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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Youth Knocked
Out by Big Man

A brawny six-footer. dressed
like logger and with muscles 10
match, floored 1s-year-old Rich
ard Burdick with a Sunday punch
as the latter walked out of the
door of the Triple X Barrel on
So. Tacoma way shortly after
midnight Friday, police reported.
Striking his head on the ground
when he fell, Burdick was re-
moved TO the Pierce county hos
pital in an unconscious condition.
but attendants said Saturday his
injuries were slight.
With Burdick as ne walked
through the door were Raymond
Page and an unidentified girl.
Page. police reported. took up the
argument with the logger" but
had only slightly better success
than Burdick - that il TO say.
ne wasn't knocked out.
When police arrived. the log
ger had departed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Teachers Attend
Defense Glasses

Teachers and principals ~ t.
coma Public schcnl- have hen
gong n civilian defense classes
this week.
Mrs THAI 900 staff members
attended two afternoon sessions
and one saturday fnrenocn.
Speaker At the Saturday class
Was Joseph ?. tsnser. lccsl DE-
fen>e coordination.
Conference leaders were n A.
Rutfiek. =. :. Todd. r. n Hagef.
Mont J. Downing. At~ Lola
f'riArs. y. , Gerow. Leslie /.
Hoar, n. O. Beal and N. n. Goeld
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

cf II N taxes ana enotner quarter
The buying Of government Sc
eurities Is not on a voluntary basis
ss in the United States. The pur-
ehases are carefully planned by
the finance ministry 20 that every
wage-earner Is required 10 partici-
pate 10 the limit Of his ability.
BY the time he payes taxes and
buys bonds. the average japanese
citizen has little left for himself
and his family. But through a ban
on the purchase Of luxury goods.
even by those who can afford
them. the government has leveled
off the standard Of living at a
point so low that the poorer classes
feel they are part Of q general
movement instead Of becoming
rebellious over their privstions.
Purchase Encouraged
The government encourages the
purchase OF bonds by running lot
teries on their serial numbers. thus
giving the purchasers a gambling
chance al an extra reward.
Winning tickets at horse
racing meets are paid off In
government bonds.
Government officials take part
Of their salary in bonds and "sug-
gest' that private firms adopt that
practice. The suggestions are
always adopted.
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Business firms In Japan use .
system Of low salaries and b.
annual bonuses The bonus<. now
are paid in bonds.
Goes 10 Government
Putting money in savings banks
Is equivalent to purchasing bonds,
because the money il turned over
TO the government and the bonds
20 into the banks portfolios.
In conjunction with the flow
81 money hack Ia the state for
use In its war effort. Japsns
leaders impose strict limlts-
tons upon the use n strategic
materials hs the civilian pop
ulation.
In order to conserve leather.
metals and other materials for
munitions. q wide variety OF sub
stitutes have been devised.
Over the past several years the
styles in clothing have drifted
toward the plain and utiiitarian.
Women who appeared In expensive
clothes were insulted in public.
One woman in foreign style clothes
was reprimanded on the street by
= policeman. a crowd gathered and
she WAS pelted with mud.
The men gradually have adopted
a suit, resembling a uniform, which
costs about 81.
THE End)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Basin Project
Leader Dies
Heort Attuck Tokes
Ebert F. Bloine

Ebert p Blame. 81. died a,
Yakima Friday after an adult life
time devoted TO upbuilding OF the
state. From 1854 to 1856 he VAS
q resident OF Tacoma.
He was best known. however. in
recent years for his efforts on be-
half of irrigation in the Columbia
basin. In earlier years as a resi-
dent OF Seattle. he was active in
real estate developments in asso-
citation with Charles Denny. with
whom he formed the Denny Blaine
Land Co. plating q large Lake
Washington addition.
Blaine also was one 81 the
group Of Seattle business men
Who brought the original Sc
attic totem pole To Pioneer
square from Alaska. He served
~ president Of the Seattle
park beard.
Blaine was president Of the
Washington State Taxpayers as
sociation and a member of the
Washington State Pioneers asso-
citation. Spokane Chamber OF Com
merce had made him an honorary
member In recognition Of his work
for the Columbia basin project.
He was born in New York, and
WAS admitted to the bar in that
state before the urge to follow
Greeley's advice sent him west
ward. He looked over Minnesota
and North Dakota before continu-
ing on TO Tacoma, and later, Sc
attic.
Blaine was stricken with a heart
attack Thursday at his ranch home
at Grandview. He was taken to
the Yakima hospital, where he
succumbed. Mrs. Blaine died
year ago. Funeral services for
Blaine will be held in Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Knights Of Pyihias and Pyihian
Sisters TO Install Monday Niqht

Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters will conduct Joint
installation of new officers Mon
day evening in the Pythian
temple at 92eis Broadway. ii was
announced Saturday by Arthur
Rowan.
Carl J. Knuteson. deputy grand
chancellor, will install the fellow
ing officers of Commencement
Lodge No. Z:
John Ryan. chancellor COM
mander; Herman Kravik. vice
chancellor; Willard b. Wyman.
prelate; George Oman, master at
arms; Leslie Beckstead, inner
guard; Charles Hirst, outer guard:
Ralph Otto, master of work: Rob-
ert J. Harrison, master Of finance;
A. o. johnson, master of ex-
chequer; Arthur Rowan, keeper Of
records and seal; T. A. Spencer,
]. r. Pace and r. r. Clark,
trustees.
Mrs. George Hardness will
install officers of Tacoma
Temple No. 81 rs follows;
Mrs. w. A. Abbott, past chief /.
Mrs. George Laughlin. most excel
lent chief; Mrs Bessie Wren, ex-
cellent senior: Mrs. J. c. Senner,
excellent junior; Mrs. T. selby
manager; Mrs. Arthur Bergland
mistress Of records and CORES
pondence; Mrs. Ella Dock, mis-
tress of finance: Mrs. ID. l.. Rice,
protector; Mrs. George Goymer,
musician. Mrs. Elvia LeFaive. cap
tain Of degree staff.
Mrs. George Bali win install
officers Of Washington Tenn
pie No. 6 rs follows:
Mrs. Thomas Crawford. past
chief; Mrs. Leslie Beckstead. most
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Wheeler -0sgood Fire
STARTS ON rAak on

investigate he noticed = flash
inside the cooler Of the drier. Hr
turned on the automatic srrinkiink
system. which also operates man.
uslly and yelled At men working
on adjoining driers 10 shut them
down.
For the space Of seconds u sp-
pesred the sprinkling system
would be capable Of controlling
the blaze, Hines said. Then driers
Nos. and caught fire. Workers
attempted TO fight the fire with
inside fire hoses but flames
spread 10 the roof and out Of
control.
Turned On Alarm
When the automatic watering
system started. II turned In the
fire alarm and city equipment was
rushed Ia fight the fire.
Ted shelton Of RI !, Box ts-R,
Sumner. said he first noticed the
fire between the rolls Of No. ,
drier.
within four minutes. every
thing was going he stated.
Another worker. Maurice Mar
tin OF 5i< 9Th st, NE. ruysiiup,
told a reporter Il Was the fastest
thing he had ever seen In his life.
He Was working on a tape ma
chine about IS feet away from the
origin Of the fire.
Spreads Like Lightning
Il first saw the fire coming from
the top of No. 3 drier. The sprink-
ling system went on. ] followed
the blaze with my eyes. II seemed
To shoot across 10 No. ! drier. and
then second later No. 2 drie'
started burning"
The drier In which the fire broke
out WAS being operated at tor
speed. according 10 Howard Selhs
Of Rt. 3. Box 535. Puysllup. who
il employed by the company as a
stock rustler. His story OF the fire
verified the comments of his fell
low workmen.
A drier comprises a long series
OF rollers set between steam pipes
After veneer panels are clipped Il
size from green logs. they are run
through the drier under extrems
heat. Electricity is generated IN
the drying panels and In many
instances the sparks ignite ths
pitch which has seeped from the
veneer going through the rolls
Only Two Alarms
Actually. the fire was only q
two-alarm blaze. Fire Chief Emory
Whitaker said. He explained that
someone had turned in third
alarm and the firemen had re.
sponded. but had been sent back
upon arrival.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Tacoma Soilbooters
To Compete Sunday

saiiooaimsn 81 the Tseoms
Yacht clab will officially launch
their Iss7 race season Sunday with
q skirmlsh for ths Rowland per.
pstasI trophy.
Award for tho winner 10 ths
Irsinstta cup. sith . course II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
HERE'S MORE ARou1
Churchill Back Home
sTARTs ON fAoE ON

