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r a AtlCC Keep Rlan from FreLgFail ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Frfx 25 .CJV-An fajured Anchorage filer told his rescuers yesterday of a vain effort tw keep his ba&ly hurt companion front freezing to death after a crash on an ice-covered .beach. - Joe VaaderpooL. the pilot who miraculously survived IT hoars In freezing weather en the beach, is la a hospitat here with; leg and back injuries. He was rescued yesterday by helicopter. The maa who died wa "Walt Nygard, 28. a city of Anchorage electrical department lineman . , VanderpooT told rescuers, be tween his lapses hi unconscious ness, that he tried ta keep Nygard awake during Thursday eight to keep hint front freezing to death, lie said he died "during the night. - ' The crash was near Isolated Point aicgforif. only a few, miles across inlet waters front Anchor - age. The pair were supposed to bare gone on a wolf hunt and they were - not even reported missing when two division of forestry men sighted the wreckage from the air on a flight yesterday morning, fiarvtral Near-Miracle When found on the frozen beach, Vanderpool was dad only In light sMrt .and trousers. Bis Jacket was found tome distance away. Jim Scott and John Mc Cormlck said Vanderpoors sur vival was a nesr-nuracie. "When we landed to 'investi gate, they said, "we found Van derpool on the ice, jerkily waving a broomstick.' Re apparently had found it at a nearby cabin. Breach OatBlaaketa . Scott broke into the cabin and brought cut blankets ta which the flier was wrapved until a 10th rescue squadron heficuuter could be . summoned: by radio to pick ' them ujv , Vanderpool told his rescuers - that his plane spun onto the beach. It was demolished. A brakes watch tndk-ated it happened at 4U pa. Thoxsday. - Vanderpool could not be ques tioned at the hospital because of bis condition, . Swiss Court Convicts Wifly Gerber BEES, Switzerland; Teb. Swiss military- court today coarricted " WiEy Gerber. 27. a Swiss array rarehanfr, of being a paid spy of six nations, including the United States, and sentenced bias to 29 years imprisonment. . Gerber told the court he bad supplied hxformatian offft Ger man and Italian war activities, to the United States from 1942 to 1S4S but claimed be. received ae Bey far the work. , Major M. Real, the prosecutor, commented hi reply: "It seme highly improbable thai Gcfter took, ne money from the Americans. That would contradict Dot only his pronounced greed and avarice, but also the business men tality' of the Americans. Gerber bad pleaded guilty to a long list at charges. Including treasons and systematic auntary, economic and political espionage in Switzerland for Britain. France and the United States since 1937: as wen as stealing top at ml plans and documents from the Swiss army. He also was accused of spy ing against Germany and Italy for the allies daring the war. In addi tion, the prosecution said, he sup plied snforsiazion to Sweden, Turkey and Yugoslavia as a side line. - KO SCHOOL, MEDFOBD. Ore. -dS)- Dur ing a snowstorm a youngster tele phoned the Hertford radio station, said he was XL BL Hedrick, super intendent si schools, and added that classes: would not be held next day. The KTTJC staff broad cast the announcement, Tledrick, the report, set them tight ' would be school next day. ixi New Mintary Bearing Holdup Turns into Gun Battle; 5 Shot REVf TCEK. Feb.. 33 -CTV- Screaming sight club patrons ducked for cover when police and bandits shot it est to. frontier style early today in crowded Greenwich) village night spot. rive persons vera wounded, early-morning holdup ef the Moroccan Village dub fat me heart ef the downtown Bight life district. The patron, a detective ana en or three bandits. f The holdup) men were captured after a wild chase of two task-aba they hadl ceineaamleered. Took 'guns were recovered, lot Persona m Chm The gmv battle broke out at 929 east ae the ctebfr final show was moving toward its close. About 100 persons were ha the club and its adjoining bar. ; Shapely Blackie Dermis. 