World News Capsules ..—
100,000 Are Homeless in Floods
Covering Nine Mid west Slates
(From the wire* of Associated Press and United Prosit)
Compiled by Donna Lindbeck
One hundred thousand persons arc reported homeless in the
nine state mid-western flood. In St. Paul, Minnesota, where
the overflowing Mississippi river is expected to reach a crest
today or Thursday, 5,000 persons are homeless along a 15-mile
stretch of river that flows through the city.
President Truman plans a plane trip over the flood areas
today and a conference in Omaha with the governors of states
hit by the flooding Mississippi, Missouri and Red rivers. One
hundred thousand dollars has been allocated by the President
from his flood disaster relief fund for the homeless in Minne
sota. Oov. \ al Peterson of Nebraska will call a special session
of the legislature to ask for an emergency appropriation for
the homeless in Nebraska.
New Jersey voters ...
... went to the polls Tuesday in a critical test of strength between
Senator Taft and General Eisenhower in their race for the Republican
presidential nomination. In early returns last night the two were
running a close race, with Eisenhower in the lead. The New Jersey
contest marks the final direct clash between the five-star general
« and the Ohio senator in a primary popularity election. However, both
arc represented by slates of delegates in other forthcoming primaries.
The Japanese Peace Treaty was signed ...
... by President Truman yesterday, paving the way for Japan's re
turn to the family of free nations and for history's first peacetime
Pacific defense system. The treaty goes into effect April 28. The
president also signed legislation which extends to June 1 some bO of
his war powers.
Steel talks collapsed . . .
... completely In Washington on Tuesday. Since neither the union
nor management ban moved an inch during the seven days of dis
cussion, the government has given up its efforts for the time being.
The government is also considering whether to give the CIO steel
workers a puy raise in spite of management opposition.
Britain has agreed to enter . . .
...into a 17-year defense agreement with West Germany and Italy.
Britain has said that while she will remain outside the European de
fense community, she will agree to defense arrangements of the west
ern nations. The former wartime enemies of Britain agreed to fight
alongside the British in event of attack.
Earl Warren will campaign in Oregon . . .
. . . for their 18 votes at the GOP national convention. He announced
today at Sacramento that he is making plans to carry his presidential
campaign into Oregon by the end of this month. Warren added that
he intends to spend some time in Oregon.
A full scale telephone strike . . .
... in Oregon has been called. The CIO communications workers
union last night called the strike against the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company in Oregon.
It's the outgrowth of a dispute brought on by the separate Western
Electric company strike that started last week. Some phone company
workers have been observing the hit-run picket lines set up by Western
Electric employees. The phone company Tuesday informed its workers
if they wanted to stay employed, they must agree to work steadily
meaning they must go through Western Electric picket lines.
A B-36 crashed near Spokane . . .
. . . Monday killing 15 men and seriously injuring two more. The
giant 10-engine bomber faltered and fell during a takeoff at Fairchild
Pass west of Spokane, Wash., and crashed through a fence at the
end of the runway. Air force officials have not yet determined the
cause of the crash.
Boeing's eight-jet YB-50 . . .
...America's newest strategic air weapon made its maiden flight
Monday. The big strato-fortress with huge swept-back wings dwarfed
two escorting fighters as it took off from Seattle. It landed three hours
later at Larson air force base near Moses Lake, Wash.
A nuclear device was dropped . . .
... from an air force bomber over the Yucca Flat proving grounds
70 miles north of Las Vegas, Nev., Monday
Observers said the device apparently was detonated higher above the
ground than any previous A-blast. They based their opinion on the
king-sized ball of fire and the dust cloud which boiled up above the
mountains surrounding the test area.
Sorority, Fraternity
Entertain Children
Thirty-nine children of the Chil
dren’s Hospital School in Eugene
had a happier Easter due to the
efforts of Sigma Chi and Chi
Omega.
Members of the fraternity and
Sorority gathered at Sigma Chi
Wednesday evening for an egg
dyeing party and filled Easter
baskets for the crippled children.
The event may become an annual
i project of the two organizations.
Johnson Takes SU Post
The duties of the night manager
of the Student Union will be taken
over by James M. Cummings,
graduate in education and Paul
Johnston, junior in history.
