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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1950)
ISThe Statesmen, cdtia, Oregon, Pupddt. DecembenlO, 18S0 Atom Spy Courier Harry Go I d Given 30-Year Sentence PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9-iPhHarry Gold, Philadelphia research chemist, today was sentenced to 30 years in prison for admittedly serving as courier for a Russian atomic spy ring during World War Two. Gold previously had pleaded guilty to charges of espionage in wartime and conspiracy to commit espionage in wartime. He was sen' fenced to a 30-year term on each count with the terms to run con currently. Specifically, he admitted serv ing as courier between Dr. Klaus Fuchs and a Soviet espionage ring. Fuchs now is serving a 14-year term: in a British prison. Gold's sentence .the maxi mum allowed by law short of the death sentence exceeded the recommendations of the j federal government for a 25-year term. Little Emotion Only three days away from his 40th birthday. Gold showed little emotion as he was sentenced by U.S. Federal District Judge James P. McGranery. The Philadelphia research chemist's haggard face he has lost 35 pounds since his ar--rest May 23 was the sole evi dence of the strain under which he has been laboring. In a sober statement. Gold told the court he had made a "terrible mistake." But he said he had re ceived the "most scrupously fair inai ana treatment. "Most certainly," he added, "that could never have happened in the Soviet Union or any of the countries dominated by it." To Deter Others' Judge McGranery said he chose to ignore the sentence recommen dation from the U. S. attorney general because there is need ."to deter others" who might be con sidering following in Gold's foot steps. In a calm voice, Gold said "matters which have been upper most in my mind for the past few months " prompted him to speak Four things, he continued, have caused him "deep and horrible remorse. The work done on his behalf by his two-court-appointed at torneys has served to "bring me to the realization of the terrible mistake I have made." Secondly, he was deeply im pressed by the manner In which he was treated since his arrest. Given Fair Trial "I am fully aware," he said, "that I have received the most scrupulously fair trial and treat ment that could be desired and that this has been not only in this court but has been the case with the FBI, with the other agencies of the justice department, and with the authorities at the various prisons where J have been lodged." Thirdly, he has been concerned over the fact that "those who mean so much to me have been the worst besmirched by my deeds my country, my family and friends, x x x "There is a puny inadequacy to any words telling how deep and horrible is my remorse.' Lastly, he said, he has tried since his arrest to make "the greatest possible amends by dis closing every Dhrase of my es pionage activities by identifying" all the persons involved and by revealing every last scrap, shred and particle of it. 75-Year-Old Man Plans Expedition HAMBURG, Germany - (JP) When does a man reach the age where he stops seeking adven ture? Never! is the answer given by the man who should know: German Africa explorer of the early 1900's Paul Graetz. He. an nounced at the celebration party of his 75th birthday here recently that next spring he intends to cross the Dark Continent from Cape to Cairo by car. The explorer intends to keep his expedition small. Besides his mim Nil 4 til- EmBsvI' : X.fLti " in, m .i.r t iihi.j.111 .rr. .j lii li ji RestingPlacd Of Pocahontas Said in Peril TOOK UP PAINTING AT 7 3 - Mrs. Cert. L. Erion. It sad a treat grandmother, wha lives with her son, an employe of U. 8. High Commission at Stattg art, Germany, show some work she baa dene sines taking up painting three years aga. XMAS BELLS NEW YORK-(INS)-Ringing of Christmas bells is a tradition prob ably inherited from the old Eng lish "Devil's Knell". House Beau tiful magaiine, reporting on the origin of Christmas customs, says tne tngiish. tolled bells for one hour before midnight on Christ mas Eve to announce the death ef the devil 34-year-bld wife and their 8 -vpar- old daughter, he Intends to take OPEN HOUSE DAYTON, 0.