23 greased la. men's, ctathing, was singing hste a microphone. Be hind her waa a Cue of .female im personators, . ' '- ' Suddenly, the bandit leader strode vp on the stage, poshed bliss Denmt aside, and through the microphone? . "This is a aticksnw Put jewelry, purses and money on the tables." He fired a shot into the ceiling for emphasis and bis companions took up strategie positions at the rear of thevluU. Two detectives, on a routine patrol, were in the dub's bar. They emerged with drawn guns arid both, officers, and the bandits blaaed away. Thirteen shots were fired. ' n the exchange. Detective John Presidents and Princes Enjoy Hot Bags f ' :? !-" .-. .- I , - - 5 - - - S - - ' - .- -I 7 ! j"r'" """- T -. : I JI I The fade riaahieat Baaaavslt Jaaan's Prtoee knew hie aa. with reUakw By Cynthia Lewry . " NawaCMftoro Wtiter Tt Is not the 50th birthday af the frankfurter, nor of the wienie, nor of the half-smoke, nor of. a genus railed "meat cooked in natural casings." It is merely the 50th anniversary- of the occasion upon which a meat specialty hawked as a "red hot was called a hot dog. As a typically American dX&h-and one rarely eaten from a dish the hot dog certainly has an. international derivation. It was probably Wlio Stole the Ballot Box At Soap Lake? SOAP LAKE, Wash, Feb. 25 (AV-What do youtfo m a city elec tion when somebody steals all the votes before they're officially counted? ; This little town of 20Q ssked the question today of the state su- periniendenr of elections. At the samp ff,. Police Chief R. Lb OS- born continued a canvass ef the town asking if anyone has seen the ballet box. the votes sad the poll ing books from the February 14 primary. All were missing yesterday when Mrs. Margaret Waltho, the 250-pound lady mayor, and the coundlmen gathered bs city hall to make the off;-jt count and cer tify the election. Abont SOtt votes bad been cast for mayor,, city clerk, city attor ney, treasurer and councilman at large. All that were left were 19 absentee ballots kept in another place. ' Five precince chairmen saade an unofficial count on election night and then turned over me votes and polling books' to Oty Cleric Archie Waddmgtonv candidate for re electieB. He put ballots and books under lock and key at city hall but when fiie official counters ar rived 19 days later there was nottiixTcp to count. . We ETideaaa at Broah-ln Waddxngton, who ran second un officially but got enough votes to qualify- for the general election ha March, said be had no idea where the votes had gone. He said there waa no evidence that the hall bad been broken into. Bothv he sad lbs. Walmc said if it was a prank it waa mighty serious one. The police chief and a council man stayed trp vnfil X in. look ing for the ballots but didn't torn bp a thing. "I inquired around today but I didn't find them," the chief said. "I dent think wet ever find them. I think they have been de stroyed. X think ft. waa done to confuse the election." People Confused It certainly has confused County Auditor fJharles Hawtey at Ephra ta. Osborn, the mayor, and City Attorney Clifton Collins went to see him today to tell him the story and ask if they should have another primary or go right into the general election on the basis of the nnofflcial count. "We looked through all the elec tion, books trying to find a law that would : cover this; Osborn said. "The closest thing to ft was one about stuffing toe ballot box and taking ballots oat of it. But there was nothing abont somebody stealing all the votes and the poO btg books too." i Hawtey suggested ft be taken up with tat7oOciaIs a Otyxapia and perhaps with the attorney general of Washington. State of ficials are closed ants Monday. York Night Club one critically, ha the thwarted wounded were: two entertainers, a CTSeil was wounded 1st the leg. One of me bandits. Identified by police as James Ford af Philadel phia, was hit ha the atoa is in a critical condifioa. The three bandits fled, firms they raced from the dub and into the rnaasaaailnnJ cabs. The wounded patsoa, Paul