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ft i J Hit 1 The Statoeincml Salem, Ofgon. Young GI Loses Both Feet; Faces Loss of All Fingers . BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 12-(JP)-A GI's mother sat outside the operating room at Percy Jones hospital today. Her jaw was set and her teeth were clenched, but her eyes were dry. "If my son can stand it, I can too," said the woman, Mrs. D. Hubert Reeves. She probably held back a grimace for each stroke of the sur geon's knife, but she didnt' show It Inside the operating room army doctors amputated both the frostbite-blackened feet of her 19-year-old boy, Pvt. Hubert Reeves. Before going under the knife his m.ain concern was about his mother, not himself. The surgery was just another chapter in the nightmarish story of ungrudging sacrifice that be gan weeks ago on a frigid Korean battlefield. That story will never end completely. Though the army says Reeves will not be a quad ruple amputee, he will lose at least part of both hands as soon as his legs heaL Doctors removed his feet just above the ankles. They said -the operation was "very successful" and described his condition as "excellent." It probably will be 10 days or ' two weeks, according to the sur geons, before they remove all the fingers of Reeves' left hand and the right hand fingers up to the middle knuckles. Surgeons waited as long as they dared, hoping life would return to the numbed ends of all four limbs. The agony Reeves had gone through made today's operation seem painless by comparison. Chinese Communists wounded him in the leg. His own troops wrapped him in a sleeping bag to protect him against the 27-below cold and loaded him into a truck with other wounded men. Reeves still doesn't know whether the Americans "got con fused" and left the truck during the night or were driven off. The enemy came across the truck the next morning. The Communists saw the wounded, he said, they opened up with submachine guns. Reeves, narrowly missed by the bullets, played dead. All the others were killed or died shortly. About 24 hours later more ene my troops arrived. They climbed onto the truck and started to throw off the bodies. Discovering that Reeves was warm, they beat him with their rifles and again left him for dead. After lying on the ground in the bitter cold all day, he was able to call the attention of some passing marines. 'Zag Boxing Prospects Said Best in History SPOKANE, Jan. 12-(P)-Coach Joev August, whose Gonzaga box ing team tied with Idaho for the ! national collegiate title last year, looked over his 1951 team today and announced: "This will be the greatest in the history of the school. We're two deep in every position. We have nearly a dozen letternen re turning. Eli Thomas, NCAA champion cific Coast King Jim Reilly are at 155 pounds, and 135-pound Pa back. Every Sal. Hile Haunted Hill BALL ROOM RlckrealL Ore. Escorted Ladies Free Till 9:15 Music by Lurry and His Cascade Range Riders Hear Them on KSLM Sat mi 7:30 to 8:00 P.M. DANCE RETURN ENGAGEMENT BY POPULAR DEMAND Dlte Ed Blue 2 Opening Mon. Nite Ward Hlllrieh Your Genial Host PILUSO'S . Oa rrtljuid RL Just N. f SUNDAY m DINNER I AMERICAN 2650 S. Commercial Saturday. Tannary 13. 1351' Light LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 This filmy four-ounce nightie, made of black nylon and virtually transparent, is one of many lightweight feminine garments being shown at the California Apparel Creators' Spring Fash ion Show at Los Angeles. Fran ces Leyden models. Other del icate items on display at tbe show are a one and a half ounce panty girdle and a one ounce bra, all result of material shortages, say designers. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman.) Cyclist Hurt In Collision Statesman News Servlc SALEM HEIGHTS, Jan. 12 A school boy escaped with cuts and bruises here Friday when he coasted down a hill on his bicycle and collided with an auto, state police reported. Russell L. Bartlett, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bartlett, was the victim. He was not hospitalized. State Policeman Palmer Lee said the bicycle struck the right front fender of the car and cata pulted Russell onto the hood. A section of the windshield was broken. The motorist was identified as Elbert Geary Neal, Salem route 3, box 799R. The accident happened at Liberty road and Salem Heights avenue about 4:40 p. m. Mint Growers Elect Jack Sather Chairman CORVALLIS, Jan. H-t-PWack D. Sather, Clatskanie, today was elected chairman of the Oregon Essential Oil Growers league at a meeting here. New directors include: Jack Gilmore and D. E. Turnidge, both of Jefferson; and C. U. Snyder, Al bany. Two Floor 1 Shows Nitely Discover A New Taste Thrill Dine at Filnso't Our Kitchen Is Now Under the Supervision of CHEF HAROLD A Gourmet's Sensation at Reno's Famous Golden Hotel Underpin No Coyer Ours Ground Beef With I Mushroom Sauce