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Newspaper Page Textu r- -i' VAt .1 v-irwiTftt 3,lrx3 99 B)eath& Inaugurate; : New Year's Week' End By thm Associated Pna ". ; " :: . The live of fift, persons raa oat with the old yew as accident marred the nation! holiday week end. : From 6 pan. (local time) Friday through Saturday evening, 35 persons died in traffic crashes, 21 in fires and 23 more in miscellan . eous accidents, : ":,? ; ... ?' ; ' 4 . J ; ; :. -i i ', Among the lire victims were three little girls of 'one family who were trapped upstairs in inetr Woodstown, N. 3H home by an oil stove explosion. A flaming ,stair ease prevented their mother from saving them. " ." '.; Last week end, over the three day Christmas holiday, 580 persons died in violent accidents, 413 In traffic tragedies. ? - The national safety council has nredicted a toll of 330 traffic vic tims over the New ' Year's week nd.The prediction "exceeds last year's total New Year's accidental toll, but the 1949 holiday was only a two-day affair-and 309 persons died celebrating it, 207 in traffic mishaps. E . ; ; y Jobless Pay Sets Postwar Record in '49 A postwar Record of unemploy ment compensation payments' in Oreeon was established in - 1949, .due largely-to all-time high Dec ember payments that were higher than for Decembers of, the -past .thre years combined. The rear's total was $19,367,806, or 16 oer cent above Gie previous high in 1M6V December's fieure was $2.74WT4. higher than Nov ember's by '41.8 Descent. 1 jniv niner monthly iixure was the S2.855.1ia oaid In March, 1946, shortly after the close of the war, Although readjustment allow ance to unemployed veterans un der the OI bill of rights declined . greatly during" the oast four, mon ths dropping to $69,807 for Dec i ember the vesVsdisbursements . reacneo. sy,ozi,sz. i ms Drougni the combined 'total .of payments ; to veterans and civilians in- Ore . gem during 1949 to $26,389,788 comoared to $25,269,252 for 1946. ' . State checks went to 32.383 cov- ered workers during the last week f the year only 19 per nf1 under last winters peak of 40,257 ' rearhed in late February, , Since the start of the benefit year last July, 93,000 persons have filed claims as compared with .83,929 a- year ago. During . the 1948-49 benefit year claimants numbered 101,000, and officials ; expect that figure to be passed . during the next .30 days. About i 390.000 covered workers had fsuf- ficient wage credit during 1948 to qualify for benefits during the present, year. ' . Nearly 7000 claimants already ' have exhausted their benefit rights and can draw no further 'cbmpen i aation until after the next benefit , year starts July I, 1950. Fxhaus V tions during 1948-49 exceeded 20, , A00 and may be much higher in . 1949-50. :: ... Rhodes Scholars Prove Successful J)ENVER-(rNS)-What happens t Rhodes scholars after they leave Oxford? i c Apparently everything good at least that's the conclusion of Col orado university officials who checked into the lives of 13 Rhodes scholars who had attended Oxford from Colorado university.- . .. Of the 13 students surveyed, two are business executives, twb are writers, three are lawyers. Four became educators, one chose med icine, another Is , an ambassador and two still are attending the ed ucational institution In England. Among the famous group Is a brother combination. Dr. Clayton Sam White and Byron (Whlzzer) White. Both won laurels In foot ball and basketball at CU. Both ' were president of the associated students and. members of Phi Beta Kappa.' . -v : i. , George Should Try Writing Headlines TORRANCR CaUL-CfPV-How to abbreviate names like Paseo dela Estrella, Calle de Anda Lucia or Via Monte D'OreJ That's the prob lem I facing City 'Manager George Stevens who plans to install street' signs in the suburbs. . Stevens figures the signs should be no more than two 'feet long with letters at least six Inches high and proportionately wide. That only leaves jroom for 12 to IS let ters. . - : , Spscid Diss COLE'S - 4133 Portland Read Open S PJL Week Days OPEN NEW YEASS DAY AT NOON SOUP SALAD Crispy Fried Chkkea FrracJi Fries - ROLL .Deseeij-Drink . ... V &cvO it!rO 'jri.!?: dT If - ; World Greets New e in Usual Manner By The Associated Press . ; A - world troubled by its past but hopeful of its future welcom-J ea in the new year today with cork-popping revelry, song and prayers. - ;!.'