Knips. S3, at rerus. iu. tried to stop the holdup men at the door but fell with a bullet in the chest and another nx the arm. The two wounded were Jeaa Ewol 52, and Bobby Dell, 3& Both were shot fa the leg. Wbj Suffer Any Longer CHARLIE CHAN cauMEsa aoutB eta. au ax ritiiiiaii : rae ai3 - aaxaaa, oax. t(BiaMtal Akahito triad ana eaten by ancient Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and Chinese. In its present form it was develop ed in lrankfurt-arayMain, a city in, Germany. It was christened a frankfurter, after the city of its nativity and after its emigration to the United States. It first accredited popularizer in the United Smtesras a certain Herr Feuchtwanger, Tr-Bavarian. A Britisher. Harry Stevens, in troduced it to baseball parks. Queen Eats Oae It became socially acceptable when fed to the king and queen of England. Meanwhile, of course, vast num bers of Americans had accepted the hot dog and absorbed many af them more than five nrnca bud year for example. There are two schools where the rise of" the hot do0-$is con cerned. One maintains tSat Herr Feuchtwanger, who peddled this type of sausage in St. Louis in 1883, is primarily responsible. The good burgher used to sell his sizzling delicacies from a stand, thoughtfully lending each customer white cotton gloves so he could eat has frankfurter with out burning or soiling his fingers. This practice, Herr Feuchtwanger found! was unsatisfactory because customers would carry the gloves away with them, and besides there was eoauklerable laundry Involved. One day he hit anon the idea of armoring his little fingers of meat in losug, specially designed roQs. i It caught British FOa l Sons1 of Harry Stevens, the Britisher, stoutly maintain their father was the originator of the frankfurter roZL Harry Stevens, one of his sons said, figured base ball fans at the Palo Grounds would appreciate something warm to eat. The problem of serving them waa difficult, because pa per wrappiags -would result in litter. He came up with, the Idea of the frankfurter roZL It caught on. Regardless ef which story Is au thoritative, by 1S00 the frankfur ter was semrur satisfactorily to baseball patrons. Vendors wander ed among the crowds with their wares, urging purchases of "red hots." One day Tad T. A. Dor gan noted that Stevens was sell ing thousands ef these elongated sausages. He produced one ef his famous cartoons showing frank furters strrBng on a grin and say ing "Bow-wow." With that cartoon, biographers of the frankfurter- say, the hot dog, as we know It today, was born. Cherry Fete Planners to Meet Weekly Re-election of all officers of Cherry land Festival association- and definite setting ef the 1950 festival for June I5-IT were ac- compgshed Friday by the board otdirectors. The board will work en further plans at meetings each Friday noon froae now on, according to Shfney L. Stevensv named press dent for the fourth consecutive Night events of the acnnal event will be at Waters field rather than the state fairgrounds, it tided. Other officers re-elected Ual B. Rudd, first vice president; Bars. G2enei McCbrmick. vice president; Mrs. Armor Wed- dle. secretary; Fred McKranry. Herbert Barker. Dave Boltzman, Kenneth Perry. William KclCin- Lma C Smith. Graham Sharkey. William G. Dyer. r, Ir win wedel, Bex KhunieD. W. W. Chadwick. Ralph Koblgren and T.M. Itteffbrd. Added to the board were Bay Uocre, Alfred W. Ioorks, Victor i. wrmrew. Doegtaa x James Beard Four-fiftts of the e water frorrj str this country BtCT"l'HS lakes. WeUa provide the other BSSL C3ZA2f . . . LASt ta Kartt Liberty m it. utw oats U aiTtaaa awBraejai noa, attaoeeaarate mm irta (osu un . -v... , N. 4 The er Iran eating at a arid. German Group Pilfers U.S. Documents HEIDELBERG, Germany. Feb. 2S-iP)-The U. S. army tightened security measures in this head quarters city today against a mys terious group pilfering secret doc uments. Documents have been stolen from the homes of 30 American officers since last August, despite toe precautions oT American and German agents. Army officials said new