-(INS)-Mor than 5,500 citizens turned out for Day ton's first open house. All city departments prepared displays and demonstrations of their ac tivities. Principal exhibits and events were centered at the mu nicipal building, floodlighted to accent the theme "Spotlighting Your City Service." Five floors of exhibits illustrated every phase of municipal operation and services. v JL . dJL JLxXy rlome and Garden W4: . .By Liliie L. Blacken Gifts Are Pertaining to Gardening Popular for Christmas . By Llllie L. Madsen Garden Editor. The Statesman We are now near a corner with Christmas just around it and are facing the gift-giving season . point blank. Some folk even claim they have their Christmas shopping finished. But for those of us who have been busy put ting on last minute winter mulches, or at least thinking about doing it. there still are a few people left for whom we must buy ."something". If i the . persons, for whom we have yet to select gifts, are in terested ' in gardening, buying . . shouldn't be difficult. In fact, it should be fun. Frequently, well come away from the store with two of each one for our friend and one for ourselves. ,.. There are always so many things we'd like to have in our : garden but don't have time to i shop for. For instance, the lab els we'd meant to get all last summer for our rose bushes or ou rhododendrons or azaleas. Or even for the lilacs. They make -nice Christmas thoughts both for ourselves and the other fellow. And the green tying ma terial. It's awfully handy to use for tying perennials to stakes. You never have too many ' hand pruners.' Someone else in the family is' always using the particular one you want. That happens to your friends, too. Cheap pruners are not the article for a real gardener. A pruner is only as good as the cutting blade. This should be of the best material. Also, a pruner should be heavy enough to do the cut ting it is intended to do. One I find I very useful is a narrow, pointed pruning, shears which I call get in between closely grow ing canes. This is very handy in the rosebed. Longer handled pruners with longer blades are especially use ful for such shrubs as the laur els, the laurus tinus, small trees r and large shrubs. For the man who does the heavy pruning work in caring for the "larger trees and shrubs, a fine gift is a folding-handle saw. With fine-cut teeth and a foot long blade, this will prune even medium-sized branches from the occasional home fruit tree. v ' -When it comes to Implements to be used in digging, you have Garden . Calendar December 11 Independence Garden club. December 11 Dayton Garden club. December 12-13 Salem Gar den club Greens show at Isaac Walton league building from 1 to 0 p.m. each day. December 12 Swegle Road Garden dub. Hostess, Mrs. Clif ford Yost. Program: "Camellias, Mrs. Melvin LaDue; "Winter Pruning, Mrs. Oscar Wigle. December 12 Woodburn Garden club. . ' - December 12 Scio Garden club. December 13 Mt. Angel Gar den club. .December 14 Little Garden club of Salem Heights. December 14 Salem Men's Garden club, YMCA. December 14 Brooks Garden club. Hostess, Anna Lehrman. Christmas party. Members to wear corsages. December 15 Stayton Gar den club. December 21 Annual meet ing of Salem Rhododendron and Camellia society. Mayflower hall, 6:30 no-host dinner. David Cam eron, president. January S Salem Garden Council. January 18 Hayesville club meeting, Mrs. A. F. Harvey, Blossom drive. a large choice. I counted 11 dif ferent styles in shovels the other day in one garden in Salem and there wasn't a one in the whole bunch I wouldn't have liked to have had. So will your garden friends. A small shovel is most useful in the garden. Sometimes a large shovel is necessary. There were, in the collection I saw, some very good, strong narrow ones. Looking at one al most a foot long and not more thafi seven or eight Inches wide, I thought what a happy thought to use to move a clump of small er bulbs. Do you remember what diffi culty you had In boring those holes around the shade trees to give them that extra shot of food in the spring? Well, you don't have to do that now. There's a thing called a Ross root feeder, which puts the fer tilizer right down where you want it. That's a nice gift for anyone who has trees on the home grounds. Like the pruners, no matter how many a gardener has ha still can use another trowel. Now an English stainless steel one with a polished wooden han dle is being offered. There are cultivating forks of, the same materials. When I was little, someone gave me a set of three tools, a hoe, a rake and. a little spade. They were really for playing in sand although 1 used them for digging in my mother's carrots entirely too much to please her. Now, there is a similar set which anyone would like to have just as much. This one is stronger really made for garden work. The hoe is narrow enough to work around plants in the bor der. The rake is just right for working in the rose bed or per ennial border and the little spade works fine in moving perennials they tell me. I looked about for a set like this in Salem stores the other day but failed to find one. But one Salem garden store salesman told me they'd be com ing in. Books are awfully nice gifts it you know your garden friend doesn't have one on his particu lar