p-Tns s;cn man, amn. irsu. wwaHaay, waren ii. as
Thornton to
Investigate
RiddleDeath
Th fatal shoo tins; by Douglas
County sheriffs officers of C D.
Burgoyne at Riddle will be inves
tigated Jay Attorney Gen. Robert
Y. Thornton, Gov. Paul I. Pat
terson said Tuesday. c -
i The Douglas County for Justice
Association, incensed at the Feb.
1 shooting of Bjurgoyne in his ca
bin, asked the governor for the
investigation.
The oyernor said the investiga
tion was invited by District At
torney Robert M. Stulls and Sher
iff C H. Baird, both of Douglas
county. -
Thornton, after a preliminary
Study of the case, recommended
that lie make the investigation.
A delegation of Riddle citizens
came here to see the governor a
week ago. They protested that it
was unnecessary zor ine oincers
to kill JBorgoyne, asserting they
could have arrested mm witnoirt
violence.
'The officers were attempting to
arrest Burgoyne on a charge of
threatening to commit a felony. A
neighbor had signed a complaint
that Burgoyne had threatened to
kill him in a dispute over land.
The committee told the gover
par that the sheriffs officers
fired between 1,000 and 2,000 bul
lets is to .Burgoyne s bouse.
Ciirf ew Bill
Introduced
' A statewide curfew from mid
night to 6 ajm. for children under
13 years of age would be provided
In a bill introduced by the House
Social Welfare Committee.
The bill, which would not apply
to cities or counties having their
own curfew regulations, would
prohibit, children from being out
at tnese Hours unless accompanied
by adults.
For the first violation, an of'
fender would be taken home.
' After that, he would go to court
and face a possible $50 fine.
Ballot Titles
Bill Approved
A bill aimed at making ballot
titles more understandable was
approved Tuesday by the House
Statute Revision Committee.-
The bill, ' introduced by Reps.
Alfred H. Corbett and Phil Roth,
both of 1 Portland, results from
criticism that ballot titles at the
November election were difficult
to understand. " .'.
The bill provides for a single
..title on the ballot; and removes
C-ther restrictions that have tended
i to make them vague. .-.
SERIES OF BURGLARIES
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. UPl State
9nd city polite investigated Tues
day an outbreak of burglaries in
. Ibis area. .. . .- s i .
Police Chief Harry Howard said
Ihere 'bad been five in Springfield
fend two ! others just outside the
faty in the past 48 hours. Nothing
v high value was taken, he said.
Legislative
Highlights
TUESDAY
Senate Alcohol Committee ap
proves House-passed liquor by the
Jedrink bill; -Senate expects to vote
oa it Friday.
House Education Committee
asks for interim committee to
make two-year study of educa
tional television. It also orders
hearing for Thursday to hear
Beard of Higher Education's ob
jections to Portland State College
bill. .
WEDNESDAY
Both houses meet at 10 am. to
consider minor bills.
Joint Ways and Means Commit
tee schedules 8:30 ajn. session to
discuss salaries for state employes.
Explosive hearing to be held at
2:30 p.m. before Bouse Labor and
Industries Committee on employer
bills to restrict labor unions.
Senate Highways Committee to
have hearing at 2:30 pjm. on the
House-approved bill to permit
tolls on Vancouver-Portland high
way bridge. '
Coquille River
Bill Brings
Fourth Clash
Commercial and sports fisher
men dashed again over an old Is
sue Tuesday at the Legislature
a bill to close the Coquille River
to fish-for-profit interests.
This is the fourth. session that
the feud has been aired in legis
lative committees.
Commercial ; representatives ar
gued before the Senate Game
Committee that only four miles
of the 35-mile tidewater stream
are used by gillnetters, leaving
plenty ox fish for sports anglers.
They said they grossed , only
$24,000 .last year, and because of
the short commercial season, all
net licensees made the bulk of
their living in other industries. Of
33 licensed commercial fishermen
in the river, only three or four
operate full time .they said.