LEGION CLUB Phone 3-7632 - air it V- - I ,n - i ' - ft? ( v . ' i . - V - s ( yxtat . ' ; IK ii; -. - - Program Nets Many Gifts for Woman in Shoe Gifts showered on Salem's ''wo man in a shoe" Friday when her stand-in" on a national network broadcast correctly answered three questions. She won for Mrs. Edna Sloan a sewing machine, toaster, several cases of food, dozens of children's shirts and dungurees and more than $100 worth of groceries. Representing Mrs. Sloan on ABCs "Chance of a Lifetime" show in New York was movie starlet Janice Rule. Emcee John Reed King identi lied the person wno sent in a clipping about Mrs. Sloan only as 'Mrs. Phillips of Salem, Ore.' (The city directory lists 5tt). He then told of Mrs. Sloan's work with underprivileged children here. Mrs. Sloan, a recent auto-wreck victim, is recovering at a Port land hospital. 106 in County Ordered to Take Physicals Orders for 106 more Marion county men to take pre-induction physical examinations in Febru ary came Friday to the selective service board, which announced names of men to leave Tuesday for induction into the army. The induction list comprises 30 youths, all of age 20 or more ex cept one 19-year-old among the seven voluntary draftees. Those to leave from here at 3 p.m., following a 2 p.m. farewell party at Salem YMCA sponsored by Associated Services, will be: - Elmer B. Esch, David N. Spald ing, Dale F. Taylor, Neil John Beyer, Edwin A. Bolliger, Delmer LeeRoy Webb, Dennis J. Fenni more, Maurice Iver Tucker, Wayne Deane Robertson, Joe M. Mapes, Albert Lynch, Gordon I. Kadrmas, Aliwysius John Ziebert. Glenn Clyde Fincher, Lee Fay Triplett, Marvin H. LeRud, Harry H. Mulford, Lloyd Leslie Farm, Bernard Theodore Ripp, Laur ence Henry Bower, Richard Duane Bolender, William Lee Bangert, Alfred Frederick Chivers, Orval Dean Nelson. Transferred here for induction are George E. Towner from New port and Ernest K. Kadin from Hayward, Wise. Transferred away are Gerald Marvin Warfield to Washington, Ernest Roland Rucker to Bethany, M. O., Donald Clair Gordon to Chi cago and Eugene Beaver to Hol denville, Okla. 2 'Dead' Relatives To Visit Each Othe AUCKLAND, New .Zealand-;P) Sidney Charles Mitchell, 72, is going to England to see his 102-year-old mother in Plymouth. Mother and, son had each thought the other was dead. She thought he was killed in World War I, and he thought she was killed by bombs in World War II. Mitchell read in an English newspaper the other day that his mother had been interviewed by the mayoress of Plymouth on her 102nd birthday. He wrote by air mail and had a letter back from his mother within ten days. Aluminum Scrap Placed On Government Control WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -(P)-The Government today announced controls over aluminum Scrap. It prohibited "undue accumulations" of such scrap and ruled that only approved smelters or fabricators may use it without special authori zation. Ohio Educators Blast Video Sales COLUMBUS, O. -(INS)- The Ohio education department has loosed a broadside at the television industry for fostering "discontent ment' in American homes in an effort to boost the sales of sets. Dr. Clyde Hissong, education director, lambasted the advertis ers approach and said parents were having enough trouble In rearing children without compet ing with neighborhood TV. He charged the advertisers with resorting to "a play on discontent ment within the home" in. an at tempt to "pressure" parents into buying television. Hissong termed the present ad vertising drive "extremely unfor tunate" in that it plays upon the inferiority feelings of TV-less children and gave the youngsters the idea their parents were not as good to them as other parents. Africa's population averages 13.1 persons to the square mile. i fav SMS s JS Mff SACRAMENTO, Jan. 12 So other S. of Los Anceles can walk some day. Gov. Earl Warren asked Califontians to throw their dimes into the fight against infantile paralysis which struck 2,110 persons in the state last year. In cluded was one of the governor's own daughters, Nina. Danny was In Sacramento as a special guest of the governor. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman). Law Action Threatened As Bus Tie-up Spreads Legal action was threatened Friday to halt a walkout of bus drivers that tied up Greyhound service from Salem to Eugene and Portland. The walkout stemmed from a strike of 80 employes of the Portland central bus terminal. The walkout also crippled bus service between Salem and Ore gon coastal points. Oregon Motor stages operated Friday between r t - V"H 14 ' v it 1 in in' I'm nun 'I in mm i" i ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12 The mar riage of the former Virginia Pennell, 12, (above) to a 19-year-old neighbor last Dec. 22 was disclosed at her home In St. Louis. She is now Mrs. Donald Eugene Gray. The child, who cave her age as 19 In applying for a marriage