14 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Saturday, October 1, 1949
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ii Salem Woman Clinched Tokyo Rose Case Mis Francei
,' Roth of Salem, above, radio monitor lor United States govern-
J"' ment, made verbatim recordings of Tokyo Rose's wartime
4 propaganda broadcasts. Miss Roth was on the witness stand
il several hours when Tokyo Rose was convicted of treason and
01 her recordings were offered In evidence.
"A MISS ROTH MAIN WITNESS
! Salem Woman s Testimony
V Convicted Tokyo Rose
Be
Hiss Francos Roth of Salem, an editor of radio broadcasts for
the United States government, was the main witness for the
' J prosecution in the closing days of the trial of Tokyo Rose in San
" Francisco, resulting in conviction of the Japanese woman on a
lii charge of treason.
Miss Roth is a daughter of
Mrs. Elsie M. Roth, 928 D street,
and the late Theodore Roth.
When the wartime propa
ganda broadcasts of Iva Toguri
d'Aquino, called Tokyo Rose by
the GIs, were being sent out
from Tokyo, Miss Roth was sta
tioned in the Hawaiian islands
as a monitor of shortwave
broadcasts and made verbatim
recordings for the U.S. govern
ment. She is now stationed in
Los Angeles. She has been in
the government employ about
six years.
As the trial of Tokyo Rose
went into Its final day the de
fense stressed the point that
"Zero Hour," on which the
Japanese woman starred In the
role of "Orphan Ann," was only
an entertainment program.
"But 'Zero Hour' carried more
than the nostalgic recordings of
Tokyo Rose," said the San Fran
Cisco Chronicle of September
20 In its story of the trial. "And
the government set about yes-
trrclny to prove that It was prop
aganrin.
"The witness was Frances
Roth, a wartime monitor of the
shortwave broadcasts of Tokyo
Pose. She Identified two scripts
she had taken down verbatim.
"The important point was the
simulated GI monologue on
which 'Zero Hour' wound up
after the Tokyo Rose recordings,
doctored news and the corniest
dialogue outside burlesque."
The monologue In the Tokyo
Rose broadcast was the suppos
ed musings of a GI, and this
as recorded by Miss Roth was
offered In evidence in the trial.
One paragraph of the recording,
quoted at greater length by the
Chronicle, follows:
'Now Nimitz says, there was
only 25 ships sunk, and If that's
so I say that's pretty good for a
thing the size of the Okinawa
blowout. . ". . But I figure we
lost niore ships than Nimitz
cares to admit and that's the
reason for all the changes in the
cabinet and high brass."
Miss Roth was on the stand for
several hours.
Oregon Pay Roll
At High Level
Oregon employers kept sea
sonal pay rolls in September at
about the same high levels of
1948 and 1949, the state unem
ployment compensation commis
sion reported today.
But unemployment Insurance
payments continued to establish
new summer-time records.
Unemployed workers covered
by state law received a total of
$1,403,094 last month, $66,961
more than in August and more
than four times as much as in
September of 1948. It was the
third straight monthly increase
from $683,617 in June. In
1947 and 1948 the low was
reached in September. In 1946
it came in October.
Although little change in the
weekly claims volume was
shown during the month, 18,838
persons sought compensation
last week compared with 7093
a year ago.
Payments to covered workers
in the first nine months of this
year amounted to $13,299,293 or
134 percent more than for the
same period last year.
The commission observed that
continuation of present trends
would push this year's total well
over the previous record high of
$16,669,748 for 1946, when thou
sands of war workers had not
yet found places in peacetime in
dustry.
Delaware Governor
Signs $300 Bonus Bill
Dover, Del., Oct. 1 UP) Dela
ware veterans of World War II
will receive up to $300 as the
result of the bonus bill signed
by Gov. Elbert N. Carvel.
The measure, signed by the
governor last night, calls for
veterans of state-side service to
receive $15 a month or a maxi
mum of $225 for service be
tween September 16, 1940, and
June 30, 1946.
Veterans with foreign service
records will receive $20 a month
up to 15 months or a maximum
of $300.
Cement Workers Pay tipped
Portland, Oct. 1 OT AFL
lime, cement and gypsum work
era at plants in Oswego, Dallas
and lime won wage increases
yesterday.