Clarence Barton. CoauiUe. said
fthe 1949 salmon catch by anglers
In Winchester Bay represented an
expenditure per angler of eight
cents a pound. A random check of
200 anglers showed only 12 salm
on caught on an average day, Bar
ton said. . -
Strongest, opposition came from
Bandon residents, 655 of - whom
signed a petition ' protesting the
bill The signers included owners
of : moorages and spotting good
stores.
Rep. Henry Semon
Returns to Desk
Rep. Henry Semon, Klamath
Falls, ill for several days with in
fluenza and a congested lung, re
turned to his desk in the House
Tuesday.
Semon spent three days In
hospital and then was removed to
his room in a local hotel. Mrs.
Semon arrived here last Saturday.
These two Indonesians, John and Mimt Chi. feel very much at home
to a chemistry laboratory en the Willamette campus even though It
la 11,009 miles from their home In Medan, Sumatra. They enrolled
here last week as freshmen. John
iof and his sister Mlmt will study pre-nvrsing. (Statesman photo.)
Indonesian Students 10,000
Miles From Home at W. U.
Officially speaking, Willamette University's registration for spring
semester ended three weeks ago, but when two students travel over
10,000 miles to enter school, that's another story.
Such is the case of John and Mimi Chi, brother and sister from
Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, who
pus. Enrolling as freshmen, John
ana wnmi piaas 10 siuuy prc-nuro-
ing. They will live in Baxter and
Lausanne Halls on campus.
Embarking on their long trip
from Sumatra Jan. 20, they sailed
aboard a 10 - passenger freighter
which stopped at Singapore and
Manila where they visited the Phi
lippine International Fair. Their
ship arrived in Los Angeles Feb.
27.
The newly enrolled university
students are both graduates of the
Methodist English High School in
Medan and it was through their
principal. James H. Pyke, a Wil
lamette graduate of 1937, that they
became interested in the local uni
versity. .Their father, Ti Fan Chi is a
retired Chines, diplomat now in
private business in Medan. A
graduate of Columbia University
in political science, he also studied
at the University of Wisconsin.
For 11 years prior to World War
II he served as consul in Medan.
During the war he was assigned
to Chunking, China and later was
re-assigned to a post in Caracas,
Venezuela for three years. His
family of eight accompanied him
to South America; so long-distance
traveling is not a new experience
for John and Mimi Chi.
For two months in 1933, be
tween the death of Coolidge and
the retirement of Hoover, the
United .States had no living ex-President
Si
will major In chemical emgneer
have arrived on the Willamette cam
will major in chemical engineering
FELTON AT COUNCIL
Circuit Judge Joseph B. Felton
will lead the discussion
changes in Oregon divorce pro
ceedings, proposed to the Legis
lature, at the Salem Family and
Child Welfare Council luncheon
Thurday noon in the Senator Ho
tel. Felton heads the Marion
County domestic relations de
partment.
6tt,U at
Memorial Rite i
TOKYO 151 Peiping Radio said
Tuesday more than 600,000 pers
ons crowded memorial services in
the Chinese Red capital for Joseph
Stalin and saw Chan-man Mao Tze
Tung lay a wreath before a port-.
rait of the dead Communist leader.
The broadcast also said the enenv
es of Communism were not only
'ghoulishty rejoicing" but were
intensifying efforts to slander us."
It truculently declared that if the
imperialists dared to start an
receive fatal blows from the Chi
nese and Soviet people," as well as
the whole - Communist "peace'
camp. -
Peiping said memorial services
were held throughout Ked China,
including Port Arthur in Manchuria
where ''the population pledged
themselves to do their utmost to
help Soviet forces In defense of
the naval base. Russian troops
occupy Port Arthur by treaty with
Peiping. - . !
