 100 above the esti mated 280 probably death toll made by the national safety council. Forty-five persons drowned and II died In accidents of miscellaneous .. .n.. ki.ki. ri a tw. I over the 1M Fourth of July wheal when 111 persona died violently, i The all-time asark b the 7SI fatali- : Ilea over the four-day Chrialasaa Period la 13. : round-the-world flier, who crashed j ' mruj - I Cleveland. Four persons were killed 1 In plane crash in Arisen.. I California with 37 and Michigan i with 33 led the nation In traffic 1 aftns' Keren In Oregoa By The Associated frees I The long Labor Day holiday i brought violent death to seven per- i sons in G.egon. I Six died In traffic mishaps aad i one drowned while rescuing kis I daughter la Lake Oswego. These were the victims: Robert Gawlista. Oregon City, traffic, near Oregon City: Mrs. Lydla Jorgetuen. Bucoda, Wash, traffic, near Oregon City: Minnie Winters. Elma, Wash, traffic, near Mill City: David Schaefer. 4, Portland, traf fic. In Portland Ranson Metrtke. Portland, drown- Ing at Lake Oswego: Perry BuUer. . Roseburf. traf fic, near Roseburg: Harry Bell, Portland, traffic, east ot Portland. . Police Probe Two Thefts State police Investigated two ru- ral thefts over the week-end, one of tools and the other of an electric hoist from a grain elevator. The hoist was taken Saturday night from the Andrews elevator at Midland and probably was carried away In a car. It weighed some 150 pounds, police said. The tools were stolen from a com bine In a field at the Hagelstein ranch at Algoma. and the prowlers slashed the fuel line and ripped out Ignition wires of another combine In the grain field. Britain's long-range problem. Former Secretary of the Treas ury Henry Morganthaa Jr. said! Britain s basic trouble la that "Am erican Industry haa achieved such a phenomenal peak of efficiency snd productivity' that no country In western Europe can compete with It In an article appearing In The Washington Post, Morgenthau aald: "It Is not that they are less ef ficient than before, but simply that we have ao tremendously Increased our own efficiency that they have been outdistanced." He added that ns real solution will be found for Britain's problems until that "fundamenlel maladjust ment which haa been developing for many years" has seen solved. The former cabinet official brush ed off criticism of Uie British so cialist government as "superficial." The socialists didn't Increase Bri tain's consumption of goods, he said: all they did was "cut Uie same pis Into a larger number of pieces." 7 . I NEW PRESIDENT Brick Leach of Klamath Falls was j elected president of the Ore !gon Stote Moose ossociotion ! for the coming yeor ot con cluding sessions of the state convention in Corvollis Mon day. He succeeds Clifford Gee :0f Philomath. In other oction, ! d-.ij -.j ,u- losn t or"ond was named the 1950 (convention city. Leach is also governor of the Klamath Falls i Moose lodae I , No Activity On Railway Strike Scene The Oregon, .California and East ern railroad strike was passing through its ninth day today, still without a noticeable break. Cendaeiwa of the aS-saile line went oat on strike August 29. bringing oat all 13 operating eus pioyers of the Klaaulh Fills-lo-Bly road sad tying up freight aad healing service of the road. The work stoppage Involves a slx-potnt dispute between the con ductors and the railroad owners, the Great Northern and Southern Pacific. Great Northern currently Is managing the road and hut Fri day local GN officials manned one locomotive to shunt loaded cars of grain and lumber from the OCtE track to a transfer track leading to the GN yards. No meetings between the order of railway conductors and the rail road management have been sched uled. . - i Tit I 1711711 , flCCUl U LI UllU Betting Mark Fair Opening SALEM, Sept. Mt Every at tendance and bet Ong record was broken ss the Oregon state fair; opened Its week's show Monday. I Opening day attendance waa 1 77.K.9, compared with the arevlOBS ' record at 77 ea Labor Day, 194. It was 58ea mare than ea last year's , opening day. I Concessionaires reported It was a free-spending crowd. They said they j j cleaned up more than on any day , since the war began. And It wss a free-selling crowd, ! loo. They bet S 104.40. aa the horse ' races, and would have bet much ' more than that If the betting clerks ' could have takea rare e f them. ! This shattered all records, k e I a g SI9.ee more than the previous bet ting mark set ea Labor Day of last year. During most of the day, traffic 1 was jammed for two miles In each direction on Uie Pacific highway. I Rut tnri.v the crowd will be much , Ics. Tuesday usually Is the llght- est day of the week. Tomorrow will be another big day. as It wlU be Salem Day and Governor's Day. U. S. Senator Wayne Morse con tinued his long record of winning hnn. hnw nvnli l.t niffht. H O won grand champion In American j horse competition o n Sir Laurel Guy. Dairy Champ SALEM. Sept. (Pi G e o r g e Jacobs, McMinnville boy. was chosen grand champion dairy show man of Uie Future Farmer division ot the state fair today. Navy Practice Bulletin Kept Texans Home BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. Sept. I m Brownsville residents were scsred police warned them to steer clear of Uie beach yesterday; big storm coming. So Labor Day fun seekers stayed away from the gulf In droves. The police said they had picked ap navy broadraata, warnings ef high Udea and M-mile galea bear ing down on this cily at the ex treme south tip of Trias. But the Brownsville weather bu reau, the main station for south Texas, said: Storm? Hal Clear as a bell. The cops scratched Uielr heads. Then somebody remembered that a navy reserve radio unit had set up Its equipment to practice at Boca Chlca beach, about 33 miles north of here. A Trxaa ranger grumeed: "The navy pulled aa Orson Welles." But then It was too late to go swimming. 