12 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1949
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Whopper Dale Niclson, Lebanon, waited a long time to
land his "big" fish but when he did he came home with this
six-foot plus blue shark off the Oregon coast near Taft. The
fish is said to be the largest landed along the coast in the last
three years. (Courtesy Lebanon Express)
Forest Fire Losses
Put at 40,000 Acres
Washington, Aug. 24 U.R
Fires during the last three weeks
have burned 40,000 acres of Na
tional forest lands in three west
ern st a t e s, causing "tremen
dous losses" in timber ahd other
values, the forest service re
ported today.
It made the estimate of burn
ed acreage on the basis of a
survey of National forest fire
areas in Idaho, Montana and
California. No estimate of dol
lar value of damage is possible
at this time, the forest service
Said.
The burned acreage during
the three weeks equalled more
than two-thirds of all National
forest area burned during the
previous seven months. From
January through July, 58,142
acres of National forest land
were burned.
The forest service said 18 men
had lost their lives in the past
three weeks fighting to control
fires raging in the dry mountain
country of the Northern Rock
ies. "Forest fire conditions In the
National forests of Idaho, Mon
tana and California are now the
most critical that have existed
In the past ten years," Forest
Service Chief Lyle F. Watts reported.
Milburn Deputy to
Commander in Europe
Frankfurt, Aug. 24 (F) Ma).
Gen. Frank W. Milburn was ap
pointed today as Deputy com
manding general of the U.S.
army in Europe.
Brig. Gen. Ralph J. Canine
succeeded Milburn as command
ing general of the First Infantry
Division backbone of the U.S.
occupation forces in Germany.
The appointments were an
nounced by Lt. Gen, Clarence
B. Huebner, commanding gen
eral of the U.S. Army in Eu
rope and acting commander in
chief of the European command.
LEBANON AT IT AGAIN
Latest Test for a Horse:
Prince vs. Half Ton of Sand
Lebanon Lebanon's old feud of man vs. horse is revived again
with the announcement that the newest contest will pit a horse
against matter, a horse at one end of a 300-foot rope and a half
a ton of sand at the other.
In former contests, Old Baldy, a veteran logging horse, yanked
a man from a prone position at
the end of a 300-foot rope. More
recently, Big Red, five-year-old
saddle horse, outwalked Walk
ing Man Paul Smith over a 75
mile course, winning by a 15
mile margin.
Date for the pulling contest is
set for September 4 at Lebanon
Meadows race track.
The most recent contest start
ed in a local pool hall, when
Tellis Ward announced that one
of his former saddle horses could
pull a 100-pound sack of sand
at the end of a 100-foot rope.
When hoots of derision greeted
his remark, he indignantly
stated that he now owned a
horse that could pull 1,000
pounds of sand at the end of
300 feet of rope and added that
he had enough money to cover
anyone who doubted.
Enough doubters were present
to raise several hundreds of dol
lars which were pooled pending
the outcome.
Ward's horse is 199-pound
Prince, 10 years old, and is one
of a team which he frequently
uses to snake logs out of the
woods.
Pokes Maragon,
Rank Reduced
March Air Base, Calif., Aug.
24 (P) Col William L. Lee, new
commanding officer of this base,
said Tuesday he was reduced
in rank and sent home from
Italy shortly after he had an al
tercation with John Maragon,
prominent figure In the five per
center inquiry in Washington.
The colonel said he had an
argument in Rome in February,
1948, and that he pushed Mara
gon in the face.. Lee said he
didn't know who the man was
at the time but later learned it
was Maragon and that he was
a special presidential representa
tive to observe the Greek elec
tions. At that time Lee was a briga
dier general and headed the 15th
Air Force in Italy. Shortly
afterwards he was reduced to
colonel and sent home.
"I wasn't sure I was reduced
because of this incident," said
Lee in an interview. "It hap
pened about that time. It could
have been coincidental. A
number of general officers were
being reduced about this time
because the war was over."
Col. Lee said the incident
with Maragon ocurred in front
of the Hassler hotel.
"This individual was stand
ing r.r.ar me," said Lee. "It was
dark. I said to him 'what are
you doing here? I thought it
was one of those noisy Italians.
He said:
" 'I guess a man can walk
around where he wants and
When he wants,' I said: 'As long
as he doesn't put his nose in
other peoples' business.' Then
he said he could he could put
his nose in my business if he
wanted. I pushed him in the
face. I didn't hit him."
Ambassador Douglas
Confers With Bevin
London, Aug. 24 U.S. Am
bassador Lewis Douglas confer
red Tuesday with Foreign Sec
retary Ernest Bevin, presumably
about the coming Anglo-American
financial talks and increas
ing British attacks on the United
States.
Both Bevin and Douglas will
attend the financial talks in
Washington next month.
Engineer Dies
At Throttle
Chicago, Aug. 24 (U.R) An en
gineer died at the throttle of the
California limited Tuesday, but
the "dead man's control"
brought the speeding train to a
stop.
Engineer' Ralph Harley, 91,
Ft. Madison, la., apparently
suffered a heart attack. He re
leased his hand from the throt
tle, throwing into operation the
"dead man's" safety which halt
ed the train.
Harley suffered the attack be
tween the suburbs of Lemont
and Willow Springs, 111. When
the train ground to a halt, po
lice found Harley dead In the
cab.
Williams are Given
Wood burn Farewell
Woodburn Mr. and Mrs.
Williams and children left Mon
day for their new home at Con
coran, Calif., where Williams
has accepted a position as main
tenance supervisor in the city
schools. They were accompanied
as far as Crater Lake and the
Oregon Caves by Rev, and Mrs.
E. Kay Fenton and Miss Martha
Black.
The Williams family was also
honored at a picnic by the Pres
byterian Sunday school, In
which they have been active
workers, at Settlemier Park. A
parting gifts was presented in
behalf of the Sunday school and
church by Dwaine Rogers.
Portland Hobo Elected
Britt, la., Aug 24 u.R)Eddie
(Cannonball) Baker, itinerant
cook from Portland, Ore., was
elected King of the Hoboes to
day and promptly credited his
victory to the merits of the
Mulligan stew he prepared for
the annual Hobo convention.
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