U. oi o. Library Eugene, Oregon COhP Ml fui mi mm n mm :imm ) SANTA CLAUS brought glow above, when he gave her e gift Umpque hotel Thursday night. -Koieburg Lions club. Santa i assistants ere Al Mcbee, left, end Carl Felker. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Middle East Storms Deal Death, Destruction Among Arabian, Jewish Dwellers BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Two weeks of torrential rains have left a trail of death and destruction among tens of thousands of tent-dwelling Arab refugees in the Middle East, It was reported here. ' (Jewish immigrant families in tent camps in Israel also were suffering, reports from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv said.) The United Nations Relief and Works agency head quarters in Beirut said all relief organizations w.ere taxed to the limit to meet the emergency. Stalin, 72 Today, Awards "Peace" Prizes To Aliens MOSCOW CK Joseph Vis sarionovich Djugashvili better Known aa Generalissimo Joseph Stalin, prime minister of the Soviet Union became 72 years old today. - . Little fanfare marked the day. But the press observed it with announcements of the award of Stalin prizes for "strengthening peace among the peoples." The six winners announced are Mrs. Monica Felton, housewifely British novelist; Anna Seghers, a German novelist; Pietro Nenni. leader of the pro-Communist fac tion of the Italian Socialist party: George A m a d o, a Brazilian the Chinese Acad e m y of Sciences, and Ikuo Oyama, Jap anese professor. Prizes to each are a gold medal, 100,000 rubles (equal of $25,000 at the Russian official exchange rate), and world recognition as favored stalwarts of communism. Stalin's health was described here aa satisfactory for a man of his age. (Observers outside the Soviet Union have noted his recent pub lic appearances have been fleet ing, and that the Soviet Press has been publishing old photos show ing him in glowing health, in stead of newer ones which might show him to be failing. . He has been reported ill several tiimes since the war, and scraps of in formation indicate his health is poor. He is said to puff at the slightest exertion. Medical circles indicate he may have some kind of heart disease.) Since the war he has taken an annual autumn holiday in the warmth of southern Russia usuallv returning by his birth day, a'o public announcement of the holiday has been made this year, but he is presumed to have taken his annual rest as usual. The winners of the Stalm prizes this year are all mostly writ ers and professors. Fruit Warehouse Burns With Loss Near $1 Million WENATCHEE W Nearly 100,000 boxes of fruit were de stroyed in a fire in the J. M. Wade Fruit Co., warehouse in downtown Wenatchee late Thurs day. Fire Chief T. A. Weaver said the loss, including the building valued at approximately $200,000 would be between $750,000 and one million dollars. Wade said the fire started in emptjr boxes in the warehouse about 3 p.m. It was brought un der control six hours later. The Weather A little warmer with rain to day. Shewtrs tonight and Strur day. Highest tamp, for any Dte. 70 i .w..t . n.. i High.it temp, y.trerd.y !Z"1 ,n0 """I 10 be separated any VUw.it tamp. I.tt 24 hourt . 37! longer- he tuded- TPrecip. last 24 hourt T Tne soon-to-be-wed couple have Prtnip. from D.c. 1 3.S7 j Hved In the tame house since Preclp. from Sept. 1 lS.24'Miss Wickham wat adopted. 3.31 1 Wickham's father, John, died in Sunset today, 4:40 p.m. 11948. Hit mother. May Augusta, Sunrite tomorrow, 7:42 a.m. idied last Oct. . of delight to the little girl's eyes during the children's party in the The party wes sponsored by the Gaza, ancient Biblical coastal city in Palestine, was the hardest nit. unrwa reported that 38. 