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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1949)
i 4 The Slatman, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday. Tune 12. 1949 The estimated population ot I The state flower ox Oklahoma Sweden In W47 was only 0,803,000. lis the mistletoe. f . . i ii KM Ml WE FURNISH 1. pas : 2. Oil 3. Special Rofrigorator Trucks 4. Hand Trucks & Dollies ; 5. Padding Call 3-9600 and rtttrve a truck or pasttngtr car for tho wk day or waektnd. o BY THE MILE j o BY THE HOljR o BY THE DAY Price's Truck and Car Rental IOCATID AT SMITH'S CLIPPER STATION Corner Church and Confer Phono 1-9600 Colorado U. Coed Slayer Given 80 Years BOULDER, Colo., June 21 District Judge George Bradfield today sentenced Joe Walker to 80 years to life imprisonment at hard labor for the "violent, vic ious, atrocious" slaying of Theresa roster. A jury found Walker guilty of second degree murder May-9 for the death of the 18-year-old Uni versity of Colorado coed last No vember 9. "And the court believes they were right," Judge Bradfield said in passing sentence. With time off for good behavior, the 33-year-old metal worker can complete his stij in 40 years. Brought into the packed court room, Walker was asked by Judge Bradfield if he had any final statement. "Not at this time," answered Walker. He dropped his head when he heard his sentence, but otherwise there was no change in his ex pression. "The evidence in this case and also the statement to officers makes it clear that there was a killing clear that there was a murder," said Judge J3radfield, speaking to Walker. Four-Leaf Clovei ! Picker 'Forges Ahead' in Derby j PORTLAND, June 21 -(-Leslie J. Gilbert took the lead today in a four-leaf clover derby that started here informally. Gilbert announced he had pick ed. 68 lucky clovers in a foot square area of his yard. Earlier, Michael Nyrka held the lead with 25. GOP Solons Disavow Book Investigation j WASHINGTON, June 21 -MP) Republican members of the house un-American activities committee here formally disavowed any part in the committee's proposed textbook investigation. In a signed statement, they re quested the committee to "drop all proceedings in this matter forth with." They suggested, too, that if con gress wants to investigate text books "the correct procedure" would be to establish a commis sion of educators to make the in vestigation. "Certainly," they said, "it Is a matter for experts in the field of education and for state and local authorities rather than federal au thorities; the threat of federal con trol of education is already too ap parent to need elaboration." British Lose . Trade to VJSi BATAVIA, June 21 -63)- Radio Indonesia reported that British manufacturers were losing a pro fitable market in the Netherlands Indies because Indonesia had notj the sterling exchange with which to pay for British goods. "Indonesia wants to deal with Britain," the radio said,; "but is unable j to do so because, it does not have the sterling I assets." Prewar, it added, British-N.EJ. trade was considerable, now lit is negligible. And the British re quire payments in sterling. - The radio said, as a result, the Netherlands Indies was turning to the United States as a supplier for its requirements because it found it easier to obtain dollars. It said Indonesian rubber was shipped to Singapore and then sent to American destinations. By the Anglo-Dutch exchange agree ment Of March 28, 1948, dollar credits thus earned were - trans ferred from Singapore to Batavia. Another source of easy dollars was j Indonesian copra which f fetched 1 good prices at VS. Pacific ports, the broadcast continued. Yale Professor Sees 15 Years Of War Crises PORTLAND. June 21-(;P-Fif-teen years more of repeated war crises. That's the prediction of Dr. Harold Lasswell. Yale law profes sor and international relations ex pert. He told the final session of the Northwest Institute of Internation al Relations that the present crisis 'is certain to get much worse before it subsides.' The principal challenge for the United-States is to make sure that the economic system does not col lapse, as predicted by Russia, he said. "Socialism and ' capitalism are both in the same boat, and it's sinking. The crisis of our' times is not simply between socialism and a liberal capitalism: It is whether there will be annihilating war and whether the world will become a prison camp," he assertecj. Lasswell said both systems need some freedom, and that both face the same danger: A society of castes. 