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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1956)
Arson Charges Filed Against III Student MOSCOW, Idaho. Nov. 20 G" - A charge of first degree arson wat' filed tonight against a fresh man student who officers said had admitted setting one in a se ries of dormitory fires which struck the University of Idaho campus last month. He was not charged with Netting the fire in which three fellow students lost their lives early on the morning of Oct. 19. Paul D. Matovieh. 20. Kellogg. Idaho, was charged with physi cally netting a fire at Chrisman hall ~ 13 in which a davenport, chair and drapes were burned. Other Bla/es There were other dormitory fixes on the campus Oct. 12. 14 and 19. Arson was suspected in each, including the last blaze in, which the students died. Earle Koehler, state law en forcement commissioner who has been here for two days, issued the following statement: “Thirty-three days of intensive investigation by local, county and state officials has resulted in the solution of the series of fires at University of Idaho dormitories and the deaths of three students in the last fire at Gault hall. Oct. 19. L<9NE STAR, BUT 2 TURKEYS Thanksgiving Choice Stymies Poor Texans By ROBERT E. FORD DALLAS UP)—Texas is blessed with two Thanksgivings this •year. No other state can make that claim. Texans can take their pick Nov. 22 or Nov. 29. For this they can thank Frank- J lin D. Roosevelt, the U.S. Con-: gross, the Texas Legislature and j a rugged states rights outlook. FDR started the ball bouncing in 1939. November has five Thursdays that year. He an nounced that the third Thursday would be Thanksgiving. More Yule Shopping Time He hoped to make merchants especially thankful. His plan was to allow a greater spread between Christmas and Thanksgiving so shoppers would have more time for yule buying. People who wanted their tra ditions to stay put cried out. Texans called it federal interven tion. • Congresj got around to making the “fourth Thursday" official in 1941. Texas governors picked the state’s Thanksgiving after that. The Legislature took it out of the governors' hands in 1951 by naming the “last Thursday.” Careless Cussing Halts Finn Twin ALEXANDRIA. Ca.. Nov. 20 M Ceorge C. Finn, one of the “flying Finn twins,” was acquit ted of assault today but found guilty of using profane language during a dispute at Washington National Airport Sept. 18. Finn, conducting his own de fense, moved to “arrest judge ment" against him on the swear ing count on the ground the air port regulations covering cussing are not valid. Sentence was withheld in fed eral District Court pending a decision by Judge Albert V. Bryan on his motion. Finn was charged with assault ing an air force policeman at the airport Koehler did not elaborate on the last section of his statement, other than to say investigation was continuing into the Oct. 19 fire. Matovich was arraigned before a justice of the peace. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to Superior court un der S40.000 bond. bait ah county prosecutor Lloyd G. Martinson said that Matovich had a history of setting fires, in cluding^ “three or four" at Ham ilton Air Force base in Califor nia. where he had once been sta tioned while in the sendee. Confession Filed Koehler said the intensive in vestig \tion “has culminated in the full confession by Matovich" to setting the Chrisman hall fire. The Gault hall fire struck just after 2 a.m.. sweeping from a second floor lounge to sleeping quarters above in the new $500, 000 dormitory which housed 150. The victims were Paul Johnson of Davenport. Wash., John Knud son of Idaho Falls and Clair Schuldberg of Terreton. Idaho. Johnson was found dead in a shower room with a towel about his head. The other two were found in a charred hall on the fourth floor. calendar or Congress or the Leg islature backs down, Texas will have two Thanksgivings on years when November has five Thurs days. What do Texans think about it? Wick Fowler of Dallas said he is violently opposed. “I'm a senti mental fool about Thanksgvjing,” he said, “but two Thanksgivings just cut the pleasure in half.” “I think having two Thanks givings is just plain dumb,” Mrs. Carl Ryan of Dallas exploded, i Just One Thanksgiving Vick Lindley of the Bryan Daily Eagle, alrhost next door to the A&M College, said: “Two Thanksgivings? In this place there’s'only one Thanksgiving—: the day the Aggies play Texas U. “The banks and post offices may be closed Nov. 22. but every body will wonder why.” Wacco’s Mayor D. T. Hicks proclaimed what he called a “States Rights Thanksgiving” for Nov. 29. The conflict strikes into the home. Many fathers will observe the 22nd because that's- the day the boss liked. Their school-age children will observe the 29th in most places. Generally speaking, federal agencies, the armed services and many retail stores will "observe the first holiday. Gridder Cleared Of Theft Charge CORVALLIS Iff) Paul Lowe. Oregon State College football player indicted by a grand jury on a charge of taking a bicycle, was exonerated by circuit judge Fred McHenry Tuesday. The judge sustained a