000 persons have been evacuated from the Gaza area. Some 20,- uuu nave louna emergency accom modations in Mosques and churches. The agency reported that the unprecedented rains tore down nearly 5.000 refugee tenia in me baza area. Forecasts of further gales and snowstorms added to the plight of the 200.000 tent and hut dwel ler at Gaiav-who are facing their fourth winter in makeshift dwel lings after fleeing from their nomes in 1948 at the start of the Arab - Jewish fighting. A total of 25 inches of rain have fallen here during the rainy season which began in November, compared with a normal rain fall of 12 inches in the same period. Reporls from Tel Aviv said low grantj living in ,ents and ,in huU were being evacuated. Some 65, 000 immigrant families live in makeshift buildings in Israel. Jerusalem Reported that several thousand refugee children had al ready been evacuated to' towns. Old timers said Isarel was faced with the worst flood conditions in memory. Father Of Child Bride Weds Her Mate's Ex-Wife MARION, 111. IB A dou ble wedding ceremony involving a 13-year-old school girl to a 46-year-old truck driver and his di vorced wife to the child bride's father was under investigation to day. The three adults involved were held in jail pending filing of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. State's attorney Carl Sneed of Williamson county said rhe two couples were married in a double ceremony last Wednesday at Piggot, Ark. Jesse Trusty, fhe truck driver, married Margaret Meyers, a sev enth grade pupil, while her father, Fred Meyers, 55, a coal miner and a widower, wed Gladys Trusty, 39, who was divorced from Trusty last Tuesday. It was her third marriage. Sneed said that Meyers and Trusty, who are neighbors i n nearby Poulton, told him they ob tained the marriage license in Arkansas by giving Margaret'a age as 18. Brother And Sister Via Adoption Plan To Marry NORTH BERGIN, N. J. UP) A brother and his sister by adop tion, who say they've been in love for 30 years, plan to be mar ried. George Harold Wickham, 58, says his bride-to-be is Miss Isabel Wickham, 51, whom his paeer.ts adopted more than 40 years ago. "I have always had respect and love for mv sister." Wick. ham said, 'but felt it a duty to remain single" while his parent were living. "Now that both parents are gone ana we are alone, there n ' . i a eawBsheel 1173 OSUft. ORfGON FRIDAY. PECEMIER 21. 151 270 51 Youth Held On Assault, Theft Counts Jas. M. Clark. Aged 20, , Jailed In Roseburg Police Given Confession Of Beating And Robbing Eugene Tavern Operator James M. Clark, 20, Roseburg. was held here in lieu of $3,000 bail in connection with the rob bery of $200 and the beating of a tavern operator in Eugene early Thursday morning. Clark is to be picked up by Eu gene authorities today. He was arrested by city and state police north of Roseburg Thursday aft ernoon on charges of assault and robbery armed with a dangerous weapon. Police said the youth, in a wire recorded confession, admitted rob bing the tavern and beating with a pistol the operator, John D. Motheral. The victim was resting at home under a aedative. Thirty stitches were taken to close head and facial cuts, a Eugene news dispatch said. Clark told officers he went into the tavern about 1:30 a.m. Thurs day, bound Motheral and another tavern operator hand and foot, and scooped up a sackful of money. . Motheral managed to work him self loose but was severely beaten with a pistol in the struggle that followed, police said. Automobile Alio Stolen Clark said he then stole an auto mobile to get away from the scene, but in the rush left the money after grabbing a hand ful of bills. Police here recovered $77 of the loot. The rest apparently was re covered at Eugene. Clark then went to the home of a friend to change his bloodied clothes, he related in the confes sion. He said he told the friend he had been in a brawl. He drove to Roseburg with an other friend, police said he told them. Officers quoted Clark as Saying he took the money to maintain payments on a new Ford conver tible and a house trailer. The arrest was made at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at an partment two miles north of Roseburg Yule Lighting Contest Decision Postponed To make sure no houso was missed in their survey last night the Junior chamber of commerce Christmas lighting' committee members postponed their judging of the best lighted homes until Dec. 26. The committee toured the city and outlying districts to inspect Christmas liehtinf of hnnui in the Jaycees' annual contest. But ' lh& 2. , , 7 : ...c luiiiiiiuicc leu, ii wouia be better to delay its decision a cou ple of days rather than to have missed a logical contender. The committee urges home own ers wishing to be entered in the