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Watson Engineered Hospital
Break, Pal Tells Policemen
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Robert Melvin Burr, recaptured convict who escaped from the
t criminal insane ward of the Oregon state hospital here last month,
blamed most of the plans for the escape on his pal, Marlon Watson,
still at large. -... . ... j i il .'
Burr was arrested at San Diego, Calif., recently and returned to
Salem Wednesday by Marion County
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Sheriff Young-said Burr told him
that Watson engineered the De
cember 'J break and that it was
Watsbn's idea to choke guards Ed
Rollins and Thomas Smith In their
esfaoe from the hospital. Neither
Rdllins nor Smith was injured.
Bwrr admitted he feigned insan
ity in order to be transferred to
the hospital from the state prison,
where he was an inmate. "Watson
sent word for me to come over,'?
Sheriff Young" quoted Burr as say
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They abandoned their escape car
Dr. Charles E. Bates, state hot
pital superintendent, has requested
that Burr be returned to the state
prison, not the state hospital where
he was under observation at the
time of his escape.'
near the California-Oregon state
line, said Burr, and hitch-hiked a
ride to San Diego on a truckload
of Christmas trees. j !
. At one point in California, Bun
went to a farmhouse and was giv
en food and clothing by the house
wife after telling her a -hard me
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story," according to his account
the esciDC. "-"""i
' - Rtirr nd Watson made their wa:
south to Tijuana, Mexico, wtaeri
they dyed their hair Jet black "to
lok like Mexicans." Soon they
parted company, however, and
Burr returned UH5an Diego.
t Burr told the sheriff he believes
I '.Watson -headed for El Paso, Tex,
; 'with 'a girL V .' .!
" Burr and rWatson had taken
flight together earlier last J yea
from the state hospital. Then Burr
had been an attendant Records
.show they assaulted an Oregon
,; City motel keeper, stole a car and
were subsequently captured in Los
'Angeles. , : i j
," Aa a result Burr received a state
prison'sentence and Watson was
1 recommitted to the state hospital
. from which both, fled again De
cember 2 after overpowering two
attendants.
-Courthouse
Tree Loses f
Yulq Lighting
- The giant evergreen on the Ma
rion county courthouse lawn stands
- bare this morning, stripped of its
' lights that glowed for perhaps the
. htnt time during the recent holiday
- season. ,
The lights were removed Wed--
. nesday and Salem's Cherrians have
. Indicated that growth of the tree
'has made the stringing task so
difficult It may not, be repeated.
The courthouse planning com-J
' ever whether the proposed new
building would necessitate removal
of the tree. Architect Pletro Bellus
, ehl said it would depend on wheth
-er the building were set in the
' exact center -of the block, but In
dlcated the tree probably would
: have to go. - :;,r- ,.;,,!
NEW FOLIO CASES LISTED
PORTLAND, Jan. 4 -The
state board ef health reported to-
day two new eases of poliomyelitis
' were reported during the week
. ending Dec. 31. There was - one
eaae of diphtheria in Yamhill
county and one of undulant fever
. hi Morrow county, h
t SET POWER RECORD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-P-The
- bureau of reclamation, power gi
. ant of the vest, set a new hydro
i - power output record of 19,000,000
. - 600 kilowatt hours in 1949, Interior
-I Secretary Chapman said today. 1
What's there to stop you from having
a long lunch hour? Nothing we can
think of at NOHLGREN'S new
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For Senators
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 -UPl-
Senator Connally (D-Tex) dis
closed today that i Secretary of
State Acheson will give the sen
ate foreign relations committee a
review of the international situa
tion next Tuesday. J
Acheson Is expected to deal par
ticularly with administration' pol
io concerning Formosa and the
Chinese communists, which is
drawing angry criticism from some
republicans. - -1 ' "i ' i .
Connally, chairman of the sen
ate committee, made the announ
cement shortly after two GOP
senators, Knowland of California
and Smith of New Jeasey. demand
ed that the state department out
line its far east policy. The de
partment is reported to have in
formed Its officials overseas that
the loss of Formosa to the Chinese
communists ia inevitable, I
Formosa, an Island lying 100
miles off the red-occupied China
coast, is the. last stronghold of
Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek's national
ist Chinese government. - A com
munist attempt to win the island
is expected. ; -j-n .i
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Aired Over j
Formosa Value
TOKYO. Jan. 4-Vft-A respon
sible source today said the mili
tary command here disagrees with
a state department memorandum
Dec 23' advising its! spokesmen
abroad to clay down Formosa's
strategic value. .y .-..I ,
Ke predicted a final decision on
U. S. pqJicy toward Formosa will
emerge; from a visit of the Joint
chiefs of staff to Japan next month.