. , -From Tunes Square to Red Square, and all around the world, men and women gathered to greet the dawn of 1950 in the tradl tional ways they have known since childhood. -1 f Frenzied revelers roared out the old year! - and ; toasted in the new in Jbefs and night-spots, in! hotels and honky-tonks and 1 on the bustling ! sidewalks of great cities and small towns. Other millions, somberly mind ful of the strife-torn , -forties.' knelt in prayer to ask ' that, the new decade shepherd all nations along the pathway to everlasting peace and good will among men. Majuiattaji Thren - New Yorkers tossed) ihelr usual raucous greeting to the new year.' Gay throngs swarmed into Man hattan to take iip the traditional New Year's eve watch in Times Square. Policemen were on hand to keep the crowd, in line. ;' v t Gotham's night clubs did a bustling business. . In the tonier night sixU and ' supper clubs, celebratoH paid out $25 each for food, , entertainment, treats and the privilege of howling in young 1950. The liquor -was extra. Hish Prlefea The less sumptuous clubscharg ed from $70 up fori dinner and a funny hat i There .were the usual gags. -; : One club set up afold-fashion-ed milk wagon in a nearby park ing lot. Its function Was to serve beakers of cool milkj to uhwary tipplers, then haul them home to bed if necessary. .' !:- ' Another set up a special "reso lutions" table, for patrons. There they could write out ! their New Year's resolutions - In. invisible ink. -. :nl - In Atlanta, bight clubs planned a double celebration, df the , holi day, last night and again Monday night. They sold out Jn advance at from, $10 to $10 cOver, charge per couple. .JL I31J0 Special ': i Bollywood's film colony and Its lesser notables, shot the works at the Cocoanut Grove of the Am bassador hotel, , at Ciro's, I the Mocambo, the Butmore Bowl and other 'top spots. The Cocoanut Grove broke out a sOup-to-nuts special at 331.80 per person. The special included -all taxes and drinks with wine for each course, cordial or brandy after dinner, and ma many cocktails as, the guest could toss ddwr. - Chicago and all the other cities whooped it up too. Night club prices in the Loop City were about the same or perhaps slightly low er than last I year. They ranged from about $18.50 per - person downward, with the drinks extra. Sitter Fee Klses ' ; v Chicago's baby sitter fees show ed a , sharp rise, however. The costs ranged : from 75 cents an hour before midnight and $1 af terward to flat $15 for the night Across the world in Moscow, Russians celebrated one of their gayest nights of all the year. Not only do they welcome ins the year at , midnight but 'Grandfather Frost brings presents! to the children, and parents and friends exchange gifts with each other. Russian women blossoined out In their finest gowns. Parties were held in all. of Moscow's downtown restaurants and hotels. The-city'a foreign, colony gather ed at Spasso House, residence 'of U. S. Ambassador Alan G. . Kirk, for a New Year's party given by the American colony. For four days before the party, the am bassador .kept the evening's punch brewing in his bathtub. In (jk New 4 Year's I eve act of clemency, -' Yugoslavia granted freedom to' 7304 prisoners, most of - whom were serving terms on political charges. ! i Now People See 'ling Spiders'; PASADENA, CaliL,-, - W-Re-member the flying saucers? Well now its flying webs. j Residentof suburban Los Altos reported recently that the sky was laced with silvery strands which seemed to disappear as they neared earth. ; . , A housewife came trp with the probable answer -p' spider webs. Thai webs, the .said, were spun by tiny spiders which floated with them on the wind like balloonists. And they didn't disappear near the ground. They merely became hard er to see. '.