contest to keep their homes lighted each evening hptuonn 6:30 and 9:30 for a few days for iinai judging. The contest is to chnnse the. best lighted home costing over $50 to decorate and the best cost ing less than $50. , Auto Traffic Deaths Close To Million Mark by The Associated Press The toll of traffic deaths in the U. S. since the advent of the automobile climbed today nearer the ,1,000.000 mark. The count reached 999.850 at 7:45 a.m. - Deaths in motor vehicle acci dents were occurring at a rate that was somewhat slower than usual at this time of year. One hundred had been tabulated in the first 34 hours since 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Heavy snow and icy highways apparently limited driving in many northern states. But thousands of persons are expected to start Christmas trips today and that may be a bal ancing factor. New Draft Test Slated For 300,000 Who Failed WASHINGTON MV The cases of some 300.000 men who previously failed to meet mental standards for military service will be re-opened by draft boards, starting next month. Congress lowered minimum mental standards when it revised the draft act last summer. Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershev said about 25, 000 will be called up for reex amination each month, sand wictfd between men sent to the armed forces examining centers with 1-A ratings. Hershey said cases of older men involved will be re-examined first. Men between 18 and 28 are elig ible ior the draft. Highway Bypassing Of Four Towns In Douglas Approved PORTLAND (AP) Seven Oregon town will be bypassed by Hit Pacific highway 9 relocation project which the state highway commission approved Thursday. R. Hlaldoek, chief engineer, was given authority to award a contract for the first section of the new highway at soon at right of way purchases are completed. The towns to bo by-pasted are Cretwell, Cottage Grove, Drain, Yoncalhj, Oakland. Sutherlln and Gold Hill. Hearing! on the relocation plan were held In each of the towns from Oct. 7 to Leonard and Slate, Portland, was low bidder to build the first part of the new road a 5.4 milo section south of Cottage Crave. The firm's bid was $1,530,464. The Involved section Is between Divide and Antauf, through the ' Pass creek region, and will eliminate numerous curves. Pay ment for the work will be provided out of revenues of the $40 million highway bond issue. Missing Persons In Ship Disaster Still Total 11 ASTORIA, Ore. CP) The fate of 11 persons, missing in a fire which swept a ship anchored in the mouth of the Columbia river, still was not determined. One hundred three others in cluding 23 passengers and 80 crew membera were rescued by the coast guard shortly after flames whipped through the mid section of the Danish vessel, Erria, early Thursday. Crewmen said the fire started from sparks from a shorted elec tric cable, a few minutes later a hold was on fire. Survivors Said crew members ran from cabin to cabin pound ing on doors and ordering pas sengers to lifeboat stations. Four of the eight lifeboats were lowered the first with women and children and the others with men. Three boats burned and one was not launched. i .-, -. , - The coast guard station,' "only a mile away, rushed tugs to the scene to pick up the lifeboats. One survivor, E. L. Blythe of Portland, said "there was no panic, but most of the passengers left their luggage behind. Some of them were in night clothing and overcoats." The 462-foot boat, bound for Liv- erpoql via New York, was towed late Thursday out of the channel. It was listing at a 25 degree an gle. Coastguardsmen who boarded the fantail briefly Thursday, said there was no sign of life in the smoking red-hot mid-ship section. Bride Dies In Her First Hunt For Christmas Tree EVELETH, Minn. UP) An Eveleth housewife was found dead of exposure late Thursday, 24 hours after she and her husband became lost in deep woods on a search for their first Christmas tree. The body of Mrs Arne Maki, 42, was found in an improvised lean-to by firemen from -nearby Virginia. They had taken a sled into the woods to rescue her. Maki, 40, was treated at the hos pital for severe frostbite. The Makis were married six months ago. !. ' LEO F. YOUNG, center, chairman of the Douglas county Red