The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 11

WASHINGTON, July 19. Regardless of what Sec- ary ivnox toia uw tvu- naval affairs commit-about U. S. warships ng at Nazi submarines, i can write it clown as inite that a new policy been worked out re- rding submarines. he policy was delineated short-fter the sinking of the Robin ir, and anyone reading been the lines of the president's hsage to congress on that sub- could see it.

It wlli be recalled that the resident informed congress hat the sinking of the Robin loor was an act of "piracy." He sed this word advisedly. By haracterizing the Germans as irates, the United States is free invoke the rules of interna- ionai warfare against pirates, amely to attack and capture ithem without any declaration of Also It should be recalled that a recent press conference nd In his fireside chat of May :.7, the president reviewed the listory of the united States in aging war on pirates. This is lomething he has had his inter national lawyers studying for tome time. In other words, the United ates will continue its patrol of Atlantic, not particularly an- ous for an encounter with sub marines. Eut if one comes too ose, It will be regarded as a pi- ate, with no ifs, ands or buts.

ywillkie Squares Off Wendell Willkie has faced many -Ws in hifl militant, stand np-ninst jAitlcr, but none stranger than at a party in the Long Island hrme oi mrs. ugaen jvuuh, wue oi iule late secretary i tary of the treasury. 'Twartrlu" I nncrlalo Rriticki playwright who wrote "The Las.t Jjf Mrs. Cheney," was at the Winner and expressed some pronounced appeasement views. Other guests, indignant, de- i manded that Willkie reply to Lonsdale.

spectacle of an American scrap-pily demanding a fight to the finish against Hitlerism and a Britisher arguing the other way. 'I Although courteous, Willkia j.kle that while he had every right speak for himself, he was out Of turn when he presumed tfL "HpBak for the British people." I've been to England," Willkie Ac'aved, "and I know how they, (C.r.tinued on. Page 16, Column. 7) THEY'RE OLDEST WEDDED TWINS I ft 1 fsiP "3 1 3ii '1 if and Walter F. Grow, of San Bernardino, believed to be the oldest mar i ried twins In on9aa in a I IQU IWIII9 HI 7, the celebratioL' 7elr 'Shty-fifth year-old twins Vn A'ascadero.

i Northern roast the oldest United Slatei.jM Wallace D. and Walter F. G-o4 of San Bernardino county beli.velthey ar. he state's oldest mart. has made their Hi IU ell I'd long span oi mm WallaceV left Fontana, If DEM, SIX mini in Fin AUTO MISHAPS Youth, 18, En Route to Coast From Oklahoma, Killed as Car Overturns in Pass An 18-year-old youth was killed and six persons were Injured last night in county automobile accidents.

Si Brant Marshall, of Cleveland, was killed when the car In which he was traveling to California failed to negotiate a curve on highway 66 84 Killed In County near Summit In Cajon pass and Since Jan, 1 overturned. 69 Killed at Same Wayne Jones Date Last Year and Curtis Lee Hardy, also of Oklahoma, with whom he was riding, suffered severe injuries. Jones incurred a fracture of the left arm and a dislocated shoulder and Curtis re ceived head injuries, extent of which were not determined immediately. The accident occurred at midnight. Three persons were injured in two accidents on Arrowhead avenue which occurred just one minute apart.

WOMAN STRUCK Mrs. Lucy Baxter, 56, of 336 Twentieth street, San Bernardino, suf-. fered a dislocated shoulder and laceration above the right eye when she was struck by an automobile while crossing Highland avenue at Arrowhead. Driver of the car was Clifton P. Sturgeon, 60, of 210 Twenty-third street, San Bernardino, who was traveling east on Highland avenue.

The accident occurred at 8:10 p.m. One minute later two cars collided at Fourth street and Arrowhead avenue. Injured slightly were Miss Wanda Marrs, 19, of 372 Fourteenth street, San Bernardino, and Mrs. W. E.

Seals, of 955 Colton avenue. Miss Marrs suffered a knee (Continued on Page 16, Column 6) game of Chinese checkers at Walter's home, 820 Trenton street, during birthday yesterday. They are glad bachelors," they observed yesterday, when their wives arranged a little family party in observance the twins' eighty-fifth birthday. Wallace D. Grow resides at 545 North Laurel avenue in Fontana, and Water F.

Grow resides at 820 Trenton street in San Bernardino, where the birthday celebration was held. Both have been citrus grow SINGING STAR Donald Novis, famed tenor of screen, stage and radio, who will sing at the U.S.O.'s mammoth benefit show to be staged Aug. 6 at the Orange Show stadium. Donald Novis, lyric tenor of screen, stage 'and radio fame, will be one of the featured entertainers at the United Service Organizations' benefit show to be presented Aug. 6 in the National Orange Show stadium, George Burns, production committee chairman, announced yesterday.

