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1 The Statesman. Saint Oregon, Monday. November 21, 1949 Guard Given Training Aids During Drills (Picture on page one.) The well-trained soldier is the least likely to become a battle casualty that is the lesson pounded home in weekly drills of Salem's Company B, 162nd infan try. f the Oregon national guard. "Training counts," says 1st Lt. Joseph Meier, company command In a officer. "That was demon strated in the last war. Most of the casualties were counted among men with little military training." The 121 men and five officers of Company B go through a series nt training nares designed for the m . .utima thtt (Annanv riflemen mortar squad, recouess artillerv and machine gun sect- Ions. Contour Man A valuable training aid for the rmeman ana mormt huu "sand table." This is merely roueh contour map mounted on table. It depicts, in miniature, hills, roads, creeks, fences and other eround features. ThU realistic raide is used to supplement classes in squad tact ics. Lieutenant Meier said. From It the men get a better idea of the tactical problem depicted. Riflemen go through three phases of training. They are first year (basic), second year (Inter mediate) and third year (advan ced tactical). Indoor training, at thing at the guard's two-week an nual summer training session. ' Secrnitinr Campaigns Although his company is up to full strength, said Meier, recruii- Ina campaigns are conducted per iodically to line up men to fill vacancies which occur from time . to time in the group. Salem's other national guard unit. Company G, meets each Thursday night at the armory un der the command of Capt. William Dyer. It conducts the same type of training sessions as does Com pany B. "National guardsmen are now getting some of the best training ever given in their units," said Lieutenant Meier. "There are many veterans of the last war in the guard who still remember les sons learned in combat. Salem School Falls Victim To Prowlers Prowlers ransacked McKinley elementary-school over the week end. It followed break-ins at two other Salem public schools a week ego. f Janitor Vernon Weaver discov ered the incident at 2 p.m. Sunday and notified police. He told them It had happened sometime since Friday afternoon. ; Whether any valuables had been taken was undetermined by police when they were unable to contact the school principal. The Investi gation will continue today. The culprits unlatched a base ment door after breaking a pane of glass In the door window. They also broke another window but failed to enter by that route be cause it was nailed down. All faculty desks were ransack ed as in last -week's burglaries at Bush and Richmond schools. Veterinarian Kills Prowler PORTLAND, Nov. 20 -A1)- A prowler killed while prying at a .window was identified today as Charles O. Cottom, 31, formerly of Oakland, Calif. . Police said Cottom was shot In the neck and chest by Dr. Rowland H. Kreutzer, owner of the canine clinic and hospital. They quoted the veterinarian as saying he yell ed a warning before firing his J32 caliber pistol. A .45 caliber pis tol and . a clip of bullets were found beside Cottom's body. An investigation was underway on the belief Cottom had an ac complice who fled in an automo bile when the veterinarian opened lire Hungary Holds U.S.Gtizen VIENNA, Nov. 20-(P)-Mrs. Rob ert a. vogeier said today her hus band, an American representative of the International Telephone and Telegraph company, was arrested - In Hungary last Friday and is be . ing held incommunicado. ; She said she did not know why. - Mrs. Vogeier said in an interview that her husband tnlrJ hr lact Wednesday by telephone that he was Demg lonowea constantly by - Hungarian police. . Vogeier, 38, is assistant vice president of his company and its representative in eastern Europe - COLOMBIA REVOLT ASKED BOGOTA, Colombia, Nov. 20-(P) 'An anonymous leaflet urging the j army to rebel was distributed here ' today. It was the latest of a series . of sheets seeking to stir up trouble 'for the conservative government a week before the presidential election. HEALTH WISE? Vitaminize Mineralise Elemin Mineral and G J Vitamin Fbone 3-1413 Post Offiee Box 121 J. M. Sleif titer Severe Earthquake Centers in Caribbean MOBILE, All, tiov. 2MF)-A heavy earthquake shock, so severe t drove the indicator oil the chart. Was