Croit chapter, awarded certificates to members of fhe Red Cross production end supply service group tor outitending service in chap ter rooms Thursday afternoon. Followina the presentation, the service croup held its annual Christ mat party end exchenged gifts. ehepter membert in the armory. Mrt. Meble Wilson, Young, Mrs. t. Dittmer. (Picture by Paul Jenkins I Waitress Saves Roomers In Blaze At Gardiner REEDSPORT (PI A wait, reft ran frem door to doer awakening about 30 roomers and dirtctlng them te safety at fire dettreytd a combination raitaurant and rooming house at ntarby Gardinar early today. The waitrast, Margartt Har rlt, discovered the flamet about 1 a.m. One roomer, an invalid who wat not identified, wat car rlad te taftty by two others. Firemen from hare and Gar dinar fought the flamai. Lota wat (ttimated at about $15,000. The building wat owned by the Gardiner Lumbar Co. Mett of the roomers ware IcggeVt and highway orew workert. Lions And Santa Entertain Kiddies Through the assistance of the Rosebur Lions club, Santa was kind to about 30 little boys and girls whose Christmas might otherwise have been slim, Thurs day night at the annual Lions Christmas party held in the Hotel Umpqua. The children, ranging in age from about three years up, were treated to a turkey dinner and program, prior to the appearance of Santa and distribution of a i large number of gifts, as well as ndy, to the children, Carl Felker, general chairman. was master of ceremonies. The program opened with the singing of Christmas carols, led by Al McBee, and with music accom paniment by R. Cloyd Riffe. The Rev. W. A. MacArthur gave a chalk talk, telling the Christ mas story. The visit of Santa Claus in the hotel lobby followed. Lady Lions assisted Santa in the selection and wrapping of gift packages. Penalty Given Woman On Bad Check Charge Ruth Elliott, 30, Burns, Oregon, was given a two-year penitentiary sentence in circuit court here Wednesday afternoon after plead ing guilty to a charge of drawing bank check with insufficient funds. The . penalty was imposed by Judge Carl E. Wimberly. She was convicted of passing a $180 worthless check in Roseburg. Periont interested in working with the group are asked to contact Pictured, from left, ere group membert Mri. Ruth M. Addiion, Roy Patrick, Mri. Heiel Willhelmy, chairman, end Mrt. Marion South Dakota Battles Wave Of Blizzards Call For Federal Help Planned If Situation Continues To Worsen PIERRE. S. D. (."PI Gov. Sigurd Anderson said today he may call for federal aid if the snowbound situation in bourn ua kota becomes more critical. The state has been buffeted for more than two weeks by blizzards which have choked roads and Iso lated many ranches and small communities behind drifts as deep as 15 feet. There are 26 inches ot snow on ine level. Hardest bit are the villages of Keyahapa, Millboro and Clear field in Tripp county near the Nebraska border. These commu nities, with a total populaton of 100. were isolated for two weeks because of blocked roads. None has railroad service. A bulldozer pulled a truckload of groceries into Keyahapa Wednes day, the first vehicle to reach there since Dec. 5. All three of the villages are about 100 miles southeast of Pierre, the state's capital city. M.rcy Flights Stalled Private flying services here at Winner, only 20 miles from the three marooned communities, re ported they are far behind with mercy flights. High winds and swirling snow have made take offs impossible. Anderson said current reports show the situation Is aggravated by each succeeding storm, which has come with reaularitv since Dec. 5. Hardly a day ot mat period has passed without high w.d and fresh snow. Train service has not, however, been crippled flro long periods as it was two veara ago. Trains are getting through, but aeldoro on scneduie. ' Road Equipment Inadequate Main highways have been open only periodically. Swirling snow whipped by brisk winds fill them in soon after plows have passed. Isolated ranches and the remote villages have been most seri ouslv affected because county I road eauinment is inadeauate to clear the wind hardened drifts from side roads. Air service into Pierre has been crippled badly because plows have been unable to keep pace with blowing snow