hobby. Even if he has one, there are others he'd like too, I am sure. For the rocking chair gardener there are such books as David Fairchild's "The World Was My Garden" and Agnes Rothery's "The Joyful Garden er." But you can get books on the orchid, on tuberous begon ias,' on ferns, on African violets, roses, chrysanthemums almost on any type of garden plant you wish. Most of these give vari eties, cultural directions, in sect and disease control as well as many other hints to make the author's particular variety of plant do well. v nr-1 1 v57T;. i-p. j ."fSs 1-1 - I ll'6? w tf9 J f I 3y construction tested, this plan for a six-room bouse Is designed for maximum living space as well as exterior baianee. The hn covers 1,354 square feet and contains 22,588 cubic feet withat breezeway and garage. Designed by David Marner, architect. Ui Bond St. Asbwy Park. N. J it was built and sold by Malmone Brothers at Little Silver, N. J, for flJ,50S with half-acre. -4AP Newsfeatnres). Question - Answer Box By Mai Cooper GRAVES END. England. Dec. 9 -lAVThe last resting place of an American legend, the Indian prin cess Pocahontas, is in periL Any time now the order may come to tesr down St. George s church, where the body of the noble red woman was buried 333 years ago. The church lies in an out-of- the-way comer of this old port city at the mouth of the Thames. It is in a poor state of repair. Over the years most of its con gregation has drifted away. The church of England com missioners, who handle church real estate matters, put St George's on their condemned list in 1948. Every Sunday the few remain ing parishioners walk right over the bones of the beautiful Indian girl who, so the story goes, saved Captain John Smith's life from the tomahawks of her faUurr's braves at the risk of her own. The bones of Chief Powhatan's daughter lie in a vault beneath the floor, where the aisle reaches the front pews. The Rev. Richard Daun ton-Fear, icar of St George's, says there not the slightest doubt that the bones are still there, despite the passing of more than three cen turies. Records Show "The church records show that the was buried here, he told a reporter, "and the vault is still Intact" The vicar does not want to see his church torn down, although he appreciates why the commis sioners can no longer see their way clear to maintaining it Neither does be consider that it would be fitting for the bones of Pocahontas to wind up under the foundations of a factory or an apartment building. Further, he is dead set against moving them. Shrine for U. S. His solution? For a hundred thousand pounds, which is $280,- ; 000 in American money, the ; church can b made shipshape ; again. Then, says the vicar, it! could be turned into a shrine for j Americans. ' Where is the money coming from? Well, times being what they are in England, that is pretty well up to the Americans. "It s their mover J me vicar, if they want to make one." The vicar, a pleasant fellow, 40, is too polite to say so but up to now all he has heard from Amer ica is conversation and rumors. Many indignant Virginians have called on the transatlantic phone to cuss the vicar out for not doing something about Pocahontas. Hun dreds have written letters. There was a rumor that Paul Green, a playwright from itlcn mond, was organizing an expedi tion to take the bones back to Virginia. Ask Banes Eemaved Another rumor had It that some Colorado Indians had asked tne Denver Post to sponsor a cam paign for removing the bones to the wild west "I thoroughly disapprove of any proposal to remove the bones of Pocahontas," the vicar says firm- lv. "Here she has rested for more than 300 rears and here she stays. Pocahontas married colonist John Rolfe and came to England with him and their son early in the 17th century. Exotically beau tiful and lionized as the daughter of a native emperor, she made ereat splash in court circles and was even received by Queen Anne. In March, 1817, the Rolfes start ed the Ion ocean- voyage from London back to America. Aboard hln Pocahontas fell ilL Taken ashore at Gravesend, she died nA arrordinf to surviving ac counts was buried m tne enure a. 'Neighborly Pies' -Earn Inheritance " PHILADELPHIA -(INS)- A Philadelphia houewife who was "just neighborly" has found out that It pari to do her own bak ing. Mrs. Leon Maurer learned re cently that a neighbor had left her $2,000 bees use she used to bake an occasional lemon pie for him. The unusual bequest was stipu lated in the will of David Mc Far Lane, 73, a mala nurse who had lived next door to the Maur ers for about eight years. lira. Maurer recalled that her neighbor often did her kindnesses but that she wss a little surprised when all the meringue cam bark. The Maurer! plan to buy maT country pUos when fba raaajsi. the house mires from postal srr -i: : t BUSXNEAS Ft) EXXON LARAMIE, Wyo. -INS- TZ In the Wyoming University arch ' Ives department show that tor eign corporations admitted to do business In Wyoming from July 10. 