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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1950)
1 The Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Thursday. October 2S 1950 Chest 90 Fullas Scraping Bottom of Barrel' " While most divisions over the top were continuing to ."scrape the bottom of the barrel" in aa effort to attain the over-all goal, Salem's Community chest was dragging through its fourth campaign week Wednesday. , -Reports brought total gifts to $100,028 or SO per cent of the .quota. J.U15 13 9i,uw duvc ms Sgt. McDowell To Head USAF Office in Salem ILL CoL Robert C Irwin, com manding officer. 9414th VAR Training Squadron announced -Wednesday the establishment of n air force liaison office at 1328 State st in charge of TSrt. Wil- mer E. McDowell. Sgt McDowell comes to Salem direct from head quarters, 4th air force, Hamilton field. Calif, on a three-year as signment. . The purpose of the office Is to caict mnA utviu nil f m personnel In the Salem area in any matters that pertain to the air force. Sgt. McDowell is also directed, to carry on the recruit ment of former service personnel Into the air reserve nrnmm especially Salem's own volunteer ir reserve training squadron. All former service personnel of any branch who desi r nwnr sta tus in the air force should con tact Sgt McDowell In his office between the hours of 10 ajn. to 6 p.m, Monday through Friday, or telephone Salem 4-1711. Sgt McDowell went Into alr cadet training from Salem In 1940 after graduation from Salem high. He served In the China- Burma-India .theatres during wona war il with the 10th and 14th air forces. His mother, Mrs. Lucy McDowell, resides at 43S N. Winter st in Salem. Babies Born to Polio Mothers PORTLAND, Oct 25-0$-Two babies, born to mothers stricken with polio, were reported doing fine at Good Samaritan hospital here. An 8-pound boy was born yes terday to Mrs. Doris Harper, 23. who is under treatment in an iron lung. She was stricken Oct 4. A 7-pound girl was delivered yesterday by caesarian section to Mrs. Dorothy McGlinn, Portland. She was stricken Oct S but is not ta an iron lung. -. : , Gregory Peck Hospitalized J. 'HOLLYWOOD, Oct 25HV Cregory Peck was hospitalized to day after he complained of feel ing faint while taiirifig to studio associates. department for his role of King David in a forthcoming movie, had to grasp a table for support as he became ilL Dr. Lee SiegeL after an exam ination at the hospital, said the .cior was suuennz eitner from cute indigestion or extreme fati gue and that unless complications develop he will be able to return home in three days. : Brooks Women on Minnesota Trip BROOKS Mrs. Albena Lanius V k - i m. . . , m Minneapolis, where she visited rel atives. Mrs. Frank Tiscbler accom panied Mrs. Lanius on the trip and visited her daughter in Fargo, N. D. - - Mr. and Mrs. C JL NeabieU, Sherrie Lee and Bobby Cane of Peoria, Illinois, returned to their home last week after spending two weeks at the home of their par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boet ger. . The November meeting of the Brooks Sewing Club will be held at the home of Mrs. Elmer Conn. Mrs. Mary Keene is recovering from a , major operation of last Friday. She is in the Salem Gen eral hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J. C Jones have gone to Colorado to visit Jones aged father. Mrs. Katie Sturgis has gone to Portland where she will receive medical treatment for her era. that has been bothering her for some time. ; STRUCK PLANT TO CLOSE CHICAGO, Oct 25-Vrha In ternational Harvester company said today its Milwaukee plants and its Chicago McCormick works will shut down next week as a result of a two-month strike by CIO United Auto workers at eight ether plants. ' . irr After MIdnlsht SATUHDAY1 -Al the GUATID Workers unai giiu dus noi enougn to nil the budeets of agencies whose "cost of living" is up. After Gertrude Acheson, YWCA executive secretary, appealed to the workers that the "red feather" agencies "translate money into work with human beings, trying to provide fuller lives," the cam paign leaders expressed deter minatio that the goal of $111,000 will be reached. Although the drive is on the final 10 per cent, it was noted that the last lap is the hardest Latest division to reach its goal was automotive and transporta tion, for which Burr Miller and Otto J. Wilson reported $10,701. of $1 