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sddrs<< commons on - united
nations agreement with rr<sid<n,
Roosevelt 81 hls talks ~Ifh PRISE
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KING ~ ottsws. Ard 10 review nei
only ire Far Eastern position sas
the Mar - 4 whni<
u va. k<is~s<a sl~s $40 IT
HI. fir~f sfsselsi ses. would
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81 his ssr cabinet ana IT,
high command .lsce Ne esser~d
effice IN Iate.
Churchill landed a. Plymouth
this morning fram ths cr~z'
British sirways flying bat n
which he had crcs.ed the Atlantic
from Bermuda
With him were Lord Beaver.
brock. the war cabinet supply
minister, Admiral slr Dudley
Pound. FIRST s>< lerd and chief II
navy STAFF. Air Chief Marshal ar
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Flashes Badge and
Then Takes Radio

A man entered the J. T. tavern.
702 Market st. flashed a shield.
said he had orders 10 pick up all
punohboard prizes and departed
with a small radio. police were told
Friday by Jack Treskes.
Trsskes never doubted the mar
was a policeman. Any doubts he
may have had apparently were
dispelled when the man began talk.
ing The fellow talked like =
cop" Treskes explained sadly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

excellent chief; Mrs. Mae Otto.
excellent senior; Mrs. George
Oman, excellent junior: Mrs Her
man kravik. manager; Mrs. Leslie
Becker, mistress of records and
correspondence; Mrs. Percy Par
ent, mistress Of finance; Mrs.
Msrgie Packard, protector: Mrs.
George Walter. musician: Mrs.
Emmett Archer. captain of degree
staff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

approximately IL Nautical mElss IA
- sailed. me rses commences 81
10 q. N. and covsrs . triangle from
the Point D~flsnes pavilion 70 ~
rortsaona piers 10 The nsnzAnitA
buoy and return 10 th> pavilion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
nv n. O. THOMPSON
Inlted Pre- Writer

WAsHNeroNAn told the japanese ctsn turns
government
Of another for pnrchase
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
u Dead in Crash
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

said Pilot Art Cheney OF Western
Air Express. who flew over Table
Rock mountain shortly after the
crash. had reported TO them he
saw flames on the slopes, and be-
lieved IT was their plane.
Clark county. Nevada, peace
Officers recruited Tweed VIII
son. an Indian of some rs
years, 10 assist In the search.
Army Officers ordered big
trucks and little ones into the
area. There were rs officers
and enlisted men aboard the
ship when u left Albuquerque,
~. NJ.
When the ship first reached Las
Vegas last night IL was assumed II
was to connect with q San Fran
cisco-bound plane. but this was not
confirmed.
The transport left Las Vegas
just at dusk and apparently was
behind schedule. The course from
Las Vegas to Los Angeles il not
lighted, although beacons mark
the path.
Acting In Funny Manner
Willard George, a Los Angeles
furrier who owns the ranch where
Tweed Wilson works, said he saw
the plane passing over In the twi-
light and 1t appeared TO him the
tail was bobbing up and down and
acting in a peculiar manner.
1T seemed 10 be out Of control
for time" he said. as though
someone was fighting in the cock
pit"
A few minutes after the
plane passed from view. ~
crashed against Table Rock
mountain not far from . bea-
con marking it, course.
Maj. h. w. Anderson. executive
officer Of the air corps sunnery
school at Mecarran field. was In
charge of the searching party.
Fifteen Of the passengers were
pilot-officers and enlisted person
mel Of the u. s. army ferry com
msnd returning to their West coas,
bases.
w. c. Williams was the pilot.
His eo-pilot was Morgan A. Gillette
and the hostess WA Miss A. v
Cetz.
Left New York Thursdsy
The crash occurred At approx
mstsly 1850 p. m. last night. The
plane wss only 275 miles from ia
destination. the Los Angeles air
port II left its starting point,
LaGuardis airport, New York city.
at 10 p. m Thursday.
The plane took off from the local
airport after a brief stop At 7 .. NJ.
Seven minutes later IL broke it,
radio contact with the local con-
troll station without explanation
and the crash IL believed 10 have
occurred about 20 minutes later.
o. " ssyIer. purchasing
agent ~ the Blue Diamond
corporation. near Table Rock
mountain In the Potosi range,
heard the plane overhead q
few minutes after II left Las
Vegas Soon affergard he
heard q crash. then what
sounded like an explosion, thea
saw flames leaping.
Miss Lombard was the first film
parsonage 70 die In an air crash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

since VIII Rogers was killed Al
Point Barrow. Alaska. With Wiley
Post on Aug. 10. 1888.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
Average Japanese Pays His
Government Half His Income

s s =. . ~ m n. s N: :: ..s i' '' "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

