Junior Garden Club
Staging Contests
Dayton Mrs. Anna Sion and
Mrs. Lynn Williams, representa
tives from the Dayton Junior
Garden club will meet Novem
ber 16, at 3 o'clock at the Dayton
grade school lunch room, with
the first six grade pupils. The
Junior Garden club is sponsor
ing a bird house" and "bird
feeders" contest. This meeting
is for the discussion of the con
test, so it may get under way
before the holiday rush. This
Junior club was organized last
spring.
Mystified Wilford Piatt, whose wife hired two men to
kill him because he was too ardent a lover, relaxes over a
cup of coffee in his Port Orchard, Wash., home. Although
somewhat mystified, Piatt said he still loved her "regard
less." He has been unable io work since breaking his arm
several weeks ago. (Acmt Telephoto)
Postpone Trial
Of Plotting Wile
Port Orchard, Nov. 8 (P) The
arraignment of a young Bremer
ton housewife, accused of plot
ting the death of her husband
because, she said, he was too
persistent in his love-making,
was postponed today by Kitsap
County Superior Judge H. G.
Sutton.
Attorney Roy R. Greenwood
asked the court' for a week's
postponement before entering a
plea for the woman, Mrs. Mar
garet Piatt, who is charged
with attempted murder.
Greenwood challenged the suf
ficiency of the charges against
the comely 31-year-old brunette
as "constituting no crime." He
will argue his motion for dis
missal of the charges Monday.
Mrs. Piatt had signed a state
ment that she made a down pay
ment of $324 to a former private
detective, Hollis D. Scott, 23, as
earnest money on a later aban
doned $1000 agreement for the
murder of her husband, Wilford
Piatt, 34-year-old ex-shipyard
worker.
In his arra i g n m e n t today,
Scott pleaded innocent to char
ges of grand larceny by embez
zlement. He had told Prosecutor
James Munro that he had no
intention of following through
on the death plan.
Sent to Hospital
For Observation
George William Hotchklss,
Jr., and Robert Donald Hotch-
kiss, twins, were sent to the
state hospital for 30 days ob
servation by Judge George R.
Duncan Monday after pleading
guilty to burglarizing a Salem
home. Their take was $32.35.
Gerald Edward Wornstaff was
continued to November 14 for
sentence on a non-support
charge and sentence was sus
pended for Delbert Willis Tur
nidge on a similar charge condi
tioned on his paying $214 alleg
ed due as back support money
for his wife and child. He was
put on probation for two years.
James Elmer Armstrong, 242S
Hazel avenue, was placed on
probation for a year after he
received a year jail sentence
which was suspended. He was
' charged with contributing to the
deliquency of a minor.
The neck of a giraffe, although
exceedingly long, contains only
seven bones, the same number
as are in the necks of most
other mammals.
PUZZLER TO OBSERVERS:
Dewey 'Team' Is Still Loyal;
Will He Try to Run Again?
By ROBERT M. MONAHAN
Albany, N. Y. U. The reluctance of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's
"bright young men" to leave his official family has become one
of the most engrossing topics in New York politics.
It means many things to many people.
When Dewey was defeated for the presidency in 1948, political
observers were unanimous inw
predicting dissolution of the
'team" that helped make him a
national figure.
But a year has passed and.
except for resignations because
of age or pressing personal rea
sons, the team is still intact.
Whether it is looking forward
to 1050 or 1952 is a closely-
guarded secret in the governor's
cabinet.
s
Whether he will seek another
term as NewYork's chief execu
tive a year hence is a question
that has split watchers for po
litical portents.
Some people close to Dewey
believe he will run again, still
nursing a secret hope for a third
Republican presidental nomina
tion in 1952.
Another group believes he is
ready to quit politics at the end
of his present term and enter
private law practice in New
York City. Both groups agree
that he could make a fortune at
law in a few years.
The puzzler is why, if Dewey
is through politically, are so
many high-caliber men and wo
men continuing to cast their lot
with the governor in victory or
defeat. Some of his top-notch
officals could triple their state
salaries in private industry.
One answer may be simply loy
alty, a quality notable in Dewey
aides since he started his public
career some 15 years ago. An
other may be that state salaries,
however inadequate are more
depression-proof than those of
private industry.
Only one key figure of the
governor's administration has
resigned. He is Alger B. Chap
man, former state tax com
mission president, who quit to
enter private law practice.