Novis has been an N.B.C. artist since 1930. He has just returned from a successful personal appearance tour in the east and south. In 1939, he was one of the stellar attractions on the National Orange Show stage. The spectacular entertainment In the stadium will include other stars of radio, stage and screen, Victor MacLaglen's famous Light Horse (Continued on Page 16, Column 4) they are not bachelors, -like the 89 ers since they came to Southern California more than 50 years ago.

Wallace Grow still raises citrus on his Fontana propery, but Walter, who set out one of the first groves In the Highland district, is now retired. Both are natives of Maine, MIS TO SI AT B.S.D. SHOW (Continued on Page 16, Column 6). WASHINGTON M(Wy-GoJiound nivnl Pnh'CV of U. S.

SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE AND ml OAILI ORANQl BILI NEWS SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1941 it lo Deal With Nazi tt I Boats as Pirates; 1 Roosevelt Gives lue i iv PEARSON and Py OT All FN 121 HIGH COURT TO MIE IN BELIEF BUDGET BOOST Supervisors Ask Decision After Auditor Refuses to Recognize Increasing Tax Charge San Bernardino county's petition for a writ of mandate to compel the county auditor to approve a $330,000 budget increase, voted by the board of supervisors to meet heavier re lief costs thrown upon the county by the abandonment of the S.R.A., will be taken directly to the state supreme court Tuesday. Donald S. Gillespie, chief legal deputy district attorney legal adviser to the board of supervisors, will appear before the supreme court in San Francisco, asking the court to take jurisdiction in the action. 700 ASK COUNTY AID The writ of mandate is being asked to clarify the relief situation arising when 1,150 S.R.A. clients in San Bernardino county were left without aid when the state organization ceased to exist on July 1.

Approximately 700 former state clients applied to the county welfare department for aid and applications are being made each day. To legally determine if San Bernardino county could increase its budget after the financial program had been given final approval by the board of supervisors, County Auditor Vincent L. Roth declined to approve the budget increase. MANDATORY RELIEF The petition to be presented to the supreme court maintains that the state law provides that persons who are in need and comply with eligibility requirements, shall be granted county aid. San Bernardino county cannot care for the needy unless the budget is increased to take care of the unexpected cost, the petition asserts, The relief tangle arose when the legislature adjourned without grant ing an allocation to carry on the S.R.A.

GOVERNOR MAY ACT Gov. Culbert L. Olson has been requested by the County Supervisors Association of California to call a special session of the legislature to consider a proposal submitted by the association. Under this proposal, the state would, grant an increased allocation to the counties to take care of the additional relief load and at the same time establish a work program to be carried out in the counties, similar in operation to the W.P.A. Governor Olson said he would call a special session when he was assured that two-thirds of both houses could agree on a relief program.

The survey to determine the attitude of the legislators is now being made, However, the board of supervisors ordered the petition to the supreme court to be presented as soon as possible in order to obtain a ruling in case the state does not approve new relief program. Whether the county can increase its budget must be determined before the county's 1941-42 tax rate can be fixed. Rev. Van Osdel Speaks In Park Calvary Baptist church will have charge of the third in the series of San Bernardino's summer union church services, to be held as usual tonight at Pioneer park. The Rev.

Boyce Van Osdel, pastor of Calvary church, will preach the sermon, his theme to be, "la Jesus Christ Too Much for Us?" Calvary choir will furnish the music. The services have been held every summer under sponsorship of the Ministerial association, for more than 15 years. Because of the heat, most of the city's Protestant churches hold only morning worship in their buildings, preferring the open-air events for the evening. Summer's Heat Lingers in City San Bernardino's protracted heat wave lingered on yesterday, with the mercury hovering well above the 100-degree calibration for the seventh consecutive day. "Continued high temperature" was the rather unencouraging prediction for today and tomorrow is sued by federal meteorologists.

A maximum temperature of 105 was reached yesterday at 2 p.m. after thermometers had registered 101 degrees at noon. At 2:30 the temperature was still 105, but by 3 p.m. had dropped to 102. The minimum for the 24-hour period was 56.

Hard-Bitten Ex-Convict Breaks, Coldly Recites Story of Killings Wells Says He Held Baby as He Shot Two Women Alfred H. Wells, 31-year-old ex-convict, yesterday confessed, in sordid detail, the three murders of which he is accused. Wells was taken to the Identification bureau at the county jail at 2 p.m. He told of the crimes in answers to questions by John P. Knauf, chief trial deputy to the district attorney.