You help yourself when you buy
u. s. Defense Bonds.
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Members of the Mems Repub-
licsn club of Pierce county are
looking forward TO their Lincoln
day banquet To be held at $50 p.
m. Thursday, Feb. IL, at the Cen
trail Lutheran church. The speaker
will be Erick johnson of Spokane.
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c. l.. Hurlburt. G. ID. Hoflinger
and y. A. Reda, Tacoma repre-
sentatives Of the Oregon Mutual
Life Insurance were named by the
company as among the ten lead
ing statesmen of the year. accord
ing to word received here. They
are representatives of the J. j.
Patterson general agency Of the
company for western Washington.
George Young. one of the north
VESTS champion trap shooters,
visited Tacoma this week. He has
been out Of circulation for several
years. Is ranching up Buckley
way, but intends TO quit the farm
in time.
A marriage license application
Vas made recently at Port Orch
ard by Thomas Francis Fitzgerald.
81. Oakville, Conn, and Dorothy
b. Standahl, "a, Tacoma.
Gordon Jones was elected presi-
dent and Donna Mccormick sec
rotary of the student body Friday
at Stewart junior high school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

DR.. A. L. schultz, DIR. Lee Pow
ers and DIR. John Steele will be
speakers at the meeting OF the
Public Health council to be held
Tuesday noon at the University
Union club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

Maxine Bitney. c. p. s. sopho-
more, has been initiated into
Spurs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19

Miss Lombard was the first film
parsonage 70 die In an air crash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-19
H Z r Els MORE ABOUT
Main Street
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

Mrs. ID. NJ. Kelley. 1922 No. An
derson st, Mr.. and Mrs. A. g.
Reeder have returned TO their
home in Salinas. Calf.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Flyer Named First Donor
To Blood Bank Here in '43

Capt. Bernard Brookes, who be.
gan his flying career in 1911, will be
the first Washington area resident
to make a blood donation in l943 al
the District Red Cross Center
TWenty-third and C streets NV. II
was at the invitation of Admiral
Ross G. McIntire. surgeon general
OF the Navy, that Capt. Brookes was
selected.
This will be Capt. Brookes' eighth
donation. He served during World
War I as member of the 1st Pur-
suit Squadron, was associated with
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker at the
Sd Aviation Instruction Center and
received many decorations. He is
author Of the current best seller
How to Fly an Airplane." In re-
cent years Capt. Brookes has been q
test pilot.
Mrs. Dorothy Mason Walton. di-
rector of the donor center, an
nounced that 40 Navy Department
employees will give blood donations
January 7. She stressed the impor-
tance Of the plasma project and
pointed out that the daily average
had fallen off considerably during
the holiday season. This deficit, she
emphasized. must be made up to
meet the quota of 500 units per day
set by the Army and Navy.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

mia mortality rate was found to be
57.9 per 100000 population, as COM
pared with 648 in 1941. In 1896,
DR.. Rutland recalled, the pneumonia
death rate was 1890.
Typhoid fever claimed only two
lives this year, to set a death rate
OF 0.3 per 100000. Diphtheria had
the same rate and this was identical
with the diphtheria death rate for
194l, which was a record low.
Flu Death Rate rs.
Influenza showed only 25 deaths
per 100000 for the first so weeks of
this year, a rate about half that for
1941, when the mortality rate was
40. In 1918 the influenza death rate
here skyrocketed to 485.7 deaths per
100000 population.
There were no deaths charged this
year to measles or to infantile paral-
ysis or smallpox.
Heart disease mortality was cal
culated at 270.2 per 100 1000, the low
est since 1924. For last year the rate
was 1888.
The cancer death rate dropped
from 141.3 per 100000 in l941 to 1871 i
this year, which DR.. Ruhland saio
was the lowest since 1920.
For meningitis the death rate was
found to be IT. per 100000, as COM
pared with 0.3 for last year. Whoop-
ing cough has a death rate of IS
as compared with is for last year.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
DC. Sets Record Lows
In Mortality Rates
Of Several Diseases
Tuberculosis, Pneumonia
And Typhoid Toll Cut;
Flu Weak Showing