But Chapman, who managed
Dewey's state campaign for gov
ernor in 1948 and for president
last year, is remaining close at
hand in an advisory capacity.
He is mentioned as a 1950 gu
bernatorial candidate if Dewey
steps out.
Among other Dewey aides
who were expected to quit and
didn't are:
Paul Lockwood, 47. his secre
tary, who has been with the gov
ernor since 1935.
Charles D. Breitel, 40, head of
Dewey's legal staff, with a rec
ord of service dating back to
racket-busting days.
Elliott V. Bell, 47, state bank
ing superintendent, who became
economic consultant to the gov
ernor in 1939.
John E. Burton, 41, state
budget director since 1943.
James C. Hagerty, 40, Dewey s
press relations secretary since
1943.
All reportedly have been of
fered better Jobs in private in
dustry. But all have chosen to
stay with Dewey. The final an
swer may not come until the
Republicans nominate a guber
natorial candidate next year.
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Berlin Swimming Hole Berlin youngsters swim in a pool
created by seepage near one of Hitler's unfinished projects,
the garage of his "House of Tourist Traffic."
DREAM OF SPLENDOR DASHED
Beggar Keeps Wife in Luxury
Until Racket Is Discovered
By SAM SOUKI
Cairo, Egypt (U.R) The Bey kept her in furs, Persian carpets
and rare' curios, but she divorced him because he was a beggar.
That is the amazing story of a Prince Charming who posed
as a pauper and filled his coffers with the alms he received
every day in the streets of Cairo. He lived in great luxury,
but spent his days whining
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Named Rear Adm. Lynde
Deputy McCormick (above)
was picked by Adm. Forrest
P. Sherman to be his new
vice chief of naval operations.
The appointment will be made
effective next spring. He is
row commander of the twelfth
naval district with headquar
ters at San Francisco. (AP
Wirephoto)
about his misery.
The Cairo police unfolded the
strange tale of the beggar Bey.
It started some six months ago
when a handsome young man
entered he home of a well-to-do
widow and asked her for the
hand of her beautiful young
daughter.
His clothes, appearance, lan
guage and manners spoke of his
high birth and comfortable liv
ing. The delighted woman ac
cepted. The wedding was one of the
most elaborate to be seen. This
i prince charming who had ap
peared from the skies spent lav
ishly that day.
The numerous guests were
amazed at the food, the music
iand the dancers he brought for
the occasion. The royal feast
went on until the early hours of
the morning and the blushing
bride was the envy of all her
neighbors.
Our hero carried his bride
over the threshold of a richly
furnished house and the girl
pinched herself to make sure
she was not dreaming. Persian
"! carpets covered the floors, rare
. curious rested on shelves, paint
i jlngs by old masters hung on ta
jipestried walls and in the corner
For six happy months the
bride lived in splendor. Her
wishes were his commands, hrr
requests his pleasure to perform.
Hardly a day passed without his
getting her some new gift.
He was no playboy, either.
Each day he would leave the
house early in the morning and
return, exhausted, late at night.
The business of supervising
lands and buildings is tiring him
out, she thought.
One day he left the house and
failed to return. She fretted and
worried, until one week later
the police summoned her.
'Your husband has been ar
rested," they informed her.
Why? Had he committed a
crime, engaged in politics?
'No, replied the sergeant.
"He was a beggar."
But he had been a clever beg
gar. One day he posed as a Pal
estinian refugee, the next as a
jobless student thrown out be
cause of his political convictions.
People pitied him and gave him
money. He had bought four
buildings in Cairo, a farm and
kept his wife happy.
The beggar Bey's bride di
vorced him.
Detroit Forms
Eaqles' Aerie
Detroit The institution meet
ing of the Eagles auxiliary of
Santiam Aerie 2745 r Or, was
held in the grade school gym
with 66 charter signers and
48 initiated members. William
Loy, state president of FOE of
Bend was the instituting officer.
Witli him was his wife, Mrs.
Loy, state auxiliary chaplain.
Aura Heron, Madame president
of Bend auxiliary and Louise
Nicholson, captain of Bend drill
team were also present.