over the quota. Miller, along with Edwin Schreder and Edward Majek who also have passed the 100 per cent mark, said they would not consider their tasks done until the entire chest is fill ed. The education division also is over its quota. Other leaders reported ready re sponse by some individuals and firms to the chest's request for 20 per cent additions to 1949 pledges. The divisions' total pledges and percentage of goal Wednesday were as follows: Automotive $10,701 100 Contractors Educational General gifts . Governmental 6,309 4.352 70 111 102 80 90 90 104 83 77 70 88 10,632 8,279 12,034 18,169 12,273 368 218 2,340 8,750 Industrial Mercantile Professional Rural Utilities West Salem Women French Solons Back United Europe Army PARIS. Thursdav. Oct 2(UJJn Parliament today approved Pre mier Rene Pleven's nlan for a supranational European army as the only way France will accept the rearmament of Germans. The vote was 349 to 235. Pleven's plan calls for a west European defence minister, res ponsible to a council representing the interested governments and also to an international parlia ment to admisiter the army. All member countries would contri bute troops, including Germany. Shortly bet ore the vote former Premier Edouard Daladier declar ed the plan already was doomed oy tne cool reception given It in Britain, Belgium and Western Germany. Daladier said he believed all other North Atlantic Pact nations would unite against the French plan. "German rearmament Is now a decided If not an accomplished fact" he declared bitterly. Truman Frowns At High Ratio of Draft Rejections WASHINGTON. Oct 25 -UPh President Truman said today that one-third of America's youths were physically or mentally unfit to fight for their country. He call ed it a "disgrace." The president also declared that Americans are "not too proud to fight" reversing the famous words uttered by President Wood row Wilson in the early days of World War I and he told an au dience of national guard leaders: -we win ugut lor the right every time." The speech signalled what ap peared to be a renamed adminis tration drive for enactment of a universal military training pro gram when congress returns late in November. Detroit Lions Suit Defendants DETROIT. Oct 23 -JPk- Al I Russas. 25-year-old former Ten- nessee end, filed a $10 000 dam- age suit In federal court today gainst me uexron juions. .tie charged that the Detroit Football Co, owner of the Lions, violated kr-: i i-n t IT? i , by asking waivers on him before he had recovered from injuries. ius uooi pua dim nospiuu ex-1 mses, then informed him walv-1 k-J V . 1 1 t I en hmA ben asked An him charged. He added that the mum ucytw mm o. dim uvea-1 am ainniiu. Ett .FIBEBUAM'S IWl MfflVft UifAl Un Xlclizr D Orcissira 0 P. IL-12P.IL f 149 M. Cespl (TozbcU Missing School Movie Equipment Found in Field Nearly $1,000 worth of motion picture equipment stolen from Enslewood school here last Julv was recovered in a farmer's field near Pratum last night the Mar ion county sheriffs office report ed. A deputy said Henry Beutler contacted him when he found the equipment under a grove of trees on his farm. The cases containing the projectors and sound equip ment were badly damaged from weather exposure but the equip ment is useable, authorities said. Jolson Leaves $4,000,000 . To Charities HOLLYWOOD, Oct 25- (A) -Close friends and associates of Al Jolson dropped in for a final visit today. Only the most near and dear acquaintances were permitted to see the body of "Mr. Show Busi ness," lying in a bronze casket surrounded by flowers in the den of his sunny suburban home in Endno. . . And once again, the Jazz singer was Just the Cantor's boy. Jolson was dressed in a plain blue suit, a tallith shawl draped over his shoulders in memory of his father. While sorrowing friends com pleted arrangements for funeral services and interment tomorrow, word came from New York that the singer left more than $4,000, 000 and most of it will go to chari ties of three denominations Jew ish, Catholic and Protestant The weekly Theatrical maga zine Variety said Jolson's will pro vides generous trust funds for his fourth wife and widow, the former Erie Galbraith. and his two adopt ed sons, Asa jr. 2, and Albert 18. Attorney Charles Schwartz said specific requests will go to needy students at New York university, the college of the City of New York and Columbia