'Quiet' Man Runs Amok In Camden CAMDEN. S. J., Sept. ifUA 28-year-o I d army veteran on maniacal rampage today killed 11 pernona on a busy Camden street. Four others were wounded. Detective Marshall Thompson identified the killer as Howard Un run of Camden. A quiet, well dressed young man, his neighbor! ssid they knew little about him. The alreet -looked Ilka a battle, field. Thompson said. "He (In. "' rarneo that (ierman Luger loose on those people like ducks la . vuieu in tne s-mlnute hsll of bulleta were five men, five women and two boys aged two and five on a city street la nation's blstorv. Ike It all began quietly enough. noVrn? """JL"1 0ut ' hu house, nattily dressed In a light suit and white shirt with bow tie. Without warning he whipped oat hla tmi and began firing. Before ke was finished, he had raced in aad out of half a dosea business estse- ; -u-rnu. rounr dawn men, worn. I ea aad children rignt and left. I Then he barricaded himself t tha second floor room where he lived ! Vot "me he shot it out with J I policemen while men and women muled in the streets. They gave as a hell ml . i - Tbompooa ssid. "They wouldn't get "Mea would 'atop for . traffic. nghL Thompaoa added. T aea they gnt out." Failing to win the gun battle, po lice cut loose with a tear gaa bar- rage. Coughing and choking. Unruh emerged from his room. He w t a unnurr. Police threw up a ahoulder-to-snoulder cordon to convoy Unruh from the building. A how ling mob of men and women In the streets lunged for the pollcs screaming: "Lynch him!" "Hsng him now!" But they didnt crash the line of Thompson said Unruh served with the army In an artillery unit In Austria during World War II. H a then took a pharmacy course at Temple university. Philadelphia, under the GI bill of rights. Thompson said the shootings be gan at :20 a. m, (EST). Unruh surrendered at 9:15 a. m. For a time, wild stones flew thick ari fat about what happened. Bui when the smoke of battle rlesxed and Unruh had been quizzed fir several hours by detectives. Thompson gave this version of what happened : Cnruh's house at 3203 River road was next door to a drug store oper ated by 40-year-old Maurice Cohen. There is no front entrance to Un ruh s house. Cohen at one time permitted I'n ruh to cress his yard when Ira ring or entering his own house from the rear. But recently Cohen stopped Un ruh from crossing the yard by building a fence and a gate. Today I nrnh walked detectives said he never ran during all th e shooting from his house into the drug store, tramped upstairs aad shot Cohen's mother, Minnie, S3, aa she lay in bed. Cohen's wile. Rose. 3. heard the shot and ran Into a bedroom where she locked her 13-year-old son Har old In a closet. Unruh tracked her down and shot her on the stairway of her home. Then be walked out the rear of the drug store. Cohen chased after him. Varah turned en him snd ik.L Cohen staggered through the gala he had built to keep L'nruh est. col lapsed in a gutter, dead. James J. Hutton. 45. a Westmont (N. N Insurance collector, was en tering Uie drug store as Unruh . rounded a comer after leaving the Cohen yard. A single shot killed Hutton. Then l'nruh paraded up and dowa River road entering one business establishment after another. A single shot killed each of his Tic- Finally he walked quietly back through the Cohen yard into his own house and barricaded hime)f in his room. On his shop-to-shop killing spree, Unruh walked into a barber shop and shot down Clark Hoover, 33-year-old barber and '.wo-year-o 1 d Thomas Hamilton, who was sitting In a chair getting a haircut. A car crossed the street as Unruh emerged Irom a shop. A shot re sounded and the driver slumped in his seat. The car climbed a side walk. Another car stopped for a light, t'nruh fired three times. Three women fell. Witnesses said they saw Unruh reload the fatal weapon at least three times during the shooting. Thompson ssid l'nruh was sn "In credible shot." He said police found an "arsenal of weapons" in the basement of Un ruhs home. Knives, guns and other desdly weapons were there "by tha downs," Thompson said. Bogota Riots Take 20 Lives BOGOTA. Colombia. Sept. 'Pi Twenty persons were reporter! killed and an undetermined number wounded In week-end political fights St Encisco in Santonder Bur depart ment. Liberal party newspapers bla-ned conservatives for the wicx-ond kill 1 n g s. and conservative papera blamed liberals. The ministry o f war said the two parties sometime, try to make political capital out of cases of banditry. 1