General MacArthur; la reported
to lay considerable emphasis on
Formosa as a part of! the defense
arch in the Pacific, j i j '
Other sources said this view Is
expected to be stressed by Mac
Arthur and bis key,' officers when
the chiefs of stiff arrive.
Reliable informants said the state
department memorandum told Its
representatives the fall of Formosa,
nationalist redoubt 100 miles off
I the southeast ChtoanEoaaV could be
i expected. rv . i .
I The statement was said to be in
a confidential guidance sheet regu
larly forwarded to foreign outposts.
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Bus Crashes;
Two Persoils Die
LEXINGTON, Kyi Jan. 4-UPh
Two persona , were killed, and at
least 10 injured when a bus carry
ing 20 to 23 personal home from a
prayer meeting left the highway
near here tonight, i
The vehicle skidded from the
rain-swept road into a ditch and
then struck a clump of trees. The
top of the bus was lorn off.
The passengers were returning
to their homes from the services
at the Cane Run Baptist ; church,
i St Joseph hospital here re
ported eight injured were admit
ted. At least two others were tak
en to a hospital at Georgetown. ,
from Bargs
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Majer Gen. Cleawat Blame
(abeve), SZ-yeai-eld veteran eT
both warld wars, haa aeea suuaed
by Prance's Cabinet aa Chief ef
Staff ef Irenes land farces.
Mercy Death
Doctor Faces
Practice Loss
MANCHESTER, N, it, Jan. 4-
(AVDr. Hermann N. Sander, 40,
who must answer tomorrow an In
dictment charging first degree
murder in the mercy death of an
incurable cancer patient, tonight
waa threatened with loss of his
right to practice medicine In New
Hampshire.
Dr. John 5. Wheeler, secretary
of the state board of registration
in medicine, said that group would
meet "within 36 to 48 hours" to
determine whether Dr. Sander's li
cense should be. revoked.
Dr. Wheeler's statement w
made on the eve of Dr. Sander's
appearance in superior court to
answer a charge that he "wilfully,
feloniously and maliciously" in
jected air Into the veins of Mrs.
Abbie Borroto, 59, ten minutes be
fore she died Dec. 4. -
The doctor has admitted the fa
Lai injection, and contended he did
It as "an act of mercy."
Looking haggard and drawn. Dr.
Sander told reporters earner today
that he was temporarily turning
over his practice to physician fri
ends. He added he hadnrt slept in
four nights. -. .
The woman's husband, Reginald
Borroto, a Manchester oil sales
man, supported the young physici
an by describing him to reporters
as "the biggest man I ever knew,"
adding "that explains my feelings
100 per cent.
3-Year-Old
Creates Storm
In Dad's Auto
BURBANK, Calif, Jan. 4 -VPy-Califomia
doesn't have tornadoes.
But it docs have Terry Hupp, three
yeara old. ; i.
Terry went for a ride today In
his daddy's new car. It has an
automatic starter working from the
Ignition switch. Mrs. Hoyle Hupp
told police Terry , apparently took
the key from her purse. Inserting
in carefully, he stood on tha gas
pedal.
In the next few moments. Terry
and the car ran over a bicycle,
damaged an auto ; trailer, knocked
down a couple of small trees, tore
up a flower garden, and ripped
out two lengths of fence, one for
100 feet. )
1 When it wss all over, there was
Terry, unhurt, in the back seat
He couldn't tell how be got there.
But the ear ditfh't fare so well, and
one neighbor, Mrs. Mamie Collins,
required treatment for shock.
Sale of Power
Stock Reported
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' NEW YORK; Jan. 4 -()- , The
American Power & Light Co. an
nounced tonight that it is selling
all the common stock of Pacific
Power & light C6. , ?
B. J. Van Ingen u Co, and a
group of Individuals and Invest
ment bankers are tha purchasers.
They have agreed to pay an Initial
$10,000,000 and an added sum con
tingent upon thew sale of certain
Pacific Power properties,
o The total sale price is not to ex
ceed $11,300,000. !
The P. P. I serves part of
Portland, Ore, and areas in north
ern Oregon and southern Wash
ington, including Yakima and
Walla Walla, j
"Leghorn hats are named after
the Italian port of Leghorn thro
ugh which they art shipped. But
the hats actually are produced in
riesole, a suburb of inland Flor
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Birig Atfds S20,00()
To Gonzaga Fund
SPOKANE, Jan. 4-W-Crooner
Bing Crosby today added $20,000
to a fund he set up for the pro
posed' "Crosby Memorial Library"
at Gonzaga university, bis alma
mater. - ; i
He opened the fund with $80,000
last March. The library will cost
about $500,000. Crosby attended
Gonzaga high school and was a
member of the university class of
1924.
