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By William O. Tant
WASHINGTON, Dec
The government tonight opened
the way for possible price increa
ses on thousands of consumer it
ems. Including clothing, meat,
foods, milk, butter, coal, gasoline,
tobacco, beer, drugs and cos
metics. The office of price stabilization
gave thousands of manufacturers,
processors, refiners, and mining
concerns permission to apply for
higher ceilings under the Cape
hart amendment to the controls
law.
This amendment requires the
government to allow manufac
turers and processors to use
their pre-Korean prices and add
or subtract cost increases or de
creases through last July 26 in
Valley Repairs Gale Damage as
Season's First Snowf lakes Fall
The northwest today was still repairing the damages wrought by
the howling storm which swept over the area' Tuesday, knocking out
telephone and light circuits, blowing down trees, and isolating the
coastal city of Coos - Bay. A battered ship limped toward port and
tho toll of dead increased to seven.
Rains soaked the Willamette valley, causing streams to rise.
CRT
UCDDuDB
Harold Stassen has gone to Eu
rope to have a talk with Ike. He
said so himself on the eve of his
departure. No word has come
from Ike's headquarters on whe
ther he would talk with Harold or
not; but presumably Harold has
assurance he will get to see the
supreme commander.
Now that will be a conversation
million politicians would like to
eavesdrop on, democrats as well
as republicans." The way people
have been beating a path to his
door Ike must be the better (polit
ical) mousetrap the politicians are
hunting for for 1952.
Up to this time no one who saw
Eisenhower has quoted him direct
ly on whether he is a republican
or democrat or whether he would
accept a party nomination for
president or not. Probably Stas
sen will not quote the general,
even if Ike opens up and talks.
But what Harold does after the
conference may be quite revealing.
The former governor of Minne
sota and present president of the
University of Pennsylvania has
cone this far: He is not for Taft
for president; he is not sure about
Eisenhower; and is not certain
whether he will make a fresh try
for the GOP nomination himself.
Doubtless he hopes to get his mind
cleared up by visiting Ike. He may
try to find out: (1) if Ike is going
to be a candidate; and (2) where
Ike stands on specific questions.
If his answer to the first question
Is "yes" and his answers to the
second satisfy Stassen then we an
ticipate that the latter will bow
out in favor of the general. Crass
Eoliticians might try to strike a
argain; but that is not Stassen's
purpose, nor is Ike one trying to
make deals at this stage of the
Eime. Anyhow we shall await with
terest
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Tax on Man's Right
To Work Ousted
SEATTLE, Dec. 5-yp)-An at
tempt by the city of Bellingham,
00 miles north of here, to tax a
man's right to work was declar
ed In violation of this state's con
stitution today.
The decision was announced
here by Superior Judge Henry
Clay Agnew.
Judge Agnew tossed the city's
ordinance out on the grounds It
violated the state's constitution,
which, in effect, forbids any
graduated net income tax.
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computing new ceilings.
Because application of the
Capehart formula is optional,
OPS said that the general effect
of its new order pan not be ade
quately estimated- But, the ag
ency added, "the particular effect
will be to raise prices whenever
an application for adjustment is
granted."
The order carrying the Cape
hart amendment : is effective at
once.
Among items affected by the
new order are wool and cotton
yarns and fabrics; soft drinks, li
quor and wine, lumber and mill
work, crude oil, canned and fro
zen fruits and vegetables, and
many other processed foods; also
many important chemicals, plas
tics and insecticides.
although no major flooding is ex-
pected. The Willamette at Salem
is expected to crest at between
17 and 17i2 feet at noon today 1
Flood level is 20 feet. The San
tiam at Jefferson was 1.7 feet
above flood level Wednesday aft
ernoon and still rising. It was ex
pected t reach 15 feet today. But
rain Wednesday was light, with
.29 inch measured by the Salem
weather bureau.
The season's first snow was re
ported mixed with rain on the
hills around Portland. Some areas
south of Salem in the Liberty dis
trict reported snow, and a heavy
hail storm hit the Keizer area
shortly before noon. But the
weather bureau predicted no snow
except at higher altitudes. Heavy
snows were reported by the state
highway department along all
mountain roads.
Service Restored
Except for sections along the
southern Oregon coast, most com
munications were ; restored Wed
nesday throughout the state. Tele
phone and light service in the
Santiam canyon was back in oper
ation Wednesday morning.
