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2 Thm S tatman. Salem. Owqoo. Saturday, Tanqarr 13. 1949 January Brings 121 Weather Deaths, Financial Toll to U.S. Br the Aaaoctated Press j January, exploding across the country with blizzards, sleet, floods, tornadoes and freak cold, already has caused 121 weathej- deaths and more than $50,000,000 in damage to The western half of the country elements so far. An Associated Press survey showed: California storms caused i deaths, tornadoes killed 56 in Ar kansas and Louisiana, eight per ished in Colorado blizzards and cold, one died in Kansas, eight in Texas, one in Nevada, three in Oregon, four in Montana two in Utah, 12 in -Wyoming, three in New Mexico and four in Nebraska. California Damage California suffered $43,400,000 freeze damage to citrus crops and v.tables and another $1,000,000 damage from oil smudging. Cattle losses in the western plains run Into "several million dollars." Nearly $2,000,000 sleet damage to communications lines was caused in five southwestern states. Ari zona suffered $2,000,000 in crop losses. Arkansas tornadoes caused more than $1,000,000 damage. Sleet caused an estimated $1,000,- 000 damage at Hobbs, N. alone, Want Since Draughts Western livestock men estimate their loss of cattle and sheep in blizzards and cold was "the worst since the droughts of 1834 ana 1938 While California shivered in cold and snow, the south was hav ing mid-May weather with tem peratures up in the 80's and New England winter resorts were los ing trade because ox snowiess ski slopes. Sub-zero temperatures in the Pacific nortnwest cioggea riv era and streams with ice. The weather continued season able ovei? most of, the country Frl day. Los Angelejf had a low tem perature of 41. Man Missing In Scio Area, Search Fails STIO. Jan. 14-(Special)- A 32 year-old hitch-hiker who was be friended by local farmer was missing today and feared drown ed as Scio men gave up their week-long search for him in froz en swampland five miles north west of here. The missing man is Ray Stone of Yakima, Wash, who was stay In with the Henry Paschall fam Uy at their place a mile north of Munkers school. He had Deen giv en a ride by Paschall December II in i snowstorm near Ukiah, Calif. ' When the Paschalls returned from a four-hour trip to Albany last Thursday they saw nothing of Stone who a neighbor naa seen out trapping that morning. A party of 11 men searched the area be tween the Paschall place1 and the north fork of . the Santiam that night with flashlights, and sev eral groups searched at various times since. They found tracks of Stone and traps he had set. Men accustomed to this area expressed the belief Stone probably N had slipped .into a deep hole in a creek and, weighted down by heavy clothing, drowned. State police and the sheriffs office were notified of the dis appearance. Paschall said Stone had told him he had gone from Yakima, Wash., to California to find work, but headed back north when he did not locate a Job. He said his wife recently died in Yakima and his young daughter had been left with his mother there. Friends here have contacted Mrs. Ben Lambert of Salem, a cousin of Stone's mother, who said she had- root seen the young man in recent years. She was try ing to get in touch with the fam ily in Yakima. Recorder to Work Saturday In West Salem WEST SALEM, Jan. 14 City Recorder Robert E.OPattison will be in his city hall office Saturday mornings from now m, in ex change for. equal time off at other occasions, it was decided Friday. The agreement was reached be tween the recorder and the coun cil, a majority of whom were polled by Mayor Walter Musgrave. The council will designate the per son Ao be in the office at times when it approves . Pattison's ab sence. Heretofore for more than a year. City Treasurer - Thelma Brown had operated the recorder's office Saturday mornings in order to give Pattison a 40-hour week along with other city employes. She did not open the office last Saturday, giving rise to a special council meeting Tuesday, an at torney's opinion Wednesday that Mrs. Brown could not be required to perform duties outside those stated in the charter. The current negotiations resulted. NOW! S Tep-Neteh Hits! Ykter Ma tare SJchard Cente la CJtY OF THE enr And Ava Gardner Dick Harases in -ONE TOUCH OF VENUS" - crops and property, j! has felt the sharpest lash of the Chinese Reds' 'Offer' Equal To Surrender '1 SHANGHAI, Jan. 14 -(- The Chinese communists broadcast to night eight terms for peace which would amount to total surrender of the sore-pressed Chiang Kai- snek regime. In any case, said the long state ment by : Communist Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, a few more heavy military blows will; cause the Chiang government to "crumble into dust ! and extinction. As if for emphasis, the com munists preceded the