' Library plans call for a fCros
byana room" which will contain
copies of all Crosby records, mo
tion pictures and., trophies.
Invasion Craft
Mass for Move
On Formosa
TAIPEH. Formosa. Jan. 4 -WV
Nationalist naval sources today
asserted China's communists with
Russian help were massing ships
for the Invasion of Formosa.
The sources also said units of
the Soviet Asiatic fleet recently
arrived at DaireC Twenty Russian
submarines were reported based
at that Russian-held port in Man
churia. (The arrival of Russian war
ships at Dairen is not unusual.
Dairen Is ice free. That makes it
a good harbor In winter. Russian
warships have been reported
berthed there in winter in the
past Apparently it is the timing
which has the nationalist navy ju
terv.l The navy sources predicted the
invasion of Formosa would come
from such northern ports as Dair
en and Tsingtao rather than di
rectly across the 100 miles of the
Formosa strait.
Thev said Chinese communists
recently bousht 20 British tank
landing ships at Hong Kong along
with numerous motor boats.
(These nresumably would be
used for south China operations.
They could hardly be moved to
nortn China past tne Jianonanst
sea blockade.
(Ia the north, the communists
have a few Nationalist warships
that deserted. They are said 't be
feverishly building landing craft.
They also have Junk flotillas and
a few captured Nationalist ships.)
Authorities believe Formosa will
be invaded , after the reds seize
Hainan island, off the south China
coast, Hainan's hour may be near.
TOKYO,, Thursday, Jan. S-JPh
The Chinese communist navy was
reported by the red Peiping radio
today to have dedicated itself to
the "glorious task of 1950 the li
beration of Taiwan (Formosa).
The red broadcast monitored
here said this pledge was in the
first issue of the "Peoples Navy,"
organ of ''the red navy In east
China. . ..
British Columbia
Awaits New Blast j
Of Winter Storm
VANCOUVER, Jan. 4 (CP
Sbivering, snow-covered British
Columbia had one small consola
tion today as still another bliz
zard roared down from the sub
arctic it might brinf higher tem
peratures. Tha weatherman predicted
more snow, to add to the fall
which already has broken a 12
year record for the lower main
land. The storm, predicted to
reach here at midnight, might last
for 12 hours.
In the lower mainland, 2,000
mill workers are out of work after
ice forced more than a dozen
mills to close down. In the same
area and on Vancouver Island,
dozens of schools are dosed.
More than 6,000 loggers are
still here following Christmas holi
days, ! unable to return to snow
bound camps.
IRISH MUST WAIT
NORMAN, Okla Jan. 4 -M
Coach Bud Wilkinson of the Uni
versiry of Oklahoma said tonight
it will be Impossible for Oklahoma
and Notre Dame to arrange a
football series until 1952. Wilkin
son arrived by train here tram
New
Orleans, where the Sooners
beat
LSU In tha Sugar Bow!
game
strand of glass may be IS
times finer than human hair and
have a greater tensile strength
thanf steal. M:;:; ' -A; ' .
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FINE FOODS
Joe. West Tour Host
P. If. TCI 1A.M.
Public Meet
To Air Taxi
Controversy
Whether the city council should
re-license local taxkab companies
this year will be subject of a pub
lic meeting called Wednesday by
Kenneth Torgeson, president . of
the First Congregational church
men's club.
Torgeson said he had ascertained
that several local groups are in
terested in the pending public is
sue and anxious to give it an air-
uig peiore me it tvuuui
action next week.
The public meeting was called
for 730 p. m. Friday in Salem
Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Taxicab company licenses were
Questioned by the city council last
month after a morals case broke,
involving 11 taxi drivers with a
14-year-old Salem girl. The eoun
cil since has conducted a hearing
on the issue, strengthened the city
taxicab code, revoked nine taxi
drivers' licenses. All three local
cab companies are expected to ap
ply for their annual re-licensing
next Monday at a council meet
ing. Outlining plans for the citizens'
meeting this Friday night, Tor
geson said one purpose was to have
Alderman Walter M us grave pre
sent his views. M us grave told the
council last month be was inclined
to oppose licenses for either Yel
low Cab Co. or Capitol Cab Co.
Torgeson added that the appear
ance of any other aldermen "and
of any views on this important
subject" Will be welcomed at the
public meeting. He said, "I've
found interest In this matter
among members of several church
groups, the League of Women
Voters and on the Willamette
campus.