-..-, .. . SPECIAL1 NEW YEAR'S DINNER From 2:00 to 9;30 P. M. ' '- . .... - . '! . .... .. AMERICAN LEGION LeriaBjdrc. AmXfUary " 1 i Members and Their Gaesta Decad Xzbil 2in6lJ weauicr luciiu Varied Across U. S. on Holid By The Associated Press A well - mixed New Year's weather cocktail was - served up for the' nation's holiday by the weatherman snow, cold, rain, dry. mild, warm. i ' About the only areas in the country where holiday . celebra tions will be chilled Sunday are the northern Rockies and the Min nesota-Montana Dakotas regions. the .weather bureau at Chicago forecast There is, a prediction of colder and snow flumes lor tne Minnesota-Montana-Dakotas area. A wet holiday Was forecast over a band of states Including parts of Oklahoma and Texas, : thence northward through Missouri, east ern Kansas, around tne threat Lakes and in the Mississippi . val ley, The rain and drizzle will be a continuation of that which fell von the area Saturday.the j bureau MUU. - f. ' New England, which had .cold weather in its northern! -section Saturday, was expected o warm up a bit Sunday. Mild weather al so is in store for the east coast, midwest southeast, and southwest Sunday. ... . Some snow or rain was predict ed for scattered areas from NeW England westward to the pakotas along the northern border; Brisk showers splattered down on Miami Saturday and dampened the annual King Orange Jamboree parade. However, warm ahd sun ny weather was xorecasi iar x ion da generally New Year's day. Sub-zero temperatures reported Saturday included 18 ; below at Havre, Mont, and 14 .below at Minot N. D. . ; " a, , ; r i At Vnrt Tjniderdale. Flal" Rroward coontT official estimated that sixteen Inches of wind-driven rain in the last Tiine days has damaged crops- in the everglades winter vegetable area to fthe ex tent of $1,000,000. .i Daman reoorts were still com ing in as winds up to 45 miles per hour lashed the area Saturday. The Fort Lauderdale city manager said he will ask the city commis sion to meet to speed emergency repair measures if the rains con tinue. I 4 mmamammKam Parental Blame For Albany ALBANY, Dec. 31 Parents will be .held responsible for the misbehavior of their children un der an ordinance approved by Al bany city council. . ! The new law, aimed at. curbing Juvenile ; delinquency,' provides penalties for parents ranging from $1 to $250. in fines, sentences up to 50 days in the city jail or both. The ordinance applies to parents whose children are .judged delin quent or "dependent." It was ap proved unanimously by the coun cil after Police Chief Kaymond Maddy dtied several recent cases in which parents of children ap prehended for violations had be come abusive with omcerx. The new law does not alter the existing curlew law, which, pro hibits minors from roaming city streets after 10 jn. unless ac companied by their parents. 4 In other action, the council el ected Frank Dooley to fill the un expired term of S. W. Larsen, sec ond Ward councilman who resign ed because of ill health. Dooley will be sworn In ; at the first meeting In January.- 1 ' '' ' .'' .-.---vf - -':.-:: Woniah Physician Boosts Psychiatry DAYTONA BEACH, Tla.-(-Dr. Josie Rogers, a practicing physician for 42 years and prob- ably the first woanan mayor in the country, says we would have been a better race If we had had mpre psychiatry 40 years ago." Theretought to be more prac ticed now." she says.1; : Tall, quiet,! straight as an arrow and with her white hair worn in a shingle bob, Dr. i Rogers still practices by appointment although her niece, Dr. Ruth Rogers, has taken over most of her active practice. She j was mayor of Day tona in the early 1930s. V r l: Pay Raises Curbed For City Employes t ' CHXCAGO-(AVThere has been a slowdown in pay raises for. peo ple on city payrolls: - I The International City Managers association and the Civil Service assembly made a study of pay rates in ioo cities, and reported: . "J! ewer cities gave pay raises during the first six months of 1049 than during similar periods in 1947 and 1948. Forty per cent of the! 100 reporting cities raised pay rates during the first half of 1949 com pared with 47 and 61 per cent for the first hall ot 1947 and 1948 respectively." ; -- j1 Law Approved LET'S HAVE DINNER ON NEW YEARS DAY AT - y Chuck's Steafe louse BAUD VCGCOA ILUI COAST K&S T223 OF IHT. AU JUS - ;:i &tPA!f rOD ' 1 D3J(S0U1 rrrnmn STEAKS tlta Pacfiand Sd. 