Peiping said similar services
were held at the , North .Korean
capital ' of Pyongyang. : Speakers
vowed "under the banner of Stalin'
to "fight resolutely and crush any
new adventure of the American
imperialist aggressors."
Beardsley Rural
Predicts Prosperity
EUGENE (Jl Beardsley Ruml.
credited with fathering the pay-as-
you-go Income tax, expects this
country to enjoy prosperity zor at
least eight years.
He told businessmen and campus
leaders of the University of Oregon
that production and consumption in
this country would continue to
increase. He took part Tuesday in
dedication of Commonwealth Hall
on the university campus. ,
TO EXTEND FREE MAIL
WASHINGTON UH The Senate
Post Office Committee Tuesday
approved and sent to the Senate
a House-passed bill to extend for
two. years free mailing privileges
now available to personnel In war
areas such as Korea.
The unanimous committee vote
came shortly after the armed serv
ices recommended extension in
definitely of the free-mailing priv
ileges, now due to expire.
A Statesman-sponsored Investments
night at the Marion Hotel. Speakers, experts In the investment field, will conclude the special two-session
school Wednesday at S pan. In the hotel, with the public welcome. Addressing' the crowd is Ernest
F. Hinkle of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane of Portland. (Statesman photo.) '
College Grads
To Have Easy
Job Hunting
; OREGON STATE COLLEGE
College graduates will find job op
portunities excellent this June, ac
cording to Oregon State College
placement officials.
; Demand for college-trained per
sonnel is high in nearly every line
of business and professional work.
With military service facing many
students after graduation, compe
tition has been greatened between
commercial firms and government
al agencies seeking capable college
students. .
; There's plenty of opportunity for
teachers with good qualifications
in grade and high schools. Short
ages are greatest in home econom
ics, girls physical education and
English teaching fields. Pay starts
at about $3300 for 10 month.
! Chemical, electrical and mech
anical engineers can almost write
their own ticket Engineers will be
offered about $345 a month, $40
more than last year, to start.
Agricultural students can be
placed in a variety of positions.
such as banking, food processing.
School drew an overflow crowd,
public relations, farm organization
leadership and farm management
positions. Yearly beginning pay va
ries from $3400 to $4200. '
Pharmacy graduates will likely
earn a minimum of $323 to $400
on the first job. The OSC forestry
school Is "embarrassed' because
they haven't got enough graduates
to go around. Starting pay aver
ages about $3600. In business and
technology, shortages are greatest
in accounting and sales.
Chemists, physicists, mathemati
cians, bacteriologists and other
specialized scientists are in short
supply. This has been brought
about by increased atomic energy
work in Industry and college re
search.
There is a steady demand for
students trained in all phases of
home economic, OSC finds. Start'
Ing pay goes from about $2500. to
$3600 for a bachelors degree. Jobs
are in such fields as family life
and home administration, second
ary schools, foods and nutrition
and extension work.
OSWEGO DRIVER KPT J.ED.
PORTLAND LB An automobile
driver crashed to his death here
Tuesday, the 13th traffic fatality
of the year in Portland. Be was
Gerald W. Dexter, 43, Oswego
chinchilla grower, who was thrown
free as his car hit a pole.
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part of it pictured above, Monday
Mrs.Leffler
Rites Friday
STAYTO N Funeral services
will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at
the Weddle Chapel for Mrs. Ma
ble Cole Leffler who died Tues
day at a Salem hospital after a
long illness.
She was born at Scio in 1894,
the daughter - of Benjamin and
Fanny Cole, pioneers of Scio. She
was married to Arthur Leffler
Dec. .24, 1912 at Albany.
She is survived by her widow
er;, two sons, Angus B. Leffler,
Scio. Route 1, and Francis Leffler,
Salem; and - five grandchildren
She had been a resident of Stay
ton for many years.
Glenn Vernon, minister of th
Stayton Church of Christ will of
ficiate. WANTED:
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