Prof. Freeman Holmer of Wil
lamette university will preside at
the meeting.
Salem Heights,
Liberty Seek
Fire Chief Bids
The new Liberty-Salem Heights
fire district is in the market for
a fire chief.
Following a mMtln at tha di
rector Wednesdav nieht Harold
A. Rosebraugh, secretary, said the
board would be interested in ap
plications for the voluntary . Job.
' Members decided to o ta Port.
land January 12 to inspect a fire
truck which Is open for bids.
Wednesday's meeting was held
Jointly with the committee that
organized tne tire district. The
board accented -reoorts and in
formation gathered by that body
during tbe period of organization.
Secretary Rosebraugh was in
structed by the board to seek as
sistance from the Salem rxihlic
School " district In obtaining sur
plus art equipment
Market Fire Ups
Eugene 1950 Loss
EUGENE. Jan. 4 -UP. A Are
roared through a downtown food
market today, and boosted Eu
geneV :19S0 fire losses to more
than $100,000.
Today's fire caused between
$30 000 and $50,000 damage to
Irish and Swartz market. It b.
gan In the motor of the deep freeze
unit ana awepr through the base
ment and first floor.
Harold Swartx, proprietor, said
the losses were covered by in
surance. .
HOUSE FTJUC CHECKED
SCLVERTON The Silvarton
Volunteer Fire department check
ed a fire Wednesdav ifbrnnnn t
the Leon Algier home at 490 North
james nreet. Tne Algiers family
suffered a fire a few years ago at
Silverton In which not only their
home was destroyed but also they
lost a small child.
RIGHT HOW!
"THE GREEN PROMISE
Year Biggest Shaw Bargaial
! Ends Tanlght!
MADAME BOVART
the Street
NEW TOMORROW!
- S MIGHTY TREATS -
Anataer GREAT ait freaa
pradaeer af -CHAMTION
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AI.'DTIIE GIHL'
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Irving Flormaa (above), $2
roUsb-bora invented with mora
UuuulM aaleata tef ale credit?
baa been aasned Ambassador to
Bellvia by President Tramaaw
Calm Couple
Catches Thief
PORTLAND.' Jan. 4-P)-James
M. Losey, 28, Portland, was ar
rested on burglary charges today
because a married couple thought
they "shouldn't let a prowler get
away easily.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Shanklin
weren't in the least perturbed
when they returned home early
this rooming to see a man walk
ing out their back door.
They simply invited the man
who explained he'd been hunting
a house number into tha living
room to see if they could help
him. Meanwhile Shanklin noted
the man's car license! and also
discovered that the money he had
had at home was missing.
The man ducked out of the
house before the Shanklins could
carry out their plan to keep him
there while they called police.
But police, notified of the lic
ense number, chased down the
registration and arrested Losey
at bis home a little later. The
Shanklins identified him as their
prowler.
BPA Returns
$2,000,000 to
U.S. Treasury:
PORTLAND. Jan. 4-VThe
Bonneville power administration
announced tonight it was paying
the U. S. treasury $2,000,000 in
surplus revenue in advance of pay
ment schedules.
Tha power agency said tha pay
ment brings total refunds to the
federal treasury to $31,208,000, in
cluding operating expenses and In
terest, on the cost of tha project.
BPA said the advance payments
are about $4,500,000 ahead of
schedule and have advanced the
payoff date ten years, to 1M4.
Total cost of the project was
about $87,900,000 with $59,500,000
repayable from sate of power, BPA
said.
CHURCHES WORK TOGETHER
EL PASO, I1L -W- While tha
Federated church waa being ra
decorated, ita congregation wor
shipped with the Baptists for
three weeks. Then tha Baptists
redecorated their church and at
tended services in the Federated
church when tha job was being
done.
Mai. Daily freaa 1 F. M.
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Conservation Emphasized
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Farm Editor, The Statesman
WALDO HILLS, Jan. 4 Soil conservation should be of top
most interest to the Oregon business and professional man, for as
fertility of the soil vanishes, so does the business. Business profits go
down Just as rapidly as soil depletes.
These were statements made by J. H. Christ, regional conserva
tor of the soil conservation service, as he spoke before more than 139
people at the first annual meeting i
of the Silver Creek Soil conserva
tion -district.. rf jv. i '; jj.-
Christ said that estimates were
that In the next 20 years, the
United States would have 20 mil
lion more mouths to feed. To do
this, ha said we need a
tial increase in cultivated
i He pointed out that
production could be had
proper drainage and
creased production of la
ready In cultivation.