license, has quit the sixth grade in school to set up housekeeping in a basement apartment (AP Wirephoto to the Statesman.) Three Firemen Die in Chicago Fire, Explosion CHICAGO, Jan. 12-PI-A $500, 000 fire and explosion billowed an roared through a five-story down town building today, killing three firemen. More persons watched the blaze than any other fire in history. Thousands were on the scene, and three television networks carried live telecasts of the fire. A fourth made newsreel pictures for later transmission. The NBC spokesman estimated some 5,000,000 persons over a wide area of the nation watched fire men battle the blaze. Five other firemen and one ci vilian were injured. Officials said other persons may have been trap ped in the office and warehouse building, but there were no early reports of anyone missing. Europeans use lignite for fuel by drying it and pressing the re mainder into briquets. Cottonwoods Dance Every Saturday Night Tommy Kizziah And His WEST COAST RAMBLERS Hear Them oa KSLM Toes. A 8at Ere. Old Thorn Danco Erexy Sal. Ilighl Orer Western Auto 259 Court Si DXCTS ORCHESTRA Adxa. 60c Inc. Tax .at i V " - V v V children like Danny Smith (right) here and Falls City, but connect ing buses at Rickreall were not running, according to J. R. Swit zer, Salem manager for Pacific Greyhound lines. Other bus lines operating through Salem were not affected. At Eugene, Greyhound passen gers were transferred to Southern Pacific trains for movement to points north. The Vancouver Portland bus company cancelled all service. The Associated Press said bus terminal workers, members of the AFL motor coach employes union, struck at 1 a. m. Thursday. Bus drivers continued to operate buses, using street corners as terminals. Then, Harold Oathes, business agent for the drivers' union, order ed street-corner loading halted aft er a union attorney said such ac tion violated a new city ordinance. Trailways bus company, not af fected by the strike, Friday put extra sections on for north and south runs. At Salem, where four buses are scheduled both north and south each day, up to five buses were running on one sched- uel. Also reported operating normal ly here were the Salem-Silverton Bus. Co., Valley Motor stages to Monmouth - Independence, and Santiam service east on Hamman and Trailways lines. Burmans Charge Police Torture RANGOON -OP)- A peace mis sion committee at Katha, north Burma Irrawaddy town, has charged the police of the district with excesses against the towns folk;. It has told the district com missioner that the police respon sible for state property use Jap anese Kempeitai methods to force confessions from suspects. These police are known as the four P's. Their official title is Preservation of Public Property Police. State property includes everything from government trea sure to state-controlled forest lands. The National Geographic Soc iety in Washington maintains a geographic library of 20,000 volumes. sf. m,, in i TheBattlin Bozos of Company B for Bruiser! WARNER Bnds:7J mm Added EoJoTXMnt! Color Cartoon BreTify Tog CoHarfxT "Buiy USHm .UaaT, : Airmail Edition Warner Nws Chamber. Asks a' CAB to Drop Fares Case Salem Chamber of Commerce will ask the U. S. civil aeronau tics board to diamisft its West Coast Common' Fares case which would abolish the common fares to the east, now enjoyed by all west coast airport cities. This was disclosed Friday by Clay ; Cochran, , manager of the chamber, after communication with other coast cKambers and preliminary study by Io?al cham ber leaders. Hearing on the case has been set for February 7 in Washington, D. C- after a postponement de manded by west coast cities after they learned unofficially of the CAB move. Western cities are still trying to get CAB to conduct its hearing on the coast, said Cochran. The elimination of the common fare system has already been op posed strongly, by chambers of Salem, Portland, Klamath Falls, Seattle, San Francisco, Los An geles and other cities. Under the proposal fares to Chicago and east would be raised from all western cities but Los Angeles. Polio Campaign Coin Boxes Distributed Distribution of coin containers for use in the March of Dimes campaign opening Monday was underway Friday with the Salem Junior Chamber of Commerce in charge. Stuart McElhinny is chairman of that phase of the fund drive. The container this year is a cardboard representation of an iron lung. Officials of the campaign to combat infantile paralysis said other plans are coming to a head as start of the annual drive nears. They revealed that largest ad vance gift in the campaign has been received from Stan Baker Motors, in amount of $100. Boy Scouts of troops 10, 12, 15 and 16 are distributing posters. Tickets for the March of Dimes dance are now on sale at Salem banks. The dance is set for Janu ary 27 at Eagles hall, featuring two dance bands. Co-chairmen are Charles Gruver