The Evening Press and Santa Rosa Republican from Santa Rosa, California • 1

Quiely447 FACteT 16011AM MRS EVA PAGET Raped by killer of two Ow A manhunt was on in three states today for the murderer who crushed the skulls of two sleeping men then raped and beat a young mother in a Triniti canyon cabin six miles north of Sonoma yesterday An all-points oulletin was issued for a merchant seaman identified as Henry Brun Guldbrandsen 34 released recently from the TD Merchant Seaman On Parole On Assault Charge Oblect Of Three-State Manhunt state prison at Chino after serving a two-year term for assault with a deadly weapon "Gulbrandsen Is the only man we are looking for" said Sheriff Harry Patteson The all-points bulletin stated specifically that Gulbrandsen is wanted for "double murder and rape Dead of skull fractures were GULBRANDSEN a Brooklyn seaman was sentenced to seven years in San Quentin in 1947 for stabbing a man 13 times with an ice pick in a quarrel over a San Mateo woman He later was transferred to Chino and his seven-year sentence was cut to two years In Richmond A Irvine at whose home Flint had roomed or a number of years identified a Santa Rosa California-11Tin City Designed for Living" Peter Flint 31 a merchant marine officer of Alameda and the cabin owner Peter Jensen 51 supervisor of grounds maintenance at Sonoma State Home Attacked and raped was Mrs Eva Paget 27 Berkeley mother or two children ONIS picture of Gulbrandsen as the "Hank" who left with Mr Flint last Friday to spend the holiday' weekend in the Valley of the Moon resort area Following an autopsy performed on the bodies of the murder victims this morning by Dr Jesse Carr noted San Francisco pathologist and Dr Owen Thomas of Santa Rosa Sonoma county pathologist Coroner Vernon Silver-shield said both undoubtedly died of skull fractures caused by repeated blows A granite pestle was identified as the murder weapon MRS PAGET also identified the pestle as the weapon with which the murderer struck her rLi several times fracturing her skull Coroner Silvershield a i Mrs Paget is in Sonoma Valley Community hospital and is rational and apparently will recover he said Doctors at the Sonoma Valley (See Sidelight 7) community hospital said that Mrs Paget suffered four gashes on the head a skull fracture and crushed hands Nevada and Oregon police had been alerted in the search for a car in which Guldbrandsen was last seen The car is a 1941 green Buick convertible coupe with a 1949 California license 9T 3869 (Continued on Page 2 Col 3) GUILERANDSEN HENRY 11 1 LJ -Y'K 0 (0--11-R ri un IR 0 0 ior'7 mim 4 ''4-te'''' )11) 114xoi9' '16tr' -1gr'Y 7 t': 71 '1 "Ort" i 4 i :4 P4 NN 447' I (C 0 I REI 6 0 0 le 0r) i 7 11 I I t06? iv 4 71' 1 i i i I o''-1 s' 4 :74 r- Peter Flint 31 a merchant marine picture of Gulbrandsen as the several times fracturing her skull ti7: f'414 00: i i ik 4 -1011--lik Merchant Seaman On Parole officer Peter of A a jme Jcleallsaennc 5 1 t1hesup cam "Hank" who left with Nix- Flint Coroner Silvershield said i Mrs r- z-- ---t: i' 4149 Wf --r 4 2- tiSkA w1 z-4 or- last Friday to spend the holiday Paget is in Sonoma Valley Co- -1f4--- -'4 -x--- 0 14414 -44! 7 '1 1 Allect visor of grounds maintenance at weekend in the Valley of the Moon munity hospital and is rational and V6 Sonma Ste Attacked sort area Will recover he said ii X- 1-11140)4 and rapeta was Hme Mrs Eva Paget re Following an autopsy performed Doctors at the Sonoma Valley 40 A0-z r' 0 i ssau Ch arge i Ob 27 Berkeley mother or two chil- on the bodies of the murder vic- A '4 '4114f4 :4 1 Of Three-State Manhunt dren tims this morning by Dr Jesse (See Sidelight 7) 4 Carr noted San Francisco patholo- f--: --e 4- 9 '4x22 're 144' tr ') 144V fir V': 1 16 6 lit 4- I man was on in state '''V A hunt three te prison at Chino after serving GULBRANDSEN a Brooklyn gist and Dr Owen Thomas of community hospital said that Mrs 0 A -''''-f 4z states today for the murderer a two-year term for assault with seaman was sentenced to Santa Rosa Sonoma county path- Paget suffered four gashes on the 4-4 it 4 1i 42 -I 4tife i jfi 4 who crushed the