university. The Cedars of Lebanon hospital here also will benefit But he de clined to rive details until the will is filed for probate. Just as privacy cloaked today's activities, final rites tomorrow will be closed to the public. A crowd runninff into the thousands is anticipated at Temple Israel on Hollywood Boulevard, just a few blocks from theaters where Jol son's name often blazed in lights. The 04-year-old singer died of a heart attack in San Francisco Monday night Couple Divorced After 35 Years And 17 Cliildren MARTTNSBURG, W. Va, Oct M-W-Mr. and Mrs. Harland Greenfield have gotten a divorce after 35 years of marriage and 17 children. Circuit Judge Decatur H. Rod gers entered the decree for Mrs. Greenfield yesterday. The order showed all but three of the chil dren are now self-supporting. Mrs. lireemieid received custody of the three and the husband was direct ed to pay her $20 a month. Greenfield o Derates a truck farm near Martinsburg. A local court custom leaves all the papers but the decree under seal and it does not show the grounds for divorce. Vishinsky's Cadillac Has Built-in Flagpole T-ATCJT SIirrESS rVrt 2iJP Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky showed up for work to day In a brand new car a big black Cadillac limousine. The car had one nwnmat feature a built-in flagpole on the left front fender from which flew the red hammer and sickle flag. Salem Workers to Hold Bargaining Election PORTLAND, , Oct 23 -W) f,,: pUyes oI Producers Cooperative C- Salem, will vote In - " vebr4 m , . Robert f: Weiner, NLRB officer here, said thrr will Ar-Am wh!er 4thlvWanf J? fSF r the ATL Cannery, ; v.' . ..v.ro Pavers and Helpers union. ac-Jhood, saying he was to recelvt s3,uuu lor the season. 97 KOBTHSAIXH LJM ROLLE2 Flegel Invites Libel Suit on Radio Speech PORTLAND, Oct 25 -(r- If ueorge i lagg, public utilities com missioner, feels he was libelled in a speech which a Portland radio sxauon rerused to broadcast he is free to file suit, Austin Flegel said today. , Flegel, democratic candidate for governor, informed Flap? hv let. ter that the speech was delivered to me press in advance of the scheduled delivery. The station (KWJJ) refused to permit its delivery until it was eauea. But Flegel said if any libel was committed "it was committed when this speech was distributed." The democratic candidate .had 'asked Attorney General George weuner previously whether Flagg had engaged in illegal political activity in behalf of republican uovernor Douglas McKay. French Battle Reds at Laokay SAIGON, Vietnam, Indochina, Oct 25-Cff-rrench army sources reported today the blasting of communist-led Vietminh concen trations east of Laokay by French artillery and warp lanes. This appeared to mean the op ening of a battle for Laokay, the last French bastion on the north west frontier. A communique said French pa trols had found Vietminh forces only Cveb miles from Laokay, on the Red river adjoining commun ist : China's : Yunnan province. French batteries then shelled the Vietminh nationalist followers of the Moscow-trained Ho Chi Minn. UJS. Shipments To Cliina Triple WASHINGTON, Oct 2i -JPh Amencan smpments to commu nist China almost tripled in Au gust second month after the Ko rean war broke out A commerce department report todav showed that cxtmrta in China climbed that month to $8,- vuo.ooo from 3,000,000 in July. That was about nine times as high as August last year. In addition, $2,700,000 In goods went to Manchuria. .There was no indication of what goods were shipped. A senate com merce subcommittee ! mmntlv investigating the movement of oil and other strategic materials to China since the Koreaan wa$ be- (UU, . , Aggression Said 'Gravest' Crime LAKE SUCCESS, Oct 25-05V The United States and five other nations today called on the U. N. assembly to brand open or fifth column aggression as "the gravest of all crimes against peace and security throughout the world." The proposal was introduced in to the assembly's political com mittee as the western answer to a Soviet "peace" plan asking for armaments reduction and the branding as a war criminal the first government to use the atom bomb. FOOD LOADED FOE SLAVS WASHINGTON, Oct 25 Secretary of State Acheson dis closed today that American food alreadV la beinff leaded fnr ah!n- ment to drought-stricken Yugo slavia In response to requests from Marshal Tito's anti- Soviet com munist government