180 to September 30, !, listed capital stock at more than fill mmion. A If you can't attend the Salem Oratorio Society's 7th An nual Presentation of li A permanent pasture for dairy cows should be convenient to the barn. 1 Garden books nuke very useful gifts sad they can be had in great variety ef prices and an a great Tarlety of "bjecuu The m abent CamelHii, ptctured here, k a 2S number. The Joyful Gar- m V. i.4 V4 tt Tlolet ,H,, IfW-M. There are a nanater of good llsUe garden bosks . for and even leas.. (Fans Pheta fee The Statesman.) j Question: V.T. says she has seedling of loquat about six inch es tall and wants to know how hardy it is in this locality. Also the name of the trees with red fruits in front of the state library. Answer: The loquat is not at all hardy as an outdoor shrub or tree In this region. The trees in front of the state library are the Carriere Thome (Crataegus carrier el) one of the most popular of the many haw thornes. The Grants, who sre authors of. "Trees and Shrubs for Pacific Northwest Gardens," has this to say about it: "... is a broadly spreading tree 20 to 25 feet high with stiffly twiggy, spiny branches. The dark green leathery leaves remain after other deciduous trees are naked, al most giving the effect of a broad leaved evergreen. The leaves slowly turn bronzy red after a , killing frost and drop off by the middle of winter. The white flowers in spring are attractive, but this Thorn is principally grown for its clusters of large orange-red fruits, which remain on the tree all winter. Question: I already have re ceived a shrub as a Christmas gift for my new garden. I am not a gardener yet and have no idea what this is. "It's mark ed "Calluna vulgaris. After this; in parenthesis, is printed "Beale." I have no idea how big or how wide such a thing grows. I looked in the couple of catalogues I have on hand but have found no thing. Can you tell me anything about it? KJ. Answer: This is one of the Scotch Heathers; usually known as Ling. The "Beale" stands for the particular variety. This is one of the very popular ones. It has long, showy spikes of pink flowers. It will grow to about three feet high and needs con siderable pruning. The pruning is nice, as the spikes make fine cutllowers. Question: Our lily of the val ley hasn't been doing so well. We planted it about three years ago and have bad only a few blooms and even the foliage hasn't look ed too good. " And yet each fall we have given it a good feeding of commercial fertilizer. Every one has told us this bulb is a heavy feeder. This is the first time we have tried to grow them. Any information would be ap preciated. F.S. Answer: You didn't say any thing about the location. How ever, what your lilies of the val ley may need is a good mulch of old leafmold, compost or well decayed cow barn fertilizer. This mulch should be put on around and over the bed in fall and your complete commercial fertilizer spread on top of this in the spring. This little plant Is a great lover of humus and will not do welt unless given plenty of it Question: Have a lot of small red spiders in my little green house. How can I get rid of them? C.A. Answer: &omeumes you can wash them away simply by using a spray from the water hose. Sulphur dust will also help. But there are a number of good sprays Just for such purposes which come under trade names at the garden stores. They can be had in small quantities and may be put on with a small hand sprayer. Question: Is Fritilaria imper ialis or Crown Imperial hardy in the valley? Am newcomer from Santa Rosa. S R. Answer: Yes. there are a num ber of Crown Imperials growing in this area. They need a rich porous soil, a full sun location and a comparatively heavy mulch for winter. Question: Can you tell me if Rhododendron lutescens is a hy brid or a species? We got into an argument about this the other day at a garden club and none of us had the proper books in which to find this. MJj. Answer: Fortunately, X had the "proper" book. My book says it is a species native of western China and grows upright 10 or 12 feet nsnaHrMrasftrHrMrsnVsABBBMBaM Jatui rarne Maureen Ollara la TRTPOLT Technicolor . and dial inr . 2 Smash Bits! THE BEEAHNG - POINT" and TLL GET BY" TrlinlcoUr! Starts TodayCent 1:41 i ri ?a' Kim Ce-Feature -CHANGE Or HEAT Susan Hayward. Jaaa CarrotL Freddie Martin A Orchestra HAITDEL'S IIESSIAH" Sua. Doc 10 2:55 P. M. Salcn High School Andiloriim then ttsteu te this wea4erfal SMaterpieee Tini'srvn SHOW AMES. 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