skulls of two a deadly weapon i seven years in San Quentin in 1947 ologist Coroner Vernon Silver- head a skull fracture and crushed fqs t----J -14 z-- sleeping men then en raped and beat "Gulbrandsen Is the only man for stabbing a man 13 times with shield said both undoubtedly died hands 4 1-V 1-q-c- a young mother in a Triniti can- we are looking for said Sheriff an ice pick in a quarrel over a San of skull fractures caused by re- Nevada and Oregon police had -'s- si-- A -i t-: yon cabin I ix miles north of So- Harry Patteson Mateo woman He later was trans- peatewd 1i 1-- r--z z--- blo he search for A granite pestle was been alerted in J- 6- 1: ---iV -'4i' f- 42- noma yesterday The all-points bulletin stated ferred to Chino and his seven-year identified as the murder weapon a car in which Guldbrandsen was ------z- 1- ft An all-points oulletin was is- specifically that Gulbrandsen is sentence was cut to two years last seen The car is a 1941 green --1---'- 1 1 5 fi 10t- sued for a merchant seaman iden- wanted for "double murder and In Richmond A Irvine at 3IRS PAGET also identified Buick convertible coupe with a is -i '1-'''' tified as Henry Brun Guldbrand- rape" whose home Flint had roomed for the pestle as the a with 1949 California license 9T 3869 -4f i )- I 0iv sen 34 released recently from the Dead of skull fractures werela number of years identified al which the murderer struck her (Continued on Page 2 Col 3) A- I ---7 ---4 -f 7--'4 Designed for Desi ---i-i- ----------4 f'' Santa Rosa City gtv ing" 1 -v-A I Ift 0449- (4a it rt -44tor- f- 0 e'S': 4 HENRY GUILERINDSEN IAIRS EVA PAGET Raped by killer of two esr-s----v-t FINAL TEE DEMING 1141) ISS lc Tuesday July 5 1949 anb Coanta lion Etitublitan ocao 2 Sections-16 Pages C) 0 CET 0 IlchTZ Di 0 chthIME Farr' vill-11uri 7 7Tn1i7vTir lt I A I (ck Itllb 1111 IN IL Elt1 IllAsenin "oliday Deaths each 818 Set New US Mark Joh lea Nem -LT 11 By UNITED PRESS The nation's weekend observance of the Fourth of July and efforts to escape the worst heat wave of the year cost more than 800 lives in the heaviest holiday carnage in history a final count showed today "This is a national disgrace" a National Safety Council official said "It's shameful and disgraceful Something must be done" By UNITE The nation's ance of the Fou efforts to escape wave of the yeat 800 lives in the carnage in histor showed today "This is a nati National Safety said "It's shame: ful Something TY Board Immediately Cancels Some Events as Work Stops barn one sheep barn one hog barn a judging ring comfort station and a poultry pavilion The latter however was not scheduled for completion for this year's fair Also a new grandstand for which Walter Olson of Santa Rosa is the contractor is held up Nearing completion by the Mid-State firm is a wing to the exhibit (Continued on Page 2 Col 6) for the Sonoma County Fair board said that there is little likelihood of any curtailment of the program starting July 28 The board meets Monday to determine if any change of plans must be made By MIKE PARDEE 77-7777- PETER JAY JENSEN 1 t'z 1 41 r4 -4- -74 i'W Ao -'i: -0----ra ''1-: iv --3' :44 t' 4- 4 1 'f'''- 4 a01- 'e- --3-' otf 47----- 44-'4 1 16'g :::91 :4 1 t- ::4 :) 1- --4fr 4 i "4' 1 4- A rilif -114 4 44 4f 1241 t-4 it1 vy: A -447: 1 4 II UPET-E1 'JA'Y JENSEN Carpenters Are Out in Six North California Counties Only on condition that other crafts than carpenters continue their work is it possible that the Petaluma fair will be held at all No pickets have been ordered at either the fairground or McKinley school and electricians steel crews and plumbers were at work today Vital to the cattle and sheep judging 'events is the completion of the nearly finished fairground sewage system Work stoppage on this project could cause cancellation of the entire fair excepting the carnival While there were only about a dozen carpenters supposed to show up on the fair jobs this morning other construction was at a stage where it was planned to have upward of 30 working by the end of the week it was said by James Marshall superintendent of the Mid State Construction Co That