Present at the confession were Sheriff Emmett L. Shay, Sheriff's Deputies Gilbert Frilot, William Lungstrom and O. W. Bottorff, and Paul C. Lynde, shorthand reporter.

STATEMENT VOLUNTARY The verbatim statement of questions and answers follows: By Mr. Knauf: Q. Your name, please? A. Al Wells. Q.

Your full name? A. Alfred Horace Wells. Q. How old are you? A. Thirty-one.

Q. Your home has been in San Bernardino, has It? A. Yes sir. Q. As I understand it at this time you are willing to make a statement.

A. I will make a statement of my own free will. Q. In egard to the murder of your brother and sister-in-law and Rose Destree7 A. That is right.

Q. 1 understand your rights in the matter? A. I understand everything. Q. Any statement that you make at this time must be made freely and voluntarily.

A. I know my rights. Q. You know it must be made freely and voluntarily? A. Yes.

ASKS FOR CHAMBER Q. And you say this is of your own free will? Yes. Q. I cannot offer you any reward or promise of immunity or anything like that. A.

I am not asking for anything except the chamber. Q. Now, I would like to have you tell me, Mr. Wells, and bear in mind that your statement is made freely and voluntarily, as you say, about the death of Jean Wells, Rose Destree nd Raymond Wells. Now, if you want to go ahead and tell your story, j'ou can do it that way or I can ask you questions.

A. Go ahead, whichever you choose. Q. I want to call your attention then particularly to the evening of May 7. Were you in San Bernardino on that evening? A.

I was. Q. And at that time where were j'ou living? A. 322 Q. You had been living there for some time prior to that? A.

I stayed there one night was all. I was down there about three days two or three days; I slept there one night. Q. You had just taken that apartment then? A. Yes.

Q. Previous to that time you had been living where? A. At 886 Ninth. LIVING WITH SISTER Q. You had been living there with your sister? A.

My sister, Violet Wells, yes. Q. When did she leave you? A. I couldn't say. Q.

Was it a week or so prior to that? A. More than that; approximately two weeks or more. Q. Now, on the night of May 7 did you see a man by the name of Stroud, or the afternoon of May A. I am in here to make a confession to the slaying of those people.

I don't want to implicate anybody Q. We will leave him out then. On that evening, May 7, did you see Jean Wells and Rose Destree? A. I did. Q.

Where did you see them first? A. Their apartment. Wells' Confession Will Not Del ay Arraignment Alfred Wells' confession of the slayings of his half-brother, Raymond; Raymond's wife, Jean, and Rose Destree, 17-year-old Escondi-do girl, will not delay his arraignment on the three charges of murder, said Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney John P. Knauf, Wells will be taken before Superior Judge F. A.

Leonard for ar raignment at 2 p.m. Monday, along with other prisoners awaiting trial. The arraignment will be brief, the court reading the state's charges. Wells will not be asked to enter a Confesses 'I Sat Smoking and Alfred H. Wells, who yesterday confessed the killings of his half, brother, Raymond Wells, the latter's wife, Jean, and their houseguest, Rose Destree, In a lonely section of Cajon pass last May 7.

Q. At about what time? A. Approximately 4 o'clock. Q. Did you have any conversa tion with them there? A.

I did. Q. And do you recall what that was? A. I do. Q.

Will you tell us what the conversation was that you had with your sister-in-law Jean Wells and Rose Destree? A. I walked up and knocked at the door and they said "who is there?" I said "this is me Al," There was whispering between her and Rose which I couldn't understand, and she -asked me what I wanted here and I told her I wanted to see Ray. She says "he is working late tonight." I says "can't I come in?" and she opened the door and I went in and she wanted to know what I wanted to see Ray for. I told her I had a job out on the and I wanted him to drive me out there. I had to be out there by 7 o'clock, She said he wouldn't be home until 10 o'clock, he was working overtime.

I says "I have to get out there; I will come back later" and she says "No." She says she was broke and there wasn't much gas in the car but if I could get the gas she would take me out and I says "no, I will 'phone out there and probably Ray can take me out later on." She insisted on taking me out, so I told her, "O.K." Q. And did you leave the place there then? GIRL HELD BABY A. Went out in the backyard and got in the car and drove out while their landlady and some friends of the family was all on the front porch. Q. And you drove the car out to the front in the street? A.

No. Jeanie drove and Rose Destree sat in the middle holding the baby and I sat on the outside and Jeanie waved at them, at the people, as we went out and so did I. Q. Then where did you drive to? A. I didn't drive.

