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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1949)
Russians' to Free Captured U. S. Cyclists FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept 27 -jP)- Two American youths, Warren Oelsner, 21, of Oyster Bay, N. Y., and Peter Sellers, 19, of Phi ladelphia, who have been held by the Russians since August 10, will be released to U. S. authorities next Wednesday, U. S. High Com missioner John J. McCloy has an nounced. The youths were detained by So viet authorities as they attempted to bicycle to Berlin without proper papers. The youths art to be delivered by U. S. authorities to Mr. Oelsner, father of one of the boys. In Ham burg on September 28 for their re turn to the U. S-, th announce ment said. The youths were reported in good health September 6. Brig. Gen. W. Hess, chief of the U. S. military mission at Soviet military headquarters in Potsdam, was per mitted to visit them then. He re ported they "have not been mis. treated. The Russians have been hold lng Oelsner and Sellers while de manding the return of three Sov iet army deserters from the Ameri cans. It was not learned whether the American authorities had agreed to return any Soviet sol diers in exchange for the release of Oelsner and Sellers. Secretary Jolihso n Makes a Point! r . ..v V : . ' - I ;.. . r IT if Right-of-Way Trucker Racks Up Record for Causing Havoc BRISBANE - (JP) - One-legged John Edmund Page, 23, drove truck through Brisbane -one night. He says he can't remember the drive. But the prosecutor in the police court, jogged Page s mem ory when he described the drive to the magistrate. The prosecu tor got the story from a policeman who chased Page's truck on a motor cycle. During the chase, Page: Passed a tram, grazing the front cabin. Passed a stationary tram on the wrong side at a speed of between 60 and 70 mph. Ignored a stop order from a pursuing po liceman. 1 scQvertook two cars driving side - by-side. Knocked another car off the road. Passed another station ary tram on the wrong side. Hit another car off the road. Struck still another car and capsized it Hit the rear of a stationary truck outside the Brisbane Hospital. Forced the stationary truck into a car In front, which was pushed onto the footpath. Was thrown out of his own truck by the jolt. Land ed on his head. Was taken into the hospital. Page pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. He was fined $168. ABROAD AIRCRAFT CARRIER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Sept 27 Secretary of Defease Louis A. Johnson (left) makes point In a discussion aboard the carrier Franklin D, Roosevelt, at sea off Cape Henry, Vs. With htm are Gordon Gray (center), secretary of the army, mod Stoart W. Symbwrton. secretary of the air force. All three were aboard the carrier, with other higher military officials, for a first hand look-see at operation of modern seapower. (at wirepnoio to The statesman.) Jefferson Boys Hurt in Crash ii i i ALBANY Sept 27 -(Special-Two ;teen-aged Jefferson boys were hospitalized tonight after a logging tniick-auto collision just north of the Albany city limits on the Pacific highway. The accident happened at about 7:30 p. m. Taken to the Willamette hospi tal in I Albany were John Davis Love 17 driver of (the auto who incurred a concussion, cuts and bruises and Arthur! Tommy Ram seyer '16 his passenger who in curred bruises. Neither boy's condition was re garded as serious. s Amos Lby James Swtt Home driver and owner of the logging truck was not nun. Typewriter Rentee Use Fake Address, Leaves The Roen Typewriter exchange learned Tuesday that there is no such address as 2131 Court st In Salem. City police were notified after the firm sought to recover a ma chine rented two weeks ago by a man who gave that address. Police said the man's description answer ed that of a confidence man who has worked the dodge extensively on the west coast First Donation To Community CHest Reported The first report of the pre-cam-paign program of the Salem Com munity chest drive was given Tuesday by E. Burr Miller chair' man of the out-of-city corpora tions division. , Miller stated that 13 of the cor porations had made donations to the chest that matched or ex ceeded last year's Contributions. , These included Portland Gener al Electric Co. Firestone stores Kelly; Farquhar Co. Interstate Tractor Co. Montgomery-Ward, J. C. Penney, Portland Gas & Coke, Safeway stores. Sears Roebuck, International Business Machine Co., Blake Moffitt & Towne, Ar. den Farms, and Block's shoe store. Chairman Miller felt that this division would complete its drive within the next three weeks. The term "atlas" was first used for aj book of maps by Mercator, a Flemisli cartographer. Collision Stops Bridge Traffic Traffic was snarled fori nearly half-an-hour on the Marion-Polk county bridge after cars driven by two women collided at 5:30 p. m. Tuesday. A stalled stream of vehicles on the bridge hampered efforts of a wrecker to reach the scene and remove one of the autos involved. City police listed the