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The Olympian from Olympia, Washington • 2

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The Olympiani
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HMMMM nr FUNNY BUSINESS The Daily Olympian Thursday Aug 13 1953 By Hershberger WEATHER Wounded Gunman Ex-McNeil Inmale School Feud Fighl Avoided Matlock Big Business Going Way Of Dinosaurs? Laura Law's Death Debated At Red Trial Observations at the United States Weather Bureau Olympia Airport for the 24-hour period ending at ten-thirty Thursday morning are as follows: Maximum temperature 83 degrees minimum temperature 43 degrees: rain none total rainfall to date this year 3567 inches highest recorder! wind velocity seven miles an hour Forecast: Continued fair tonight and Friday Some fog early Friday morning The low temperature tonight near 45 degrees A little cooler Friday the high 75 to ing device aimed at the aviation and radio industries but useful for recording police and fire calls mouth scientific marvels of Intcr-loms that would take hours or even weeks for men to figure out themselves Speed is the essential factor here SI lELTOX-t Special-The matter which some 63 residents of Matlock had gathered to discuss Wednesday night had been taken care of before the meeting convened The SEATTLE if A heated exchange occurred between attorneys in the Communist conspiracy trial Wednesday over a reference to the LOS ANGELES (JP A husky-gunman shot down in an attempt to rob a downtown bank Wednesday has been identified by the FBI as an ex-cunvict who staged six similar holdups in Oregon and Washington Police say Louis William Hem- mert 34 former inmate of McNeil Island Wash penitentiary entered the main office of the California bank shortly before 2 pm The FBI said Hemmert was sentenced to a 12-year term at McNeil island on June 1 1941 after the six bank holdups in Washington and Oregon He was released May 9 1952 and was sought for violation of conditional release At a hospital hemmert was reported near death A bank guard was released after treatment for a minor flesh wound 80 degrees Light variable winds 13 year old unsolved Aberdeen mostly northerly during the af- Wash slaying of Laura Law wife of a labor leader weakness The bigger the animal or corporation grows usually the slower its movements Max Min Freeip 01 Woman World NEW YORK I Dinosaurs monsters of the past go so big they outgrew their control mechanism Some in management are asking now: Will big business go the same way? Will corporations grow so huge that corporate red-tape will strangel them? The industry thinks it has a solution It sees business in the years just ahead going over to automatic controls That means fewer people can turn out more both at the factory or production level and at the office or control Icvpl When mecnanicai brains take over the electronics men contend corporations can grow much larger and yet be more easily run than For example: An oil refinery already runs with very few men needed to operate it But at the office end oil company management is a highly complicated thing and getting on the unwieldy side Almost every week electronics offers management new tools: Speedy calculators closed circuit television probem solvers to keep top management in quick touch with sales production and inventory -Nearly a hundred companies are bdsy at work on these electronic devices Some arc specialized machines doing particular jobs This week Soundscriber Corp of New Haven Conn offered a 24-hour magnetic automatic sound record- Defense attorney John Caughlan injected the Law case into the trial during testimony by defendant Terry Pettus former editor of the old Washington New Dealer Pettus testified he investigated reported and editorialized on the Law slaying in January 1940 and on the wrecking of the Finnish Hall in Aberdeen which occurred a few weeks before Mrs Law was found killed Pettus said Mrs Law's husband Dick led a committee in December 1939 to investigate destruction of the hall and "burning of books" by a mob AUSSIE BID CANBERRA Australia IP Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced Thursday that Australia is inviting US Vice President Richard Nixon to visit here during his Far Eastern tour ing to discuss the removal of Mr and Mrs Donald Baker former Matlock School superintendent and principal respectively from the school-owned residence in which they were living When the Mat-lock residents gathered in the school building for the meeting they discovered- that the Bakers already had gone The meeting lasted 20 minutes with nearly everyone sitting by silently while Herb Brehmeyer a member of the school board explained the situation and sought comments One of the persons in the group called for a vote of confidence for the school board The vote was expressed with loud