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Newspaper Page TextlTh9SaUman, Salem, Oregon. Tuesday. February 211950 $40,450 Worth of Blood Given To ARC in County During Year Y r .Mm(w MeMMti hm AkAIJVU ivuui wiukuM help others during the past year - - value oz f a pint - tne yeany summary ox Marion coumy cnapicr, i American Red Cross, revealed Monday. I Since the Red Cross mobile Marcn, tamnoa rounij " T- I Administration For Europe Aid WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -P)-1 The government tonight slashed Its new European recovery fund request to $2,950,000,000 in the face of threats in congress to cut it even deeper. I The economic cooperation ad t ministration (ECA); announced the amount It will ask for the third veir .of tbe Marsnau man as it prepared to present its case tomorrow to the senate. Presi dent Truman's budget had carried a $3,100,000,000 figure for the 12 months beginning next July 1. At the same time, EC A said it will ask congress to approve ma- 1 chinery to speed up i European currency exchange i to ' promote ycconomic -advancement. The present year's allowance for the EGA program of strengthen ing noncommunist Europe to re sist Russian aggression stands at $3,778,000,000. Thus jthe new re quest represents a j (323,000,000 . slash. -1 . - Some members of the senate , appropriations committee have called for a cut 01 twice inai mucn or more. Mobs Wreck 1 iment at w 'II Goal Mines HARLAN, Ky- FebJ 20 -Roving mobs wrecked equipment at several eastern Kentucky coal mines today and beat up at least 11 miners. . , Ten men were beaten In near by Knox county and one was at tacked in Harlan county, officers said. ' Sixteen automobiles loaded with six men each visited the Mary Helen Coal corporation mines at Coalgood, south of lUrlan, SgL r Roy Cundiff of the Kentucky state !' police reported. : M Cundiff said OrviUe Blanton. 43, : w.as found at the mine In street clothes and was beaten for unex plained reasons. t Twenty-eight bullet holes were fired into a mine mancar, used for Hauling miners up an incane, ana two automobiles belonging to min ers were turned over a hillside, the police sergeant reported. No one was in either the mancar or the automobiles. -A charge of dynamite was set off at a truck mine on Cranks creek in Harlan county but dam age was slight. The mine is oper ated by Virgil Barrett ' Knox County Sheriff Charles Hammons said two- officials and two employes of the Richland Coal ' company, a coal processing plant, were beaten. The plant crushes and grades coaL Reports from Kayjay, a mining camp of the Kentucky-Jellico Coal company, said six maintenance men at the mine were beaten. In each case it was reported that gang of about 100 men visited . the operation and damaged the property as well as attacking the men found on the property. Doernbecher erate PORTLAND, Feb. 20P)-The Doernbecher Manufacturing com ; pany resumed operation today. bull unsettled, however, was a battle for the presidency of the xurmture plant E. S. Beach, a veteran official of (the firm who was named ores! , dent by the board of directors, sat in tne 011.ee. . Harry A. Green, who has been president did not show up. There was a threat that he might Ear lier he insisted the board of di rectors did not have the authority . to replace mm, and asserted he would continue as president "un til the stockholders or the courts decide otherwise " The firm unaccountably closed Its furniture plant here and a small mill south of Oregon City xaursaay. As Boat Tips COOS BAY, Feb. 20 -V?y- A fishing boat capsized off Coos Bay yesterday with the loss of one Lie. Another man aboard swam to safety. . : The survlvpr was Dan McCoy. Charleston, who clung to wreckage to reach a jetty, then, made- his way to the beach to notify coast guardsmen.; - The coast guard, however, al ready had noted the disappear a nee of the vessel, the Bertha of Charleston, and set off on a rescue mission. They found no trace of the owner, Gordon Gage, 59. McCoy said a wave overturned the 33-foot boat as it headed for Cuts Request Equip Plants Op Man Drowns a - a - a (If! vmrth nt Mivut fft I n w " " w " I figuring blood at' Its commercial blood unit first visited Salem last viUI"fTlc r . The blood to processed at Fort- land's regional center, then re- VtTTTn ttSm fu' f un From dawn to midnight, masked It is given free to all in need. The been missed. ,nd costumed thrones will fill ev enly charge for patients using it "I only remember falling,- he SdToTwidV Sustreet Znd is a hospital administration fee. Mid when he came to. j . . SSSS-flS The blood program Is one of the major programs of service foster- ed by the Red ' Cross chapters uirougnoui uie country, uiu sup-i -1 . . . port of the program Is a major item in tne budget. The Red Cross chapter here, as do chapters else where, pays the rent for quarters 5 used by the mobile unit on visitations, pays the expenses for canteen service at each visitation and provides for other supplies needed with the blood program. Summary of Aetlvites The annual summary of servi ces rendered by the local Red Cross chapter the past year fur ther reveals that a total of 500 certificates for beginners, inter' mediates and advanced swimmers were issued during the year un- der the chapter's - water safety program. In addition to 10 junior and 25 senior life-saving certifi- unaer tne xirst aid proeram oil the chapter 427 certificates were issued during the year. -1 nc nursing services program reports 10 classes conducted dur- ing the year with 144 certificates issued. These classes stress the fundamentals for care of the sick in the homes. ProjTxm la Schools The Junior Red Cross program was wen established in many scnoois 01 Marion county tne past year. This program is intended to I bring all parts of the national Red Cross program of service to the schools to give the young people iceiinz 01 community pamcipa- tion. Through this Program. Mar- ion county schools this past year seni many educational girt boxes w ausm, wie xTimppines ana The stocky motorman was re countries affected by the war; leased on $10,000 bond posted for iiMiiy ivun were maae lor veier-v ana hospitals and state institutions. . Durine the past vear the home! "enice department extended as sistance to approximately 200 cases a month. The home service department is organized to provide 1 assistance to veterans and ser vicemen and their dependents. Home service workers in the chapter are prepared to assist vet- nni VfitK tViotr .nn1i-inni -fnr y"V::i:7 J:r Zl uud ulu l v mmucusai uuii aaiiu ijcrij 1 disability compensation and pen sions and to give them information regarding other benefits due them. nancial aid is extended for basic In many cases emergency fi- maintenance to dependents of those in the armed forces pending receipt of family allowances. Fi nancial assistance also is given to disabled veterans making first ap plication for disability compensa tions. The -local chapter has a disas ter program set up to function at any emergency call, such as dur- in ir floods or firea. The chaDter is called upon to assist in disasters where less than five families are involved more than that being handled through the national Red Cross. This past year 21 Marion coun ty families were assisted by the chapter, six families being evacu ated because of flood waters, 17 families being assisted when their homes were destroyed by fire. Senate Told to Delay Potato Price Supports WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-. em a - t mraT ... ged the senate today to vote down pnev supjiwu iw uuu iwmwo untu exzecuve marxeung quotas can be established. But Senator Brewster (R-Me), who represents one of the nation's top producing states, argued that a proposal by Senator Lucas (D 111) to drop such supports now Is not fair. 4 They debated the issue as the senate began consideration of l pea- bill, approved by the house, acreage quotas for cotton and nuts. Lucas has offered the pota to mrmort rnea1r m ammrf. ment V He estimated that the rider, if "uea ianaay ior iu,uwi aitera followed Irr marketing ouou lev. tions to The Ranch, supper club islation. would save U. S. taxoay- ers $50,000,000 this year. To leave the potato program unchaneed would endaneer the whole farm price support