peace con ditions with announcement that their troops had smashed into the great northern city of Tientsin at noon. - The statement by Mao, broad cast from Yenan headquarters in both Chinese and English, listed these terms: , "1. Punish war criminals. (This would include Chiang Kai-Shek, who heads the communist list of government leaders soi designated.) Toss Oat Constitution 2. Abrogate the bogus consti nation." (Adopted in 1946 with out communist participation.) "3. Abolish the kuomlntang's 'legitimacy of traditional institu u'ons'. (The Chinese version of this point called for "calendar years to be counted I from Anno Domini, not the republics found in." This insistence on the Chris tian calendar apparently was one of the means intended to wipe out the tradition of the republic founded in 1911.) "4. Re-hold all reactionary arm ies in accordance with democratic principles. Confiscate Money "5. Confiscate bureaucratic cap ital. "6. Reform the agrarian (land) systems "7. Abrogate treaties of national betrayal.' (Other portions of the text made clear that this referred to the United States, which was bitterly assailed.) I "8. Convoke a political consul tative conference without the par ticipation of reactionary elements. establish . democratic coalition government, take over all j power from the Nanking kuomintang re actionary government ; and its low er levels of government. I Race Riots in South Africa DURBAN, Union bfj South Afri ca? Saturday. Jan. lSPJ-At least 50 natives and Indians have been killed in a two-day race riot which has injured more, than 300. No Europeans (whites) are known to have been injured. For the first time fn the history of South Africa the f army, navy and air force were called out to help police restore order. Damage was estimated at $1,000,000. The riots started Thursday when a young native boy was injured by an Indian market 1 stall-holder (push-cart peddler). He was taken to a hospital with severe head- wounds and rumors' spreading like wild-fire said that he had been killed. Natives started attacking In dians indiscriminately: thousands of them ran amuk and; whole fami lies of Indians were slain in their homes. , Wreck Blamed on Slippery Pavement Slippery pavement Jwas blamed for an accident Friday morning in volving a passenger car, truck and oil tanker at the intersection of North Capitol and D streets. Glessnor D. Brundidge, 1775 C sL, told police his car skidded on the ice as he was approaching Capitol street from D. The car slid into an oil tanker driven by Law rence R. Austa'd, Portland, The third vehicle, a Salem Na vigation truck driven e by Allen L. Hutchins, Portland, was unable to halt in time to avoid striking the pile-up. The passenger car iwas heavily damaged but all three drivers caped injury. NOW! ' I The All-Time Cham- piea Outdoor Advea : tare Hit! i John I WAYNE , Montgomery CUFTf Walter Brennan Joanna Dru in : EEC id him Realty Board To Hear Dean Of Portland U. i The Rev. John Delaney, dean of men at Portland university, will give the main address at the annual banquet of the Salem Board of Realtors on January 28 in the Marion hotel. Plans call for the dinner to be gin at 6:30 p. m. and to be pre ceded by a "social hour," it was decided by the board at a regular meeting Friday noon at the Mar ion. The board also voted Friday to guarantee one-year rent for family of displaced persons to be brought to Salem soon under auspices of the local YMCA. Dr. Harry Moran, local chiro practic physician, outlined the history and aims of his profession at Friday s meeting. Stating that bloodless therapy" was developed around 370 B. C, Dr. Moran, who has practiced in Oregon for the past 25 years, reported there are now 29,000 chiropractors in Ame rica and many others in other nations. 6 Injured in 2-Car Wreck- On Dallas Road Four persons were hospitalized and two others received minor in juries in two accidents in the Sa lem area Friday. Theron Kent, Salem route 9. and Raymond Reed, Independence, were given treatment Friday night for injuries incurred when two cars collided in front of the Eola Inn on the Dallas highway. Kent, under the care of his father, Dr. O. H. Kent, Salem, received knee, chest and head injuries. Reed had stitches taken at Salem Memor ial hospital to close a wound in his nose. Mr. and Mrs. Royal Wenig, Sa lem route 4, were in fair condi tion at Salem Memorial hospital Friday night following an accident Friday morning south of Four Corners. Mrs. Wenig suffered a broken right arm, left collarbone and -back injuries. Wenig was cut on the head and had arm and neck injuries. The Wehgs were headed toward Salem when their car skidded on icy pavement and overturned. Others injured in the Eola acci dent were not identified. The sec ond car was registered to Clifford H. Willard. 