Massy holds the principal cconwo tract of the $200000 fairgrounds expansion program and the contract for construction of the new McKinley school at Ellis and Madison streets due for completion for the opening of the fall term previous record was set in 1941 when nearly 700 persons died violently The council did not have available a breakdown on the deaths However it pointed out that Fourth of July holiday tolls always exceed the death counts of other holidays and added that there was no doubt this one exceeded all others By comparison during a normal three-day summer weekend hst August 383 persons were killed including 224 on the highways and 48 by drowning DURING THE past weekend New York led all states with a total of 63 deaths including 15 on the highways and 25 by drowning The safety council issued a blistering statement that the huge national toll "is a disgrace to a civilized nation and a reflection on America's famed tradition of fairness and sportsmanship" "It is shameful" Council President Ned Dearborn said The leading states in the weekend toll in addition to New York included: Michigan 51 deaths including II traffic and 26 drownings Texas 51 deaths including 32 traffic and 13 drowning Pennsylvania 41 deaths including 13 traffic and seven drownings California 33 deaths including 25 traffic and four drownings Indiana 35 deaths (Continued on Page 2 Col 7) THE UNITED PRESS tabulation showed at least 818 persons died violently during the three-day holiday 100 more than the total casualties of the famed battles of Bunker Hill and Yorktown The Oreakdown: 321 died on the highways 278 drowned 70 died from heat prostration 18 died in airplane accidents 131 died violently in miscellaneous accidents The scaring heat which resulted In a sharp increase in drownings and heat deaths was expected to continue for at least three days In addition on the basis of safety statistics an estimated 10- 000 persons were injured on the highways and uncounted tl-ousands of others were injured by fireworks' and in other accidents The safety council said that the THE UNITED I showed at least violently dur in holiday 100 mor casualties of the Bunker Hill and Oreakdown: 321 died on tho 278 drowned 70 died from It( 18 died in airp 131 died violf laneous accidents The scaring he In a sharp incre and heat deaths continue for at le In addition ot safety statistics 000 persons wen highways and sands of others fireworks' and ir The safety cou: Construction in six Redwood Empire counties all but came to a standstill today as the majority of 3500 union carpenters were not cleared for their jobs The counties affected are Sonoma Lake Mendocino Napa Humboldt and Del Norte PETALUMA Cancellation of the Sonoma-Marin Fourth District Agricultural Fair in Pet alum a starting July 21 is threatened by work stoppage of carpenters it was revealed today by the fair secretary-manager Dolph Young The carpenters' 'stoppage- Is- the result of a wage dispute with contractors Unless the carpenters return to work immediately there is no possibility of carrying out the complete fair program he said At the outside only three events can be held judging of sheep dairy cattle and beef cattle Already cancelled by the fair board are the pre-fair barn and egg breakfast and erection of street decorations The West Coast Carnival show will go through with its part of the program Fair President A Behrens who met with the board of directors today said THE MID-STATE CO's contract includes erection of one cattle IN SANTA ROSA spokesmen Russian River Sanitation District Hearing Postponed to Next Monday The Weather The WI Both the contractors and the union said that no meetings or negotiations have been scheduled today Only those contractors who signed written agreements to pay the new wage scale of $225 per hour and observe job conditions in the union by-laws have been cleared A Brown district carpenter business representative said He said that 23 contractors had signed the agreements in Santa Rosa None of these are large firms he added A SPOT survey in Santa Rosa this morning revealed that work has ceased on the following