Lebanon, of the Willamette val
ley towns, apparently took the
brunt of the storm where power
failure shut off the city water for
three hours, and winds did $10,000
damage at the airport. (Story and
pictures on page J6).
California Deaths ;
Two more deaths were reported
in northern California when two
men drowned as their car plunged
through a guard rail and crashed
into a storm-swollen stream. A
woman in eastern Washington
died when her car skidded on an
icy road and crashed near Cheney.
Falling trees killed three people
Tuesday. The seventh death came
when a tree toppled over on a
shed killing a Junction City man.
Communications to southwest
Oregon near Coos : Bay were still
cut, with communication being
maintained by radio amateurs. A
freighter, S. S. Sierra, was headed
for port at Coos Bay with under
water plates cracked by the heavy
seas. Slides still had the highway
four miles north of Coquille closed.
Power breaks kept a number of
rural schools closed in Lane coun
ty, and southern Oregon, and at
Prineville nd Redmond. In Reeds
port the roof was blown off the
Umpqua National ; bank. Fisher
men at Depoe . Bay saved their
boats from being washed over the
new sea wall by lashing them to
gether and running the engines at
high speed. A high tide and smash
ing waves tore away the founda
tion, ox a building at Florence.
dumping an unused bowling alley
and a restaurant onto sand and
rock.
California ; Valley
Shaken by Quake
EL CENTRO, Calif.. Dec.
The northeastern section of the
Imperial valley was shaken today
by an earthquake that caused
some small damage in isolated
ranch areas.
It appeared that the quake cen
tered in the Mulberry district,
about 10 miles northeast of Braw
ley. Seismograph instruments at
San Diego, Calif., and Tucson,
Ariz., timed a quake in that gen
eral vicinity at about 7:54 a. m.,
Pacific Standard Time.
State Street Zone
Change Favored
Tentative approval was given
by "Salem planning and zoning
commission Wednesday to Dr.
Edgar Fortner fori a zone change
to permit erection of a medical
clinic on State street near 15th.
A public hearing was set - for
7:30 pjn. December 18 at city
hall, on the proposal to change a
residential property to special
business zoning.
OSC LIBRARIAN DIES
CORVALLIS, Dec. 5 --Lucy
M. Lewis, 72, director of the Ore
gon State college I library for 23
years, died here today after sever
al months illness, ;
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MANILA, Thursday, Dec. 6-(jipV-Hibok
Hibok volcano blasted
loose again last night and today
on devastated Camiguin island
where the death toll from Tues
day's explosive eruption has
climbed to 172.
Hundreds of others may lie un
der the blanket of ash and lava
that fell like rain across a 10
square mile area.
The governor of Mis am is pro
vince estimated that the death
toll may climb to 500. He earlier
had expressed fears that 2,000
may have perished.
"The latest explosive blasts were
the third and fourth.
AP Correspondent Frank White
reported the latest eruption from
Cagayan de Oro on Mindanao is
land. "Huge masses of flames spurt
ed from the crater and a new
vent which opened on the north
slope Tuesday night," White said.
There were no reports of in
juries or deaths in the latest ex
plosion, White said.
Air Force Sets
High Goal in
Plane Buildup
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 - (JF)
Secretary of Defense Robert Lov
ett disclosed today that the air
force has set a new goal of 143
wings somewhere between 4,200
and 10,700 planes in planning the
next military budget.
The new figure compares with
current strength of about 90 wings.
Pre - Korean strength was 48
wings.
Lovett told a news conference
that the defense department is
asking President Truman and con
gress to authorize the extension,
and he emphasized that the emer
gency calls for prompt action
rather than a long-drawn pro
gram. The defense chief said 126 of
the proposed 143 wings would be
combat planes and the remainder
troops carriers.
So far, Lovett said, neither the
White House nor the budget bu
reau has set a ceiling for the mili
tary budget to be laid before con
gress when the lawmakers return
in January.
Rusk to Head
Rockefeller
Foundation
NEW YORK, Dee. 5-(P)-Dean
Rusk, assistant secretary of state
for far eastern affairs, today was
named president of the Rockefel
ler foundation, one of the three
largest ever set up in this coun
try. He will succeed Chester I. Bar
nard, who will retire next June at
the mandatory retirement age of
63. Rusk has not yet resigned his
state department job but has been
expected to do so shortly.