Q. I mean where did Jean drive to? A. Out Cajon pass about 12 miles I should judge and took the road up to the right in the mountains and I directed the way. Q. And then you drove on up toward Devore? A.

If that is the name of the town. Q. Did you go out A. We went straight out Cajon pass. Q.

Not Kendall drive? A. No. I didn't go out Kendall drive; I came back Kendall drive. Q. And you directed the course of travel of the car? A.

I did. i Q. You told them where to go? plea at the arraignment but It is probable that the court will appoint an attorney to represent him before he is asked to plead to the murder counts. Under the law, the courts may not accept a guilty plea in murder cases without the defendant first having been advised of his rights by coun sel. Wells was held for trial in the superior court after his preliminary hearing before Justice Russell A.

Wickizer in the San Bernardino township court last Monday. I Humming He Declares A. Yes. Q. Then where did you go? A.

Went up there near that chicken ranch. She went on up and I told her to stop, that the road was too tricky the rest of the way up, and told her to back down so she could turn around and back the car off the road and before we left, I wish to add that I had forgotten a sheet of paper to write a note to Ray and she gave me a sheet of paper and after she backed off the road I gave her the paper and pen cil and told her to start writing. Q. When was that, after you got out of the car? A. No, we was still In the car and just then the people that own the ranch, they drove by and they saw us there.

Q. They drove by and you were still in the car? A. I was standing outside and Jeanie was at the wheel and this Rose Destree was still in the car holding the baby. Q. Before you got to that point did she turn the car around or anything? A.

Yes; she stopped for water-she wanted water and some woman was jawing about "that Is all peo ple wanted was free service." Q. On the way up there on that dirt road do you recall that a dog ran out In the road and you had to back up or something? A. No, there was no dog. HELD GUN ON JEAN Q. When you got up to the point where she turned around, you stopped? A.

Yes. She wrote a note to Ray telling him to do as I said; that was holding her, Rose and the baby Q. At that time did you have gun in your hand? A. I did. Q.

A revolver? A. The gun you got. Q. The gun we got? A. The gun you got and the gun killed them.

Q. She was still In the car when she wrote the note? A. She was. Q. After she wrote the note did she give it to you? A.

She did, and I took It. Q. Did you ask them to get out of the car then? TIED GIRL'S HANDS A. I did, I told them to pile out on the side I was on. Q.

Did you tell them where you were going to take them before they got out of the car? A. I tied Rose's hands loosely, After all she had never done any thing to me and I wanted to spare her. I tied her loosely with a ball of cord that Emmett here was so worried about. Q. You tied her hands with that cord? A.

Yes. Q. Was Jean out of the car at that time? A. No. She was in there and then had Rose get out and Jean fol- (Continued on Page 16, Column 1) If You Drive a Wiggler or If your car steers hard or wanders, with our bear precision gauges we'll make your wheels roll true and stop that abusive tire wear.

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Jean Wells, 19, and her friend, Miss Rose Destree. SITS AND HUMS He told of sitting nonchalantly and waiting for his brother, Raymond, on the night of the slayings sitting and smoking and humming several little tunes. He told of taking off his coat just before he shot the two women and offering it as a cloak for the baby "so it won't catch cold." told of meeting Raymond, "covering" him with a gun and demanding "it is your turn to do some walking." and of shooting him in the back when Raymond "started to make a dash for the brush." PLANNED INSANITY PLEA Alfred spoke of his Ill-feeling toward Raymond since childhood. "Ray died for being a rat and double-crossing me, for running to the cops." He denied that his half-sister, Violet, who had lived with him as his housekeeper, provided a motive for the crimes and said the killings were committed "as raw as they were" because he was "laying a foundation for an Insanity plea." All this and more Wells confessed to John P. Knauf, chief trial deputy to the district attorney, who questioned him, and Sheriff Emmett L.

Shay, who directed the weeks-long hunt for Wells and returned the suspect from Spokane, whers he was captured. MUM ON ACCOMPLICES Wells sat calmly during the questioning, but a tense look came to his face whenever any question hinted of one or more accomplices in the crimes. "Anything concerning myself Is O.K., but concerning anybody else, (Continued on Page 16, Column 7) WATERMELONS Local, Extra Sweet, Extra Fresh Stripes or Green Guaranteed Perfect I5 'C each A Carload to Sell 560 BASE LINE COMPLETE DINNERS All Day Saturday and Sunday Served as Only Woman Can Serve Theml CHICKEN or VIRGINIA BAKED HAM SATURDAY 49c SUNDAY We Feature All Women Cooks MACK PUTHOFF S. W. Corner Base Line and Street Children Under Fr DB FICIITIl SUN COMPANY vs.

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