applause and the session was adjourned According to the minutes kept by the Matlock School "Board (Matlock is a small community in the western part of Mason County some 20 miles from Shelton' of its August 7 meeting the meeting last night had been called the purpose of discussing the removal of the Bakers from the school cottage" Mr Baker had been superintendent and Mrs Baker had been principal of Matlock school for six years Last April 9 the school 'It's George's hi can turn on tho shower after esting corn on tho cob! "In an editorial prior to the death of Mrs Law" Pettus said OLYMPIANA LONDONT-UP-Queen Elizabeth II who is kept to a limited range of styles by her royal position definitely will not wear the new short skirt decreed by Paris fashion Women who believe the queen may choose her clothes from all the world of fashion may be surprised to learn she has far more limitations in dress to consider than most housewives That is why her skirts for daytime wear will stay at calf length Even if she wished to follow' the shorter hemline of designer Christian Dior the strict rules of court etiquette would block her The queen's skirts must be long and full enough to fall gracefully below the knees as she gets out of cars with thousands of spectators watching They must not be so gust of short and flimsy that a ljhoieB404fortnt)1l vigil chartered to Pope and Talbot Lines Seavigil arrived early this morning to load one and a half million board feet of lumber The vessel is expected to leave THE SUN SEQUEL TO "8ROKEN ARROW" I I 1 I I 7Y Investigation No charges have been filed yet against four persons arrested last Saturday in Olympia in connection with a series of worthless checks passed to merchants here Hewitt Henry Thurston County prosecuting attorney said that Seattle detectives questioned the quartet Wednesday but he did not divulge what they had 'earned Henry said he will confer soon with the authorities in Seattle regarding the case warned something worse happen and it did happen" Caughlan sought to introduce copies of the New Dealer that repented the hall wrecking and the Law case Government attorney Tracy Griffin objected and the attorneys argued in absence of the jury "There anything factual In these accounts" Griffin asserted "For example they say that Laura Law was murdered 48 hours after she said she was going to the Federal Bureau of a foolish lie" Caughlan Sun sets August 13 at 7:27 Rises August 14 at 5:07 o'clock sets at 7:25 o'clock SAVING 15 Te Preferred Fite Risks wind would disturb them unbe- board decided not to renew the Starring Bumped Rolle Route Ten Box 439 reported to Olympia police Thursday morning that someone rammed the rear of his car while it was parked in the 600 block of Water Street Considerable damage was done to the car Rolle reported Refail Board Lunch Rolls Along Rapidly JOHN LUND JEFF CHANDUR Visitors A bus load of mem-retorted Later he apologized for bers of Job's Daughters gave Olym-the remark Pia pleasant greetings as the group I passed through town on the way Gnffin added that of the jrom Seattle to Portland chief killers of the Communist Pacific Party was on the Pacific Coast! Firemen were called to i the Georgia Pacific Plywood Cotn- panv plant Wednesday evening where a drier was acting up No SUSAN CABOT Laugh Loaded 2nd Hit- comingly as she stands on parade grounds and airports She has taken the problem of picking Fall and Winter clothes with her to Balmoral Castle w'here she officially is on holiday She leaves London in November for a seven month tour of the Commonwealth countries The queen has with her reports of the latest British model collections patterns of many exclusive new fabrics and sheafs of sketches specially made for her by court dressmaker Norman Hartnell who shut himself up in the attic of his Windsor house last month to design for the queen in complete privacy What she decides will be important But there are those jv the day Laura Law was murdered" 1 nf A damage was reported Thursday Caughlan accused Griffin of nlak-' inetegntr ynue -a morning the fire rigs made another ing prejudicial statements "to cre-Strft called Olympia police Wed- run to the piywood plant this ate an atmosphere against the e' enmg to complain that time the alarm had been turned in fendant" 15 a that barks a11 pant official who had ggrroo! On trial charged with conspir- 3 mc je testing equipment there there The she (From Page 1) Chicken Coop cop" Driver Smith blew the horn and Officer Handspiker was directed to on Martin Way The bus rolled through streets unaccustomed to transit travel Prominent retailers pointed out equally prominent stores and business landmarks in the dow'ntown district Passersby on the street saw a bus carrying placards reading BUSting Along Together Rambling Retailers We Keep The Wheels Rolling Olympia Retail Board Now In Session On This Bus and similar colorful signs replacing the usual advertising matter "Driver it feel to haul a full load around town for a change?" It felt fine Smith admitted but In Olympic for Over 25 Years! 