Counterfeit
Passers Warn
Their Victim
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. MjP)
Detectives said today a band of
youths, led by a 15-year-old, free
ly told a victim their poorly made
currency was counterfeit before
she acepted two such $10 bills.
That bill looks funny," said a
woman baker proprietor.
"Sure it does, I'm a counter
feiter,' said the youth and they
both laughed as he picked up his
change and a loaf of bread.
Two hours later:
"Say, I got one like this be
fore," said the woman. "It looks
phoney."
"Sure it's phoney," said a sec
ond young customer. "I make
them. I got a barrel full at home."
More laughter as the transaction
was repeated.
The four youths involved even
tually were rounded up, including
the 15-year-old, whose name was
withheld under juvenile law. De
tectives said he told them he had
14 or 15 of the bills, he said he
found "them in a hole in a tree
in the park."
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TORECAST (from- U. S. weather bu
reau. McNaxy field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonlxht. with litti
chanc In tb temperature. The high
est today near 44 and the lowest to
night near 31.
SALEM PUCEPRATIOK
Sfiae Stark f Weather Tear. SeoC 1
This Year Xt Year Normal
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Working Walter is U. S. Rep. Walter Norblad's name while in Salem
between sessions of congress. Rep. Norblad is staying at the Senator
hotel where he works on schedule of speeches, many telephone and
personal calls. He says he will have to return to Washington, D. C,
a week early to rest up for his regular job. (Statesman photo.)
Tax Bureau Legal Chief
Quits Due to 'Vilification'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5-7P)-Charles Oliphant resigned as chief
legal officer of the internal revenue service today, deploring "vilifi
cation" and piling another sensation on the heap already collected by
a house investigating committee.
As Oliphant gave up his $14,800 a year job in the Truman admin
istration, Frank Nathan went before the inquiry group to deny a
charge that he tried to shake down
a wealthy cnicago lawyer lor
$500,000 with promises to "fix"
his tax troubles through influen
tial friends in Washington of
ficialdom. Nathan shouted that the accu
sation was "a dirty, filthy lie."
Oliphant resigned in a strongly-worded
letter to President
Truman.
"I find it beyond the limits of
my endurance to protect my name
and reputation and the prestige
of the office I hold in the face of
baseless and scurrilous charges
x x x" he wrote in part.
Linked to Story
Oliphant's name was connected
with the shakedown story, but
the 42 year old attorney, who
has been with the revenue bureau
since 1939, told Mr. Truman that
it was "fantastic" to infer that
he had anything to do with the
alleged plot.
The shakedown story was told
to the inquiry group a house
ways and means subcommittee
yesterday by Abraham Teitel
baum, a well to do attorney and
real estate operator in Chicago.
Tietelbaum swore that a Miami
Beach, Fla., last winter he was
approached by Nathan and Bert
K. Naster and told that if he
would shell out half a million dol
lars they would "make it easy"
for him in a tax fraud case which
is still pending.
Tells of Clique
The two men, Teitelbaum said,
hinted that there was a clique in
Washington looking for "soft
touches" like him. He said they
rattled off the names of Oliphant,
T. Lamar Caudle, Jess Larson,
George J. Schoeneman and Jos
eph Nunan.
Caudle was an assistant attorn
ey general In charge of all tax
fraud prosecutions for the Justice
department before he was ousted
by Mr. Truman November 16.
Larson heads the general services
administration, the government's
"housekeeper" in buying supplies
and maintaining public buildings.
Schoeneman and Nunan are
former internal revenue commis
sioners. Nathan said he wished the
committee would "put a lie de
tector on" Teitelbaum, himself
and Mrs. Shyrl Menkin, a friend
of Tietelbaum, "to see who is ly
ing." His voice rising, he added:
"I don't know what their pur
pose is."
Eugene O'Neill in
Critical Condition
BOSTON, Dec. 5 -Wt Eugene
O'Neill, Nobel and Pulitzer prize
winning playwright, is in critical
condition at Faulkner hospital.
The 63 - year - old dramatist,
whose home is at Marblehead, re
turned to the hospital last week
end after several previous visits.
He has Parkinson's disease, 'de
scribed as a deterioration of the
nerve centers.
The hospital confirmed that the
playwright is so ill he can have
no visitors, except for his wife,
Carlotta Monterey, who spends
most of her time with him.
No. 253
for Walter
It All Started
With a Monkey
Up in a Tree
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec.
As the wife of Ben Grenald told
him on the phone, it was a real
riot. There was a monkey in a
tree.
