Tearful Funeral
Held For Officer
DALLAS ifPl' - Lktle Cur
tis Ray Tippitt, 5. looked with
eyes big as saucers at the cam
eras, policemen and newsmen
Monday and tried hard to un
derstand. He only knew that his father
was gone.
His father, J. D. Tippitt. 39.
was shot down in cold blood by
the same man who was ac
cused of killing President Ken
nedy. Mrs. Marie Tippitt, 3H. and
tlie other children, Brenda Kay.
10. and Allen, 14, stared
straight ahead at the casket
containing Tippitl's body.
Ella Sloss
Rites Held
ALTURAS Services were
held Saturday, Nov. 23, at the
Federated Church in Alturas (or
Ella Sloss. 87, who died at the
Modoc Medical Center late.
Wednesday evening. Rev. Karl
Olson officiated.
Mrs. Sloss had been confined
to the Modoc Medical Center
(or the past five weeks under
going treatment for a broken
hip. It was the second such in
jury she had received in the
. past 14 months.
She was born Ella Christine
Rachford on Oct. 10. 187H, near
Fort Bidwell, Modoc County,
Calif., and was the only sur
vivor of six brothers and sis
ters. At the age of 8 her
father, Chris Rachford, was
elected as the third sheriff of
Modoc County and the family
moved to Alturas.
In Alturas she attended pub
lic schools, which at that time
included education to the eighth
grade. At the age of 18 she
applied for and passed t h e
teacher's examination and was
assigned a school near Lake
City wh,ere she taught until
m.
She was married to the late
Boh Sloss on .lune 27. 1000. He
was editor of the New Era
newspaper in Alturas and later
served as Modoc tax collector.
They had three sons, Robert
and Warren of Alturas and Ma
rion of Sacramento.
Following the death of her
husband in 1010, she assumed
, the responsibility of providing
for the family. After two years
ci employment at the Alturas
Mercantile, she was appointed
deputy county clerk.
She retired from public office
' -nn Man. 1, 1053, w ith a backlog
of 34 years service in county
government.
During her life she had been
a member of the Federated
Church and was active in the
creation of the Red Cross in
Modoc County during World
War 1.
.She is survived by three
sons. secn grandchildren, and
18 great-grandchildren.
Thompson Murder Trial
Resumes In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. tUPD
The prosecution renewed its
efforts today to link accused
slayer T. Eugene Thompson
with the alleged "middleman"
and actual killer of the young
attorney's wife.
One and possibly both of (he
two other men. who like
Thompson are charged with
first degree murder, were ex
pected to take the stand today
or Wednesday.
Prosecutor William B. Hand
all was believed ready to call
Dick W. C. Anderson. 34, Min
neapolis salesman, to the stand
soon. Police said Anderson has
admitted he was hired to do the
killing and that he carried it
out in the fashionable Thomp
,.vin home on March 6.
Thompson was charged with
masterminding the plot to do
away with his wife. Carol. 34.
mother of the couple's (our chil
dren. The prosecution says he
hoped to collect more than $1
million in insurance and take
up with a paramour.
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Allen tried hard not to cry,
biting his lips and blinking his
already tear-swollen eyes.
Brenda and her mother wept.
Pastor C. D. Tipps Jr. of the
Beckiey Hills Baptist Church
quoted from First Thessalon
ians, the same book of the
Bible quoted from by Richard
Cardinal Culling at the funeral
mass of the President in Wash
ington. Doing His Duty
The pa?tor said:
"He was doing his duty when
he was taken by the lethal bul
let of a pool', confused, mis
guided, ungodly assassin.
"Human words are futile."
Alter the service, three dozen
red roses spread on top of the
casket were removed and the
lid was opened. More than 1.000
of Tippitt's brother officers filed
by to say goodbye.
An occasional tear could be
seen on the grim, set faces of
some.
Tlien the mourners filed slow
ly out of the church for the one
block trip to Laurel Land
Cemetery. Six officers carried
the casket between an honor
gviard of police.
Mrs. Tippitt walked haltingly
behind the casket. Her knees
buckled, but she caught herself
and was supported by two of
ficers. At graveside, it as too much
for her. As the final prayer was
recited, officers led her away.
Have No Insurance
Dallas police have no insur
ance and are not covered by
Social Security, but the police
department retirement fund
will pay Mrs. Tippitt a $223 per
month widow's pension.
Tippitt's salary was $400 a
month.
Contributions began to pour
into the police department. Sev
eral radio stations and newspa
pers set up collections.