'ir 4. f 1 s k.W:fctil FRENCH P R Y Z E BABIES-jea Pal Some (left). 33 months, held by Jacques Marinelll. cyclist, and Patricia Claude. 30 months, held by Line Renaad. sinrer, won Faris's most beaatifol baby contest ever 500 entraaU from all ever France. .. " - . ii . - ! ...) - y . ' zr '.r - - - .... v. -v... -v...;- ..... ' ; - ''! .; ' : ' i ' " J : -I " r- 1 s . : jy.' '.:' -:'.V:'-.;':'.t- ' - . ' ,.,...- '''" '" '','. ,'1f. . . . t ' ' ' . a- v' sV . i - 'v. .. , .. . Li-. $ N O W BO UND CYCLES - An ah-night anowfan eaagkt students of Smith College. Northampton, tfass by surprise as they arose te find some ef the 1,434 campus bicycles boried. . X-2 Plane Aims At 2,500 mpV Speed limit BUFFALO. N. Y Dec. 31 -UP)- The Buffalo Courier-Express said tonight that the Bell Aircraft Corp oration's, new rocket airplane, the X-2, was designed fot speeds, of 2,200 to 2,500 miles an hour. Leonard. G. Feldman, managing editor of the morning, newspaper. said'in his weekly business column that the X-2 would carry consid erably more fuel than the' Bell X-l, which was the first plane to achieve supersonic speed. The X-2 has been announced by the air forces, but has yeUto be delivered.; Bell also Is working on a still more advanced rocket plane, which has been designated the X-5, Feld man said. - "The X-5 is a super'secret," he declared, "but we presume it will be an improvement on . the X-2, If that's -possible." Feldman said "we wouldn't be a bit surprised if the Bell X-2 might be able to: climb to 100,000 feet m something like 60 seconds at speed of about : 2,000 miles per hour." Bell officials declined to discuss the report. ... t 1 Reprieves Blasted -By, British Judge,, LONDON -WV A high court Justice says British Judges have been deprived of the power to fix the final sentence in many mur der cases. -" "In almost every case of a mur der which Is not premeditated the home secretary grants a reprieve,' Sir Alfred Denning, lord justice of appeal, told a commission. - The sentence of death pro nounced by the court Is a useless anachronism. The function of the Judge to assess the sentence in public is being exercised by some Unknown person in private '-- by the home secretary or his advis ers." - . ir Alfred said the reason is that courts and doctors apply dif ferent rules in determining: whe ther a killer Is sane. . . . Ph. 9 3 f v- f. ,, lb. Drunk i two area drivers raced charges of driving while intoxicated in the new year following their arrests I CBtiita. l rrV. Carl Monroe worthington. Sa lem route 9, box 532, was held in the Marion county jail in lieu, of $350 bay after he had been ar rested by state police on' highway KaE north of Salem. In the city Jail in lieu of $250 bail was Raymond Louis Hall, Sil verton. He was arrested at Silver- ton road and Lena avenue by city ponce. . : . Night Qub Plkns 'Ringside Seats9 For All Patrons DETROIT, (INS) The nlghti clubber, who unfortunately gets i table behind a post may soon for get the problem of trying to see the uoor- show. i . A Detroit night club now is ex per imen ting with an idea that will make every seat in the club a ring side seat. Lister Gruber. owner of uerroirs Lonaon taop House, re ports - the . revolutionary - Innova tion, .known as .the "Television Closeup," system, will be installed in his club about the first of the year. . I . . j The new television system was conceived and planned by Com' poser-conducter Rajrmond Scott Television