"Come on home, Ben," she told
the Miami Beach pharmacist.
"This is a real riot. You'll die."
Patrolman John Ward had been
called too. He was dancing around
under the tree with a bunch of
bananas trying to get the monkey
down.
That was when Grenald's boy,
Douglas, got into the red ants.
Two-year old Douglas screamed.
So did his sister and the kids
from the neighborhood.
Grenald dunked him in the tub.
Then they went back to watch
the monkey.
That was when the house caught
fire. Mrs. Grenald had left a pan
full of grease on the stove. It set
fire to the curtains and woodwork.
Grenald finally put out the fire.
The smoke made him sick
Mrs. Grenald put the rags they
had used to clean up the mess in
the washing machine. One of the
kids opened the door of the ma
chine. That was how the house came
to be flooded.
When they noticed the water it
was four inches deep in the
kitchen.
Grenald doesn't know what be
came of the monkey.
PRICE 5c
Red Truce Delegates
Evade U.N. Questions
By William Jorden
MUNSAN, Korea, Thursday,
Dec. 6 P) -Communist truce dele
gates dodged or gave evasive an
swers Wednesday on terms for su
pervising a Korean armistice but
the United Nations command in
dicated it was ready to probe to
day for areas of common agree
ment. In exploratory talks Wednesday
the communists cited two Russian
satellites, Poland and Czechoslo
vakia, as suitable to serve on the
communist proposed neutral in
spection teams to police a Korean
truce.
The reds also mentioned Swit
zerland, Denmark and Sweden as
qualified to serve because they had
not sent troops to Korea.
The Thursday meeting lasted
two and one-half hours. Another
subcommittee meeting was sched
uled for 11 a. m. Friday.
Referring to attempts to obtain
clarification of the red truce in
spection plan, the communique
said:
"This attempt was unfortunate
ly largely unsuccessful. The com
munists repeatedly gave evasive
answers or refused to answer. . .
The allies also noted that the
reds still have not replied to an
As Defeu
France Tells Rmssi
New Expansion
Of A-Weapon
Output Planned
NEW YORK, Dec. 5-P)-Chair-man
Gordon Dean of the atomic
energy commission said tonight
that tentative plans are now being
developed for a vast new expan
sion of America's atomic weapons
output the third since 1949.
Dean said the proposed expan
sion was spurred by the threat of
the "Communist colossus" tower
ing the world's free nations and
was made feasible, at least in part,
by fresh discoveries of uranium
deposits in Canada and Colorado.
"There has recently been a very
decided improvement in the urani
um supply outlook," Dean said in
a speech prepared for the annual
mobilization dinner of the Ameri
can Ordnance association.
"Although the known sources of
uranium available to us today are
certainly far from inexhaustible,
they nevertheless do represent a
substantial improvement over the
situation which prevailed until a
relatively short while ago."
Dean said one of the major rea
sons "why a further expansion of
the atomic energy program is now
being considered" is the fact that
recent technilogical developments
"have made possible the consider-j,
ation of atomic weapons for tacti
cal as well as strategic employ
ment." In tactical usage, atomic weap
ons would be employed for close
support of ground troops by such
means as atomic artillery shells,
"baby" A-bombs or atomic guided
missies.
Strategic usage would involve
long-range attacks against enemy
defense centers, with big, mass
destruction atom bombs as the
weapon.
''These additional nW uses,"
Dean continued, "obviously tend to
raise the demand for numbers of
atomic weapons."
The AEC chairman emphasized
that the proposed expansion is still
on an "if and when" basis. Simil
arly, he made it clear that if the
plan is put into execution, it will
mark the third big step-up in
atomic production in the last three
years.
Tito Releases
Archbishop
Conditionally
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Dec.
5 -(JF)- Marshal Tito's communist
government today gave condition
al freedom to Msgr. Alojzijc Step
inec, the Roman Catholic primate
condemned in 1946 to 16 years im
prisonment on charges of collabor
ating with the Nazis in World War
II.
The announcement, made
through the official news agency
Tanjug, did not say what the con
ditions were. But it referred to
Msgr. Stepinac as the "former
archbishop," making clear that
the government does not recognize
him as the head of the Catholic
church in Yugoslavia or in any
other official capacity.
It seemed obvious that Tito
hoped to make public opinion in
Western countries more friendly
to regime by the release. But a
new element of controversy may
now be introduced.