recorded early today d Spring Hill I college's seismo graph, i I The shock war believed to have centered around the southwest coast of Nicaragua. Jump in Social Insurance Tax Starts Jan. 1 i ii i By Charles : Molonr WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -(TV A 50 per cent increase in social in surance taxes will go into effect six weeks from 'today, raising $667,000,000 more a year. Beginning January 1, employers and employes eaxh Jwill pay 1 Vz per cent tax on wages and salaries up to a wage or salary maximum of $3,000 J The present rate is 1 per cent. It has been in effect since the system of . retirement and sur vivors benefits was started 13 years ago. , The schedule of benefits will je main unchanged. ' However, under a bill passed by the house and pending in the sen ate, both the premium and the benefits would be higher. Officials predicted the taxes will affect some 39,000,000 work ers and 2,700,000 employers next year, requiring employers and em ployes to share equally in tax pay ments as high as $90 a person per year. The present maximum is $60. Under the pending j legislation, the number of workers affected may ruse to 50,000,000 and the top employer-employe; tax payment per person to $108 before 1950 Is over, they said. The house-passed bill, which senate 'committee is to take up In January, would: apply the 1 per cent levy to earnings up to $3,600, thus upping the combined contri bution of employer and worker at that level another $18. Thefhigher levy to go into ef feet automatically on January : results; from legislation passed in 1948 by the 80th congress. Coffee Price TolSufffigh WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -P- The American housewife appar ently will have to get used to paying more for coffee. With, prices now at an "all time high," world supplies for the next few yars are likely to remain about the present levels, the com merce department said today. It assured that no immediate short age is foreseen The' department published a 3500-word . study of the world coffee situation by Albert M. Prostercnan and Alice M. Taylor, of the food branch. The4 two experts said the key to the situation is Brazilian pro duction which; has been going down! since the depression years when the South American country burned bills of coffee It couldn't sell, i : : BRASS BACK RECRUITING NEW YORK! Nov. 20rVGen era! Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wartime chief of staff. Lt. Gen Walter Bedell Smith, Joined today in asking more enlistments in the organized reserve corps. The two army! officers, appearing together publicly for the first time since the end of the war, spoke to 10,' 000 reservists at the Kingsbridge armory in the Bronx. PAY te 1 11 riM h ii f i t ' WHY DRIVE TO MM. State Employ es Ask Retirement Act Changes PORTLAND, Nov. 20--The Oregon State Employes association wound up its annual convention today with resolutions. The princ- pal ones were aimed ; at major changes in the 1948 retirement act. Delegates requested retired em ployes be given credit for all serv ice prior to the act instead of only up to 20 years; that prior service benefits be increased to $4, which would pay out about half the em ployes base pay instead of the existing $125 a month maximum; thai retirement be optional after either 30 years service or the pres ent allowable age of 65 The association said these changes would encourage "young men in their 20's" to enter state service. Another resolution called for the 1951 legislature to liberalize the retirement act to include payments made by the state in the monthly annuity to beneficiaries of em ployes who die before retirement age. The state's share would not exceed the amount of the annuity purchased by the employer. On working conditions, the state employes asked standardization of all employes, schedules to a five day, 40 hour week. They said cur rent work weeks vary Irom 40 to 46 hours. They also asked that Columbus Day be restored as legal paid holiday. This was taken away by the 1949 legislature. E. F. Chidsey, La Grande, was elected president; E. A. Banford, Salem, vice president, and Lois Manning, Salem, secretary-treas urer. New directors are P. M. Brandt, Corvallis; James Banks, Salem; Gordon Shattuc, Salem; J, D. Wilson, Salem; Ted ;jones, Eu gene, and William Lawless, Port land. I. Salem was voted the 1950 con