steps have been taken to guard the pa pers. They declined to spedLQy what they were. The steps, however, probably include expanded secmity checks in the army's European headquar ters. Officials have said the sus pected "phantom spy ring" appar ently gets tips from inside head quarters on wL.'A officers take confidential papers to their homes for study. They said either foreign agents or persons trying to peddle secret decuments to a foreign power arc responsible. Bend School Superintendent Due at Harvard CAMBRIDGE. Itass. Febv 25 fc?V James W. Bushong, superin tendent of schools at Bend, ore. is been appointed an education fellow at Harvard university. Deaa Francis Keppei of the grad uate school of education announc ed today. As an education fellow. Bush ong wilt pursun advanced studies ha social sciences relating to edu- catlonal adaunistration. Hia pesntment is for the If 50-51 demic year. - Sapt. Bushong, navy veteran of World War II. is a graduate of Padfie university. He leceAved the degree of master off educa tion from the University ef Ore gon. He has been connected with Oregon schools far 11 years, serv ing as a teacher at Elgin, mgh school principal at JHyssa and Bend, and superintendent at Imb- ler. PoKce Recover 47 Vials of Stolen Drug CHICAGa Feb. 25 Police re covered today 47 vials ef the rare and costly drag acth. They said the vials had been stolen from the manufacturer. Armour and com-J pany. So far Armour has sold acth only to dimes and research cen ters. Even doctors cant get it directly. Police questioned an Armour employe about the theft. He hi Richard Zaworski, 23. an electri cian's helper. No charge has been placed against him. Am Armour spokesman said the drug could bring death to anyone nsansT it without the preeasztiona which only physician famxtiar with its reactions could take. Acth baa been used cxpeilsaen- taHy for arhtritis, xheumatic fever, lewkewiia and ether dfaf iwi. Its most spectacular results have been reported in treating arthritis cases. Detective Michael Egaa and William Richer said the stolen acth was recovered on a tip from a maa who raid be was approached as a possible purchaser of the drug. The price was to be $100 for each viaf, ttae detectives said. BIGGER TXXAS HOUSTON,-(INSTexas cities, like Texans, befiera la ' doing things to. a big way. Recent an aevatkw by Houston ef 79 square miles of unincorporated neighbor ing territory doubled the size ef the city. Accerdmg to the Ameri can Municipal association, this is the largest annexation by any city ra tne u. 5. la the last decade. ROEAPSS ne Dr. IL EspIii Zilszs Natar-Keetal EpeetaTist 1144 Carter S. n rm BasoauarfaloBhoAJ u eratntc Belov Zero in Mdv.est States By tha. A blast of arctic- air. coldest af the winter in seme wuir mtot Bsperatures tomblute bahio acx hi eight midwest states Saturdav and headed toward New igitf Another storm bit the chilled. snow-covered midwest, dunning a band ef fresh snow from the Da kotas; throurfr Iowa and central Illinois and central TnH The cald put a new drain en dwindling coal ansmiest and no relief was in sight. The mercury slid to 40 below zero fn Besoidjl. isimt Ptmbma. NJX, had -37: Eau Claire, Wis. -23; Aberdeen, SDl -11; Mason City. -7; Joliet, III, -a; Grand Rap ids, Mich. -14: South Bend. 2nd. -7 and Toledo. O. -3 Chkago had -i, lowest or tne winter, and some suburbs reoorted -7. Fair and much colder weather was forecast for New Enrtanrf. aoamev new xiampsmre and Ver mont expected temperatures of 5 to u below, wxm some Northern Maine areas getting below. ASK NATIONAL PAKht XiYSSA. Feb. 25-6PU A ziUaero national park at Owyhee reservoir is being urged by the Nyssa Boat clnb. Club officials have confer red with the bureau ox reclamation ozt tne proposal, and clan to meet wma nanonai park officials in maff ft " lemp fo) T worn College Training KCT LQXDCCL Cons. -(ETS) One ef the finest srhooJs of hfgla- er learniag to the nation is locat ed at New lnrinrv 1 lat a picturesque setting on the uunas river, tne United States coast guard academy trains young men for