Ca.pt. Glen King of the police
department said $1,500 has been
received there and another $13,
000 promised by various organi
zations and individuals.
The slain officer was honored
by being the first hero ever
buried in the memorial .plot at
Laurel Land, set aside a year
ago for persons who give their
lives in community service.
There was also talk of a post
humous award or medal for
Tippitt.
Lt. George Butler, president
of the association, said "if that
man (Oswald) had escaped,
there is no telling what might
have happened in Dallas."
CANDLELIGHT PAKADK
LOS ANGELES H'Pl - A
group of about 100 teen-agers
from Hollywood High School
marched down Wilshire Boule
vard to the city hall Monday
night in a candlelight proces
sion as a tribute to President
Kennedy.
Norman Mastrian, '39, one
time Minneapolis boxer, has
been called the middleman in
the slaying by police and sever
al witnesses at the four-week-old
trial.
Grant J. Mullinger, St. Paul
detective, was on the stand Fri
day when the trial was recessed
because o( President Kennedy's
assassination. The trial remain
ed in recess through funeral
services Monday.
Several other detectives were
expected to be called before
Anderson makes his appearance
on the stand. Legal questions
surrounding the possible testi
mony of Mastrian have been
cleared up. but it was not
known if Randall would sum
mon Mastrian to testify.
Mastrian has refused to say
anything to police about the
case, and could invoke the 5th
amendment to the U.S. Consti
tution if called. The amendment
protects a person from self-incrimination.
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LONELY MOURNERS Mrs.
er of accused assassin of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey
Oswald, is in tears during the graveside ceremonies for
her son. Other members of Oswald's family are his wife,
Widow, Children Face Bleak
DALLAS (UPIi - Mrs. Ma
rina Nicholaevna Oswald faced
the future today with two tiny
children, no money, a stigma
on her name and one certain
w ish. She does not want to go
back to her native Russia.
The 23-year-old widow's con
stant companions were Secret
Service agents. Friends said
two magazine correspondents
also were with her and she
might he selling her life story.
There had been private offers
of donations. But other than
that, they said, she has no
funds.
Since her 24-ycar-old husband
was arrested as the assassin of
President Kennedy, Mrs. Os
wald has appeared briefly at
the edges of the drama. She
came and went at the police
headquarters, always with her
two-year old baby dune Lee and
Marina Rachel, the five-week-old
baby born at Parkland Me
morial Hospital where the
President and her husband died
of their wounds.
Mrs. Oswald, whose English
is limited to a few simple
words, is one of three women
widowed by the assassination.
Coffin Opened Briefly
Unlike Mrs. Kennedy and
ADC Chief
Visits Here
Maj. Gen. Benjamin J. Web
ster, air defense command chief
of staff, was an official visitor
to Kingsley Field late last
week, the Information Office of
the airfield has disclosed.
General Webster, 52. has
been assigned In the ADC Head
quarters at Ent Air Force
Base in Colorado Springs. Colo.,
since 10B0. He is a graduate of
West Point, the Air War Col
lege and the National War
College and served as chief of
staff of the Eighth Fighter
Command in England during
World War II.
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Marguerite Os
Mrs. J. I). Tippitt, wife of the
slain Dallas policeman, Mrs.
Oswald was not permitted to
see her husband's body until it
was brought to the cemetery.
There the cheap coffin was
briefly opened. She and Os
wald's mother Marguerite, a Sty-year-old
practical nurse in Fort
Worth, kissed the corpse.
The elder Mrs. Oswald
sobbed and patted and soothed
the whimpering infant during
the funeral. While Marina
kissed her husband. her
brother-in-law Robert L. Os
wald of Denton, Tex., held June
Lee.
Marina Oswald received sym
pathy from many. Mrs. Ruth
Paine, who sheltered her and
the children in Irving, Tex.,
said she was "gratified" by the
number of people who called to
offer donations to the widow.
"I understand there are peo
ple in the Chicago area who
Chamber Meet
Discusses Dam
MOUNT SHASTA The Mount
Shasta Chamber of Commerce
held its semi-monthly meeting'
at the Lamplighter's on Nov.
21. with 26 persons attending.
Discussion centered on B o x
Canyon Dam and the ways ad
vertising money is spent. Mem
bers also discussed the street
decorations for Christmas. II
was generally agreed to use the
same decorations that have
.been in service for several
years with minor repairs to be
made.
The time element in getting
an ambulance from Dunsmuir
to Mount Shasta in the case of
emergency was explained by
.Mrs. H. L. Rubidnux of Duns
muir, who has four vehicles
that may be used.