program, Lucas said. Secretary of Agriculture Bran- nan has said the department win sell for one cent a 100 pounds some of the 43,000,000 bushels of surplus potatoes it has on hand. They were boueht durinc orice support operations on the 1949 crop at an average price of $1.63 for each 100 pounds. The department announced to day that this "dumping" proeram is under way in Maine. The po tatoes are dyed to prevent their use as human food. They are be ing sold back to growers primar ily for use as livestock food or fertilizer. BlastRenorts - JL Stir Search Reports of an explosion ln north Salem sent city police on a fruit less hunt about 7 p m. Monday. several residents of the area call- ed the dtyk switchboard to report the blast. ' Two police cars and a motor cycle patrolman found nothing ln an investigation of the presumed area. - A similar case ln the Eola dis trict west of Salem last fall was found the result of a dynamite charge touched off by a youthful Steps Over 125-FootCliff SEATTLE. Feb. 20 -V CpL i Cbarlei Richards, 23, of Omaha, Neb- stepped out of tne ton T jwtnn nnnwnmmiMloned OIX1- 1.. 4nm m Kit f ccjj tluU MUfc ftusui ivi v" gj,. The next thing he knew he awoke in the post hospital. Unfamiliar with the surround Urea, Richards tumbled headlong over an uniencea cuii wu icu 125 feet to a beach below. Fellow I soldier found him there, uneon- Richards, a veteran of six years army service, arrived at the fort) a few days ago en route for duty 1 - -. . . I in wapan. nc escapcu serious ui- jury. Trainman Fails To Recall Red Signal Lights MINEOLA. N. Y Feb. 20 -WV A 55-year-old Long Island Rail- road motorman was accused in court today of causing Friday j night's wreck that killed 29 pas- 1 strutters nu uuureu UlUl c uuu 100. District Attorney Frank Gulotta I charged that the engineer, Jacob I meier. iwiceenorea a rea sienai light just before the crash at near- by Rockville Centre, Kiefer told newsmen he did not know if he passed a red signal, Kiefer was brought under guard from nearbr Meadowbrook hos- pital where he had been treated for minor injuries suffered In the crash. He pulled bis coat collar up around his head and winced as photographers aimed cameras at him. His son, Donald, was with him. Kiefer anneared nervom and (badly shaken. But he did not lose his outward composure. him by the railroad. Examination was set for March 8 if the Nassau county grand Jury does not act on the second degree manslaughter case by that time. However, Gulotta indicated the -r ma V.M.r th. jury may consider the case to morrow; Kiefer was arraigned befor, t.vh nti , k.n ". k-""" "w " w-- but his attorney told the court: - . ... "juy cuent pieaas not guuty: Gulotta said he has signed statement in which the engineer I f" tjvice Ignoring a signal um m gauui nun. t uuu 1 ranemoer wnii i toia the district attorney," Kiefer said to newsmen. Did you pass the red IlghtT" he was asxea. . . "I don't know." replied Kiefer. ruoDing nis huck tnatcn ot iron - gray hair. He is charged with second de- I eree mansiauzmer. wnicn carries a maximum penalty 01 13 years in prison and a $1,000 fine. Injured Ankle Doesn't Stop Bus Driver Painful ankle Injuries didnt stop a city dus driver irom com - oletina his run last niaht n.i-v r pi-i 1. m, avului vs. onCiS. mi. 01 UM me'mef?0. & SPLtt I -.- " w w mm I where aid .ttendanU met i txlm. lem General hospital following ucauneuu Permit Issued For Alterations I A cur; ouiiaing permit was is- 3260 Portland rcL, which was I PrUr destroyed by fire last I '""""i- u. ti. syeriy ana u. h. I Williams obtained the Permit. .