Vatican sources already have
declared that "the mandate Arch
bishop Stepinac received upon his
consecration remains intact even
if the Yugoslav government should
not recognize it."
The strong - featured, spare -framed
Stepinac (pronounced
Step-peen-ats), was sentenced to
hard labor on Oct. 11, 1946, while
still declaring his innocence.
He never was required to work.
The announcement said that, by
his own decision, he will live in
the local parish house at Krasic.
offer to begin separate subcom
mittee discussions on exchange of
prisoners of war. The reds said
they had "received no instruc
tions" from Maj. Gen. Nam II,
their senior delegate.
SEOUL, Korea, Thursday, Dee.
6-JP)-1he fifth air force destroy
ed five communist jets and dam
aged five more Wednesday in the
tenth straight day of aerial duels
over northwest Korea.
Far east air forces said 80 MIGs
swooped down on an allied rail
cutting mission and damaged
three F-84 Thunder jets. There
were no other reports of allied
damage or losses.
Allied night fighters and bomb
ers attacked almost 2,000 commu
nist vehicles Wednesday night and
fought off two red aircraft.
The allied night pilots claimed
at least 220 red vehicles destroyed.
B-26s surprised a red convoy of
100 trucks and strafed and bomb
ed for two hours, leaving fires
and explosions all along the road.
The action over northwest Ko
rea contrasted sharply with the
fading "twilight war" along the
145-mile battle line. Only slight
contact was reported Wednesday
by the U. S. eighth army.
.se W
Storm Provides
Means of Getting
Rid of Dead Whale
DEPOE BAY, Dec. 5-VP-IV
an ill wind, etc., as proved again
by the big storm.
Along with the damage to
property on the coast, the storm
broke up a log aft. The logs
then pounded to pieces the dead
whale that long has laden the
Depoe Bay air.
The pieces of whale still are
about, but engineers expect to
be able to get rid of them
something they had not been
able to do with the mammoth
body, lodged in a rocky cove
near town.
North America
Income 45
Of World Total
- UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Dec.
5-(P)-North America, with only
nine per cent of the world's total
population, produces nearly 45
per cent of the world total of na
tional incomes, a United Nations
survey shows.
Asia, with more than Jialf the
world's people, produces only
one-tenth of the world income
total.
The U. N. statistical office's re
port on "national income and its
distribution in underdeveloped
countries deals individually with
57 countries and gives national
per capita incomes by continent
al areas.
In terms of U. S. dollars, it
shows the continental areas rank
in per capita national income as
follows: 1. North America, $1,100;
2. Oceania, including Australia
and New Zealand, $560; 3. Eur
ope, $380; 4. The U. S. S. R., $310;
5. South America, $170; 6. Africa,
$75, and 7. Asia, $50.
The United States is the only
country with a per capita na
tional iifcome of more than $900.
In the $600 to $900 group are
Australia, Canada, Denmark, New
Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland
and Britain. Those with per capi
ta incomes of less than $100, the
lowest group, are Burma, Ceylon,
The Dominican Republic, Ecua
dor. India, Iran, Kenya, Northern
Rhodesia, Pakistan, Paraguay,
The Philippines and Thailand.
In the $100-$200 group are
Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colum
bia, Egypt, Greece, Japan, Mexi
co, Peru, Southern Rhodesia,
Spain, Surinam, Syria, Turkey
and Yugoslavia.
Per capita incomes run from
$200 to $300 in Austria, Cuba,
Hungary, Italy, Puerto Rico, and
the Union of South Africa; from
$300 to $450 in Argentina, Czech
oslovakia, Finland, Western Ger
many, Ireland, Israel, Poland, The
U. S. S. R. and Uruguay, and
from $450 to $600 in Belgium,
France, Iceland, Luxembourg,
The Netherlands, Norway and
Venezuela.
Iran Oil Board
Members Quit
TEHRAN, Iran, Dee. 5-(P)-Two
top men on Iran's oil nationaliza
tion board resigned today as eco
nomic distress signals were hoist
ed by several government offi
cials. Sen. Abolraassam Najm, a fi
nancial expert, resigned as man
aging director of the 11-member
parliamentary watchdog board,
and Senator Mohammed Sorrorl
stepped down with him.
There were rumors uncon
firmed that both quit in opposi
tion to the demand of oil nation
alization boss, Hussein Maki, that
Iran sell oil to Russia and the
communist nations.