1 1 0 East Feerth Phene 66 IS contracts The action touched off a community wrangle that continued through the Summer The Bakers did not wish to acknowledge the school decision to dismiss them They refused to move from the cottage owned by Matlock School District 311 In the course of the argument Bill Goodpasler superintendent of Mason County schools refused to hear the case on the grounds that he was prejudiced about the matter The Bakers then appealed to the state superintendent of public instruction The state superintendent requested that all records and papers relating to the case be sent to Olympia prior to holding a hearing cn the Bakers Several weeks ago Matlock's i school board hired Edward Gan-jnon of Fife as the new school su-1 perintendent and decided not to hire a principal at this time The school board again asked the Bakers to move from the cottage Del Johnson Mason County prosecuting attorney sent them a legal notice ordering them to vacate the property by July 31 Members of the Matlock School Board are Albert Schaletzke chairman: Kossmaier Frank Hol-: lutz Warren Kingerv Herb Breh-' meyer and Mrs Walter Shaw clerk Too Close Jessie Anderson Route Five Box 517-B was booked by Olympia police Thursday morning for having her car following too close in traffic Bail was set at S10 ing to advocate forceful overthrow conducts barking of the government are Pettus saL is disturbing to the old per-' John Daschbach Paul Bowen in home Barbara Hartle Karly Larson andj Henry Huff Dogs and Children Mrs A John Walthew at- Bodley 1010 Franklin Street asked tomey also objected to Griffin's police Wednesday afternoon to remarks saying they these notify the poundmaster that a dog defendants of murder and create in her neighborhood barked and a very very serious situation" howled most of the night and day iMraeiarwinM to IN ABmCmuo Utf i tAum Polio Increase WASHINGTON Infantile Federal Judge William Lind- she also said that children in the berg said he did not construe the 1 neighborhood over-ran her yard paralysis cases continued to in-remarks as having that implica- climbing anything and everything crease last week but not as rapid- RICTV ADMISSION: SI 25 A Car lead lacl Tea tion but he did say the remarks later said that he was a relief were unwarranted and he warned' driver and took the special runjall counsel to cautious about sPccdn8 Olive Whitehouse during spare time before he had to using sarcasm or Montesano deposited $15 bail with a a for his regular the i the Olympia police Wednesday lv as in the preceding week and the total was nearly 30 er rent below that in the corresponding week a year ago The public health service Thurs- The Law case had been in the "5 report job at brewery SACCHARIN TABLETS I nwV lav exceeding the speed limit in Blast day listed 18M new cases reported news intermittanllv since tne la- inirth Avenue by the states last week 14 per cent i ing Paul Crouch an ex-Commu-rullnn 'more than the 1X30 in week HEY CvBDS! The passengers relaxed smoked and admired the city as the bus 1 100 l'4-Gr Tablets ended Aug 1 which intern had ieij a 20 jer cent increase over the 1310 cases in the week ended July 25 nist who was a government wit- traveled on to the park At Gab- ness in the current trial told an No Olvnrpia firemen the bus had been provisioned Immigration Service hearing in called to Fourth Avenue and I with box lunches some of them 1930 that Laura Law was killed Franklin Street yesterday after-bearing familiar names by Soviet secret police who feared noon to take care of a car that was In the park Smith halted the bus she intended to expose Communist 'leaking gasoline The car was activity I gone when the fire rig arrived Crouch were at a picnic kitchen Passengers climbed down and pitched in on said Mrs Law's death Carpenlers Union Pulls Out Of AFL RAIN FATAL SEOUL At least one Korean was dead and an estimated Thursday in the wake of a torrential rain which flooded wide ureas of this South Korean capital was coincidental with tie return Justice Recent rases hoard in Olvm- to the United States of one George' Judge Ronald TOMORROW Big Vacation SHOW "TAKE ME OUT TO THE ALLGAME" In Teachnicolor Don't Miss It DOORS OPEN 12:30 Tell Mon pick cu up at 3:07 Mink from Russia No proof ofipia Justice Court include that of Crouch's accusations ever has been 1 Samuel Gull edge a Portland made public hv( i FEVER THERMOMETERS the box lunches William Bonnett opened his box found it full of stones and objected immediately loudly He was told it was a special treat no ordinary fried chicken but Plymouth Rock A peacock in the park had better luck It sauntered over