-Permits for two new houses at 1190 j2oo N. 23rd st, went to w- H. Epping. Cost was estimated t $850 each. F. L. Rose got a permit to erect a house at 1572 Chemeketa st at an estimated cost 01 sj.ouu A permit for $1,000 alterations to the Livesly buUding, 390 State 11- was Issued, to the Livesly es- une. ENDS TODAY OPEN f :iS DA V1D O. SELZNICK orfrai? ennie JENNIFER JONES , JOSEPH COTTEN ETHEL BARRYMORB Comedy Ce-Featmre! "KILLER DILL" Stnart Erwia, Ana Gwynne On the Stage - t:lt T. Sf, Amerieaji LesUa Style Shew . fer Climax Of Mardi Gras NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20-CflPV-A fortnight of dazzling parades of pageantry and glittering masked Gus ctouuThere tomwith Manjj Gras day wnen Kinz Rex h.,d. th rit ' hi, M At ltimt. ' k. .;. Tts year. Kine Rex's subiects VWM AUAC WIU VUUICN of Windsor attending their first Mardi Gras. New Orleans society has fretted over the question of who should curtsy to whom when the royalty of Mardi Gras and their royal highnesses meet A suggested so lution provides that Mardi Gras royalty bow in normal social grace without curtsying. But will the Duke and Duchess curtsy? No one knows. But a lot of people will be watching. King Zulu s morning parade the negroes burlesque of the tri umphal march of King Rex is the day's first spectacle. Uninhib ited Dixieland jazz sets the ca dence lor the march, frequently interrupted to let the king pause at numerous bars to quench his traditinnil thrc th Rr naroHo t ,a n nounces the identity of the King of Carnival, and at nieht the Com us parade winds through the Druuanuy lighted streets Only the chosen relatively few will atend the Grand Rex and Com us Mardi Gras balls where at the moment of midnight Rex and Comus meet and bolster- I ous Mardi Gras melts into the pious season of lent Solon Fined, Issues Guilty Plea to Assault By Rarer D. Greene WASHINGTON. Feb. 2Q-m- r ' t 7r , k f P- !S , Crawford (R-Mich) returned to a back-slapping ovauon on cap! mL I nints in JaU to uphold "the prin- I ciple that congressmen should not I DY special privileges." Crawford pleaded guilty to as sault charges' in Prince George county, Aid- police court and paid a $28.50 fine for taking a poke at er-law student who work for him. a weu-muscied younz prizefieht I "It was worth if Crawford told renorters. -I had restful end no fleas but a lot of friends." I Considering Knit Back at his congressional rhore I - " ! I he promptly announced "I'm thinking serlouslr of mfn 1 the authorities who kept me in jail. I've got them cold for unlaw I ful detention." I Associates said Crawford was considering a possible $50,000 suit against Maryland's state's attorney A. Gwynn Bowie and other offi cials of Prince Georges county. Owns Large Farm The wealthy Michigan lawmak er, who owns a 260-acre Maryland farm, had insisted on staying in the red-brick bastille at upper Marlboro, Md., after his arrest Saturday for punching 23-year old Fred Hanbury in the eye. Hanbury. who fought six pro- fonal fights as a lightweight, 1""" . , farm and an aide on the legisla I tuuitrcou iuui T-:l u j: 1 j ;1 ?FE3S I V P m itAtirAMMativa Affi m Parsons, Hands Get KaCe XlOllOrS LOS ANGELES. Feb. 20 -UP- Johnny Parsons, van Nuys, Calif. today was awarded the 1949 AAA national championship trophy for big-car racing. The 1949 nation al midget championship trophy went to Sam Hands. Glendale, Calif. Hew Tomorrow! New Orleans CONTINUOUS HOLIDAY SHOWS TOMORROW FROM 1:00 P. M. ' It Belongs at the Top of Your "MUST SEE" UsH The to-cest un mu suit niTHVvamep Bros: '-.At m. ' ai wa.' v 3 WaW RONALD REAGAN-PATRICIA BUGS BUNNY, "Matiny en the Benny" TECHNICOLOR BREVITY Warner News Elizabeth Taylor to Wed Heir To Hotel Fortune, Mother Says By Bob Thomas HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 2 Elizabeth Taylor's secret leaked out today --she is going to marry Nick Hilton, heir to a hotel fortune. The film beauty's mother admitted that the wedding will take place May 0 in a Beverly Hills church. - , -Oh dear," said Mrs. Francis Taylor, "isn't it a shame? Elizabeth so wanted to surprise her friends at an announcement party tomor row afternoon. We had the favors and the food all bought and everything. At first we wanted to call the par ty off. But the girls said they wanted it anyway.'' The wedding will climax a courtship that began last Octo ber. Hilton, the son of Hotel Mag nate Conrad Hilton, induced friend to arrange a studio lunch eon with the glamorous star. The friend was Pete Freeman, son of Y Prank- TWmiin an nffirial nf Paramount- where Elizabeth was workinz. "They have been together con- Ktantlv ever since." renorted Mrs. Taylor. "Nick is a wonderful hnv " ch aAAt-A "He u