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wald. moth-
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Marina Heft), his brother, Robert, and his two daughters,
June (being held by his wifel and Rachel (being held
by his mother). Mon in background are police and fu
neral directors. U PI Telephoto
are talking of helping her, too,"
Mrs. Paine said.
Mrs. Paine said Mrs. Oswald
probably had been encouraged
to sell her story by her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Paine said neither
Mrs. Oswald nor her mother-in-law
has any means of liveli
hood. Pharmacist In Itussia
Marina was a pharmacist in
Russia, Mrs. 'Paine said. "But
she speaks only a few words of
English. She would lake any
kind of job but fears that re
sentment over her husband
might keep people from hiring
her."
Mrs. Paine said Mrs. Os
wald's mother-in-law was afraid
she might have trouble getting
a job.
"She's l Marina i a very good
mother, a thoughtful person
and the kind of woman who
does not want to be dependent
or beholden In anyone," Mrs.
Paine said.
"For that reason, 1 wonder if
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Future
site would accept outright char
ity," Mrs. Paine said.
She said Mrs. Oswald was
welcome to return and live with
t her anytime.
Neighbors who lived near the
Oswalds in New Orleans last
summer said Oswlad was un
pleasant hut she was "nice"
and "friendly."
Mrs. Oswald and her children
had lived with Mrs. Paine since
last September.
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I1KKAI.I) AND N'KIVS. Klamath
Police Post
KOIiT WORTH UPIi - Po
lice with vicious trained dogs
stood guard today at the grave
of Loe Harvey Oswald to pro
tect it from ghouls.
The 24-year-old Communist
sympathizer and accused assas
sin of President Kennedy gener
ated such liatred that police are
afraid someone may desecrate
tlie hastily dug grave, or try to
dig up the pine coflin.
"There is always the ssi
hility of ghouls," said Col. K. P.
Seltzer, a retired Army regi
mental commander who owns
Rose Hill Cemetery where Os
wald was buried.
A police guard and a watch
dog wore stationed beside the
grave. A police patrol car drovo
slowly back and forth inside
the cemetery. It was the first
lime since tlie cemetery was
started back in the Wlh century
that guards were necessary dur
ing the night.
"Normally, we lock the gates
at sundown and open them at
sunup." Seltzer said. "But po
lice officials talked it over and
thought it would lie belter to
have someone inside the park.
"Naturally, there are ghouls
and grase-rebbers. . and you
never know what to expect."
Oswald, shot by self-appoint-ed
executioner Jack Ruby, a
Dallas striptease nightclub own
er, was buried Monday just
three hours after President Ken
nedy was laid to rest in Arling
ton National Cemetery.
The pine coffin was covered
with gray cloth.
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Tuetday, November 26, 1963
Guard At Oswald Grave
Reporters served as pall
bearers. Only Oswald's mollier,
brother and his Russian wife
were there to mourn him. They
had his two tiny children with
them.
Just before tlie coffin was low
ered, the lid was lifted so the
family could see one last time
(lie face of the man police said
was Kennedy's slayer.
One at a time, quickly, Oie
two women bent down and
Birdman's Book Sought
SPHINGFIKU), Mo. (UPD
A legal fight brewed today over
the U.S. Bureau of Prisons' re
fusal to relinquish a manuscript
written by the late Hubert
Stroud, the famed "Birdman of
Alcatraz."
Bureau attorney Eugene Bar
kin notified Stroud's attorneys
Monday that Stroud's many per
sonal effects, including a manu
script entitled "A History of the
U.S. Prison System," would not
be released.
Several months before Stroud
died here last Thursday at the
U.S. Medical Center for federal
prisoners, he instituted legal
proceedings to force the bureau
to permit publication of the
manuscript.
The 7;i-year-old Stroud, who
gained fame for his knowledge
of bird diseases, spent 54 years
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kissed the corpse.- Only news
men, Secret Service agents and.
policemen witnessed the funeral.;
The public was not admitted.
Tlie Rev. Louis Saunders, ex-;
ccutive secretary of tlie Fort
Worth Council of Churches,
said a prayer at graveside. He
said he conducted what servic
es there were because "we do
not want it said a man can be
buried in Fort Worth without a
minister."
behind bars. His book on bird
diseases won international ac
claim. Stroud died of acute coronary '
thrombosis at the medical cen-'
tor. He had twice been convict
ed of murder. During his lonely '
hours in prison, he became a
self-taught expert on bird dis
eases. The movie, "Birdman
of Alcatraz," was based on his
book on bird diseases.
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