B1SCZ TO TEX tSTTESS Of ASXUCA'S TCLTHJU. XHUTICJ! us sn OPiCnESTM Direct front the Aaabaawa4or HeteL ! Lea Angeles Ciystd Gardens FA, OctJ 27th! I it A t 9. a. to 1 a. saJ Aaav Ul Oaei. Tax) Gas Tank Plus Match Equals Fire A Salem man lit a match to see while he drained gasoline from a model-A Ford shortly after dark last night Firemen from the east station arrived in time to save the car from total destruction. The car belonged to Donald Smith and caught fire at his resi dence at 2410 Simpson st, ac cording to firemen who said e -friend" of Smith's was draining the tank. South Koreans Arrest 8,458 SEOUL, Oct. 25-(-South Kor ean authorities have arrested 8, 458 persons as communists sus pects in the Seoul area and so far have released nearly half of them, officials said today. Investigation headquarters of the South Korean army police in dicated that many of the Reds on itts wanted list got away. It said an unknown number of them fled north. Among those arrested were about 504 women and scores of Chinese Nationals. In all, the headquarters report said, 3,683 of those picked up were found innocent of c ollaboration charges and were released. Pair Charged With Burglary A Silverton youth with a long juvenile record and a Salem man were arrested by Marion county sheriffs deputies Wednesday on burglary charges Involving a break-in at a residence east of Four Corners. Norman Duane Keuscher, 23, of 590 Bliler aven and Ralph Ernest Moent 18, Silverton, both waived preliminary hearing in Silverton Justice court and were ordered held, under $200 bail each, for grand jury action. Deputies said the burglary oc curred early this month at the Andrew Schlecter residence, Sa lem route 6. A wrist watch, a portable radio, : some tools and about $65 in cash were reported stolen. Willamette Student Leaders to Attend Conference at OSC Six Willamette -university stu dents will attend the annual Ore gon Federation of Collegiate Lead ers conclave on the Oregon State campus, November 10-12. v Representing Willamette will be Jack Gunn, president of the 1950 OFCL meet, and member- at largt of the Willamette student body Gunn is from Palo Alto, California. Other WU students attending the convention win be Stanley Aschenbrenner, Spokane, Wash., president of the student body; Jack Brown, The Dalles, first vice president; Harley Hoppe, Aber deen, Wash., student chapel man ager;; Bill MacDougalL Portland, editor of the Collegian, and Jackie Chutej Portland, secretary of the Among major topics to be dis cussed at this year's meting will be student finance; publications; concert and cultural series in the colleges. EE Western Adventure! Loais Ceahern Paula Raymond Next: "Sunset Blvd." Doris Day Gordon MaeRae in TEA FOR in Teehnieelor! And Dans Andrews in "Where the Sidewalk New Shewisur Oven 6:45 lUtUD? CHARDUs j Second Feature! "OPERATION HAYLXFT. ' Bill Wmiaaaav Jane Nigh LEGION CLUB PRIME RIBS OF BEEF FINI FOOD - DANCTNO Also Special. Dmntra 2650 S. CocnL Ph. 3-7632 11 I r. Jurisdictional Dispute Threat To Coast Ports COOS BAY, Ore., Oct 25-(-One ship was picketed today in a jurisdictional dispute that threatened to keep steam schoon ers from five Oregon coastal ports. The C-Trader was picketed by longshoremen t, recently expelled from the CIO, at Reedsport and R. Johannsen, business agent for the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific at North Bend said the longshoremen were trying to "muscle in." He said the vessel would be loaded but that until the dispute is settled, SUP crews will bring no more ships into Coos Bay, Reedsport, Bandon, Newport and Florence. The smaU schooners ply be tween coastal ports, carrying mostly lumber. Cargo is handled under contract by SUP crews, Johannsen said. Pickets said however that tra ditionally the SUP handles only one hatch. If more than one hatch is to be worked, longshoremen are called. They declared the SUP planned to handle more than one hatch on the C-Trader. John Massey, Portland business agent for the SUP, said under the contract with the steam schooner operators, the SUP had jurisdic tion and longshoremen were call ed to work cargo only when nec essary. Johannsen said no lumber from any CIO mill would be moved by any ship under SUP jurisdiction until the dispute was settled. Peter Mauer of Mt. Angel Shot ttatesauui Newt Servica MT. ANGEL, Oct. 25 Peter Mauer, 29, Mt. Angel, was shot in the leg