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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
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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
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show are a one and a half ounce
panty girdle and a one ounce
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shortages, say designers. (AP
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Chamber. Asks
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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
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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
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SEATTLE, Jan. 12 -UP)- A 17-
game winning streak came to a
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University Chieftains were stop
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team, 72-71. Gonzaga's Bulldogs,
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