nrmiri nf her work and has no thought of making her quit pictures? They The exception is the public meet intend to live out here." mg to be held Wednesday night at it ha Seon remrtod that tIi't- aheth'. other two hi rnmanoe. Glenn Davis and BUI Pawley, had objected to her combining a ca- reer and marriage. Negotiations Slow as Phone Strilte Nears WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 M- The eovernment todav received reports of lack of progress toward averting -a naUonwide telephone walkout set for Friday. Bell Telephone system compan ies and the CIO's Communications Workers of America submitted the reports to Cyrus S. Cbing. federal um.uu.mvu kiiivc uuivwi. umng arranged a meeting to- inunuw wim uic nwiera xucctrjc sales and Installation divisions of the Bell system and the union of- ficers representing Western Eec- tne worxers. These sales and installation worxers are considered a vital cog of the union's strike machinery since they are assigned to most telephone exchanges and offices all over the country. Other work- ers may refuse to work if these sales and installation men walk out The union says 100,000 workers are ready to strike Friday at 8 ajxu, local time. Another 150,000 workers will be ready to join the first wave of strikers after March 1, CWA says. Youth Rescues FrightenedGirl PORTLAND. Feb. 20-ttrVA 19- year-old Portlander snatched a I young girt from the path of speeding train in the nick of time east of here yesterday. The 10-year-old girl. Susan Gasby. stood transfixed by fear on a trestle as the Union Pacific iicmuk uaui luiicu uuwii uu net. aswia fT auiakc, mv uou juai Wallas .rVy 4.,. I crossed the tracks at Multnomah Falls, looked back. He shouted a warning, but the girl did not move, He raced back, snatched the girl to a walk on the side of the track and held her there while the train swished past IE 3CDuQlJ, mo Beb Hope As "The Great Lover" And "Cever Up" TOMORROW! George Raft Virginia Maye In "RED LIGHT" And "ARCTIC MANHUNT" text ur It NEAL-R1CHARDT0DD VINCENT SHERMAN 8 i Farmers Union Convention to Open Today By tillie L. Madsen Tarm Editor. The Statesman The 40th annual convention of the Oregon State Farmers Union will open at Salem today and Will last for three days. All sessions out one. win De neia at tne vet erans of Foreign Wars building, I wauer nau on tne wuiamette uni- versity campus, when James G, Patton, national Farmers Union i"". This year, for the first time, the annual meeting of the Oregon Farmers Union Cooperative asso ciation will be held jointly with the state organizations. Hereto fore, this group has always met a day earlier. Reports of the offi cers of the Farmers Union will be heard today at 10 a. m. The co-op meeting will open at 2 p. m. with the report of the auditor, William Stacey, the first item on the pro gram. This will be followed by the reports of Manager John Bol linger and the board of directors. Vfff?1 .J??" u?ion The Oregon Farmers Union unaer meir leaaer, Mrs. "'i JEST in. fi"".3 ness meeting, Tuesday at 4 p. m. in the basement 01 the VFW halL The Junior banauet will be held there at 6 p. m. to be followed by fl s7tAfniiflinrwi narfw nanmtAt I in.akor ,,n Tn,-, 1 new manager or tne nvtmni v Mothers of vonn rhiidren uu i nave not been able to attend re vious state conventions, will not be so handicapped this vear A nursery Is being arranged at the convention hall where infants may be cared for during the ses- sions. Dr. Kathrine Read, profes sor of household administration at Oregon state college, has been as sisting in the arrangements for this nursery and a group of her women students will be at hand to take charge ofthe nursery itself tor tne tnree-day period. President Patton. besides speak ing at the open Wednesday eve rung meeting will address con vention delegates Wednesday at 10 a. m. and speak at the regular weekly luncheon of the Salem Ro tary club, Governor Douglas McKay will also speak at the convention morning session, February 22. Governor McKay will be the only outside speaker throughout the convention. Around 300 delegates and Far mers Union members are expected to be in Salem for the meetings, RAIXIERS SWEAT PALM SPRINGS. Calif.. Feb. 20 H11 p.it5ht?' c,tch .V.E2S2 " vr- 4K. c..hu Rini,n fi mrin here temperature was ln sweat-nroducinff fi0"- I - : I O PH. 33467 O MATINEE DAILY FROM 1P. M. O STARTS TOMORROW! 