construction projects: At the Sears Roebuck building site 30 carpenters were out Homebuilding had ceased at the Codding Terrace subdivision Stevenson subdivision No 3 and the Edgemont Homesites No work was being done at the armory Veterans Memorial hospital county blood bank and the county fairgrounds Hugh Codding president of the Association of General Contractors said that related trades such as plumbing and electrical would probably be affected by the strike within a week or two He estimated "20 to 30 per cent of county business will be knocked out by the stoppage within two weeks" A hearing on the proposed formation of a Russian River Sanitation District to finance a half-million dollar sewer system was continued for a week today by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors The decision to put the hearing back until Monday came after a NO ONE BIDS ON VETERANS' MEMORIAL SITE AT AUCTION SILENCE GREETS KENNEDY protest petition bearing 39 signatures was turned in by Jess Robinson of Guerneville The protest petition may force the board to either drop the proceedings for the sewer system or call a special election on the proposal One Guerneville resident insisted that the sewer would go in despite of the protests Mr Robinson said that the 39 signatures on the petition represent more than 2 per cent of the number of voters in the proposed district in the last gubernatorial election 1 'y A Senate Opens Pact Debate Fair and warmer in Santa Rosa tomorrow the weatherman forecast Fog in Fort Bragg will clear tomorrow afternoon he a I The wind is 4altb no' from the north- 1 -)- 04 41110 varying from 12 to 22 itt miles per hoar ko 0 It was good July 4 weather 1 4---(ti- in Santa Rosa yesterday with 9- the temperature 78 degrees at its RISING highest The low this morn- TEMPERATURE ing was 43 de Fair and wa Rosa tomorrow forecast Fog in Fort I tomorrow after 41110: V' -): A AVPko 9 RISING TEMPERATURE Animals Flee Locust Terror After consulting Assistant District Attorney Joseph Maddux the supervisors learned that in emergency proceedings supervisors could order construction of the sewer but that the costs would have to come from county general funds and not from levies in the particular sewer district concerned SUPERVISOR Richard Miller of Guerneville replying to Mr Towne said he thought "it would be very unfair to the rest of the county if the people over there (along the river) don't see fit to form a district" He explained that in other areas where sewers are needed special districts are being formed to finance construction The hearing will be held over a week The petitions were referred to the county clerk for check of the signatures In other action today the supervisors organized themselves as a county board of equalization to hear objections from citizens to county tax assessments First hearing will be at 10 a next Monday at the board room at the court house Supervisor Victor Anderson Windsor was elected chairman of the board of Sonoma county still owned its abandoned $30000 veterans' memorial building site today Not a bidder appeared when county supervisors attempted to sell the undeveloped three-acre lot at public auction from the courthouse steps at 11:30 am Board Chairman George A Kennedy mounted the steps as scheduled und a half-dozen times he called to ask if "anybody here is interested in bidding on the veterans' memorial site" All he got was stony silence and disinterested stares from the handful of bystanders WASHINGTON (AP) Tom Connally (D Tex) today opened senate debate on the Atlantic Pact with a plea for swift approval as "unmistakable proof" that free nations will stand gether against attack In the treaty he said "the free nations of the North Atlantic area lay before the nations of the world a noble declaration that no armel aggressor no swaggering conquetror no military despot shall invade the North Atlantic area" pp a Then he gave up The site which the Santa Rosa veterans memorial committee requested the supervisors to sell two weeks ago after the committee had decided to abandon it was purchased by the board at the request