careers in the coast guard. The course given, is that of a ic hefar et acience in mm& Mg Ms! and graduates, receive a cenunis sum. la the coast guard as rnitfgnu la addition, cadets are paid while in the academy, enough to cover their bring expenses. Cadets are selected by competi tive examinations, held in Ferba ary each year. The examination is open to all men between the ages of IT and 22; who are high school graduates or seniors who will be graduated by June, and who ful fill the educational and physical requirements. Unlike West Point or Annapolis, no congressional appomtment la required. Young men who are Interested can learn, shout the Mn-trtHi by applying to the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard, Washington. o. c, for fun details. JOB SAVES TOK xt INSI An American, song bit has been credited with saving the jobs ef 300 Japanese office and factory employes, A recording of "Buttons and Bows" sold so fast that the distributors of the disk In Japan bad to eaQ off a scheduled economy layoff of its employes just, to keep pace with tha demand. Be To i . . . mm Jbd ghtfaaaxacrm Catena, Oregon, Savings Bond StartMayl5 PORTLAND, Feb. 55-fSpeeial)- The X950 XLS. Savings Bond cam paign, to be known as the Inde pendence drive, wui get under way May 15 and run through July i. Secretary Sayder announced to day. The liberty Ben it the cam paign symbol, and "Save for Tour Independence, rnph,i-Hng the traditional American, faith in thrift, ia the campaign slogan. It smgularty appropriata that this campaign should be known as the Independence drive, because the spirit of personal tndeprndrnce has motivated our financial as wit Ma mpnttraf ffrfnk-tng mtru 1 our nauonx earnest days." Secre tary Snyder said. To Meet with VataaUeera The staff of the Ueasmj's aav togs bonds division win meet with volunteer committees representing banking, industry labor, agricul ture, raotirtn pictures, advertising, newspapers, radio and numerous national organizations to ceganize the Independence Drive. The treasury again will depend upon the help of several million volun teers to assure the success of the drive. In commenting en the 1950 sav ing bond -campaign, Oregon state Ptalrman E. C. Sammons expres sed the belief that this state win better last yearx record, when K - ': ' - rnrjAlCTF-rnAiaillL whose toexbings cmd- plJloaepIiT 1,1 caw dierlaliad Cut wocMjovwt, w first cnad iotwast a Arliry maws. Tlumgh UoKffcmmtd la ganoa of aecuilrr ha nayariailao itdavzu aynoaornrwia wiibJ thrift hl to resnhld a to r-S EELIEV& tf Tsn ftcauti&wt allre oiaj, ta-jwould , hecggIyaf3orse the use sattJaaagad ada Quick torecw torn luiidailBg'cnadV torget IdavdAcorum crt fhextasxSSerpoaal fcCatai of aivi2)ex mocier cxnd'iBoJdao; money iryreadlnoj tmd tasbaq Oreocn Stateamcrn Qctssifled Ada, t. TImfty-. . , 'Read-Use lzZzzrMi : Z Vlzzs Z-Zlll r 01 Cctna T7oH Ctzrga HI Cnndcrf. Febntarr Si IZZ3. the assigned quota was exceeded by about ten percent. ,; i '.: . -;;. Hops for Sapport ' 1 k - p "We hope to have tha enthusiasm tie support of both businesf merf and labor leaders in all tha large communities of Oregon this spring," Mr. Sammons said. Un derstanding of the importance of wide-spread ownership of bonds as community reserves, as well as personal reserves, ia increasing and should result in additional use of the payroll savings plan as? it is made avallableby a larger number of firms, "The Savings Bonds prugiain has always had the backing of newspapers, banks, radio stations and many of the larger flrmt Inf Oregon. With added support from other sources, Oregon's showing this spring should be outstanding and our "Backlog to Bonds should be substantially increased." 1XOOSX HOLD CONFEXENCE - EUGENE, Feb. 25-JP-The mid winter conference of the Oregon Moose association drew 500 mem bers of the lode here today. Busi ness meetings, ritualistic compeU tion, and a bowling tournament-, win feature tha two-day confer Stair Rnrnco Co. FHA Leans . Iae-Thne Ucease 8-tll and U-223 lraeaal and Ato Lotsa win save. s t, Ben wosdd prbablT i. 'vi ft