and Mrs. E. R. Gregson. Farmer Group Hits Reopening Of Camp White MEDFORD. Jan 12--OddosI- tion to the proposed reopening of Camp White as a military training center has "developed here. The Jackson county agricultural association passed a resolution ar guing that land required is needed in agriculture, and that deactivar tion would destroy industrial de velopment at White City, in the Camp White area. The resolution added, however, that it would accept reactivation with patriotism and humility if the defense effort requires it. Spokesmen for county wheat growers and livestock groups said similar resolutions were being prepared for presentation next week. Word from Washington, D. C. said that the defense department is studying the possibility of re activating the world war II can tonment. Z Technicolor Hits! "SUMMER STOCK" .and 'TRIPOLI" Hew Today! V r- . i MtossA m , . ' - u - . ' i l ; ... f ' ; ' i NtW lOiIK. Jan. 12 Capt jtfdie Rlckenbacker, famed World War I flying ace, swears in his son, William F. Eickenbacker (left), as the 22-year -old Joins the U. S. Air Force at recruiting headquarters In New York, Young Rlckenbacker was ordered to report to Good fellow air base at San Angelo, Texas. (AP Wirephoto je The Statesman). Richard Cooley Elected Head Of Salem Retail Trade Bureau Salem Retail Trade bureau Friday elected Richard L. Cooley president and talked cooperation in Salem development matters with Salem Mayor Alfred W. Loucks and directors of Salem Chamber of Commerce. Cooley, associated with the Bishop's men's store, succeeds James R. Beard, president of the bureau the past two years. Other new officers are Kenneth C. Perry, vice president; P. D. Quisenberry, secretary; Fred McKinney, treas urer. Nine directors were elected, in cluding five to fill new posts rep resenting local business districts outside the downtown area. The latter Included Earl Mootry of Hollywood, Clayton Jones of south Salem. Jake Foos, jr., of westside Salem, Terry Randall of State and 12th streets area and James Mo- solf of the Capitol Shopping cen ter. Other directors will be Stanley Keith, Dave Holtzman, Alex Jones and Gene Vandeneynde. With the officers these nine directors make up the bureau's board of directors All chamber members who are re tailers are automatically bureau members. Also featuring the merchants' luncheon meeting in the Senator hotel was a discussion of civic de velopment in which Mayor Loucks stressed the need for working co operation among all businessmen's groups, other organizations and the city government in furthering the best interests of Salem citizens. After Questioning by the mer chants, Loucks made the following suggestions: To speed park development, par- ticulary at Bush's pasture, inter ested civic groups could material- y help the city administration in planning and financing. A park board to meet regularly with civic group representatives toward this end probably would be advisable. Salem merchants most interested should submit to the city a defin ite plan for earmarking some parking meter revenue for public off-street parking No one group within the city Is alone responsible for Salem's in dus trial development; chamber. merchants and city administration as well as others must cooperate, and a joint committee may be nec essary to outline a strong program for attracting new industry ill iillVLwwwJ Hollywood Kids Matinee Today 1:60 to 4:00 F. M. I Cartoons Serial Special Matinee Feature "RED CANYON" In Technicolor With Howard Duff, Ann Blyth Also BENSON'S BIRTHDAY CAKE For Judith Sanders, Steven Adams, Michael Myers, Jerry Paddon, Mary Ann Hinkle, Dolly Gray, Robert Goodwin, Grover Car ver, Marnalene Mennis, Tommy Ewing, Ann Humphreys, Lar rie Lou Osterman, Gerald Marsh, Frieya Simpson, Gene Griepentrog, Richard Jones, Nina Schmele, Judy Atwood. Eve. Show ConL After 5:30 Ends Today! KTTCEAY3 am mm CELESTE Kilt Fins Little Rascal Short "Mama's Little Pirate" 8 tarts Tomorrow Cont 1:45 (FL'IA'LcCrlET Second Big Feature "The Big Wheel" With Mickey Kooney EH HEW 1951 (OKIY AFEVLEFT) ! S Why wail and get a blackout model? Why buy left over f '50 model when you can get a new 1951 Kaiser; , : t ? D " TEAGUE KAISER-TRAZER Lengthy Seattle Streak Snapped SEATTLE, Jan. 12 -UP)- A 17- game winning streak came to a rectic end tonight as the Seattle University Chieftains were stop ped by the Gonzaga basketball team, 72-71. Gonzaga's Bulldogs, who have won only three of their 14 games, smashed to a 38-31 half- time lead and at one time held a 14-point edge. The usually high scoring Chiefs finally overhauled the Zags at 71 70, but Nich Puhich converted a rebound in the last ID second and clinched it for the invaders. CRASH KILLS 12 DURBAN, South Africa, Jan. 12 -(JP)-The pilot and 11 passengers were killed today when a trans port plane crashed at Ixopo.. A Mat Daily From 1 P. M. 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