of the committee in June 1946 The price was $30000 The site is an undeveloped three-acres running through the middle of a Santa Rosa residential block bounded by Ridgeway avenue and Benton street and by Glenn and Morgan streets The site as a location for a veterans' memorial building had drawn vigorous objections for the past six months Following the unsuccessful auction Mr Kennedy was asked what the board would do about the site since no purchaser had appeared He answered "I don't know what we are going to do We'll have to wait and see what the board decides" grees Rainfall in Santa Rosa for the new rain year had already fallen a fraction below normal There were zero inches of rain this year compared to 6 last year at this time grees Rainfall in Sa new rain year 1 len a fraction There were zer this year comr year at this tim TI- RENO Nev swarm of I ocusts swept across Nevada rangelands today driving jackrabbits and deer before them and authorities feared the insects would eat their way into lush California and Oregon croplands Some officials said that for sheer intensity of purpose the plague probably excelled any previous attack "known to man' Advance elements of the horde already had crossed the state line near Denio Ore Authorities feared they could not be held back from the fertile California valleys "Exactly where they'll go no one can tell" said Henry Galloway of the Nevada Department of Agriculture STATE LAW provides that if 2 per cent or more of the voters object to the formation of the district the supervisors must either drop the project or call a special election in the district to decide the proposal Mr Robinson said those who had signed the protest petition believed the cost of the sewer system was too great and that it would force too great an increase in taxes upon the district In answer Harvey Towne Guerneville resort man said that if those protesting think "they are killing the chances of a sewer they are going to think different This board has the power to put that sewer in whether the voters want it or not" Our Home Town Our Horn THE STOPPAGE was ordered by district council of carpenters after negotiations for the 1949-50 contract broke down The expired contract called for $21212 per hour for journeymen carpenters The union asked a 1212 cent raise and the contractors countered with a request for a 1212 cent cut Later the contractors nffered to settle for the same ccale as the expired contract THE 20-YEAR compact has been signed by the United States Canada and 10 European nations but it must be ratified by a two-thirds senate vote before it becomes binding on this country Fewer than a dozen senators are expected to oppose it It Dance Studio to Present Dance Benefit Recital Friday Belief' LATE SPORTS BULLETINS Tokyo Rose Goes on Trial For Treason in Swn Frolncisco Tod wl 41: Jo Aaron Elaine Tonilinson Janice Wright Betty Jo Razor Bill McGregor Nadine Cross Sharie Selby Patty Stevens Shirley Bucher Daphne Allen Patty Grove THE DINAH SELBY Dance Studio of Santa Rosa will give a show at the Petaluma High School auditorium Friday and Saturday at 8:30 rn for the benefit of the Petaluma 20-30 Club Fifty Sonoma county children will participate in a varied program including dancing and singing The following will do solo numbers: Carol Ann Goldberg Nancy White Sylvia Winkelman Pearl Jean and Danny Valverde Nancy Pippin Junis Wells Norman Roundtree Lynn Stone Edna Rosenberg Jo THE DINAH Studio of Santa show at the Peta auditorium Frid at 8:30 rn for Petaluma 20-30 noma county chi: pate in a varied ing dancing an following will Carol Ann Goldb Sylvia Winkelma Danny ValverdE Jtmis Wells Nc Lynn Stone Ed: LT COL AMOS JOILNSON CnIC former resident of Santa Rosa was graduated with the 1948-49 regular class of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kans He will report to the quartermaster school at Camp Lee Va for duty Four out of five big league baseball games scheduled for today were night games Meeting tonight in the American League are Chicago and St Louis Cleveland at Detroit Boston at New York In the American League Philadelphia