Officers installed were Past
Madame President Eva Fowler,
Detroit; president, Lillian E. In-
galls, Detroit; vice president,
Warnell L. Smith, Detroit; sec
retary, Geraldine Howard, De
troit; treasurer Lois White, De
troit; chaplain Essie Viola Smith,
Detroit; conductor, Christian
Utter, Idanha; inner guard, Lil
lian Gescher, 3-C camp; outer
guard, Esteline Holbert, Detroit.
Trustees, Melba G. Dellaire, An
na Anderson and Eva DeBolt,
all of Idanha. Investigating com
mittee, chairman, Lola B. Hen
ness of Gates, Mary Wilson and
Margaret Rasnick, both of De
troit. Entertainment committee
were Esther Granse, Detroit
Myrtle Gestson, Idanha. Gene
vieve Bangs. Detroit. Member
ship campaigns, Inez Haun
Gates, Veldera Malisziwski, De
troit, Lillian Gescher, Idanha.
following the installation, a
luncheon was served at the
Ladies auxiliary hall at the 3-C
camp.
The newly formed Eagles aux
iliary held its first social ven
ture on in the auxiliary hall at
the 3-C camp. Pinochle was the
order of the evening. Mrs. Emma
Rhodes won first prize and Mel
ba Dellaire won second prize.
Refreshments were served.
Deportation Faces
237 Mexicans in N.W.
Seattle. Nov. 8 (P) Deporta
tion of some 237 Mexican citi
zens from the northwest immi
gration district will get under
way tomorrow.
District Director John P. Boyd
said eight Mexicans will leave
Seattle by train. Four others
will Join them in Portland en
route to Los Angeles. From Wcl-
ser, Ida., 225 more will be taken
by train to El Paso, Tex.
Most of them are agricultural
workers who slipped across the
Rio Grande and headed toward
the northwest for the harvest
season. With the harvests over,
most have turned themselves
into the immigration service for
a free trip home with full inten
tion of repeating the whole pro
cedure next year, Boyd said.
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NO LOSSES TO HAIL THIS SUMMER
Two Pilots 'Protect' Medford
From Hailstorms With Dry Ice
Medford, Ore., Nov. 8 W) A couple of pilots, armed with dry
ice pellets, reported today that they have apparently staved off
damaging hailstorms during an entire summer season from a
rich agricultural valley.
It is certain that the Rogue river valley of southern Oregon.
which annually loses heavy pear-
crops to hail, had not one hail
storm this year.
The scientists cooperating In
the weather control experiment
couldn't be certain that it was
the artificial work that did it
It might, of course, have been
just a fluke in the weather.
But the results disclosed to
day by scientists and fruit pack
ers, were encouraging enough to
make them decide to go right
ahead with their "stop the hail"
scheme.
Fiance 111 Dropping all affairs of state, Vice President
Alben Barkley arrives at St. Luke's hospital in St. Louis,
Mo., to visit the bedside of his fiance, Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley,
who is ill with the flu. They are to be married Nov. 18.
(Acme Telephoto)
TODAY'S BUSINESS MIRROR
presenting leading aircarriers of
the world in the international
field, meet in Mexico City to
tackle all the rate problems.
The plan to bring the tourist
coach to the Atlantic air lanes
probably will go over to next
year's meeting, but its advo
cates still think that it's a com
ing thing Manana.
Air Line Tourist Rates Is
Issue at Mexico Conference
By SAM DAWSON
New York (UB A move to bring trans-Atlantic air travel to
the masses through tourist rates splits delegations to the air rate
conference opening tomorrow in Mexico City. The issue
Whether air coach service to Europe would bring out a new
class of American tourist, or Just divert passenger traffic from
the more profitable first class
planes.
The plan say, $225 to Lon
don, instead of the present sum
mer rate of $350 also finds two
of Washington's alphabetical
agencies on opposite sides of the
fence. ECA would like to see
it, but CAB say the time is not
yet ripe.
CAB the Civil Aeronautics
board rides herd on the Ameri
can air carriers, and can be ex
pected to have its way. And so,
the international air transport
association, meeting In Mexico
to set rates for the coming year,
may put the low-priced fair plan
over until next year. Its pro
ponents, however, swear that it
will be kept alive.
Some officials of ECA the
Economic Cooperation Adminis
tration favor the idea because
lower rates might mean more
American tourists spending dol
lars in dollar-hungry Europe,
where ECA now bears the load
CAB worries about the finan
cial . prospects of the nation's
airlines, some of which have had
it pretty rough since the war,
Getting the necessary equip
ment for the tourist service,
might make air coach plans too
expensive for some of the lines.
