10 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Thursday, October 27, 1949
Year of War Trials Followed
By LeaveatWoodburn Home
Woodburn. Oct. 27 Lt.-Col. Oliver S. Olson with Mri. Olson
and their two daughters, Virginia and JoAnn of Woodburn were
among the 254 service men, military employes and their families
aboard the army transport Fred C. Ainsworth. which docked at
the Seattle port of embarkation last Friday. They arrived at their
home In Woodburn Saturday-
night.
Olson was president of the
Yokohama commission whose
trial of 38 Japanese war crim
inals ended in September after
11 months of proceedings. Next
to the trial of former Premier
Jlidekl Tojo, it was the longest
case handled by the war crimes
commission.
Speaking of the work of the
commission the colonel said,
"We made history as we went
along. We have left laws on the
books which will be future guid
ance for generations to come In
common sense and fair play."
Col. Olson went to China and
Manchuria in March, 1946, as a
member of the cease-fire team
accompaning Gen. George C.
Marshall in the tatter's efforts to
forge a truce between Chinese
Nationalist and Communist ar
mies. Returning from this as
signment he was sent to Head
quarters IX Corps at Sandal,
as court provost marshal cover
ing a large territory of both Hon
shu and the Island of Hokkoldo,
From there he was assigned to
the International war crimes
commission at Yokohama and
the family lived at Yomashlta
park where Mrs. Olson and the
two girls joined him about two
years ago.
The daughter, JoAnn, was
carrying a drum major's baton
when they disembarked. She
was head cheer leader of Yoko
hama's American high school.
The school band and most of the
student body of 180 children of
Americans on occupation duties
gave her a dockside farewell
l.t. Col. Oliver S. Olson who
has returned to Woodburn aft
er war trials in Yokohama.
when the Ainsworth sailed from
Yokohama. Miss Virginia Olson
was formerly a student at Ore
gon State college.
Col. Olson has been given a
60-day leave, most of which he
will spend at home here, and ex
pects to leave with his family
about the middle of November
for a new assignment at Camp
Carson, Colo. In Colorado Vir
ginla will probably attend col
lege In Denver and JoAnn will
complete her high school senior
year at Colorado Springs where
the family will reside. They are
high in praise of the politeness
of the Japanese people, the
beauty of the country, and the
pleasant life there.
mediately after the football game
and activities will close with a
semi-formal dance in the gym
nasium at 8:30.
Willamette U Prepares for
Old Grads at Homecoming
Willamette university campus will be the scene of extraordin
nary activity throughout the balance of the week as the pioneer
Institution of higher learning obseres its 28th homecoming
program.
Beginning with the customary campus clean-up at 5 o'clock
Saturday morning, a task assign-'
ed to the freshman class, and
concluding with a semi-formal
dance in the gymnasium Satur
day night, there will be few
Idle minutes, either for the stu
dents, faculty or old grads. The
over all plans will Include ac
tivities for all groups.
Naturally the chief bit of en
tertainment will be the football
game at 2 o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon on Sweetland field be
tween Willamette and Lewis and
Clark. However, events leading
lip to that contest as well as
those that succeed It will be far
from dull.
Placing of the homecoming
signs y fraternities and sorori
ties Is a task scheduled for 9
o'clock Friday morning. They
will be judged during the late
afternoon.
A noise parade, which will In
clude floats by at least 10 or
ganizations will head through
the business district at 6:15 Fri
day evening. It will break up at
the Bush Pasture athletic field
where a huge bonfire will be
touched off. Inspirational talks
are scheduled by Coach Chester
Rtackhouse, President G. Her
bert Smith, Huss Tripp, student
body president and team mem
bers. At 10 o'clock Saturday fore
noon gales to the bush pasture
athletic field will be opened
when alumni and the general
public will be Invited to Inspect
developments there.