The employes of the three
Portland cement company plants
will get a 7 14 -cent hourly in
crease, retroactive to July 1
plus another 2'4 to 4-cent hour
ly increase, effective September
1. Also provided is a night shift
differential of 4 to 6 cents
hourly.
MODEST AS HER DOG
Marie Wilson Got 'Dumb'
Too Many Good Lookers
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
Washington, Oct. 1 W.Rl It was the first time in my life I
ever had an Interview with a dog in my lap.
There was this lovely lady right beside me Marie Wilson of
the movies and radio. And there on my lap whs her dog, Hobbs.
A frilly-haired critter the ledy said was a "Yorkshire terrier."
I asked Miss Wilson, who
plays the dumb blonde In the, a fat contract
Columbia Broadcasting System's
radio show called "My Friend
Irma." how she happened to be
so dumb which she isn't and
the dog squirmed on my lap.
Mnrie could be named Miss
America without challenge . . .
And she's as normal as straw
berry shortcake, as they say In
songs.
Sure, she looked something
like a big shot. She had on a
mink coat. But capping her out
fit was a deep pink scarf, which
your wife or mine might wear
to the store to pick up a can of
beam.
Marie's mother was with her.
She id neither she nor her
('NUghter ever had been to Wash
iniflnn before and they wanted
to see the sights.
We saw 'em.
Marie was born Wi Anaheim,
Calif., back there a ways. What
yrr.she'll tell you, Is her own
business. When she was IB, she
decided a career kn Hollywood
was her dish. She was ready for
movletnwn. hut the town was
not ready for her.
She hit the studios and. ac
eirdtng to her own version, they
hit hr right back. She decided
that there were more pretty
girls than there were funny
people In Hollywood so she con
centrated on that. The funny
business.
It took an awful long time, but
t length she was starred In a
comedy role In "Miss Pacific
Fleet." After that, she landed
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League of Oregon
Chicago, Oct. 1 u.R A Negro
chemist said today that he has
discoverea cneaper mcuiuui "' r J ''
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Party for Anniversary Moore Business Forms, which has
done over $1,000,000 worth of business during its first year
of operation in Salem, celebrated its first anniversary with
an informal party at the plant during the noon hour Friday.
The company plans to double its operations in the next year.
Manager C. A. Miller is near the center of the group just at
the left of the birthday cake.
HOLLYWOOD STAR DISCOVERS:
Kernel-Fed Cuties, Gorgeous
Gams Seem to Go Together
By VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Hollywood, Oct. 1 J.E Growing corns on your feet trying to
be a movie dancer? Then you've got your anatomical wires cross
ed, a male hoofer said today. Try putting the corn inside you.
Gene Nelson, star of Broadway's "lend an ear," insisted there's
some kind of a connection between kernel-fed cuties and those
gorgeous gams that'll wangle aV
gal a movie contract ana a Hol
lywood swimming pool.
"Take a look at the home
towns of every top dancing star
in town," Nelson said, "and
you'll find out they're all right
out of the corn belt.
Marines and Fleet to
Stage Joint Exercises
Washington, Oct. 1 VP) A
landing force of marines and
units of the Atlantic fleet will
hold a month-long cold weather
exercise on the Labrador coast
in October.
The navy made that announce
ment yesterday after the defense
department had denied that such
a maneuver was planned.
The exercise will be held In
the vicinity of Hamilton inlet.
A Canadian destroyer will al
so take part in the maneuvers
and Canadian army officers will
attend as observers.
Marie is almost as modest as
her puppy, Hobbs.
"We're both shy," she said
"Ann we re a little alike, in a
way."
As a matter of fact, they are
As "Irma." Marie is a blonde
with the fare of an angel and
quoting Marie. "Herself the
brain of a mouse."
Not over-educated, she can be
as naive as the next one. At
other times, she baffles even the
closest of her friends. Like kick
ing in for neighborhood benefits
and other things. Her mama told
me that. Marie didn't.
Allan Nixon, her actor-husband,
kind of wishes that he
made as much as she does. And
he's not dumb, either.
Neither Is Hobbs. her dog.
When we got In front of the
National Press building, the dog
started to kirk up a fuss when I
wanted to get out.
Hobbs knew a soft lap when
he sat on one.
Shark Bites Man
Eureka, Calif (VP) Pete
Foldcn, Tacoma, landed a
three foot shark yesterday
and promptly was gashed by
its teeth.