plays at Brooklyn NATIONAL LEAGUE ST LOUIS 000 001 000 1-2 7 2 CHICAGO 000 010 000 0-1 5 1 (Ten Innings) Breechen Follett (7) and Garagiola Rush and Owen NEW YORK Charles newly crowned NBA heavyweight champion today signed to defend his title against Gus Lesnevich former world light heavyweight champion in a 15-round match at Yankee Stadium Wednesday August 10 Golden Eagle Gasoline Regular 2 I Elc gal '9 1 I Ethyl 231hc gal Stan Brown's Self-Serve 1175 Sebastopol Road crGolden Eal Regular y9 1 I Ethyl Stan Brown 1175 Sebastor TOGURI who said be always had preached to his daughter "to be a good American" was present in the courtroom when the trial began So was Filipe a Portuguese citizen whom Tokyo Rose married in Japan in 1945 when he was working for a Japanese newspaper Presiding at the trial is Chief District Judge Michael Roche veteran of 14 years on the federal bench Both Collins and Assistant Attorney General Tom DeWolfe predicted the trial might last six weeks or longer The government has an array of 71 witnesses including 22 Japanese and Filipinos brought from the Far East Collins had indicated he will call at least 21 persons to testify on Mrs d'Aquino's behalf (See Pictures Page 9) anything treasonable I was just sitting on the fence as far as the war was concerned" She was indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts of treason in San Francisco the city where the government alleges Tokyo Rose once predicted the Japanese imperial army would march in triumph Her attorney is Wayne Collins a San Francisco lawyer who took the case without fee at the btaest of Mrs d'Aquino's father James Toguri Japanese-born Chicago grocer of modest means Collins said he came to the defense of the quiet black-haired woman because "she is destitute literally penniless and hasn't a friend in the world" "I am ccnvinced the girl has had a 'raw dear from the word 'go'" Collins said "And the government is perfectly aware of it" relatives in 1940 The government claims Tokyo Rose committed treason from 1943 to 1945 when between recordings of American boogie woogie and blues she fed GI's such statements as: "Hi boys This is your old friend I've got some swell new recordings for you just in from the States You'd better enjoy them while you can because tomorrow at 0600 you're hitting Saipan and we're ready for you So while you're still alive let's listen to TOKYO ROSE ADMITS she was one of six women who provided the English-language narrative for the nightly radio she emphatically denies her script was treasonable "Sure I broadcast those radio shows" Mrs d'Aquino said on the eve of her Ulal "But I never said SAN FRANCISCO Iva Toguri d'Aquino known to thousands of Pacific war veterans as Tokyo Rose goes to trial for treason today She is accused of making treacherous broadcasts to American troops during the war If convicted she faces a maximum penalty of death and a minimum sentence of five years in prison plus a $10000 fine She already has served two years in prison awaiting trial THE ROUND-FACED slender 32-year-old American of Japanese descent admits she broadcast to American trops during the war but denied there was anything treasonous in her remarks A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles she claimed she was forced to stay in Japan during the war She went there to visit LT COL FRANCIS HARRISON son of Mr and Mrs Fin Harrison 757 Sucher avenue was graduated with the 1948-49 regular class of the- Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kans He will report to the Far East command at Yokohama Japan for duty He was graduated from the Military Academy and was commissioned in the regular army in June 1938 During World War II he served in the Asiatic-Pacific theater participating in campaigns at Leyte Okinawa and At-(Continued on Page 2 Col 1) LATE NEWS FLASHES Rummage Sale Thursday and Friday July 7 and 8 LA ROSE HOTEL By SR ppiiiitt llbb ERumlau Thursday July 1 LA ROS: By Sit Or WASHINGTON William Know land today recommended that the United States send a military mission to non-Communist China comparable to the one now in Greece -t it 1 I.