Alumni who are to register at
Lausanne hall at II o'clock Sat
urday forenoon will take part
In a luncheon at noon at the
same place with Ed Averill. Port
land, president of the Willam
ette Alumni association presid
lns. An alumni reception will
tnko plnre in Baxter hall Im-
Magruder Has No
Time for Commies
Corvallis, Ore., Oct. 27 u.
Oregon educator Dr. Frank
Magruder defended the banning
of his textbook, "American Gov
ernment," by a Houston, Tex.,
school board by declaring he
had no Interest in communism.
The retired Oregon State col
lege history professor said "All
my books are opposed to revolu
tion. I even think our own rev
olution never accomplished
much.
"I am not Interested In com
munism," Dr. Magruder added,
"and I have never voted for so
cialism or communism."
Klondike Kate
Gives Advice
One person who is not in a
hurry to join the Alaska gold-
rush and hunt for nuggets at
Fishwheel just this side the Arc
tic circle is Mrs. W, L. Van Dur-
en, Jefferson, who was once
earning $750 a night dancing
for Alaskan sourdoughs and
earning the name of Klondike
Kate.
"Nuggets the size of peas?"
she said. "Why, I've a necklace
with half a dozen larger nuggets
than those. While content to re
main on her farm with her hus
band, Mrs. Van Duren has some
advice for gold seekers, and ad
mits that there are still fortunes
to be made in the north country.
What is really needed is
bush pilot, a helicopter and
light mining equipment," she
states. "There are hundreds of
lakes in the Alaskan wilderness
that cannot be reached on foot.
One good bush pilot and a plane
could bring out more gold in
five years than has been discov
ered in the last 75 years."
Klondike Kate earned her ti
tle at Dawson City and believes
the latest reported strike might
benefit Alaska. If the Fishwheel
strike does not peter out, like
many others, she believes it will
attract new settlers to the ter
ritory.
Gen. Marshall
In Short Visit
Portland, Ore., Oct. J7 (U.
George C. Marshall, retired gen
eral of the army, flew In and out
of Portland Wednesday to In
spect Red Cross centers.
During a brief tour of Port
land and Vancouver, Marshall
visited the area's Red Cross
facilities and conferred with 25
Red Cross leaders from a doz
en northwest chapters.
He also accepted a key to the
house which was his home when
he was commander of Vancou
ver barracks.
Marshall parried questions of
a military nature. But he agreed
that northwest states were vul
nerable to attack and had been
"ever since the bomber was invented."
New Chain Letter
Violates Postal Laws
A new variation of the "chain
letter" has bobbed up in the Sa
lem post office, reports Postmas
ter Albert C. Gragg. Although
no money is involved, the
scheme is against postal regula
tions. The recipient of the "Luck
in the Cards" idea is urged to
send the letter he receives and
four duplicate copies to five in
dividuals without delay. A warn
ing is contained that failure to
follow out instructions will cause
misfortune. Keeping the chain
intact will bring some sort of
good luck, the nature of which
is not disclosed. The letter that
came to the attention of the
postmaster bore a Salem cancel
lation and was signed merely
"Good Luck."
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Ruins of 'Lost City' These ruins in the remote desert of
southwestern Afghanistan are part of an ancient "Lost City"
which flourished at the time of the Crusades, according to an
announcement by the anthropology department of the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History in New York. This picture
was brought back by a museum scientist. The "Lost City" is
believed to be the once great city of Peshwarun, which had a
population of close to 100,000. AP Wirephoto)
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Master Bridge Players of
Northwest Coming to Salem
Master bridge players will be a-dime-a-dozen Saturday and
Sunday in Salem, but at least three senior masters and many
national masters will be among those congregating for the first
annual Willamette valley contract bridge championships.
Upwards of 50 experts from all over the northwest are ex
pected to compete for the open'
pair title Saturday auernoon
and evening, while as many
more will battle for trophies and
master points in the single ses
sion events, uncrry city pairs
and Elks club pairs. On the
Sunday schedule are the mixed
pairs and the capital pairs.