screens will! bring doseups of the performers to every table in the night club including those behind posts. (2 ruber also explained the sys tem can be used for audience par ticipation show , with the custo mers seeing themselves via tele vision screen. SALVAGING B&ICKS WASHINGTON UP- Officials estimate about 500,000 old bricks will be removed in rebuilding' the White .House, but many of them will be put back. The bricks are slightly larger than today's stan oanx size. .: nvinfir Gharffes Made TIrtd of Cookin' . of washin' Dithts than iff iimt you tried our . . IIEV7 YEAR'S DAY DIUIIED! . MONDAY CHlclien Dhser cr THE SNACK SHOP 17th Big1Ben jRSigs Out car in GreafcBritain B John Roderick ' LONTK)N. New Year's Dav. Jan. 1-Zi?3)-. Big Ben's throaty roar atoo Britain's parliament rati out the old year as Eurooe's millions mo- mentarilT nut aside their troubles to welcome 950. r Across the continent, stiU ztrue; eli tr roro back f after the world's roost destructive war. an4 throughout the British Isles, there were colorful celebrations. .. ; , ' In most of Eurooe there were reasons for. hanpiness. Bumper ctods and a eradual economic re covery held out the nromise or . M I Jl ... mTe nra ana jess lqjwiessi i In Paris, fashionable night clubs t th Chswu Klvsee entertained year-end - diners : Hi 12,000 - francs (about $36 a head; chamoarne in cluded. Along the Left Bank. Parisians met in Bistros' to dance to accordion music nd eat and drink less expensively.' . -V Nylons U Steaks h Beleium's shops showed every thin? from nylons to inch-thick rtgaks. Rationing was - an . 18- month-old . memory,-; but ? prices werehigh.,v - . 'u- Evert in strictly-rationed Bri tain, things were looking up a bit after one of the brightest Christ maes in years. There was still the pan of the east-west cold war, however, add the east mixed its pleasure with political onrases. , . ; . Same Old Stand The ruling east German Social5 1st Unity (communist) party fa' sued -a New Year's proclamation reiterating all the antv-imperial 1st, anti-western and pro-RuS' sian arguments of the year. - A review of -the year's political events in Germany was used- to express "deep gratitude to the wise statesman Marshal. Stalin and his support of east Germany" and to denounce the western oc cupation powers as ."enemies of the German people. Throughout Berlin, thousands drank toasts and ; munched the traditional pf annkuchen enorm oos. jellied doushnuts. - . Pf annkuchen was on kale on the normally bare shelves of east Berlin shops, but that was made possible by a special government allotment of flour There was one catch: buyers had - to donate fat and sugar equivalent to their pur chases. ..-!-. :' He'll TeacMHiat He Doesn't Know - :.-:"-h I, , ' SYDNEY, Australia-VProfes sor Kenneth Pike, professor of lan guages . and 1 anthropology : at the University of Michigan recently arrived in Australia to give les sons: in a language he cannot speak and which his pupils cannot under stand. K; '-' ' The cprofessor- has' stjfHed a school at Berwick, Victoria, where Australian students can study aboriginal dialects. He said: I am teaching the technique of putting a language which has never been written into alphabet forms so that a . man can learn it" Pupils will be missionaries and I others who want to learn Australian aborigin al tongues. v i AIR STRIKE IN ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 31 -JP) Panamerican World Airways said lonignt a stnxe or airport workers had been called for. tomorrow and all flights Into and, out of Argen tina had , been cancelled. Pan american said ground - workers, clerks and other similar employes were demanding Increased pay. Starts Today - CenL 1:45 - Double Holiday Pregram and. IXXl torn . WU1AK reason AT Center Ai!itr UIu I -4. 