filling in be tween runway banks set up by previous plowings. Despite howling snowstorms and severe temperatures for the past 16 days, no deaths attributed to the weather have been reported. State officials say also the loss of livestock has been surprisingly low. "XS" tramped in the anow are signals for airmen to land at re mote farms and ranches for emer gency errands. The fliers carry food, fuel and medicine. Live stock men have also called for cottonseed cake for cattle which are unable to forage in the deep ening drifts. DIES IN HOME FIRE NASHVILLE, Tenn. m Mortimer Trull, 37-year-old man aging editor of the Nashville Banner, died today in a fire which destroyed his home. Stern Note To Reds Cites Omissions In Present List; Appeal Sent For Red Cross MUNSAN, Korea ' (A) The Allies today demanded the Reds ncount for more than 1,000 American and other misainsr U.N. soldiers and "an unbelievable number of South Koreans not listed as prisoners of war. The demand was made in a stiffly worded note. It was handed to a Red liaison officer in Panmunjom shortly after Gen. Matthew B. Ridway appealed to Communist chieftains to open the gates of North Korean prison camps to the International Red Cross. These developments came as the Allies offered to give up all islands off the North Korean coast in a move to hasten agreement on an armistice. The Allied note demanded a complete explanation of "wide discrepancies" between the number of Allied prison ers listed by the Communists and the number the Allies as sert the Reds may hold. The note did not reject the Red li.st of 11.559 prisoners Another Oregon Prison Guard Facing Charge SALEM For the sec ond time this week a guard at the state penitentiary has been ac cused ot illegal activities involv ing prisoners. Warden Virgil O'Malley said that Howard B. Hansen, 27, had been accused of attempting to help a prisoner escape. Mc Con nell was arrested Monday and pleaded guilty in district court Thursday. Mc Conneli, who was fired as a guard last week after giving a convict dynamite, a gun and bullets, waived grand jury hear ing. The atate parole board was asked by the court to investigate the case to aid the judge in pass ing sentence. Punishment for the crime may be from i to 20 years in the prison. The convict whom McConneU helped was Dupre Poe, serving life lor the murder oi a suverion policeman 20 yeara ago. A guard captain discovered the dynamite, gun and bullets before they could be used. McConneU is 27 years old, has an 18-year-old wife, and a month- aid baby. Warden Virgil O'Mauey saia that Poe; Omar Pinson, serving life for murder ot a siaie po' liceman; and William Benton, serving five years for robbery, u.r- 7a hvm espaned. ..and paid McCbiinelf hack from proceeds of future holdups. All three convicts are notorious for having made several escape attempts. They now are In seg regation cells. Parley In Steel " Dispute Collapses wAQUtvriTnN (IP) Steel labor negotiations collapsed today and the dispute was reierreu iu President Truman as being in a complete deadlock. Cyrus S. Ching, federal media tion service director, told report ers he was sending the case to the White House as hopeless leaving it up to the President to decide on the next atep to try to avert a threatened New Years day atrike in the vital steel in dustry. . Mr. Truman apparently has two ntirn In lake. One is to invoke the Taft-Hart ley act, With Its provisions inr an so-day couri uiiuncuon iuuiumh ing a walkout. This, however, would probably shelve the unsettled steel dispute until March, with the possibility that John L. Lewis may be threat ening a nation-wide coal atrike Ihnn Hit tecond course would be to refer the steel crisis to the wage stabilization board ior a recom- manriAli Attlpment. However, it was considered hlshlv unlikelv the board could complete this process before CIO President 1'nilip Murray a strike deadline. Loid-Off Men Battle For Snow Shoveling Jobs DETROIT 11 Nearly 3.000 men aeeking jobs at snow shovel ers mobbed a city hiring hall Thursday night. Ninety policemen were canen to restore order as the men pressed around the door of the hall, pushing and ahoving to get in. Police said most of the men were laid-off factory workers seek ing money for Christmas. After the