and was rewarded with some scraps until it took off in pursuit of an insect After the main event retailers held the inevitable business meeting in pleasant shade of a grove of trees They discussed the bad check warning system Some business firms it seems are not members of the organization and desire to participate in the warning set up Retailers thought that non-members might help all Certified Oral or Rectal CHICAGO -Dickering between the AFL and CIO for a merger already has produced a majijr cas-jualty The powerful Carpenters Union has pulled out of the AFL jin protest I The 822000-member carpenters I group a pillar of the AFL and one of its founding unions sudden-! ly severed connections with the I federation yesterday Action by other AFL leaders in okaying an agreement with the I CIO to ban "raids" of rival union i membership was given as the rea-! son but Carpenters' President Maurice A Hutcheson conceded: I the climax of something that's been going on for a long time in the AFL" SEE YA ALL HERE RETURNED 2 GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOR HITS g(0)c MUST END TONIGHT Daa Dailey Anna Braacraft FROM LEFT FIELD" Pirn HioKsser Oregon motorist Gullcdge pleaded guilty to charges of driving an automobile while influenced by in- toxicating liquor and reckless driving His automobile went out of control on the highway and al-' most knocked the rear wheels from under a trails port trailer He was fined $150 and court costs and Judge Sholund took away his driv-: license Robert Lowery Sager Renton pleaded guilty to reckless 1 driving Judge Sholund fined him i $50 and court costs and took away his Michigan state driver's license for 30 days Jim Bishop forfeited $10 on a charge of speeding He lives on Route Ten (Box 766) Andrew Kneeland Route Six (Box 94) forfeited $10 bond on the charge of driving his automobile in an illegal manner when passing another car He forced it off the road Vktar Mature la 'GLORY BRIGADE" businessmen in Olympia and okayed the suggestion They talked over some coming civic event: the Pet Parade the Pancake Festival Thurston County Fair and the possibility of an annual city-wide marine festival Discussion during the remainder of their meeting was spirited Those who went for the bus lunch are William Bonnett Dean Grainger Leon Jensen George Koehler John Kresek Harry Minor Herb Pashkowski Cecil Pritchard Clifford Stilz Robert Tenney George Weiks Bredeson Elxnquist Leonard Hale John Hendricks Whit Reading Harley Underwood Bill Ranetta Mrs Mary Lou Re-werts Clark Green and Bill Smith driver Jack Carr manager of the Olympia Transit Company make the trip but willing to help with similar bus lunch arrangements for other groups in town SHAMPOO it Woodbury's Castile Oil 100 Value TOMORROW Alfa scents timed in Scofoni brand sndoatbe tieditemnesn! ft THE i Enlisted Two Olympia youths have been enlisted in the Navy for a four-year hitch it was reported today Now in San Diego California undergoing training are Donald William Tracy son of Mrs Francis Hartert Route Two Box 124 and Richard Floyd Davenport son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Davenport Post Office Box 712 Olympia Imported 100 Lambs Wool Long Sleeve Cardigans Monticello Thomas Jefferson's home has 35 rooms in three Boors and a basement THUNDERING CRUSADERS a OF THE WHITE RUBBER GLOUES COCKADE! Household or Connery 59c Value OPEN 6:45 TONIGHT FIRST OLYMPIA SHOWING Childm FRIK with Pamt I LkuikDowJ 5 Vessels The steamship Herman Frasch owned by the Union Sulphur and Oil Company New York City arrived Wednesday at the Port of Olympia The vessel is being loaded with two and a half million board feet of lumber for shipment to the East Coast and is expected to depart next Monday or Tuesday Also in port is the Sea- OIC 'BIG TREES" 7:00 and 10:37 'DESERT SONG" Only Imported 100 Lambs Wool Short Sleeve Pullovers $198 (I PRESCRIPTIONS (IHSQEti ran Beautiful Heather grey ptafc Navy all sis oenrer ennBCDCcaoaaiB Let Our Registered Pharmacists Fill Your Prescriptions and Take Care of Your Everyday Drug Needs Store Hours: 9 AM PM Smnjsat OPEN 7-4S SHOW STARTS TONIGHT APPROX 7:40 BOTH HITS TECHNICOLOR ACTION LAUGHS MUSIC MAH BEHIND THE Errol Flynn Pencil iliiitfc bra prira rad wtl xylon and STARRING Randolph Scott Patrice Wynore Dick Wesson SEATRCE CAKPBQXTaCKNE FUHNEAUX aad Chatea" Meg esiaa Fred Astaire CYDCHAIuSSE talraEamfca-fciEza CO-HIT "APRIL IN PARIS" STARRING Doris Ray Bolger OUTSTANDING CO-HIT I The earpviM remedy hit aff 53 "RUN FOR THE HILLS" with Seahy Tefte ead Barbara Paytaa Whw 5973 DRUGS wTAiTTirrrtJTjqurrH and washmctsn EXTRA I PARMER FISHERMAN WALT DISNEY CARTON LATEST MEWS WR START EARLIER YOU GET HOME EARLIER 4 HXSX STYU IS IMSXPfNSIVI" 408-4f0 Washington St AT OUR REGULAR PRICES 4JU Ter Tr rmrr rrrrrmri.

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