Washington this year has set a
number of new low records for dis
ease mortality, Health Officer George
c. Rutland reported last night as
he released additional vital statis-
tics calculations based on expert
ence in 1912 through December Is
TuberculoSis, pneumonia and ty-
phoi& f>;er were added to the list
for which new low mortality rec
ords were found. Diphtheria set a
record equal to that of last year
when an all time low record was
established.
Influenza, which proved a real
menace here and elsewhere during
the first World War, this year has
made but a weak showing, DR.
Rutland said.
More Meningitis.
However, there were upward
trends in meningitis and Whooping
cough.
The health officer had revealed
earlier that on the 50-Week basis,
1912 showed new all time lows for
the general death rate, the infant
and maternal mortality rates, and
the highest birth rate in so years
for Washington. This led him to
predict that 1912 would go down
in history as one of the healthiest
the District had experienced.
Until a few years ago, tuberculo-
sis took a toll of 100 or more lives
for each 100000 of population here,
year after year. For this year to
date, he said, the mortality for this
disease dropped to a record low of
1873 deaths per 100000 population
as compared with 1863 for 1941, SO. 1
for 1910. 906 for 1899, 938 for 1898,
949 for 1887 and 1910 for 1886.
For this year. to date, the pneumo-
Evening star., 1942-12-30
3 Naval Officers Give Blood
To Save Colored Clergyman

Three husky officers of the Navy
and Coast Guard today gave their
blood to help save the life of a
colored clergyman at Freedmen's s
Hospital.
DR.. A. l.. Feldman, resident
surgeon at the hospital, yesterday
sent out a call for type 20" blood,
needed for the Rev. William jackson,
314 Fifty-ninth street NE.
Mr.. jackson. suffering from gan
creme of the leg, needed four pints
of type 20" blood. The hospital
blood bank was entirely out OF
this type until today.
First to offer his blood for Mr.
Jackson was another colored clergy
man. Then the Navy and Coast
Guard officers volunteered. First
to arrive was 1t. q. g. Harry s
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Citizens Unit Seeks
To Ease Housing
Situation in D. T..
Committee Named
By Federation to
Meet Tonight

Creation of a special housing and
rent-control committee of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations,
which will seek means of remedying
the critical housing shortage re-
sulting from the influx of Govern
ment war workers and the decline
of private building, was announced
last night by Harry S. Wender,
president of the Federation.
The new committee, headed by
Joseph H. Deckman of the Randle
Heights Citizens Association, will
hold its first meeting tonight in
the Woodward Building.
AS one of it's first duties the COM
mittee will investigate the resources
of private builders in the District
with a view toward rallying the
Federation behind a strong move
ment to remedy the critical situa-
ton now existing" Mr.. Wender said
Pointing out that private building
here is now at the lowest level since
the first World War and that all
private building, other than repairs
and remodeling, soon will cease en-
tirely, the association head de-
scribed attempts to solve the hous-
ing problem through public housing
construction as wholly made
quate."
Members Of the new committee
include: Charles H. Bates of the
Society of Natives, vice chairman;
Mrs. Mabel Morris, Fort Davis, sec
retary; and Guy H. Birdsall, Friend
ship; E. Brandstetter, Logan
Thomas Circle; Austin M. Cooper.
West End; Ernest F.. Henry. Pet
worth; Mrs. Ernest w. Howard, Co.
iumbia Heights; George H. Mar
shall, Summit Park; M. NJ. Mclean.
Brookland; Paul D. Sleeper, Crest
wood; Martin G. Stecker, Trinidad
and William Clarke Taylor, Dupont
Circle.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
| Doomed Chow
| To Be Spared if
Home Is Found

Henry, 3-year-old chow dog.
scheduled to be destroyed under a
provision of District law, as a result
Of its owner having been found
guilty last week of permitting him
as a vicious" animal to run at large
will now be spared If a country
home can be found for it.
Poundmaster Frank B. Marks
said he is trying to find a suitable
home for Henry.
Henry's owner, Mrs. Sarah Castle,
has visited the dog frequently at
the pound. Saddened over the
thought of losing him, she had re-
jected earlier a proposal by Judge
Almond w. Scott of Municipal
Court that the dog be removed from
the city in order that his life be
spared, declaring: I'D rather no.
body have him if I can't KEEP him" 4"
Mrs. Castle said she has changed
her mind Il just can't see him
die. He looks so pitiful," she said.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Confession Reported
In Assau|t-S|aying
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RISON. Ark, Dec. 30.-Sheriff
T. H. Glover said last night that
44-year-old colored man had con-
fessed to criminally attacking, rob-
bing and Staying a sawmill workers
wife, then tossing her body into
an abandoned we'll.
Sheriff Glover said the man was
Henry Thompson, who has prison
records in Arkansas, Oklahoma and
California. He asserted Thompson
told police officers that he beat
Mrs. Harry Veteto, AZ, on the head
with pistol, then threw the body
into the well and dumped heavy
timber atop it.
Thompson was arrested December
"a, the sheriff said, after the body
was found in the we'll. Mr.. Veteto
had reported his wife missing "a
hours before, Sheriff Glover said.