driver of that one as Beverly Ann Terra ult Sa lem route 9, box 668. The front end of the machine was damaged considerably and one tire blew out Bernice Wyman Bone. Salem route 4, box 404, operated the other car, according to the police report. Damage to It was confin ed to the rear bumper and trunk. Fajse Alarm Sends Trucks to Fairview A false alarm sent five Salem fire trucks and the first aid car to Fairview home at 3:20 pjn. Tues day. A short In wiring caused the in stitution's automatic fir alarm to sound.; Authorities there said new loudspeakers were being installed in employe cottages at the time and cited that as a possible cause of the short For Drainage Project Okehed : A right-of-way easement for a city drainage project in north east Salem was authorized Tues day by the . Salem district school board. Property affected . is the new Washington school. The ditch. which eventually will be covered. will run along the west boundary of the propei ty and will be fen ced. An easement also was granted so that Lansing avenue, border ing the same school, may be wid ened from 40 to 60 feet if the Mai ion county court decides to carry out such a proect Two minor boundary changes also were approved by the board. One puts both sides of Stortz ave nue in the Washington school dis trict Those living on the north side formerly were in Hayesville district The other change moved the boundary of Richmond district from the center of 17th street to include both sides of that street Only two students are currently affected. They were in Bush dis trict before the change. Letters of appreciation from the board will be sent to teachers at Englewood, Parrish, the old Wash ington and the new Lincoln school who devoted extra effort in getting their classrooms ready for school opening. It was reported that the school maintenance crew has been working virtually seven days week since early in August GOODSELL APPOINTED pntiTT.Avn w ii -tic, James W. Ooodseli, executive sec retary" of the Oregon democratic party, haa been, appointed state finance director for the democra tic national committee. A former Astoria newspaperman, Goodsell will continue In his post as exec utive secretary. Bottle Washing Skm Pays Off SYDNEY -OP)- There's a $4 a week ' skill margin for bottle washers In Australia. This mar gin is on top of the basic wage $20.80 In Sydney. The rate was set by Concilia tion Commissioner D. V. Morri son on the application I of the Liquor and Allied Trades Em ployees union. Morrison said the award will apply to persons cm- ployed in bottle yards. stores or bottle OKEHS PUNCHBOAKDS EUGENE, Sept 27-(-P)-The city council last night Indicated pre liminary approval of an ordinance licensing question and ; answer- type punchboards. The vote was 5-2. An ordinance to license punchboard operators and to tax the board was approved by the YOU CANT DEAT OIL HEAT clean cheap automatic I f jn - f i WE GIVE GBEE1I STAIIFS Prorfcflng the occoost Is paid bjr FILL THAT TANK NOW Maybe it's hot right now but it will be long cold winter if we don't make arrangements for fuel oil. Now'i the time Co fill your tank while there is still plenty of oil. 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Sdlem, Oregon, Wednesday, Sept 23. 1U lh Harry9 Housing Shortage to End Christmas 1951 WASHINQTON, Sept 27-(- President Truman should be able to move back into the White Bouse by Christmas, 183 L W. X. Bcynolds, public build-' Inn administrator, ! set this- data today In tellinc the house public' works committee that a contract for renovatinf the structure will be let shortly. i 4 i The chief executive is now oc cupying Blair house which is across Pennsylvania avenue from the historical mansion. M r About six and a half bUUoe. glasses of iced tea are consumed la this country every year, i Japanese Police Hunt 2 'Meanest Men on Earth' TOKYO-(INS)-Japanese police are looking for two men they have nominated as their entries to the ranks of the "meanest men on earth." The pair robbed a 40-year-old beggar living in a cave in a ceme tary at Minato, SO miles northwest of Tokyo. The victim Hatsutaro Sukurai reported to police he had been robbed of 1.000 yen ($2.80) and a bundle of rags. Skating Season To Open Saturday At Salem Arena The 1949-50 skating season at the Salem ice arena will open Sat urday night with a three-hour ses sion of skating and entertainment Figure skating exhibitions will be included in Saturday's enter tainment which is free to specta tors, he session will run from 8 until II p.m. As a special feature at the open- in, skaters and spectators will have the opportunity to win a shockproof, waterproof watch. ! The watch will be frozen in a 500-pound cake of ice In the arena foyer but will be visible to spec tator!. The skater coming closest to guessing the time the watch will stop running will win the timepiece, donated by Brown's Jewelers. A map of the Nile valley for tax purposes was made as early as the 13th century B.C. Garden Plows to reiit dowse 1410 So. 12th BROS. 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