Folden was fishing 60 miles
off Cape Mendocino from the
Seattle tuna boat, Montara.
He was broufht here by
coast guard picket boat. Doc
tors said the three Inch gash
on Folden's arm was not serious.
Most of the mica produced in
the United States comes from
western North Carolina.
ii
"Look at June Haver. Rock
Island, 111. Corn all over the
place.
"Betty Grable wouldn't even
have to move a muscle to get
places. But it so happens she
kicks a snappy ankle around. It
also happens she's from St.
Louis, Mo., heart of the grain
country.
'Ginger Rogers does all right,
too. Where's she from? Indepen
dence, Mo. That's President Tru
man's home town, too."
Betty Hutton's another one.
Right out of Battle Creek, Mich.,
(where they grow lots of corn
flakes) and now tripping the
light fantastic with Fred As
taire. And it takes more'n good
intentions to keep up with him.
Nelson admitted he can't see
any connection between a diet of
corn and curvy legs. Not right
off, anyhow. But it's a subject
he wouldn't mind putting a lit
tle research on.
Nelson, who looks like a
young Duke of Windsor, said he
discovered you have to stay this
side of the Alleghcnies and that
side of the Rockies to make the
grade when he started answer
ing his fan mail.
"Lots of young kids kept ask
ing me how to hit the big time
as a dancer," he said, "so I start
ed looking into the pasts of the
top movie queens. Believe it or
not, they're all corn-fed cuties.''
And where's Nelson from? Se
attle, Wash. They grow apples
up there . . . but he wouldn't
comment on that.
1.37 Inches Rain
In September
Rainfall for September was
1.37 inches or .26 inch less than
the average precipitation for the
month, according to the U.S.
weather bureau at McNary field.
The greatest precipitation was
the night of Sept. 8 when .63
inch of rain fell. The month had
14 clear days with six partly
cloudy and ten cloudy.
Temperature for the month
was also above the average, be
ing 63.3 degrees or a departure
of 1.9 degrees higher than usual.
The hottest day was 96 degrees
on the 3rd with the temperature
dropping to 39 degrees Septem
ber 20.
There have been 15 Septem
bers with less than an inch of
rainfall, the lowest being .01
inch in 1932 followed by .06
inch in 1943. Greatest precipita
tion for the month was 4.58
inches in 1914, followed by 4.56
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B. MacNaughton, Portland bank
er and publisher, has accepted
a three-year appointment as
Reed college president, the col
lege regents announced today.
MacNaughton had been serv
ing as interim president of the
Portland college since August,
1948.
Justice James T. Brand, chair
man of the board of regents, said
MacNaughton would devote half
time to his Reed college post
and would serve without sal
ary. "For the past year," Brand
said, "the regents have been
conducting a nation-wide search
for a permanent successor to
Peter H. Odegard.
"We have concluded that the
one man best able to (do the
job) is E. B. MacNaughton."
MacNaughton, who recently
was elected moderator of the
American Unitarian association,
said he was accepting the Reed
appointment as a business man,
not an educator.
"The academic side of Reed
college is in competent and de
voted hands," he said.
ritis and rheumatic heart vic
tims. Dr. Percy L. Julian, 50, direc
tor of research at the Soya
Products division of the GliddeTi
Co., did not claim that the syn
thesized products would cure
any ailments, but he said that
doctors may, through the pro
cesses, be able to obtain enough
of the products to determine
whether a cure can be effected.
One of the drugs is cortisone,
now obtained from ox bile. The
bile of 14.600 oxen is needed to
treat one arthritis patient for
a year. Some tests with this
hard - to - get drug reportedly
showed relief from the most
crippling form of the ailment.
Julian also said he has syn
thesized from soy beans a sub
stance known as "compound S",
a companion to Cortisone.
In addition, he said, he has
Portland, Oct. 1 (IP) The
League of Oregon Cities will
close its annual session here to
day with election of officers.
The Oregon Finance Officers'
association, which held Joint
sessions with the league, wound
up its meetings yesterday by
naming J. O. Bredemeier, Port
land, as president.
George M. Baldwin, Portland,
was elected first vice president,
and Henry Beistel, Eugene, sec
ond vice president.
Among those named to the
board of directors were M. B.
Winslow, Grants Pass, and Grace
Shiska, Eugene.
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That Date
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