"The real Job of increased pro
duction, by increased acreage and
increased productivity,' Christ
said, "lies with the farmer him
self. Ills he who has to decide the
what, where and when of soil con
servation. The federal government
only lends a technical hand."
The evening opened with a din
ner served by the women of Wal
do Hills community. Proceeds of
the dinner will go toward the In
stallation of a water system at the
club house. H. L. Barnes, presid
ing chairman of the board of sup
ervisors of the soil conservation
district, reported. Barnes intro
duced LeRoy Rue, chairman of
the meeting, who in turn intro
duced the Rev. Ben F. Browning
of Silverton, master of ceremonies.
Harry I Riches, secretary of
the district, in giving the annual
report told that the district was
formed In early 1949, that it con
tains 54,600 acres, which includes
473 farms with a population of
2.080. In the district, farm plans
have been developed with 37 far
mers and started with 18 others.
Leroy Warner, extension soils
specialist, Oregon State college.
told of soil fertility trials being
carried on within the district and
the findings of lack of lime and
potash in much of the area. The
trials will be carried further, War
ner taid, before definite fertiliza
tion recommendations will be
made.
Introduced were Howard Cush-
man, secretary of the Oregon soil
conservation service; Bob Brown,
state assistant conservator; Ron-
aid Elms, district sou conservator;
Leonard Burns In charge of the
Santiam district office; Lief Erlck-
son of the Santiam district: Austin
Sanford of the Silver Creek district
office; and five local supervisors,
Oscar Loe, Soy Brown, victor
Hadley, H. A. Barnes, Verny
Scott, and Mrs. Oswald Johnson,
chairman of the dinner committee.
At a brief business meetinr. Os
car Loe, whose term as super
visor expired, was re-elected at
the recommendation of the nom
inating committee beaded by T. R.
Hobart. i
Musical numbers for the even
ing were furnished by the
Guardsmen's Quartet composed of
Max and Henry Holland, Elmer
Palsnquist and Ed Satrum, and
violin duets by Mrs. Theodore
Riches and John Small with
piano accompaniment by Nadine
SmaU.
tiEAmr ATTACK on
IIIDIGESTIOIJ?
rRAKX EXAVEKSt Most attacks an Jtut aeul
ndlvatUoa. Wbea 11 sttlkM, Uk BU-
Ubkita. Ttmr mmttAm thm Mt aettne
nadlelDM tont f doetoca for tha rhf t
asaxtbita, sas aa4 staular SUtnwf, 9Hy
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Oregon Wheat
Men Fear End
To Exporting
PORTLAND, Jan. 4 -- Wheat
men expressed fear today that the
federal government might be end
ing its wheat export program in
the northwest
The Commodity Credit corpora
tion here has received no shipping
allocation ior January, and CCC
officials said they did not know
If they would receive one.
The CCTC has been buying north
west wheat at the government
support price, and reselling It to
the army for shipment to occupied
areas..
The failure of any allocation to
arrive tor this month was believed
due to tha- army's desire to obtain
wheat at a lower price. The world
wheat agreement price Is $1 JO.
Grain men here thought prob
ably nothing would develop until
after the world wheat council's
meeting at London Jan. 12.
Jessup, -MRcAithuF
To Discus Formosn
YOKOHAMA, Thursday, Jan. 1
W-U. S. Ambassador, Philip C
Jessup said today ha, will discuss
Formosa with General MacArthur.
He would not comment on repot ts
that the state department expects
the island to fall to the Chinese
communists. -: r:
Jessup and his wife arrived on
a Far East survey Which will in
clude a visit to Formosa, refuge
of the Chinese .Nationalist govern
ment. He wil attend a conference
of American ' diplomatic officials"
at Bangkok .Thailand (Siam), next
month.
HUSKIES QUIT VIDEO
SEATTLE, Jan. 4-(JP-Tbe Uni
versity of Washington today can
celled television permits for its
conference basketball games be
cause of materially! decreased at
tendance. , The -decision was an
nounced by Harvey Cass 01. direc
tor of athletics, who said attend
ance tt mtersectlonal games with
Minnesota, Stanford and Columbia
was nearly one-third below pre
gaina estimates. - ' I
WREN WINTER COMES !
, MOLXNE, I1L. Jan. 4 -WV With
tte temperature at two above sera
today, coldest this winter, Molina
police bad this report: - Kenneth
Lewis said someone stole a lawn
mower from his garage. ' i
Electric
Fip Thnv7ing
Hova,Yo.r?p
Thowad Frampflr
And CotTvaoianilTl
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Dr. & E. Coring
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