men had been lined up, 1,000 were hired at $1.41 an hour and tent out in gangs of 2.S to clear the streets of snow and slush. The other 2,000 were turned away. The city has set the cost of removing Detroit's 16-inch snow fall of the past week at $13,000 an Inch, figuring wages and equip ment. Dinur Of Costly Meal Collects $40 In Holdup PHILADELPHIA 11 A shabbily clothed man ordered and ate one of the most expensive meals on the menu in a midtown restaurant last night. Thee, cash ier Ellen Penko told police, in stead of paying for the dinner he quietly drew a pistol, robbed her of $40, and sped away. Miss Penko sons in the restaurant knew what said none of tome 30 other per had happened. inarmed over Tuesday. The u. N. note today said more than l.ooo of the U. N. per.tmnel named aa POW's" in earlier broadcasts by Communist radios "are missing from the rot. ter submitted" Tuesday. . Other new namea have been used since then on Red China's . official Peiping radio. They were broadcast with purported Christ mas greetings from Allied pria oners to the folks at home. The official Red roster named 3,198 American, 1,219 other U. N. soldiers and 7,142 South Koreans. The Allies said they hold 132,472 Chinese and North Korean pris oners. , Friday's U. N. note did not say how many of the unaccounted for 1,000 were Americans. The truce subcommittee on ex change of prisoners will meet Sat urday for the first time since Tuesday. The question of what happened to the missing men un doubtedly will be the key to that session. Only 4 Days To Snap Deadlock The staff officers are work ing on the problem of how to supervise an armistice. They were called in by the subcom mittee Thursday In an attempt to break a deadlock before the pro visional cease-fire line agreement expires next Thursday only six dayt away, , While the Communist list car cied the names of 3,198 Ameri cans, the U. S. armed forces list more than 11,000 missing in ac tion. Admittedly many were killed in batUe and their bodies not found. But American officers have accused Ibe Reds of shying ' from 5,500 to 8,000 captured Amer ican soldiers. ' These figures would leave about 1,000 unaccounted for. Ridgway Itiuet Appeala General Ridgway appealed by radio to North Korean Gen. Kim II Sung and Chinese Gen. Pens' Teh-Haui to allow Red Cross rep resentatives to visit Red prison camps. "With no other considerations than the welfare of these men and the distress of their families," Ridgway said "I earnestly re- 3uest that you secure imme iate authorization for the en trance of fully acfredlted rep resentatives of the Interna tional committee of the Red Cross who now are standing by ready to provide you with their assistance." Two Red Cross representatives are in Tokyo awaiting permis sion to enter North Korea. Six other delegates are due from Ge neva Christmas day. Red Cross officials In Tokyo said 11,000 food parcels are (Continued on Page 2) Allied Fliers Gosh Reds' Rail Lines SEOUL UP) Allied fighter planes swept across northwest Ko rea in misty weather today and blasted out gaping cuts in Com munist rail lines. U. S. Fifth air force Shooting Stars, Thundnrjets and Mustangs, and marine Corsairs scored cuts south of the big rail centers ot Sinanju and Kunu. American sanre jei munoerea northward to their MIG hunting grounds along the Yalu river but were not challenged. The quiet of the ground fronts was broken by two small, sharp fights in the early morning hours near the punch Bowl on me eastern front. Attacking Red units twice tried to probe Allied lines and were twice beaten back. B-2R light bombers strafed, bombed and fire-bombed Commu nist vehicles Thursday night. Pi lots reported more than 110 dam. aged of 2.100 sighted. Naval airmen said their bombs exploded a convoy of eight trucks. SANTA STAND-IN KILLED SAN DIEGO, Calif. (IP) Santa Claus lost one of hit Christ mas season atand-int In a traffia accident here Thursday night. George Weaver Hulse, 68, for mer Grace, Ida., farmer, was struck and killed after leaving a department atore where he was employed at Santa, Levity Fact Rant By L. P. Relientteln "Back te the grass roots" is net only a meaningful figure of speech, but en Indicative $ fig ure, as for Instance: Alfalfa hay it new quoted at $41 ten. i