vention site. j Princess in Malta with Sailor Husband VALLETTA, Malta, tfov. 20 Princess Elizabeth got here in time today to spend at least part of her second wedding anniver sary with her sailor husband, Prince Philip. She had planned to arrive last night, but fog delayed her departure from London for 24 hours- ! Philip bounded up the landing steps of the plane which brought Elizabeth here from London as soon as it landed this evening. He gave her a. big hello in the cabin before bringing her out. to face the photographers. Th princess greeted Malta's governor, Sir Francis Creasy, and Archbishop Gonzi, along with a few naval personages, but there was a minimum of ceremony. The royal couple was taken to Villa Guardamangla, which will be their home during her stay here. Among the vessels which can be seen from the villa is the destroyer Chequers, which is the prince s home at sea. He is sec ond in command of the vessel The princess expects to rejoin her year-old son. Prince Charles, in London before Christmas. ERSKINE STTIX CRITICAL NEW YORK, Nov. 0-WVJohn E r s k 1 n e, 70-year-old novelist, teacher and lecturer, remains on the critical list, Beekman-Down town hospital said today. His wife has said he was suffering from high blood pressure. ! aJjLakjl t -- - MORE?; . . 1425 EDGEWATER STREET ON SALEM-DALLAS U.S. Official Dies; Result of Came of Russian Roulette LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 20 -U.S. District Commissioner Richard R. Simmons, 35, died in Home hospital last night after accidentally shooting himself in a game of "Russian roulette." Simmons was in the bedroom of his home rehearsing for a play. He told his wife he was going to try a game of "Russian roulette," but Mrs. Simmons thought he was joking. He put a gun to : his .temple, after spinning the cham ber, and pressed the trigger. The weapon discharged and he crumpled to the floor. Demos List 18 Possibilities in Congress Race McMINNVTLLE, Nov. 20-W Democratic party leaders today completed organization of a First Oregon Congressional District committee. They then listed 18 potential candidates to oppose Rep. Walter Norblad In next year's general elections. The ten county session was at tended by some 70 democratic workers. Luis A. Martine-Lally, Salem, was named committee chairman; Lyman Ross, Aloha, is vice chairman, and Mrs. Manley J. Wilson, Warren, is secretary. The list of possible candidates to oppose the Astoria republican are: W. W. Dillard, St Helens, Washington county district attor ney; Harry Dillon, McMinnville, president of Linfield college; Mrs. Elizabeth Genne, Forest Grove; Edward E. Gideon, Salem, a con gressional candidate in 1948; ; Roy R. Hewitt, Salem, former dean of the Willamette university ' law school; State Senator R. D. Hoi mes, Astoria; Albert T. Kemmer, Beaverton attorney; Glen Lee man, mayor of St. Helens; Dr, Lloyd C. LaMaster, Oregon State college faculty member; Robert D. MacLean, Waldport, a state tax commissioner; State Rep. I Ho ward Morgan, Monmouth; Earl A. Nott, Yamhill county district at torney; Lyman Ross, Aloha, for mer state senator; Stanley S Skoko, Clackamas county com missioner; Gordon Sloan, Astoria attorney; Robert W. Thornton, Tillamook county democratic chairman; Manley J. Wilson, Warren, a candidate for the sen ate last year; Harlan M. Woods, Tillamook county judge. VA Reminds New Insurance Deadline Near WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-(JF)- The veterans administration re minded ex-GI's today that there's another insurance deadline coming up Jan. 1. Any World War II veteran may take out a national service life in surance policy, or reinstate a lap sed policy, before that date simply by providing satisfactory evidence cf good heal.h, the agency said. It added that less-than-total ervive-incurred disability will be disregarded in determining good health of the applicant. Starting January 1, however, each candidate for a policy or a renewal must demonstrate that he is an Insurable risk. -' The rules also become m o r e strict January 1 for veterans 'ap plying for the national service life insurance "total disability income provision." This provision give veterans extra coverage for a small addi tional premium, in the form of a specified monthly income in event the Insured person becoming total ly disabled. . W AND IN WEST SALEM HIGHWAY r n ff-n F M