1 MOIITGOMERY CAT.1ER0II uiueVHIDSOR O CO-HITI DARING ADVENTURESSI O Cave, Cornfield Offered as U.S. Capitals ites WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -VFi- Congress members today began booming sites ranging from Ken tucky's famed Mammoth Cave to the cornfields of Iowa lor setting up an alternate capital in the event Washington Is "blitzed" by an atomic attack. Rep. Rankin CD-Miss) urged the locale of Paducah, Ky, because it is near Mammoth Cave "the greatest storm cellar the world ever saw." Rep. Cunningham (R-Iowa) plugged for establishing the No. 2 capital at Des Moines, Iowa, de claring modestly it would be hid den "by our tall corn. Their nominations were prompted by a resolution by Rep. Holifield (D-Calif) formally pro posing the creation of a commis sion to study the possibility of a secondary seat of government in case Washington is paralyzed by a sudden attack. Senator Ty dings (D-Md), chair man of the senate armed services committee, told newsmen that de fense officials have been studying the advisability of such a project "for some time." Holifield proposed that a seven- member commission make a sur vey and report to the president and congress not later than Jan. 31, 1951. Both Tydings and Holineld are members of the senate-house atomic committee which is looking into the problems of civilian de fense under atomic wafare condi tions. The joint chiefs of staff are expected to appear before the committee ln a closed-door session this week. City Council to Name Roads in City Suburbs The Salem city council will un dertake to give official names to certain non-county roads outside city umots. This was decided Monday in conference between the Marion county court and Salem City At torney Chris Kowitz. Under state law passed In re cent years, the city has jurisdic tion over names for new streets within six miles of the city limits. Kowitz said a "blind spot" in the law left open the matter of, re sponsibility for naming those streets in suburbs which were es tablished prior to the law but 400 FAQ IIEIl'S SLACKS All Slses All Type ' 6W tei650 Thos. Kay Woolen Hill 269 Se. 12th St musnutEracFMenun v c:EH...La:3AtD:Ea:E X US3...CUZi:3 A CUT C3OTD never named, and which are not county roads. a ft . . a Pending this city-county agree ment, the Salem city council has Dcen a ei erring action on requests to name a Meadow lane east of Salem, a Lyman lane south of Sa lem and a Norris lane near Salem Heights. Vogeler Faces Possibility of Death Sentence BUDAPEST. Hungary. Feb. 20- -A possible death sentence faced Robert A. vogeler, young Ameri can business man, at the end of his trial on spying and sabotage charges today. His British aid, Edgar Sanders, and three Hungarian co-defendants, faced the same possible sen tence. Two other Hungarians were liable to maximum sentences of 13 years. The five-man people's court win hand down its verdict tomorrow. If the procedure of the treason trials of Josef Cardinal Mindszen ty and Laszlo Rajk, Hungary's No. z communist is toiiowed the sen tences will be pronounced at the same time. All the defendants made re newed confessions of guilt in their final statements today and heard their lawyers enter pleas which only listed some extenuating cir cumstances. MISSIONARIES LEAVE PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Feb. 20 -(if)- Eleven Mormon mission aries left Czechoslovakia tonight in the first mass move by the Mormon church to liquidate its American-directed activities here. OPENS :4 5 P. M. NOW! Re-Isseed Thrills!. Deag Fairbanks Basil Eathbone If ID Ends Tedayt : A. M. Humphrey Bogart "CASABLANCA -O- . . ' ' James Cagney O-MEN" TOMORXOWI , Burt Lancaster -ROPI OF SAND" -o- , lack Carson - Coler TTS A GKEAT FEELING" ENDS TODAY! (Tuesday) Gregory Peck Hugh Marlowe Dean Jagger Twelve O'clock High Color Cartoon "Anti-Cats" Airmail Fox Movietone Newsl i A n rr : harbor about p.m. prankster.