during a family dis turbance at the home of his ex wife's mother here Wednesday night, state police reported. . . . Police said the shooting occur red at the home of Mrs. Barbara Borschwa. They said Mauer was hit by a blast from a 410-gauge shotgun. Mauer was taken to Silverton hospital and later removed to a Portland veteran's hospital. Police said no charges had been filed late tonight. Demand Grows for Al Jolson Records san francisco', CcL-2s-iv Juke box operators and depart ment stores reported today an un precedented demand for records of Al Jolson, who died here unex pectedly Monday night.' The Pioneer Wired Music com pany, which operates 135 Juke boxes in taverns, reported It had been playing almost nothing but Jolson records since his death. NOW SHOWING! Open at 6:45 P. M. Starta at 7:15 P. M. Donald O'Connor Gale Storm "Curtain CaU At Caetaa Creek la Technicolor Ann SherMaat Tieter Ma tare "STELLA" Q (k Gb Mat. Dally from 1 P.M. NOWI ROARING . THRILLS! u0 il II ir2r-nnrt3 Ce-Featere! Spade Cooler TvarybodYa Dcmrin" Opens C:45 P. M. NOWI THRILLING! .111 LIMIT T L. I SiSSt. QJ mowPiwuTCTwwi' I XLS. Manpower Controls 'Distant i WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 The nation's new manpower chief said today the labor supply is tightening up and some trans fers of workers may have to be "negotiated" to fill critical needs. But controls .are a long way off, he-said. i ' 1 These views were expressed by Robert C. Goodwin at his first news conference since he was named by Secretary of Labor Tobin as executive director of the office of defense manpower. Portland's Bus Drivers Eligible For Traffic Tickets i PORTLAND, Oct. 25-(P)-Driv-ers of the city's public transporta tion busses are going to be served traffic citations just like any auto driver even if the police have to stop ihe bus. ; CapL Eugene Ferguson of the traffic division said this may toss bus schedules out of kilter and irritate passengers wanting to get to work on time or home for din ner but it was going to be police policy. , The traffic chief explained the agreement between the Portland Traction company and the drivers' union which had permitted such citations to be served to the com pany has since been abrogated by the union. He said this agreement had been instituted during the war as a means of speeding up bus service at that time.- Open Friday Ifiies TO 9 O'CIccb Ml EloSfeesaS Mz$ u: UPSTAIDS CLOTHES SHOP Finesll U SUITS suits suns SO 9 Exlra Soil Pauls ATitlkUo New smartly styled, expertly tailered suits. Super mallty fabrtea, large selection el patterns, weaves, and colors. Sixes to fit aB, Regular, Short, Stent and Tall. The Smart Man Bays His Clothes At Joe's because ha knows the anallty Is high and prices are low, and yoar dollar bays aaere, at Joe's Upstairs Store. w The) finest qualiry 100 wool cjoxsdlne, cmd Donegal tweed, genuine) ragistared lonj4ll craranatied rain- re paUant draaay, anaarUT-strled rcdn or ailna coats. Eeaular $40 $QRC3 $QQ50 J At Look for the Flashing Sara $10 Sign Above Entranc BZMEMSZRi WE ARE OPEN FRIDAY KITE TILL 9:00 442 Stale Sircot Abore Morris Optical Co. Next to Hohlgran's Eaalauranl Observers Say Reds Bluffing HONG KONG. Thursday, Oct. 28 -W- Some observers in this British colony on the fringe of Red China think yesterday's Peiping radio announcement of an order for a Sino-Red "advance" on Tibet was more political than miilitary. The Peiping radio said the or der for the "advance" on Tibet was disclosed in a news " dispatch from Chungking,, southwestern China red headquarters. - - In disrountinv fhtm nn:t. - f UUUWIJ. Alll plications of the Peiping broad cast, observers pointed out that: 1. There has been no known announcement of the move against Tibet broadcast or printed in the Chinese language. 2. The Red New China news agency distributed the etxt of the so-called invasion order in English and only to the Hong Kong colony's English" language and non-communist Chinese newspapers: : ? ,. . : . S. Neither Takungpao' or Wen weipao, the colony's two pro-Red Chinese newspapers, have carried the announcement. OREGON AUTHOR DIES NEWPORT, Ore, Oct 25-tfV Willlam Marshall Rush, writer of nature fact and fiction, died sud denly today at his forested ranch on Yaquina bay. He began writ ing while a forest ranger in Ore gon, Idaho and Montana. now is lis Tins lo Bny SO 9 to $50 Value 50 and Upsiairs CIciia St:; CT7SO $01