521 S. 18th st. The unidentified driver suffered fac ial cuts but was not hospitalized A third passenger in the Kent machine had a bruised leg. An eyewitness to the accident said he was following the Kent machine toward Salem at the tune of the crash. He said apparently the second car, headed west, at temDted to make a turn into the Inn and collided with Kent's car. The entire left side of the Kent car was demolished and the front end of the other car was jammed back into the body. Hall Commutes Moore's Term; Pray Shocked9 PORTLAND. Jan. 14 -UPV- One of the last actions of ex-Governor John H. Hall was to commute the 15-y ear-sen fence of Albert Leroy Moore, 58-year-old convict who had served one year. Moore was convicted of stealing $30,000 in Brownsville safe-cracking Jobs, in company with two other men: S. D. McClain and Jack Orville Mann. The case won prominence when McClain and Mann admitted tak ing a Kelso, Wash, logger "for a ride because he talked too much." The body of the logger, Ernest Bowman, was found in Mary's river near Corvallis. McClain con fessed the killing, but died before the triaL j Moore, who was not involved in the logger's death, had a long prison record dating from 1911, Portland Police Chief Charles P. Pray, who was State Police Superintendent when Moore went to prison, said he was "shocked to learn that he was released." The ex-Governor said he com muted the sentence because Moore was in very poor health. 0MKIZ3) : Doers Open l:0t P. M. For Hollywood Has Club Pros ram Prises X Cartoons Serial Special Feature "STABLE MATES" with Wallace Berry. Mickey Reoney ALSO Benson's Birthday Cake FOR Larrle Lou Osterman, Donald MacKay. Paul Mac Kay, Gene Griepentrog, Joan Hamman, SaUy Roberts. Chris Battalion, Marilyn Dyer. Morris Ferguson, and Judy Osbora. Ere. Shew Cent. After 5 P. M. ENDS TODAY! Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan la "GOOD SAM Also "LETTER TO A REBEL" WW 1? twn mr mm Starts Tomorrow Coat. 1:45 Pins Technicolor Feature "ADVENTURES OF DON COYOTE" Refill Just Cold While all Salem residents sniffed the air for Indications of a south west wind to break the current freezing weather, precautions must still be takea to prevent freezing of home water pipes, ears and other objects susceptible io4he cold. J. D. Fair, 557 Statesman sL, Is shown above la a typical cold weather chore filling- the car radiator the morning after having drained the car's water system. (Statesman photo). Baptist Youth Institute To Buy Naval Hospital ASTORIA. Jan.-14 -Jf- Clat sop county withdrew its bid to purchase the 600-bed naval hos pital today, to enable the Baptist Youth Institute Inc. to buy it The church organization wants to convert the institution into a school for poor boys and girls from Oregon, Washington and California. The county and the Baptists were the only bidders. 1,200 Attend Salem Cannery Union Scandals A capacity crowd estimated at 1,200 applauded the Cannery Scandals, presented by Salem Cannery workers at Leslie Jun ior high school Friday night. From the opening number to the finale, depicting cannery life. generous applause was handed the show. Proceeds will go to the school milk fund. Spotlight stealers of the perfor mance were Mary Bourke and her sparkling portrayal of Sophie Tucker, and the dance troop con sisting of Jerry and Garry Neal, and their partners. Tracy Ann Imlah and Judith Ann Baker. ENDS TODAY! (SATJ 7tT rl TOMORROW! TERESA r at m' m r kw mm m m km at- it- " . -'-i Fv euVi,Cfj lf m" M '3r m f nuicni MIGHmMlEHUM O CO-FEATUDE! O SURGING OUT OF THE SEA to ffnrgf you with its lashing power and romancl - . ' Weather Viity " " " . ..II - - f .0 ?. .;;... . Forester Asks Public Range Improvement PORTLAND, Jan. 14 -(TP)- A drive for federal funds to im prove public ranges for grazing was advocated at the Oregon Wool Growers Association convention here today. L. H. Douglas, forest service employe, said congress had made no appropriation for this purpose in national forest, areas in 30 years. This has brought about a loss of grazing land and has resulted in a reduction of permits to sheep growers, he said. A "rosy economic future" was pre dicted for cattlemen and sheep men by Ira D. Staggs, Baker, in the annual president's address. He said the demand -for meat and clothing, coupled with a downward trend in the amount of livestock, will bring stockmen good prices and market conditions. Staggs urged the wool growers not to depend too much on federal aid. That way, he declared, lies socialization. J. G. Barratt, Morrow county judge, urged greater cooperation between Portland and eastern Oregon interests. Barratt called Portland "second to Boston" as a wool market. Bobt Cumminct "SABOTEUR" & "I COYER THE WAR" Coat '. from 1 P. M. ROBERT f FriwirrfB. "TIGER SHARK 1 . . . .. . . Slot Machines Removed from Portland Clubs PORTLAND, Jan. 14 -(JPy- A number of Portland clubs moved out their spt machines today, amid