Solon Convinced
Eisenhower to Run
NEW YORK, Dec. 5-W-One of
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's clos
est friends in congress came back
from Europe today convinced the
general will run for president on
the republican ticket.
Sen. Carlson (R-Kas) told a re
porter: "I was working for the general's
candidacy before I left and I'm
starting again tomorrow morning.
And I expect him to be nominated
and elected president on the re
publican ticket.
Carlson said he spent 45 minutes
with Eisenhower a couple of weeks
ago and they talked politics. He
would give no hint, however, of
whether Eisenhower made any
commitments on the subject.
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By Francis W. Carpenter
PARIS, Dec. 5 French
Delegate Jules Moch has answer
ed Russia's demand for a United
Nations ban on the atomic bomb
with a declaration the weapon is
necessary to France's defense,
authoritative sources said tonight.
Moch was said to J have made
this statement Monday in the se
cret big four talks on the eoni
flicting east - west disarmament
plans. He apparently! referred to
Soviet Foreien Minister AndrW v.
Vishinsky's demand for Immediate,
prohibition of atom ibombx. h. i
fore any control system has been
set up. 1
The belated disclosure came fU
er big four delegates spent six
more hours today in another round
of questions and answers. No pro
gress toward agreement wn re
ported.
Scanty reports emerging, from -the
guarded subcommittee ream
indicated the western big tWee
and Vishinsky are.gettlng a bette
idea about their points of differ
ence, but that is as far as it goes.
Luis Padilla Nervo of Hkiim:
the U. N. assembly president mho
is acting as chairman, said .after
the. two closed. sessions todav ha
very clear statements were snad
on the respective Dosltjon. h
said the subjects aw very diffi
cult, i
On the basis of present, posi
tions, it appears some kin of
arms commission will be formed
by the general assembly which
meets tomorrow and it is con
sidered likely the Russians will
take part. Both the Russians and
the west have been in substantial .
agreement on the need for such
a commission to replace the old
atomic energy commission and tho
commission for conventional arm
aments, .j
Storm Forces
Golden Gate
Bridge Repair
SAN FRANCISCO,: Dec. 5n
Some repairs will have 1o be made
to the Golden Gate bridge as a re
sult of the gale that swept against
the giant span last Saturday night.
The announcement today by
General Manager James E. Rkk
etts said "These repairs in no way
affect the safety of the bridge nor
will they interfere withthe flow
of bridge traffic." I !
Winds up to around' 69 miles en
hour whipped through: the Golden
Gate Saturday. The: storm was
such a menace to traffic on the
bridge that traffic across it was
halted for about three' hours.
Ricketts' ' statement today said
"While the strain and stress of
Saturday's wind were far less
than the bridge was -designed to
withstand, they will j necessitate,
among other things,! repairs to
the expansion Joint guide assem
bly of the floor system where the
wear and tear of traffic occurs.
Rooster Has
Homing Traits
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. i-JT
Roosters, it seems, get homesick,
too. ! '
This one did hoofing It through
three miles of city streets to get
back home. i
Mrs. Roy Newman, attorney and
chicken fancier, told this story to
day: )
She gave a friend, Gv A. Robin
son, a wmte rooster J earlier this
week. The next day Robinson re
ported the bird missing. : ,
Mrs. Newman glanced out her
window. The gift rooster wet and
bedraggled was! wandering
around the yard. ; f .
i
EGYPT LIMITS MEETINGS
CAIRO, Egypt, Dee. tMPW-Fo-
Moch Ansivers
Red Plea for
A-BombBm
lice fired shotgun blasts and used
clubs to disperse antitBrltish stu
dent demonstrators here today. A nr.:
government spokesman then de
clared all demonstrations wiU be
banned throughout Egypt, effect
ive tomorrow. f
Blood Donation
Record Expected
In Salem Today
A record group of 1480 donor
have signed to give blood s
"Christmas gifts for the boys
in Korea" in Salem) today and
the response caused two extra
days to be set aside for later
blood donations in Salem, . It
was announced Wednesday
night by Frank W. Parcber,
Marion county Red Cross chap
ter chairman. j ,
The ' extra days have been
set for January 3 from neon
to 5 p. m. at the armory and
January 7 durinf the evenicj
at city hall. j j
Donors .today will1 give bleed
from noon to 5 p. 'm. at the
armory. r
(Story also la section ,
page 6). , - ; . :