All sessions are being held at
the Chamber of Commerce au
ditorium under direction of the
Salem Elks Bridge club, which
has been holding weekly dupli
cate play here for a year and a
half. A special committee head
ed by Arthur L. Lewis is mak
ing arrangements for the tour
nament, which the executive
committee headed by Chairman
W. E. Kimscy has general
charge. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Johnson of Portland will direct
and score the tournaments.
Senior masters who have en
tered the title events include
Max Manchester (former presi
dent of the American Contract
Bridge league, western divi
sion), Harrison Holmes and Ar
thur Vosburg. Each has accumu
lated 150 master points in recog
nized competition and soon may
reach the coveted life master
class for those with 300 points.
Salem's only national master
(30 master points) is William
F. Leary, former state cham
pion, but several others are
nearing that goal after winning
recognition in tournaments here
and other coast points. Masters
must have 10 master points or
Land Grant Colleges
Re-elect Dr. Strand
Kansas City, Oct. 27 (IP) Ar
thur S. Adams, president of the
University of New Hampshire,
was elected president of the As
sociation of Land Grant Col
leges and Universities at the
closing session of its convention
here today.
He succeeds John A. Hannah
president of Michigan State col
lege, who automatically becomes
chairman of the association's ex
ecutive committee.
Members of the executive
board who will continue to
serve include A. L. Strand, pre
sident of Oregon State college.
Ford Motor's $100 a Month
Pension Approved by Union
Detroit, Oct. 27 MV The automobile industry marked another
mile-stone in it labor relations history today.
Ford's 100-a-month pension plan, first in the industry, was
approved.
Applying to Ford's 115,000 production workers, the plan was
accepted in a vote by the Ford
rank and file membership Oti
the CIO Auto Workers.
Under the new UAW contract
Ford workers can retire at age
65 on a maximum of $100
monthly. This includes the
workers' federal social security,
for which he foots part of the
bill.
Remainder of the retirement
benefit will be paid for entirely
by the company, which eslir
mates its cost at $20,000,000 annually.
It is the major part of a 10
cents an hour package and in
general follows the recommen
dations of President Truman's
fact-finding commission In the
steel dispute.
For the time being at least its
approval assured peace in the
auto industry.
Pensions have been the UAW
CIO's No. 1 objective in its
1949 bargaining drive. A wage
increase was sidetracked at Ford
in favor of pensions.
Late last night the unijia an
nounced "overwhelming" ap
proval from the rank and file.
This was based to large degree
on the vote at Ford's big Rouge
plant. Previously, however, the
vote in others of Ford's 50 fac
tories was said to be running
heavily in favor of acceptance.
Rouge's key vote was an
nounced as 32,392 in favor as
against 7,130 opposed.
The Ford plan provides that
a worker who retires at age 65
after 30 years service will be
paid $100 a month, inclusive of
social security benefits.
Retirement at 65 is voluntary
At 68 it is compulsory.
Whether it would be the
UAW's "model" for other auto
companies remained to be deter
mined. The UAW, backed by a strike
vote in Detroit, currently seeks
it for Chrysler's 100,000 workers
and plans to demand it of Gener
al Motors for another 225,000.
Chrysler and the union now
ara negotiating. The GM con
tract is not reopenable until
next spring.
Corvallis Woman Injured
Roseburg, Ore., Oct. 27 U.B
A Corvallis, Ore., woman was In
a Douglas county hospital today
after her husband, William Has
kell Young (Route 4), swerved
to avoid crashing his car into a
parked automobile and hit a
loaded logging truck 26 miles
south of here.
Mrs. Edajoe Young suffered a
skull fracture and severe facial
lacerations. Young and two
sons were treated for minor
cuts.
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ranged for midnight Saturday
while awaiting scores of the
day's play. Members of the com
mittee in charge include Mrs.
Helen Wiedmer, trophies; Mrs.
Walter M. Cline, crying room;
Mrs. Ellen Gabriel, registration;
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H. Jones,
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