groans that their budgets wouldn't balance any more. The clubs took out the machines after Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee warned that the law against them would be enforced every where. Police Chief Charles Pray said he did not plan to raid private clubs, but would make arrests if the slot machines operate. Various spokesman complained that it would be hard to operate without the big revenue from the one-armed bandits. "The burden on such groups as the Salvation Army will be heavi ly increased. predicted L. A. Sel liken .executive secretary of the American Legion Post No. 1 club. He said the Post spent nearly $30,000 last year for relief work much of it financed by slot machine income. . At Salem, Sen. Thomas R. Ma honey proposed licensing slot ma chines with a tax which he said would compel individaul owner ship of the machines and elimi nate the possibility of racketeer control. "I propose a state tax of 40 per cent of these devices, which will produce millions for the use of the state, he said. A bill proposing a 30 per cent tax on slot machines was defeated by the last legislature. The Oregon State Federation of Labor, which had proposed such a tax rather as a last resort, had estimated that it would raise $10,000,000 a year. Local Projects in Bonneville Budget .Two projects In the Salem area are included in plans for appro priations recommended in Presi dent Truman's budget, the Bonne ville administration announced Friday. The budget calls for a total appropriation of $33,000,000 of which $842,000 has been ticketed for facilities in the Forest Grove McMinnville - Salem sector and $830,000 for the Salem - Albany -Lebanon sector. O PHONE 3-3467 O MATINEE DAILY FROM 1 P. M. O Prevne Toniie! (Ons Feainre) And Starts Tomorrow! Gn fcaM 1 4 ,, j J U - ti U Thrill Co-Ha! I irjjifiags 1 2Qt - ' r vt ; : Y.I .. ' A Compromise With Reds Not For Eleanor WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -VT Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said today that "never again" will she accept a compromise in the United Na tions merely to win Soviet sup port for a measure. Mrs. Roosevelt, who is chairman of the U. N. human rights com mission, said in a talk at the state department: "I don't think I will ever com promise again even on words. The Soviets look on this as evidence of weakness rather than a gesture of good will." The widow of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt said she had learned during her U. N. work that it was necessary to meet So viet attacks on the United States. She said it is American policy to admit mistakes, but she comment ed: "I have yet to hear a Russian say everything is not perfect in the Soviet union." Sewing Machine Agency at Miller's Operation of a new agency for White sewing machines, in the appliance department at Miller's store, has been assumed by John Stark. He plans to stock a com plete line of the machines and at tachments as they become avail able. Stark has had 15 years' experi ence as a salesman, supervisor and repairman in the sewing machine business and prior to the war was manager of the Salem branch for one concern. A Special Brakes Adjusted Cars With Hydraalle Brakes Only like Panek The Brake and Wheel Aligning Specialist 175 So. Commercial St. Phone $-5161 "Avoid a Panic See Mike Panek" RAYMOND. Nor. tn NASH January -...,,........ Israel, Egypt AgrwtoTfruce During Parley RHODES, Jan. 14 UMV Jews and Egyptians took J their, first definite step toward peace today ' by agreeing to keep (their mili tary forces in check While nego tiations for an armistice arcj on. j At their second formal session lasting! 15 minutes the delegates approved the text of a confer ence preamble which pledged each side to start no new military of fensives and to respect the na tional security of the other i while the armistice conference lis in progress A cease-fire ordered by th U. N. security council is now in effect in the.'Negev where Jewish and Egyptian forces face each other. Odom Plaiis , rp np A 1 ' lo lry Again OAKLAND. Calif,. Jan. 14 -fT) Bin Uciom tonight planned an other attempt to fly (his single engine ' airplane non-stop j from Honolulu to New York. The 29-year-old global flier has one record assured 4 the 12,375 mile flight from Honolulu to Oak land he completed last night. But he said he would go after the 5,285-mile, trans-Pacific; trans continental mark next month, j I I Headwinds Jinxed his first Of fort, Odom explained. Weather-1 men had predicted favorable; winds all the way, but the Weather "didn't, pan out as forecast.' L KARTOON KARNIVAL TODAY)! ' At U:3 with Reg. Show ENDS TODAY! Randolph Scott I TRAIL STREET! -H . Lum and Abnerl "PARTNERS Df TIME ENDS TODAY (SATJ I WQlIam Elliott "GALLANT LEGION ; - -O-l ) The Bowery Boy TROUBLE MAKERS' Pins! Airnail L I : Fox Ilovielcno Hews! ooo -J- t n r