demurrer to the charge filed by Lowe’s attorney, Kurl Huston, and dis missed the indictment. The de murrer objected to prosecution of the felony charge under the state motor vehicle code. Huston contended a bicycle was not intended for inclusion in that part of the state code relating to theft. Lowe and a fellow student. Bert .Washington, were accused of taking the bicycle of a Cor vallis High School youth last June 29. without his permission but without attempt to steal. They were indicted Oct. 11. Judge McHenry also ordered Uie charge against Washington dismissed. Lowe said he had borrowed the bicycle from a friend, not realiz ing that it did not belong to the friend. Hungarian Rebel Vows to Continue Revolution Battle PITTSBURGH, Nav. 20 iff>— A 21-year-old Hungarian stu dent who says he led an army of 5,000 in their uprising against the Russians, said to night the revolt “is not over yet anti I will return to fight in two weeks." The student, who earlier told government official* In Wash ington of the revolution. Is using the name "Ist\an Lasz.ln” to prevent possible reprisals against relatives in Hungary. In a tulk at a rally called by sympathizers of Hungary. I-as zlo declared: “I don’t heleive the Hun garian revolt is crushed. It Is still in force and it will Is* suc cessful.” Laszlo told newsmen after his talk that lie would go "un derground" when he returns to Hungary if the revolt has lieen crushed. State Employee Awards Available Any state employee has the op portunity to receive a cash award for submitting practical sugges-, tions for improving efficiency, safety, or cutting down expenses of State service, according to Mrs. Taylor, member of the Uni versity Employee Suggestion com mittee. The committee, voted by the last legislature, has awarded a total.of $2,360 to 70 suggestions in cash awards. No one from the University has applied, however. Suggestion blanks are avail able at the business office of Emerald hall or by writing the State E mploy e e Suggestion Award board at Salem. HEY, YOU DUCKS While you’re liere for the Oregon-OSC game this Thanksgiving, stop by and save on gas, oil and repairs "Sure Cure for auto ailments" ■ Corvallis Motor Clinic - Corner 3rd & A Sts. , REPAIR SHOP GAS FOR LESS Owner Glpn Pyle 15 Corporations Make 100 Million This Year By MAM DAWSON NRW YORK lift Some of the biggest boys are putting on more profit weight this year. And even when their corporate earnings are running behind a year ago, they aren't exactly wasting away.: Fifteen American nonfinancial corporations each have made more than 100 million dollars after taxes ao far this year. That is one more than earned that much in the first nine months of 1955. five more than did in the same period of 1954. In prewar 1939 only two of them made that much the Bell Telephone and General Motors. Four of this year's 15 stayed above the 100 million mark al though reporting earnings drop ped below last year's. When all of 1956* earning* after taxes are tallied, two more corporations may Join the 15. Their nine month* profit* weren't too far below the mark. The summer steel strike and ■ he auto sales drop changed the standings of some of the top 15 money makers, and pushed an other one out of the li*t. Bethlehem Steel, which at this time last yer.r had earned more than 10O million dollar* w • • Just under that figure when the sum mer quarter ended. Ford in 11th Place Ford, which at this time last year ranked fourth among the giants of profit, is down to 11th place now after a 53 per cent tumble. General Motors, despite a 30 per cent drop In earnings, still holds top rank, however, edging out New Jersey Standard Oil The Detroit giant made 639'-.. million dollars while the big oil company reports its nine months net at 603 million to retain second place It was a 15 per cent rise for Jer sey. Bell holds onto third "position with a gain of 14 per cent.'report ing 5501 million dollars net in come. DuPont Replaces Ford DuPont has moved into Ford's old place at fourth, although the chemical firm's profits this year are four per cent lower than last year, when it was fifth If. S. Steel moved up from sixth to fifth, although earnings were off nine per cent, while the Texan Co. went from seventh to sixth with a nine per cent increase in profits from its old activities. Gulf Oil rose even faster, from eleventh to seventh place, on a 42 per cent Jump. DuPont, big steel, Texas and Gulf were all in the 200 million to 300 million bracket. Eighth, ninth and tenth po sitions didn’t change, being held by California Standard Oil. S<> eony Mobil and General Electric, respectively each belter than 150 million dollars. Kennccoft Copper Jumps Kennecott Copper Jumped from 16th to 12th this year from 82 million dollars profit in the first nine months of 1955 to 116 million this time, a gain of 42 per cent. Indiana Standard Oil retained 13th place despite gaining 12 per cent in earnings this year. Union Carbide & Carbon kept 14th pla< • with a slight profit gain. Shell Oil is the fifteenth, a 17 per cent increase bringing it from 86 mil lion to just above the 100 million mark. 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