J 11 If If I I'll IfiltB II L ''(I i U HI ft- ' V:, 5V. h Ei t I U 0 I fc,. HI NYOITCAN SAVE! Survivors of Ditching Tell 47 Of Hardshi nps By James Streblg HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 20- LfVEighteen survivors of a B-29 crash off the Bermuda coast spent "miserable" 79 hours on storm- tossed seas and some were dunked in the water when, their rafts cap sized, the plane's commander, said today. Lt. Col. John Grable of March Field air base in California, the commander, and other survivors of the crash Wednesday about 400 miles northeast of Bermuda were interviewed at Kindley field hos pital. The bruised and salt-caked fliers were delivered to the Kindley air base by, the Canadian Destroyer Haida, which had picked them up from the chill waters of the Atlan tic yesterday. t Men Killed Two of the 20 men aboard the B-29 did not survive. The tail broke off the plan? when it was ditched out of fuel. Tt turned nose down in less than a minute. One. of the men who was killed was hurt by wrecked girders from ' the air giant The second escaped injury but was unable to swim against the heavy seas. The men were lost because heavy swells made it impossible to reach them, Grable said. 14 Walked Off Fourteen of the survivors were able to walk off the destroyer. Four were carried to the base hos pital.1 One appeared to be suffer ing badly from shock. Lt. Cmdr. Edward T. G. Madg- wick, Ottawa, captain of the de stroyer, said waves 50 to 60 feet tossed the survivors in their res cue boat, which had been dropped to them by a B-17. He said the boat rose so high on the waves the men stepped or were nanoed across the destroyer's forward deck without using a ladder. Men Pretty Dazed s Lt Cmdr. Alfred A. H. Kerley ol Victoria, B. C, said the men seemed pretty dazed when they were picked up. "We fed them soup and coffee and they wolfed that down," he added. Reporters asked Grable how conditions were during the time on the sea. "Miserable," was his reply. He said one raft capsized on two dif ferent nights but fortunately all the men got back aboard. Prayed a Lot , Asked whether any of the men had showed religious zeal, Grable said: "No one turned evangelist, but we all thought a lot and prayed that we would be picked up." "What are you going to do?" they were all asked. "I think we are all going to the church, and then maybe we will celebrate a bit," Grable said. "What was the main topic of conversation?" " 'Move over and give me a lit tie room,' but nobody said please." Carried Men Each Grable referred to the fact that the six-man rafts carried nine men each because a ' third raft had lammed in the tail section and was not recovered. The survivors were not thirsty because lt had rained a good deal of the time. They also had equip ment to purify salt Water for drinking. They lived on emergency rations, which are mainly hard candy. When they were picked up, they had one day's rations left. Grable said he felt they were certain to be picked up because he realized planes and 'ships were searching for them. U. S. oil and gas wells now pro duce about two billion barrels of crude oil and six trillion cubic feet of gas yearly. And low J 1 r N. this, high go Frt V Sir Harry Lauder On Recovery Road STRATHAVEN. Scotland, Nov. 20-P)-Sir Harry Lauder sat ud in his bedroom today exactly three months after it was announced he was critically ill with a blood clot in his right leg and a kidney ail ment ' His physician. Dr. John Stew art, is now confident the 79-year-old comedian will recover, j Lauder is cheery. Jokes with his physicians and Is enjoying his pipe again. Strike Thins Truck Travel On Ohio Road CLEVELAND, Nov. 20 Truck traffic on Ohio highways thinned out today. The AFL Teamsters union started a strike of some 8,000 workers employed by Ohio firms in long-distance trucking. Because of reduced week-end Operations, the walkout called lajfct midnight will not have full eff until tomorrow and perhaps la For the first few hours of strike several terminals dispa ed vehicles as usuaL No picket ing was reported. The AFL Ohio highway drivers council ! and the Ohio over-the-road employers' association set up headquarters in the same down town Cleveland hotel (Carter) to plan strike strategy. Representatives of these two groups had negotiated here from last Tuesday until a stalemate yesterday afternoon. Then the union called