The post was formerly held b
Larry Davidson who has accepted
a position with a Portland adver
Using agency.
Johnston will take over the night
desk Monday thru Thursday every
week and Cummings will be on the
desk Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
according to Dick Williams, SU di
rector.
'Home Economics Now' Chosen Theme
Of Association Meeting in Portland
Four members of the home econ
omics faculty will attend a joint
meeting of Washington and Ore
gon home economics associations
in Portland Friday and Saturday.
Theme of the conference is
"Home Economics Now".
The four are Frances Van Voor
his, acting head of the home cc
department; Faith Johnston. Mar
garet Wiese, and L. Mildred Wil
son, all assistant professors.
Joan Patterson, Oregon State
college, will report on her research
on Oregon flax.
Report on German Families
Frederick Peters, Heed college,
who recently attended the Ameri
can institute in Germany, will ad
dress the Saturday night banquet
on "The Family in Pre-war Ger
many". Peters spoke at a Univer
sity of Oregon assembly last year
on the German rearmament prob
lem.
Frances Urban, field secretary
of the American Home Economics
association, will be a special guest
from that national organization.
She will discuss facets of home
economics, including foodB, nutri
tion, textiles, clothing, family and
community living, child care, and
other related subjects. Home ec
onomists from both states will hold
a discussion.
Jennie Roundtree, director of the
school of home ec at the University
of Washington, will moderate a
roundtable on "Modern Approaches
to Nutrition".
Outstanding Speakers
Other outstanding speakers in
home economic* and business will
be on the conference program, ac
cording to Miss Van Voorhis.
Ellis Wieman, president of the
Oregon Home Economics associa
tion, and Goldie Manning, presi
dent of the Washington associa
tion, will preside over the confer
ence.
Newfoundland's sealing industry,
which once saw as many as 400
ships leaving St. John's harbor
early each March, has been re
vived in the post-war years and is
again adding materially to the is
land's income.
Though Canada is a coal-pro
ducing nation, she took 16 million
tons of U.S. bituminous in 1949.
Social Calendar
Friday
Dance*!
Zcta Tau Alpha
Pi Beta Phi
l Sigma Kappa
Fireside
Sigma Alpha Mu
Picnics r ”
Philadelphia House
Kappa Alpha Theta
April 19:
Dances
Alpha Phi
Delta Gamma
Carson hall
Highland House
Chi Omega
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Fireside
Alpha Omicron Pi
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Summer employment at Crater
Lake for college men and wom
en. June 15 to September 15.
Apply at Student Employment
Office for further information
and application forms.
CRATER LAKE
NATIONAL PARK CO.
“What do you
do with ail the
money you make?"
Standard’s income someiimes raises
such comments as: "You people do a lot
of business. You must be rolling in dough.
How about answering this one—What do
you do with all the money you maker'
The answer is a matter of public
record. But in brief—after we’ve paid
for materials, wages, employee benefits,
and miscellaneous expenses..;wear and
tear on plants and equipment...interest
on our long-term debts.. .and. in the last
5 years, more than $405,000,000 in taxes
—then what’s left, the "money we
make,” goes this way:
We invest in research and
technical service — more than
$35,000,000 in the last 5 years—to
develop better ways of finding oil,
increasing the yield, cutting costs,
creating new business. That brings
you new and improved products,
with prices held down as we com
pete for your patronage.
We put funds into
facilities—in the last 5
years, more than $644,
000,000. The need for oil
products keeps growing.
Standard must replace old
wells, increase crude oil
production: add to the
capacity of refineries,
.I pipelines, tankers, and
'' other things needed to
serve you well.
Exploration here and
abroad has cost us more than
$229,000,000 in the last 5
years. Known crude reserves
are at an all-time high. Rut
these deposits were the easiest
to discover. Though the earth
holds vast hidden reserves, it
now costs many millions to
find each new field.
And finally,after setting aside
funds for future operation, our
more than 100.000 sharehold
ers get what money remains—
last year $2.60 a share, iheir
return on savings invested in
Standard. So almost all the
"money we make" goes right
hack into circulation.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CAL5FORNIA
• plans ahead to serve you better