The cheap fare issue also splits
the airlines. Pan American Air
ways has been drumming for it
for a year. Trans World Air
line opposes the tourist service
as financially unsound. The
third U.S. flag air carrier on the
Atlantic route, American Over
seas Airline, says nothing
after all, its sale to Pan Ameri
can is pending. Most foreign
air carriers flying the Atlantic
are against lower fares. Their
governments want them to
gather in every Yankee dollar
possible.
Pan American has tried to
convince CAB that lowered fares
would mean more air travel
the American principle of
"smaller profits on low - priced
units adding up to big totals.'
Sixty-eight IATA members rc-
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, November 8, 1949 15
It was last May when fruit
growers, working witn tne u. s.
soil conservation service, irriga
tion districts, the Oregon State
college experiment station, and
the weather bureau, decided to
try stopping the hail that had
wrecked half of one company's
crop in 1948.
Pilots Harvey Brandau and
Eugene Kooser operated on the
theory that hail comes from ver
tical stacking of cumulus clouds.
Each time that the cloud for
mations threatened to grow to
dangerous heights, the pilots
flew over, dropping dry ice pel
lets into the thunderheads and
dispersing the high stack of
clouds.
The one-summer experiment
is not considered long enough to
be conclusive But it didn't hail
once in the valley the pilots
were protecting. It did hail in
the adjacent, unprotected areas.
The fruit Industry and irri
gation districts, who are helping
finance the project, envision
"limitless" possibilities. If even
2000 more acre-feet of water
could be obtained for Irrigation,
they say, it would far more than
repay the investment.
Cooperating in the experi
ments are the Rogue River Val
ley Traffic association; the Med
ford, Talent and Rogue River
irrigation districts; Oregon State
college experiment station; the
irrigation division of the soil
conservation service, and the
weather bureau.
GM Dividend
$4.25 Due Soon
New York, Nov. 8 (Pi Gen
eral Motors Corp., have declared
a year end dividend of $4.25,
payable Dec. 10 to holders of
record Nov. 17.
This will bring payments for
the year to $8, against $4.50 in
1948.
In March this year General
Motors paid $1.25, continuing
the rate in the June and Septem
ber quarters.
Last year the company made
payments of 75 cents each in
March and June. It raised the
dividend to $1 in September and
then paid a year end of $2 in
December.
The fliers said they believed
they had stopped eight definite
hailstorms.
On September 8 when the
worst clouds appeared they
spent seven and a half hours
dropping their dry ice. It didn't
hail there. But there were terif
fic hailstorms 12 miles off.
Now the experimenters are
going to try something else.
They want more irrigation water
in the valley.
So the pilots will seed strato-
form clouds during the winter
over areas which normally get
very little snow. They hope to
start snow falling.
The snow depths will then be
measured by the official gov
ernment snow surveyors, to de
termine whether more has fallen
on the seeded areas than on ad
Jacent regions.
Valiant Is the Word
For Stricken Boy
St. Paul (U.BA 4-H club calf
that wasn't good enough for the
state junior livestock show and
a club boy stricken with tuber
culosis is the story behind a $500
gift to Gillette State Hospital for
Crippled Children.
Robert Wright. 14. of BoruD.
Minn., bought a beef calf last
fall to be fattened for competi
tion at the show. Last January,
Robert went to the Gillette hos
pital with tuberculosis and he'i
been there ever since.
Robert's parents didn't forget
the calf and saw that it got the
right feed and that 4-H records
were kept.
When the show finally started,
however, the calf was unable to
make the grade. Only nine calves
could go from Clay County and
Robert's placed tenth.
Clay County 4-H clubs heard
the story and chipped in to buy
the animal for $500.
Robert gave the money to the
hospital for crippled children.
U. of 0. Gets Grant
For Cancer Control
Washington, Nov. 8 J.n A
grant of $16,513 to the Univer
sity of Oregon medical school to
continue a cancer control pro
ject was announced here by Dr.
Leonard A. Scheelc, United
States surgeon general.
The national advisory cancer
council said the funds will be
used for further training of phy
sicians and technicians in diag
nosis of cancer in exfoliated
material from various body
sources.
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