the strike it origin ally set for last Thursday. The union is asking 25-cent hourly pay hikes, company con tributions of one dollar a week for each employe to a health and welfare fund, and changes in working conditions. Snow Sifts into Lakes Region CHICAGO, Nov. 20-iP-Light snow sifted into the eastern Da kotas and most of the Great Lakes region today. There was sain In parts of northern New England and western New York. Elsewhere, much of the nation had fair weather. Chilliest morning temperatures were reported in northern Min nesota, with the low reading, 14 degrees, at Duluth. It was warm in most of the south from coast to coast. Thanksgiving Dance & Show Glenwood Ballroom Thur. Nov. 24th Glen Woodry Presents lift I'IN PERSON NAPPY I AUADC AND THE BOB CATS. It ATI IvIMr The Greatest Nomtt In m t : Irs Htr to Stay Becow ffs HAPPY M0S1C1 iff als4 true thai sveh everyday prices art availabla only IIM.K. Thera aral really several raasons for bvt hare is a coup! of mm main ones. (1) Wo have just reduced our mark upl and (2) Wo aro out of the rent district, whkh moans our overhead Is cut to a bar minimum. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? It moans that you can buy superior quality furniture everyday of the week at considerable saving . . . com over this evening and let us show you how far a few dollars will on a "big furniture bill. Open Every Evening Til 9 P. M. Parking O Free Delivery Republicans to RipFormaKties FromKickoff WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -WV Republicans set out today to fire party spirit for 1950 with huge fried chicken box supper stripped of formalities. While ,the democrats have hired a ballroom in the swank Waldorf- Astoria hotel in New York for a $100-a-plate dinner as a fund- raising Kickoif tor the coming elections, uop leaders announced plans for a $1 or "bring your own" supper In Uline arena here. The democratic dinner will be held December 2. Vice President Barkley will make the principal speech and his new bride will be an added attraction. The an nounced goal is $500,000 for the next campaign. But, the GOP said today it!s going to be no stiff-shirt affair for them this time. Their Lincoln day box supper February 6 has been tuned to recent pleadings of some oi tneir leaders that the "Grand Old Party" direct mote appeal to tne "average guy. They're making lt a big show ror tne utu man. Instead of a col lection for the campaign. GOP National Chairman Guv Gabrielson today appealed to party members over the country to help make it a demonstration of party spirit" for the congressional campaign. Last Day! "Abbott Coatetl Meet the Killer" o "Fighting Man f . The Plains" TOMORROW I 2 Top Hits! jl TWCOtO Barry Fitzgerald Shirley Tempi and KAZAN" v? Nw BWwtag - Opea f :$ 8een4 Rig Feature a car-net cjw inoa l(lMMiJlMj'UJlkm tamURfllBAtTSIS. JtonBX 1 . i.i 1 N.- Ilit! I 2 EEABISQJIT wmi RldcrooIL Oro. . Opoa Wednoaday night Nov. 23, 1949 Under New Management Dcmdnj 9 to 12 pan. Couplet onir f Dance every Saturday night f Wed. Nile, Nov. 23rd crystal ismwi Come and Enjoy an Evening f of Dancing I,, i Old Time and Modern Lady A stortd 1 i i Get Flagpole o f Month Award 1 i I ' The motion picture industry coun cil toaay acceptea Lady Nancy Astor as Its first candidate for its new Flagpole of the Month award. ine councu, representing 30,000 persons in the film industry, stated that Lady Astor was nominated by Hollywood elamor rirls. ront targets of her criticism. I "We are awfully tired M people who use attacks on Hollywood . . . as a device for setting thir nnmM into the papers," a council spokes man explained. "Flagpole sitting has been the most obvious resort" of the publicity seeker f and we can think of no better reward . . , than to give them their Own flag pole to sit on." i j The spokesman said the flag poles will come in various from toe toothpick variety for people with midget minds to the five-foot economy size for people wiiu can 1 nana mgn jviaces. Cary Grant Ann Sheridan "I Was A Male I War Bride" o j William Eythe Laura Ellict f "Special Agenrl tfaMassv jsWHI jaWsW- O Mat Daily From 1 FJt O I i NOW! CHILLING! Opens :45 F3L O Nowl New ThrilUI nuum 1 ELLIOTT 4 rasT Kmc co-ran o LOIS HALt Kw! Opens 1:45 TM. Ear MlUanA , Teresa Wright "Imperfect Udy" ji ' Eaymnd Maaaer r'-' -The Invaders JI NOW SHOWING! ll Starts at 6:4 TM. Ill aiMMi