6 Firemen Fish In Dry Grass Field CHICAGO. June 21-(JP)-A Soo Line passenger train was rumbl ing past the fire station i in sub urban River Forest. Passengers glancing idly out of the windows suddenly pressed their hoses a gainst the panes. They saw six firemen in a boat Two were rowing. The others were fishing in the dry, dusty grass near the tracks. The train rolled on. The fire- Kids Mourn as Five-Ton Nellie Dies in Sydney By BARBARA GORMLY AP Newsf eatures Writer SYDNEY, Australia. June 2 W") Five-ton Nellie, the biggest female in Sydney, is dead. Thousands mourn her. Nellie was only 19. She was born in Africa, but she slipped through the White Australia laws and came to Sydney. She went to live in a house surrounded by a ditch, 20 feet deep. ' Little girls and boys loved big Nellie. She was gentle with them and ! they never tired of hearing her play the mouth-organ. The other day one small girls, passing by Nellie's front fence. offered her an apple. Nellie leant forward to get it. But her jealous cousin Jiltf gave Nellie a push. Nellie lost balance and fell into the ditch. She broke her back. Nellie lay for two hours in the ditch, while 15 men tried to haul her out They put chains around -her shoulders and legs and tried to pull her upright. But Nellie straightened, her legs and the chains snapped. The men tried a second time, but again the chains snapped. A third attempt was too much for Nellie, She closed her eyes and went limp. Ten men tried to revive her. They jumped on her and tried to make her breathe again. Someone gave her a heart stimulant. But it was all useless. Nellie was dead. Five hours later, with the help of a five-ton mobile crane. Nellie's body was hoisted out of the ditch. It was put on a truck. Her weight made the front wheels of the truck rise so high that six police men and five other men had to leap aboard to balance it. The flags at Taronga Park Zoo were dropped to half mast For Nellie had been theavorite eleph ant at the zoo for several years. What will happen to Nellie's remains? For one thing the lions and tigers at Taronga Park will eat elephant meat for a few weeks. Her head and feet will be preserv ed and mounted. Her hide prob ably will be used to cover tables. Her larger bones will be kept as exhibits. Sea ajte Proves Good Watchdog in Australia SYDNEY. June 21--An Aus tralian sea eagle has been kept in captivity as a pet for 20 years at Sandgate, Queensland. Named Oscar, he was caught as a fledgl ing and now measures 6 ft. across the wingtips. He makes no at tempt to fly away when taken from his cage but prefers to perch on his owner's arm. He is a good "watchdog", and gives warning by making a peculiar clicking noise. men picked up the skiff and went back to the station to plan an other act for another day. THE NEW I! n j MILLION DOLLAR TRAIN i fx ' (I ' is is fyf ...... mm m m saw - u u . "WITH TIE UIUION DOLLAR-VIEW STARTING SUNDAY, JULY 10 . Southern ' Pacific is happy to announce that America's . newest and most beautiful streamlined train makes its "maiden voyage" to San Francisco on Sunday, July 10, leaving Portland ; at .7:45 a.m., (PST) and arriving in San Francwco that evening. Simultaneously, the popular Daylight fares will be extended to Portland a new, luxury train at a new- low fare. Running time of the Shasta Daylight will be 15 j hours fastest in history between Portland and San Francisco. : I The Shasta Daylight is brand new from stem to stern. Its luxurious appointments benefit from everything we've learned in a dozen years of designing and operating streamlined trains. Perhaps more than any other train. It is custom-built for the rout it serve. . i Each Shasta Daylight consists of 9 chair cats, diner, coffee shop car, tavern car and parlor-observation car built by Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company. Diesel-electric locomotive. The two trains necessary for daily service cost nearly 9 5,000,000. I - '., , ' I , Sea the drama tic Shasta Route by day hfht the rtnUnt Willamette Rivr Valley, the high, tree-clad Cascade Mountains, Odell and Klamath Lakes, ML Shasta, the Sacra mento River Canyon. 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