1 i A V .v. - ... .... ; QUEEKVOF ECYPT Marie Soary smOes after her election In Caire as, "Club Qneea ef Egypt ever scores ef entrants from social and sporting clubs . ef the nation, Ambushers , SlioofGambler In Dallas, Tex. DALLAS, Texas, Dec 81 MJPh Shotgun-rmed ambushers tonight tried to kill Herbert Noble, self styled retired gambler and a cen tral figure in Dallas gang warfare1 that has taken two lives recenuy. Noble was blasted as he stepped onto the front porch of bis home here, " . i , -' One charge of buckshot fractur ed his left hip ana anotner tore into his left arm.. Heell back wards Inside the house to escape further injury. . -. Noble 'told his daughter, Miss Frieda Noble that his attacxers were parked in front of the house in a new car equipped Vith a spot ughL , :. Noble was shot exactly one week after the ambush slaying of a Dallas underworld leader, Lois Green, at a night club here. ; Green had been Questioned in the death of Noble's wife a month earlier. Mrs. Noble was killed by a bomb planted in her husband's car and evidently intended for him. - ,- Tonight is the fourth time Noble has. been wounded by unidejiJiied attackers. ' . , .- -.i;" Phone Strike Postponed ST. LOUIS; Dee. 31HTV-A threatened New Year's day strike against the Southwestern Bell Telephone company was postpon ed today for 15 days The action came after Gov For rest Smith of Missouri appealed to the -union for such a delay in the hope a satisfactory settlement can be made in the meanwhile." Ttm tmtnn division 20 ef tK CIO Communication Workers of Amer ica, previously had postponed the walkout '10 days. The new deaa- i t j ; i a . unm was mi an .gut huaxiw Hew Year To All! IbL Dlr frraa t'PA. Nawl Ttiritlil ' 52S7h Fun Co-HiH Coat, freml pjn.! Now! First Salem ' Showins! First Kua Ce-mU EUSSELL HAYDHi CAROL TBUKSTON "ilpitha Cil:i" ' New! Cani. .zrraa 1 Rlchanl Wldraark Down to Sea In Ships" v O ' Mark Stevens 1 ' -$aor Color - I A75WI 1 EutlieraFlan TweKthglit Rites Friday Burnin of ChrtsrmBK trees. singing; of carols' and ft social hour will comprise the. 'second annual MarkLutheran JurcKon; Jrlday, wtuj we puduc myiHKi, The idav.- 1cn Vmnm m phany, commemorates the arrival ;' ot we i wise men yio present gifti ra cnnsi at uethiehem. It Is wide ly celebrated in Euronean rnfm. : tries. - "':: v . ..; Participants will meet at 7:30 p. : m. Friday at the L J. Stewart nlace. iine-auarter - mil act nt Four Corners oh State street, to Durn- ineir evergreens in an open field. After sineinr of umli thv ...111 4a .Ka - - - - ' . 8:43 p.inv for recreation and re freshments. . ; , . , Persons who eatmot attni1 th program may leave their trees at we ! cnurcn: accoramff to Oscar LiudahL . Sunday , school' superin tendent, in charge of the event. Assisting are Mark Gehlhar, en tertainment; Dr. Mark Getzen i daner. ringing; Mrs. LiudahL re- " freshments. ; . i IdaialiElBert Funeral 'serviceji will be held Tuesday, at 1:30 pin. in Clough-f Barrick chapel for Isaiah Elbert, resident of the Salem area for the past kl years, who died Saturday morning following a long illness; Interment will be in Belcrest Me, mortal ; park, f,,. j- . Born in Ontario; Canada, Nor. 2Sr 1866,. Elbert came to the Unit , ed States - in, 1890, The family moved to Salem from Santa Pnn. Califc, 4T years ago. Elbert' had Deen a ianner in i'out county lor many years. ivJ; ::;.r4 ; " ' Surviving anes4wo, sons; Harold Elbert, Salem, and George Elbert, Portland: a sister,! Mrs, Mary La cheUe, Salem, od a granddaugh ter, Sharon Elbert, Salem. : The first lighthouse built by the federal goverment was put up In 1781 on the tip of Cape Henry, Va, ' and served 80 years. j Vcnier Bros.Thedtrcx extend HOLIDAY GREETINGS Come as! late tonight 9:90 te see both regulai feature AND PEEVIEW PICTURE! I AUat Regular Prices! J Cotnedjr Kayo from. ,fi Warner f n Bros! j I f If :eS1HffiEfBBia Cempanloa Ulti . - Michael O'Shea i Virginia Grey i TK1 THREATS i pogs Banny - News laTW I. ill' i i r- jiia jti JkOGDNlTB SIIOW TONIGHT! Came as Late as lt:Ct . te see both featnresl ll A1AM ' Donna Ee- . . ' Chlcto' Deadline1 v-..i --... - ,-1 and -, ; t Yvonne DeKrla ' - : : -' "The Gal .Wha-'r Teak the VTest" Color r TeehnieoUa Jandrf 1 ii f : V Vy 0 a it a e i.